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According to F.D. Signifier, people keep saying he and Killer Mike agree on 90% of things, so why can't they just get along? But sharing an aesthetic of Black liberation isn't the same as sharing a philosophy, and he says theirs have split significantly.
For him, the real divide is Black capitalism. He argues that the Black buying power myth, the idea that if we just buy more and own more, the system fixes itself, isn't a road to liberation. Wealth and status for a few doesn't automatically lift a community.
He says it was never a personal vendetta. He once hoped for a respectful, private conversation, but Mike has historically avoided that and used his bigger platform to sneak diss critics instead.
That's why he calls it misleadership. When public figures with massive reach put their status and business ventures ahead of radical accountability, it has to be addressed publicly. It's about transparency on politics and money, not painting critics as unreasonable or just chasing attention. 🎯
On the latest YouTube video of FD Signifier, titled "Fallen Idols: How Black Leaders Fail Us," the first hour builds the framework with Obama and others. Then the video turns to Killer Mike.
FD's argument is that Mike's public persona, which often uses the language of Black radicalism, keeps clashing with what he actually does. He points to the friendly, public meetings with Governor Brian Kemp and other establishment figures, and to Mike's recent dismissals of Black scholars who critique capitalism.Mike frames those moments as "having a seat at the table."
FD calls it political gaslighting. In his view, the table-sitter ends up prioritizing access and status over liberation, and the smiling photo ops hand adversaries political cover instead of holding them accountable.
The result, FD says, is a man who now helps legitimize the system he once rapped against.
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Some parents watching this have blood on their hands.
Day 2: watching a man change.
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A Savannah police officer gave her Flock login to her husband.
Her husband is an ICE agent.
He ran 983 license plate searches.
Across six states.
788 were in South Carolina.
Mostly looking for cars registered to Hispanic owners.
An investigator asked her: "Did you run these searches?"
She said no.
Then admitted it was her husband.
Her husband said: "Every name that I ever ran was an ICE target."
Translation: I was using the police department's surveillance system to hunt people.
She got fired. Along with five other Savannah PD employees.
All for Flock misuse.
ICE is investigating its own agent.
Which means nothing will happen to him.
Georgia law apparently lets Savannah police share plate data with ICE.
But Savannah never agreed to that.
So she just decided it was fine.
Gave him the password.
He turned it into a deportation tool.
Now there's a paper trail showing Flock was used to target Hispanic drivers across state lines.
Using a police officer's credentials.
With her knowledge.
The surveillance network designed to catch criminals became a hunting tool for immigration enforcement.
One password away from working.
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A US lawmaker has announced plans to introduce a new bill that would give gamers ownership of the games they buy 🎮
The Power To The Players Act would require publishers to make games playable offline before shutting down their servers
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Ah yes, the BBC will *checks notes* blur out phrases in support of the continued existence of Trans people but won't edit out the uttering of a racial slur that both embarrasses both the two black men receiving a major award and the man with Tourette syndrome
The BBC confirms it blurred out a transgender rights slogan (Protect the Dolls) on a T-shirt worn by Bethany Antonia, the “House of the Dragon” star currently competing on “Strictly Come Dancing.”
“As is standard practice on any entertainment show on the BBC and in line with our editorial guidelines, appropriate steps are taken to reduce the inclusion of any overt branding or slogans that may be present, regardless of the wording or statement in question,” the BBC said in a statement.
variety.com/2026/tv/news/bbc…
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Never forget what white folks did to his body. He was beheaded, dissected, and skinned. They cut off body parts to keep and made a purse of his skin. His skull was passed down thru generations for 180yrs before it was returned to his descendants.
Never let them call us animals.
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I’ve met more survivors than I can count and I’m the only one I know whose perpetrator went to jail. I think it’s because I knew “what to do”. I knew to get a rape kit asap without showering, brushing my teeth, or eating or drinking anything. I knew to put my dress in a paper bag
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Most accurate explanation of culling games for the normies 😭
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You wanna know why? Cuz the nerd that created this map found more than 300,000 surveillance devices. Flock only publicly reported 120,000
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Price history of standard (ad-free) streaming plans, since launch:
Netflix (2010)
• $7.99 --> $19.99 (+150%)
• Increases in 3 of last 5 years
Hulu (2015)
• $11.99 --> $21.49 (+80%)
• Increases in 4 of last 5 years
Apple TV (2019)
• $4.99 --> $14.99 (+200%)
• Increases in each of last 4 years
Disney+ (2019)
• $6.99 --> $21.49 (+207%)
• Increases annually since 2021
HBO Max (2020)
• $14.99 --> $18.49 (+23%)
• Increases in 3 of last 4 years
Peacock (2020)
• $9.99 --> $19.99 (+100%)
• Increases in each of last 4 years
Paramount+ (2021)
• $9.99 --> $13.99 (+40%)
• Increases in 3 of last 4 years
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Brooklyn's Troy Kingston built a 50,000-follower platform exposing deed theft and housing struggles, and it's already sparked real change. #BlackNewYorkers amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/…
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this my most old nigga value. dont come over here looking like a crumpled napkin man
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A 25-year-old artist was arrested for writing on a subway wall with a marker.
He arrived at the hospital thirty minutes later in a coma, hogtied, covered in bruises. He died thirteen days later.
Michael Stewart. New York City, September 1983.
Eleven transit officers were involved in some part of the arrest. Six were charged. All were acquitted in 1985.
The medical examiner's findings changed over time, in ways that the city's own investigators found troubling. Stewart's eyes had been preserved for examination and then, somehow, were not available.
He was a young Black artist in the downtown scene — he knew people, he was part of that world. And his death terrified the people in it.
Jean-Michel Basquiat, who was 22 and already famous, painted a picture of two police officers clubbing a faceless Black figure. He called it "Defacement." He reportedly said afterward: it could have been me.
Basquiat died five years later. The painting still exists. It is one of the most important things he ever made and almost nobody knows what it is about.
A kid with a marker. Thirteen days. Zero convictions.
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Since everyone is asking for a link. Yes, this is a REAL story.
More reasons why we need to remove all ALPR’s
wired.com/story/hackers-floc…
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This story is INSANE. A father/son generational serial killing duo was uncovered in Philly. These psychos were DISSOLVING the bodies, but kept photo and video evidence. The father died and the son kept on. Please pray for the victims. It wasn’t just five, it’s countless ATP.
5 missing women are linked to Olney home in Philadelphia. Here's what we know. cbsn.ws/4gUZYau
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hey @macklemore im sorry i tweeted in 2014 you should mackle less. you can mackle as much as you want. free palestine ✊🏽