People keep trying to rewrite history, but the documents are public.
The Confederacy officially consisted of 11 states that seceded from the Union:
• South Carolina
• Mississippi
• Florida
• Alabama
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Texas
• Virginia
• Arkansas
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
The Confederacy also CLAIMED Kentucky and Missouri.
West Virginia broke away from Virginia during the Civil War because many people in the western counties opposed Virginia’s decision to secede from the Union in 1861.
And let’s be very clear: many of these states plainly stated WHY they were leaving the Union.
Mississippi said:
“Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery...”
Texas defended “the servitude of the African race.”
Georgia, South Carolina, and others complained about abolitionists, Black freedom, and threats to slavery.
This wasn’t hidden. It wasn’t subtle. It was written down in their own declarations. The Civil War never ended.
And many of these same states later:
• created Black Codes
• enforced Jim Crow
• fought school integration
• resisted the Voting Rights Act
• used terror, media, politics, and violence to suppress Black political power
History leaves patterns.
That’s why studying history matters — because some of the same states still struggle with the same racial tensions and political battles today.
Read the documents for yourself. Don’t let people sanitize history to make themselves comfortable.
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Lying in a legal briefing would get you disbarred as a regular lawyer. But when you’re an unelected, lifetime appointee with powers to write decisions that completely undo & remake the Constitution, the decision gets to stand & you get to keep your lifetime position. Outrageous.
When a white male elected official stands in front of a podium and calmly says he hopes the Supreme Court overturns the 14th Amendment,
(The 14th Amendment was passed after slavery to guarantee Black people citizenship and equal protection under the law in America.)
It’s full fucking stop. Period.
Fuck the Met Gala.
Fuck relationship podcasts.
Fuck the NBA playoffs.
Fuck the summer.
Fuck spending money.
Fuck all this shit.
It’s time to shut this shit the fuck down.
You're supposed to think "If I hold Vance and Newsom to the same standard, Newsom is much better for LGBT people"
Instead you hold Vance to no standard whatsoever while punishing Dems who deviate 2% from the progressive line, because what you really care about is online clout.
I’ve always been clever enough to get by without effort. Over time, talent became a crutch, and the laziness it bred kept me from ever striving or achieving more.
Some executive at ABC: “We need a nice little theme song for our new cop sitcom.”
Some guy: “Yeah, ok, think I’ll just throw down one of the funkiest grooves in the goddamn history of music then.”
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In high school, I was complaining about how long the school day was and my teacher turned to me and said, "the days are long, but the years are short" and I was like "what the fuck are you talking about you lunatic" and then the bell rang and now I'm in my 30s.
American propaganda is unlike anything the world's ever witnessed—it's mind-blowing! 🤯 As a Norwegian, critical thinking was ingrained in me. Trump's lies are easily debunked, yet so many still believe them. Why? 🤔
WATCH: “This is a captured government owned by corporations.”
Rep. @brotherjones_ spoke against @GovBillLee & Musk’s Teslas-only tunnel as the building commission gave him a free parking lot for it, ramming through the project with no community input.
15 spoke against. 0 for.
“Stop eating out.”
“Use a flip phone.”
“Buy a 1996 Corolla.”
Brother, my parents bought a house for $90k when gas was 80 cents and college cost $4. I’m out here bidding against Blackrock and Chinese hedge funds for a 900 sq ft shack next to a freeway.
I like how folks are just retroactively acting like white people weren’t throwing every monkey wrench into the gears of government to stop the Black guy who inherited a global economy that was crashing.
Same as it ever was *David Byrne voice*