Chiuba E. Obele

Chiuba Eugene Obele is a poet, writer, and author of the upcoming novel, The Orientation of Dylan Woodger: A Central New York Crime Story.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Two Black women say they were denied immediate medical attention despite being minutes away from giving birth, in incidents that happened days apart in different states. https://t.co/i1B0ZsLQRV

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 In just 24 hours:

– The CEO of X resigned.
– The Head of Infrastructure at xAI resigned.
– The VP of Software Engineering at Tesla resigned.

Three top lieutenants. Three exits. One empire wobbling.

You don’t lose leadership like this unless the ship is leaking and right now, Elon’s tech trifecta is looking more like a trifailure.

[John Hickenlooper @Hickenlooper]

The notion that we can crawl out of debt by selling off our public lands – while simultaneously adding trillions of dollars to that debt to give tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy – is complete lunacy.

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income

Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🎯🔥

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Cancelling Joy Reid means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation

https://t.co/oUpnUSJwLP

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 2012, George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin while he was walking home from a store. Zimmerman claimed he looked "suspicious" because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
https://t.co/bgfVy9BBwJ

[Sybrina Fulton ~MsMiami~ @SybrinaFulton]

Not even the death of my son will separate the LOVE I have for my Son/Sunshine!! #ForeverInMyHeart 💔🙏🏾🐻
Mama🐻 2/26/2012 forever changed my life, but God sits high. #RestWellTray😘 #BabyBoy

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

The heartbreak

Trump wants us to believe that USAID is bankrupting America—when in reality, it’s less than 1% of the federal budget.

Meanwhile, Elon Musk—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. This is a man who could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.

We are watching evil at work.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Wow!

Rare to see a US Senator post this way publicly.

[Kei @RealMamaEagle]

During black history month. LOL.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Now we know why Elon Musk wanted USAID shut down and the Inspector General fired:

Elon Musk's Starlink was being investigated by the agency. https://t.co/nuRDGU93Gn

[Patrick Skinner @SkinnerPm]

For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells & repairing schools. The most effective power we will ever have.

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

These are lies coming from Russian media. I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine. There was no funding from USAID and certainly no payment of any kind.

💯 percent false.

[Steve Rattner @SteveRattner]

Just a reminder that Musk’s companies have received over $15 billion from the US government — he’s happy to go after USAID but not the agencies that have been feeding him.

[Sybrina Fulton ~MsMiami~ @SybrinaFulton]

Happy Heavenly Birthday to my Son/Sunshine you would have been 30 today but……….
🐻💔💔👑🎂😭🙏🏾😘🥰
#TrayvonLivesOn #OurChildrenMatter
I will ALWAYS love you, 🐻 #February5th

[Will Stancil @whstancil]

It's a coup. An outside force - the richest man on earth - seizing control of the US government, completely ignoring the law, and trying to destroy it from inside. It's quite literally a coup. Musk must be stopped before he brings down the entire United States.

[ABC News @ABC]

As Elon Musk continues to dismantle and disrupt government services, congressional Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to compel him to answer for his actions under oath. https://t.co/ydPn6U0Z17

[Sam Sacks @SamSacks]

Even with everything going on, Democrats keep voting to confirm Trump’s cabinet nominees.

[Margaret Kimberley @freedomrideblog]

Her name is Pam Echols. This photo was taken in Milwaukee in 1967.

https://t.co/MapffE4bVN