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Wow. 🏆
“I never needed a country to love me. Just Black people.”
Love is mutual. Loyalty is earned. And if you embrace us, we will embrace you back.
“I never needed a country to love me. Just Black people.”
Love is mutual. Loyalty is earned. And if you embrace us, we will embrace you back.
December 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Wow. 🏆
“I never needed a country to love me. Just Black people.”
Love is mutual. Loyalty is earned. And if you embrace us, we will embrace you back.
“I never needed a country to love me. Just Black people.”
Love is mutual. Loyalty is earned. And if you embrace us, we will embrace you back.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.
apnews.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
apnews.com/article/fda-...
apnews.com/article/fda-...
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This is a very good take from Marcy. Mostly because she understands that things don't occur in a vacuum. And she is profoundly intelligent. You should read the piece. Not just the headline.
"Democracy will be preserved or lost in the next three months. And democracy will be won or lost via a nonpartisan political fight over whether enough Americans want to preserve their way of life to fight back, in a coalition that includes far more than Democrats."
Democrats Have to Stop Making Political Decisions with an Eye Towards 2026
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/14/d...
March 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This is a very good take from Marcy. Mostly because she understands that things don't occur in a vacuum. And she is profoundly intelligent. You should read the piece. Not just the headline.
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Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Listen this IS in fact how it’s done.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor responds to Acting U.S. Atty Ed Martin’s threat to refuse to hire Georgetown graduates who have taken “DEI” courses in their curriculum.
Treanor is a brilliant lawyer & constitutional scholar. Embarrassing for Martin.
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If you ever worked for a federal agency that DOGE has on the chopping block, especially the lesser known ones, please tell us about the work they do on behalf of the American people. We need to understand what is being lost.
March 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
If you ever worked for a federal agency that DOGE has on the chopping block, especially the lesser known ones, please tell us about the work they do on behalf of the American people. We need to understand what is being lost.
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If you're ever bored archive.org is a free internet library with billions of hours of stuff between movie books music etc.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
March 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If you're ever bored archive.org is a free internet library with billions of hours of stuff between movie books music etc.
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Gladys Mae West (1930-now), a Black mathematician, made pivotal contributions to GPS technology through her precise satellite geodesy calculations. Her once-overlooked work is now foundational to GPS. She was inducted into the AF Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018. #BlackHistory
February 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Gladys Mae West (1930-now), a Black mathematician, made pivotal contributions to GPS technology through her precise satellite geodesy calculations. Her once-overlooked work is now foundational to GPS. She was inducted into the AF Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame in 2018. #BlackHistory
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Water Utility Groups Seek to Dismantle Public Health Protections
->NRDC | #Water #PublicHealth | More info from EcoSearch
->NRDC | #Water #PublicHealth | More info from EcoSearch
Water Utility Groups Seek to Dismantle Public Health Protections
In 1881, a group of forward-looking engineers founded the American Water Works Association (AWWA), whose goal was to improve protection of the public from tap water contamination. In the early 1900s, AWWA members and their onetime leader Abel Wolman helped...
www.nrdc.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This shit gave me anxiety. 😩
February 3, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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This is why it's so important to learn history.
It's EMPOWERING, not just instructive.
It's EMPOWERING, not just instructive.
To everyone who says Democrats have no power: Do they have less political power and fewer tools at their disposal than Black Americans in the Jim Crow south?
February 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is why it's so important to learn history.
It's EMPOWERING, not just instructive.
It's EMPOWERING, not just instructive.
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Ready.
Set.
Go.
What are your noticings, thoughts, and wonders as you move through Chapter 1 today, @heymrsbond.com #BelovedFebruary
Set.
Go.
What are your noticings, thoughts, and wonders as you move through Chapter 1 today, @heymrsbond.com #BelovedFebruary
February 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Ready.
Set.
Go.
What are your noticings, thoughts, and wonders as you move through Chapter 1 today, @heymrsbond.com #BelovedFebruary
Set.
Go.
What are your noticings, thoughts, and wonders as you move through Chapter 1 today, @heymrsbond.com #BelovedFebruary
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HELL YES:
Michael Steele delivers a genius game-plan to absolutely DERAIL the GOP.
Democrats need to STOP helping Republicans. “Let them choke on (their majority).”
His words were BLUNT:
“Y'all need to chill on this, all this kumbaya partisan bi-partisan crap.” He added.
🔥🔥🔥
Michael Steele delivers a genius game-plan to absolutely DERAIL the GOP.
Democrats need to STOP helping Republicans. “Let them choke on (their majority).”
His words were BLUNT:
“Y'all need to chill on this, all this kumbaya partisan bi-partisan crap.” He added.
🔥🔥🔥
January 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
HELL YES:
Michael Steele delivers a genius game-plan to absolutely DERAIL the GOP.
Democrats need to STOP helping Republicans. “Let them choke on (their majority).”
His words were BLUNT:
“Y'all need to chill on this, all this kumbaya partisan bi-partisan crap.” He added.
🔥🔥🔥
Michael Steele delivers a genius game-plan to absolutely DERAIL the GOP.
Democrats need to STOP helping Republicans. “Let them choke on (their majority).”
His words were BLUNT:
“Y'all need to chill on this, all this kumbaya partisan bi-partisan crap.” He added.
🔥🔥🔥
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Boosting this again
Here begins my #Project2025 thread.
I will be posting a department a day with the bullet points I have from my research. This will take several days. I can't do it all in one sitting. It takes a lot out of me. And I recommend not reading the entire thread in one go, anyway.
I will be posting a department a day with the bullet points I have from my research. This will take several days. I can't do it all in one sitting. It takes a lot out of me. And I recommend not reading the entire thread in one go, anyway.
January 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Boosting this again
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“Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work.”
Karine Jean-Pierre makes an incredible revelation in this moving essay so many will identify with.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
Karine Jean-Pierre makes an incredible revelation in this moving essay so many will identify with.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
Karine Jean-Pierre, President Biden’s Barrier-Breaking Press Secretary, Reveals Some Truths About Her Job
“I have kept details about my private life under lock and key,” she writes for Vanity Fair. “Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work.”
www.vanityfair.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“Society doesn’t allow women of color to be vulnerable at work.”
Karine Jean-Pierre makes an incredible revelation in this moving essay so many will identify with.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
Karine Jean-Pierre makes an incredible revelation in this moving essay so many will identify with.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/k...
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this thread just moved something in my soul
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this thread just moved something in my soul
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Smith's report is the end of a years long probe that followed the law faithfully and dutifully. No matter what Trump says or does about this report or the people who lawfully investigated him, it doesn't change the evidence the world saw with its own eyes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-re...
www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-re...
DOJ Releases Special Counsel Jack Smith's Findings In Trump Jan. 6 Probe
Against the wishes of President-elect Donald Trump, the report is now public.
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Smith's report is the end of a years long probe that followed the law faithfully and dutifully. No matter what Trump says or does about this report or the people who lawfully investigated him, it doesn't change the evidence the world saw with its own eyes.
www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-re...
www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-re...
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Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History.
The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:
A thread.
The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:
A thread.
January 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Whitewashing the uncomfortable parts of the past doesn't just affect Black stories. For example, you can't fully appreciate how a peanut farmer from Plains, GA became a beloved president unless you know TRUE Black History.
The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:
A thread.
The unwhitewashed history of Jimmy Carter:
A thread.
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"There are thousands of answers--at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” #OctaviaEButler
Our solution is offering FREE gatherings with community partners - from Black Horror & healing with a key note by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Our solution is offering FREE gatherings with community partners - from Black Horror & healing with a key note by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 4:48 PM
"There are thousands of answers--at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” #OctaviaEButler
Our solution is offering FREE gatherings with community partners - from Black Horror & healing with a key note by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
Our solution is offering FREE gatherings with community partners - from Black Horror & healing with a key note by @tananarivedue.bsky.social
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hit that heart button and please share! (thank you).
Listen, favorite & share the "Karen Hunter Is Awesome!" podcast!
@karenhunter.bsky.social #KarenRebels #ThriveThursday
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@karenhunter.bsky.social #KarenRebels #ThriveThursday
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December 12, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
December 10, 2024 at 4:17 AM
A powerful artist and activist. Just everything about this woman and her poetry was good and clean and straight truth. She pushed us. She’d cut you and then smile to show that she’d done it with love.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
Rest in Peace and Power Nikki Giovanni.
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Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
www.wdbj7.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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Yes the Framers of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship provision wrestled with anti-immigrant prejudice too. Then it was the Chinese.* And still the Framers settled the issue (for the “history & tradition”crew)..
*brace for offensive language in the quotes.
*brace for offensive language in the quotes.
December 8, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Yes the Framers of the 14th Amendment’s birthright citizenship provision wrestled with anti-immigrant prejudice too. Then it was the Chinese.* And still the Framers settled the issue (for the “history & tradition”crew)..
*brace for offensive language in the quotes.
*brace for offensive language in the quotes.