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Here we have brownshirts attempting to storm the US Capitol Building.
But please, tell me about how anti-fascists are the real threat..
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Can we please get people stimulus checks and mortgage relief and rent forgiveness and small business support and free testing and hazard pay and healthcare for the uninsured (& underinsured) in the middle of a pandemic or is that too socialist too?
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Let me get this straight. A Black man is shot in the back 7 times, while getting in car with his kids. A White youth carrying an AR-15 walks away, after killing people. Same police force, same town, same week. And what is Trump’s response? Send in troops to crush the protesters.
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The Democrats now have a presidential ticket that reflects the American people better than the GOP ticket and every presidential ticket in US history. It’s not everything. It’s not the crushing of racism + sexism. It’s not the freeing of Black womanhood. But it can be the start.
I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked @KamalaHarris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate.
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My advice: Share the work you find beautiful and meaningful more often than you announce your rejection of the work you dislike.
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Real transformation starts with reinvesting in our communities. Share our newest graphic to show people what it looks like to #DefundPolice. #BlackLivesMatter
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🚨BREAKING🚨
The House just passed the #DCStatehood bill (#HR51), marking the first time since the creation of the District of Columbia 219 years ago that either chamber of Congress has passed a bill to grant statehood to D.C. residents and, with it, equal citizenship.
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Teachers are paying out of pocket for school supplies, yet police are given extra tanks.
Budgets convey priorities.
We should question ours.
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D.C. Council passes police reform legislation - The Washington Post #PoliceReformNow #DCProtests #BlackLivesMattter washingtonpost.com/local/dc-…
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“Defund” means that Black & Brown communities are asking for the same budget priorities that White communities have already created for themselves: schooling > police,etc.
People asked in other ways, but were always told “No, how do you pay for it?”
So they found the line item.
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Here is our official statement about @MayorBowser, #BlackLivesMatterPlaza, #DefundPolice and the Black people murdered by @DCPoliceDept she refuses justice for.
#DCProtests #DCProtester #dcprotest2020 #DefendBlackLives #DefendBlackLife #StopMPD
bit.ly/dcblmplaza
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Defunding the police sounds radical until you realize realize we’ve been defunding education for years.
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DC spends over $500M on policing while the houseless population grows rapidly. DC is trying to build a new jail,the current jail is 89% Black.
We are fighting to #DivestfromMPD and Invest in Black futures, Public Health and our Communities. #DefundMPD mpdc.dc.gov/node
In order to protect ourselves and those we love, we need the government to defund the police and reinvest in our communities. Join @BlkLivesMatter in calling to actionnetwork.org/forms/2005…
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It is empty when politicians call for healing and peace without stating antiracist policies they want to institute. Words bring momentary healing and peace. Policy change brings lasting healing and peace by rooting out the racism suffocating so many people. We want to breathe.
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“Daddy changed the world.”
~6 year-old Gianna Floyd about her father, #GeorgeFloyd. 🖤
#BlackLivesMatter
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Trump just had peaceful demonstrators viciously attacked. No, Mr. President. This is not a dictatorship. This is the United States of America. Our citizens have a constitutional right to peacefully protest. It's called the First Amendment.
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Where is Congress? Where is the Supreme Court? Where are the mayors and governors? Living former presidents? Where are the university presidents, foundation heads, religious leaders, corporate leaders, union heads, editors and publishers? All must stand up to Trump’s madness.