The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.
Know the truth.
I guess he "didn't make a football move".... WHILE UNDER PILE OF FUCKING BODIES WHILE SOME 64 YEAR OLD SIDE JUDGE SAUNTERS THE FUCK IN TO TAKE A LOOK!!!!!!
The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man found hanging in an abandoned house in Alabama, miles away from his home
Dennoriss Richardson’s wife fears her husband’s death was related to a lawsuit he filed against the local police department https://t.co/63lBgAbiyU
Some Iowans' voter registrations may have been improperly canceled due to mass challenges, ACLU says
By @KatarinaSos@IowaPublicRadio
https://t.co/uKAPHuXgKc
"The New York suit lists possessions that the city has taken and destroyed. A 48-year-old woman in the West Village lost the ashes of her father and son, photos of her stillborn daughter, her food-stamp card, phones and a laptop."
https://t.co/kkPKAlPNjK
Nearly four years ago, a former officer at the Fontana PD in California reached out to me.
It’s taken a long time to get this one out but I’m grateful for my years @theintercept and the reporting we did there.
With @stuartharmon@lavrentia@MaryamSaleh
https://t.co/J8gGefqG6q
1/ It took me three tries to register to vote in Texas. I set out to look into the root of the problem. I found that Texas’ paper-based system leaves too much room for error, in some cases disenfranchising voters.
My latest investigation for @VotbeatUS: https://t.co/JYOTFPFhav
I still get giggly when an officer calls me to talk over a search warrant they are considering. I’ve given my number to almost every officer I meet in our department. And ask them to call with any issues. And they call. And I always answer. It’s how we get better together.
A judge this week threw out a criminal charge against an Arizona mother who was arrested at a city council meeting for criticizing a public official, calling her arrest "objectively outrageous."
https://t.co/JQiQychkUy
Why is illegal voting by noncitizens rare? “Going to the polls to try to cast the vote is putting yourself at risk of deportation and of being caught, so no undocumented immigrants or DACA recipients will do such thing." @patrickdmarley reports from WI: https://t.co/TexEzHHOga
NEW:
For the last 6 months I have been investigating the #constitutionalsheriffs and their growing links to the election denial movement.
This is a warning that, 10 days out from the election, this group will to do anything to make sure Trump wins
https://t.co/d6gW6pRRKD
This one is hard to watch.
Deontae Faison was at the park when a cop approached him screaming with his weapon drawn, simply over an expired tag.
Scared, Deontae ran, but ended up being tased near the edge of the water, once in the water the cop continued to tase
Deontae while he screamed for help. 30 minutes passed and he wasn't pulled from the water until he was unconscious.
The era of tolerating mistreatment of airline passengers with disabilities is over.
Today, our department is announcing a $50 million penalty against American Airlines for numerous serious violations of the rights of wheelchair users. https://t.co/owILXd7aYf
We live in an age of unimagined access to worlds of knowledge, of amazing access to stunning truths shown in science & in art. And yet so many proudly choose to be deliberately dumb, within walls of noise & resentment, and get very angry when facts & beauty manage to slip through