Because of them, I know who I am and I stand in that power
Because of them, my rights are bought and paid for
Because of them, I voted today.
#BecauseofThem
Three lads who were brilliant all summer had the courage to step up & take a pen when the stakes were high. They deserve support & backing not the vile racist abuse they’ve had since last night. If you abuse anyone on social media you’re not an @England fan and we don’t want you.
.@Kasparov63 emailed me: “Putin and his gang don’t care about national interests, only their own. Go after their money. Track it down, freeze their accounts, seize their assets. Tell his lobbyists and enablers to go to hell.”
https://t.co/p6CLTNByLN
Amanda Gorman poem:
"We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy. And this effort very nearly succeeded. But while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated."
FULL AMANDA GORMAN POEM:
“We will raise this wounded world into a wondrous one ... There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.”
The 22-year-old is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history: https://t.co/SIPU57hEKH
"He sneaks out early tomorrow as the only president in living memory to face the legitimate prospect of post-presidential conviction," @Maddow says. “Unequivocally and inarguably the worst president in American history, with what may literally may be the rap sheet to prove it."
Here’s the difference, folks.
When Colin Kaepernick speaks out against racial injustice, no team will sign him.
When Josh Hawley gets dropped for helping incite an insurrection, he lands another book deal in less than 2 weeks.
This is what white privilege looks like.