Y’all, listen up. The people we elect—from City Council to the Mayor’s Office—hold the ultimate structure of power in our communities. And here’s the problem: they appoint their stooges as gatekeepers, controlling access to that power. That’s why so many communities, especially foundational Black American communities, never see real results. Let me break it down. People always say “chase the money,” but that’s a false […]
This is How You Drain the Swamp
Manifesto for the Establishment of a Department of American Freedmen Affairs
To Whom It May Concern: My name is Carnell Lamont Oliver. I write to initiate a national conversation on reparations for Black Americans, framed around the upcoming 14th Amendment case, expected in February or April 2026. The question before us is clear: what does justice and equity look like for descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States, and how […]
A Strategy for Fiscal Discipline: PBBA and Procedural Reform
To Whom It May Concern, My name is Carnell Lamont Oliver, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, writing to urge serious consideration of a coordinated strategy to restore fiscal responsibility and functional governance at the federal level and to consider the Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment (PBBA). The Principles-Based Balanced Budget Amendment (PBBA) offers a constitutionally sound framework to address chronic deficits. Sponsored in the […]