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Educator, historian, writer, and political activist. Bridging connections, telling stories, and combatting the ugly side of today’s America. Radio co-host, #Filibusters. #KXRW #Demcast
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I teach the infamous 1988 Willie Horton ad. The ad so racist for its day that the man behind it, ruthless GOP operative Lee Atwater, apologized for it on his deathbed a few yrs later as the worst thing he did.
I tell them to prepared to be truly shocked…
… at how MILD it is by today’s norms.
I tell them to prepared to be truly shocked…
… at how MILD it is by today’s norms.
As a Brown man who grew up with a family who all eat like this, I can't tell you how deeply this hurts and genuinely cuts. The racism is unbelievable. I eat like this and am proud to do so but it doesn't stop how painful the shock is that someone views you this way.
June 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I teach the infamous 1988 Willie Horton ad. The ad so racist for its day that the man behind it, ruthless GOP operative Lee Atwater, apologized for it on his deathbed a few yrs later as the worst thing he did.
I tell them to prepared to be truly shocked…
… at how MILD it is by today’s norms.
I tell them to prepared to be truly shocked…
… at how MILD it is by today’s norms.
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Thom Tillis of NC said, “Nope. I’m out.”
June 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thom Tillis of NC said, “Nope. I’m out.”
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Brass band 🎺 > Proud Boys.
At today’s No Kings protest, music drowned out the hate. They got escorted out—no harm, just head bops.
Joy wins. Always. ✊🎶
🎥 Livestream via Florida Times-Union is 🔥 today!
www.youtube.com/live/Oo3xuSf...
At today’s No Kings protest, music drowned out the hate. They got escorted out—no harm, just head bops.
Joy wins. Always. ✊🎶
🎥 Livestream via Florida Times-Union is 🔥 today!
www.youtube.com/live/Oo3xuSf...
’No Kings’ protest live: Nationwide anti-Trump protest coincides with DC Army parade date
YouTube video by The Florida Times-Union
www.youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Brass band 🎺 > Proud Boys.
At today’s No Kings protest, music drowned out the hate. They got escorted out—no harm, just head bops.
Joy wins. Always. ✊🎶
🎥 Livestream via Florida Times-Union is 🔥 today!
www.youtube.com/live/Oo3xuSf...
At today’s No Kings protest, music drowned out the hate. They got escorted out—no harm, just head bops.
Joy wins. Always. ✊🎶
🎥 Livestream via Florida Times-Union is 🔥 today!
www.youtube.com/live/Oo3xuSf...
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Overwhelming turnout in Vancouver, WA to let everyone no in America we have NO KINGS!
June 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Overwhelming turnout in Vancouver, WA to let everyone no in America we have NO KINGS!
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From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
June 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
From coast to coast, city streets to small town squares, you showed up. And it mattered.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
Honored to announce: 12.1 million in attendance.
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¡GRACIAS VANCOUVER!
Más de 8000 de ustedes se presentaron para decir alto y claro: ¡NO A LOS REYES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS!
Nos unimos a aproximadamente 12 millones de personas en todo el país (aproximadamente el 3,5% de la población de Estados Unidos) El punto de inflexión para un cambio real.
Más de 8000 de ustedes se presentaron para decir alto y claro: ¡NO A LOS REYES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS!
Nos unimos a aproximadamente 12 millones de personas en todo el país (aproximadamente el 3,5% de la población de Estados Unidos) El punto de inflexión para un cambio real.
June 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
¡GRACIAS VANCOUVER!
Más de 8000 de ustedes se presentaron para decir alto y claro: ¡NO A LOS REYES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS!
Nos unimos a aproximadamente 12 millones de personas en todo el país (aproximadamente el 3,5% de la población de Estados Unidos) El punto de inflexión para un cambio real.
Más de 8000 de ustedes se presentaron para decir alto y claro: ¡NO A LOS REYES EN ESTADOS UNIDOS!
Nos unimos a aproximadamente 12 millones de personas en todo el país (aproximadamente el 3,5% de la población de Estados Unidos) El punto de inflexión para un cambio real.
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Please note the 12+ million number is the estimate from Alt National Park Service.
June 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Please note the 12+ million number is the estimate from Alt National Park Service.
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THANK YOU, VANCOUVER!
Over 8,000 of you showed to say loud and clear: NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
We joined an estimated 12 million+ nationwide—about 3.5% of the U.S.—the tipping point for real change.
Joyful. Peaceful. Powerful.
This is what democracy looks like.
#NoKings #Resist #VancouverWA #Imua
Over 8,000 of you showed to say loud and clear: NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
We joined an estimated 12 million+ nationwide—about 3.5% of the U.S.—the tipping point for real change.
Joyful. Peaceful. Powerful.
This is what democracy looks like.
#NoKings #Resist #VancouverWA #Imua
June 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
THANK YOU, VANCOUVER!
Over 8,000 of you showed to say loud and clear: NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
We joined an estimated 12 million+ nationwide—about 3.5% of the U.S.—the tipping point for real change.
Joyful. Peaceful. Powerful.
This is what democracy looks like.
#NoKings #Resist #VancouverWA #Imua
Over 8,000 of you showed to say loud and clear: NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
We joined an estimated 12 million+ nationwide—about 3.5% of the U.S.—the tipping point for real change.
Joyful. Peaceful. Powerful.
This is what democracy looks like.
#NoKings #Resist #VancouverWA #Imua
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Sen. Padilla was assaulted by these fascist goons. He should press charges to the fullest extent possible.
Sen. Alex Padilla handcuffed, forcibly removed by police
YouTube video by CNBC Television
youtu.be
June 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Sen. Padilla was assaulted by these fascist goons. He should press charges to the fullest extent possible.
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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
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Please watch.
Please.
Please.
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Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
Masha Gessen, who lived under Russia’s secret police, is sounding the alarm: the U.S. is now echoing those same authoritarian patterns. Raids, surveillance, fear tactics—it’s not theoretical anymore.
We are watching a police state take root in real time.
#OnYourSide
@mashagessen.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please watch.
Please.
Please.
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They have shown their racist agenda through anti-DEI BS.
April 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
They have shown their racist agenda through anti-DEI BS.
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BREAKING: AOC sends a message to Tom Homan at her town hall in Jackson Heights:
“Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me. Do I look like I care?”
“Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me. Do I look like I care?”
May 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
BREAKING: AOC sends a message to Tom Homan at her town hall in Jackson Heights:
“Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me. Do I look like I care?”
“Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I'm using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections. To that I say: Come for me. Do I look like I care?”
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‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims
Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.
www.cbsnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
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Seriously though can we end the phrase “do your own research?” Let’s stop acting as if googling something is the same as getting published in Nature.
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Seriously though can we end the phrase “do your own research?” Let’s stop acting as if googling something is the same as getting published in Nature.
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YESTERDAY: Largest strike in LA history - boosted by loss of Federal Grants. 55,000 union members striked and 10,000 marched. SEIU Local 721
April 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
YESTERDAY: Largest strike in LA history - boosted by loss of Federal Grants. 55,000 union members striked and 10,000 marched. SEIU Local 721
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Important Reminder 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
April 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Important Reminder 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Trump ready to ‘move on’ from Ukraine peace talks if no progress, Rubio says
Rubio’s remarks appear to reflect the president’s frustration with the difficulty of achieving peace in Ukraine after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
i cannot emphasize enough that if you thought trump would bring the war to a close or even make headway on a peace agreement then you are among the dumbest people alive www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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When a gunman opened fire on the campus of Florida State University, two people died and six were injured before police were able to take him into custody.
A loving father of two and a dining coordinator dedicated to service were killed in the Florida State University shooting | CNN
Two men working for Florida State University and Aramark have been identified as the two men killed in a mass shooting at the university campus in Tallahassee this week.
www.cnn.com
April 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
When a gunman opened fire on the campus of Florida State University, two people died and six were injured before police were able to take him into custody.
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Typical toddler tantrum of Musk: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Musk’s fury over a Tesla investigation foreshadowed his war on Washington
The upcoming “Hubris Maximus” book details Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s disregard for the public and his contempt for regulators charged with overseeing his companies.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Typical toddler tantrum of Musk: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror
April 15, 2025 at 1:15 AM
AOC: When he talks about rapists and criminals, he should look in the mirror
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I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I’ve just posted this video message to members of the DC Bar, urging them to vote *AGAINST* AG Pam Bondi’s brother to be its next president. Please pass this on to anyone who is eligible to vote.
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1. He was in the U.S. legally.
2. A fed court ruled that he CANNOT be deported.
3. Trump defied the court & deported him to an El Salvador prison.
4. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Trump must bring him back to the U.S.
5. Trump said no.
Are we a nation of laws or not? What say u America?
2. A fed court ruled that he CANNOT be deported.
3. Trump defied the court & deported him to an El Salvador prison.
4. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Trump must bring him back to the U.S.
5. Trump said no.
Are we a nation of laws or not? What say u America?
April 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
1. He was in the U.S. legally.
2. A fed court ruled that he CANNOT be deported.
3. Trump defied the court & deported him to an El Salvador prison.
4. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Trump must bring him back to the U.S.
5. Trump said no.
Are we a nation of laws or not? What say u America?
2. A fed court ruled that he CANNOT be deported.
3. Trump defied the court & deported him to an El Salvador prison.
4. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Trump must bring him back to the U.S.
5. Trump said no.
Are we a nation of laws or not? What say u America?