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The Deacons for Defense and Justice
The Deacons for Defense and Justice was founded in 1964 in Jonesboro, Louisiana to protect civil rights activists from the Ku Klux Klan. The organization was made up of black veterans from World War I...
www.archives.gov
Who: Deacons for Defense and Justice
What: Organized to protect marchers, neighborhoods
When: Founded 1964
Where: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Why: Organizers believed in armed self defense
How: Created 20 chapters 3 states
#1964#protectyourcommunity#selfdefense
www.archives.gov/research/afr...
What: Organized to protect marchers, neighborhoods
When: Founded 1964
Where: Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
Why: Organizers believed in armed self defense
How: Created 20 chapters 3 states
#1964#protectyourcommunity#selfdefense
www.archives.gov/research/afr...
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Black people have been telling y’all the whole time that they would rather destroy the United States of America than share it, but as usual, nobody listened to us.
The Confederates are running the government and unsurprisingly the people who insisted upon propping up an unsustainable system of human trafficking and forced labor with permanent expansion have political descendants with the same impulse for self-destruction
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Black people have been telling y’all the whole time that they would rather destroy the United States of America than share it, but as usual, nobody listened to us.
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I don't believe that the Trumpers targeted Lesotho. The process was too chaotic for that. But I bet they're delighted by how it's worked out.
The Trump administration has imposed a steep 50% tariff on Lesotho, a small, impoverished African nation of two million people – the highest tariff levied on any country ⤵️
Trump imposes 50% tariff on Africa’s Lesotho, the highest among nations
The move deals a harsh blow to the small, impoverished state, which Trump mocked as a place ‘nobody has heard of’.
aje.io
April 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I don't believe that the Trumpers targeted Lesotho. The process was too chaotic for that. But I bet they're delighted by how it's worked out.
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Welcome to the resistance CNBC
April 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Welcome to the resistance CNBC
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10:15 AM
Dow Jones⬇️ 1204
Nasdaq⬇️ 774.5
S&P 500⬇️ 192.25
& the economic misery begins
"Stock Markets Plummet as Trump Imposes Largest Tax Hike in History"
GOP always BREAKS the Economy
DEMS always FIX the Economy
Got it yet?
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
#TrumpTariffs
Dow Jones⬇️ 1204
Nasdaq⬇️ 774.5
S&P 500⬇️ 192.25
& the economic misery begins
"Stock Markets Plummet as Trump Imposes Largest Tax Hike in History"
GOP always BREAKS the Economy
DEMS always FIX the Economy
Got it yet?
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
#TrumpTariffs
April 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
10:15 AM
Dow Jones⬇️ 1204
Nasdaq⬇️ 774.5
S&P 500⬇️ 192.25
& the economic misery begins
"Stock Markets Plummet as Trump Imposes Largest Tax Hike in History"
GOP always BREAKS the Economy
DEMS always FIX the Economy
Got it yet?
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
#TrumpTariffs
Dow Jones⬇️ 1204
Nasdaq⬇️ 774.5
S&P 500⬇️ 192.25
& the economic misery begins
"Stock Markets Plummet as Trump Imposes Largest Tax Hike in History"
GOP always BREAKS the Economy
DEMS always FIX the Economy
Got it yet?
open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
#TrumpTariffs
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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
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Meanwhile K-12 schools in the U.S. will have to sign forms solemnly swearing that they are not doing DEI if they want access to sny federal funding.
What a bonkers, bullshit country we live in. It’s beyond embarrassing
What a bonkers, bullshit country we live in. It’s beyond embarrassing
Officials in France have said they will reject US calls for French companies to desist from using diversity programs. The foreign trade minister said the demands were "a further step in American extra-territoriality."
France voices 'shock' at US calls to drop DEI programs – DW – 03/31/2025
Officials in France have said they will reject US calls for French companies to desist from using diversity programs. The foreign trade minister said the demands were "a further step in American extra...
www.dw.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Meanwhile K-12 schools in the U.S. will have to sign forms solemnly swearing that they are not doing DEI if they want access to sny federal funding.
What a bonkers, bullshit country we live in. It’s beyond embarrassing
What a bonkers, bullshit country we live in. It’s beyond embarrassing
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Donald Trump just wiped $1 trillion in market cap value off the New York Stock Exchange.
Apple alone has lost over $250 billion in value.
Are we great yet?
Apple alone has lost over $250 billion in value.
Are we great yet?
April 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Donald Trump just wiped $1 trillion in market cap value off the New York Stock Exchange.
Apple alone has lost over $250 billion in value.
Are we great yet?
Apple alone has lost over $250 billion in value.
Are we great yet?
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April 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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🇺🇸Trump's new tarrifs: S&P 500 opens down 3.4%, Nasdaq 100 drops 4.1%.
🔻Apple falls 8.5%, losing $255 billion in value.
🔻Nike plunges 13%, hits lowest since Nov 2017.
So much winning
🔻Apple falls 8.5%, losing $255 billion in value.
🔻Nike plunges 13%, hits lowest since Nov 2017.
So much winning
April 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🇺🇸Trump's new tarrifs: S&P 500 opens down 3.4%, Nasdaq 100 drops 4.1%.
🔻Apple falls 8.5%, losing $255 billion in value.
🔻Nike plunges 13%, hits lowest since Nov 2017.
So much winning
🔻Apple falls 8.5%, losing $255 billion in value.
🔻Nike plunges 13%, hits lowest since Nov 2017.
So much winning
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Severe storms unleashed multiple destructive tornadoes Wednesday night, and now a major flood threat is just beginning. Senior National Correspondent Justin Michaels has a closer look in Lake City, Arkansas.
April 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Severe storms unleashed multiple destructive tornadoes Wednesday night, and now a major flood threat is just beginning. Senior National Correspondent Justin Michaels has a closer look in Lake City, Arkansas.
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Trump is heading to his golf course today after 20+ tornados hit Arkansas leaving 30,000 without power
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump is heading to his golf course today after 20+ tornados hit Arkansas leaving 30,000 without power
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The Ottawa convoy organizers are being convicted today — just found guilty apparently.
Thank goodness. May such antics never occupy our streets again.
Oh, and don’t forget that Poilievre brought them coffee and cheered them on.
#NeverPoilievre
#VaccinesSaveLives
#cdnpoli
Thank goodness. May such antics never occupy our streets again.
Oh, and don’t forget that Poilievre brought them coffee and cheered them on.
#NeverPoilievre
#VaccinesSaveLives
#cdnpoli
April 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The Ottawa convoy organizers are being convicted today — just found guilty apparently.
Thank goodness. May such antics never occupy our streets again.
Oh, and don’t forget that Poilievre brought them coffee and cheered them on.
#NeverPoilievre
#VaccinesSaveLives
#cdnpoli
Thank goodness. May such antics never occupy our streets again.
Oh, and don’t forget that Poilievre brought them coffee and cheered them on.
#NeverPoilievre
#VaccinesSaveLives
#cdnpoli
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In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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WOW! My friend @booker.senate.gov just spoke on the Senate floor for over 24 HOURS, blocking Trump’s dangerous & disastrous agenda, and BREAKING THE RECORD of a man who stood in the way of civil rights!
This is what Democrats must do in this moment: stand up, disrupt, make good trouble!
This is what Democrats must do in this moment: stand up, disrupt, make good trouble!
April 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
WOW! My friend @booker.senate.gov just spoke on the Senate floor for over 24 HOURS, blocking Trump’s dangerous & disastrous agenda, and BREAKING THE RECORD of a man who stood in the way of civil rights!
This is what Democrats must do in this moment: stand up, disrupt, make good trouble!
This is what Democrats must do in this moment: stand up, disrupt, make good trouble!
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Booker's staff has been absolutely crushing it—the prep that went into this must have been massive and the digital execution has been flawless.
Give them their flowers.
Give them their flowers.
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Booker's staff has been absolutely crushing it—the prep that went into this must have been massive and the digital execution has been flawless.
Give them their flowers.
Give them their flowers.
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You can do it, Senator Cory Booker! 2 minutes to go!
a group of minions are standing next to each other with their mouths open and laughing .
ALT: a group of minions are standing next to each other with their mouths open and laughing .
media.tenor.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
You can do it, Senator Cory Booker! 2 minutes to go!
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A Maryland father was wrongly deported without due process and is now trapped in a dangerous El Salvador prison, torn from his family.
ICE calls it an "administrative error." We call it a grave injustice.
ICE calls it an "administrative error." We call it a grave injustice.
Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison | CNN Politics
The Trump administration conceded in a court filing Monday that it mistakenly deported a Maryland father to El Salvador “because of an administrative error” and argued it could not return him because ...
www.cnn.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A Maryland father was wrongly deported without due process and is now trapped in a dangerous El Salvador prison, torn from his family.
ICE calls it an "administrative error." We call it a grave injustice.
ICE calls it an "administrative error." We call it a grave injustice.
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Farmworkers march against ICE raids on César Chávez Day at historic Delano grape strike site
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Farmworkers march against ICE raids on César Chávez Day at historic Delano grape strike site
Around half of California's farmworkers lack legal immigration status, though the United Farm Workers union says the number is much higher.
www.nbcnews.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Farmworkers march against ICE raids on César Chávez Day at historic Delano grape strike site
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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¡Adelante, Senador Booker!
Thank you for stopping regular business in the Senate for 19+ hours to show Americans what Trump is doing to our country. Business as usual won’t cut it. This the kind of leadership our democracy needs to see.
Thank you for stopping regular business in the Senate for 19+ hours to show Americans what Trump is doing to our country. Business as usual won’t cut it. This the kind of leadership our democracy needs to see.
April 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
¡Adelante, Senador Booker!
Thank you for stopping regular business in the Senate for 19+ hours to show Americans what Trump is doing to our country. Business as usual won’t cut it. This the kind of leadership our democracy needs to see.
Thank you for stopping regular business in the Senate for 19+ hours to show Americans what Trump is doing to our country. Business as usual won’t cut it. This the kind of leadership our democracy needs to see.
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they do not need to go as long as cory booker is to make a difference! each of them just taking 8 hours to filibuster and refusing to yield can chew up so much time!
Hey! If you like what Cory Booker is doing right now, call your senators and ask them to do the same (now and in the future). Find their info at ☎️ reps.fyi!
This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again
April 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
they do not need to go as long as cory booker is to make a difference! each of them just taking 8 hours to filibuster and refusing to yield can chew up so much time!
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Thank you, @booker.senate.gov for being a voice for so many.
America hears you and America is behind you.
And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be wise to take note.
The rest of the country certainly has. Tens of millions have tuned in to hear Senator Booker.
America hears you and America is behind you.
And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be wise to take note.
The rest of the country certainly has. Tens of millions have tuned in to hear Senator Booker.
UPDATE: Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for more than 18 hours.
It's now the fifth longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
It's now the fifth longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 13 hours — taking aim at Trump, Musk, and America's 'moral moment'.
Just after hitting the 12-hour mark, Booker said, "I am standing here because of a national crisis that is growing."
Just after hitting the 12-hour mark, Booker said, "I am standing here because of a national crisis that is growing."
April 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov for being a voice for so many.
America hears you and America is behind you.
And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be wise to take note.
The rest of the country certainly has. Tens of millions have tuned in to hear Senator Booker.
America hears you and America is behind you.
And my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would be wise to take note.
The rest of the country certainly has. Tens of millions have tuned in to hear Senator Booker.