Justin Pearson wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District.

The US economy LOST -23,000 jobs in July (below expectations of +80k). May and June were revised DOWN by a combined -103,000. Unemployment rate: 4.1% ->This went down for the WRONG reasons. Over 260,000 left the labor force Wage growth: 3.2% -->this is entirely wiped out by inflation

“Friends” allegedly got a Black girl with epilepsy so drunk she blacked out — they brutally beat her and threatened to kill her. According to the victim, the girls invited her over knowing she had epilepsy and mental health issues. 🧵

Tyler Perry paid for Nolan’s funeral. Colin Kaepernick paid for the independent autopsy for Nolan’s family. LeBron paid for the forensics of the cellphones involved in the case. We will get justice for Nolan Wells & his family.

Road rage almost turned deadly today in Des Moines, Iowa. A man pulled a gun on another driver at an intersection. The cops intervened and detained him with no shots fired.

Some good news.

Video courtesy of US Congressman Jim McGovern.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has sent a letter to Mitch McConnell requesting an urgent update on his health. "Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the current state of your health and wellbeing, and ability to hold office in the United States Senate."

For America's 250th, [Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley] read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. 🧵

Wishing you a blessed 4th of July and 250th Anniversary of the United States 🇺🇸 🙏🏾

Mom explains: The historical math behind the racial wealth gap—and why it’s widening again today. 📉 💪🏾 How did Black people narrow the gap from 56:1 to 6:1? ⛓️‍💥How systemic racism makes it difficult to amass wealth. 🧵

Family and supporters gathered at the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps to watch the unveiling of the new location for the statue of late boxing champion Joe Frazier. 🧵

Former U.N. Ambassador and civil rights activist Andrew Young tells Linsey Davis the "state of our union" is in "worse shape than we’ve ever been in my lifetime, in some says,” as he reflects on America’s 250th anniversary. (Cared to ABC News)

Repost from @keshiadee313: At 1 year old, Kohen Wiley is the youngest victim in US history to be fatally shot by police. #WeArentAngryEnough

John Oliver reacts to Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis ’ wildly obviously racist impression of House Minority Leader Rep Hakeem Jeffries. (met with no condemnation by his party, largely ignored by the media) (Credit to The Tennessee Holler)

23-year-old Daniel Cressy just became the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy fox8live.com/2026/06/23/new…

Homicides in Baltimore are now at a 50-year low under Mayor Brandon Scott.

🖤✊🏾 Happy Father’s Day ✊🏾🖤 Today, we celebrate the Black fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, uncles, mentors, and father figures who shape generations through their love, sacrifice, and leadership. 🧵

President Obama says that under the JCPOA he negotiated, "Iran had agreed not to develop nuclear weapons," and Trump pulling out of it "caused Iran to develop more nuclear capacity." 🧵

Michelle Obama: You were doing the people's work, rescuing our economy, expanding health care, ending a war, ordering the bin laden raid, saving an auto industry, winning a peace prize. (Credit to @acyn.bsky.social )

Secretary of WAR Peter Hegseth struggling to put up weight at Guantanamo and keep up with troops.

Michael now crossed $900M at the worldwide box office. The highest-grossing Lionsgate movie of all time.

Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African American to reach the rank of four-star general in the United States Armed Forces. 🧵

NFL Hall of Famer and Colorado HC Deion Sanders announced that he is officially cancer free! 🙏🏾 Sanders was diagnosed with bladder cancer in April 2025.

Governor Wes Moore, along with Baltimore’s Mayor Brandon Scott, have overseen an over 40% decrease in homicides in Maryland putting the state on pace for its lowest homicide rate in over 40 years.

Black Music Appreciation Month is an annual celebration of African-American music in the United States. It was initiated as Black Music Month by President Jimmy Carter, who, on June 7, 1979, decreed that June would be the month of Black music. 🧵

Arkansas State Trooper Michael Austin Kennedy resigned after his wife filed 30+ screenshots of his white supremacist text messages in their divorce case including calling areas “N*GGERLAND” bragging about detained Hispanics as “trophies,” and pushing to repeal the 19th Amendment. 🧵

The Barack and Michelle Obama statue at the new Barack Obama Presidential Center opening soon.

Obama’s 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal vs Trump’s Iran War in 2026

2/ While widely circulated claims—such as a dollar staying in the Black community for only six hours, or 20-30 days in other communities—are often cited on social media and in advocacy writing, these specific velocity and circulation statistics are unfounded….