V. Marie

Smarter than the average with enough common sense to share

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

The Marshall Project asked incarcerated people what might have kept them out of prison.

Their responses: Affordable housing, vocational programs, cheaper college classes, grief counseling, drug prevention programs, daycare vouchers and more. https://t.co/1kpCTf7uE0

[Susan Gonzalez (@susangonzalez.bsky.social) @TheNewsan]

THE STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF APPLICATION IS OPEN TELL YOUR FRIENDS https://t.co/wCFqwrHJGB

[Naima Cochrane @naima]

Two major things we're meant to take away from this movie: (and this is per the writer, director and Whoopi)

1. We can't look away from injustice, no matter how painful.

2. What happens to one of us is the business of all of us.

#TillMovie

[Dave Kamper 🌹 @dskamper]

I’ll remind folks of what I’ve posted before: in 1960 you could pay for a full year at the University of Minnesota with SIX WEEKS at a minimum wage job.

Student debt is a consequence of the systematic defunding of higher education, not bad borrower decisions. #CancelStudentDebt

[Jena Friedman @JenaFriedman]

2016: Will America vote for a female president?

2022: Should women have healthcare?

[HawaiiDelilah™ 🥥🌴🌊 @HawaiiDelilah]

I get tired of hearing people use rape, incest, & ectopic pregnancy to explain the need for abortions, just as I get tired of hearing folks use endometriosis to explain the need for the birth control pill. There is no need for extreme scenarios to justify reproductive freedom.

[Princess @themultiplemom]

Hi, I need your help! I created a calming script for parents/caregivers to read with children during bedtime meltdowns. The goal is to self publish a series of wellness books/videos centering Black children. RT please. #WillYouHelpZaraFindSleep
https://t.co/AIAhBKPoTn

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Every Republican on that stage showed more anger at Beto interrupting their photo op than they did at the 19 dead children in their state.

[Ari Melber @AriMelber]

There’s a long history of bigots using junk science, or invoking “empirical” arguments, to mainline views that boil down to racism, anti-Semitism and assorted bigotry.

https://t.co/3VtTrMLdBu

[Chelsea Tavares @ChelseaTavares]

My friend that I knew since i was 15 is missing. please repost. This is such a weird feeling. Cashawn I love you and I’m praying that you come back . A lot of people love and care about you.

[matt blaze @mattblaze]

I guess we should retire the expression “avoid it like the plague”, given how little effort people seem to be willing to go to to avoid plagues.

[fooler initiative @metroadlib]

In a month or so I want to have a talk about ppl expecting you to be grateful for their gift-wrapped offerings of trash.

[Danielle Campoamor @DCampoamor]

Girls. Not young women. Girls. Children, even.

Why do you all keep spelling “girls” wrong?

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Stop saying "money doesn't buy happiness."

A person making $100k won't be happier getting to $110k.

But lifting someone out of poverty is the most effective anti-depressant in the world.

[GNCordova @GNCordova]

1940... 19... 40. America loves to pretend like slavery was 1000 years ago. https://t.co/pRBcBWcGzu

[BLACK GIRLS ROCK! @BLACKGIRLSROCK]

“If you can be Black and live in this world you can be anything you want to be.” - Cicely Tyson, 2015 BGR! Awards Living Legend honoree

At age 96, a timeless classic, queen, and eternal legend joins the ancestors. Rest in glory, Ms. Tyson.

#BLACKGIRLSROCK15 #BGR15

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

You want to thank Black women?

Cancel student debt -- all of it.

Black women carry more student debt than any other group in America.

Save your words of appreciation. Policy is our love language.

[John Iadarola @johniadarola]

How many people would still be alive if Donald Trump had never been President?

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

You have not lived ONE DAY in this country without these people threatening to come and do violence upon you if they don't get their way... it's just that most of "you" don't include people of the color in the "our country" which needs defending from violent attack.