Say Something Real Black Conservatives Often Do More Harm Than Good By Michelle Bryant Ok, while I don’t play for the Republican team, and I haven’t seen their general membership notice to Black conservatives, I can imagine what it says. “Help us to secure more Black voters for GOP candidates.” While a simple directive, admittedly […]
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You Will Not Steal My Joy
Say Something Real Efforts to Discredit VP Harris Will Not Be Tolerated By Michelle Bryant On Beyonce’s 2022 Renaissance Album, the chart-topping hit “Break My Soul” was forever embedded in my playlist. The lyrics, which seemed to speak of a woman fighting for her mental health, well-being, and her joy, quietly became an anthem of […]
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Sticks and Stones: GOP Bullying Harkens Back to Slavery
Say Something Real Racial and Gender Attacks on VP Harris Rooted in Ignorance By Michelle Bryant My mom died from cancer in 2020. I miss her every day…but I’m glad she’s not here right now to witness the racially motivated and gender-ignorant comments leveled at Vice President Kamala Harris. My phone would be ringing incessantly […]
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They Need to Take Out Biden, To Take Out Harris
Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant A cursory look, at the calls for President Joe Biden to drop out of the race for the November Presidential election, reminds me of an old saying….”there’s a dead cat on the line”. As some Democrats’ hand-wringing over Biden’s viability for victory has escalated, one thing is becoming crystal […]
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AOC Right on SCOTUS Impeachment
Say Something Real By Michelle Bryant New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is calling for the impeachment of Uncle Thomas and Shady Sam. Introducing articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, AOC knows that the move is DOA (dead on arrival). The process to impeach a judge is arduous and […]
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Presidential Debate: Style Over Substance
Say Something Real America’s Obsession with Shiny Objects By Michelle Bryant Working in politics, you learn a lot about people. If you are paying attention, you learn to read a room, when to speak, and when to keep your powder dry. You figure out what resonates and what falls flat in messaging around your issues. […]
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First The 10 Commandments, Now the Bible
Say Something Real The Slippery Slope is Now a Hole By Michelle Bryant Last week, we learned that a copy of the 10 Commandments was ordered to be hung in Louisiana public schools across the state. Enacted by the Republican-controlled legislature, the law requires very specific wording that must be used. Classrooms must use a […]
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John Lewis National Day of Commemoration and Action
Say Something Real National Call to Protect Voting Rights By Michelle Bryant This week, I want to share information for a national call to protect voting rights. Whether the average voter appreciates it or not, voting rights are under siege and we are ceding ground every day that we don’t fight back. Recent Supreme Court […]
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The Truth About That 40 Acres
Say Something Real Some Blacks Actually Received the Promised Land By Michelle Bryant For most of my life, I’ve heard the idiom “40 Acres and A Mule”. In the Black community, the phrase always represented a broken promise and the fact that America would never make good on reparations due to formerly enslaved Africans. However, […]
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Milwaukee Public Schools Prime for Takeover
Say Something Real Financial Turmoil Spells Trouble By Michelle Bryant “The math ain’t mathing” accurately sums up the recent financial turmoil facing Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Per Urban Dictionary, the popular phrase means that something doesn’t add up or when you are skeptical about something you are hearing or seeing. Over the last few days, […]