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Organizer, Husband, Dad, Grandpa, movement guy. Former Dir @ReclaimLASchls Former ED @AQE_NY. End racism now! Tweets are my own opinions.

Joined April 2013
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Trump’s Project 2025 isn’t just a policy; it’s a blueprint for more violence and repression—both in Palestine and here in the U.S. Trump’s allies are openly pushing for the destruction of Palestinian human rights and silencing those who fight back.
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The Palestinian right to self determination was erased by the British with the Balfour declaration which mentioned civil & religious but not political rights. The Dem party is making a tragic mistake in 2024 perpetuating this erasure of the Palestinian story & voice.
“I really thought I could take something back after this week. And I don’t know what I am going to say to them.” My convo with Palestinian-American lawmaker @ruwa4georgia, who was denied a spot on the DNC stage, plus Andy Levin & Leyla Elabed. Full show: zeteo.com/p/uncommitted-dnc
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It’s A Rough Ride Dems: But “Yes We Can!” Are we doomed or can we win? My new post medium.com/@billyeaston2018/… #elections #Biden #Biden2024 #KamalaHarris2024 #democrats
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“I’m a middle-aged Black man. I’ve got all of these degrees, I’ve won cases at the Supreme Court – and I still go to places where I’m viewed as less than, where I’m presumed to be the defendant, or presumed to be dangerous, just because of the way I appear. And that’s a heavy burden,” says lawyer and racial justice advocate Bryan Stevenson. “I can tell you, because I’m getting older, that when you’re constantly navigating these presumptions of dangerousness and guilt, it’s exhausting.”
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I really wish rich, out-of-touch folks who nothing about education would just stop. 1) Read the fine print. THIS IS A GOVT VOUCHER PROGRAM. Voucher programs have not been shown to improve results for poor Black children because most cannot get into high-quality private schools. 2) Read the fine print. All of the money is coming from taxpayers, ie. the government. Roc Nation is not funding this, it is just launching an educational campaign that maybe it is being paid to do. I'm researching. But certainly, it's involvement is to convince poor Black parents to leave the public schools. 3) What do you think that $300 million could do for improving those low-performing public schools? 4) It is a lie that these programs do not take from public-school funding. Fewer kids in the classroom means fewer dollars to the school. 5) This is a windfall to the city's private schools at the expense of the public ones that most kids attend.
Jay-Z's Roc Nation will spearhead an educational campaign in Philadelphia that helps students K-12 from low-income households secure about $300 million in scholarships to attend the city's private schools. Events will be held by Roc Nation to bring awareness to Pennsylvania Award for Student Success (PASS)—Senate Bill 757—legislation helping to increase education opportunities for underprivileged youth in lowest-performing public schools.
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Can’t argue with people who don’t believe Arabs are humans, and clap like seals when a panelist says Palestinians are constitutionally too violent to live alongside, unlike Danes. Rarely have I been confronted with such open bigotry in my own life. I feel deeply for Palestinians. I’m so sorry.
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We love her.
Police unmask lowlife UCLA protestor for the world to see.👏
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I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shutdown govt offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable in their routines as I’ve dissented in peaceful but committed disorder. Those are the American traditions of Thomas Paine, David Thoreau, Rosa Parks
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This is racism and Islamophobia. She is valedictorian!
USC announced that valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s commencement speech has been canceled, stating it was “necessary to maintain the safety of our campus and students” ‘I am surprised that my own university has abandoned me,’ Tabassum said in a statement uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/0…
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Does Turley have this same opinion of the descendants of slave owners during the exact same time period as Biden’s relative? Are their descendants today predisposed to oppress and enslave?
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#TelAviv right now: In the largest protest since Oct. 7, thousands of Israelis back on the streets calling for the immediate ousting of #Netanyahu and his corrupt and extremist govt. 🇮🇱 #Gaza
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This thread will be dedicated to the victims of the mass shooting in Maine. Tricia Asselin, 53, worked part-time at Just-In-Time Recreation, a bowling alley. Although it was her day off, she was there bowling with her younger sister. She is remembered as being kind and generous.
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The Jets instead chose to sign Trevor Siemian who ::checks notes:: is 31 years old, and hasn’t won a game since 2017. But sure, Colin isn’t playing because it’s a ✌🏾football decision✌🏾
Colin Kaepernick wrote a letter to the New York Jets asking to join their practice squad:
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Saying that migrants from all over the world arriving here “will destroy New York City” is repugnant MAGA garbage. 10K a month? In 1907, that many came in a *day* — and it MADE this city. Let’s drop this demagoguery and invest in welcoming asylum seekers and getting them work.
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Keep telling us structural racism is over.
Between 2011 and 2022 alone, Black land-grant universities lost nearly $200 million in resources because states declined to provide them with matching funds while fully funding predominantly white universities, a new report notes. chroni.cl/3KeYze8
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You can't understand 1776 if you don't understand 1619. July 4, 1776 when the colonists declared independence, 1/5 of the population of the 13 colonies was enslaved. They would not gain freedom for a century. This, too, is the 4th of July. This, too, is the story of America.
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Replying to @garyrubinstein
Excellent post thanks for sharing
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I think the Team Cuomo mantra was more like let’s dig the deepest oil well around before anyone else shows up. We don’t care whether you stay on the surface or not. Hence no friends when he needed them. @J__Velasquez
If we lose the House, it’s kinda easy to figure out where the blame lies, hey @andrewcuomo. (Yes, yes, I was wrong about him, and yes I’ve apologized to @CynthiaNixon, and yes I’ll do it in person one day)
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Are you calling yourself Bulldog Strategies because you are so obviously someone’s pet?
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