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So it’s been a while but I finally found my next fundraiser and wanted to share. Honey Bee Families is a nonprofit that I assist in the Baltimore area. The org will be sending 20 youth to camp this summer & need help. If you can, you can donate through PayPal. Thanks in advance
I can’t remember the last time I watched @CNN and tonight is another reminder of why. We are watching the rise of Jim Crow and CNN is allowing this hack time to spread his lies. Everyone working there should be deeply ashamed
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A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed yesterday when he stopped to buy ice cream at a Florida convenience store, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.
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“If a homeless man makes me uncomfortable, the sentence is death” is the kind of argument I think people should be embarrassed to make in public
The patience she shows when discussing almost any issue is truly something to watch. I hope to be this measured in my responses
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the news is really like, “a Black man was yelling and a fellow citizen killed him. did he deserve to die? perhaps. what do you think?”
and this is why we yell Black lives matter cuz what the fuck are y’all even talking about right now
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Jamie Foxx is one of the most talented actors in the history of Hollywood. If we were to sum up Foxx in one word, it would be "gifted". At his best, Foxx is as good as any actor you can imagine. Prayers up to Foxx and his entire family as he recovers from a recent medical emergency.
Run do not walk to buy The Protest Psychosis by Jonathan Metzl. It will help explain how schizophrenia has been criminalized and seen as a blk man’s disease. As a social worker and just a decent person this is fucking enraging 🤬
This man applied a CHOKE HOLD on a man for 15 MINUTES ..... until that man died. According to witnesses, the victim was ranting loudly when his killer grabbed him from behind. The killer was interviewed by police and has since been released
nypost.com/2023/05/02/shocki… via @nypmetro
Listen I am a sucker for others being healed and this man deserves all the good things. Cancer robs so many of us of ppl we love. Glad to see he won’t be one of them. Continued health to you Rep Raskin. Miss you Pop #fuckcancer
Tuesday I thanked nurses, doctors & pharmacists at @MedStarGUH who serve with splendid kindness—and saved my life over 5 months. I finished 6 rounds of 5-day chemo sessions—which they organized so I didn’t have to miss votes or hearings—and I rang the bell! A new chapter begins.
This really made me want to go through my screen and hug him. I honestly can’t imagine the type of strength it takes to live with this every day and to see the progression of it is just heartbreaking. 🥺
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Thread: The Supreme Court is hearing a big case tomorrow. It should unite everyone: left, right & center. And the national press has almost totally ignored it.
It centers on an elderly woman who fell behind on her taxes. So the county took her home, sold it, and kept the profit.
This system is so badly broken and once you get in, particularly as blk parents it’s so hard to get out.
For years, some U.S. doctors have disregarded the expertise of midwives - particularly Black midwives. That tension is highlighted in the story of infant Mila Jackson, who was taken from her parents by CPS in Texas last month. My latest for @19thnews 19thnews.org/2023/04/black-t…
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Four victims were shot and killed in an Alabama mass shooting Saturday night: Phil Dowdell, 18; Keke Smith, 17; Corbin Dahmontrey Holston, 23; and Marsiah Emmanuel Collins, 19. Twenty eight others were wounded and several teens are still hospitalized and fighting for their lives.
I contemplated moving south a few years ago and I am so happy I didn’t. At this point we are headed to a place that can only lead to this country being torn in half.
What is happening in Tennessee today is truly frightening. Where are Tennessee’s business leaders? Where are the GOP leaders and voters who believe in the right to dissent and in our democracy? Where are the veteran’s groups who put their lives on the line to protect democratic ideals? You have the power to stop this madness. Step up before it is too late.
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As I said tonight with @JoyAnnReid I am only two years younger then Emmett Till and my lifetime has included much of the Black history this Governor wants to whitewash and eliminate from our classrooms. I won’t let it happen on my watch.