Mississippi Native. Farm strong. HBCU grad. NYC transplant. *The Tweets Are My Own*
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The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT JUST DROPPED NEW WAGE DATA AND IT'S BRUTAL.
Corporate profits up 47% since 2020.
Worker wages up 12% in the same period.
Meanwhile groceries up 35%, rent up 40%, utilities up 28%.
Your paycheck grew 12%. Your bills grew 35%.
The math is simple: you're getting poorer every year even when you get a raise.
You can't budget your way out of this. The system is designed so your income can never catch up to your expenses.
That's not an accident. That's policy.
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
Democrats are taking Congress, but we've been here before so we know their 1st task tomorrow morning will be to draw straws on who the 'rotating villains' will be and their 2nd task will be to find some ancient procedural rule that stops them from doing anything good
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
For 18 years, corporate media effectively banned the few of us who dared to utter this lesson about Obama turning hope and change into more of the same.
I am glad @corbintrent said it - and that it is finally allowed to be uttered in corporate media.
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
Alright, #Mississippi.
I've seen your "I VOTED" stickers. Y'all been posting all day about this election. I'm looking to interview at least TWO people for a story. I want to know about your experience voting and what motivated you to vote today.
Let's jump on a quick call. HMU
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
This is fundamentally corrosive. No matter your politics, you cannot possibly think it is good to have 20 people with this degree of influence over public matters.
Just 20 donors have put in $2 billion into the midterms, per a comprehensive New York Times analysis.
nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
“The black bourgeoisie have shown no interest in the ‘liberation’ of Negroes except as it affected their own status or acceptance by the white community…When the opportunity has been present, the black bourgeoisie has exploited the Negro masses as ruthlessly as have whites.” –E. Franklin Frazier (1957)
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
We’ve heard plenty from others about Mississippi. But what are Mississippians saying about the upcoming U.S. Senate race?
I spoke to voters across the state. One thing I heard consistently: they’re ready for a change.
MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/mississippi…
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
After this election, even before they’re sworn-in, newly minted politicians will go behind closed doors in the swamp to pick the majority leader, minority leader, whips, etc., and to nominate a Speaker.
They’ll vote for candidates who promise campaign cash, good times, good committee assignments, and subcommittee gavels. When it’s all said and done, your Representatives will also pledge their congressional voting cards to the leaders of RED team and BLUE team, who are secretly playing on the same team.
That’s how your election will get stolen. I compare these Representatives to Jack who traded the family cow for magic beans… but in this version of the story, the beans never sprout and lobbyists eat the beef.
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
An unusual collaboration between prosecutors and public defenders to release unindicted jail detainees exposed deeper failures in Hinds County’s criminal justice system. ow.ly/NaAi5102OqO
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
The Last Gullah Geechee Community on Sapelo Island | The Color Line Diaries | @PBS
'In Episode 2, we visit Georgia’s Sapelo Island, home to one of the last remaining Gullah Geechee communities in the country. Residents are fighting to preserve their ancestral land and way of life as rising property taxes and other financial pressures threaten to push families off the island.'
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
This is the line outside the Hinds County courthouse an hour and a half before last minute absentee voting ends.
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
Babe wake up the suddenly competitive Democrat in missippi just released a Halloween themed sinners campaign video portraying Cindy Hyde smith as a vampire
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
SCOOP: Rep. Ro Khanna, in the final stretch of the 2026 midterms, is endorsing against his House colleagues in three of California's Dem vs. Dem runoffs.
He tells @axios he's backing:
Eric Jones in #CA04
Mai Vang in #CA07
Angela Gonzales-Torres in #CA34
axios.com/2026/10/30/ro-khan…
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
This is historic!
Dockworkers across 5 continents and 113 ports are striking today to demand an end to their workplaces being used to transport bombs.
This is what our rulers fear most: workers coming together to liberate humanity from capitalism and imperialism.
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
It is clear that sending ICE or FBI agents to the polls for Tuesday's midterm election would be flatly illegal, voting rights advocates argue. ow.ly/CYpw5102wgU
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
Michael Dell: A 70% tax rate? "Name a country where that worked. Ever."
The United States, from 1936 to 1980.
Dumbass.🤦🏻♀️
Tax rates rose to 79% in 1936, rose up to 94% during WWII, fell to 82% in 1949, hovered at 91% from '51 to 63, and then stayed at 70% or above until 1980.
These rates drove us out of the depression and into powerhouse economies.
It was not until Reagan crashed the rates into the 30% range that we started accumulating massive debt and income inequality.
Facts matter.
And the facts show:
Republicans are not good for the economy.
Vote blue on Tuesday, November 3rd!🌊
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
Mississippi, the Federal Trade Commission and 19 other states have sued Dollar General alleging the company repeatedly overcharged customers across the country. ow.ly/Qq7t5101wKb
The Sneaker Philanthropist retweeted
there are elders in my bones whom i have never met. their prayers are tucked and hidden beneath my skin. their courage is threaded through my hair. i walk into the world thinking i am alone, until i remember who walks with me.
