Now: The Department of Justice has opened the first-ever federal review into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre https://t.co/eTP6A7EyQt
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 30, 2024
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First Federal Probe Into Tulsa Race Massacre FINALLY Gets Green Light https://t.co/sJ1cGgn6Yh via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 4, 2024
We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say:
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 8, 2024
“You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.” pic.twitter.com/mDzOQLtyuj
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CEOs can write off the entire cost of their private jets, but you can’t write off the cost of the car you use to drive to work.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) September 8, 2024
This is what it looks like when billionaires and corporations are allowed to fund the election campaigns of the politicians who write our tax laws.
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Economic inequality in USA is worse today than before the Great Depression & I think often about this warning:
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) September 3, 2024
“We have yet to understand, that if I’m starving—you are in danger. People think that my danger makes them safe—they’re in trouble”—James Baldwinhttps://t.co/W86iZdvmWY
Homicides have fallen in Portland, mirroring a nationwide decline in violent crimes https://t.co/0tqtg1PajB
— The Oregonian (@Oregonian) August 15, 2024
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Interesting how the “crime is surging” crowd keeps committing crimes. https://t.co/OnqEDXZdzH
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) August 19, 2024
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Donald Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan, arguing there is a “crime wave” going on at levels “nobody has ever seen before,” but Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows the national violent crime rate dropped in the two years after he left the WHhttps://t.co/SYaCpZJWl5
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 21, 2024
Capitalism is a failed economic system. pic.twitter.com/cTh8KM1fKM
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) July 10, 2024
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— holly (@girlziplocked) July 11, 2024
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Texas doesn’t have funding for mental health professionals but their politicians found time to pass a law making sure the police get more funding each year. https://t.co/eSEaPlcxMs
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 21, 2024
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— 🌹 🔥 🍉Dark Warlord 🍉🔥 🌹 (@drkwarlord) July 21, 2024
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You can be HIV free, for ~$90,000 per year.
— Dr. Victoria Dooley (@DrDooleyMD) July 24, 2024
They plan to charge $42,250 for this miraculous HIV drug that could be sold for $40 a year, which would still provide 30% profit.
We have wealth care, not health care in this country. https://t.co/XmzeYKoY1E
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Federal minimum wage in:
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 24, 2024
2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25
Folks, it’s time to raise the damn wage already.
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Homelessness is a failure of government, no one should be without a home in the richest country on earth.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 25, 2024
An economy that “prospers” while people are unhoused is not truly great.
Criminalizing people for being unable to afford or hold housing is despicable. https://t.co/VS8TBB9NkG
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Important story: Homelessness in the USA was the highest ever on record in 2023.
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 29, 2024
In 2024, homeless shelters and services are seeing an uptick in people WITH JOBS who are living in cars, etc.
Low-wage workers can’t afford rent. pic.twitter.com/le3SzFHAGg
If it’s hot outside, increase the price of water.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) June 25, 2024
If there’s a pandemic, increase the price of the vaccine.
If there’s housing crisis, increase the price of homes.
If there’s a healthcare crisis, increase the price of seeing a doctor.
Corporate greed should be a crime. https://t.co/kY8yYMsRg9
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The term “unskilled labor” is used by the ruling class to justify poverty wages.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 21, 2024
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It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.
— Congressman Jamaal Bowman (@RepBowman) June 28, 2024
“Mistake” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. pic.twitter.com/BsmE3azD5A
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 29, 2024
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Yes….go…go find them….yes…please…take a bunch of your buddies too….please….yea yes….go go….all of you…yes…. https://t.co/UzD5vbxoGq
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) May 28, 2024
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Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 25, 2024
He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.
Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.
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“The greater the share of Black population there is in a church community, the less likely White Evangelical pastors are to mention issues of poverty or racial justice, and when they do mention it, they avoid blaming systems for racialized economic inequality.” https://t.co/oOnhZszGhU
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 15, 2023
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In late capitalism, even the waves give you cancer. We’re fucked.
— Eli Meyerhoff 🍉 (@EliMeye) April 20, 2024
For humanity to survive, capitalism must die. pic.twitter.com/wBZDVfSiGW
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Capitalism is a fucking disease that infects, destroys, & rewrites the DNA of everything we love, including childhood… “The camper will get the chance to learn how to be a Chick-fil-A worker by taking orders, delivering orders,… being a hostess” (https://t.co/VpDsil7wJ9) pic.twitter.com/0X6C0k66ML
— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) June 8, 2024
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NEW: GOP Rep Mo Brooks says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million and are paid by special interest groups as “a quid pro quo” for favored legislation#ALsen pic.twitter.com/SswSObhpf7
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) April 15, 2022
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Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members https://t.co/qcwYdVL8ZV
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 12, 2024
The FL Board of Education will continue to teach problematic Black history lessons on slavery! These standards will require students to learn about the so-called “benefits” of slavery. This is a slap in the face to the Black community & MUST be revoked! https://t.co/ubcvwZmYUr
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 2, 2024
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Governing board of North Carolina’s 17-school public university system repeals diversity, equity and inclusion policy.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 23, 2024
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which one did you learn in school?
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) May 17, 2024
🖌️How Successful Black Communities Were Burnt Down Through Race Riots…https://t.co/CfcyqPgclj pic.twitter.com/9GZ6UdAzHk
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Sister Souljah Explains Her Definition of Good White People. pic.twitter.com/RmsKPDjEQw
— AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY (@AfricanArchives) May 25, 2024
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— ceeks (@70Ceeks) May 22, 2024
Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 21, 2024
In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million.
The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit. pic.twitter.com/8CUcLUrYsc
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— alex james kane (@alexjkane) May 22, 2024
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You literally need to win a lottery to be added to a *waitlist* for housing assistance. It’s been 15 years since you could even enter your name into the lottery.
— Bench Ansfield (@benchansfield) May 21, 2024
We live in a permanent housing crisis. https://t.co/SwsF3qVjIX
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So you agree, inflation is just a made up thing for companies to increase profits without doing any actual work. https://t.co/07VQuVod3g pic.twitter.com/rWmkcNLsNI
— Gay and Tired (@GayChemist) May 20, 2024
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A hedge fund bought the company, sold off all the land Red Lobster restaurants are located on, leased the land back to Red Lobster, and jacked the rent. Just so you know what is really going on here https://t.co/kHlbBfRWwN
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) May 20, 2024
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One of the ten biggest companies on Earth. And over half of its warehouse workers have trouble putting food on their plates. This is why we need a massive overhaul. https://t.co/RAj3d2nAqs
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 15, 2024
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“we don’t get rights until we mess up a white mans money” boom. and there it is. https://t.co/1RWltIrHCF
— darkie malarkey (@sailorfemme) May 15, 2024
2020: attacks on BLM
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2024
2022: attacks on CRT
2023: attacks on “woke”
2024: attacks on DEI
It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
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Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2024
Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’https://t.co/QMdcQovw60pic.twitter.com/yngRuikUgk
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Imagine creating Diversity departments and the only people afraid to engage are white people.
— WE ALL WE GOT (@ez3ll) April 26, 2024
Instead of learning and leaning in, they’d rather close the departments down.
Racism covered up into politics
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But the real danger on college campuses is DEI and students being exposed to dialogue about race and racism. https://t.co/uSuFw8AiiP
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2024
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That shit that went down at Ole Miss is proof that colleges actually need to focus on CRT. When you’ve got a crowd of 20-somethings standing around laughing and the police telling the Black woman to calm down while a White man makes monkey gestures at her, that’s a problem.
— Big – GOP POLS own the Border Disorder – Teezy (@TNSouthernlib) May 4, 2024
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Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.
— The Hill (@thehill) May 3, 2024
The Hill’s Race and Politics reporter @CheyannaMarie97 is following the march live. pic.twitter.com/x4w7PUhY67
Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 3, 2024
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I don’t wish to be alarmist but Boeing is murdering whistleblowers and getting away with it. https://t.co/1x8VD0Slt1
— Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) May 2, 2024
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Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die: ‘People’s lives are at stake’ https://t.co/5Wv6eA8kUb pic.twitter.com/rPi5mugV9L
— New York Post (@nypost) May 4, 2024
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Two Boeing whistleblowers have died in the last 2 months and I feel like that’s not getting the attention and scrutiny it deserves.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) May 5, 2024
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JUST IN: A second whistleblower connected to Boeing has suddenly died at the age of 45 after catching a “sudden illness.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 2, 2024
Whistleblower Joshua Dean was known for being in good health and having a healthy lifestyle.
Dean was one of the first whistleblowers to accuse Boeing… pic.twitter.com/XVac3BlcEU
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Boeing may not have prioritized safety for its airplanes, but it has prioritized making political donations to the Sedition Caucus. @Boeing has donated more than $1.5 million to the members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election. https://t.co/m8SuVAFrT5
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 6, 2024
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I hope the FAA / DOJ will provide adequate witness protection for whistleblowers and factory employees who testify against Boeing. Two whistleblowers against Boeing/Boeing-contractors have suddenly died in the last 2 months. https://t.co/XrMXwdEnTV
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 6, 2024
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“Whistleblowers are needed. They bring to light wrongdoing and corruption in the interests of society. It takes a lot of courage to stand up,” Mr Knowles told the outlet.https://t.co/IofxAwVTKK
— Carl Elliott (@FearLoathingBTX) May 5, 2024