State Sen. Stephanie Flowers had a powerful and emotional response to a white lawmaker trying to silence her in a debate on Arkansas' ‘stand your ground’ gun laws
This powerful speech from #Arkansas state senator Stephanie Flowers highlighting the dangers black children face helped defeat pro-gun legislation. #guncontrolnow https://t.co/GQLiu42YS8
BREAKING: Democrat Kyrsten Sinema wins election to U.S. Senate from Arizona. #APracecall at 5:41 p.m. MST. @AP election coverage: https://t.co/miEWlbTVZW #Election2018#AZelection
For all of our ancestors that fought and died and lived and survived and created everything we now have access to, I bow down in deep honor. We are proud to be your wildest dream and we won’t let you down! Let’s keep it up we are awake, aware, growing & powerful!! #ivoted 💥💥💥
Voter turnout is expected to be the highest for a U.S. midterm election in 50 years. Among the seats up for grabs:
🗳️ 36 state governorships
🗳️ 207 local mayorships
🗳️ 35 U.S. Senate seats
🗳️ 435 U.S. Congress seats
#Midterm2018
Revenge of the Millennials? Chicago Board of Elections reports 177,000 18-34-y.o.’s voted so far today. That’s more than 65+ group @cbschicago#Midterm2018#Election2018
Today on International #DayoftheGirl, the @ObamaFoundation is proud to launch the #GlobalGirlsAlliance—a program to empower adolescent girls around the world through education.
Head over to https://t.co/PZZ2Q7Y7p4 to join us.
Adi hopes her records from school don't transfer over to Jupiter Elementary. Her Upper Kindergarten teacher once sent a note home that Adi was "delightfully, though frequently mischievous". https://t.co/AXG98zxGhI #MeetTumbleCreek#SpaceWeek@TumbleCreekKids#India
Dez is a girl full of ambition. Unfortunately she 'leaned in' a "few years too late." Everyone keeps telling her there's no point in trying now, her future's already doomed. She's 15. https://t.co/elhJ94x5Iy #YAlit#ownvoices#MeetTumbleCreek
There's a lot at stake this November. If we stay home, critical issues that affect our families and communities get ignored. Today on #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, register to vote and then get to the polls on Nov. 6. Text WeAllVote to 97779 to get started. #WhenWeAllVote
A man in Anchorage, Alaska, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman who said he strangled her unconscious and sexually assaulted her.
The man then walked out of court with no prison sentence. https://t.co/YQeO2x6E9b
This legit makes me sick: "One pass"
"But I would like the gentleman to be on notice that that is his one pass -- it's not really a pass -- but given the conduct, one might consider that it is."
ONE. PASS.
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