“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”
#TheGreatSocialMediaBlackout#ExceptForTwitter
@HamillHimself
And with a final "so help me God," Kamala Harris was sworn in Wednesday as the new vice president — the first woman, first Black person and first person of Asian descent to hold the office. 🇺🇸 #InaugurationDay https://t.co/MMTl0z2dIQ
From the Pledge of Allegiance being signed & spoken simultaneously to the presence of the powerful Amanda Gorman to the President himself, both people with speech disabilities, disability was represented as a part of American culture & politics during #InaugurationDay Thread 1/7
This was sedition. This was an insurrection. But these acts of domestic terrorism, incited by Donald and 147 elected republicans, were fueled by white supremacy enabled by the corrosive toxicity of white privilege. It's in our bones and we fail to grapple with that at our peril.
Imagine Lincoln’s piercing gaze at the Capitol, from his seat in history, and what he would think of today’s events.
The Confederate flag waving inside Congress.
Hatred & anti-democratic nonsense, emboldened by hateful & divisive leadership.
Tragic, and also cautionary. 🇨🇦🇺🇸