March 31, 2019 by V Leigh

Hateful Politics in the US

http://thewoodlandretreat.com/home/site-map Officials will no longer be required to publicly disclose the number of civilians killed in airstrikes against terrorist targets due to a new executive order from President Trump https://t.co/Nro7QwzoIo pic.twitter.com/B0t8XU7R9e

http://ramblingfisherman.com/cowichan-river-fly-fishermans-paradise/ — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 6, 2019

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NEW: Tonia Gordon has turned herself in to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Department. She is the third arrest of the NC election fraud investigation. Two others still wanted #NC09 @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/4SSUsKZcGV

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) March 6, 2019

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Here's @TheEconomist admitting to its readers that Trump and Guidó's plan is to starve Venezuela into accepting them as their masters. https://t.co/AnoYFWb06c pic.twitter.com/I1qNCiqUkd

— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) March 3, 2019

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Steve King. Ted Cruz. Marsha Blackburn. They're just 3 of a number of candidates with open white supremacist, nativist, anti-LGBTQ+ or antigovernment ties who won seats in the U.S. House and Senate during the 2018 midterms. #YearInHate #RageAgainstChange https://t.co/Pji3vlC5S1

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 23, 2019

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Families are still being separated. https://t.co/Vca1v1Jfcz

— RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) March 10, 2019

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Pres. Trump opened the White House to extremism by consulting with hate groups & enabling the infiltration of extremist ideas into the administration's agenda. We tracked instances of extremism in the Trump administration. #YearInHate #RageAgainstChange https://t.co/fBQKa69TJ0

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 14, 2019

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March 28, 2019 by V Leigh

If you haven’t seen it yet

If you haven’t seen it yet, you must read this entire @nytopinion series on the criminalization of pregnant women and its connections to #abortionrights, #FosterCare, #racism, #ReproJustice, #BirthJustice. What some of us have been saying for decades. https://t.co/O38jOEWJ1A

— Dorothy Roberts (@DorothyERoberts) December 31, 2018

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We track male supremacy, a hateful ideology advocating for the subjugation of women. https://t.co/mGx31AfoLM

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) December 30, 2018

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March 23, 2019 by V Leigh

We gave every state’s parole system a letter grade. Most states failed.

NEW 50-state analysis: We gave every state’s parole system a letter grade. Most states failed.

Why investigate the parole process? Because, to incarcerated people, it can mean the difference between hope and despair. It deserves more of our attention.https://t.co/tImwSZb2Cw

— Prison Policy Init. (@PrisonPolicy) February 26, 2019

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Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon says that bail bondsmen in the state have been overcharging clients and must start issuing refunds. Donelon estimates that refunds could go to approximately 50,000 clients at a cost of nearly $6 million. https://t.co/CtlCW8m2pF

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 21, 2019

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Needed: A tech upgrade and an end to overdetention in the Louisiana Department of Corrections. “Every week over the last decade, prison staff found at least one person who had been kept in jail or prison longer than their sentence required.” https://t.co/QKVomTVTKv

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 26, 2019

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Repeat: Kalief Browder was locked up *pretrial* on $3500 bail he couldn’t afford for stealing a backpack *for longer than Manafort will now serve in prison* including time he already has in. Kalief was innocent. He later committed suicide. https://t.co/vE82ro6u1X

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) March 8, 2019

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Former Milwaukee County corrections officer James Lee Ramsey-Guy was sentenced to 30 days in prison in the dehydration death of Terrill Thomas, 36, at the jail. In 2016, Ramsey-Guy, who worked under Sheriff David Clarke, shut off the water in Thomas' cell. https://t.co/zF7PQDdtlK

— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 8, 2019

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Paul Manafort is a rich white man who stole millions, tampered witnesses & undermined US democracy. He got 4 years in prison.

Crystal Mason is a black woman who mistakenly cast a ballot in a local election. She got 5 YEARS.

Never tell me there is equal justice in this country. pic.twitter.com/7pHUxny6ig

— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) March 8, 2019

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March 15, 2019 by V Leigh

New Zealand Terrorist Attack

At least 49 Muslim worshippers were murdered in an act of anti-Muslim violence today. Our hearts go out to the families of victims killed at Linwood Mosque & Al Noor Mosque in #ChristchurchAttack in #NewZealand. https://t.co/lIAd2QnI29

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) March 15, 2019

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Various communities people of #NewZealand showing their support outside mosque to those who lost their lives in a terrorist attack 😭😭😢😢.. #christchurch #NewZealandTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/9UCW5zoDYe

— Umar Jamshaid (@UmarJamshaid786) March 15, 2019

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Vigils around #BayArea remember #Christchurch mosque shooting victims https://t.co/fLmH4703HK #NewZealandTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/MsDVrtfiQV

— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) March 15, 2019

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There was no creeping threat, no public debate: New Zealand’s terror-risk level went from a perceived zero to an unequivocal high. #NewZealandTerroristAttack https://t.co/V6gja7VyRT

— Gokhan Mahnov (@GMahnov) March 15, 2019

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'Hello, brother': Muslim worshipper's 'last words' to gunman #NewZealandTerroristAttack https://t.co/uC1KYpxwYv

— Mohammad Saber Yaqin (@YaqinSaber) March 15, 2019

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March 13, 2019 by V Leigh

White supremacy starts with indifference, and builds upon that with racism, discrimination and violence, slowly normalizing these behaviors and systems.

Here's what we do know about hate crimes:

We know that hate crimes are severely underreported – and yet, the Dept. of Justice still estimates there are an average of 250,000 victims a year.

A statement from SPLC's Heidi Beirich.https://t.co/f6NZ9XaQxD

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 26, 2019

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"Nativists, racists & our president are taking advantage of the browning of America, contrasting it with nostalgia for a perceived better, whiter past & using that idea to activate citizens into white nationalist thinking."—SPLC's Heidi Beirich #YearInHate https://t.co/NDVjNrpWrW

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) February 26, 2019

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This year, @splcenter counted 1,020 hate groups in the U.S.—“the most the SPLC has ever counted,” according to the project's director. https://t.co/LGA1rW73Y4

— PEN America (@PENamerican) February 21, 2019

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Reporters @ACInvestigates and @awinston have been writing about white supremacy in the military if you want to learn more: https://t.co/tfzWtGIJbf

Have you encountered white supremacists or neo-Nazis in the military? Please tell us: https://t.co/gMpbu1hp5c https://t.co/n8vSRAcsy5

— ProPublica (@ProPublica) February 20, 2019

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Opposing racism is not the same as building an antiracist society.

Our new series, #AntiracismAndAmerica, a collaboration between @AntiracismCtr & @GuardianUS, looks at the structures that sustain a racist society – and how we dismantle them. https://t.co/OBMfW4Q2XR

— Christopher Petrella (@CFPetrella) December 6, 2018

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At least 128 trans people were killed in 87 cities across 32 states in the last five years.

80% were people of color. https://t.co/Y6m2pzUkWv

— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) January 26, 2019

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March 11, 2019 by V Leigh

It’s time to ask how police tactics set the stage for violence.

California Rapper Killed By Cops In His Car As He Awoke From A Nap | BLAVITY https://t.co/ZaxPPBEjLk

— glenn robinson (@glncv) February 14, 2019

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In 2015, Samuel Chang was choked unconscious by an off-duty Los Angeles firefighter as he handed out candy on Halloween. Chang just settled a lawsuit over the incident for $7.4 million. None of the firefighters involved in the incident lost their jobs. https://t.co/UOEnx7wyJF

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 7, 2019

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Nationwide, only 5% of arrests are for violent crimes. 13% are for property crimes. The vast majority of arrests made by police are for minor, non-violent offenses. Police arrest more people for marijuana possession than for all violent crime combined. https://t.co/f8a0ISAdcD

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 5, 2019

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Portland, Oregon, official says report that a police commander exchanged friendly text messages with a leader of far-right protests that have rocked the city confirms collusion exists between some police and right-wing extremists. https://t.co/Xkk4iaD318

— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) February 15, 2019

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LRPD hired a cop despite knowing that he’d attended a Klan meeting. Then he killed a 15-y.o. black kid.

Now a federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit by the kid’s family. But the opinion relies on “facts” from the LRPD. Those facts are wrong. https://t.co/FRgAfKNexe

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) February 15, 2019

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A Baltimore police sergeant has been indicted in federal court for allegedly planting a B.B. gun on a man who was deliberately run over by a Baltimore police officer. https://t.co/x0USXgl5tj

— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 5, 2019

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In July 2016, behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey lay on the ground next to his autistic client yelling "All he has is a toy truck!" at North Miami police. An officer then fired three shots, striking Kinsey once. This week, the officer goes to trial. https://t.co/lT8V3n1wob

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 23, 2019

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When cops kill sleeping people, it’s time to ask how police tactics set the stage for violence. In California, cops have a pattern: Call off medical, draw guns, surround & wake the person. When a person reacts with a startled movement, cops shoot to kill. https://t.co/jzg5g44Fsj

— The Appeal (@theappeal) February 27, 2019

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Philadelphia police shot Kaleb Belay, a 25 year-old graduate student from Ethiopia, six times as they searched for a stabbing victim. Police said they encountered Belay holding a knife, but no stabbing victim was found. https://t.co/6SybxtSINM

— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 8, 2019

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Family of Mentally Ill #Harlem Man Shot By #NYPD Officer Wants Answers. They say they called 911 for help with Michael Cordero. Police say they got a different call about the situation. https://t.co/IbgLJsVCin

— Dean Meminger (@DeanMeminger) March 8, 2019

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March 8, 2019 by V Leigh

This makes us look like a nation that’s completely lost its mind

This is the stage of fascism where the government jails the people who try to help the people it’s putting in concentration camps. https://t.co/IZhTws20A5

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 20, 2019

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Meanwhile the Border Patrol agents who withheld water from a 7 year old girl, causing her to die in immigration detention have not been charged with any crime for their actions. https://t.co/zmvGoIKfHb

— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 20, 2019

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NEW: Sentencing date has been set for the 4 @NoMoreDeaths volunteers convicted for leaving water, food for migrants in protected areas of the #Arizona desert.

It'll be March 1 at 1:45pm in #Tucson federal court. They face fines, up to 6mos in prison. https://t.co/B2XmVtMpOr

— Rafael Carranza (@RafaelCarranza) February 1, 2019

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That's about 1 million times more than they did to help prepare for deadly hurricanes that killed thousands of Americans.

— Linda Goldberg (@ChefLindaBoston) February 6, 2019

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Ever more shocking news on the treatment of migrant children under the Trump regime. Thousands sexually abused! Horrific and unacceptable. @HHSgov: Are you incompetent or uncaring? https://t.co/N5k5vV65P9

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) February 26, 2019

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