White MAGA Floridians Charles Barnes & Jay Ketcik each deliberately voted twice—they got community service.
Black Democrat Floridians Tony Patterson & Romona Oliver each voted once when informed they could vote—they got arrested & jailed.
This is what white supremacy looks like
Not gonna share the Kanye clip, but choosing to come to come out and say George Floyd died of fentanyl — when that was clearly a racist talking point, debunked in court, like we all didn’t see the video for ourselves and like it didn’t start worldwide protests — is nasty work.
1. Hello. Amazon today announced it would pay $1.7 billion to acquire iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robotic vacuum.
It may be the most dangerous, threatening acquisition in the company's history. A thread.
“I wanna recognize that your line of questioning is transphobic, and it opens up trans people to violence.”
— Law professor Khiara Bridges, after explaining to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) that more than just women are capable of giving birth
So, as I understand the Supreme Court, the government can arrest and jail you without Miranda rights, execute you even if your lawyer screws up, force you to have a baby, and use tax dollars to support religion.
But it can't protect your right to vote or keep you safe from guns.
THREAD. The Washington Post Editorial Board just published false information. What it did with the false information is even more dangerous. Because of the stakes, I try to walk through what happened line by line below.
The United States we know today was built with the labor of enslaved Black Americans. The last were not freed (officially) until 19 June 1865. Let us celebrate— and never forget.
SCOTUS ruled in 2005 that police have “no legal duty to protect the public.” A Federal judge reaffirmed in 2018 when Parkland students sued the cop who ran away. They lost. AND—Qualified Immunity protects 99.9% of police negligence & violence.
So—how do we fix this?
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At least six people were shot during a mass shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee last night, but you might not have heard about it because it’s the sort of thing that happens every single day in America. It’s long past time we did something about that.
#SFGiants manager @GabeKapler wrote that he is "not okay with the state of this country" after the school shooting in #Texas and that he doesn't plan on taking the field for the national anthem "until I feel better about the direction of our country." https://t.co/JZhLR5iOZY
So Hobby Lobby can choose to not pay for birth control due to their beliefs.
But
Lyft can't pay for help to get a legal labortion for their employees based on their beliefs?
#GOP Loves their double standards!
#abortionishealthcare#abortionrights#GOPHandmaidsTale