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On 26 February 2012 Trayvon was shot to death. Needlessly. Take a moment to remember the innocent young man and his tragic death that sparked the movement that would become Black Lives Matter.
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Two things drive American politics: likeability and hate voting. If you like a politician, you’re likely to adopt her policy positions. If you identify with a political party, you’re likely to vote against a politician of the other party more than for one of your party. Which will win when pitted in the mind’s of the 74 million Trump voters?
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On 17 February, Fresh Air sub-host, Dave Davies, interviewed author, Heather McGhee, about her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. She talked about the many ways that White America chose to withdraw publicly funded services rather than allow Black Americans equal access and how that has changed the very fabric of our society and hurts us all. Must listening to.
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If you wonder what the future looks like, look no farther than Texas. It is the perfect example of how we’ll all be living in the near future if the Republican Party gets its way.
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We had the most successful impeachment trial in our history! We had SEVEN Republican Senators vote for conviction! The Impeachment Managers demonstrated Trump’s guilt in no uncertain terms. MqQonnell said he was guilty even though he voted for acquittal. Most of the American people think he was guilty. Then, why do we feel so bad about it? The peak-end experience explains it all.
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We are in desperate times! The darkest days of the #COVID19 pandemic are still ahead of us and our democracy remains under attack by the Republican Party. We must contact our MoC to express our support for Biden’s #COVID19 Rescue Plan and HR 1 – For the People Act of 2021.
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An explainer explaining the link between racist dog whistles and our racist deep culture. If folks can’t get it after this, I don’t know that they ever will.
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Get the background information, the script, stater tweet, tips, suggestions, alternative ways of contacting them, and loads of other informational links. It is time to pressure your Senators to vote to convict Trump and bar him from ever holding office again.
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The recent spat of censuring the Congressional Republicans who voted for impeachment really really shows how deeply the GOP has plunged into groupthink. And, they aren’t letting go of it any time soon.
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It’s Black History Month, so I thought I’d repost this article from 20 August 2017 written shortly after the Charlottesville Good People On Both Sides White Supremacist Rally.
The five things listed here for white people to do to end racism are really really good and effective. You should give ’em a go and tell us about it in the comments!
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Celebrate Black History Month by deepening your understanding of the ways racism is expressed and how it damages Black folks in America!
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I know, TL;DR, but there’s a lot to be fixed in our democracy! And, we need all hands on deck calling their MoC to get her done, so work with me here and read all about Indivisible’s plan to fix our democracy and follow some links and become part of the movement.
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