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Feedback:  What’s on my mind: The Republican Endgame for America: https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf News: Indiana Republican wins primary while in jail for murder: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-candidate-wins-primary-from-jail_n_6274d2d6e4b046ad0d7a418f Mark Esper now says Trump was a dangerous child: https://www.newsweek.com/mark-esper-under-fire-keeping-essential-trump-information-secret-1704880 Black People are broke by design: https://blacknews.com/news/founder-black-math-genius-program-says-black-people-are-broke-by-design/, www.blackmathgenius.com Would Clarence Thomas strike down his own marriage: https://thegrio.com/2022/05/10/would-clarence-thomas-strike-down-his-own-marriage/ Poised to shatter ceilings in Columbian politics: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/world/americas/francia-marquez-colombia-vp.html This shit is for us: Black as Night Republicans: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/537e687fe4b0cabbb8f9d767/t/57fac46a6a496306c83ce67c/1476052078780/Heersink+and+Jenkins+-+Black+and+Tans+versus+Lily+Whites.pdf Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible, Absurd, Cruel, Intolerant and Self-Contradictory: https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/biblical-contradictions/ Closing: Blackman framed for murder wins $10M settlement: https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/04/10/spent-6-years-prison-police-framed-murder-now-hell-receive-10m-settlement/#:~:text=Jamal%20Trulove%2C%20who%20appeared%20on%20Vh1%20reality%20show,wrongful%20murder%20conviction%20that%20landed%20him%20behind%20bars.

What’s on my mind: The US Constitution is trash: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/app/uploads/2013/11/summary-of-the-US-Constitution.pdf News: Cawthorn under pressure: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/us/politics/madison-cawthorn.html Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v Cassey overturned: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473 Trump sycophant Ronny Jackson coordinated with the Oath Keepers: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/oath-keepers-security-trump-jan6-00026157 Further evidence emerges that Trump is a violent sociopath: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/donald-trump-mark-esper-just-shoot-them Race Is Central to Identity for Black Americans: https://aframnews.com/study-race-is-central-to-identity-for-black-americans-and-affects-how-they-connect/ This shit is for us: Black proactive self-defense: https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-law-basics/self-defense-overview.html Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Imagine if Greek Mythology was used like the Bible: https://www.greekboston.com/culture/ancient-history/religion/ Closing: In digitizing Black History Indy’s Center for Black Literature & Culture enters the chat: https://www.theroot.com/indianapolis-center-for-black-literature-and-culture-en-1848708251

What’s on my mind: The normalization of hate: https://www.counterextremism.com/content/extreme-left-groups-united-states, https://verdict.justia.com/2019/04/04/if-these-ideas-are-too-far-left-why-are-they-so-popular News: Internal memo reveals the GOPs insidious tactics: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/us/jim-jordan-republicans-memo-immigration.html The politics of COVID: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/covid-politics-democrats/ Update in the MTG trial, we know the truth: https://truthout.org/articles/a-court-decision-against-marjorie-taylor-greene-may-only-embolden-her-base/ Texas “youth pastor” confesses to sexual abuse of a child: https://ministrywatch.com/texas-youth-pastor-former-teachers-aide-confesses-to-sexual-abuse-of-children/ The Democratic Party might be trash, but let’s stop pretending it matters: https://thegrio.com/2022/04/27/democratic-party-might-be-trash-but-stop-pretending-it-matters/ This shit is for us: Black Republicans WTF: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/21/herschel-walker-tim-scott-black-republican-bootstraps-racist Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Imagine a Bible with no Moses and no Exodus: https://jude3project.org/blog/2021/9/24/wrongfully-dividing-the-word-of-truth-the-history-and-impact-of-the-negro-slave-bible-part-1 Closing: Ashton Edwards on pointe: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/19/arts/dance/nonbinary-ballet-dancers-swan-lake.html

What’s on my mind: The universal death of rational thought: News: Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/books/banned-books-libraries.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Education A Christian ‘health insurance’ ministry left families with millions in unpaid bills: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-christian-health-insurance-ministry-left-families-with-millions-in-unpaid-bills/ San Francisco Black Man Exonerated After Spending Three Decades In Prison: https://blackamericaweb.com/2022/04/20/san-francisco-joaquin-ciria-exonerated-32-years-in-prison/ Trump supporter pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar: https://thegrio.com/2022/04/20/trump-supporter-pleads-guilty-to-threatening-to-kill-rep-ilhan-omar/ MTG may be barred from running for reelection, we can only hope: https://www.blackenterprise.com/federal-judge-allows-challenge-to-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-reelection-bid/ This shit is for us: The racist plot to destroy our democracy: https://soba.iamempowered.com/sites/soba.iamempowered.com/files/NUL-SOBA-2022-ExecSummary-web.pdf Bible Study with Atheist Mike: God, the most prolific serial mass-murderer ever: https://www.vocativ.com/news/309748/all-the-people-god-kills-in-the-bible/index.html?msclkid=e5abd8bfc10611ecae21d60961f3858e Closing: Benedict Lombe wins Blackburn Prize: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/theater/benedict-lombe-blackburn-prize-lava.html?msclkid=5791cffac10e11ec8f0d4002093bde53

What’s on my mind: Democrats can’t fuck this up: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-black-voters.html News: Text from Trump son is said to plan overturning election: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text/index.html This is Justice in America: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091769554/2-found-not-guilty-in-michigan-governor-kidnapping-plot, https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/06/judge-issues-first-outright-acquittal-of-jan-6-riot-defendant-00023493 It is it always small crimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/12/nyregion/brian-benjamin-arrested.html The Constitution did not envision Florida Man, when they wrote the 2nd Amendment: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellievhall/shooting-teens-bulletproof-vest-florida SoHo Karen pleads guilty to hate crime: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-pleads-guilty-hate-crime-wrongly-accusing-black-teen-stealing-ph-rcna23942 This shit is for us: The myth of black progress: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/02/27/examining-the-black-white-wealth-gap/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The bible says what: https://www.ranker.com/list/bible-passages-use-against-fundamentalists/ivana-wynn Closing: Family of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat keeps his legacy:  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/family-artist-jean-michel-basquiat-keeps-legacy-alive-new-exhibit-rcna23433

Feedback:  What’s on my mind: Who’s my audience for RBT and what do I want them to do? News: Jackson Confirmed: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/07/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-vote-scotus No justice for Amir Locke: https://www.thecut.com/2022/04/a-no-knock-warrant-led-to-the-police-shooting-of-amir-locke.html If you are white, you are presumed innocent, even after you are proven guilty: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/books/review/scoundrel-sarah-weinman.html Churches played an active role in slavery and segregation: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/churches-played-active-role-slavery-segregation-want-make-amends-rcna21291 This doesn’t matter, but it really does: https://newsone.com/4315426/tom-cotton-ketanji-brown-jackson-nazis/ This shit is for us: Is violence ever warranted?  Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Why I hate Religion: Closing: Pioneering Park Ranger Betty Reid Soskin: https://newsone.com/4313803/activist-betty-reid-soskin-national-park-service-retirement/

Feedback:  What’s on my mind: A Systems Analytic Explanation for the Shitshow we Live in: https://www.agile42.com/en/blog/cynefin-framework#:~:text=The%203%20basic%20types%20of,%3B%20ordered%2C%20complex%20and%20chaotic., https://www.agile42.com/en/blog/cynefin-framework#:~:text=The%203%20basic%20types%20of,%3B%20ordered%2C%20complex%20and%20chaotic. News: Gini Thomas’ push to overthrow the US government: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/ Trump is still fucking at it: https://newsone.com/4311763/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-info-hunter-biden/ Horrific sexual abuse endured by survivor linked to Jacksonville church: https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2022/03/30/arrest-warrant-details-horrific-sexual-abuse-endured-by-survivor-linked-to-north-jacksonville-church/ Biden kicks a couple of idiots off the Presidential Council of Sports: https://www.blackenterprise.com/president-biden-requests-mehmet-oz-and-herschel-walker-resign-from-presidential-council-or-be-fired/ Black women running in the 2022 Midterms, we need to elect them: https://newsone.com/4310433/record-number-black-women-are-running-2022-midterms-elect-them/ This shit is for us: What is “Race”: https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/historical-foundations-race Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Biblical End of Days:  Closing: Ariana DeBose makes history with a best supporting actress win: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/27/1088846361/ariana-debose-oscar-best-supporting-actress

Feedback:  What’s on my mind: Allow me to Retort…: https://www.amazon.com/Allow-Me-Retort-Black-Constitution/dp/1620976811 News: The GOP Staged a Racist Shit Show at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Hearings: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gops-racist-clown-show-at-supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-hearings Here’s what you get when racism and religion fuck and have a baby girl: https://hillreporter.com/watch-former-gop-senate-candidate-lauren-witzke-comes-out-in-favor-of-arranged-marriage-dowries-127220 And some say we should want more cops on the streets: https://thegrio.com/2022/03/23/torture-and-murder-ronald-greene-case-turns-cop-vs-cop/ How it’s done: https://www.theroot.com/black-women-led-philanthropy-to-grant-1-05-mil-to-blac-1848693610 Anti-Vax Cop wins the Herman Cain Award…good fucking riddance: https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-lamay-anti-vax-washington-state-trooper-who-railed-at-jay-inslee-dies-after-covid-battle This shit is for us: We can’t win without women: https://www.blackpast.org/global-african-history/yaa-asantewaa-mid-1800s-1921/, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-women-move-forefront-fight-racial-equality-n756416 Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Overlapping Crazies, why religion always leads to atrocities: https://ffrf.org/uploads/legal/Christian_Nationalism_and_the_Jan6_Insurrection-2-9-22.pdf Closing: Belated honor to a group of Black women veterans: https://newsone.com/4308232/all-black-women-wwii-unit-awarded-congressional-gold-medal/

Feedback:  What’s on my mind: The Centre cannot hold …: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming News: Is God causing the war in Ukraine: https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/national/article259276904.html If evolution is real, why we still got Herschel Walker: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/herschel-walker-denies-evolution-why-are-there-still-apes/ With the attack on CRT, this hate crime in a high school may soon be acceptable: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/hate-crime-charge-teen-recorded-whipping-classmate-rcna20469  Moscow Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Arrest: https://www.theroot.com/moscow-court-extends-brittney-griner-s-arrest-until-may-1848666645 Pastor Arrested on Allegations He Possessed ‘Numerous Images of Child Pornography: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/baptist-pastor-arrested-after-search-warrant-alleges-he-possessed-numerous-images-of-child-pornography-following-nearly-six-year-investigation/ This shit is for us: The devolution of the Republican party: https://www.ncpedia.org/lily-white-politics Bible Study with Atheist Mike: White too long, racism and Christianity: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/books/review/white-too-long-robert-p-jones.html Closing: Belated happy International Day of the Woman: https://newsone.com/4102665/international-womens-day-maia-chaka-felecia-nave-mia-schultz/

What’s on my mind: Don’t push me cause I’ close to the edge…:  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d824da4727dfb5bd9e59d0c/t/615c7ae7c1b58c7f92fb2ce1/1633450730356/Black+Nonreligious+Americans+-+A+Brief+from+the+U.S.+Secular+Survey.pdf News: The Ukraine Crisis and Anti-Blackness In Immigration: https://newsone.com/4301129/ukrainian-refugee-crisis-spotlights-anti-blackness-immigration-system-undocublack/ U.S. Senate passes anti-lynching bill: https://thegrio.com/2022/03/08/senate-passes-emmett-till-anti-lynching-bill/ Update on Black man who punched a white man to death for calling him the N-word: https://newsone.com/4301409/lenient-sentence-for-black-florida-man-who-fatally-punched-white-man/ 2020 Census Undercounted Hispanic, Black and Native American Residents: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/census-undercounted-population.html Another Black man accused of robbery trying to withdraw his own money from BoA: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/black-panther-director-was-falsely-accused-of-robbery-at-bank-of-america-it-s-eerily-similar-to-a-black-lawyer-s-experience/ar-AAUU0YT?ocid=msedgntp This shit is for us: Do Ukrainian Lives Matter: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Why are you a Christian? Because of geography:  https://www.jstor.org/stable/3511951?read-now=1&seq=12#page_scan_tab_contents, https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/gyaccp/geography and religion.pdf Closing: Thanks to Robert Marshall for telling his story: https://www.theroot.com/exclusive-robert-marshall-sexual-assault-survivor-le-1848543054

Feedback:  What’s on my mind: Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth: News: MTG spoke at a white supremist conference, but claims she didn’t know where she was: https://newsone.com/4297890/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-problem/ Capitol rioter awaiting sentencing dies by suicide…good riddance: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/capitol-rioter-awaiting-sentencing-dies-suicide-coroner-says-rcna18270 No justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/us/breonna-taylor-hankison-trial.html A Progressive democrat’s response to President Biden’s State of the Union speech: https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1083868623/democrat-rep-rashida-tlaib-delivers-a-response-to-bidens-state-of-the-union This shit is for us: What would a post racist world look like: https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2195&context=bb_pubs Bible Study with Atheist Mike: How did Yeshua become Jesus: https://allthatsinteresting.com/yeshua-jesus-real-name Closing: Congratulations to Ayesha Rascoe, new host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/business/media/npr-ayesha-rascoe.html

What’s on my mind: A Black atheist prophecy:  News: A jury finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 killers guilty of federal hate crimes: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082225480/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crimes The Republicans are Racist, and If You Still Support them, So Are You: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-racist-if-you-still-support-him-so-are-you Pastor arrested for raping kids, a double header: https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/former-youth-pastor-arrested-child-rape-charges/IG7EW6DLOJBVHKM5JUBPMTF3K4/ and, https://www.fox5vegas.com/news/crime/las-vegas-pastor-accused-of-child-sex-crimes-arrested-in-new-mexico/article_cd66ca8c-931b-11ec-8311-6fc604b87bb3.html The Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Black perspective: https://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-russia-africans-20141102-story.html This shit is for us: Ani’t no half steppin: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/1923-marcus-garvey-last-word-incarceration/ and, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44694/if-we-must-die Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Witches the third most use word for women in the bible: https://religionnews.com/2022/02/15/tennessee-preacher-greg-locke-says-demons-told-him-names-of-witches-in-his-church/ and, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_and_divination_in_the_Hebrew_Bible Closing: 50 Years Later, the Rothko Chapel Meets a New Musical Match: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/arts/music/tyshawn-sorey-rothko-chapel.html

What’s on my mind: In plain sight, the quite part out loud: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/republicans-america-first-caucus News: Racist slurs, violent messages: How Arbery’s killers talked about Black people: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racist-slurs-violent-messages-how-arbery-s-killers-talked-about-black-people/ar-AATWzb9?ocid=msedgntp Dear Democrats: Start treating Republicans like the violent extremists they are: https://thegrio.com/2022/02/16/dear-democrats-treat-republicans-like-violent-extremists/ Idiot antivaxx truckers wreak havoc on the economy: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/12/world/americas/canada-truck-protests-police.html Well-Known Black Pastor Arrested in Scheme to Defraud Elderly Man Out of His Home: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/well-known-miami-gardens-pastor-arrested-in-scheme-to-defraud-elderly-man-out-of-home/2691556/ Sha'Carri Richardson Questions Olympics After Russian Athlete Caught Doping: https://www.binnews.com/content/2022-02-14-shacarri-richardson-questions-olympics-after-russian-athlete-caught-doping/ This shit is for us: Pet Negros and other oddities: Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Holy Sacrament Revisited: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/15/1080829813/priest-resigns-baptisms Closing: Black businessman inducted into Texas Business Hall of Fame: https://aframnews.com/houston-businessman-inducted-into-texas-business-hall-of-fame/

What’s on my mind: This shit is not sustainable: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html and https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-alabama-voting/ News: Kentucky pastor charged with sex crimes involving minor: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/kentucky/kentucky-pastor-thomas-wall-child-sex-crimes/417-646bed51-0a7e-48db-9a8a-5aa87d14c690 Examples of white (and Asian) racism denial: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/andrew-yang-apologizes-saying-joe-rogan-isnt-racist-works-black-people-rcna15174 and https://www.nme.com/news/music/india-arie-shares-clips-of-joe-rogan-using-the-n-word-and-calling-black-people-apes-3154174 COVID-19 Update, 5 more states to soon end indoor mask mandates: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/us-mask-mandates.html Panel finds hundreds of charges of abuse: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-ame-zion-bishop-charged-in-fraud-scheme-targeting-bay-area-congregations/ar-AAT8L8y Meet the Black Neuroscientist Who is on a Mission to Change the World: https://www.blacknews.com/news/shonte-jovan-taylor-black-neuroscientist-change-world/ This shit is for us: Lessons from the Haitian Revolution: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution and https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/pg15bh41h Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible’s view of women: https://ffrf.org/component/k2/item/23729-why-women-need-freedom-from-religion Closing: A fresh face breaks barriers on Iraq’s state news: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/middleeast/iraq-tv-black-news-anchor.html

What’s on my mind: It’s worse than I thought: https://orientalreview.org/2022/01/29/the-1994-rwandan-genocide-and-the-united-states-i/ News: Trump Really, Really Wanted the Government to Seize Voting Machines: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pushed-government-seize-voting-machines-1293232/ Cops suspended over mishandling of the deaths of two Black women: https://www.blackenterprise.com/connecticut-cops-suspended-over-mishandling-of-deaths-of-two-black-women/ COVID Update, Christian Dr. claims vaccines turn people into “transhumanist cyborgs”: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/01/prominent-christian-doctor-claims-covid-vaccines-will-turn-people-transhumanist-cyborgs/ Former AME Zion Bishop charged in fraud scheme: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-ame-zion-bishop-charged-in-fraud-scheme-targeting-bay-area-congregations/ar-AAT8L8y Judge J. Michelle Childs heads list of potential Black women Supreme Court nominees: https://aframnews.com/judge-j-michelle-childs-heads-list-of-potential-black-women-supreme-court-nominees/ This shit is for us: Black Generations: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201602/baby-boomers-generation-z Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Do Martyrs for Islam get to fuck 70 virgins: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/jan/12/books.guardianreview5 Closing: Black Woman to Make Astronaut History: https://www.blackenterprise.com/jessica-watkins-set-to-become-first-black-woman-to-have-an-extended-stay-in-outer-space/

What’s on my mind: Motivated Blindness, an answer to the question, why are people so dumb: https://www.stevebizblog.com/the-truth-about-how-motivated-blindness-affects-business-decisions/#:~:text=Motivated%20blindness%20is%20a%20type%20of%20confirmation%20bias,blindness%20for%20a%20small%20business%20involves%20money-related%20issues., https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/12/elc-pitfalls News: Mitch McConnell says African Americans are almost like real Americans: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-says-black-americans-vote-just-as-much-as-americans Is Ginni Thomas a Threat to democracy? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/01/31/is-ginni-thomas-a-threat-to-the-supreme-court COVID19 Update, A woman dies after deliberately catching Covid: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60050996 Black pastor apologizes for rubbing spit on churchgoer’s face: https://thegrio.com/2022/01/19/pastor-mike-todd-apologizes-churchgoers-face-spit/ Black Pastor and Wife Arrested for Holding 8 People Locked in Basement: https://www.theroot.com/georgia-pastor-and-wife-arrested-for-holding-8-people-l-1848410729 This shit is for us: No matter how hard you try you can’t stop us now: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/black-history-american-democracy.html Bible Study with Atheist Mike: To dunk or not to dunk, that is the question: https://www.personalcreations.com/blog/seven-sacraments Closing: An arbiter of beauty exists the stage: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/23/style/andre-leon-talley-legacy.html

What’s on my mind: How to stop the Dem’s plan to lose the House and the Senate this year: https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/joe-biden-gets-f-grade-from-37-of-americans-poll-shows/, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/poll-numbers-are-pointing-midterm-shellacking-democrats-n1287624 News: The prayer timeline for Jan 6: https://religionnews.com/2022/01/06/jan-6-a-timeline-in-prayers/ Most BLM protest were peaceful: https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/news-and-ideas/black-lives-matter-protesters-were-overwhelmingly-peaceful-our-research-finds COVID-19 Update – decades of discovery before miraculous cure: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/16/world/science-health-world/miracle-covid-vaccine/ Pedophile Priest act like mafia: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/24/paedophile-priests-acted-like-mafia-abusing-schoolboys-vatican/ 74-year-old Black woman spent 27 years in prison for a murder she did not commit: https://getuperica.com/482952/elderly-black-woman-exonerated-after-spending-27-years-in-prison-for-nieces-murder/ This shit is for us: Message to White America, you don’t know Black people: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/books/review/you-dont-know-us-negroes-zora-neale-hurston.html Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Prayer is the statistical equivalent of not doing a goddam thing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-prayer-prescription/, https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/god-vs-doctor-1-2-say-prayer-saves-dying-flna1c9460561 Closing: Maria Ewing Dead: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/arts/music/maria-ewing-dead.html

Sorry for the long episode this week, I had a lot to say. In the future, if I have too much content in a given week, I will cut out content and save it for a subsequent week.If you have comments, that my podcast is too long, that my points are incoherent or wrong, please send a message to Feedback@RationalBlackThought.comWhat’s on my mind: How to get shit done: https://gettingthingsdone.com/what-is-gtd/, https://www.wrike.com/blog/complete-guide-personal-kanban/ News: Cyber Ninjas going out of business: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/us/cyber-ninjas-arizona-vote-review.html Ted Cruz shows the entire world he is a spineless piece of shit: https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/07/politics/ted-cruz-jan-6-terrorist-attack-capitol/index.html Woman billionaire tries to fight racism in Brazil: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/world/americas/luiza-trajano-brazil-magalu-racism.html COVID-19 Update: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/#graph-cases-daily Pastor Facing Multiple Sexual Assault Charges: https://legalherald.com/big-rock-il-mark-rivera-a-former-acna-lay-pastor-at-christ-our-light-anglican-facing-multiple-felony-sexual-assault-charges/ 23-year-old Black man arrested on warrant for a white man with bushy white beard: https://newsone.com/4275119/las-vegas-black-man-arrested-for-warrant-on-white-man-twice-his-age/ This shit is for us: Effective education in the Black community: https://asalh.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/final-woodson-mis-education-study-guide-2008.pdf Bible Study with Atheist Mike: How do you “know” that god exist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202008/how-do-we-know-what-is-real Closing: In Memoriam: James Mtume: https://goodblacknews.org/2022/01/11/r-i-p-jazz-and-rb-artist-musician-and-producer-james-mtume-76/

Feedback: Conversation with Kenneth: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.abb7498 What’s on my mind: When our democracy falls, who will be to blame? https://www.ft.com/content/85ff09bc-eb08-4d99-b7d5-57e07b191dd1 News: Breaking News: New wave of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories: https://www.axios.com/january-6-capitol-conspiracy-theories-conservative-social-media-f216bf07-6f11-4578-85db-bf6a8a616bd3.html Update: former Indiana youth pastor sentenced to 20 years in prison: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-indiana-youth-pastor-sentenced-20-years-prison-molesting-boys-rcna11202 COVID-19 Update, Anti-Vax Podcaster Got COVID at a Conspiracy Conf. and Died: https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvkjk/anti-vax-podcaster-doug-kuzma-dies-from-covid Employee Beat a Black Man Having a Seizure: https://news.yahoo.com/employee-beat-black-man-having-003700310.html Black man released from prison after 37 years due to false testimony: https://thegrio.com/2022/01/06/stokes-released-prison-37-years-false-testimony/ This shit is for us: Traits of the ideal Black man: https://thepowermoves.com/high-quality-men/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Arguments against god: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/sanjacinto-philosophy/chapter/arguments-against-the-existence-of-god-overview/ God Vs. Science: What are bats? https://www.batconservationireland.org/irish-bats/what-is-a-bat Closing: In Memoriam: Lawrence Brooks: https://www.theroot.com/lawrence-brooks-oldest-wwii-veteran-dies-at-112-1848313283

What’s on my mind: People have crossed over to the Twilight Zone: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html News: Court rules New York Times can temporarily keep Project Veritas documents: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/appeals-court-says-new-york-times-can-temporarily-keep-project-veritas-documents-526229 Florida Youth Pastor Charged With 408 Counts of Child Porn: https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-youth-pastor-shawn-fitzgerald-charged-with-408-counts-of-child-porn COVID-19 Update, The U.S. hits a record number of new COVID cases: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/29/1068802576/us-record-new-covid-cases High Unemployment Rates for Black Men Cost Communities $50 Billion A Year: https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-12-29-high-unemployment-rates-for-black-men-cost-communities-50-billion-a-year/ Man arrested on his way to DC with a “Hit List”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/white-house-hit-list-kuachua-brillion-xiong.html This shit is for us: The History of Black atheism: https://religionnews.com/2012/02/22/blacks-say-atheists-were-unseen-civil-rights-heroes/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What, exactly, is Faith? https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/episteme/article/faith-and-epistemology/B1B65CA54F07B3767BCC3D9029D1D946 God Vs. Science: How Old is the Universe? https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds Closing: Memoriam: Bishop Desmond Tutu: https://goodblacknews.org/