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The plot thickens with Popeye's chicken. Janelle Monáe tweets about voting interest in comparison to Popeye's chicken "sammich" and creates an uproar of clap-backs.

Dave Chappelle Sticks and Stones Netflix special addresses cancellation culture, groupthink and reflexive outrage. Chappelle is provocative calling Michael Jackson accusers liars, criticizing the Metoo movement and trolling Jessie Smollett. Do you think he went too far? Or was he providing needed comedic relief to our toxic news cycle?

Louis L. Reed has never forgotten his federal prison number and like a tattoo, it’s a permanent reminder of his survival and eventual redemption. Louis Reed is the National Organizer for #Cut50. Cut50 was started by CNN commentator Van Jones to reduce the prison population by half in America.

This week Jay Z announced a partnership between his company Roc Nation and the NFL. The reactions were swift. There are two main camps, one led by Eric Reid and Kaepernick's friends who see the partnership as a sell-out move by Jay Z to silence Kaepernick's and other's protests against police misconduct and inequality in this country. The other side of the argument is that Jay-Z has a grand plan for social justice and there is more to the partnership than money.

Popeyes implemented a brilliant social media marketing campaign around its new chicken sandwich to challenge Chick-fil-A. To say it was a success for Popeyes would be an understatement. It was so successful Popeyes had long lines for as across the country with wait times as long as an hour and a half. Meanwhile, our government just shut down the ability to enforce election laws in this country. Mitch McConnell appears content to let the FEC shut down by not having enough members to get a quorum. With foreign governments looking to interfere in 2020, Mitch McConnell made that task much easier. This could be the end to free and fair elections in America. But all is good at least we get Popeyes chicken. #popeyesvschickfila #disruptionnow

A$AP Rocky didn't realize he was black until he got arrested in Sweden. Like OJ & MJ, A$AP never wanted to be seen as a black activist. Now he wants to use his blackness as credit card for convenience. Should Black Activists stand up for A$AP? Is A$AP Rocky a sellout or solider? What do you think? Let us know in the comments. #AsapRockyQuotes #AsapRocky

Background how Dawn Dickson circumvented VCs. https://link.medium.com/LZWl6Ho4AXDawn Dickson’s starthttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.blackenterprise.com/the-road-to-1-million-can-start-at-the-entrepreneurs-summit/amp/Dickson’s Medical Marijuana Machineshttps://www.google.com/amp/www.blacknews.com/news/dawn-dickson-black-woman-raising-900k-medical-marijuana-vending-machines/amp/Interview on Breakfast Clubhttps://youtu.be/oejOtgPDkLU

Zero Tolerance Trumphttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/20/cost-us-immigrant-detention-trump-zero-tolerance-tents-cages.html24 immigrants have died in ICE custody during the Trump Administration:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/24-immigrants-have-died-ice-custody-during-trump-administration-n10152911224 complaints reveal a staggering pattern of sexual abuse in immigration detention. Half of those accused worked for ICE. https://theintercept.com/2018/04/11/immigration-detention-sexual-abuse-ice-dhs/Yazmin Juarez Mother of Maria Juarez discussing how her daughter died in custody on Mothers Dayhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/guatemalan-asylum-seeker-testifies-about-daughter%E2%80%99s-death-in-ice-custody/vi-AAE8KgNThe United Nations Rights Chief stated that she was “appalled”by U.S. border detention conditions. She said that detaining migrant children may constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, which is prohibited under international law: https://news.un.org/en/story/2019/07/1041991

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Rivers’ favorite bourbon to-date is Buffalo Trace Distillery’s Stagg Jr. and she has developed a fondness for the Paper Plane cocktail originated by mixologist Sam Ross. https://www.cuisinenoirmag.com/samara-rivers-black-bourbon-society/Blacks drink bourbon you can't tell by the marketinghttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/20/dining/drinks/bourbon-african-americans.htmlThe decline of black businesses post integrationhttps://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/marchaprilmay-2017/the-decline-of-black-business/Jet and Ebony closinghttps://www.blackpressusa.com/ebony-jet-fire-remainder-of-staff-may-close-its-doors-for-good/The story of  Nathan Green aka "Uncle Nearest"https://www.cuisinenoirmag.com/uncle-nearest-1856-premium-whiskey/https://www.blackbourbonsociety.com/blog/paperplanehttps://www.bondedinbourbon.com/about

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline800-273-TALK (8255) Stark Mental Health and Addiction Recoveryhttps://starkmhar.org/National Alliance in Mental Illnesshttps://www.coreyempowers.com/Visit:  https://www.nami.org/About-NAMIText:  NAMI to 741741 for crosier interventionCall:  800-950-6264Referenced Articleshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/how-to-heal-african-americans-traumatic-history-98298https://www.yesmagazine.org/mental-health/research-shows-entire-black-communities-suffer-trauma-after-police-shootings-20180803https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292675/

Patrol Agents joking about migrants racist about Latino lawmakershttps://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memesMiddle School Teacher side job was a ”secret” white supremacist podcast. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ja8BFVVTHIWhite Contractor turned away https://www.huffpost.com/entry/allison-zeke-brown-confederate-flag_n_5d1d2dd4e4b0f312567e7eacJuly 4th Nike, Kapernick and the original 13 star flaghttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/02/nikes-betsy-ross-controversy-highlights-new-dangers-in-american-icons.htmlRacists use science to prove Arial from the little mermaid is black https://www.indy100.com/article/racists-use-science-proof-disney-little-mermaid-ariel-not-black-8988571Notmyarial Twitter https://thegrapevine.theroot.com/notmyariel-white-twitter-is-big-mad-about-disney-cast-1836128376Rapist gets leniency because he from a good family https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/nyregion/judge-james-troiano-rape.html

Articles cited https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/03/robert-greene-48-laws-of-powerhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/rjazd6/robert-greene-weighs-in-on-his-collaboration-with-50-cent-and-the-current-state-of-hip-hopFollow Me Facebook https://www.facebook.com/disruptionnow/Instagram https://www.instagram.com/robforohio/Follow Robert GreeneFacebook @48LawsofPowerbookTwitter @RobertGreenehttp://powerseductionandwar.com/

Conservative Parkland survivor rejected for racist comments from Harvardhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/17/us/parkland-kyle-kashuv-harvard.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=HomepageKyle Kashuv apologizes for using n wordhttps://www.huffpost.com/entry/parkland-teen-kyle-kashuv-apologizes-racist-remarks_n_5ce6908be4b09b23e65ead62Students agree with Harvardhttps://www.theblaze.com/news/poll-finds-that-most-people-seem-to-agree-with-harvard-university-and-not-parkland-student-kyle-kashuvKyle Kashuv controversy explainedhttps://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/6/17/18682101/kyle-kashuv-harvard-parkland

Mitch Mcconnell Obama’s election was reparationshttps://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/19/mitch-mcconnell-reparations-slavery-compensation-not-needed-after-obama-presidency/1497461001/Balancing the Ledger on Juneteenthhttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/juneteenth-and-reparations-hearing-house/592036/Ta Nehisi Coates  gives Mcconnell a lessonhttps://www.vox.com/identities/2019/6/19/18691735/ta-nehisi-coates-mitch-mcconnell-reparations-history-racism-slaverySlave Owners Given Compensation for losing slaveshttps://newsone.com/3012856/did-you-know-us-govt-paid-reparations-to-slave-owners/McConnell and Nehishi Coateshttps://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/danny-glover-ta-nehisi-coates-testify-in-house-hearing-for-reparations-62254661921 

Deval Laurdine Patrick is one of only 2 African-Americans to ever be elected governor in the United States. Born and raised by a single mother on the South Side of Chicago, Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy in Massachusetts in the eighth grade. He went on to attend Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was president of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau. After graduating, he practiced law with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later joined a Boston law firm, where he was named a partner, at age 34. In 1994, Bill Clinton appointed him as the United States assistant attorney general for the civil rights division of the United States Department of Justice, where he worked on issues including racial profiling and police misconduct.

The story for wrongfully convictedhttps://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ava-duvernay-s-when-they-see-us-not-just-about-n1005151Oprah hard to watch hard to livehttps://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/oprah-wants-watch-netflix-series-150200744.html?.tsrc=fauxdalImportance of prosecutorshttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/03/central-park-five-story-racism-when-they-see-us-ava-duvernay?CMP=share_btn_fbTrump interview Central Park 5 https://www.cnn.com/videos/cnnmoney/2016/10/07/trump-1989-central-park-five-interview-cnnmoney.cnnmoneyCentral Prosecutor dropped publisherhttps://www.apnews.com/98524380b1b749dc988528a94d197207Short cut Apple pull over by policehttps://www.businessinsider.com/ios-12-shortcut-uses-iphone-to-record-police-during-traffic-stop-2018-10?fbclid=IwAR2-R_DqQ61zm56vn5CtaOgkRJtX8kYXHNnQyqaYinYjY797fnm3mD702SoThe humanity of so-called central 5https://news.yahoo.com/central-park-five-survivor-tear-020925170.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fbLinda Fairstein says it’s all lieshttps://www.go

Country Fans Outraged Lil Nas X https://blackamericaweb.com/2019/05/24/country-music-fans-outraged-over-lil-nas-xs-jean-collection-with-wranglers/The Roots of Country Music https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-09-16-9809190003-story.htmlPeople upset with Wrangler over Lil Nas X https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/5/23/18636279/lil-nas-x-wrangler-collection-prices-backlashLil Nas X and roots Country Music http://www.papermag.com/lil-nas-x-country-music-2636041940.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Mueller tells Congress it’s your job to impeach. Republicans and Democrats have to decide will they do what’s politically convenient or will they fight for the rule of law and America. We are a nation of laws and we started in rebellion to a King. This is about our constitution and holding on to the principle that no one is above the law. I don’t care about losing an election as much as losing freedom and the rule of law.

Kirk Perry is an example of what opportunity can and should be in America. From the outside looking in Kirk Perry looks as if he had a seamless path. Working for two decades at Proctor and Gamble and now leading Google Brands. Mr. Perry is responsible for driving Google's revenue a trillion dollar company, with the world's largest advertisers and advertising agencies. But his path wasn’t always so easy, from growing up poor, to almost not making it through college, to health scares of cancer with himself and daughter, Kirk has had anything but an easy path. His struggles did not deter him but made him more determined to focus on what really matters in life.