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Aisha K. Staggers

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Prince fan and Writer featured in NY Review of Books, HuffPost, Paper Magazine, MTV News, etc. Author of the upcoming book, "The Infallibe Fannie Freeman." Co-host Primetime Saturday w/Aisha & LaLa! Find my work on Medium. No DMs unless I know you.

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Also, those folks are still trying to be Anti-fascist AND have Thanksgiving with their MAGA relatives.

They want both when they are opposing forces.

25.10.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They're backing away from that because they think "cost" them the election---forgetting it literally helped win the 2020 election!

25.10.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How many โ€˜No Kingsโ€™ rallies condemned anti Blackness?

24.10.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Cameo - Candy (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by CAMEO Nation Cameo - Candy (Official Music Video)

This song popped into my head and now Iโ€™ll proably be singing it for the next week.

Fun fact: When we were little, my sisters and I recorded this video and watched it over and over. We thought it was HILARIOUS!

Also, some say this song was actually about cocaine, ๐Ÿคญ. youtu.be/4YFnaCHMStk?...

25.10.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Mark Robinson

25.10.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ I have 3. I know how, why, when, where I got each one.

25.10.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact that people are saying "ah oh well that's normal military stuff" has absolutely horrifying implications for the state of the US armed forces.

Apparently they're so cooked that getting Nazi tattoos with your bros isn't even that weird? If that's true then it needs to burn the fuck down.

25.10.2025 02:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fact that he was in the military (or specifically a mercenary army) was the red flag that should've eliminated him. Surely the Dems can do better than someone who chose to be a Blackwater employee?

25.10.2025 01:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is ZERO possibility he didn't know. In fact, a lot of his supporters were arguing that it was okay because he's in the military. The fact that he's trying to pretend he was totally oblivious is disingenuous.

24.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 64    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This guyโ€™s a complete stinker and will hand Susan Collins another term if heโ€™s the Democratic candidate.

24.10.2025 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Off Leash: Inside the Secret, Global, Far-Right Group Chat Military contractor Erik Prince started a private WhatsApp group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of right-wing government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and j...

The second it came out that he joined Blackwater in 2018 should have been the end of his โ€œprogressiveโ€ run. We all knew who they were by then even if theocrat/war criminal/old GOP insider Erik Prince has gone on to make even more attacks on justice & democracy since:

newrepublic.com/article/1820...

25.10.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Told everyone this wouldn't be the end of it, that there is much more to see. People grabbing onto this guy like a security blanket weirds me out. They don't know him at all.

24.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 256    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies The Maine Senate candidate is bringing on a new campaign manager, among other changes.

Any Platner staffer who is considering signing a gag order should reach out to me. And any Platner employee or vendor who is foisting an NDA on a fellow staffer should find a different line of work. You have become all that you pretend you fight against.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

24.10.2025 02:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Also, why are you, as a party, letting this Independent tell you how to run campaigns for a party he can't commit to unless he's running for president?!

25.10.2025 09:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Just a reminder: Democrats, you seem to have forgotten this man is an Independent.

He's only a Democrat when he needs your infrastructure to run for a national campaign because there is no "Independent Party" infrastructure.

Otherwise, he'd run, unapologetically as a Democrat in his own state

25.10.2025 09:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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CNN confirms that multiple sources suggest Graham Platner knew his tattoo was a Nazi symbol years prior to launching his campaign โ€” and is now blatantly lying about it.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

24.10.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1565    ๐Ÿ” 530    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 95    ๐Ÿ“Œ 293

A drunk mouth speaks a sober mind.

25.10.2025 02:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vice versa. 20/20 is GOOD!

25.10.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They got Gen X questioning our entire existence with this one. Like did it really happen?! If this is the original am I 19 now and 51 back then or how does that work?!

25.10.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump: โ€œPortland is burning to the ground... The governor, mayor, politicians are petrified for their lives. All you have to do is look at the television, turn on your television."

24.10.2025 17:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐Ÿ˜‚

25.10.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I also remember how CBS banned her...now they canceled Colbert. Seems they were destined down this path of bad decisions.

25.10.2025 00:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love musicals.

25.10.2025 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I loved it!

24.10.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Safety Net by Deanna Grey

Safety Net by Deanna Grey

This is finally on bookshop.org! I've been waiting since it was released a couple weeks ago. #BookSly #BlackBookSky

24.10.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Media training is still necessary. The part where artist give canned answers is not Iโ€™m talking about. Iโ€™m talking bout SPEAKING INTO THE MIC. That feels like the bare minimum if youโ€™re gonna do an interview

24.10.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Friday night decisions:

#Dateline OR 20/20?

24.10.2025 23:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I told you they were criminals.

24.10.2025 23:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, conceivably, one could apply, take that $50K signing bonus, and then quit immediately eh? Iiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnntttteeeeresting.

24.10.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 234    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Under DEI, we have to work 10 times harder and be 10 times more qualified. Sounds seriously mediocre.

24.10.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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