Fur-momma to a pup named Della. Auntie Bea to mini-humans. Dutifully stoic. Lover of sports, sarcasm & single malts. Trying, always. Opinions here are mine.
It’s the fact that we woke up to no consequences. That my peers have faced more consequences for protesting. That Kaepernick lost his career for participating in peaceful discourse. I do not have the intellectual space or emotional space for whiteness today. I just don’t.
For me, the striking thing about so many of these images of rioters in the Capitol is that what they're doing - all of them - is creating content for social media.
At least in their minds, the true seat of power is not actually in that building. It's online.
A few short years ago, Capitol Police arrested Rev. Raphael Warnock for praying in the rotunda in protest of GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act https://t.co/bCEmBEws3k
And cue the right-wing pivot to "let's just move on." One of the things you do to make sure it doesn't happen again is you publicly blame, shame, and hold fully accountable the people who are responsible for it.
.@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location
“This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.