{"id":570,"date":"2025-07-08T17:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=570"},"modified":"2025-07-08T17:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:29:30","slug":"what-the-fk-you-mean-aint-no-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackmanwrites.com\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"What the F@!k You Mean Ain\u2019t No List?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TVMagicCards.jpg?resize=400%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TVMagicCards.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackmanwrites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/TVMagicCards.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News \u2014 that bastion of integrity and unbiased journalism (<em>insert deep eye roll<\/em>) \u2014 asked Pam Bondi back in February if the DOJ would release the \u201cJeffrey Epstein client list.\u201d Her response?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s sitting on my desk right now to review. That\u2019s been a directive by President Trump. I\u2019m reviewing that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to now and suddenly, <em>poof<\/em> \u2014 there is no list.<br>\u201cAin\u2019t no list, never was a list. What island? Who\u2019s Jeffrey Epstein?\u201d They\u2019re trying to Jedi mind trick the entire country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe the reason the list disappeared is because <em>your<\/em> favorite orange savior\u2019s name is on it \u2014 not Clinton or Obama like y\u2019all were praying for. Just asking questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Texas is underwater. And while I send my heartfelt sympathy to those who\u2019ve lost everything \u2014 or lost loved ones \u2014 we still have to talk about why it\u2019s this bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This administration slashed funding for the <strong>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<\/strong> \u2014 the very people who help predict and prepare for floods. Texas legislators <em>voted against<\/em> extra funding for flash flood warning systems. And Ted Cruz?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was on <strong>vacation in Greece<\/strong>. Literally. And didn\u2019t even come back when the flooding started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Same Ted Cruz who disappears every time disaster hits. Same GOP leaders who keep trying to sell you the lie that <strong>FEMA is the problem<\/strong> and that <strong>governors should handle disasters on their own<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the governors in those states can\u2019t handle it, they shouldn\u2019t be in office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So&#8230; will he be tossing paper towel rolls at Texans on Friday?<br>Oh wait \u2014 that level of clownery was reserved for Puerto Rico.<br>Maybe because they were a little too brown for his comfort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, for the real bullshit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainstream media? Bought and sold. At this point they might as well run their stories past the White House before airtime. Today\u2019s dominant headline? <em>Tariffs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Classic misdirection. Sleight of hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While they wave one hand to distract you with trade wars, the other one is hiding client lists, gutting disaster response, and rewriting reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, while you&#8217;re glued to headlines about tariffs and trade, remember \u2014 that\u2019s the sleight of hand. The magic trick. The <em>real<\/em> stories? They\u2019re disappearing before your eyes. The list? Vanished. The floods? Blamed on local leadership. The truth? Buried deeper than Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Ted Cruz? Still drying off from Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, y\u2019all out here defending a man who <em>slashed disaster funding<\/em>, <em>botched a pandemic<\/em>, <em>threw paper towels at brown people<\/em>, and now wants you to believe the list never existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back when he was closer to sane, Kanye said it best during Katrina: <em>\u201cGeorge Bush doesn\u2019t care about Black people.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me update that for you: <em>Trump don\u2019t give a fuck about none of y\u2019all.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not Texans.<br>Not flood victims.<br>Not Epstein\u2019s survivors.<br>Not the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay woke. 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