Bafana Khumalo
@bafanak61.bsky.social
Gender Justice activist, WIP Feminist, Theologian
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Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Part one:
Part one:
March 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Terry was scammed out of most of his savings and was supposed to get his money back—until Donald Trump and Elon Musk gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Part one:
Part one:
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🚨ALARM
DOGE and the Social Security Administrator are quietly CLOSING SS offices making it much harder for people to maintain their benefits.
Please help spread the word.
DOGE and the Social Security Administrator are quietly CLOSING SS offices making it much harder for people to maintain their benefits.
Please help spread the word.
THIS IS INSANE:
A thread 🧵👇
Yesterday, the acting commissioner of the Social Secrity Administration, Lelnd Dudek, notified Rep. George Latmier that he rejected his and Rep. Lawler's bipartisan effort to keep the only Social Security hearing office in the Hudson Valley open.
A thread 🧵👇
Yesterday, the acting commissioner of the Social Secrity Administration, Lelnd Dudek, notified Rep. George Latmier that he rejected his and Rep. Lawler's bipartisan effort to keep the only Social Security hearing office in the Hudson Valley open.
March 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨ALARM
DOGE and the Social Security Administrator are quietly CLOSING SS offices making it much harder for people to maintain their benefits.
Please help spread the word.
DOGE and the Social Security Administrator are quietly CLOSING SS offices making it much harder for people to maintain their benefits.
Please help spread the word.
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Declassified JFK Assassination Files Expose Covert CIA Operations from the Vatican to Latin America
Declassified JFK Assassination Files Expose Covert CIA Operations from the Vatican to Latin America
The U.S. government this week released thousands more records on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, long a source of fascination and intrigue. This is the final batch of JFK files...
www.democracynow.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Declassified JFK Assassination Files Expose Covert CIA Operations from the Vatican to Latin America
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Biden begged us.
Kamala warned us.
Obama explained to us.
Kamala warned us.
Obama explained to us.
March 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Biden begged us.
Kamala warned us.
Obama explained to us.
Kamala warned us.
Obama explained to us.
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Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S.
Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law
Wolfgang Kaleck, founder of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, talks about the need for a universal, international criminal justice system instead of one where only some nations...
www.democracynow.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Human Rights Attorney Wolfgang Kaleck on Double Standards in International Law, from Russia to U.S.
@SAWIDofficial hosting an important conversation on Socio-economic Transformation & Implementation Insights supported by @WDBtrust. @DWYPD_ZA minister will address the meeting. @SonkeTogether @MenEngageAfrica @unwomenSA @UNFPA_ESARO #EconomicTransformation #GenerationEquality
February 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
@SAWIDofficial hosting an important conversation on Socio-economic Transformation & Implementation Insights supported by @WDBtrust. @DWYPD_ZA minister will address the meeting. @SonkeTogether @MenEngageAfrica @unwomenSA @UNFPA_ESARO #EconomicTransformation #GenerationEquality
#SonkeGenderJustice team meeting in Cape Town to Plan for the year. #GenderTransformation
January 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#SonkeGenderJustice team meeting in Cape Town to Plan for the year. #GenderTransformation
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
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Explosive court ruling on SRD grant: Government ordered to “progressively increase” the grant and income threshold, and allow in-person applications
Read groundup.org.za/article/rule... by Marecia Damons
Read groundup.org.za/article/rule... by Marecia Damons
Explosive court ruling on SRD grant
Government ordered to “progressively increase” the grant and income threshold, and allow in-person applications
groundup.org.za
January 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Explosive court ruling on SRD grant: Government ordered to “progressively increase” the grant and income threshold, and allow in-person applications
Read groundup.org.za/article/rule... by Marecia Damons
Read groundup.org.za/article/rule... by Marecia Damons
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900 families’ portable toilets not cleaned for over a month in Khayelitsha
Read groundup.org.za/article/900-... by Vincent Lali
Read groundup.org.za/article/900-... by Vincent Lali
900 families’ portable toilets not cleaned for over a month in Khayelitsha
City says community disputes over recruitment of workers disrupted the service
groundup.org.za
January 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
900 families’ portable toilets not cleaned for over a month in Khayelitsha
Read groundup.org.za/article/900-... by Vincent Lali
Read groundup.org.za/article/900-... by Vincent Lali
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Until the money of corporations & the rich is taken out of all elections, we (and the planet) are pretty much screwed. And let's not be naive: big oil has a hold over Dems in the US and Liberals in Canada and not only over the total climate deniers of the right. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Big oil spent $445m in last election cycle to influence Trump and Congress, report says
Investments ‘likely to pay dividends’, analysis says, as Trump unleashes dozens of pro-fossil fuel executive actions
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Until the money of corporations & the rich is taken out of all elections, we (and the planet) are pretty much screwed. And let's not be naive: big oil has a hold over Dems in the US and Liberals in Canada and not only over the total climate deniers of the right. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Price of eggs has gone up even in the last few days. Supply issues are causing empty shelves.
The Trump economy is back.
The Trump economy is back.
January 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Price of eggs has gone up even in the last few days. Supply issues are causing empty shelves.
The Trump economy is back.
The Trump economy is back.
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BOOM! Bishop Mariann Budde has responded to her critics who told her to apologize to Donald Trump.
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
January 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
BOOM! Bishop Mariann Budde has responded to her critics who told her to apologize to Donald Trump.
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
“I am not going to apologize for asking for mercy for others.”
Smash that repost if you agree she owes Trump ZERO apologies!! 🦋
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on the Gulf of Mexico: They say they are going to call it the Gulf of America on their continental shelf...For us and for the whole world, it is still called the Gulf of Mexico (digitally translated)
January 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on the Gulf of Mexico: They say they are going to call it the Gulf of America on their continental shelf...For us and for the whole world, it is still called the Gulf of Mexico (digitally translated)
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BREAKING NEWS:
Trouble brewing between Elon and Trump?
Trump official: “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president, The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.”
Pretty soon we’ll be able to sit back and watch them destroy each other.
Trouble brewing between Elon and Trump?
Trump official: “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president, The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.”
Pretty soon we’ll be able to sit back and watch them destroy each other.
January 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
BREAKING NEWS:
Trouble brewing between Elon and Trump?
Trump official: “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president, The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.”
Pretty soon we’ll be able to sit back and watch them destroy each other.
Trouble brewing between Elon and Trump?
Trump official: “It’s clear he has abused the proximity to the president, The problem is the president doesn’t have any leverage over him and Elon gives zero fucks.”
Pretty soon we’ll be able to sit back and watch them destroy each other.
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Families of victims of apartheid-era crimes are suing the SA government over a 'gross failure' to investigate and prosecute perpetrators.
South African anti-apartheid activists sue govt over lack of justice
Families of victims of apartheid-era crimes are suing the SA govt over a "gross failure" to investigate and prosecute perpetrators.
www.thesouthafrican.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Families of victims of apartheid-era crimes are suing the SA government over a 'gross failure' to investigate and prosecute perpetrators.
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Good to see a company defending its DEI policies in the face of the right-wing onslaught against decency, equity, and smart business practices--an onslaught having so much success. www.thestar.com/news/world/c... #DEI #HR #maleally #equality #equity Repost to let #Costco know you support DEI.
Costco defends its diversity policies as other U.S. companies scale theirs back
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order aimed at terminating DEI programs within federal agencies.
www.thestar.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Trevor Noah makes HISTORY with fifth Grammy Award hosting gig
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/ce...
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/ce...
Trevor Noah makes HISTORY with fifth Grammy Award hosting gig
He's back! Trevor Noah will host the Grammy Awards for the fifth consecutive time, and this time around, he will also produce the show...
www.thesouthafrican.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Trevor Noah makes HISTORY with fifth Grammy Award hosting gig
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/ce...
www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/ce...
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Giannoulias was also behind legislation that allows non-citizen residents, including undocumented immigrants, to obtain a standard driver's license or state ID — that ensures all drivers pass a test and do so safely.
January 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Giannoulias was also behind legislation that allows non-citizen residents, including undocumented immigrants, to obtain a standard driver's license or state ID — that ensures all drivers pass a test and do so safely.
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Giannoulias has also created a safe haven for women seeking an abortion, after he championed legislation that limits law enforcement’s ability to track license plates to track women driving into the state for the procedure.
January 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Giannoulias has also created a safe haven for women seeking an abortion, after he championed legislation that limits law enforcement’s ability to track license plates to track women driving into the state for the procedure.
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HELL YEAH!
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process.
It gets even better.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process.
It gets even better.
January 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
HELL YEAH!
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process.
It gets even better.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces he Will NOT COMPLY to Donald Trump’s demands for the DMV to turn over data about undocumented immigrants without due process.
It gets even better.
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"Have Mercy": Watch Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's Sermon Challenging Trump at Inaugural Service
Watch Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s Sermon Challenging Trump
On Tuesday, Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde gave the sermon at the inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral in Washington. Directly addressing President Trump in the front row, she urged...
www.democracynow.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Have Mercy": Watch Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's Sermon Challenging Trump at Inaugural Service
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“Horny” judge asked secretary for sex, Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears
Read groundup.org.za/article/mben... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/mben... by Tania Broughton
“Horny” judge asked secretary for sex, Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears
The hearing of a complaint of sexual harassment against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has entered its second week
groundup.org.za
January 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“Horny” judge asked secretary for sex, Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears
Read groundup.org.za/article/mben... by Tania Broughton
Read groundup.org.za/article/mben... by Tania Broughton
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It's good to see the BRICS grouping expanding, with Nigeria and Indonesia recently joining. Nigeria has, among other things, highlighted that it wants to prioritize trade and investment, energy security, infrastructure, and technology. 1/
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
It's good to see the BRICS grouping expanding, with Nigeria and Indonesia recently joining. Nigeria has, among other things, highlighted that it wants to prioritize trade and investment, energy security, infrastructure, and technology. 1/