#Cedric Richmond

[the-replicator]

the mars volta

richmond, va

9/19/23

#the mars volta #music #prog rock #psychedelic rock #live music #richmond va #holy FUCKING shit dude #there are few shows i’ve seen that compare to that actually #cedric’s and omar’s combined stage presence is intense #flawless musicians

[republicansaredomesticterrorists]

“Their intentions aren’t exactly a secret. Government programs that attempt to redress decades of racist policies would be eliminated should Trump be elected to a second term. “As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s un-American policy will be immediately terminated,” Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, told the news outlet.

A top Biden campaign official said Black voters needed to pay close attention to Trump’s plans.

Trump is “making it clear that if he wins in November, he’ll turn his racist record into official government policy, gutting programs that give communities of color economic opportunities and making the lives of Black and brown folks harder,” said former Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), one of the co-chairs of the Biden campaign. “It’s up to us to stop him.”

The warning comes as polling shows Biden’s level of support from Black voters has slipped. Democratic strategists have some fear about GOP plans to target Black men in the coming election. And they have major fears Black voters could stay home or vote for third-party candidates. Highlighting Trump and Miller’s plans could raise the stakes of the election for Black voters.

Miller, who pushed white nationalism and xenophobia in leaked emails, is at the heart of the effort. America First Legal, the right-wing nonprofit group Miller founded, has filed over a hundred lawsuits against “woke” corporations — like Disney, Mattel and Nike — that it alleges discriminate against white men. These complaints — many of which cite the 1964 Civil Rights Act — are laying the legal framework for Trump’s Justice Department to eliminate programs designed to counter racism, Axios notes.

Jasmine Harris, director of Black media for the Biden-Harris campaign, said the report should worry Black Americans.

“This report, in addition to all of the recent examples of shameless racism by Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans, serves as a warning to Black America: Donald Trump is a selfish and vindictive man who doesn’t give a damn about Black people,” Harris told HuffPost. “He will make our lives worse by using the very laws that the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement fought for, against us.”

Miller’s group is not alone in the effort to roll back DEI initiatives.

The right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation crafted Project 2025, a sweeping playbook that lists policies and initiatives for the next conservative administration. The initiative is open about its goal to reshape the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. One of the mandates within the playbook is to “reorganize and refocus the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to serve as the vanguard for this return to lawfulness.”

Trump has affirmed to supporters that he aims make good on his promise to eliminate DEI. “We will terminate every diversity, equity and inclusion program across the entire federal government,” he told a crowd in Rochester, New Hampshire, in January.”

#republican assholes #traitor trump #crooked donald #DEI #Republicans are racist #maga morons #never trump #resist #republican family values #republican values #republican hypocrisy #traitor #Steven miller is a fascist and racist #project 2025

[cryinginblaseball]

Spent some time adding stuff to my queue. Anyway I'm sad about blaseball again. Tell me about what your blorbo is up to now that they've been Released.

My faves for the Talkers:

Lachlan Shelton - anywhere from owning a food stall to a food truck to a bistro.

Hobbs Cain - Just vibing with Richmond Harrison. I think they eventually come back to Halifax.

Greer Lott - I love the idea that Greer has fallen in coaching kids in little league and swearing and also how to defend themselves against bullies, and she's just thriving, to her surprise.

Cedric Spliff - @luckyowl21 said he'd be in a sewing circle and I love that for him. I can see him having a YouTube channel that fluctuates wildly on what it's about. He has a small but devoted following.

Jasper Coven - Just like his old teacher turned surrogate sister, Kiki Familia, Jasper was sought out by a neophyte witch who wants him to train them. He's trying his best.

PolkaDot Patterson - vibing on the coast with Workman Gloom. Also coaching little league with Greer.

#blaseball

[tartt9]

@z00miez asked //

show everybody what a bad bitch looks like. [ from here! ]

They've just beaten Newcastle United at St. James' Park. The Magpies are fucking good this season [ they could very easily qualify for the Champions League ], but Richmond is on a fucking hot streak. They've been on a hot streak since the second half of the Arsenal match, since the goal where every single member of their starting XI touched the ball. And Jamie's fucking delighted. This is what football's meant to feel like, this is how it's meant to be played. This match was not a guaranteed win for Richmond, not like playing Burnley the week prior. Their streak is still alive, and it feels like walking on air.

He's got an arm draped over Cedric's shoulders as they walk towards the stands where the visiting supporters are sat, Richmond red and blues in a sea of blacks and whites, Greyhounds flags waving. "Oh, should I?" Jamie asks, his hands playfully coming to the hem of his shirt. He was going to trade with Callum Wilson, anyways, so he doesn't mind preening for the fans a little bit first. He tugs his shirt off, chest bared to the fans as he laughs. "This is what a bad bitch looks like, Moedich! Take a good look!"

#z00miez #some s3 content for you :') #answered ! #verse: season iii !

[ausetkmt]

Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500

RE: Creating a federal commission by executive order by Juneteenth to study and develop reparations proposals for African Americans

Dear President Biden,

Now more than ever, we know that many of the racial disparities that weigh this country down, and divide people in the US from each other, are unnecessary and can be eradicated if we address the ongoing legacy of enslavement. By righting our wrongs, we can make sure that all families in the US get a fair chance to acquire land, to buy a home, to enjoy good health, and to live without fear about tomorrow. That is why we write to request that you create by Juneteenth an expert commission like that which would be established by a bill in Congress, H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act.[1]

As 365 civil rights, human rights, and faith-based organizations and dozens of activists, leaders and celebrities that support H.R. 40 pointed out in a letter on February 4,[2] addressing pervasive anti-Black racism and providing reparations, long overdue, cannot wait another day, year, or decade. We are in a once-in-a-lifetime moment that we cannot let slip away if we are to begin the process of repair.

You have seen first-hand the dire need and ardent demand for repair. Last June, you visited Tulsa and spent time with the three remaining survivors of the race massacre that decimated Black Wall Street. Your historic trip fixed a spotlight on the three known race massacre survivors 107-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, 107-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle, and 101-year-old Hughes Van Ellis, on massacre descendants, and on the Black Tulsa community that continues to reel from the effects of white supremacy. Calls for federal action on reparations were loud and ubiquitous during your stay, coming from massacre descendants,[3] rights organizations, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus.[4]

This week, nearly a year after your visit, several of this letter's authors met again with the three known massacre survivors in Tulsa and massacre descendants, where in a courtroom they made their case for justice.  As they race against the clock to secure reparations from the City of Tulsa, we implore you to seize on H.R. 40’s historic momentum by creating a federal reparations commission while the window is still open.

We hope that you will take this opportunity to make good on the promise that you and Vice President Kamala Harris made to Black voters outlined in the Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America.[5] In this campaign plan, you pledged to tackle systemic racism and the continuing impacts of slavery by“supporting a study of reparations.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki is quoted as saying you support a study of reparations and White House senior advisor Cedric Richmond said that you support H.R. 40 specifically.[6] It is important to seize this chance to show up for those who have for too long weathered discrimination, abuse, and neglect in their tireless efforts to make this country into what it can and must be.  

The US Congress made history when, on April 14, 2021, the House Judiciary Committee voted to move H.R. 40 to the House floor for full consideration, the first time in the bill’s 32-year history. The bill now has a record level of support with 215 members of Congress committed to voting “yes” when the bill comes to the House floor. This is far more than the bill has ever had and it should pass in the House if voted on. In addition, on March 12, 2022, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) passed a resolution of support for reparations and H.R. 40.[7] But considering US Senate dynamics and timing—there are just a few months left before the end of this 117th Congressional session in January 2023—we are calling on you to work with supporting organizations and House sponsors of H.R. 40 to set up the same commission by executive order by Juneteenth this year.

Juneteenth presents you with an important opportunity to commemorate the end of enslavement while also recognizing much more still needs to be done to create equity and real opportunity for African Americans in the US beyond declaring a national holiday. The Black to white racial wealth gap remains vast, with white households having a median of $188,200, 7.8 times that of Black households at $24,100,[8] a vestige of the legacy of enslavement—which can find its roots in redlining, the Homestead Act, and denying Black people access to federally backed home mortgages—and the failure to address the exploitation, segregation, and violence unleashed on Black people that followed. Moreover, the ongoing impacts of enslavement have resulted in deep psychological harms, including by way of forced separation and collective trauma, which require comprehensive remedy. The Covid-19 pandemic has only widened the inequality. It is also important that this commission be established by Juneteenth so that it can start working and issue recommendations before the next presidential elections.

H.R.40 would establish an expert commission to study the legacy of enslavement and how the failure to address harms stemming from it have resulted in huge racial disparities between white and Black people in: the ability to accumulate wealth and to access health care, education, housing and employment opportunities; environmental outcomes; and policing, among other things. The commission would also recommend proposals for how to provide repair for what the study reveals. This bill does not authorize payments or any specific remedy. It simply creates a commission to study the problem, gather relevant information, extensively involve and consult with impacted communities, and recommend solutions. Like the federal commission that investigated the forced relocation and wrongful incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, an H.R. 40-style commission can help pave the way for a critical and truthful reckoning and accounting for past harms and the present harms that flow from them.

As states, cities, and other institutions, including the state of California; Wilmington, Delaware; Providence, Rhode Island; Burlington, Vermont; Tullahassee, Oklahoma; Greenbelt, Maryland; Detroit, Michigan; Evanston, Illinois; Georgetown University; the Jesuits; and others pursue reparations at an accelerated pace,[9] it would be sheer irony for the federal government, which sanctioned the kidnapping and trafficking in human beings that slavery entailed, and maintained subsequent anti-Black laws and institutions, to continue to lag behind and circumvent real progress on reparations.

It is in Tulsa where you so powerfully and unequivocally stated: “the only way to build a common ground is to truly repair and to rebuild.”[10] As the 101st anniversary of the massacre approaches, and racial disparities continue to keep communities across the US divided, we could not agree more.

For the above reasons, and those stated in our February 4, 2022, letter referenced above, we hope that we can count on you to take this meaningful first step toward achieving racial justice and realizing reparations for centuries of ongoing harm. We ask that you create a federal commission to study and develop reparations proposals for African Americans similar to that of H.R. 40 by Juneteenth this year. We stand ready to work with you to ensure this happens and kindly request a meeting as soon as possible to discuss the details. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA) Color of Change  Reparation Education Project Rainbow PUSH Coalition  Faith for Black Lives Black Church PAC  Black Voters Matter Fund   Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference  Church World Service  NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice The Union for Reform Judaism Friends Committee on National Legislation Presbyterian Church U.S.A.  National Consumers League Batrice & Associates  Reparations 4 Slavery Make it Plain Live Free USA  Until Freedom Nikkei Progressives  Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress   Japanese American Citizens League San Jose Nikkei Resisters  National Nikkei Reparations Coalition  Terence Crutcher Foundation  Human Rights Watch  United Church of Christ, Justice and Local Church Ministries 

Cc: Vice President Kamala Harris, Ambassador Susan Rice, and Senior Advisor Cedric Richmond

#Why We Can't Wait Coalition Urges Biden to Create Federal Reparations Commission by Juneteenth #Reparations #Reparations Commission #Freedmen #Black Freedmen

[mazur5s]

" you, uh, you alright? " he's a little stumped, finding cedric on his doorstep out of everyone -- jon was still wound up about that fucking richmond game, for sure, but had been working on taking deep breaths and trying to forget it, to move on to the next. usually, he'd sit himself and watch the game back, but he couldn't bring himself to do that with this one - so the knock on the door had been welcome, noa out performing and then heading to a party. eva has a key so it couldn't be her.. and he was sure his mum and dad would be asleep by now, his dad's snores rattling the whole house. " you -- want to.. come in? what's this all about? " @moedich3.

#moedich3 #verse : west ham. 🫧

[arachnidiots-a]

CEDRIC MOEDICH & PETER PARKER.

it was a rough match to say the least. 90 minutes of constant and relentless effort from the richmond team. the first half was strong, they’d managed to score twice and the confidence was through the roof, only for the opposing team to manage and slip in their own two goals just before the halfway mark. the second half was full of constant flips with who had the ball. during an effort keep pushing further up the field to keep the pressure on, pete found himself further up the field than usual, in a rare goal-scoring position. 

he keeps pressing on, and when the ball ends up between his feet, they’re all but prepared to go for it. what they don’t see coming is the collision between themself and one of the opposing players that completely lands them on the ground and ball far gone in another direction. he got up just fine, continued on with the match, but at the end of the second half the score was still 2-2. he should be happy, proud.

@moedich3 : “you did good. you know that, right?”

but, peter was taking it rough. he can’t help but think that maybe just maybe he could’ve done more. he’s moving slow, his eyes stare nowhere in particular, obviously replaying the scene in his head until he can meet cedric’s eyes with a small nod. “yeah, i know. i just— could’ve,” their voice trails off, before the nods picked up again and they put on a braver face. “nah, it was good. i didn’t break anything— me aunt will be very happy about that.” 

#moedich3 #bgjksb i know nothing about football i watched a video for this #PBP. BE OPEN TO THE GOOD / 002. ted lasso verse

[richmondsway]

@jmaas13 ,        a    try    out    starter    for    bianca ,    richmond’s    resident    chef !

it’s  not  often  that  bianca  finds  herself  anywhere  else  outside  of  the  richmond  kitchen,  but  necessity  had  caused  her  to  go  out  and  look  for  the  tallest  person  she  could  find.    of  course  jan  had  been  the  most  obvious  choice,  although  that  kind  boy  cedric  had  been  just  as  quick  to  offer  his  services    –    but  jan  would  do,  thank  you.    bianca  had  a  thing  or  two  to  discuss  with  the  dutchman  anyway.    the  sigh  and  slightly  piqued  expression  on  her  face  changes  when  jan  takes  the  can  of  tomato  sauce  from  the  cabinet  that  had  been  too  high  up  for  her,  even  with  the  small  step  she’d  used.    “ i  don’t  know  which  asshole  put  it  so  high  up.    thank  you,  jan. ”    her  smile  is  warm  when  she  looks  at  him,  taking  the  can  from  him  gratefully.    “ doc’s  told me you could use a nutritionist. ”

#jmaas13 #bianca / ic.

[arpov-blog-blog]

...."Based on conversations with campaign staff during theGrio’s day trip to Biden-Harris HQ, it’s clear that the campaign is projecting a sense of strength and confidence in the president’s chances of winning reelection despite reported concerns about his age and polls showing some Black voters aren’t yet sold on casting their ballots for another four years of Biden and Harris.

The campaign’s strategy in combating disillusionment among Black voters is to employ a “persuasion campaign” by reminding them what the Biden-Harris administration has done for Black communities. Through early investments in ads and paid media, the campaign is targeting eight battleground states where there are significant Black populations that could tip the scale in favor of the president and vice president: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Florida.

The campaign’s strategy in combating disillusionment among Black voters is to employ a “persuasion campaign” by reminding them what the Biden-Harris administration has done for Black communities. Through early investments in ads and paid media, the campaign is targeting eight battleground states where there are significant Black populations that could tip the scale in favor of the president and vice president: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina, and Florida.

“This is not, for me, the lesser of two evils. Joe Biden absolutely deserves to be reelected,” said former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, the campaign’s national co-chair. “I think he has earned the African-American vote due to his actions, deeds, and accomplishments.”

The campaign co-chair noted that rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and the lower courts and obstruction from Republicans in Congress have prevented the Biden-Harris White House from fully executing its plan to make life more equitable for Black communities.  

“We put $5 billion in for Black farmers who had been systemically discriminated against from the Department of [Agriculture]. The [federal] court blocked it,” said Richmond, who also noted, “The Supreme Court blocked student loans.” 

He said Congress, where Democrats needed at least 60 U.S. senators to vote in favor of Biden’s policies, “blocked voting rights” and “blocked the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.” He added that after both moves, Biden “went and did as much as he possibly could by executive order.” 

Team Biden-Harris is also going on the offensive. Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union address, the campaign deployed a bevy of talking points about how Trump as president failed Black Americans, including shepherding a spike in the Black unemployment rate, issuing tax cuts that primarily benefited white, wealthy households, and damaging Black businesses through his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign also recalled Trump’s repeated proposals or attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which has expanded health care access for millions of Black Americans, and slash the budgets for Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, and food stamps. 

In a memo provided to theGrio, the Biden-Harris campaign also listed the actions Trump would take if reelected. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, crafted the so-called “Project 25” agenda for a second Trump administration. As The New York Times reported, Trump, with the help of this presidential transition operation led by Heritage, aims to purge the federal government of career civil servants and replace agency staff with people who would be more politically loyal to him. "

[rebeleden]

Rep. Matt Gaetz Reveals Adopted Cuban Son After Clash With Democratic Colleague

[eurekadiario]

La vergonzosa presentación de Biden en la pizarra llegó al olvido

Joe Biden pasó el viernes tratando de convencer a los estadounidenses de que la economía va de maravilla gracias a él parándose frente a una pizarra y hablándoles con desdén.

Aquí está la vergüenza en su totalidad:

En primer lugar, ¿quién va a confiar en alguien que tiene que decirle que a la economía le va bien marcando casillas en una pizarra?

En segundo lugar, el chico apenas puede hablar.

“Llegué al cargo decidido a cambiar la dirección económica de este país y pasar de la economía de goteo a mi visión intermedia y de abajo hacia arriba: la bidenómica”, dijo Biden arrastrando las palabras.

Todo esto está construido a partir de términos inventados sin sentido:

Incluya esto en su presentación:

Sólo el 37% de los estadounidenses aprueba la forma en que Biden está manejando la economía.

"Si la gente dice eso en las encuestas, no está contenta. Entonces, ¿cómo se puede seguir difundiendo ese mensaje?"

Cedric Richmond, copresidente de la campaña de Biden: "¡Tenemos que seguir contándoles lo que estamos haciendo!"

– Investigación RNC (@RNCResearch) 27 de agosto de 2023 Al poco tiempo, la sesión de pizarra quedó olvidada:

#vergonzosa #presentación #Biden #pizarra #llegó #lvido

[ausetkmt]

"Forgotten Slave Cemetery Uncovered After a Century of Neglect | Shell Convent Refinery"

CONVENT, La. (AP) — A major oil company is taking steps to honor once-forgotten slaves buried on its land west of New Orleans in an area where sugar plantations once abounded, an effort that some hope will grow into a larger movement to recognize and protect such cemeteries around the country.

The Shell Oil Company marked, blocked off and spruced up the tracts near its Convent refinery west of New Orleans and held dedication ceremonies in March, about five years after archaeologists confirmed the presence of slave burial grounds in 2013. The company also has been working with the nearby River Road African American Museum to arrange commemorative events and accommodate visitors.

It's the latest example of the South's decades-long path to acknowledging unsavory aspects of its history.

For Kathe Hambrick, the director of the River Road museum, the work is the culmination of years of efforts to ensure that Shell honored and remembered those buried on what used to be the Monroe and Bruslie sugar plantations, just two of many plantations that once abounded along the road. Hambrick said there are likely hundreds more such graveyards between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

Some of the restored plantations are themselves undergoing a rediscovery, moving away from their romanticized "Gone With the Wind" portrayals of the past to offer a more realistic look at the South's history of human bondage. One, the Whitney Plantation in the town of Wallace, opened in 2015 as a full-fledged museum with an unvarnished look at the cruelties of slavery.

"We ought to work together to figure out how ... to evaluate the things that we want to preserve, protect and teach about in terms of how this country was really developed," said A.P. Tureaud Jr., the son of a revered New Orleans civil rights lawyer who counts slaves and slaveowners among his ancestors.

Tureaud, who traveled from his current home in New York to attend March dedication ceremonies for the Monroe and Bruslie sites, has joined with Hambrick in an effort to give slave gravesites federal protection. The two have brought their idea to the attention of U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, whose district includes most of New Orleans.

Vincent deForest, a civil rights activist who helped preserve two slave cemeteries in Washington, D.C., said he and others are urging the Congressional Black Caucus to get involved. DeForest would like to see the National Parks Service undertake a study to identify ways to preserve such sites in every state.

"The wholeness of the living is diminished when the ancestors are not honored," deForest said, quoting one of his favorite epitaphs.

Sandra Arnold, a fellow at the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University, is leading a project to compile a database of slave burial grounds, but notes there is a dearth of records.

"It's as if their humanity is erased," Arnold said.

Thurston Hahn, an archaeologist with Baton Rouge-based Coastal Environments Inc., said it's reasonable to believe many of the slave graveyards along the River Road have been farmed over or covered by levees or petrochemical plants.

"The problem with the slave cemeteries — we just do not know where they are," he said.

It's a problem researchers working farther south, in the Louisiana city of Thibodaux, can relate to.

Anthropologists and geophysics experts from Tulane University are among those using radar and soil samples in hopes of discovering the burial sites of dozens of African-American victims of Reconstruction-era racial violence that came to be known as the Thibodaux Massacre.

The descendants of massacre victims and Confederate plantation owners have formed a committee to honor the victims of that violence and, if possible, find a mass grave. If a grave is eventually discovered, they want any remains exhumed and reburied on consecrated ground.

No such grave has yet been discovered.

The Monroe and Bruslie sites were found during land surveys commissioned by Shell as it prepared for a construction project that has since been abandoned for economic reasons not related to the cemetery discoveries.

Ground-penetrating radar and the careful scraping away of topsoil exposed variations of color and texture in the dirt, indicating the presence of graves, Hahn said. The remains of the slaves were not uncovered and the number of graves could only be estimated.

"We don't want to disturb them at all," Hahn said. "We are just looking for a shaft that the gravedigger dug to put the burial in."

Hugues Bourgogne, general manager of the Convent refinery, said Shell wants to honor and respect those buried at the sites. In addition to protecting, preserving and marking the cemeteries, Shell has installed iron benches where visitors can sit, reflect and pay their respects.

Visitation opportunities are limited, however. One day a year will be set aside for planned activities at the sites and Shell will work with descendants and other interested groups to arrange safe access at other times, he said.

Malaika Favorite, an artist and lifelong area resident, says she knows she has ancestors who were enslaved and buried at plantations, but hasn't been able to isolate the burial sites. Now she feels a little closer to doing that.

"Just making this step with the graves here is a step forward," she said. "And we need more of that."

#Youtube #Forgotten Slave Cemetery Uncovered After a Century of Neglect | Shell Convent Refinery #Convent Louisiana #River Road #delta #Black Slave Cemeteries #shell oil #Ancestors #Resting Places of our ancestors #ancestor worship

[truck-fump]

Biden campaign: It might not be Trump, but it’ll still be his policies in the general election

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2023/08/27/biden-campaign-trump-policies-richmond-00113125/

Biden campaign: It might not be Trump, but it’ll still be his policies in the general election

“It looks more and more like it will be his demeanor and it will be his extremism,” Cedric Richmond said.

#Uncategorized

[hornidevils]

it’s  only  been  a  few  days  since  they’ve  last seen  each  other.    cedric  had  been  sent  off  to  prove  his  worth  for  the  belgian  national  team,  while  jan  had  stayed  behind  in  richmond.    it  feels  strange  to  have  several  days  pass  without  having  seen  or  talked  to  him  in  person,  without  being  captivated  with  his  entire  presence  or  be  pulled  into  some  private  place  to  do  whatever  jan  wanted  cedric  to  do  to  him.    cedric  had  thought  that  being  apart  would  make  his  desire  wane  off,  if  only  for  the  sole  reason  they  had  no  way  of  being  this  closely  intimate  anymore.    he  found  that  the  opposite  was  true    –    frustratingly  so.

it  was  a  little  over  midnight  when  he’d  texted  jan    –    it  was  a…  what?    one,  two  hour  time  difference?    cedric  had  hoped  to  get  a  response,  delighted  to  see  when  jan  had  been  quick  to  respond  back.    jan  was  even  quicker  to  guess  the  mood  he  was  in.    but  cedric  had  never  proven  himself  to  be  a  good  sexter,  still  as  easily  flustered  as  the  day  he’d  realized  why  he’d  added  the  heart  next  to  jan’s  nickname  on  his  phone.

mssg  from:    @centerbacking  <3           00:04 am     send  me  a  video  of  you?

the  idea  instantly  sends  a  ripple  of  excitement  through  him.    cedric’s  mind  conjures  up  the  sight  of  jan,  his  hand  slowly  reaching  down  his  sheets,  his  rose-cheeked  face  lit  by  the  screen  of  his  phone,  listening  to  cedric’s  soft  moans  with  nothing  else  but  the  friction  of  the  sheets  in  the  room.    cedric  sighs  at  the  image  of  it,  lower  lip  stuck  between  his  teeth.    this  is  something  new  to  him,  like  so  many  things  about  jan  had  been  new  to  him.    cedric  had  always  thought  himself  to  be  experienced…  capable,  at  least,  of  giving  his  lover  exactly  what  he  wants.    but  he  still  finds  himself  faltering  on  anything  outside  of  what  they  share  between  the  sheets,  although  cedric  is  slowly  putting  together  that  it’s  part  of  their  sex  live  too.    where  cedric  takes  the  lead  in  the  bedroom,  jan  had  taken  his  hand  outside  of  it,  and  showed  him  exactly  what  he  wanted,  and  cedric  had  found  both  comfort  and  pleasure  in  the  dutchman’s  bluntness.

mssg  to:    janneman  <3           00:09 am     oh           00:10 am     ive  never  done  that  before           00:10 am     what  do  you  want  me  to  do?

cedric’s  heartbeat  nearly  rips  through  his  chest,  the  vibrations  of  it  reaching  all  the  way  through  his  pelvis.    the  fabric  of  his  boxers  is  already  starting  to  feel  tight,  and  they  hadn’t  even  started  yet.

#oooooooooooooohhh #usfw / #centerbacking

[steadhammond]

Joe Biden begins filling out his lean 2024 campaign team - POLITICO

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During the rule of President Donald Trump, the White House administration was full of white males with no diversity at all. Although you could find one or two women, you would rarely encounter people of color serving in the administration of President Donald Trump. In negation to that, the diverse administration of Biden will break all the stereotypes. President-elect Joe Biden promised that he would have a diverse administration, with people from every color and every gender getting an equal opportunity to show their talent for saving the country with their zeal and passion. This diverse administration of Biden will open new avenues for the United States which were not possible in Trump doctrine. The process of diverse administration of Biden was started by the president-elect when he chooses Kamala Harris, who will become the first-ever woman to become the vice president of America, and who is also a woman of color. Joe Biden is committed to reverse the damage done to this country in the previous four years, and, to do so, the diverse administration of Biden will have team members from all races and sexes, who will work together to unite this country and to help it maintain the way of peace and prosperity. In this article, we will be discussing recent development in the political realm of the United States, as Biden first appoints people of color and women to serve in the White House in his bid to make diverse administrations as promised. We will also be shedding light on the expected team of President-elect Joe Biden. Diverse administration of Biden: People of color and different genders appointed to Biden's staff The president-elect made some promises during his presidential campaign, and it seems that he wishes to keep them. His governing has not even started yet, but he has made it clear that he has come to unite the country under one flag. To kick-off the journey for the diverse administration of Biden, the president-elect appointed five women and four people of color in his cabinet, showing that he has been chosen by the whole of America and not just by a few. He intends to celebrate and honor diversity, which is a defining characteristic of the country. Jen O'Malley Dillon, the woman who led the Democratic presidential campaign, will now also serve as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff under Ron Klain, who was appointed last week as White House Chief of Staff. Cedric Richmond, the former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, will resign from the House of Representatives to join as the senior advisor and director of the White House Office of the Public Management. Dana Remus is to be appointed as the senior counsel to the President-elect Joe Biden. Julie Chavez Rodriguez will be appointed as the director of the White House Office of the Intergovernmental Affairs. Mike Donilon will be the senior advisor, and Steve Ricchetti will serve as the counselor to the President. Additionally, Annie Tomasini will serve as the Director of the Oval Office Operations. These appointments show intent to make diverse administration of Biden that will look like America and will not consist only of members of a mainly single racial group as the Trump Administration. Biden's pledge to put a Black woman in the Supreme Court Until now, only two African Americans have served in the highest judiciary institution in the United States, but unfortunately, neither of them was a woman. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged that he will give this country the first-ever Black woman member of the Supreme Court. It cannot be said who will get this honor, as it depends upon when the vacancy opens. If the vacancy opens late in the Biden presidency, he will still have the chance to inject black women into the lower courts to become potential nominees in the future. However, if the vacancy opens soon, the possible contender could be: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is currently serving in the US District Court in the District of Columbia.

Judge Jackson is among those judges who were interviewed by President Barack Obama for the Supreme Court. Another name could be Justice Leondra Kruger, a former law clerk who is currently serving at the California Supreme Court. Demand Justice, a progressive advocacy group, has also published a list of African American women as potential Supreme Court nominees, including Kruger. However, there is still an obstacle in Biden's way to nominate a woman of color for the Supreme Court, as Republicans hold the majority in the Senate. Potential Contenders for Biden's diverse cabinet The Progressive Democrats are placing enormous pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to appoint a diverse cabinet, even more, diverse than the Obama administration. Biden’s transition team has already started to collect potential candidates for the cabinet. President-elect Joe Biden intends to focus initially on important posts involving the economy, treasury, health, and human services. The people from Wall Street and Silicon Valley who have been pouring money into the Biden campaign's final stretch have a different set of priorities, and so do the Senate Republicans who the president-elect may need to confirm these nominees. Susan Rice, a woman of color, is one of the top contenders for  Biden's Secretary of State. Biden can make history by nominating women or people of color to the Treasury and Defense department, but no one is sure that this will happen. Lael Brainard is a potential candidate for Treasury Secretary. Michele Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense and Policy, may be nominated as the Defense Secretary. Other contenders for the Defense Secretary include Senator Tammy Duckworth. Additionally, the contenders for the attorney general include Doug Jones, the former Senator, Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Sally Yates, former Deputy Attorney general in the Obama Administration. Conclusion The diverse administration of Biden will have Americans from all races, and we know that because he has already chosen a woman of color to be his running mate, who will now work alongside him. However, there are significant challenges that President-elect Joe Biden may face while nominating the members of his administration, the Republican majority in the Senate being one of them. Biden may have to compromise on several candidates because of these challenges and different stakeholders. Still, he is committed to getting a black woman in the Supreme Court and is expected to do it at any cost.