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From The Root magazine:
Don’t Get it Twisted…Black Folks Are Unified Behind Kamala Harris. Here’s What We Know
Despite what polls say, Black people have always been politically united and that’s not changing anytime soon
By Nigel Roberts Published11 hours ago
All the negative predictions and chatter about disgruntled Black voters abandoning the Democratic Party are nonsense.
Admittedly, there’s a lot of frustration over the Biden administration’s failure to deliver on issues like police reform, voting rights legislation and student loan debt relief. But venting frustration doesn’t equate to disunity.
Over the years, there’s always been a fear that we won’t unite, but in the end, we do. That’s what makes Black America a powerful voting bloc.
A New York Times/Sienna College poll released last November set off alarm bells, finding that 22 percent of Black voters in six battleground states said they would support Trump. However, polls taken in June, before President Biden dropped out of the race, found that Black voters overwhelmingly disapproved of Trump and backed Biden.
And now that Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic nominee, Black voters are elated and even more united. Trump’s small gains with Black voters have declined with Harris as the presumptive nominee.
A narrative about Democrats losing Black men encouraged Trump’s team to do its damnedest to exploit a perceived weakness in our unity. One GOP ploy involved dispatching two Black Republicans, U.S. Reps. Wesley Hunt of Texas and Florida’s Byron Donalds, to persuade Black men at cigar and cognac events to vote for Trump.
However, Black men, even those who were leaning toward Trump, support Harris, as evidenced by scores of brothers who recently voted for her with their wallets. On Monday, more than 53,000 Black men joined a virtual event hosted by the collective group Win With Black Men and raised $1.3 million in four hours for Harris’ campaign. (snip-More)
For our community, the choice on Election Day is clear. We’re unified and standing behind Harris. (end)
https://www.theroot.com/dont-get-it-twisted-black-folks-are-unified-behind-ka-1851605966
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‘Doesn’t make sense’: FBI director issues warning on ‘frightening’ Project 2025
https://www.rawstory.com/fbi-director-project-2025/
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FBI Director Christopher Wray issued a warning Wednesday about how a controversial right-wing plan for Donald Trump’s second term would impact law enforcement.
In a House Judiciary Committee hearing that focused on the attempted assassination of Trump, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) asked Wray about the dangers of Project 2025, a presidential transition initiative organized by the Heritage Foundation.
“What he wants to do is to force the FBI director to appoint, to report directly to him,” Johnson said of the plan. “That’s what he wants to do within the first 120 days. He also wants to eliminate the position of FBI General Counsel.”
“I think the FBI’s Office of General Counsel serves an incredibly important role, including in terms of advising our workforce,” Wray explained. “The idea of having an organization like ours, an independent law enforcement agency like ours that doesn’t have its own general counsel’s office doesn’t make sense to me.”
“That seems like it’s an attempt to neuter the FBI and render it accountable only to the president,” Johnson noted.
Wray acknowledged that he served at the pleasure of the president but said Project 2025 would undermine FBI independence.
“We need to be able to do our work in a way that is free from political interference,” he pointed out.
“You wouldn’t be able to do that by reporting everything you do to the president and getting his authority and approval before you take action, correct?” Johnson asked.
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“I don’t think that would be a wise approach,” Wray agreed.
He also refused to endorse a plan to replace 38,000 civil servants in the FBI with what Johnson called “a MAGA group that has pledged its allegiance to Donald Trump.”
“It would be crazy to take 38,000 MAGA loyalists and put them at the FBI,” Johnson argued. “That’s frightening.”
“That’s what Project 2025 proposes and I’m glad to know that you are not with that program.”
Watch the video below from the House Judiciary Committee or click the link here.
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