Rational Black Thought Episode #177 February 24, 2024 - “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction…” ― James Baldwin

What’s on my Mind: America without democracy:

• https://www.dw.com/en/as-autocrats-ascend-gloomy-data-on-democracies-decline/a-62674756 
• https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2022/01/09/what-authoritarianism-would-look-like-america/9088584002/

News: 

• Rats f*cking Suckers: 
  • https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/dossier-not-what-started-all-of-this/
  • https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46883184/fbi-informant-alexander-smirnov-biden-false-claims-russian-intel/

Conversations with an Atheist: Faith vs. Proof:

• https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/opinion/sunday/t-m-luhrmann-faith-vs-facts.html
• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244019898849

Closing:   Flying High: 

• https://blacknews.com/news/zoey-williams-27-year-old-first-black-female-pilot-fly-boeing-777-air-canada/