Michael K. Fauntroy

Billboard Hits in addition to "Da Butt"

"Buck Wild" (1989): A go-go/new jack swing hybrid, this song was a Top 10 hit on the R&B chart.
"Taste of Your Love" (1989): Another Top 10 R&B hit for the band, it was a ballad that further expanded their national reach.

‘Look at the charts’: Democrats desert legacy media for new outlets Angry viewers are trying to make legacy outlets pay for their pro-Trump transgressions by turning to competitors.

Here is an interesting article on how Democrats around the country are turning away from legacy media.

www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

On Trump's DC Takeover michaelfauntroy.substack.com What is this really about? Why is it happening now? Is this an attempt to divert attention from Jeffrey Epstein? What next?

My thoughts on Trump's illogical takeover of DC law enforcement and the crime stat lies used to justify it.

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Trump Attacks Diversity, Excellence, and Black Leadership at George Mason University Note: The Washington Informer previously published this essay.

Trump Attacks Diversity, Excellence, and Black Leadership at George Mason University

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Introducing . . . .

Michael K. Fauntroy | Substack Washington, DC-based professor and political commentator. Regular on CTV News in Canada. Heard, seen, and read all over the U.S. Click to read Michael K. Fauntroy, a Substack publication. Launched an ...

I am taking the leap!!

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Trump and Congressional Republicans See the Poor as Wealthy and the Wealthy as Poor Michael K.

My first Substack essay looks at an odd phenomenon in American politics: It seems like Trump and congressional Republicans think poor people have too much money and wealthy people have too little. Odd.

Thoughts?

fauntroy.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

The Brennan Center’s new survey of local election officials found that 46% of local election officials are concerned about politically motivated investigations of themselves or other election officials in future elections. Read more in @thehill.com.

I am looking forward to joining my dear brother Tavis Smiley on Monday to discuss the recently passed GOP-Trump budget bill, among other issues.

We've got a lot to talk about!

Noon ET/9A PT

#KBLA
@therealtavissmiley
@kbla1580
@moderation.blacksky.app

Here’s How Much Trump’s Pardons And Commutations Have Cost The Federal Government Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 16 people or companies with fines totalling at least $102,647,458—money that would have gone into federal government coffers.

Pardons often include allowing criminals to skip repaying stolen money.

www.forbes.com/sites/sarado...

#Blacksky

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" Explore the speech "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" delivered by Frederick Douglass in 1852, including full text and historical context.

Frederick Douglass, "What, to the slave, is the 4th of July?"

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They seem the poor have too much money and the rich don't have enough.

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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. 

But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.

Remember this.

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House Freedom Caucus: TACO!

Trump Withholds Nearly $7 Billion for Schools, With Little Explanation

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

What year was this speaker list? In what way is it relevant to the current Democratic party?

Stop posting out of context bs that has nothing to do with today. What year was that convention speaker list? My point is that it is old and irrelevant. What is yours?

A photo of Rep. Walter Fauntroy beside Marion Barry. Youths are behind both of them.

Marion Barry in the backseat of a car with a peace sign extended out the window.

A dark screen with an excerpt of an article endorsing Marion Barry.

“The article describes Barry's most serious challenger, Patricia Harris, as taking a ‘cautious’ and ‘politically correct’ stance on gay issues, in contrast with Barry, who was considered, at the time, "one of the most progressive mayors in the country on the issue of gay rights.’”

I know there have been efforts to make these two seem to be enemies. One prominent artist turned my uncle, a hero, into a villain for artistic purposes. Fauntroy, still alive and can confirm this, and Chisolm had a strong and respectful relationship. They shared a commitment to the African diaspora.

This list has nothing to do with the current DNC.

Walter Edward Fauntroy Jr. is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was the Washington, D.C. delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991. He was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nominations as a favorite son.

On this date in 1968, Robert and Ethel Kennedy and Pastor Walter Fauntroy took a walk through a riot-damaged area of Washington DC. During their walk, Fauntroy was shocked to hear RFK say: "I fear that guns stand between me and the White House."

YouTube video by Norm Kurland Focus on the Fed Rally '07 (Part 2 of 2), Norman Kurland

Former civil rights leader, MLK friend, Walter Fauntroy, at right speaks next, looking for it. These guys are so underfunded, but have the power of truth and so will prevail.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw4b...

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics The Trump-GOP plan provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for low- and moderate-income families.

Trump-GOP tax plan: Poor people have too much money; rich people don't have enough.

#Trump
#GOPTaxPlan
#TrickleDown
#WorseThanReaganomics
#WarOnPoor
#WarOnWorkingClass
#Medicaid
#MedicaidCuts
#Medicare
#MedicareCuts

www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-econom...

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics The Trump-GOP plan provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for low- and moderate-income families.

Trump-GOP tax plan: Poor people have too much money; rich people don't have enough.

#Trump
#GOPTaxPlan
#TrickleDown
#WorseThanReaganomics
#WarOnPoor
#WarOnWorkingClass
#Medicaid
#MedicaidCuts
#Medicare
#MedicareCuts
@washingtoninformer.com

www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-econom...

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics The Trump-GOP plan provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for low- and moderate-income families.

Trump-GOP Tax Plan: The poor have too much money and the rich have too little.

#BlackSky
#Trump
#GOPTaxPlan
#TrickleDown
#WorseThanReaganomics
#WarOnPoor
#WarOnWorkingClass
#Medicaid
#MedicaidCuts
#Medicare
#MedicareCuts

www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-econom...

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics The Trump-GOP plan provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for low- and moderate-income families.

Explaining the inverted logic of Trumponomics.

@washingtoninformer.com

www.washingtoninformer.com/trump-econom...

FAUNTROY: The Dangerously Inverted Logic Driving Trumponomics The Trump-GOP plan provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for low- and moderate-income families.

Explaining the inverted logic of Trumponomics.

@washingtoninformer.com
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@zeteo.com
@aljazeera.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
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