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[Terry @Detroit_Terry]

@MSPEighthDist @DetroitScanner Wow! Glad everyone is ok!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

In 1875, a 19-year-old Black jockey named Oliver Lewis made history in the Kentucky Derby, then quietly disappeared.

Lewis became the first jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby, America’s longest-running sporting event. At the time, the race was watched by 10,000 spectators and held at the Louisville Jockey Club, now known as Churchill Downs.

What makes his victory even more striking is that he wasn’t supposed to win.

Lewis rode Aristide, one of two horses entered by the same owner. The favored horse, Chesapeake, was expected to take the prize. Lewis was reportedly instructed to set the pace and tire the field so Chesapeake could surge late.

But things didn’t go as planned.

As the race unfolded, Chesapeake fell far behind. In the final stretch, Lewis found himself neck and neck with another horse, Volcano. He seized the moment. Aristide pulled away and won by two lengths.

With that decision, Oliver Lewis became the first Kentucky Derby champion.

At that first Derby, 13 of the 15 jockeys were African American, as was Aristide’s trainer, Ansel Williamson—facts rarely mentioned in popular accounts of the sport today.

Despite his success, Lewis would never ride in the Kentucky Derby again. He retired after that season for reasons that remain unknown.

He later worked as a laborer, then as a bookmaker when it was legal in Kentucky. He raised a family of six children and died in 1924 at the age of 68.

The man who won the very first Derby helped build the sport—yet history nearly left him behind.

[Ashkan 🇮🇷 🇺🇸🖤 @pikapp30]

What is happening in the Michigan senate race is going too far, in my opinion. Personally, I wanted Gretchen Whitmer to run for the Michigan senate seat. But since she didn’t run for it, I was indifferent about who became the Democratic nominee in the Michigan senate race. The Democratic voters chose Abdul, and we need to respect that. It’s very unfortunate to see some moderate Democrats doing the exact same thing republicans do: fear-mongering. As someone who is a moderate Democrat, I know what’s at stake in this election. Democrats who would rather see Rogers get elected have no political literacy. It’s imperative for the Democrats to win the senate to block Trump’s judges from getting confirmed. I know Abdul will block Trump’s agenda, but Rogers definitely won’t. I have been involved in many political campaigns in the past and know how politics works in this country, You don’t always get 100 percent of what you want. I agree Abdul has made some controversial comments, but no one is perfect. Don’t let Republican fear-mongering influence how you vote. Just remember who is going to stand up to Trump and who is going to be a Trump stooge when you vote.

[John Rocha @TheRochaSays]

Way too many males of all ages have become WAY TOO FUCKING COMFORTABLE hitting or smacking women away. That shit has got to stop.

Who is this motherfucking #Duke player and how do we put enough pressure on the coach to make sure he gets kicked off the team???

[The Food Manufacturing Guy @TipOfTheBanana]

Costco blade tenderizes its steaks. The label says so, and it's the reason a Costco steak comes with a cooking temperature printed on it.

Before the steak hits the case it goes through a machine that pushes rows of thin blades into the meat to cut the muscle fibers, so a Choice steak eats more tender than it would on its own. You can't see the cuts once it's done, except sometimes in the fat on a ribeye.

The catch is what rides in on the blades. E. coli lives on the outside of a cut of beef, which is why a rare steak is normally safe. The sear kills what's on the surface and the inside was never exposed. Push that surface into the middle with a blade and rare isn't safe anymore. That's why USDA says a mechanically tenderized steak gets cooked to 145F with a 3 minute rest, the same number as a pork chop, where a steak that wasn't tenderized carries no cooking instruction at all.

USDA figures about 11% of the beef sold in the US is mechanically tenderized, and since 2016 the words have to be on the label. Costco started printing them in 2012, after an E. coli outbreak in Canada was traced to its blade tenderized steaks. The ground beef isn't tenderized. If the package in your cart says blade tenderized or mechanically tenderized, cook it through.

[LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @LongTimeHistory]

ICE run over U.S. citizen riding his bike—break his arm.

Agents handcuff him behind his back without calling paramedics.

They inflict even more injuries—send him to the hospital in serious condition.

Then agents detain another U.S. citizen—for yelling at them on the sidewalk.

Man with the broken arm's daughter says he was hit on his e-bike by an unmarked car.

He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground—currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

Multiple ICE vehicles were running through stop signs—speeding the wrong way down one-way streets.

All on a weekend afternoon with kids playing outside.

Incident occurred near the intersection of East 56th Street & Elm Avenue in Long Beach, California.

Stop ICE Net doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.

[Steve Neavling @MCmuckraker]

@MikeRogersForMI @MeshawnMaddock Abdul has no connection to 9/11. But you denied funding for 9/11 first responders nine times. And now you’re exploiting the 9/11 victims to make false political attacks. https://t.co/Znjmdh2b6Z

[Steve Neavling @MCmuckraker]

Mike Rogers is trying to court Black voters. And he also wants to intimidate Detroit voters.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

UPDATE: @DropSiteNews has received a letter from attorneys representing Mike and Kristi Rogers, demanding a retraction of the below article and threatening litigation.

We have updated it to include comment from their counsel. We stand by our reporting and will defend it if necessary.

[The Black Tucker Carlson Jr 🇺🇸 @B1TuckerCarlson]

So The Oregon School Shooter is:

John J Griffin II
White boy
Not Black
Not Muslim
Not Trans
His MAGA mom bought him the gun for his birthday

This is a bad week for MAGA

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram suspended the No Kings Instagram account for today’s No Kings' day of action.

Larry Ellison’s TikTok has shut down the account promoting Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary.

Elon Musk promoted the fake story about James Talarico on his X while donating over $150 million to help Ken Paxton.

Your reminder that Trump’s billionaire allies control what you see on TikTok, X, Twitch, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and YouTube — and they have a vested interest in making sure Dems don’t take the majority, so Trump isn’t investigated.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

“I was brutally attacked by 50 masked men… they just kept kicking me and kicking me…”

Jewish @washingtonpost journalist Heidi Levine describes getting attacked and robbed by West Bank Israeli terrorists (backed by the IDF & 🇺🇸 taxpayers)

[CJ Howard @kazoo8888]

Michigan's Mackinac Bridge framed in fall colors and pure blue 🍁💧

[Derrick Honeyman @DerrickHoneyman]

Quite the turnout for @JohnJamesMI and the statewide @MIGOP ticket this afternoon in Birch Run.

The event is advertised for a 2pm start, and this is at 2:05pm.

There is absolutely zero energy for @JohnJamesMI. #MIGov

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Eyewitness to the Israeli settler attack on Palestinians and @washingtonpost photographer Heidi Levine tells me, “It was barbaric…there were maybe 5 or 6 surrounding her. They had clubs…And they were standing over her, beating her over and over, it was truly horrific. I was worried that she was going to be killed.” - @infinite_jaz

[Distill Social @DistillSocial]

Only 9.7% of Mike Rogers’ donations come from Michiganders. The other 90.3%? Out-of-state money Epstein class and corporate money.

[💕 Brittany Belle 💕 @BrittanyinTexas]

Russell DICKert from Browns Mills, NJ is one of the thugs who assaulted the female Trump protester at Trump‘s Ohio rally. The Internet will take it from here.

[Nick Turse @nickturse]

Maj. Sorffly Davius — NYPD officer, father of 6 — died in Kuwait in March during combat ops.

For 6 months, Pete Hegseth's Pentagon refused to count him among the war dead. Last week, they finally admitted the truth

[Mai Xiong @MaiXiongMI]

When we get back the gavels in the Michigan House, I’ll be investigating Kristi Rogers and calling for an oversight committee hearing on this campaign activity by the Mike Rogers campaign for allegedly violating Michigan campaign finance laws.

[MI House Democrats @MIHouseDems]

Trump has broken promises more times than he's filed for bankruptcy. The only difference is that this time, Michiganders pay the price.