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Just Steve retweeted
Listen, man. I know I'm only one person, and people are going to feel the way they feel ultimately about Stephen A. Smith doing this interview. He's going to be a rich, powerful, and wealthy man regardless, but I've made HBCU advocacy and being a part of HBCU media my literal job.
Seeing these lies propagated without any pushback is enraging me.
1) He did not provide a record amount of funding for HBCUs. Both Barack Obama and Joe Biden provided more money to HBCUs.
He did not provide a record level of funding for HBCUs (both Obama and Biden allocated more). Trump's claim relies on the FUTURE Act of 2019, but that law just permanently renewed existing funding that had briefly lapsed—it didn't create a new, record-setting pot of money.
2) HBCUs were not failing before Donald Trump got into office and set aside that money. That's flagrantly false and disrespectful to HBCUs. Yes, HBCUs are under-resourced because many have been underfunded by state and local governments for decades, but HBCUs, as institutions across the nation, were not about to go bankrupt.
Especially given the fact that Trump's administration followed the Barack Obama administration, and then this second one followed record investment by the Biden administration
3) In February 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order to move the White House Initiative of HBCUs from under the Department of Education to directly under the White House. I know this for a fact because months later, I was a White House HBCU All Star in the 2017-2018 school year (now called White House Scholars).
President Biden did move it back under the Department of Education, but it doesn't really matter what it is under if Trump isn't doing anything remotely meaningful with said initiative (outside of using it as his get-out-of-jail-free card when talking about these supposed things he's done for the Black community).
4) President Joe Biden had a board of advisors for HBCUs that featured Delaware State president Dr. Tony Allen as the leader of that board. They convened regularly. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris also invited HBCU presidents to the White House during this same time.
So saying Democrats didn't do that is patently false, but again, Stephen A. Smith isn't providing pushback.
I know this will be the one tweet that doesn't go viral or get anybody to like or retweet it, and I don't really care because I'm going to say what I have to say.
But I'm going to address this on my show next week. HBCU Pulse Radio. Don't worry about it.
Just Steve retweeted
This Mississippi mom talking about what Scott Colom winning means for parents and kids across Mississippi is so powerful and represents what so many parents in “deep red” states feel.
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🚨 IMPORTANTE
Exclusiva de Reuters muestra el verdadero móvil de la operación militar que llevó a la captura de Maduro
La investigación reveló que una semana antes de la operación militar del 3 de enero, el vicepresidente JD Vance abordó la futura venta del crudo venezolano con un operador de la firma Vitol y megadonante de su campaña, allanando el camino para que Vitol y Trafigura recibieran sin licitación el monopolio de comercialización petrolera que ya les ha generado cientos de millones de dólares.
Registros de vuelo ubican el avión oficial de JD Vance y el jet privado de John Addison (operador de Vitol) juntos el 27 de diciembre en Bozeman, Montana, rumbo al exclusivo Yellowstone Club.
Según una fuente enterada del encuentro, Vance preguntó qué tan rápido podrían vender el crudo venezolano si EEUE tomaba el control del suministro.
Aunque Addison negociaba gasolina en EEUU y carecía de experiencia técnica en contratos internacionales de crudo, había donado 300.000 dólares a Vance en 2022 y 7 millones de dólares a comités de Trump en 2024 (el mismo año en que Vitol pagó 50 millones en California por un caso de manipulación de precios donde Addison fue señalado).
Recomendado por Vance, Addison recibió el 5 de enero (dos días después de la operación) la llamada del secretario de Energía, Chris Wright.
La Casa Blanca omitió la licitación pública y el 9 de enero Vitol y Trafigura ya tenían las licencias.
Con más de 200 millones de barriles exportados en lo que va de 2026, expertos estiman que los operadores ganan entre 3 y 3,50 dólares por barril (un margen de 3,5 % a 4 %, superior al 1 %–3 % habitual de Vitol). Ambas firmas mantienen en secreto sus contratos con PDVSA, y Vitol confirmó tener además relación comercial con NABEP, la petrolera de Alejandro Betancourt
Este reporte se suma a la filtración del informe de KPMG publicada ayer por The New York Times, según la cual Vitol y Trafigura concentraron el 61 % de los 12.260 millones de dólares ingresados a la Cuenta de Custodia de Venezuela antes de que Washington transfiriera casi la totalidad de esos fondos de vuelta al Banco Central de Venezuela
Es decir:
Una semana antes del ataque militar, el gobierno de Trump ya estaba coordinando en un club privado de esquí cómo repartir la comercialización del petróleo venezolano a sus megadonantes de campaña sin licitación pública.
reuters.com/business/energy/…
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This is the fist bump everyone needs to be talking about.
Ted Cruz and fellow Republicans celebrating after blocking a bill to help toxin-exposed veterans survive.
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Only in the most corrupt admin in history under the most corrupt president in history can Epstein Island liar Howard Lutnick, the most corrupt commerce secretary in history, still have his job after it is revealed he covered up the Nvidia scandal for a year. Impeach Lutnick.
These are the 11 Democrats who didn’t show up to vote for impeaching Pete Hegseth. Was it to appease Israel? Inexcusable and each should explain why to their constituents.
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@StephenM STFU, you lost.
You laid something out, all right. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the truth.
First, your claim that not one Democratic-controlled state checks citizenship is false. Colorado uses federal citizenship verification resources, including DHS’s SAVE system. Michigan cross-checks voter registration records against state databases, audits noncitizen records, and investigates discrepancies. Other states have their own verification procedures.
Second, refusing to surrender millions of voters’ sensitive personal records to the federal government is not the same as refusing to verify citizenship. Federal law requires citizenship to vote in federal elections. It does not impose a blanket requirement that every state upload its entire unredacted voter file to DHS.
Now let’s examine what actually happens when these supposed discoveries are investigated.
In Nevada, DHS initially claimed there were potentially 15,903 noncitizens on the voter rolls. That number eventually narrowed to 185. When Nevada officials examined those records, they reported that all 185 were citizens. Zero confirmed noncitizens.
In Texas, the SAVE system initially flagged 2,724 potential noncitizens. Further investigation confirmed that at least 578 of them were actually American citizens.
Utah examined more than two million voter records and identified just 27 confirmed noncitizens and another 25 probable cases. That’s approximately 0.0025% of the records examined, including the probable cases.
And here’s something you apparently don’t understand: being improperly registered isn’t the same as casting an illegal ballot. Nor does a database flag establish that someone isn’t a citizen.
Nobody disputes that noncitizens are prohibited from voting in federal elections. Nobody disputes that voter rolls should be accurate. What we dispute is the repeated attempt to turn unverified database matches into allegations of widespread election fraud.
If the ghoul has evidence of widespread illegal voting, he should produce it. Until then, repeating accusations isn’t evidence, and refusing to hand over Americans’ private information isn’t proof of a cover-up.
Stephen Miller just laid it out.
Not one Democratic-controlled state has checked the citizenship status of its voter file or shared records with DHS.
Federal law requires citizenship to vote. Multiple states refuse to cross-check their rolls against available data. Partial audits elsewhere have already found non-citizens registered.
The refusal to verify is public. The size of the problem is the open question they won’t answer.
#ElectionIntegrity #VoterFraud #StephenMiller
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The apple doesnt fall far from the tree...
Meet Alaina Kunes, the University of Mississippi student at the center of intense public backlash after a viral Ring doorbell video captured her and a fellow classmate making racist gestures and monkey sounds outside a Black student's apartment. The video has triggered a formal university investigation and ignited a massive corporate firestorm for Kunes Auto Group, a prominent Midwest dealership network with over 40 locations.
Public records, archived social media posts, and internal whistleblowers make a strong case that Alaina Kunes is the daughter of the company's Chief Operating Officer and MAGAt Scott Kunes, and the granddaughter of its founder, Gregg Kunes. In an attempt to mitigate the fallout, Kunes Auto Group issued a statement asserting that she has no employment, ownership, or professional affiliation with the company. However, corporate representatives notably refused to deny her direct family ties to top executive leadership when pressed by local news outlets.
This high-profile family scandal has significantly amplified scrutiny over Kunes Auto Group's corporate culture, which is already embroiled in active federal litigation. The dealership network is currently facing a federal discrimination lawsuit filed in August 2026 after a Black customer found a racial slur printed on her oil change reminder sticker at a Wisconsin location. Another incident in March 2026 involved a salesman sending a racist text message and an ape meme to a repeat customer.
Civil rights attorneys representing the victims of these past incidents argue that Alaina Kunes' behavior reflects a top-down, systemic culture of racism permeating the founding family and executive suite. As the university's investigation into the viral footage continues, the direct connection to the ownership family has re-energized public calls for boycotts across the automotive group's Midwest footprint.
Just Steve retweeted
This @TPUSA employee was just sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping young women.
Seems important @MrsErikaKirk
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JUST A REMINDER
The One Big Bullshit Bill tax "breaks" for ordinary citizen tax payers ends on December 31, 2028 — a few weeks before @realDonaldTrump leaves office.
This means...
• your deduction for qualified tip income
• your deduction for qualified OT compensation
• the additional $6,000 deduction for seniors 65+
• the deduction for passenger vehicle loan interest
• the one-time federal $1,000 contribution to "Trump Accounts" child savings accounts
.... IT ALL ENDS in December 2028.
But you know what doesn't end on December 31, 2028?
• The corporate tax rate went from a top rate of 35% down to a flat rate of 21%
**THIS IS NOW PERMANENT**
• The 100% bonus depreciation:
Businesses can IMMEDIATELY deduct 100% of the cost of new (and some used) qualified property — such as machinery, equipment, computers, furniture, and certain software — in the year it is placed in service, instead of depreciating it over several years.
**THIS IS NOW PERMANENT**
• Full expensing of domestic research and experimental (R&D) expenditures:
Companies can now IMMEDIATELY deduct the FULL COST of domestic research and experimental expenditures in the year they are incurred.
This relates to company spending when developing new products, processes, formulas, inventions, techniques, softwares, etc.
**THIS IS NOW PERMANENT**
• Companies can deduct a greater amount (30%) of their interest expenses.
This larger deduction LOWERS their taxable income more, which means they pay LESS taxes — in other words, they effectively keep/get back more money through the tax savings.
**THIS IS NOW PERMANENT**
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So at the end of December 2028....
Corporations get to KEEP their lower flat tax rate of 21% - they'll get to KEEP 100% write off's - they'll get to KEEP their 30% interest expense limitations, but our measly little tax breaks will no longer exist.
AMERICAN CITIZENS GOT ROYALLY SCREWED BY @realDonaldTrump AND THE @GOP @HouseGOP @SenateGOP @Republicans
DON'T LET THEM BLAME DEMOCRATS
Just Steve retweeted
As a former US Capitol Police Officer, current detective, and future prosecuting attorney, I can say from my soul that this person is a stain on our national soul.
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🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Rep. Pat Ryan just revealed that Pete Hegseth ordered military members to an area in Kuwait with an ACTIVE WARNING they had ZERO defense against drone attacks and he IGNORED IT.
Six were then KILLED. Survivors blame Hegseth.
This is even WORSE
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1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers.
This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
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Charlamagne tha God: “The Big Beautiful Bill kicks in in January. When people start losing their healthcare, don’t think that’s the fucking Democrats. That was the motherfucking Republicans who voted in the Big Beautiful Bill. That is Donald Trump’s bill and it kicks in in January”