Defended my dissertation a little over a week ago. Today it was officially accepted and archived by the university.
I’ll spend the next few weeks reflecting on this accomplishment, journey, and the many experiences. #PhinisheD#BlackPhd
There has never been a government full of wannabe influencers in the history of government.
Every single one of them would rather be doing viral video slop than their current jobs.
There is not a single K-12 public school in the United Stares that transitioned any students. Not one.
Y’all think we just keep an operating room back behind the cafeteria or something and trans kids during recess?
People are so dumb.
Christian idolatry looks like supporting an administration that spends our tax dollars like this while thinking it is absolutely wasteful to allow some of our tax dollars go to feed hungry kids, help immigrant families, support the poor, or take care of our planet.
If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, the needy to be called "parasites," and our planet to be ravaged, all while billionaires get richer, we've misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus' teachings.
They really let a UFC fighter call our only Black First Lady a man on the White House lawn at an official White House event … while thousands cheered and the biggest podcaster in the world smiled.
There is no economic policy fix for this. Many of these people are just racist.
Miller: The way most welfare works in most states and most places is we take your word for it. If you say your kids are hungry, you are going to get food stamps. We don't check if you even have kids. You will just start getting the checks.
Out of the ruins of the Civil War, birthright citizenship emerged as a foundation upon which this nation could rebuild stronger and more whole than before. It has faced increasingly hackneyed legal challenges rooted in bigotry, fear, or both in the nearly two centuries since, and each time, it has endured. And that is because the 14th Amendment’s promise of citizenship to all those born on our soil is unambiguous.
But Donald Trump has never believed the Constitution should come before his prejudices. His unprecedented decision to attend today’s oral arguments in the Supreme Court is nothing more than a deeply cheap intimidation tactic against a coequal branch of government, borne of the same desperation and disrespect for the law that have defined his presidency since Day 1. He will fail, and so will his despicable effort to punish the people and communities who represent the true story of America, and not his sick, supremacist distortion.
Racist. Deranged. Humiliating to our country. The fact that we have decided to pretend to this is normal every day is a moral abomination. Have we any shame?
And every day an entire generation is being told it is “Christian” to support this. God have mercy on us.
There’s so much going on in this take — biblically, historically, pastorally — it’s honestly hard to know where to begin.
What's most troubling is how easily Christians can say these things without noticing how far they drift from the gospel’s reconciling center. 🧵
You chose to be cruel instead of compassionate; to be evil in spirit instead of empathetic; to ignore what God asks us to do—"You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39. Perhaps Megyn you don’t feel anything for Alex because you don’t feel anything for yourself.
You can literally feel it in your soul when it's TIME. time to move on from people, time to make a change in your life, time to get rid of unhealthy habits, time to want MORE for yourself. At some point, you'll just KNOW. That's your call.
My disappointments and setbacks (health, family, friends, academics, etc.) in 2024 clouded the amazing things that happened in my life. It was a hard year but I’m grateful.
I’m believing 2025 will be the year of “SUDDENLY.”
Through faith, I believe that for all who read this.
@CaliBirthMark Yep. While they’re entertaining, gossip and drama definitely gets the likes, views, and shares. Keeps people talking. A successful growth method that can get/be raunchy.