Oz
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“I want to come home to kindness.” - Mary Masumbeku, Sarafina!
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Since a white man with a felony conviction is about to *be* president, I wrote about the millions of disproportionately Black people with felony convictions who aren't even legally permitted to *vote* for president
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Donald Trump’s Sentencing Lays Bare the Injustice of Felony Disenfranchisement
In many states, the president-elect would now be ineligible to vote in the election he just won.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Since a white man with a felony conviction is about to *be* president, I wrote about the millions of disproportionately Black people with felony convictions who aren't even legally permitted to *vote* for president
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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January 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Another reminder that police unions are *not* the same as labor unions.
On the scene of the Amazon strike in Maspeth, the NYPD is trying to break the picket, engaging in arrests of union members and engaging in physical confrontations with workers and their supporters.
December 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Another reminder that police unions are *not* the same as labor unions.
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I maintain that Democrats need the far right to legitimize their presence and power. They want Trump and his party to act a fool so they can justify their own inaction, poor, violent and chaotic policies.
December 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I maintain that Democrats need the far right to legitimize their presence and power. They want Trump and his party to act a fool so they can justify their own inaction, poor, violent and chaotic policies.
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I’ve been holding this in but… seems remiss not to recall the assassination of the abortion doctors? The bombing of clinics? Why act as if this is without that context?
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 12, 2024 at 6:51 PM
I’ve been holding this in but… seems remiss not to recall the assassination of the abortion doctors? The bombing of clinics? Why act as if this is without that context?
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Thinking about Jordan Neely. Thinking about the white supremacy and classism at the core of seeing his life as up for the taking. Thinking about the applause that erupted in the courtroom, cosigning his death. He deserved so much better.
December 10, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Thinking about Jordan Neely. Thinking about the white supremacy and classism at the core of seeing his life as up for the taking. Thinking about the applause that erupted in the courtroom, cosigning his death. He deserved so much better.
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This.
From the literal "comedy" memes about Palestinian deaths to the DNC attendees who mocked protestors about those deaths to the folks who justify the deaths of Black and brown trans women and folks with the "deception" justification.
There certainly is a hierarchy when it comes to violence.
From the literal "comedy" memes about Palestinian deaths to the DNC attendees who mocked protestors about those deaths to the folks who justify the deaths of Black and brown trans women and folks with the "deception" justification.
There certainly is a hierarchy when it comes to violence.
The privileged don't see violence as violence unless it starts flowing the wrong way.
Please keep your newfound, highly selective, pacifism and value of human life stacked upon the bodies you didn't care about to get here.
Please keep your newfound, highly selective, pacifism and value of human life stacked upon the bodies you didn't care about to get here.
December 7, 2024 at 12:31 AM
This.
From the literal "comedy" memes about Palestinian deaths to the DNC attendees who mocked protestors about those deaths to the folks who justify the deaths of Black and brown trans women and folks with the "deception" justification.
There certainly is a hierarchy when it comes to violence.
From the literal "comedy" memes about Palestinian deaths to the DNC attendees who mocked protestors about those deaths to the folks who justify the deaths of Black and brown trans women and folks with the "deception" justification.
There certainly is a hierarchy when it comes to violence.
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He's a Republican. He's BEEN a Republican. It would just be official again.
there's really no downside to bullying Adams out of the party, this is precisely the sort of person Democrats need to get shot of if the want to stop being associated with a corrupt status quo
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Eric Adams doesn’t rule out switch to the GOP: 'Cancel me'
The New York City mayor has been at odds with national Democrats over immigration.
www.politico.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:23 PM
He's a Republican. He's BEEN a Republican. It would just be official again.
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Thinking again about Ketanji's point in her SFA opinion that her SCOTUS colleagues appreciate racial diversity as vital when it comes to signing up to die for the country but not for intellectual pursuits
Federal Judge Upholds Racial Preferences in Naval Academy Admissions
A group that won a Supreme Court case challenging affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina had also sued the military academies.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Thinking again about Ketanji's point in her SFA opinion that her SCOTUS colleagues appreciate racial diversity as vital when it comes to signing up to die for the country but not for intellectual pursuits
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It’s all so… “officer-involved shooting.”
Hm that’s one way to put it NPR
December 6, 2024 at 7:27 PM
It’s all so… “officer-involved shooting.”
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A white man killed the United Healthcare CEO on camera and NYPD—the largest and most expensive police department in the country—can’t find him. What a joke
December 5, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A white man killed the United Healthcare CEO on camera and NYPD—the largest and most expensive police department in the country—can’t find him. What a joke
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Literally yes.
So you’re saying that healthcare in the USA isn’t allowed because it means Black ppl would be able to access it as well. And poor white ppl don’t mind not having healthcare to spite the Black community?
December 5, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Literally yes.
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The solution to sexism and racism isn't "run more white guys." It's fixing the racism and the sexism, not succumbing to and doing more of it. JFC
December 3, 2024 at 5:57 PM
The solution to sexism and racism isn't "run more white guys." It's fixing the racism and the sexism, not succumbing to and doing more of it. JFC
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the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
December 3, 2024 at 1:41 PM
the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment
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Nonprofits that do this ghoulish work will never be punished. They’ll save that for movement organizations.
The Friends of the IDF is a nonprofit organization that raises tens of millions of dollars annually to fund a range of programs that effectively subsidize the Israeli military. From 2018 to 2022, FIDF received $450 million in gifts, grants, contributions and membership fees.
These Billionaires Subsidize the Israeli Military Through a US Nonprofit
A US nonprofit funnels money from billionaires like Home Depot’s co-founder to effectively subsidize Israeli troops.
truthout.org
December 2, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Nonprofits that do this ghoulish work will never be punished. They’ll save that for movement organizations.
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It's "racial and class solidarity."
Is there a psychoanalytic read for the impetus, seemingly ubiquitous among the US pundit class, to automatically exonerate those on the right from any responsibility for their decisions, viewing them as somehow perpetually besieged and behaving in reaction to a morally oppressive left?
December 1, 2024 at 10:43 PM
It's "racial and class solidarity."
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Seems like the only person the Dems want to help transition is Donald Trump.
November 27, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Seems like the only person the Dems want to help transition is Donald Trump.
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This is also true for plenty of people who did not attempt to defraud the public through election rigging, Rudolph…
'I can't pay my bills,' Rudy Giuliani says in courtroom outburst
'I can't pay my bills,' Rudy Giuliani says in courtroom outburst
Rudy Giuliani was rebuked by a federal judge on Tuesday after the former New York City mayor interrupted a court hearing, pleading he could not pay his bills because two Georgia election workers to whom he owes $148 million have tied up his assets.
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:10 PM
This is also true for plenty of people who did not attempt to defraud the public through election rigging, Rudolph…
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NYT is almost always going to focus on the the worst framings about the trans community. The sooner folks accept that and move accordingly, the better.
November 26, 2024 at 2:50 PM
NYT is almost always going to focus on the the worst framings about the trans community. The sooner folks accept that and move accordingly, the better.