Go Tennessee - Adding Fuel to the Argument to be the Worst State in the USA

With the Voting Rights Act, some states were required to draw districts where minority residents made up most of the population, and offered a way for minority voters to challenge certain districts as undermining their political power. 

The Supreme Court has negated that law, and deep-south Tennessee has jumped immediately to use race to change its congressional districts so that the minority voters power will be diluted by Whites. 

The new map will indeed split apart a dense cluster of Democratic voters in the Ninth District — which supported Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 by a wide margin — into three Republican-leaning districts. 

This move proves again that since Republicans can't win by being fair, they will do anything to stay in power. Nothing is off the table when you have to rationalize away your support for the hierarchies that a man like Donald Trump champions.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/08/us/politics/tennessee-gop-map-black-voters.html

Will Vivek Ramaswamy See a Light When it Happens to Him?

A primary opponent of Vivek Ramaswamy, Casey Putsch, received about 18 percent of the vote in the Republican primary in Ohio for governor while assailing “third worlders,” invoking “blood and soil” language used by Nazis and attacking Ramaswamy as an “Indian boy [who] cosplays an American.” 

To a town hall full of young Republicans, Vivek Ramaswamy, the winner and also the name-caller for "woke" candidates, did actually acknowledge the existence of racism as he mentioned many of the hierarchies that plague the United States. 

“The number one factor that determines whether you achieve your goals in life … is actually you,” he said at a May 1 event. “The number one factor that determines whether you achieve your goals in life … is actually you,” he said at the May 1 event. “It’s not the Jews,” Ramaswamy added. “It’s not the White people. It’s not the patriarchy. It’s not the Black people. It’s not the foreigners.”

Apparently he is trying to steer his party away from the extremist fringes that have flared up in his own race. Good luck with that with a President who convinced so many of them to support him because he promised to build and support hierarchies. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/08/vivek-ramaswamy-racism-ohio-governor/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F4741d03%2F69fdc00be9f14b167bc865d0%2F69238be2e72028703ff640f9%2F33%2F98%2F69fdc00be9f14b167bc865d0

Virginia Megachurch Donates over 1 Million Dollars So Neighbors Won't Be Evicted

Nearly 450 tenants suddenly faced eviction in Alexandria, Virginia after the agency overseeing the city's public housing was found to owe $1 million in back rent. 

According to the agency, it lost more than $1 million in unpaid rent from 445 of 1,000 public housing units, citing job market challenges, a rising cost of living, and lingering economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Rev. Howard-John Wesley and the people of Alfred Street Baptist Church answered the call by donating $1 million to cover the back rent of residents in need.

“People [want] to be connected to something bigger than themselves,” Wesley told NBC Washington, “and in the midst of the days and times in which we live which seem to be so callous and cruel to people who are impoverished, here’s a way to make a difference.”

In a time when Christian Nationalists are trying to claim they alone know the meaning of Christianity, maybe it is past time for them to take a look elsewhere. 

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/virginia-church-million-dollar-donation-stops-evictions?ck_subscriber_id=2584165745&utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=These+existing+drugs+could+treat+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+-+21365988&fbclid=IwY2xjawRPxg5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeNRd1_MArw8MM3rbIxmSY9J90jzmZBEDd6Vjq9HEXuWXE1j3vXMxLlHhMmn4_aem_2dA51kHHlpuc68yvz9p3-w

MAGA Supporter Caitlin Jenner Contacts Trump about Passport with M Gender

Caitlin Jenner, a MAGA supporting transgender woman famous for her Olympic decathlon triumphs as male Bruce Jenner, has asked President Donald Trump for help. Jenner began publicly identifying as a woman in 2015. 

Jenner told the conservative talk show host Tomi Lahren after she received a passport renewal with the sex mark M, "What do I do? This is a safety factor. I can't travel internationally anymore. I can't use my passport." 

Jenner, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, enjoys imposing hierarchial restrictions on other people. But when the problems hierarchies cause apply to her – not fair. All of a sudden, she thinks that this Trump policy has not been really thought out, obviously because it personally affects her. She is not considered to be a trans advocate, and has, in fact, stood against many issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community.

And she still loves Trump and loves what he is doing. But apparently not to her. 

https://www.newsweek.com/entertainment/caitlyn-jenner-asks-trump-help-impact-trans-passport-policy-11843350

Philz Coffee Changes Course, Protest Works

The Bay Area-based coffee chain, Philz Coffee, confirmed Friday it will keep Pride flags at locations after previously planning to update decor for "a more consistent, inclusive experience."

"I made a mistake, and I am sincerely sorry. To our team members, to our customers, and to the LGBTQIA+ community that has been with us since the very beginning, the confusion and hurt we caused around our new policy for Pride flags failed you,” Philz Coffee CEO Mahesh Sadarangani said in a statement.

Philz Coffee's decision to reverse course comes after backlash and an online petition urging the company to keep Pride flags.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/philz-coffee-pride-flags-staying/4070627/

People on Top Will Change Their Stance if They Benefit

Progressive Senator Bernie Sanders shared a video of Trump's opposition to a war in Iran. In 2020, Trump objected to any potential new U.S. wars in the Middle East. 

“We’ve spent $8 trillion in the Middle East, and we’re not fixing our roads in this country?” Trump said in the clip.  “How stupid — how stupid is that? And we’re not fixing our highways, our tunnels, our bridges, our hospitals, even, our schools, even? It’s crazy.”

But now with Trump's attack of Iran, when he wants to do the opposite to his previous stance, no problem, what he said before is irrelevant. Typical of people on top of hierarchies, whatever benefits them at the time is what guides their actions. Lies and misconceptions are just part of the game of hierarchies.

Trump previously vowed to "drain the swamp" of corruption in Washington, D.C., and to “Make America Great Again” by opposing foreign conflicts and prioritizing domestic infrastructure projects. We all know how that is turning out. 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-slams-iran-war-trump-was-right_n_69a6e358e4b076ac5d63ae5a?ref=bffbhuffpost&ncid_tag=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=us_main&fbclid=IwY2xjawQUaZVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjRFNvMDFHU2RZbnVpYTRtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHga0IUdfSJ6Y3M_En6Illj27_RD1zccYMpUV6EvEJ3cU8WUO4LnjcYNxE8R-_aem_itLzuKdmDm7eZr2aYEWsiQ

More On Our Hierarchical Religion War

Troops from the United Staes have logged more than 110 complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation concerning comments saying the Iran War is allowing Trump to bring about "Armageddon."

Without any clear message coming from the White House with regard to the purpose of the Iran war, U.S. military commanders have turned to Jesus, apparently telling American troops that the war is “biblically sanctioned.”

https://newrepublic.com/post/207270/military-leaders-iran-war-donald-trump-jesus-armageddon?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=SF_TNR&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwY2xjawQUZd5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjRFNvMDFHU2RZbnVpYTRtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjvfolWg8LoAnmUilptPqpcxnpxqZzavYHvg9-3gHV76HxCOxyB0EmSz9J2r_aem_d-dlytBcv3rDP00MFz22KA