At the beginning of every month it's important to speak this truth: The black unemployment rate began its decline in 2011, six years before trump toddled his fat, racist ass into that office--where he doesn't belong. I will not give him credit because he hasn't fucked it up yet.
@AdamSchiff Start the impeachment inquiry, Adam. You cowards in the house are the ones placing him above any accountability. This country can't wait a year and half. Do your job.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for improvements for veterans such as same-day mental health care, but those initiatives were put in place during the Obama administration. https://t.co/RtTeN9kdwx
Julián Castro's answer here is the result of tireless work and continuous advocacy from @samswey and others who have been calling for police accountability for years.
Advocacy works. Don't give up. Keep fighting.
"Congressman Hunter Says He Probably Killed ‘Hundreds’ Of Civilians While In Combat"
Amazing this isn't a bigger story. A sitting Republican member of Congress basically bragging that he's a war criminal.
https://t.co/qDDfbt5msn
A new report finds that actions by the Trump administration have likely caused 1 million children to lose health coverage.
1 million children.
The health of our babies shouldn't be political—this sabotage by the administration must end.
The idea that Maddow, Lemon and O'Donnell are opinion shows but Joe Scarborough is not an opinion show is a revealing example of ideological bias. Centrism is an opinion, not self-evidently true. But the Times wants to treat centrism as being the same as being objective.
Elizabeth Warren's veiled jab at Biden: "Some say that if we just calm down, the Republicans will come to their senses. But our country is in a crisis. The time for small ideas is over." #CADem19
"When a candidate tells you about all the things that aren’t possible, about how political calculations come first... they are telling you that they will not fight for you."
.@JulianCastro's #BigIdeas proposal at @MoveOn forum is combating police violence. He names specific examples inc Stephon Clark, Walter Scott, Laquan McDonald. "How many videos do we have to watch to understand? This is not a case of bad apples. The system is broken." Powerful.
Trump repeated an egregious lie on Thursday: "I disagree with John McCain on the way he handled the vets, because I said you got get to Choice. He was never able to get Choice. I got Choice.”
McCain and Bernie Sanders *wrote* the Choice bill. They got it passed in 2014.
She's 97. Doesn't drive anymore (so has no driver's license). Was San Antonio's first female Mayor. And was not allowed to vote for lack of ID this week.
https://t.co/uqgDisIsjz
Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests the census citizenship question was specifically crafted to benefit white Republicans. https://t.co/uBCkjorq9U