If you haven't heard Justin Pearson's speech to the TN State House today you need to listen.
"Today, you will take the only Black-majority district from us. But I want you to know: No matter what you do, no matter how much you try to break us & make us bend & quit, we will still be here."
Good people who understand the Constitution and care are sick of our racist president and his hateful minions.
We stand with Justin Pearson today and every single day.
#EqualityForAll
#DemsUnited
@cassiesmom34 Here’s a great look at what is likely happening.
And now let’s see if we can get full disclosure on EPSTEIN FILES!
https://t.co/J5NS9NKJOX
This women said I was signing my daughter out of school yesterday, standing in the main office next to another mom who was clearly holding back tears.
She had just finished signing her child out when I heard her ask the security guard who she could speak to about withdrawing her daughter from school.
The guard looked confused and said, “School’s almost over… why not just wait a few more weeks so she can finish the year?”
And the mom said something I can’t stop thinking about:
“I wish I could… but we can’t. We have to self-deport by May. They stripped us of our asylum. We have to go back to Guatemala.”
My heart shattered right there 💔.
I looked at her and told her how sorry I was. I couldn’t stop saying, “I’m so, so sorry. I’m so sorry you and your baby are going through this. I’m sorry people failed you.”
Because that’s exactly what this is. A failure.
What made it heavier is that this school and the very town the school is in, is so loud and proud in their support for the very policies causing this.
So I said it: “I’m sorry the people here voted for this to happen to you.”
& the security guard interrupted me and said, “We regret voting for him. We didn’t know it would be like this.”
& I couldn’t hold it in. I said, “Regret what? You didn’t know what? He told you. He was clear. You just didn’t think it would affect you.” She stayed silent.
A mother and her daughter being forced to leave the only life they know. A child losing her school, her safety, her normal. A woman who’s done nothing but work and try to build something better… forced to have to start over in a place filled with uncertainty and possible danger.
These are not bad people.
They are families. They are kids. They are trying.
And they deserved better 😞💔
@cassiesmom34 Innocent until proven guilty. Heather went to the Unite the Not Right rally to be a peaceful counter protestor in solidarity with her co-workers. Court records from civil cases and criminal cases clearly identify the organizers of that rally as well as her murderer.
NEW: U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for the strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children but have not yet reached a final conclusion, two U.S. officials tell Reuters
@esj2525@joncoopertweets And when it became clear we had to be prepared for shelter in place scenarios, I bought snacks and bottled water to keep in the classroom for myself and the students.
@fleawarriors@Sky_Lee_1 Not happy about it, of course. I remember there was a similar car attack in Madrid years ago. I told my husband that cars were likely to be used that way again. Little did I know…