There was a time when Puerto Ricans were banned from flying our flag. A move intended to forcefully quiet nationalists. To sow fear of punishment & disrupt the building of an organized mass movement to rise up against colonial rule & fight for freedom & dignity. #FreePalestine
My latest: Dauphin County collected $3.4 million in commissions from phone calls from the jail. Instead of spending the money on incarcerated people, it went to staff perks - like $300k for gun range memberships - and paying contractors.
https://t.co/SPLtJkQdCe
Given that the House GOP is preparing to threaten the global economy to get deficit cuts, the press should really point out that this bill is a $100+ billion deficit-increasing giveaway to the richest Americans instead of presenting it as cost savings.
The people who claim lack of regular exposure to infection during lockdowns is driving the high rates of non-COVID infections now need to tell us what the RIGHT degree of regular exposure is and how we assess and monitor it.
Take your time. I'll wait.
Far-right American "Stop the Steal" operatives have been in Brazil stoking this kind of violent unrest for months. People allied with Steve Bannon. Like Matthew Tyrmand, who functions as something of an international fascism supereconnector.
My latest in @latimes
Insecure men are being radicalized by grifters like Andrew Tate and have come to form the backbone of a growing and dangerous authoritarian movement.
This problem isn’t just going away. It’ll continue to get worse until we face it head on.
It's over. 20 minutes after President Lula issued a decree turning Brasília security over to the Federal Government, they"ve cleared the fascists out of the government buildings. An arrest warrant has been issued for Brasilia Security Secretary Anderson Torres.