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Socioeconomic & Health Justice Warrior. Fannie, Ida, Toni, James, & June guide me. 'Umi Says' is my anthem. Views are mine & ever-evolving. #WakandaForever
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Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way
Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody.

Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.
July 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.

Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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We want ICE out of our Hospitals.
July 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Destroying a $30,000 government vehicle to wrongfully arrest 3 American citizens. Is that what the administration means by “looking for waste, fraud, and abuse?” Because I think we just found some.
June 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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True crime offerings like "Monsters" are said to act as a form of support for the Menendez brothers. It's worked for them. But in the wake of Marcellus Williams' death, I interrogate how race and privilege play into who garners Hollywood advocacy and who doesn't: www.huffpost.com/entry/menend...
The Glaring Issues No One Is Talking About In The Menendez Brothers Case
Amid a controversial Netflix series and high-profile support, the siblings convicted of murdering their parents may soon walk. But that could present a double standard.
www.huffpost.com
October 23, 2024 at 12:06 PM
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
WHEW. This sums up all of the institutional rollbacks on DEIA in a nutshell: "I was reminded that symbolism, without substance, is always the first thing to go when power shifts...That what feels powerful in the moment can be undone with a single political calculation.​": newsone.com/6072894/mayo...
Op-Ed: Bowser Gave Up The Mural. We Can’t Give Up The Movement
The presence of murals, parades, and “historic firsts” doesn’t always mean we’re moving forward. In fact, it’s often used to pacify us while the systems that harm us remain untouched.
newsone.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A modern-day Marie Antoinette "Let them eat cake" moment. SMDH. To everyone who made this moment happen right now... #BlueOrigin
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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I’m glad he said it, because it’s true.. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
WHEW and 🎯🎯🎯 at "leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions."

Well said and APT.
Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.

...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🎯👇🏾
My fear is that the Trump administration arrested Mahmoud Khalil to make an example out of him because they’re gambling Dems won’t put their jobs and lives on the line to protect a Palestinian.
March 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Perhaps this is a lesson that compliance won’t save you.
New: The administration—through DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA—says it has canceled ~$400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University.
March 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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If you read one thing today… www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
www.theatlantic.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"In the first month since he returned to power, he has demonstrated once again a brazen willingness to advance distortions, conspiracy theories and outright lies..."

Thing I Will Keep Saying: a society that wants to survive should probably discourage baldfaced lying

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
Condoms for Gaza? Ukraine started the war with Russia? The president’s manipulations of the truth lay the groundwork for radical change.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An absolute travesty, but not a surprising one given MSNBC's history of atrociously treating Black anchors (Melissa Harris Perry, Tiffany Cross, etc.). Ever grateful that @joyannreid.bsky.social always spoke TRUTH to POWER & excited to support her next endeavor (while I gleefully boycott MSNBC).
Thought I wouldn’t need to post this because it would make the rounds but I’m not seeing it in the TL so here’s a #GiftLink from the only coverage I’ve seen that Joy Ann Reid has been fired by MSNBC www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🎯🎯🎯 What the Biden Administration & Dem Party condoned, aided & abetted with Gaza told me everything I needed to know about the sincerity of their dedication to equity, justice & democracy here in the U.S.A.

That many failed or refused to call this out is what concerns & saddens me the most.👇🏾
Ta-Nehisi Coates in Seattle about the Democratic Party in this moment:
“If you can’t stand up against genocide, why should I believe you can stand up for democracy?”
February 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Correct. This is a President of the United States declaring himself a dictator.

And instead of Americans understanding that we’re now under imminent threat of martial law and tyranny, we’ll get a month of think pieces about what the President of the United States meant by his UNAMBIGUOUS statement.
This is fascism.
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Fascinating profile of a park ranger in San Francisco who works with unhoused residents and has adopted the novel tactic of treating them like human beings, building relationships, and helping them access resources on their own timeline.
Her job is to remove homeless people from SF's parks. Her methods are extraordinary
Instead of forcing people out of Golden Gate Park, ranger Amanda Barrows helps them find housing.
sfstandard.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If I have to see that annoying Jared's commercial one more time...Valentine's Day can't pass soon enough. 😡😡😡
a man is carrying a bag of trash down a sidewalk in front of a don villas van
ALT: a man is carrying a bag of trash down a sidewalk in front of a don villas van
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Gosh, I wish there was some history about Black people and transportation so that “these distractions” could be exposed as being figments of our historical imaginations…
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
All day, every day! ✊🏿❤️🙌🏿
anyone post this for Black History Month yet? #BHM
February 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.
February 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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NEW: The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover

from @telliotter.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM