(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Black Kos, Week In Review: Trump indicted & it's about damn time! Now lock him up! [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-03-31 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the job. Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar And as I’m getting ready to write this, there is CNN’s Wolf-effing-Blitzer intoning, “He’s indicted, but they still have to prove the case, and there’s no guarantee he’ll be convicted.” Thanks, Blitzer. Thanks, too, for foisting him on us and thus helping to create this living nightmare. You and your colleagues have a lot to answer for. But back to the celebration. For The Exonerated Five “I want to hate these murderers and I always will,” Mr. Trump wrote in the May 1989 ad. “I am not looking to psychoanalyze or understand them, I am looking to punish them.” He wrote in all caps: “Bring back the death penalty and bring back our police!” x “For those asking about my statement on the indictment of Donald Trump—who never said sorry for calling for my execution—here it is: Karma.” https://t.co/ehvMfo8mQW — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 30, 2023 x "You will reap what you sow": Rev. Sharpton invokes Central Park Five while discussing Trump indictment, adding, "they will see Donald Trump, who bought ads against them, walk in the same building they were arraigned in and be arraigned sometime next week" https://t.co/lRcwb2arhH pic.twitter.com/PRLucVqfxh — MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 31, 2023 For forcing Barack Obama to show his “papers” Mr. Trump invited hackers to “please hack Obama’s college records (destroyed?) and check ‘place of birth.’ He nurtured the conspiracy like a poisonous flower, watering and feeding it with an ardor that still baffles and embarrasses many around him. Mr. Trump called up like-minded sowers of the same corrosive rumor, asking them for advice on how to take a falsehood and make it mainstream in 2011, as he weighed his own run for the White House. For the anguish he caused Michelle Obama I clicked on Twitter this past Tuesday, and “Michael Obama” was number one on my trending list. I felt like crying. People supporting him were gleefully retweeting some of the worst filth I’ve ever seen on a public forum. He did that. When her family took off from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, she began to cry, Obama says in a clip of “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast,” which premieres Tuesday. “I cried for 30 minutes straight — uncontrollable sobbing — because that’s how much we were holding it together for eight years,” Obama says in the clip shared by People. For Hillary Clinton Donald Trump’s pledge Sunday night that he would order his attorney general to investigate Hillary Clinton, and his quip that she should “be in jail,” is a direct breach of the tradition of nonpartisan rule of law. “If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. For the millions taken from us because of his self-serving response to the coronavirus As of Sunday, more than 548,000 Americans have died from infection with the coronavirus. “I look at it this way,” she said. “The first time, we have an excuse. There were about 100,000 deaths that came from that original surge.” “All of the rest of them,” she said, referring to almost 450,000 deaths, “in my mind, could have been mitigated or decreased substantially” had the administration acted more aggressively. For the dastardly attacks on Dr. Fauci. A… foul-mouthed President Donald Trump claimed on a campaign call that people are tired of hearing about the deadly pandemic which has killed more than 215,000 Americans and trashed Dr. Anthony Fauci as a “disaster” who has been around for “500 years.” And the list is nowhere near exhaustive. Just lock him up already! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ News round up by dopper0189, Black Kos Managing Editor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Disparities among these communities have existed for decades,” Chauncia Willis, CEO and founder of the Institute for Diversity and Inclusion in Emergency Management. The Grio: For majority Black Mississippi tornado victims, Biden official says it’s a ‘long road to recovery’ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mississippi residents devastated because of the deadly tornado that ripped through several counties last week have a “long road to recovery,” a Biden official told theGrio. “It’s just heartbreaking and devastating to see the damage,” said Marcus Coleman, director of the DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, which is part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Land-grant HBCUs have been shorted billions in funding compared to their white counterparts. But the renewal of the farm bill this year could address those shortages — and advocacy from the Black community can help make sure it happens. The Grio: States are underfunding land-grant HBCUs, but what can we do about it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are severely underfunded and lacking in resources compared to their white counterparts. HBCUs find themselves in a paradox as they experience historic increases in enrollment, yet as their predominantly white counterparts enjoy multibillion-dollar endowments and vast resources — billions of dollars in some cases — HBCUs are financially depleted and under-resourced with only millions. A prime example of HBCU underfunding is among the nation’s land-grant institutions, which Congress established with the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. The federal government allocated federal land to the states to fund and endow land-grant colleges. Looking at the reason for the resource disparity between predominantly white institutions (PWIs) and the 19 HBCUs that are land-grant institutions, it all comes down to a racial funding gap. Some would call it theft, as in the theft of billions of dollars in federal and state government money to Black institutions. This is systemic racism 150 years in the making — complete with receipts. And this is why so many land-grant HBCUs are struggling. But the federal farm bill could change all that. In 1862, the Morrill Land Grant College Act, named after Senator Justin Morrill of Vermont — provided each state with 30,000 acres of public land and funded a system of public colleges and universities — both brand new and existing colleges — to “benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts.” These institutions received land and money for their “endowment, support and maintenance.” Some examples of these land-grant institutions are Clemson, Cornell, Iowa State, MIT, the University of Missouri, Nebraska, Rutgers, Washington State and the University of Wisconsin. This was the federal government’s first foray into funding higher education. However, in 1890 a Morrill Act 2.0 was necessary to incorporate Black people. “What was not anticipated by … Morrill was that some states would establish these land grants and deny admission to African Americans,” Tennessee State Rep. Harold Love, Jr. told theGrio. Rep. Love noted that as the country sought to deal with a defeated South after the Civil War, a second Morrill Act would look exactly like the first, with the exception that states would be prohibited from denying admission to a university based on race. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WELCOME TO THE FRIDAY PORCH [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/31/2160887/-Black-Kos-Week-In-Review-Trump-indicted-amp-it-s-about-damn-time-Now-lock-him-up Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/