July 1, 2022 by V Leigh

The 13th Amendment didn’t completely abolish slavery & purposely excludes incarcerated individuals. A new ACLU report explores the use of prison labor across the U.S. & how prisoners make little to nothing for their work while incarcerated!

Another person died at Rikers today — a jail meant to hold people temporarily — the 8th person this year, the second in 24 hours. Have we become numb to the monotony of crises?
— Elizabeth Glazer (@LizGlazerNYC) June 21, 2022

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NEW 🚨: In 3 days, 3 men died after being held on Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about them. Antonio Bradley, 28, was hanging in a Bronx courthouse cell for several mins before jail officers noticed him. He was brain dead & died in a hospital June 18: https://t.co/FrG19DxmVz
— Jan Ransom (@Jan_Ransom) June 22, 2022

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the only “pre-existing condition” that is relevant is that Rikers is a torture chamber, DOC failed to take care of people forced into their care by prosecutors & courts, and the inherent violence of incarceration. https://t.co/ASqITbeyj6
— wongisms (@justwongisms) June 23, 2022

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Many people are aware that incarcerated people are forced to work at subminimum wage, but uh a lot of them are forced to work for no money at all, which sounds a lot like…https://t.co/bf4oMvPM9M
— s. e. smith (@sesmith) June 20, 2022

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In the same 24 hours, scotus made abortion illegal in half the country and the Senate of the largest, most “progressive” state in the Union confirmed that yes, they would like to keep prison slavery in place. That’s sitting heavy with me today. #ACA3 #RoeVsWade #EndTheException pic.twitter.com/vXBjVeayPC
— Abolition is Not a Metaphor (@RoshanBliss) June 25, 2022

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The 13th Amendment didn’t completely abolish slavery & purposely excludes incarcerated individuals. A new ACLU report explores the use of prison labor across the U.S. & how prisoners make little to nothing for their work while incarcerated! Full report: https://t.co/QKdnMlyNba pic.twitter.com/GbHbl2xAHX
— ACLU of Nevada (@ACLUNV) June 27, 2022

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July 1, 2022 by V Leigh

Akron police shot an unarmed Black man 60 times and still felt the need to hand cuff his dead body. #jaylandwalker #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform

This is extremely disturbing! Akron police shot an unarmed Black man 60 times and still felt the need to hand cuff his dead body. #jaylandwalker #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform https://t.co/mONZLVwn4X
— Ohio Legislative Black Caucus (@_OLBC) June 30, 2022

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His name is Jayland Walker. ⁣
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8 Akron Ohio cops fired 90 bullets at him, hitting him 60 times throughout hie entire body.
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The cops pulled him over for a TRAFFIC VIOLATION.

He was 25.

He was a @doordash driver.

HE WAS UNARMED.

HE WAS MURDERED.#JaylandWalker pic.twitter.com/CLqQtgx1ZQ
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) June 30, 2022

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They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
They shot him 60 times.
He was murdered by Akron police.
Say his name. #JaylandWalker
— Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) July 1, 2022

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Jayland Walker, a 25 yr old Black man was shot upwards of 60 times by Akron PD earlier this week. 90 rounds were fired! The family is protesting outside Akron PD at 10:00 AM this morning on 6/30! We need as many people to show up and support #JusticeForJaylandWalker pic.twitter.com/1TK5YaCmdE
— Destinee (@destineenstark) June 30, 2022

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June 30, 2022 by V Leigh

“A horrific human tragedy.” At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in Texas in what appears to be one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent decades

“A horrific human tragedy.”

At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in Texas in what appears to be one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent decades ⤵️

🔗: https://t.co/qF3cSTVT76 pic.twitter.com/0O1fpu7RoQ
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 28, 2022

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If the border policy were actually “open borders,” then why did the immigrants employ criminal smugglers?

It’s because the borders are closed. The predictable results are black markets, unnecessary crime, and tragedies like these. https://t.co/iwHF3cMHfo
— The Alex Nowrasteh (@AlexNowrasteh) June 28, 2022

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A day after at least 46 people believed to be migrants were found dead in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, the authorities were working to identify the victims. At least 16 others who were suffering from heat exhaustion were taken to hospitals. https://t.co/r6gTz5bf0u
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 28, 2022

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Texas police have arrested four men in connection with the deaths of 53 migrants found in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio. The Department of Justice said one of them has been charged with conspiracy to transport undocumented migrants resulting in death. pic.twitter.com/9uEFCeqvsP
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 30, 2022

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‘Texas has done just about everything wrong that I can think of … We dehumanize [migrants]. We make people think that they are something less than us and they are not less than us.’

Judge Nelson W. Wolff slammed TX leaders following the death of 51 migrants in San Antonio. pic.twitter.com/9HR3kViVzI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 29, 2022

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The tragedy in San Antonio is devastating. My heart breaks for the victims and their families. May they find peace.

Inhumane policies like Title 42 and Remain in Mexico recklessly endanger people seeking asylum. We must end these policies and save lives. https://t.co/vKUGfOnQ51
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) June 28, 2022

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The tragedy in San Antonio tonight, the loss of life, is horrific. My prayers are with the victims, their families and the survivors being treated in our community. May God bless them.

We must end Title 42 which has put desperate, oppressed people in grave danger of death. https://t.co/P0l8YmtHmq
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 28, 2022

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“The border has become a mass grave and a testament to the decades-long inhumanity and irrationality of U.S. border and immigration policies.” Column from @jeanguerre https://t.co/F2LRvQA7j2
— Hamed Aleaziz (@Haleaziz) June 28, 2022

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June 30, 2022 by V Leigh

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that’s not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court’s bad decisions:
1/25
— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) June 30, 2022

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Outside SCOTUS Now. Protesters sit-in and block street, and police immediately surround & kettle them, unlike you know when…. #RoeVWade pic.twitter.com/AfjcRBzpZQ
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) June 30, 2022

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a man set himself aflame in front of the Supreme Court earlier this year.
— Kaitlin Ruiz (@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz) June 30, 2022

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Are we really going to let minority rule by a group of unelected justices appointed to lifetime seats destroy our planet? https://t.co/4Rd7J3kmJR
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) June 30, 2022

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Run out of words to describe this court, but, among other things, it’s now a threat to the planet.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 30, 2022

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This is what a judicial coup looks like pic.twitter.com/dTZ4zgHJdg
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 30, 2022

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Abortion rights protesters in NYC blocking rich guests from getting into a dinner hosted by the right wing Federalist Society, who supported SCOTUS justices’ attack on abortion.

Organized by @nycforabortion @nycDSA pic.twitter.com/721no9hNfU
— Jeremy Gong (@jergong) June 29, 2022

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I wish the clinic where I escort abortion patients past throngs of screaming, spitting religious zealots got even a fraction of the police protection that a Federalist Society dinner at the Harvard and Yale Club gets. https://t.co/kfpq0TEEIr
— Moira Donegan (@MoiraDonegan) June 29, 2022

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Supreme Court in 2022 really is like, “We’re going to force you to have a baby and we want it to spend its whole life suffering” https://t.co/sgkX27s7sD
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 30, 2022

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“Our work is far from done.”

— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade pic.twitter.com/WvXytLNrQT
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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“Both abortion and miscarriage currently occur more than a million times each year in America, and the two events are often clinically indistinguishable. As such, prohibition states will have a profoundly invasive interest in differentiating between them.” https://t.co/Xgiip1p9SS
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) June 24, 2022

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Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…
— Tiffany D. Jackson (@WriteinBK) June 24, 2022

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This is the single bluntest assessment of the Democratic Party I’ve ever seen a liberal make in a major paper. A true must-read from @perrybaconjr. https://t.co/rI0lW4Sta5 pic.twitter.com/te9uJKW8pv
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) June 29, 2022

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Every year over 25 million unsafe abortions take place and up to 37,000 women die https://t.co/tbsMFGQAn4 #abortion pic.twitter.com/IaRiSW8S3j
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 24, 2022

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The consequence of our society’s failure to see coerced pregnancy as a legacy of enslavement has descended once again upon Black women and all pregnant people with lethal force.https://t.co/Q3IKHaHMrx
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 28, 2022

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“My rights should not be a fundraising point for the Democrats.” 💯💯💯 pic.twitter.com/6hNLQ5tZry
— People’s City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) June 26, 2022

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LIVE UPDATES: Nationwide protests continue as supporters and opponents of abortion rights map their next moves. https://t.co/nd6xEo07jD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 26, 2022

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this year, the Supreme Court has

1) made abortion illegal
2) made school prayer legal
3) make gun control illegal
4) overturned Miranda rights
5) made it illegal for the EPA to regulate emissions

at this point, expanding the court is a moderate response to an extremist court
— sam (@sam_d_1995) June 30, 2022
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Dear Supreme Court,
Thanks for nothing.
– Planet Earth
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) June 30, 2022

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June 25, 2022 by V Leigh

We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years. This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

A cop killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop when Castile told him that he was legally carrying a licensed handgun in his car. The cop was acquitted of all charges.

If cops can kill black men for legally carrying guns, then universal concealed carry obviously isn’t. 1/
— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) June 23, 2022

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry handgun restrictions as unconstitutional on a 6-3 vote on partisan lines.
— Chris “Subscribe to my newsletter!” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 23, 2022

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The Supreme Court isn’t pro-life — yesterday, it struck down a New York State law limiting who can carry concealed handguns in public, a ruling that could invalidate most gun control laws throughout the country. The court doesn’t care about mass death. https://t.co/U0185Z5Uig
— Jacobin (@jacobin) June 24, 2022

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US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades https://t.co/jzUelaTrYH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 24, 2022

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JUST IN: The House has passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act!

This is monumental. We are so close to this life-saving gun safety bill becoming law, and finally ending the nearly three-decade-long drought of meaningful federal legislation on gun safety. #GunLawsSaveLives pic.twitter.com/6rhHUmSJq8
— Everytown (@Everytown) June 24, 2022

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234-193: House passes bipartisan gun safety bill, which now heads to President Biden for final passage.

14 GOP yes votes:
• Cheney
• Kinzinger
• Rice
• Katko
• Salazar
• Jacobs
• Fitzpatrick
• Meijer
• Upton
• Chabot
• Turner
• Joyce
• Gonzalez (OH)
• Gonzalez (TX) pic.twitter.com/wyB7MK0oyw
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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I was ~20 years old when I found myself in a relationship with an abusive partner.

I knew that he had guns. He kept one of them in the cabinet in the kitchen & another in between our pillows when we slept at night.

I never believed he would actually fire at me. Until he did.—🧵 https://t.co/frfX97akij
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) June 22, 2022

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#BREAKING: We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years.

This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

I believe there is much more we can do reduce gun violence.

But let me be clear: this bill will ensure a safer future for our children and our communities.
— Rep. Shontel Brown (@RepShontelBrown) June 24, 2022

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Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, a major step for the most significant federal gun legislation in a generation. It next heads to the House. https://t.co/gBN273677m
— CNN (@CNN) June 24, 2022

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June 24, 2022 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade in a seismic ruling ending the right to abortion upheld for nearly half a century. pic.twitter.com/wBetRhdEOA
— NPR (@NPR) June 24, 2022

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The decision was 6-3.

In their dissent, the court’s three liberals wrote:

“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent.” https://t.co/fVoMQy6yZ0
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THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https://t.co/ZNYRs3QnpJ
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022

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NEW: Public confidence in the Supreme Court just plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded in American history. Only 25% of Americans say they have confidence in the Supreme Court now, down double digits since last year, per @gallup.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 23, 2022

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Here are the states that will ban abortion now that Roe v. Wade is overturned https://t.co/0Euqi9Slmg
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 24, 2022

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“In the Congress, be aware of this: the Republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. They cannot be allowed to have a majority … that’s their goal.”

— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responds to today’s Dobbs decision that overturns Roe v. Wade pic.twitter.com/1pr7WZ6XY7
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade, ending our constitutional right to abortion. We know you may be feeling a lot of things right now — hurt, anger, confusion. Whatever you feel is OK. We’re here with you — and we’ll never stop fighting for you.
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) June 24, 2022

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BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE!

Don’t tell us about “freedom” when this is a direct assault on women’s rights.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) June 24, 2022

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People will still get abortions.

These procedures won’t stop just because Roe v. Wade is overturned.

This will only prevent safe, legal abortions from taking place.
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) June 24, 2022

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Not they overturned Roe V. Wade and loosened gun control in the same week. We’re in hell.
— Just Maya (@breathemaya) June 24, 2022

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June 21, 2022 by V Leigh

The rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in our country is reprehensible. #PrideMonth

White supremacy is a stain on our nation and the greatest domestic terrorism threat we face.

We must fight back by standing up to hatred and racism wherever we see it.https://t.co/PnLn06BKJF
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) June 13, 2022

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The planned extremist attack on the LGBTQ+ community was to occur the day before the 6-year mark of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub, a hate-motivated, anti-LGBTQ+ act of gun violence that killed 49 people in Orlando, Florida, and wounded 53 others.https://t.co/BrobFElzVP
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 16, 2022

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Preacher Riles Up Church To Kill Gay People https://t.co/FDEHN14wIE via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) June 14, 2022

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Six years ago today, a gunman walked into Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and murdered 49 people. Below are the names, ages, and pictures of the 49 who lost their lives on that day. May all their memories be a blessing and may they all rest in peace.
— Theo ✡︎ טוביה ☭ 🏳️‍🌈 (@jewish_activist) June 12, 2022

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🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈In North Baltimore, neighbors are distributing 300 LGBTQ Pride flags right now to blanket the community after a flag and decorations were burned and homes destroyed in fires. No motive determined yet but residents are sending a message hate will not be tolerated. @wjz pic.twitter.com/FtUXVgWqtB
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) June 16, 2022

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Neo-fascists and far-right hate groups are getting bold this Pride Month — and it’s probably not gonna stop any time soon. pic.twitter.com/UII2fSZJrx
— The Recount (@therecount) June 16, 2022

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One of the reasons I hate the phrase “culture war” is that it makes it sound like the stakes are just what’s on TV or something. The right wing rhetoric and laws targeting queer people are leading directly to attacks on pride marches, arson, and bodily harm.
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) June 16, 2022

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My middle grade Pride Month display was stolen tonight and this threatening letter was left by the thief. I’m so upset. pic.twitter.com/AQ8MFgkDNx
— alex (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@belugabiscoll) June 17, 2022

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If you can’t see how the burning of buildings, spraypainting of slurs, storming of libraries and pride events, the harming of LGBTQ+ people, the state-sponsored taking of our children, map onto other rises of genocide in history, I don’t know what to say.https://t.co/7RqvKUrpmZ
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) June 16, 2022

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This weekend’s library Drag Queen Story Hour, intended as a celebration of Pride Month for kids in the East Bay town of San Lorenzo, was targeted by alleged Proud Boys who shouted hate speech.https://t.co/u7dNmjMdMp
— KQED (@KQED) June 13, 2022

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Think words don’t matter?
Calling LGBTQ “pedos” and “groomers” and saying they’re “indoctrinating your children”, doesn’t trigger hate?
Think fear-mongering and manufactured culture-wars is just politics?

31 White Supremacists were arrested en route to attack a #Pride Parade. pic.twitter.com/G2Tg8YAoFf
— Ana Navarro-Cárdenas (@ananavarro) June 13, 2022

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The rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in our country is reprehensible.

LGBTQ+ Americans deserve the right to exist as their authentic selves without fear, during #PrideMonth and always. As a member of @LGBTEqCaucus, I’m committed to fighting for that right.https://t.co/yRvmQbMdPo
— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@RepBonnie) June 17, 2022

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June 20, 2022 by V Leigh

US prison workers produce $11 billion worth of goods and services for “little to no pay at all”

US has a quarter of China’s population, but more people jailed by a half million.

US has more people caged just *pretrial*, presumed innocent (500,000) than everyone imprisoned in India.

“American exceptionalism.”https://t.co/dz4qFCqCVt
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) April 17, 2022

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3 years ago today my heart was ripped out of my chest and it’ll never be the same. https://t.co/NRGuB1vfns
— Melania Brown (@melaniabrown11) June 7, 2022

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With Juneteenth approaching, it’s a good time to discuss change. It’s not hyperbole to say the prison industrial complex is modern day slavery. The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude EXCEPT for those convicted of a crime. It’s time to end the exception https://t.co/wDFC3tBxTr
— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) June 16, 2022

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under the 13th amendment, slavery is legal as punishment for a crime. the prison industrial complex is one of the “innovations” of capitalism. it’s a part of the market. law enforcement does not prevent crime, it punishes it. with literal slavery. our taxes fund these atrocities. https://t.co/PjbzseKp4W
— trans rights are human rights (@KarlGerm) June 17, 2022

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June 19, 2022 by V Leigh

Cornrows, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, bald heads, and sisterlocks: Black hair and the CROWN Act

Racist Hair Policy Blocks Student From School https://t.co/aA1spMhQG8 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 3, 2022

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16 states and 42 municipalities have enacted #TheCROWNAct or legislation inspired by the CROWN Act. While this is a great accomplishment, it’s not enough. The CROWN Act must pass at the federal level for all of our CROWNs to be protected. #PassTheCROWN pic.twitter.com/wApYVvmtMB
— The CROWN Act (@thecrownact) June 13, 2022

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Cornrows, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, bald heads, and sisterlocks: Black hair and the CROWN Acthttps://t.co/izfkzGa4mw
— Black America Cares (@BlkAmericaCares) June 13, 2022

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June 18, 2022 by V Leigh

‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting

“This is not normal… This is about blood money.”@AOC blasted the illegal trafficking of guns across states and the stark ratio of US mass shootings compared to G-7 countries https://t.co/rhtWFi59dQ pic.twitter.com/dPXq8NgKZH
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) June 8, 2022

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Rep. @AOC (D-NY): “Between 2009 and 2018, how many school shootings did the United States have?”@BeckyPringle: “288.”

AOC: “Let’s look globally, our G7 partners…how many school shootings did those countries have?”

Pringle: “Five.”

AOC: “It is internationally embarrassing.” pic.twitter.com/pWMgSSuxSK
— The Recount (@therecount) June 8, 2022

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“There is no discussion about gun violence in New York City without discussing the iron pipeline,” says @AOC, referring to a flow of guns out of states with looser gun restrictions and into crime scenes hundreds of miles away. pic.twitter.com/acxuAVfaeu
— LX News (@NBCLX) June 8, 2022

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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 15, 2022

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Or we could just ban assault weapons and keep some people from acquiring guns altogether…pic.twitter.com/C0oHRnsf4j
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 12, 2022

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JUST IN: 11 dead and 45 injured in weekend mass shootings https://t.co/ntBdFe14ss pic.twitter.com/nszeJ3nw3j
— The Hill (@thehill) June 13, 2022

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BREAKING: Police say multiple people were shot at an Alabama church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills and that a suspect is in custody.

The police statement didn’t elaborate on the number of victims or their conditions. https://t.co/V7I1323D8t
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 17, 2022

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Breaking Update: One dead, 2 injured in Vestavia Hills church shooting. Here’s the latest: https://t.co/QPHOxh4aFv pic.twitter.com/vlCEMkxApL
— #WVTM13 (@WVTM13) June 17, 2022

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‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting pic.twitter.com/s7EDpYfptx
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The 13th Amendment didn’t completely abolish slavery & purposely excludes incarcerated individuals. A new ACLU report explores the use of prison labor across the U.S. & how prisoners make little to nothing for their work while incarcerated!

Akron police shot an unarmed Black man 60 times and still felt the need to hand cuff his dead body. #jaylandwalker #PoliceBrutality #PoliceReform

“A horrific human tragedy.” At least 46 people have been found dead inside a trailer truck in Texas in what appears to be one of the worst cases of migrant deaths in the US in recent decades

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years. This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade

The rising tide of anti-LGBTQ+ hate in our country is reprehensible. #PrideMonth

US prison workers produce $11 billion worth of goods and services for “little to no pay at all”

Cornrows, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, bald heads, and sisterlocks: Black hair and the CROWN Act

‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting