February 24, 2024 by V Leigh

just the phrase “cost of living” is insane

Are we good at being a country? pic.twitter.com/qy8NrjD3vB
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) February 18, 2024

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just the phrase “cost of living” is insane
— // C H E R E L E // (@HAILCHERELE) February 16, 2024

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Prior to 1982, the SEC considered stock buybacks to be illegal stock manipulation. But under President Reagan, stock buybacks were made legal. Now, instead of investing profits into people, big corporations use them to line the pockets of wealthy shareholders. They’re a scam.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 17, 2024

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This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged for the rich. We need a federal wealth tax. Now. pic.twitter.com/U3vc5XRpLi
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 18, 2024

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February 24, 2024 by V Leigh

Algeria submitted a motion to the UN Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Of the 15 members of the Security Council, 13 voted in favour. The USA voted against and the UK abstained. The USA and the UK want more Palestinian kids to be killed.

Algeria submitted a motion to the UN Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Of the 15 members of the Security Council, 13 voted in favour. The USA voted against and the UK abstained.

The USA and the UK want more Palestinian kids to be killed. pic.twitter.com/ETkqgBsA43
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 20, 2024

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“Arab-backed”

The 13 (out of 15) Security Council members that voted in favor of the resolution are: Algeria, China, Ecuadaor, France, Guyana, Japan, Malta, Mozambique, Russia, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Slovenia, & Switzerland.

Only the US voted no, & the UK abstained. https://t.co/QTvpwY8jfE
— Jeff Schuhrke (@JeffSchuhrke) February 20, 2024

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I am the only candidate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. My opponents are not.

In the Senate, I will fight for political and diplomatic solutions—our only path to lasting global peace and security. pic.twitter.com/ld0rSjpWQM
— Barbara Lee (@BarbaraLeeForCA) February 19, 2024

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BREAKING: Seven major unions have just launched a new coalition to fight for a #CeasefireNOW.

Over 9 million workers—more than half the American labor movement—belong to unions participating in the newly-formed National Labor Network for Ceasefire. pic.twitter.com/bLNDWzEy88
— Сeasefire Tracker (@Ceasefire_Track) February 16, 2024

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February 22, 2024 by V Leigh

Don’t stop talking about Rafah. Don’t stop talking about Gaza. Don’t stop talking about Palestine.

Don’t stop talking about Rafah.

Don’t stop talking about Gaza.

Don’t stop talking about Palestine. pic.twitter.com/MwJ8QRN9YS
— sarah (@sahouraxo) February 16, 2024

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Insane attacks from the Israeli F16s, helicopters, and drones on Rafah. This is the most violent night since the start of the Israeli genocide.
— Diaa Mahmoud | ضياء محمود (@DiaaMahmoud) February 12, 2024

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The targets of the Israeli army in Rafah; most of them are women and children.

More than 70 were killed and at least 160 were wounded in less than an hour. pic.twitter.com/RqzlN3kTxD
— Diaa Mahmoud | ضياء محمود (@DiaaMahmoud) February 12, 2024

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Israel and the US have now told the world that slaughtering civilians is 100% acceptable.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) February 10, 2024

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The US isn’t complicit in the genocide of Palestinians.

The US is committing the genocide of Palestinians. There is no genocide without US military, armaments, political support.

Biden isn’t complicit, he & his administration are the overseers.
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) February 19, 2024

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A new audio recording of the child Hind documents the moments of horror she experienced while trapped alone amidst the Israeli tanks and the dead bodies of her relatives who were killed by Israeli soldiers around her. Hind was also killed alone as the occupation first bombed the… pic.twitter.com/r3DAyivPT0
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 18, 2024

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I used to think comparing the Israeli government to Nazis was irresponsible and inappropriate. I now think ignoring the similarities between Israel and the Nazis is irresponsible and inappropriate. https://t.co/rUJ7sti332
— Katie Halper is a Jew For #CeasefireNow (@kthalps) February 18, 2024

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Genocide. https://t.co/YTHritpLAF
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 17, 2024

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February 22, 2024 by V Leigh

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” -James Baldwin #BlackHistoryMonth

This $183 m comes from helping Holocaust survivors and their heirs claim restitution for “bank, insurance, and other material losses.” Why is there such an aversion to doing something similar for descendants of slavery and the living victims of US apartheid? https://t.co/zu7XgSXmCO
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 4, 2024

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This Black History Month, #12thDistrictStrong reaffirms that Black history and Black lives matter every single day of the year. Black history is American history. pic.twitter.com/2Nvsnv4vRV
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) February 8, 2024

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Two activists, one from Black Lives Matter and the other from Free Palestine Charleston, say their joint protest during a speech by US President Joe Biden amplifies their message for a Gaza ceasefire and the liberation of marginalised groups ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/e62OcyQymN
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 13, 2024

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Dr. Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard affected me deeply. It hit me doubly on the back of the emotional interviews from Taraji and I was driven to write it out. This one is a little…raw. #taraji #ClaudineGay #harvard #blackgirlbossparadox https://t.co/yrxZV9S5aO
— Kimberly Bryant (@6Gems) January 9, 2024

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One of the most important lessons I learned from reading Toni Morrison is that there is no level of bending or acquiesing to whiteness that will ever overcome white supremacy and anti-Blackness. Our performance of “goodness” won’t ever earn inclusion or respect.
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (they/them) (@JennMJacksonPhD) February 19, 2024

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

-James Baldwin#BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/W9YNBdSt2l
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 20, 2024

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February 18, 2024 by V Leigh

The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.

Sandra Bland would have been 37 today.

We’ll continue to say her name and fight for justice against police brutality. Black people deserve to grow old.

Sending love to her loved ones. 🖤 pic.twitter.com/k7PRd9frs2
— NAACP (@NAACP) February 7, 2024

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A Florida sheriff’s deputy has resigned after he mistook a falling acorn for a gunshot, claimed he had been hit by a bullet, and fired at an unarmed, handcuffed Black man sitting in the back of his police car. Fortunately, Marquis Jackson in the back of the car was not injured. pic.twitter.com/0i11nYx1cl
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) February 14, 2024

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WOW! A New Orleans police officer has been removed from parade duty after he pushed a member of high school marching band mid-song. The NOPD has launched a misconduct investigation into the encounter, which the student’s mother says left her son’s mouth bruised. pic.twitter.com/GrKr4Kt2vi
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) February 14, 2024

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The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform. https://t.co/vNgeydoJ2j
— ABC News (@ABC) February 14, 2024

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February 15, 2024 by V Leigh

I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

U.S. mass shooting daily averages:

2014: .75 per day
2015: .91 per day
2016: 1.05 per day
2017: .95 per day
2018: .92 per day
2019: 1.13 per day
2020: 1.67 per day
2021: 1.89 per day
2022: 1.77 per day
2023: 1.80 per day
2024: 1.00 per day [~11% complete] https://t.co/AUdC3EoscW
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) February 8, 2024

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NEW: Today’s verdict in Michigan underscores that the mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 was wholly preventable and senseless, and it proves that when adult gun owners allow children unsupervised access to unsecured weapons, it’s criminal negligence – not an accident. https://t.co/128SD4CJb9
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 6, 2024

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In a historic decision on Tuesday, a jury convicted the first parent ever to be tried on homicide charges for a mass shooting committed by her child. https://t.co/rsfQXPBEUw
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 6, 2024

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NEW: @lomikriel & I spent 6 months examining active shooter training for police & schools across the US.

We ultimately found states require students & teachers to prepare for a mass shooting more than police.

The details may surprise you.https://t.co/gXp8CjvaKS
— Lexi Churchill (@LChurchilll) February 8, 2024

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Guns are not just health problems: they are democracy ones. My latest, @TIME, about the gun risks of a second Trump presidency…. https://t.co/7MbYOMWsKu… @wwnorton #GunViolence
— Jonathan M. Metzl (@JonathanMetzl) February 5, 2024

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My God! Six years to the day of the Parkland School shooting and now there’s a shooting at the Super Bowl Parade. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE, no matter how the guns were acquired or who got them, common sense gun laws are needed. #ChiefsParade pic.twitter.com/R0VBRuz6yN
— 🪴Laurie (@Laurieluvsmolly) February 14, 2024

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Over 800 police officers were at the parade today and over a million civilians who were allowed to be armed. Yet they couldn’t stop a dozen people from being shot.

More guns makes us less safe. #ChiefsParade https://t.co/Iev48jbN0h
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 14, 2024

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I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him.

I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow https://t.co/ZwkriJ9Q1M
— Patrick Quaife (@pquaife) February 14, 2024

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February 12, 2024 by V Leigh

The 13th Amendment allows incarcerated people to be used as free and forced labor. And now U.S. prison labor has morphed into a multibillion-dollar empire. Many of our clients have endured this reality while major corporations profited off of their work.

In Mississippi, women who are incarcerated are working at Popeye’s for less than minimum wage and even being “hired” out TO INDIVIDUALS to do housework, yardwork, etc.

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME pic.twitter.com/xFzyrXKmsR
— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) February 2, 2024

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The report ends with this anecdote. Reporters followed a van that took Black prisoners to a former slave plantation that’s now a tourist attraction w a hotel/restaurant.

They were there to work at the restaurant washing dishes.

Slave labor, on a plantation, in the 2020s. pic.twitter.com/W63Pjl7Rn5
— Jerrick White (@BostonJerry) February 2, 2024

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A two-year AP investigation found that goods linked to prison labor wind up in the supply chains of major food brands, from Frosted Flakes cereal and Ball Park hot dogs to Gold Medal flour and Coca-Cola. The practice has morphed into a massive multibillion-dollar empire. pic.twitter.com/j5QyV6NCBr
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 12, 2024

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The 13th Amendment allows incarcerated people to be used as free and forced labor. And now U.S. prison labor has morphed into a multibillion-dollar empire.

Many of our clients have endured this reality while major corporations profited off of their work.https://t.co/iOhgj7jnsJ
— Innocence Project (@innocence) February 9, 2024

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Louisiana is back in the news… for forced prison labor https://t.co/tTfGkJPErG
— Matthew Wollenweber (@MWollenweber) February 5, 2024

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February 11, 2024 by V Leigh

The city of Vallejo destroyed key evidence in six police shootings (purging firearm evidence, fingerprints, witness interviews, victims’ clothing, detective case files), emptying box after box into a large dumpster.

The city of Vallejo destroyed key evidence in six police shootings (purging firearm evidence, fingerprints, witness interviews, victims’ clothing, detective case files), emptying box after box into a large dumpster.@OpenVallejo @laurencedsault @geoffwking https://t.co/Gyce9mAR75
— Ken Armstrong (@bykenarmstrong) February 6, 2023

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February 9, 2024 by V Leigh

Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza Know their names: http://aje.io/06omb

Just today, a Wall St Journal headline called an Arab-American city a ‘jihad capital’; a NY Times columnist compared the Middle East to animals & the jungle; & the editor of the UK’s Jewish Chronicle suggested pro-Palestinian doctors should be fired.

Banner day for the media. pic.twitter.com/tZn4kPfBIQ
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) February 3, 2024

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The Israeli bombardment has leveled entire neighborhoods in Gaza from the north to the south, prompting some Palestinians to stay in their demolished homes rather than face homelessness.

🔗: https://t.co/TClnAHeyoM pic.twitter.com/uNMZs2kTyD
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) December 31, 2023

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Today, I joined 384 world leaders to call for a #CeasefireNOW, the release of hostages, delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and accountability for human rights violations.

Our pro-peace, pro-humanity movement is a global one and it is growing daily. https://t.co/lRjjzC2tEL
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) January 11, 2024

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Supplying weapons makes one responsible? Noted. https://t.co/Wq6IR0lEMF
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 1, 2024

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In case you are wondering Biden is still freezing out damn near the entire State Department. https://t.co/2A2iXt8USK
— Taleed El-Sabawi, JD, PhD (@el_sabawi) February 3, 2024

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Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza ⤵️

Know their names: https://t.co/l9T4EJlRKT pic.twitter.com/vaLsXK7r6P
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 2, 2024

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February 4, 2024 by V Leigh

BREAKING! Ending prison slavery is about protecting our humanity and dignity, but a NEW REPORT found that it would also generate BILLIONS in benefits for workers, families, victims, and taxpayers annually.

Have you bought anything at Target, Walmart or Aldi?

Then there’s a chance you’ve eaten food products linked to prison labor in the U.S. — a hidden workforce tied to some of the world’s biggest companies. https://t.co/kgOxx4BM0K
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 29, 2024

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BREAKING! Ending prison slavery is about protecting our humanity and dignity, but a NEW REPORT found that it would also generate BILLIONS in benefits for workers, families, victims, and taxpayers annually.

Read the new report and take action at https://t.co/a4CdSe4wM7. pic.twitter.com/jhVV7ft8K6
— Worth Rises (@WorthRises) January 31, 2024

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SB 63 — which would criminalize bail funds in Georgia — passed the Senate today. The bill would make bailing more than 3 people out of jail per YEAR a crime for bail funds and nonprofits. It also increases the number of non-bail-eligible offenses. https://t.co/GT5hoSXpGU
— Hannah Riley (@hannahcrileyy) February 1, 2024

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GOLD DOME—The Georgia Senate just voted to expand cash bail and criminalize charitable bail funds.

The Georgia House of Representatives is expected to pass the bill Tuesday, after which it will head to Governor Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature.https://t.co/XZKorKA1Hl
— Atlanta Community Press Collective (@atlanta_press) February 1, 2024

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Oppression Monitor Daily

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Month: February 2024

just the phrase “cost of living” is insane

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Algeria submitted a motion to the UN Security Council demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Of the 15 members of the Security Council, 13 voted in favour. The USA voted against and the UK abstained. The USA and the UK want more Palestinian kids to be killed.

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Don’t stop talking about Rafah. Don’t stop talking about Gaza. Don’t stop talking about Palestine.

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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” -James Baldwin #BlackHistoryMonth

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The city of Memphis on Wednesday released additional documents tied to the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by five police officers, a brutal attack captured on video that sparked outrage and intensified calls for police reform.

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I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

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The 13th Amendment allows incarcerated people to be used as free and forced labor. And now U.S. prison labor has morphed into a multibillion-dollar empire. Many of our clients have endured this reality while major corporations profited off of their work.

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The city of Vallejo destroyed key evidence in six police shootings (purging firearm evidence, fingerprints, witness interviews, victims’ clothing, detective case files), emptying box after box into a large dumpster.

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Here is a list of the names we know from the more than 11,500 Palestinian children killed during Israel’s continuing war on Gaza Know their names: http://aje.io/06omb

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BREAKING! Ending prison slavery is about protecting our humanity and dignity, but a NEW REPORT found that it would also generate BILLIONS in benefits for workers, families, victims, and taxpayers annually.

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