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The thing that drives me crazy is that we are being ruled by the most mediocre white folks ever.

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Mediocrity is having an entire system created to benefit you exclusively yet still the most miserably scared creature in the system

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I absolutely LOVE your voice and wit, Michael! (And I won't even MENTION the wealth of information you infuse in such engaging, informative, and informed writing... Bravo!) Now, has anyone commissioned merch with those DOGE acronym reworks? Because a brother needs one to rock around Wilson, NC!

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Not just any old wizards: Grand Wizards™.

Brilliant. Per usual.

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Yup. Also, they see excellence in women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians and like dots of color we stand out and in their minds take over.

The focus on those dots and the dehumanization adds to feeling disconnected and unempathetic.

Make no mistake the outrage in townhalls for the MAGA voter is real, because they never expected to be inconvenienced. If pain only happened to the "other" they'd have been fine.

As articulated in this brilliant article, this racist mindset is interwoven in American History and has threads punishing multiple groups throughout time.

That said, I sincerely believe, this revisitation will hurt this country more and more like that lesson you never quite learned.

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You have outdone yourself, sir. This is incandescent.

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Begs the question if anyone has actually tried to throw a bucket of water on them

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Also I am going to turn your DOGE opposite-of-acronyms (there must be a word for that!) into protest signs.

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We are so on the same page!

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I love your fury. I love your knowledge. Keep it up; we are reading and spreading your words.

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Stay on they neck!

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The story could NOT be more cogently told!

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Wizards of whacky white people. Most of us cannot stand them either.

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Beautifully written 🙌🏾

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Harriot, you ARE the wickedest witch in the west, and deserve the Victor Fleming, not Jon M. Chu treatment.

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