SKP

She/her Chicagoan, mom, progressive, new moral majority

[SKP @StarrinKp]

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[SKP @StarrinKp]

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[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Today, a lot of old Black men will be rooting for the KC Chiefs.

It has nothing to do with Taylor Swift, a Black QB or Travis Kelce's pioneering haircut. It's about HBCUs, Black history, a kidnapping & white affirmative action.

How Racism Invented the Super Bowl

A thread.

[Laura Burkhardt @LauraAnnSTL]

Don’t call me. Don’t text me. Don’t show up on my front porch. Don’t even @ me. I’m reading tonight.🍿🍷

Someone leaked the entire Moms 4 Liberty private Discord chat and turned it into a website. https://t.co/f8SIIcg81e

[Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell]

Here is important information for any American stranded in Israel in the wake of yesterday's horrific attacks:
U.S. citizens seeking to be in touch with the U.S. Embassy in Israel should fill out this form https://t.co/buuJDszqP7 or call
1-833-890-9595

[Jen Psaki @jrpsaki]

No one supports abortion up until birth.

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

Climate change is real, by the way.

[SKP @StarrinKp]

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[Glennon Doyle @GlennonDoyle]

fucking heartbreaker.
love you
all and i love this
team.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Jane is a Christian mom in a purple state. She goes to church every Sunday and votes Democratic, even though she has lots of conservative friends.

One day Jane’s friend sends her a text:
“Jane, you HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS”

It’s a video, ten minutes long, called “Pedogate.” Jane clicks on it.
The video is well-produced and hypnotic. Lush scenes of American life are layered with droning music and dark predictions for the future.

Then they start talking about children — 800,000 per year according to the video — taken off the streets and tortured. Scenes of child abuse are shown in graphic detail with pictures of Hillary, Soros and Obama with dire warnings that they are coming for your kids next.

Jane is traumatized by what she’s seen. The scenes of abuse cause her to dissociate — which is how the mind protects itself from information that is too painful to process. Jane’s mind “depersonalizes” to try to understand what she’s seen. She feels like she is “outside her own body” watching from a distance.

When the video is over Jane is in shock. While the claims in the video seem outlandish, she cannot stop thinking about it.
What if it’s real? Even some of it. Jane feels like she can’t just ignore it. She texts her friend back and tells her how horrified she is by what she’s seen.

“Come over. We’ll have wine. I’ll show you my research.”

That evening, Jane goes to her friend’s house and they spend hours together watching videos and surfing websites. The depravity and horror of what she sees is shattering — so many children. So many.

But at least Jane is with her friend who encourages her to keep watching.

“I know it’s hard but we have to save the children.”

Save the children. Who could argue with that?

For the next few months, Jane spends hours with her friend every Sunday “researching.” She feels like it’s her responsibility to understand what’s going on and do more.

“Come to our Telegram channel. Do you have the app?”

Now Jane can talk to people just like her all the time — people who are worried about the children. Worried about the corruption. Worried about America. They may have different politics than she does but it doesn’t matter.

This is for the children.

Jane starts to prioritize her research over other things in life. Her friends on Telegram have given her a new purpose, a new goal.

Save the children.

Her family notices the change. She seems distant. She seems different.

Jane is angry. Her family and friends just don’t understand. They think all her work and her research is a waste of time. Jane just wants to stop the children suffering. Anyone who isn’t on board with that — well, maybe they’re never going to understand. Maybe they’re the pedos.

Jane has thousands of new friends who have woken up to what’s going on. Maybe that’s her real family after all.

Jane starts sending videos to everyone she knows. She wants them to see what she’s seen. She wants them to feel what she felt. Save the children.

Jane’s mom and her brother join her on Telegram. Her sister thinks they’re all crazy and argues with her research. She says Jane’s changed. She says he doesn’t know who Jane is anymore and to stop sending her videos and memes.

Infuriated, Jane sends her sister a text before she blocks her: “I always knew you were a pedo.”

Jane sinks deeper into her new group. They encourage her to disconnect from the non-believers. They love bomb her when she shares the right memes and says the right things. Over time, they convince her that Trump is not the bad guy the libs have been portraying him as after all. Her new family loves him. She loves him too. He wants to save the children.

One day she sees on Telegram that there’s a “wild protest” coming up and everyone’s going. Jane still has some savings left — what could be more important than this?

Jane decides to go, no matter what her sister says. Time to take action. Save the children. Trust the plan.

[Chicago Reader @Chicago_Reader]

Since 2017 @TheTRiiBE, Chicago’s premier Black digital news platform, has consistently put out more compelling and relevant election coverage than any of the legacy publications in the city. | ✍️ @debbiemarieb_
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[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

BREAKING: Tennessee Republicans just voted to expel Rep. Justin Jones simply after he stood with Tennessee gun safety protesters. Pay attention everyone. This is the literal definition of fascism. Never forget. We should all be alarmed and outraged.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

I'm really confused. Travis Tritt is dropping Anheuser-Busch products from his tour after they teamed with Dylan Mulvaney who was born male but has long hair and dresses in women's clothing.

Travis Tritt was also born male but has long hair and apparently dresses in women's clothing. Does this mean that Republicans should stop supporting Travis Tritt?

[Dorothy @dorothy1burton]

Please share with other's bring the kids out Saturday 1pm @LoveNitas and I will be looking for you all with kids

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

Rep @brotherjones_ is in straight "If you strike me down I will become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" territory.

[SKP @StarrinKp]

What in the confederacy is going on in #tennessee? #TenneseeThree

[SKP @StarrinKp]

What is the antithesis of the hate group, Moms for Liberty? I can’t seem to find a group to combat this runaway train but I want to be a part of it.

[Taylor Denise Richardson @astrostarbright]

@EllenDeGeneres hope will join and let’s get some kids to #TheLittleMermaid movie!

[melaniehazen @melaniehazen]

@espn didn’t show our Lady Vols so we’ll have to show them ourselves!