Retta Morris (she/her)
@rettaglobal.bsky.social
Daughter of the South. Community builder. Spiritual truth-seeker. Art collector. Writer. Speaker. Neighbor. Pres@Borealis Philanthropy
Ask me re: racial/gender/disability/economic justice; building a multiracial, feminist democracy; funding social change
Ask me re: racial/gender/disability/economic justice; building a multiracial, feminist democracy; funding social change
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A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law.
GA Abortion Ban Forces Family to Keep Woman Declared Brain Dead on Life Support
Doctors have kept Adriana Smith on breathing machines for three months due to the state’s “heartbeat law.”…
truthout.org
May 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law.
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A buzzy new exhibition on Black dandyism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features prominent Baltimoreans like Frederick Douglass and Cab Calloway.
At New York Met’s exhibit on Black fashion, Baltimore is front and center
A buzzy new exhibition on Black dandyism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features prominent Baltimoreans like Frederick Douglass and Cab Calloway.
buff.ly
May 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A buzzy new exhibition on Black dandyism at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York features prominent Baltimoreans like Frederick Douglass and Cab Calloway.
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Please sign, and ask your Shul, Rabbi, Cantor, or Jewish org to sign as well.
For over 2 months, the Israeli government has been forcibly starving Gaza. In response, a number of progressive Jews & Jewish organizations have come together w/ a simple statement: Jewish people support food aid for people in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government's food aid blockade.
Jews for Food Aid for Gaza
Jewish people support food aid for families in Gaza and an immediate end to the Israeli government’s food aid blockade. #JewsForFoodAidForPeopleInGaza
foodaidforgaza.org
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Please sign, and ask your Shul, Rabbi, Cantor, or Jewish org to sign as well.
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Barack Obama is a gifted politician, but boy did he also benefit from a very different media environment in 2007-2008.
Celebrities & politicians (and anyone else trying to break thru to an audience to get them to do something) all face the same challenge: Exponentially more ways to reach an audience, none of it *proven* to work, all of it requiring a fuck ton of personality & rizz. www.vulture.com/article/new-...
May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Barack Obama is a gifted politician, but boy did he also benefit from a very different media environment in 2007-2008.
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Here’s a gift link folks:
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here’s a gift link folks:
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“The bulwark against tyranny in this country is not politicians, it's us. All of us, in every walk of life who hold fast to the American promise of government of, by, and for the people,” says Chris Hayes. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
‘The people hold the power’: Grassroots anti-Trump resistance outshines lawmakers
“The bulwark against tyranny in this country is not politicians, it's us. All of us, in every walk of life who hold fast to the American promise of government of, by, and for the people. Not the debas...
www.msnbc.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“The bulwark against tyranny in this country is not politicians, it's us. All of us, in every walk of life who hold fast to the American promise of government of, by, and for the people,” says Chris Hayes. www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch...
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To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.
Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible
To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
To compel Trump to reverse course, our job is to highlight political missteps, heighten public outrage and raise the political cost of implementing his radical agenda.
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Chenoweth & Pressman always coming through with invaluable data 👇🏾There’s more protest than it’s easy to observe & more than in Trump term 1.It’s quite proliferated & economic non cooperation is actually pretty significant.Everybody doing something feeling like you don’t know if others are-they are!
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Chenoweth & Pressman always coming through with invaluable data 👇🏾There’s more protest than it’s easy to observe & more than in Trump term 1.It’s quite proliferated & economic non cooperation is actually pretty significant.Everybody doing something feeling like you don’t know if others are-they are!
You wouldn't know it from #mainstreammedia but people are rising up everywhere - from #Montana to #Manhattan.
Let's go!
Let's go!
In February 2025 alone, we tallied 2085+ protests, incl major protests in support of federal workers, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights, Palestinian self-determination, Ukraine, demonstrations against Tesla, & protests against Trump’s agenda more generally. This compares w/ 937 protests in Feb 2017.
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
You wouldn't know it from #mainstreammedia but people are rising up everywhere - from #Montana to #Manhattan.
Let's go!
Let's go!
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Creative protests & resistance to fascism are happening everywhere. Keep standing up, even in the reddest states. It matters that others see your courage.
Protestors reciting Pledge of Allegiance over and over until they shut down a House subcommittee about to consider bill requiring immigration checks by Tennessee banks on international wire transfers. Video: John Partipilo.
March 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Creative protests & resistance to fascism are happening everywhere. Keep standing up, even in the reddest states. It matters that others see your courage.
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Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
March 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Chart of cumulative protests reported from Jan 22 - Feb 28, 2017 vs 2025:
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Keep fighting back. Remember the Polish opposition slogan following the December 1981 declaration of martial law: "The winter is yours. The spring will be ours."
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Keep fighting back. Remember the Polish opposition slogan following the December 1981 declaration of martial law: "The winter is yours. The spring will be ours."
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Whereas US institutions completely failed to hold Trump accountable for his attempt to overturn an election, Brazil's institutions show some vigor.
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Plotting a Coup After 2022 Election Loss www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Plotting a Coup After 2022 Election Loss www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup
Brazil’s attorney general accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of overseeing a scheme to try to hold on to power. The Supreme Court will decide whether he is arrested.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Whereas US institutions completely failed to hold Trump accountable for his attempt to overturn an election, Brazil's institutions show some vigor.
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Plotting a Coup After 2022 Election Loss www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Plotting a Coup After 2022 Election Loss www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...
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This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.
Breaking news: Trump is preparing to dissolve the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service and absorb the independent mail agency into his administration, potentially throwing the mail provider and trillions of dollars of ecommerce transactions into turmoil.
Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say
The move threatens to upend trillions of dollars in ecommerce business and the 250 year-old Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This would be completely illegal. But you wouldn’t know that from reading this post, the headline, or the lede. Unbelievably bad.
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i gotta say as a jew im not a big fan of the sieg heil coming back into vogue!!!
February 21, 2025 at 12:30 PM
i gotta say as a jew im not a big fan of the sieg heil coming back into vogue!!!
😳
If only we had a word for a shape with three sides.
February 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
😳
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The stuff they're doing is deeply unpopular and they're rapidly heading in that direction.
Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.
Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.
Elon Musk is cratering in polls:
WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access
CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role
Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup.
On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access
CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role
Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup.
On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Trump Suddenly Slips in 3 Brutal New Polls—and Musk Looks Even Worse
As several national polls offer bad news for Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a leading political scientist explains why conditions are ripe for Democrats to run harder against their authoritarian overreac...
newrepublic.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The stuff they're doing is deeply unpopular and they're rapidly heading in that direction.
Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.
Stop treating them like they're untouchable. We can fight back.
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I've been seeing lots of super compelling videos of park rangers and federal lawyers and other federal workers telling their stories. Talking about what they did at their job, how it helped the American people, and why they want to keep doing those jobs.
This is the way.
This is the way.
February 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I've been seeing lots of super compelling videos of park rangers and federal lawyers and other federal workers telling their stories. Talking about what they did at their job, how it helped the American people, and why they want to keep doing those jobs.
This is the way.
This is the way.
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Trump again raises idea of running for an unconstitutional third term www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump again raises idea of running for an unconstitutional third term
The suggestion followed a stretch of days in which Trump referred to himself as a king and quoted a dictator in suggesting that he was immune from following laws.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump again raises idea of running for an unconstitutional third term www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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at some point if you're willing to admit that this salute mimicks another *recent* famous salute you might as well just say which historical salute both are mimicking. but apparently nobody wants to be the first to say "Nazi"
Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term—and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.
Steve Bannon Mimics Elon Musk’s VERY Controversial Salute
The president himself has suggested the idea of staying in office many times since moving back into the White House.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
at some point if you're willing to admit that this salute mimicks another *recent* famous salute you might as well just say which historical salute both are mimicking. but apparently nobody wants to be the first to say "Nazi"
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Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek plans to release key AI model codes & data to the public beginning next week, an unusual step to open source and share far more of its core technology than rivals like OpenAI have done
@bloomberg.com
Read more tinyurl.com/5595xfth
#AI
@bloomberg.com
Read more tinyurl.com/5595xfth
#AI
February 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Chinese AI sensation DeepSeek plans to release key AI model codes & data to the public beginning next week, an unusual step to open source and share far more of its core technology than rivals like OpenAI have done
@bloomberg.com
Read more tinyurl.com/5595xfth
#AI
@bloomberg.com
Read more tinyurl.com/5595xfth
#AI
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NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks
Much attention has been paid to the young Silicon Valley engineers working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, but the group has also hired high-powered legal talent.
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NEW: It's not just coders.
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials.
We have new names:
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
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Nat’l Council of Nonprofits’ helpful chart of EOs w/impacts on nonprofits -incl DEI; gov grants & contracts; voting/civic engagement; immigration; Census & more (+ other attacks on communities/issues of sector’s concern not listed, but chk back for update www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/...
www.councilofnonprofits.org
January 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Nat’l Council of Nonprofits’ helpful chart of EOs w/impacts on nonprofits -incl DEI; gov grants & contracts; voting/civic engagement; immigration; Census & more (+ other attacks on communities/issues of sector’s concern not listed, but chk back for update www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/...
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The Trump administration issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide HIV treatment program that was halted last week. Whether the waiver extended to preventive drugs or other services offered by the program was not immediately clear.
State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now
Experts fear a resurgence of infections in low-income countries if the ban were to continue. The waiver remains in place, while officials review foreign aid programs.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The Trump administration issued a waiver for lifesaving medicines and medical services, offering a reprieve for a worldwide HIV treatment program that was halted last week. Whether the waiver extended to preventive drugs or other services offered by the program was not immediately clear.