by Roy Rodney
All the lies. Lies on top of lies. Lies straight to the face of every American. Lies under oath. Lies to hide crimes. Lies to prevent further investigation of more lies and more crimes. Lies to distract attention from all the lies. A full pack of lies.
Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green Party, Libertarian, whatever your association, please agree with me that we cannot have a bunch of untrustworthy lying, possible traitors and conspirators, running our great country. It’s not about anything but being a patriot at this point; for the love of country we deserve better than this sordid spectacle. Liberal, conservative whatever the label, in common we value truth and a commitment to freedom from any regime like Russia. We’ve fought for this independence, we fought to help allies achieve it or maintain it, and we marched to extend it to every one of us. Our system is the envy of the world and the scourge of despots everywhere. Name another place where the common man can speak truth to power in so many ways. The list is short and we as a nation have helped every nation on that list to be on that list.
Where is our patriotism? Where is the grace and humility to admit that this bunch obtained votes by subterfuge, by misrepresentation and conspired to trick us with sworn enemies of democracy? How sad is that? They’re not here to help working Americans. Working American don’t conspire with dictators, we send our children to fight them. Where is the call for them to go?
Don’t wait until they Trump up charges against Mueller, speak up! Enough thuggery. We never really liked the profanity and tone anyway. Once again we learned the universal principle that the end doesn’t justify the means. No matter what your issue is, craven liars and traitors are not the answer.
In America, I’m free to say this and hold the President to account, even though I’m only one citizen; neither rich nor powerful. It all starts with trusting the leaders to be honest and protect freedom. Awaken citizens of the land of the free and the home of the bravest. Speak now, while you can.
Jeff Thomas
Publisher • Opinion Columnist • Licensed General Contractor • Real Estate Appraiser • New Orleans
Jeff Thomas is the publisher of Black Source Media and one of New Orleans’ most direct voices on civic affairs, economic justice, and Louisiana politics. He writes from the intersection of experience and accountability — as a licensed general contractor,a tech company founder and executive with over 30 years experience, and a businessman who has worked across the city’s civic, media, and construction ecosystems for decades.
His Sunday column covers Louisiana legislative politics, insurance discrimination, housing policy, and the forces shaping Black community life in New Orleans and across the state. Thomas writes in the tradition of Black journalists who hold power accountable without apology — building arguments from data, delivering verdicts from evidence, and speaking to Black New Orleans with the directness the moment demands.
He is also the principal of Executive Appraisers Louisiana, an MBE-certified real estate appraisal firm, and EA Inspection Services, LLC, a government inspection services company. Black Source Media is his platform for the civic conversation New Orleans has needed and too rarely had.
Selected Articles by Jeff Thomas
Black Neighborhoods Pay the Highest Insurance Rates in Louisiana. Here’s What They Don’t Want You to Know.
They Didn’t Yell the N-Word. They Went to Law School, Bided Their Time, and Rewrote the Constitution Instead.
Vappie vs. Morrell: Why Does Justice Look Different in New Orleans?
The State Has the Money. New Orleans East Just Needs Them to Use It.
The Failure of Mitch Landrieu
Publisher — Black Source Media
Jeff Thomas
Publisher • Opinion Columnist • Licensed General Contractor • Real Estate Appraiser • New Orleans
Jeff Thomas is the publisher of Black Source Media and one of New Orleans’ most direct voices on civic affairs, economic justice, and Louisiana politics. He writes from the intersection of experience and accountability — as a licensed general contractor,a tech company founder and executive with over 30 years experience, and a businessman who has worked across the city’s civic, media, and construction ecosystems for decades.
His Sunday column covers Louisiana legislative politics, insurance discrimination, housing policy, and the forces shaping Black community life in New Orleans and across the state. Thomas writes in the tradition of Black journalists who hold power accountable without apology — building arguments from data, delivering verdicts from evidence, and speaking to Black New Orleans with the directness the moment demands.
He is also the principal of Executive Appraisers Louisiana, an MBE-certified real estate appraisal firm, and EA Inspection Services, LLC, a government inspection services company. Black Source Media is his platform for the civic conversation New Orleans has needed and too rarely had.
Selected Articles by Jeff Thomas
Black Neighborhoods Pay the Highest Insurance Rates in Louisiana. Here’s What They Don’t Want You to Know.
They Didn’t Yell the N-Word. They Went to Law School, Bided Their Time, and Rewrote the Constitution Instead.
Vappie vs. Morrell: Why Does Justice Look Different in New Orleans?
The State Has the Money. New Orleans East Just Needs Them to Use It.
The Failure of Mitch Landrieu