Imagine you run a country and something’s killing the people you’re supposed to protect. Now imagine being so selfish, so utterly triflin’, that you lie about it because you care more about power than you do about the people. If you can imagine doing that, congratulations, you’re Donald Trump. Because no one else would tell…

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Solomon Jones and Jay McCalla talk politics on Praise 107.9 HD2 every Thursday at 11 am EST. Now they’re taking the show on the road. It’s politics like you’ve never heard it before. Funny. Sharp. Honest. Real. And all from an African American perspective. This week, it’s Trump’s border wall, Mueller’s report, Bernie’s candidacy, and…

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Praise 107.9 FM host Solomon appeared on CNN with Brooke Baldwin to talk about Trump’s assertion that African countries, Haiti and El Salvador are s—hole countries. Democrats, led by the Congressional Black Caucus, to censure Trump for his remarks.   Solomon Jones is an Essence bestselling author and award-winning columnist. He is the creator and…

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I’m concerned that our president is only now being denounced as a racist. It’s not that Donald Trump doesn’t deserve that label. It’s just that those currently criticizing Trump’s racist tendencies have spent too much time in denial. We should not have needed numerous sources accusing Trump of calling African countries shitholes to determine he…

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I have watched with deepening outrage as President Trump has sunk to new lows by disrespecting the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier.  In a public spat that has raged for more than a week, Myeshia Johnson, the pregnant widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, along with a family friend, Rep. Frederica Wilson (D., Fla.),…

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