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Rational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to care, without losing your mind: https://time.com/4886913/how-to-take-care-of-others-without-burning-out/ News: More hypocrisy from the Republicans:https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/politics/herschel-walker-taxes-georgia-texas.html Make America Great Again?https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lauren-witzke-says-giving-women-the-right-to-vote-was-the-worst-thing-that-ever-happened-to-america/ Another Christian Pastor screws their flock:https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/miracle-mansion-a-christian-theme-park-convicted-of-fraud/ Can Black people be antisemitic:https://thegrio.com/2022/11/21/kanye-kyrie-and-the-root-of-antisemitism-in-the-black-community-explained/ They want to break up our familieshttps://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/22/nyregion/nyc-acs-racism-abuse-neglect.html This shit is for us: Monuments to the unthinkable: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/%E2%80%9Cmonuments-to-the-unthinkable%E2%80%9D%E2%80%93%E2%80%93in-cover-story-clint-smith-reports-from-germany-on-what-the-us-can-learn-about-atonement/ar-AA145u24 Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Thanksgiving myth: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/ Closing: There are no obstacles that cannot be overcome: https://blacknews.com/news/josiah-johnson-black-student-without-legs-middle-school-basketball-team/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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