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WYM ModCharles Blow's fiery exchange with Scott Jennings exposes a complex debate! Blow challenged Jennings on his past criticisms of Trump's executive overreach while Jennings defended Trump's immigration mandate. As Jennings deflected with a question on Biden's policies, Blow accused him of evasion. This tension illustrates the ongoing struggle over accountability in political discourse. Explore the full discussion here: <a href="https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/scott-jennings-forget-when-i-attacked" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://crooksandliars.com/2025/05/scott-jennings-forget-when-i-attacked</a>. Kudos to the author for shedding light on this significant confrontation. <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/ScottJennings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottJennings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOverreach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CNN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immigration</a>

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Trump says he doesn’t know whether he needs to uphold the Constitution when it comes to deportations and due process. Journalist <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CharlesBlow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> challenges <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CNN" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CNN</a> senior political commentator/Tobey <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ScottJennings" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottJennings</a> on some of his previous writings about Trump’s executive overreach <a href="https://youtu.be/NGvnBggUab0?si=u8gtlRXEyU4LgcmZ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">youtu.be/NGvnBggUab0?...</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/NGvnBggUab0?si=u8gtlRXEyU4LgcmZ" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Charles Blow reads Scott Jenni...</a>

kriykatPATRICK LAWRENCE: Where Have All the Liberals Gone? <a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/29/patrick-lawrence-where-have-all-the-liberals-gone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://consortiumnews.com/2025/01/29/patrick-lawrence-where-have-all-the-liberals-gone/</a> The new liberal consensus, born of a shared “exhaustion,” is that it is time to “tune out,” or “take a break,” or simply close one’s eyes and ears. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News I simply cannot figure American&#8230; <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/BidenAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BidenAdministration</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Column" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Column</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commentary</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AlexanderCockburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlexanderCockburn</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C</a>.i.a. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ColdWar</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/HillaryClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HillaryClinton</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IntelligenceCommunity</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/PatrickLawrence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PatrickLawrence</a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/TheNewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheNewYorkTimes</a>

Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️Enjoying this morning’s Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up In My Bones. We’ve loved Blanchard’s music for film and video: so it’s a treat to experience this opera on <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/classicalKINGFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classicalKINGFM</a> I’m loving his melodic creativity. <a href="https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/?gad_source=1&gclsrc=ds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.metopera.org/season/2023-24-season/fire-shut-up-in-my-bones/?gad_source=1&gclsrc=ds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MetropolitanOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MetropolitanOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/TerenceBlanchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TerenceBlanchard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a>

PierreTerrific piece by Charles Blow highlighting the moral and ethical conundrum facing not only Black voters, but all voters who are troubled by the complicity of the US in the horrific Gaza war. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charlesblow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#charlesblow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#israel</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/opinion/black-jewish-israel-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/opinion/black-jewish-israel-gaza.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

B. A. BalackusReturning to the south: what can ‘reverse migration’ do for Black Americans? | Documentary films | The Guardian<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/27/south-to-black-power-hbo-documentary-charles-blow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/27/south-to-black-power-hbo-documentary-charles-blow</a>> In a new HBO documentary, writer <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> explores how moving to the south could lead to important political and societal change for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Black</a> Americans<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlackMastodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/blackmastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blackmastodon@a.gup.pe</a> <a href="https://chirp.social/@BlackMastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BlackMastodon@chirp.social</a>

Preston MacDougall<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NewYorkTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewYorkTimes</a> opinion columnist <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> says “<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DignifiedSilence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DignifiedSilence</a> doesn’t work with <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> !”, and almost loses his cool on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MorningJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MorningJoe</a>.Do you know what WILL work in stopping <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/DonaldTheDeplorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTheDeplorable</a> from “suspending the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>” and turning the USA 🇺🇸 into a dictatorship? <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MATH</a> !The math is simple folks: Democrats and Independents can join sane Republicans to <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PrimaryFromTheCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrimaryFromTheCenter</a> to 🗳️ 💩 👉 🚽 BEFORE the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/2024election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#2024election</a> on November 5th!Also invoke the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#14thAmendment</a> as a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PlanB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlanB</a>. ✅

Judy Olo 🚫⚠️kakistocracy🌊<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MSNBC</a> Morning Joe - Bravo, Mr Blow - spot-on. "Dignified silence doesn't work against trump" Talking heads reply -oh well, President Biden can't comment on legal issues. WTF. That's not a law--it's a "norm." Does anybody think for 1 second that if things were reversed, cheeto would not be screaming from the rooftops about Biden indictments? Norms? As if cheeto GAF.

Brother Soul"Republicans in Washington they have been bowing (to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#trump</a>) for so long that their backs are permanently bent."Charles Blow: New York Times ColumnistCharles is a goat. Love that dude :valid: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Quote</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CharlesBlow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/msnbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#msnbc</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/joyreid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#joyreid</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheReidOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TheReidOut</a>

LaureIn the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/newyorktimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newyorktimes</a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/charlesblow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#charlesblow</a>:A <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Florida</a> School Banned a <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Disney</a> Movie About Ruby Bridges. Here’s What That Really Means.“This month, an elementary school in St. Petersburg, Fla., stopped showing a 1998 Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated a public elementary school in <a href="https://federate.social/tags/NewOrleans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewOrleans</a> in 1960.” <a href="https://federate.social/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ban</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/opinion/florida-school-disney-ruby-bridges.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/29/opinion/florida-school-disney-ruby-bridges.html</a>

Karen DemerlyThere are people that I don't see here (hopefully they're making plans to join) that I really don't want to lose from the birdsite before departing that nest, and I don't have a good way to remember and track them. Maybe I can hastag them and go looking once in a while? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MayaFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MayaFrancis</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SoledadObrien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoledadObrien</a> (and lots of news and government accounts.) I'll test this option but may abandon it if it isn't worthwhile or efficient.

Anne Fausto Sterling<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Race</a> Is a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BiologicalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BiologicalFiction</a>, and Potent <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SocialReality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SocialReality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> "I am no more aware of a pedagogical path to racial enlightenment and racial egalitarianism than Du Bois was generations ago — at least not by way of science. We already know enough. The evidence is plain. Ignorance is not the impediment. Something else is in the way. " <a href="https://race.undark.org/articles/race-is-a-biological-fiction-it-is-also-a-powerful-social-reality" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://race.undark.org/articles/race-is-a-biological-fiction-it-is-also-a-powerful-social-reality</a>

RealsupergirlCharles Blow, New York Times <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/charlesblow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#charlesblow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/newyorktimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#newyorktimes</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeorgiaComesThrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GeorgiaComesThrough</a>

Nina Bernstein“Years ago, when I was writing my first book, I found myself in the main branch of New York City’s public library not because I needed to do research — the book was a memoir — but because the space itself seemed most aligned with the task of writing. It was like going to church to pray.” <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/charles-m-blow" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/by/charles-m-blow</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/opinion/thankful-libraries-books.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/opinion/thankful-libraries-books.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Ayelet Hines<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@Rabbimarkasherg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Rabbimarkasherg</a> This entire piece by <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CharlesBlow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CharlesBlow</a> is worth reading, but this especially. “I think that one day we will look back on this moment in human history with astonishment. Social media companies turned us all into an unpaid work force, willingly producing free content because of our desperation to be seen, heard and liked.” <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/opinion/getting-off-twitter-social-m.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/opinion/getting-off-twitter-social-m.html</a>

whisperwatchCarnell: How many times have we moved? Don't call it "moving". Call it "running"....The solution is never going to be for us to keep running.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ados" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ados</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reparations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reparations</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/breakingbrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#breakingbrown</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/charlesblow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#charlesblow</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/thedemocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#thedemocrats</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIh4qDcNR8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnIh4qDcNR8</a>

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