Gov. Landry pushes back mid-terms? SC State Students Revolt Over Commencement Speaker. #TheBreakdown
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Takeaways
- ❖Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry plans to postpone the May 16th primary election to redraw congressional maps after a Supreme Court ruling found the current map to be an illegal racial gerrymander.
- ❖Absentee voting has already begun for the Louisiana primary, creating a complication for the proposed postponement.
- ❖South Carolina State University students successfully protested Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette as their commencement speaker, leading the university president to withdraw her invitation.
- ❖Lt. Gov. Evette's social media video, where she called the protesting students a 'woke mob' and championed eliminating DEI, backfired and fueled student resolve.
- ❖Mayday Strong is a national day of action on May 1st, calling for rallies, marches, and boycotts to demand a nation that prioritizes workers over billionaires.
- ❖The Fox Hunters Club is a new dating app designed for millennial women (30-44) seeking serious, non-transactional relationships with Gen X and older men (43+), focusing on emotional maturity.
- ❖Uterine fibroids disproportionately affect Black women, and Courtney Pack's 'The Journey Back Home' journal provides a self-discovery tool to help women process their experiences and break the silence around the condition.
Insights
1Louisiana Primary Postponement Due to Racial Gerrymandering
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and state lawmakers are moving to postpone the May 16th primary election. This action follows a US Supreme Court ruling that declared the state's current congressional map an illegal racial gerrymander. The new map aims to create a second majority-Black congressional district. The proposed postponement faces complications as absentee voting has already commenced and early voting is scheduled to begin soon.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and state lawmakers are planning to postpone the primary election originally scheduled for May 16th. Landry says the state needs time to redraw congressional maps following Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling that deemed Louisiana's congressional map an illegal racial gerrymander. The new congressional map would create a second majority black congressional district. However, there's a complication. Absentee voting for the primary has already begun and early voting is set to start on Saturday.
2Student Activism Leads to Commencement Speaker Withdrawal at SC State University
Students at South Carolina State University protested the invitation of Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette to be their commencement speaker. Evette responded with a social media video, labeling the students a 'woke mob' and advocating for the elimination of DEI programs. This inflammatory response led the university president, Alexander Conas, to withdraw her invitation, citing the need to protect students and maintain a non-political graduation environment.
South Carolina State students have been protesting the decision to invite the lieutenant governor of South Carolina to be the commencement speech speaker. A protest have been taking place. They they got a petition. More than 3,000 people have signed the petition. If you want to understand how wild, derange, and crazy this MAGA lieutenant governor is, Pamela Evette, she literally posted this video a few hours ago on social media in response to the protest... President, South Carolina State President Alexander Conas tells students that he has withdrawn her invite to be the commencement speaker.
3Mayday Strong: A National Day of Action for Worker Rights
Mayday Strong is a national movement on May 1st, coordinating rallies, marches, and calls for boycotts (no work, no school, no shopping) across the country. Led by organizations like the Chicago Teachers Union, the initiative aims to build collective power and resist economic inequality, drawing parallels to historical worker movements that expanded democracy.
On May 1st, Americans all across the country are taking part in Mayday Strong. This is a national day of action with rallies, marches, and even calls for no work, no school, even no shopping. It's all to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires. Organizers say this is one one-day movement and it's about building collective power. To tell us more about this event is Stacy Davis Gates, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union and the Illinois Federation of Teachers and a leader in this growing movement.
4Fox Hunters Club: A Dating App for Intentional Age-Gap Relationships
Brownie Marie founded Fox Hunters Club, a dating app connecting millennial women (30-44) with Gen X and older men for serious, long-term relationships. The app explicitly rejects transactional 'sugar baby' dynamics, focusing instead on emotional maturity and shared values, addressing a market gap for intentional age-gap dating.
A new app is aiming to change dating by connecting millennial women with older, more established men without the sugar daggy dynamic, if you will, focusing instead on emotional maturity and long-term commitment. Joining me now is Brownie Marie, the tech executive, multimedia journalist, and founder of Fox Hunters Club. It's a dating app designed for women seeking serious relationships with Gen X and older men.
5Addressing Uterine Fibroids and the Silence Among Black Women
Courtney Pack, founder of The Social Narrative and author of 'The Journey Back Home,' discusses her personal experience with uterine fibroids and the creation of her self-discovery journal. The journal aims to provide a safe, conversational space for Black women to process their frustrations and feelings about fibroids, breaking the pervasive silence often driven by fear and lack of information about treatment options beyond surgery.
Uterine fibroids is a condition that disproportionately impacts our community. Joining us now is Courtney Pac, the founder of The Social Narrative and author of The Journey Back Home, a guided self-discovery journal for black women with fibroids who are done suffering in silence.
Opportunities
Niche Dating App for Specific Age Gaps and Intentions
Develop dating applications that cater to highly specific demographics and relationship intentions, such as millennial women seeking older, emotionally mature men for serious relationships, explicitly avoiding transactional dynamics. This addresses a market gap left by mainstream apps and 'sugar' platforms.
Lessons
- For individuals seeking serious relationships, consider exploring niche dating apps that align with specific age preferences and relationship goals to avoid time-wasting on mainstream platforms.
- If experiencing symptoms of uterine fibroids, seek out informational resources and support networks that prioritize self-discovery and emotional processing, in addition to medical advice, to combat feelings of isolation.
- Engage in local and national movements like 'Mayday Strong' to advocate for worker rights and economic justice, recognizing the collective power in solidarity and community action.
Notable Moments
South Carolina State University students successfully protested the Lieutenant Governor as their commencement speaker, leading to the withdrawal of her invitation.
This demonstrates the significant power of student activism in challenging political figures and protecting academic spaces from partisan rhetoric, especially when public officials use divisive language.
The launch of Fox Hunters Club, a dating app for millennial women seeking older, established men for serious, non-transactional relationships.
This highlights an emerging trend in dating that prioritizes emotional maturity and intentionality over superficial or materialistic connections, addressing a perceived gap in the dating app market for specific age-gap preferences.
Courtney Pack's 'The Journey Back Home' journal aims to break the silence around uterine fibroids among Black women.
This initiative addresses a critical health disparity and the emotional toll of a condition often suffered in isolation, providing a vital tool for self-discovery and community dialogue.
Quotes
"Let's be clear, facts trump feelings in the real world. President Trump and conservatives have done more for H.B.C.U's cus than any administration in history. I must be doing something right because woke mobs are coming after me for being a champion of eliminating radical DEI scams on college campuses. So bring it on. Just like President Trump, I'll never back down or bend a knee to the woke radicals. I'm ending DEI on campuses once and for all. Stay tuned. I'm going to have a lot more to say about this later. In the meantime, I look forward to celebrating commencement with the students and faculty at SC State."
"I've made the decision to resend the invitation to the lieutenant governor to speak at your commencement."
"We've got to stop inviting MAGA to the cookout. They've showed they've showed us who they are. They showed us what they are about. And so opening our sacred space and platform to them. Uh HB on H.B.C.U campuses, homecoming and graduation is sacred. Why allow somebody who brings that level of discord and then doubles down on their hatred to the students that they're supposed to be uplifting for commencement?"
"The only way in which we sustain the things that we have is that we remain eternally vigilant over the gains that we've already made. That means the practice of workers in solidarity across this country to both call truth to power and to protect our democracy is exactly what everyone needs to do on May one."
"Being entitled, feeling entitled to someone else's money is gross. I reject the idea and it's becoming a more mainstream idea for some reason. I think social media and reality shows if I wanted to point some elbows. Really, there's this notion that, okay, you must have A, B, and C financially before you get deserve my time, before we can go on a date, before I can be your woman. I need a bag. I need a trip. I need my bills paid. No. No, let's get to know each other. What's your character? That's your value. How do you treat people? How do you treat me? That's someone's value. It is not about someone's worth being tied up in their salary. So, it's also a push back on kind of where the culture is going."
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