Henri Makembe

Founding Partner @ Four Lions Media husband & father. Posting about whatever is on my mind. Usual disclaimers apply.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

He has the same disdain for brevity and truth that he does for immigrants ad working class Americans. #SOTU

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

My Favorite Fact check of the evening. #SOTU

[Four Lions Media @FourLionsMedia]

Today, we join folks marching across the country and heed the words of George Washington who warned us of the #MAGA movement 229 years ago. #NoKings

[Mark Warner @MarkWarner]

Washington DC’s 700,000+ residents deserve federal representation.

DC statehood now.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

I don't use the term gaslight often, but Trump's White House is doing some excellent gaslighting at the moment. Something to learn from.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

BFD for the labor movement.

[SEIU @SEIU]

2M SEIU Members 🤝 13M AFL-CIO Members

SEIU just joined America’s biggest federation of labor unions, the @AFLCIO. Together, we’re taking on corporate union busters and changing the rules so every worker who wants a union can have one. Let’s do this!

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

It's not like they have different target audiences that consume media differently or anything. Smart campaigns follow the eyeballs, not the nostalgia.

[Patrick Ruffini @PatrickRuffini]

Really remarkable that Kamala has outraised Trump by a ton but Team Trump remains competitive on TV.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

The most apt headline for this mess.

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

White man tells Black journalists that his Black opponent is not Black https://t.co/EZlm92J20I

[AprilDRyan @AprilDRyan]

Trump came into our home, a Black Press advocacy convention, and insulted us in our face. What is worse he was invited to do this by NABJ leadership. Shame!

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

I respectfully disagree with second half this take. Having the former President there did not in any way address the issues of Black communities across the country nor did it serve to celebrate, honor and strengthen Black journalists plying their trade.

[Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip]

Incredibly proud of @rachelvscott and @kadiagoba today. Substantive but tough questioning.

NABJ leadership made a decision grounded in journalism to have Trump come answer questions. And it produced one of the newsiest interviews with him this year.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

Black folk, we don’t need to give an audience. Really, we don’t.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

@jacobin read the room.

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Hear us out: Kamala Harris should choose Bernie Sanders as her running mate. https://t.co/Qsel2P1X9o

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

The complete fuckery of this statement is incredible. Countless of black & brown folks get screwed by the
system every day and it’s fine. A guilty af privileged old white dude gets rightfully convicted, and now the system is being weaponized?

Get fucked, respectfully, of course

[Kevin McCarthy @SpeakerMcCarthy]

President Trump’s only “crime” is running against Joe Biden in 2024.
The American people see right through this weaponization of the legal system.

[April Verrett @aprildverrett]

No one should be above the law -- not a boss, not a billionaire, not a president. The jurors did their job today. Now let’s do ours as voters this November.

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

Starting the rumors…..

[Mike McLaughlin @miklaughlin]

New Kentucky Basketball Coach!

[Jessica Hart [email protected] @jlrhart]

Our early childcare teachers are our village. They teach our kids, love our kids, from the earliest ages. Without them, my and many other families couldn’t live and work in DC.

@MayorBowser @ChmnMendelson, fund the Pay Equity Fund in the budget!

[Amber Harding @amberwharding]

This makes me livid.
1. They were able to pay their rent... before the global pandemic? Before a crisis hit? Before they lost a job?
2. ERAP has income limits. These aren't rich people abusing the system
3. Don't worry, no one in DC believes you care about helping them pay rent

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

This can’t be serious.

March 2020 lasted a million days.

[Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social @TrumpDailyPosts]

ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?

Donald Trump Truth Social 07:58 AM EST 3/18/24

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

Big.

[The Associated Press @AP]

BREAKING: Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she won’t seek reelection, avoiding 3-way race https://t.co/HZ6fWkkU4F

[Henri Makembe @henrim]

This is so unserious.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

This from @jbarro sure seems correct to me — we have seen this movie before and it sucks!

https://t.co/ZllmuFwNel