Calés McGinnis
@calesmcginnis.bsky.social
Brand + Marketing Strategist • Representation + Inclusion Matter 🫶🏽 • Human Rights Are NOT Up For Debate • Empower Women
Document the Times.
I was just following orders is not a valid defense for crimes against humanity.
I was just following orders is not a valid defense for crimes against humanity.
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Document the Times.
I was just following orders is not a valid defense for crimes against humanity.
I was just following orders is not a valid defense for crimes against humanity.
“If we assume that mankind has a right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war and destruction.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 22, 2024 at 8:59 AM
“If we assume that mankind has a right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war and destruction.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Your silence will be studied by your grandkids.
Will you admit you were complicit when they ask how the world let it happen?
Will you admit you were complicit when they ask how the world let it happen?
November 22, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Your silence will be studied by your grandkids.
Will you admit you were complicit when they ask how the world let it happen?
Will you admit you were complicit when they ask how the world let it happen?
We see you. 🇵🇸
November 22, 2024 at 9:11 AM
We see you. 🇵🇸
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because he has her so brainwashed that it’s all her fault and that she’s no good to anyone and no one will want her or love her and there’s no way she can possibly make it on her own.
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because she thinks that if
Because he has her so brainwashed that it’s all her fault and that she’s no good to anyone and no one will want her or love her and there’s no way she can possibly make it on her own.
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because she thinks that if
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because he has her so brainwashed that it’s all her fault and that she’s no good to anyone and no one will want her or love her and there’s no way she can possibly make it on her own.
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because she thinks that if
Because he has her so brainwashed that it’s all her fault and that she’s no good to anyone and no one will want her or love her and there’s no way she can possibly make it on her own.
Wʜʏ ᴅᴏᴇsɴ’ᴛ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ?
Because she thinks that if
The anti-union and false fear of “Bolshevism” (communist) rhetoric of the Jim Crow Era is still prevalent today.
The pushback that we currently see against fair labor practices is very much steeped in White supremacy.
The pushback that we currently see against fair labor practices is very much steeped in White supremacy.
November 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM
The anti-union and false fear of “Bolshevism” (communist) rhetoric of the Jim Crow Era is still prevalent today.
The pushback that we currently see against fair labor practices is very much steeped in White supremacy.
The pushback that we currently see against fair labor practices is very much steeped in White supremacy.
The race massacre that began on September 30th, 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas left an estimated (exact numbers are unknown) 200 Black men, women, & children dead.
They were murdered by the Arkansas National Guard and racist vigilantes who assisted them.
What happened in Elaine?
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They were murdered by the Arkansas National Guard and racist vigilantes who assisted them.
What happened in Elaine?
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November 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
The race massacre that began on September 30th, 1919 in Elaine, Arkansas left an estimated (exact numbers are unknown) 200 Black men, women, & children dead.
They were murdered by the Arkansas National Guard and racist vigilantes who assisted them.
What happened in Elaine?
🧵
They were murdered by the Arkansas National Guard and racist vigilantes who assisted them.
What happened in Elaine?
🧵
Last week, an Ohio elementary school posted about their first “Ice Cream Friday.”
In the now deleted post, they stated that any child who had a negative lunch balance could not get ice cream even if they brought their $1 to buy the ice cream.
Naiyozcsia Thomason, who owns Mz.
In the now deleted post, they stated that any child who had a negative lunch balance could not get ice cream even if they brought their $1 to buy the ice cream.
Naiyozcsia Thomason, who owns Mz.
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Last week, an Ohio elementary school posted about their first “Ice Cream Friday.”
In the now deleted post, they stated that any child who had a negative lunch balance could not get ice cream even if they brought their $1 to buy the ice cream.
Naiyozcsia Thomason, who owns Mz.
In the now deleted post, they stated that any child who had a negative lunch balance could not get ice cream even if they brought their $1 to buy the ice cream.
Naiyozcsia Thomason, who owns Mz.
This could be your daughter.
Are you willing to put your child’s future in the hands of controlling politicians?
#MAGAIsWatchingYou
https://t.co/QLwffnoWBs
Are you willing to put your child’s future in the hands of controlling politicians?
#MAGAIsWatchingYou
https://t.co/QLwffnoWBs
November 22, 2024 at 10:58 AM
This could be your daughter.
Are you willing to put your child’s future in the hands of controlling politicians?
#MAGAIsWatchingYou
https://t.co/QLwffnoWBs
Are you willing to put your child’s future in the hands of controlling politicians?
#MAGAIsWatchingYou
https://t.co/QLwffnoWBs
Mississippi’s Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey who oversaw the “goon squad” is up for re-election in November.
He is running unopposed. 😒
Sheriff Bailey is also fighting for qualified immunity in yet another case where his deputies are accused of using excessive force.
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He is running unopposed. 😒
Sheriff Bailey is also fighting for qualified immunity in yet another case where his deputies are accused of using excessive force.
🧵
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Mississippi’s Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey who oversaw the “goon squad” is up for re-election in November.
He is running unopposed. 😒
Sheriff Bailey is also fighting for qualified immunity in yet another case where his deputies are accused of using excessive force.
🧵
He is running unopposed. 😒
Sheriff Bailey is also fighting for qualified immunity in yet another case where his deputies are accused of using excessive force.
🧵
On June 28, 1894, in the midst of the Pullman Strike, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a federal holiday known as, Labor Day.
Who were the organizers behind the Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement?
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Who were the organizers behind the Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement?
A 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 11:13 AM
On June 28, 1894, in the midst of the Pullman Strike, Congress passed an act making the first Monday in September of each year a federal holiday known as, Labor Day.
Who were the organizers behind the Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement?
A 🧵
Who were the organizers behind the Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement?
A 🧵
“If you are free, you need to free somebody else.
If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
— Toni Morrison
If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
— Toni Morrison
November 22, 2024 at 11:31 AM
“If you are free, you need to free somebody else.
If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
— Toni Morrison
If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
— Toni Morrison
We flew into sunny California this morning!
It’s been so long since I’ve been back in San Francisco and this time I have kids. 😆
I’m so excited to show them my fave places in the bay before we travel up and down the coast to visit family.
It’s been so long since I’ve been back in San Francisco and this time I have kids. 😆
I’m so excited to show them my fave places in the bay before we travel up and down the coast to visit family.
November 22, 2024 at 12:49 PM
We flew into sunny California this morning!
It’s been so long since I’ve been back in San Francisco and this time I have kids. 😆
I’m so excited to show them my fave places in the bay before we travel up and down the coast to visit family.
It’s been so long since I’ve been back in San Francisco and this time I have kids. 😆
I’m so excited to show them my fave places in the bay before we travel up and down the coast to visit family.
Can Ron DeSantis explain how being enslaved was beneficial to Celia?
In 1850, a fourteen-year-old girl in Missouri named Celia was purchased by enslaver, Robert Newsom.
Over the course of five years, he repeatedly raped her.
On June 23, 1855 while pregnant with her second
In 1850, a fourteen-year-old girl in Missouri named Celia was purchased by enslaver, Robert Newsom.
Over the course of five years, he repeatedly raped her.
On June 23, 1855 while pregnant with her second
November 22, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Can Ron DeSantis explain how being enslaved was beneficial to Celia?
In 1850, a fourteen-year-old girl in Missouri named Celia was purchased by enslaver, Robert Newsom.
Over the course of five years, he repeatedly raped her.
On June 23, 1855 while pregnant with her second
In 1850, a fourteen-year-old girl in Missouri named Celia was purchased by enslaver, Robert Newsom.
Over the course of five years, he repeatedly raped her.
On June 23, 1855 while pregnant with her second
A friend shared this with me.
“Live so that if your life was a book, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas would ban it.”
“Live so that if your life was a book, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas would ban it.”
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 PM
A friend shared this with me.
“Live so that if your life was a book, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas would ban it.”
“Live so that if your life was a book, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas would ban it.”
Robert Bowers has been found guilty on 63 charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death.
On October 27th 2018, Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
On October 27th 2018, Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Robert Bowers has been found guilty on 63 charges, including 11 counts of hate crimes resulting in death.
On October 27th 2018, Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
On October 27th 2018, Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.
Reminder: POS Brock Turner was convicted of three felonies for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
He was sentenced to six months in jail and was released for good behavior after only three months.
He was sentenced to six months in jail and was released for good behavior after only three months.
November 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Reminder: POS Brock Turner was convicted of three felonies for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.
He was sentenced to six months in jail and was released for good behavior after only three months.
He was sentenced to six months in jail and was released for good behavior after only three months.
Today in History:
Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts hanged Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692.
Bridget was the first person to be tried, found guilty, and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials.
A thread 🧵
Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts hanged Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692.
Bridget was the first person to be tried, found guilty, and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials.
A thread 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Today in History:
Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts hanged Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692.
Bridget was the first person to be tried, found guilty, and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials.
A thread 🧵
Puritans in Salem, Massachusetts hanged Bridget Bishop on June 10, 1692.
Bridget was the first person to be tried, found guilty, and hanged for witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials.
A thread 🧵
“I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
— Viola Ford Fletcher
Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher is one of the three last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
A thread 🧵
— Viola Ford Fletcher
Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher is one of the three last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
A thread 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 2:44 PM
“I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot.”
— Viola Ford Fletcher
Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher is one of the three last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
A thread 🧵
— Viola Ford Fletcher
Ms. Viola Ford Fletcher is one of the three last known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
A thread 🧵
The Brooklyn Public Library is ensuring teens and young adults across the US have access to banned books!
Books Unbanned allows anyone 13 to 21 years old to apply for a free library card that will let them download ebooks from its collection.
Books Unbanned allows anyone 13 to 21 years old to apply for a free library card that will let them download ebooks from its collection.
November 22, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The Brooklyn Public Library is ensuring teens and young adults across the US have access to banned books!
Books Unbanned allows anyone 13 to 21 years old to apply for a free library card that will let them download ebooks from its collection.
Books Unbanned allows anyone 13 to 21 years old to apply for a free library card that will let them download ebooks from its collection.
Representative Matt Schaefer from Texas using scripture to justify corporal punishment in public schools.
I doubt he’d be ok if someone physically assaulted him “because they love him and because they want to to see his future be bright.”
But it’s ok because they’re children?
I doubt he’d be ok if someone physically assaulted him “because they love him and because they want to to see his future be bright.”
But it’s ok because they’re children?
November 22, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Representative Matt Schaefer from Texas using scripture to justify corporal punishment in public schools.
I doubt he’d be ok if someone physically assaulted him “because they love him and because they want to to see his future be bright.”
But it’s ok because they’re children?
I doubt he’d be ok if someone physically assaulted him “because they love him and because they want to to see his future be bright.”
But it’s ok because they’re children?
Coretta Scott King was born in Alabama on April 27th, 1927.
In her lifetime, Coretta was a leader in the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, an advocate for LGBTQ rights, and opposed apartheid.
She made the world a better place before her death on January 30th, 2006.
In her lifetime, Coretta was a leader in the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, an advocate for LGBTQ rights, and opposed apartheid.
She made the world a better place before her death on January 30th, 2006.
November 22, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Coretta Scott King was born in Alabama on April 27th, 1927.
In her lifetime, Coretta was a leader in the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, an advocate for LGBTQ rights, and opposed apartheid.
She made the world a better place before her death on January 30th, 2006.
In her lifetime, Coretta was a leader in the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, an advocate for LGBTQ rights, and opposed apartheid.
She made the world a better place before her death on January 30th, 2006.
Rep. Jim Wooten (R) of Beebe warned against this last month when voting NO against the LEARNS act.
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November 22, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Rep. Jim Wooten (R) of Beebe warned against this last month when voting NO against the LEARNS act.
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5/6
“You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms...you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation.”
— Michelle Obama
— Michelle Obama
November 22, 2024 at 8:14 PM
“You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms...you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation.”
— Michelle Obama
— Michelle Obama