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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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All Roads Lead to the South: Why We're Calling You to Montgomery on Saturday
LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter is issuing a nationwide call to action for anyone who cares about voting rights and preserving our democracy.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Throwback Thursday: This Secret Form of Voter Suppression Might Be the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
Nine years ago, we predicted this political issue would threaten the very fabric of our democracy. How'd we do?
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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Florida Rep. Byron Donalds Thinks Systemic Racism No Longer Exists. Facts Beg to Differ
Donalds, who is running for governor, believes the gutting of the Voting Rights Act was the right decision while ignoring Florida's long history of disenfranchising Black voters.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Damario Solomon-Simmons on Race, Reparations and Redeeming Nations
Michael Harriot sits down with the author of "Redeem A Nation: The Century-Long Battle to Restore the Soul of America."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Lily White Republicans Red Summer Dixiecrats Jim Crow History, data and current events have shown us what would happen if Stephen A. Smith got his wish of black people voting for the GOP.
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Stephen A. Smith Thinks Voting Republican Will Make Parties 'Compete' for Black Votes. He’s Wrong
Blind loyalty to a party has never been a defining feature of Black political activism, award-winning journalist and best-selling author Michael Harriot writes.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Excerpt: A Fight for Justice in Tulsa and a Blueprint for Black Power
In his new book, “Redeem a Nation,” civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons chronicles the legal battle to get reparations for the last known survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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The Wake-Up Call Live: My Grandmama's Fur Coat
Michael Harriot dissects Black political activism and how we got here.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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Throwback Thursday: An Intervention Letter to America
Ten years ago, we tried to stop a drunk country from making one of the biggest mistakes of its life.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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How Tiffany Cross Survived a Toxic Relationship
Michael Harriot sits down with Tiffany Cross to discuss her new book "Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, and Relationship."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Trump's 2027 budget includes: -cuts to research on Black health disparities -eliminating DHS's Civil Rights division - $1.7 billion to turn Alcatraz into a state-of-the-art concentration camp, and -a plan to defund "DEI" washcloths. No seriously...
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A Wish List For White Supremacy: 7 Ways Trump's 2027 Budget Will Hurt Black America
The president's budget proposal includes cuts to programs that support Black-owned businesses, equal education and anything he considers "woke" or "DEI."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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When Life is Life-ing: The Struggle and Juggle of Black Women
In her new book, “Love, Me: A Letter to Black Women in a Toxic Country, Career, & Relationship,” journalist Tiffany Cross breaks down how we navigate predominantly white spaces to survive.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
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We Are the Architects Now
On Louisiana v. Callais and what this moment requires of us.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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We Lost.
When the Supreme Court dealt the final blow to the Voting Rights Act, it completed its mission to erase the tangible results of the Civil Rights Movement.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It's not just the Voting Rights Act. On Friday, the Supreme Court finished the Republican Party's quest to erase every tangible legislative achievement of the civil rights movement But we've been here before.
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We Lost.
When the Supreme Court dealt the final blow to the Voting Rights Act, it completed its mission to erase the tangible results of the Civil Rights Movement.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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The GOP Is Working Hard to Diminish Black Voting Power
Through legislation and the redistricting wars, Republicans are doing everything they can to weaken the power of the Black vote.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
While Cole Tomas Allen attempt to break into the historically white assassin industry failed, we’ve been passing down these survival lessons since Christopher Attucks got shot at a party with some white boys
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The Caucasians' Guide to Surviving an Assassination
While white people have historically dominated the assassin industry, if anyone knows how to survive America's violent streak, it's Black people.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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The Caucasians' Guide to Surviving an Assassination
While white people have historically dominated the assassin industry, if anyone knows how to survive America's violent streak, it's Black people.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
According to the mainstream narrative, Trump loyalists are abandoning the MAGA plantation> But according to data, evidence and facts, nothing has changed.
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The Reports of MAGA Abandoning Trump Are Greatly Exaggerated
The narrative that Trumpworld is beginning to sour on the president is the real "fake news."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Because "cousin" is a social construct
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The 9 Kinds of (Black) Cousins
The definitive ranking of the African-American cousinverse.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
"The Black men who hurt, maim and kill Black women are not a foreign species... They are our brothers, our fathers, our deacons, our record executives, our mayors, our lieutenant governors. They are us. They were good men. Until they were not."
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...And He Was a Good Man
This is the phrase we have used for generations to explain away the violence men inflict on women.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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The Wake-Up Call Live: White Boys and 'Da Hood'
A conversation about entitlement, intelligence and Black neighborhoods.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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...And He Was a Good Man
This is the phrase we have used for generations to explain away the violence men inflict on women.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In a hauntingly beautiful and personal essay, activist LaTosha Brown examines how we remember men who commit violence against women and how we overlook the women whose lives were erased.
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...And He Was a Good Man
This is the phrase we have used for generations to explain away the violence men inflict on women.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Activist & organizer LaTosha Brown shares a hauntingly powerful essay examining how we celebrate the memories of men who commit violence against women And how we overlook the women whose lives were erased.
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...And He Was a Good Man
This is the phrase we have used for generations to explain away the violence men inflict on women.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
13 yrs ago today, when ppl were still asking "what's a podcast?" I interviewed a family for an audio doc about 2 girls who went from churchgoing star students to drug dealing, kidnapping & murdering a family member. It was more than just a family story... It's my family's story
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Throwback Thursday: Robin & Tiffany, a Greek Tragedy
As America reckons with how we remember those who commit violence against women, family members and themselves, I share this personal part of my family history.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In addition to pioneering the field of Wypipology, I have also published a new groundbreaking, peer-reviewed study in Cousinnomics, tentatively titled: Cousin Relationship Theory: Exploring the boundaries of Caucasoidal kinship structures
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The 9 Kinds of (Black) Cousins
The definitive ranking of the African-American cousinverse.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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The 9 Kinds of (Black) Cousins
The definitive ranking of the African-American cousinverse.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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The Reports of MAGA Abandoning Trump Are Greatly Exaggerated
The narrative that Trumpworld is beginning to sour on the president is the real "fake news."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Donald Trump claims he “saved historically Black colleges.” According to college administrators, HBCU presidents and the actual data, Trump is overseeing the worst attack on these institutions in American history.
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs
Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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The Wake-Up Call Live: They Ain't That Smart
A conversation about intelligence, neurodivergence and Lorna Doone.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Throwback Thursday: Donald Trump, White Jesus
Eight years before white America's next top doctor shared a blasphemous image, we delivered this sermon to the Church of Donald Trump and MAGA Day Saints.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Despite Trump's claim that he "saved historically Black colleges," when ContrabandCamp interviewed administrators and analyzed the data, we found a different story. As one HBCU president said: "It's the greatest defunding of HBCUs in American history."
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs
Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Defunding HBCUs
Despite Donald Trump's false claim that he "saved HBCUs," he is overseeing the biggest economic attack on historically Black college institutions in U.S. history.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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The Democratic Party's Big Problem
Is the Democratic Party built for this moment or are we asking the right questions?
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
According to pundits, Democrats lose because they're too "woke." Or they aren't woke enough. They're too divisive. Or they're not tough enough... What if I told you all the problems can be whittled down to 1 word?
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The Democratic Party's Big Problem
Is the Democratic Party built for this moment or are we asking the right questions?
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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For Trump Voters Who Say 'We Didn't Vote For This' When MAGA Is Not Enough
To all the Joe Rogan, Marjorie Taylor Greene and MAGA supporters who claim "this is not what I voted for," stop lying.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Disgruntled by rising gas prices, war and the administration's overall ineptitude, the people who empowered Trump's authoritarianism now want to distance themselves from it. But this is EXACTLY what they voted for
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For Trump Voters Who Say 'We Didn't Vote For This' When MAGA Is Not Enough
To all the Joe Rogan, Marjorie Taylor Greene and MAGA supporters who claim "this is not what I voted for," stop lying.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Throwback Thursday: An Open Letter to Memphis, Tenn.
America did this.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you hired a foul-mouthed thug with multiple felonies to lead your party... Would you support the decision no matter how he performed? Or would you leave the party?
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What MAGAmericans Can Learn From Trick Daddy and the AKAs
This is what happens when things get pretty thuggish.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you hired a foul-mouthed thug with multiple felonies to lead your party... Would you support the decision, no matter how he performs? Or would you admit you made a mistake and leave the party?
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What MAGAmericans Can Learn From Trick Daddy and the AKAs
This is what happens when things get pretty thuggish.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
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What MAGAmericans Can Learn From Trick Daddy and the AKAs
This is what happens when things get pretty thuggish.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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Breaking News: 'Woke' Protest Leader Resurrects Message Days After Being Killed By Feds
According to Christ Resurrection Theorists, the reports of Yeshua Ben Yosef's demise has been greatly exaggerated.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
On Thursday, federal agents arrested an Antifascist protest leader for interrupting a local church service. On Friday, he was convicted & executed with no due process. On Sunday, he rose.
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Breaking News: 'Woke' Protest Leader Returns With Message Days After Being Killed By Feds
According to Christ Resurrection Theorists, the reports of Yeshua Ben Yosef's demise has been greatly exaggerated.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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The Wake-Up Call Live: America Is Dumb
A discussion about capitalism, cancel culture and a country that cooks everything on high heat.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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Watch: Reporting While Black
Michael Harriot, Joy Reid, Jason Johnson and Karen Attiah live at Howard University
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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ELI5: Why Druski Can Wear Whiteface, Explained
Racist Baby returns to find out the difference between dressing up like a white nationalist's widow and wearing someone's culture as a costume.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
What's the difference between Druski wearing whiteface in a video making fun of Ericka Kirk and Trump tweeting a video making fun of Obama? Racist Baby is back, and he has questions.
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ELI5: Why Druski Can Wear Whiteface, Explained
Racist Baby returns to find out the difference between dressing up like a white nationalist's widow and wearing someone's culture as a costume.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
If a member of your family were accused of lying, hustling and robbing people in your community, would you: A. Acknowledge that your loved one has a problem, or B. Defend your family member and pretend everyone else is lying
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The First Crackhead President
American media is not equipped to cover a lying, thieving commander-in-chief.
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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The Wake-Up Call: Investment Advice for Cultural Capitalists
A discussion on Black voices, corporate vultures and who controls "the culture."
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ContrabandCamp @contrabandcamp.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Throwback Thursday: 20 Ways America Is F*cked
Nearly a decade ago, we predicted how America would look under Trump presidency. How'd we do?
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