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"There's a time in your life
when you find who you are.
That's the golden time of day.
And in your mind you will find
you're a bright shining star.
Ooh, that's the golden time of day."
-Frankie Beverly
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- Poet Maya Angelou becomes the first Black woman to appear on a US quarter
- President Trump: African-Americans love the job Trump is doing. Thousands of them are calling to thank me! Latest Quinnipiac Poll: 7% of African-Americans approve of his handling of his job as president.
- “Me? Oh, nothin’ - just over here working my Black job.”
00:00 - Texas Department of Public Safety now says there was no school resource officer who engaged the Uvalde shooter — eighth hours after telling CNN that the officer was interviewed about the engagement.
- If #JussieSmollett orchestrated this scam and claimed he was attacked because he’s black and gay, the real tragedy will be all of the victims of REAL hate crimes whose stories won’t be believed.
- Darryl George, the Texas student kept out of class because of his locs, has been invited to the State of the Union Address as a guest of the Congressional Black Caucus.
- Henry Whitehorn’s opponent claimed illegal votes were cast in the election that Whitehorn won by a single vote in 2023. A judge agreed and ordered a new election. Saturday, Whitehorn won that election by 4,265 votes. He will be Caddo Parish, LA’s first Black Sheriff.
- BREAKING: A grand jury has returned an indictment against Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery - including malice murder and felony murder.
- The Walter Reed medical briefings are starting to sound like the cabinet meetings: Each doctor starts with expressing gratitude for the honor of serving President Trump. Then he remarks about how strong Trump is. Then he gives little to no information that the public needs.
- More than 20 years ago, I traveled to Israel as part of @RepCummings’ Youth Program. My first international experience. It recast me. When we returned, he encouraged me to attend Howard University. He was always supportive. He was a champion for Baltimore. He will be missed.
- Trump: When trees fall down, after 18 months - they become very dry. No water flowing through. They can explode.
- This painting stopped me in my tracks at an airport eight years ago. Two details of our exit polls had me thinking about it a lot this week. I’ll explain today at 8aEST on First Of All on CNN.
