Monique Judge

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storyteller. writer. journalist. cultural commentator. information curator. content creator.

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Breaking news: A newly surfaced video backs up the accounts of witnesses, who said they warned police before shots rang out at Trump’s rally, showing a chaotic scene in which bystanders started calling out to police at least 86 seconds before the gunfire.

Witnesses warned police of Trump shooter at least 86 seconds before gunfire, video showswww.washingtonpost.com A Post analysis of the video backs up reports from other witnesses, who have said they tried to alert police in the moments before shots rang out

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JD Vance has a loser stink energy completely invisible to reporters but obvious to any actual human being. his body naturally generates a repugnant chemical compound known as paulryanide

OK. I booked a flight. I sat myself by a window in first class. there are three rows with empty seats still remaining in first class. I just looked at the seat map. Please tell me why some weirdo chose to sit RIGHT NEXT TO ME when there are plenty of empty seats?

New blog post!

I’m tired of the word “ally”open.substack.com It's time to stop conferring status on white people simply for doing the right thing

I tweet for the people who still call it "Staples Center." His mama named him Staples Center; I'mma call him Staples Center.

New blog post alert 🚨🚨🚨 Check it out at thejournalista.com

Ever since I was a kid, I have been obsessed with the Jonestown massacre. I can remember them reporting on it on the news and hearing my parents talking about it. There's a new documentary about it on Hulu. *adds to My Stuff*

The US Supreme Court believes you cannot regulate making guns more powerful, but you can definitely regulate a woman's body.

I read the "journalistic blackface book," and I'm convinced the author is trolling.

The ‘journalistic blackface’ book is one epic trollthegrio.com There's no way this Canadian “journalist” is serious about discussing racism when his entire “experiment” rests on a faulty premise.

Caitlin Clark is the Taylor Swift of women's basketball. No, I will not elaborate.

A white journalist thought cosplaying as a Black man was the best way to learn about racism My latest column for theGrio.

A white journalist thought cosplaying as a Black man was the best way to learn about racismthegrio.com Canadian journalist Sam Forster spent last summer “disguised as a Black man” so he could experience and prove that American racism exists.

Sean Combs' apology video shows us the difference between remorse and regret

Sean Combs’ apology video shows us the difference between remorse and regretthegrio.com In his apology video, Sean Combs claimed to have gone through therapy, but he’s a long way from being “better” and making things right.

If Gary Owen is the example of white people being too comfortable, Shannon Sharpe is the Black people who let them My latest for theGrio.

If Gary Owen is the example of white people being too comfortable, Shannon Sharpe is the Black people who let themthegrio.com Gary Owen’s recent appearance on Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” was a disappointing display of a Black man enabling a white culture vulture’s performance of “Blackness.”

Roger Fortson was unjustly killed by police. You cannot reform this. My latest column for theGrio.

Roger Fortson was unjustly killed by police. You cannot reform this.thegrio.com Roger Fortson is yet another Black life lost because the police officer shot and killed him within seconds of encountering him.

My sister is forever telling me, "You need to ask someone in your generation," as if we are not part of the same damn generation. When I just pointed this out to her, she said, "Well, someone in your high school class."

I feel like M Night Shyamalan movies are a scam. Sixth Sense was the only really good one, and the rest of them have been him trying to act he's smarter than us and we just don't get it. Basically, he's the Drake of filmmaking.

People who write and people who study or teach the craft of writing: Please tell me your favorite books on essay writing.

What's a book you saw get a lot of bad reviews but you read it and enjoyed it anyway?

My latest column for theGrio discusses how women and other victims of abuse are the repeated punchlines in the Kendrick and Drake beef.

In the Kendrick and Drake beef, women and other abuse victims are the repeated punchlinethegrio.com Both Kendrick and Drake have thrown wild accusations at each other, but they don’t seem to care about the victims they are exploiting.

Kamala Harris is not here to be the mammy Drew Barrymore wants her to be My latest column for theGrio

Kamala Harris is not here to be the mammy Drew Barrymore wants her to bethegrio.com In another instance of white people asking Black women to save America, Drew asked the Harris to be “momala” to the U.S.

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The son of apartheid South African capitalists suspending Nelson Mandela's grandson is... a look.

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The student newspaper at Ohio State (my alma mater and the paper were I began my career) confirms the men atop the student union in the viral photo were indeed ARMED SNIPERS from the State Highway Patrol, with loaded weapons trained on STUDENTS below.

Lantern confirms officers on Ohio Union’s roof had firearms once arrests beganwww.thelantern.com A version of this story was published Thursday at 8:55 p.m., and has since been removed following updated information. Around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, university spokesperson Ben Johnson said there were…

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3,653 days (ten years) ago, the Flint water crisis started. All this time has passed, and the people still don't have water they feel safe enough to drink. My latest for theGrio.

10 years later, people in Flint are still suffering the effects of the water crisisthegrio.com The people of Flint, Michigan, are still dealing with the water crisis after 10 years, and there does not seem to be a solution in sight.

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It’s amazing to me that Mexico is about to elect a woman president. Meanwhile in the United States, we’re still on some “No not $THAT woman” where $THAT is every woman who’s tried.

High. I'm getting this High Holiday Weekend off to a great start. How about you?

Hi. I'm working on my tan.

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No criminal charges will be filed against the LA officer who, while aiming at a suspect, shot & killed a 14-year-old hiding in a store fitting room

California won't prosecute LAPD officer who shot teenage girl in store's dressing roomcalmatters.org A Los Angeles Police Department officer who accidentally shot and killed a teenager in a store will not face charges from the California Justice Department.

Netflix's "Good Times" is as offensive as the trailer promised it would be. My latest opinion column for theGrio.

Netflix’s ‘Good Times’ is as offensive as the trailer promised it would bethegrio.com OPINION: The animated series based on Norman Lear’s hit situation comedy ‘Good Times’ is related to the original in name only.