“While we did not get every bill across the finish line, we are proud that the majority of our legislative package has made it to the Governor’s Desk," said Assemblymember Corey Jackson Here are the reparations bills that made it to Newsom's desk:

This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the Apalachee High School shooting. Mason Schermerhorn, 14 His sister had circulated photos of him on social media when family couldn’t contact him. Because he was autistic, they thought he might have wandered off. 💔

You know, a real poet told me once that not every story has to appeal to the heart. It can appeal to the spine . . . — Landon Smith

“[Black students] are often not given the same benefit of the doubt that their white counterparts receive, and might even be perceived as having harmful motives.” Will the rush to falsely accuse Black children need to be included in the survey data for this report, next time?

JUST IN: Georgia school sh**ter Colt Gray was "bullied for being gay" and "expressed frustration with the acceptance of transgender people." According to CNN, Gray's Discord account discussed his frustration with the "acceptance of trans people." "The account referenced Adam

Hey! I got shouted out by @joyannreid on The ReidOut "This process of rehabilitation that journalist Aaron Rupar calls 'sanewashing' is happening nearly every time Trump opens his mouth ... "

6. I hadn’t thought about that experience in 20 years, but it came back to me suddenly as I was reading Parker Malloy’s latest piece in The New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/185530…

7. Her argument is familiar to those of us who have been critical of the Washington press corps’ coverage of Donald Trump, especially its practice of making his habitual incoherence seem coherent. editorialboard.com/trumps-habitua…

13. I have argued that the press corps is Trump’s “affirmative action program.” Borrowing from the illiberal view of the policy, I have said that Trump hasn’t earned his political standing. The media has given it to him. editorialboard.com/the-press-corp…

20. I think he’s trying to say tariffs will pay for childcare, which is a laughable policy, but also beside the point. I shouldn’t be doing his work for him. Neither should reporters, but they always do.  x.com/johnastoehr/st…

21. Like an assisted living facility, the Washington press corps takes on that responsibility. It does the work for him, thus shielding the American people from the truth, which is he’s no longer fit enough to communicate on his own.

22. Thursday night, Parker Malloy posted on Twitter a transcript of these same remarks side-by-side with a news summary published by the Times. x.com/ParkerMolloy/s…

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OMFG, the word Cheney doesn't appear on the home or front page of the Times today. A grand coalition in American democracy is forming. The #BrokenTimes is ignoring this momentous story--as well as good news for Harris. This is not news judgment. My view: buzzmachine.com/2024/09/06/the…

The autistic Black boy he killed wasn't taunting him. I think journalists need to be careful about this justification-type of language.

#TrinidadandTobago Bye bye to Christopher Columbus’s three ships – the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria on the coat of arms. They will be replaced with the steelpan.

Happy Birthday to the saxophone colossus #SonnyRollins who is 94 years old today!   Stream our playlist "Sonny Rollins: The Finest": bluenote.lnk.to/SonnyRollinsFi…   Browse vinyl on the Blue Note Store: store.bluenote.com/collections/so…

“Jazz is my adventure. I'm after new chords, new ways of syncopating, new figures, new runs. How to use notes differently. That's it. Just using notes differently.” — Thelonious Monk

We have to do something about the fatherlessness in the White community! So many missing White fathers. Mabe if Colt Gray had a father in his life, he wouldn't have...oh, wait...

This remarkable historic moment was buried on page A4 in the Washington Post.