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Street Sense Media Writer and Vendor Jeff McNeil and Special Assistant to the President and White House Assistant Communications Director Cliff Sims.   By Jeffery Mc Neil   In the last two editions of Street Sense, I have been criticized  by a former customer  and  a fellow vendor  for writing about Trump. And the paper has been criticized for publishing me. Some say what I write is offensive. Well, homelessness is offensive! I’ve lived an offensive life. Homelessness is grotesque, putrid, and ugly. I slept outside. I was robbed and assaulted. I’ve seen people die on the street.     But today, I can honestly say my columns are read from the White House to the crack house.    Although I have passed by the White House several times, it may as well have been in China. It was something I knew of, but it was distant. Over the years, I’ve written about, and to several politicians. No one has had the decenc...

By Jeffery McNeil  I have never been in the camp by calling for Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign. Being African American, I was appalled to see a sitting Governor in a photo wearing blackface next to a person dressed up as a Klansmen. However, the Christian in me is not to seek revenge or enact punishment.  I’ve learned ago to forgive racists, not because I believe racism subsided, but  resentments make you just as vicious and ugly as the people you have grown to loathe. I learned it’s not good for my long term sanity to be aggrieved, about things that occurred before I was born. My ancestors died so I can take advantage of the opportunities that are presented not re-litigate Robert E Lee, the Confederacy or things that happened before I was born.  Slavery is America’s original sin and whether on earth or in heaven, those that engaged in evil will be judged by how they treated the less fortunate  The Left can’t be angry over Gov N...

By Jeffery McNeil  When people claim this may be the worst period in history, I beg to differ I believe the period from 1929 to 1945 when we had a Great Depression, Dustbowls, Hitler, Stalin, and a World War that left 56 million dead is not comparable to today. Shutting down the government or losing you're Food Stamps is not equivalent to being sent to a concentration camp or the gas chamber.  Derangements are nothing new whenever Republicans get elected from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. Liberals go apocalyptic, with mass protests, mob violence, and prolonged hissy fits and temper tantrums. The Radical Left hasn't changed. These are the same people that spit on soldiers coming home from Vietnam, couldn't side with Americans when America was attacked during 9/11. The radical Left hasn't changed, social media has given them a bigger platform to spout their hate and propaganda.  While the hate and vitriol for Donald Trump and his supporters, sometimes ...