When all is said and done about the pandemic, an increase in disability will have a far greater toll on the economy than it would have been to shut down properly and pay people to stay home.
If Indigenous ppl are telling you…That a word used against some of our relatives in our community is a slur and we disapprove of it, and there are articles online saying that the word was used by colonizers as a tool of racism….Wouldn’t you want to idk believe us???????
READ: Justice Sotomayor's warning in her dissent:
"When [the president] uses his official powers in any way, under the majority's reasoning, he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune. Let the President violate the law, let him exploit the trappings of his office for personal gain, let him use his official power for evil ends. Because if he knew that he may one day face liability for breaking the law, he might not be as bold and fearless as we would like him to be. That is the majority's message today. Even if these nightmare scenarios never play out, and I pray they never do, the damage has been done. The relationship between the President and the people he serves has shifted irrevocably. In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law."
#OTD in 2022 the Mary Ann Shadd Cary statue (created by Donna Jean Mayne) was unveiled, honouring the first Black women to publish a newspaper in North America (The Provincial Freeman). It is located in downtown Windsor on the corner of Chatham and Ferry St.
Early this morning, the Edmonton Police used violence and force to sweep the encampments set up in support of Palestine at the U of A.
I was there yesterday. I left feeling hopeful and inspired by the young activists.
I’m disgusted and I’m angry.
And I won’t be silent.
One of our friends just learned that their 9-year-old relative died from starvation in Gaza. The pain is unbearable. The callousness of this world is unforgivable. #Gaza_Genocide
@theneedledrop As a child, a record player was the only way I could listen to music. I grew up on 3 records - Chipmunk Punk, Disco Duck and Kenny Rogers Greatest Hits. Says a lot about me, I think 🙃🤣
@Freeyourmindkid@FunFactsLulu Before Covid, I wanted to be masked in public & I wouldn't attend events or see ppl when I was sick because I don't want to get vulnerable ppl sick.
@buttonhatesyou@Freeyourmindkid The people who admit they are susceptible to propaganda are the ones that generally work doubly hard to identify it and avoid falling for it.. Everyone’s susceptible.
Over 100,000 people sent a loud and clear message by voting uncommitted.
We MUST right the ship. That starts with an immediate shift in policies and rhetoric around the war in Gaza.
Our movement emerged victorious tonight and massively surpassed our expectations. Tens of thousands of Michigan Democrats, many of whom who voted for Biden in 2020, are uncommitted to his re-election due to the war in Gaza.
Hind begged to be saved. You can hear the fear and pain in her voice. She was trapped in a car with her family who had already been murdered.
Now she has been found dead along with the paramedics who came to rescue her.
I feel sick.