TennisAnyone

A concerned citizen. And a tennis NUT.

[TennisAnyone @britjams]

@Thirdballtennis @TheTennisLetter But they look nothing alike. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[MAGA Cult Slayer @MAGACult2]

I’m licking my chops at this. Trump just filed an emergency order with the court trying to block the BBC from getting his financial documents. I have never been a bigger fan of England in my life.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

A group of females went to the Capitol and brought pictures of all the people that have lost their lives by the hands of ICE. They were immediately put in handcuffs and arrested even though they were there being peaceful exercising their second amendment right to free speech.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Long before Haiti became the first independent Black republic, Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged from slavery to become one of the most important leaders of the Haitian Revolution. His rise happened during a period when Saint-Domingue, as Haiti was then known, was one of France’s richest colonies. That wealth came largely from sugar and coffee plantations worked by hundreds of thousands of enslaved Africans under an extraordinarily violent system.

Toussaint was born enslaved around 1743 on the Bréda plantation near Cap-Français. He eventually gained his freedom years before the great uprising of 1791. By then he was already in his forties, yet within a few years he would become a military commander whose decisions were being watched not only in the Caribbean, but in Paris, London, Madrid and Washington.

The Haitian Revolution began in 1791 when enslaved people in northern Saint-Domingue launched a massive rebellion. Toussaint did not immediately become its leader. His importance grew gradually as the conflict expanded and European powers became involved. France, Spain and Britain all had interests in the region, and Toussaint proved unusually skilled at navigating both warfare and politics. He initially fought alongside Spanish forces against France, but after revolutionary France abolished slavery throughout its colonies in 1794, he changed allegiance and supported the French Republic.

Over the following years, Toussaint developed into one of the most powerful figures in Saint-Domingue. His forces fought rival armies, helped defeat British attempts to seize the colony and eventually brought much of the territory under his authority. What makes his career especially striking is that he had not followed the traditional path of the European officers he faced. He had not spent his youth in a military academy preparing to command armies. His experience and leadership developed in the extraordinary circumstances of revolution.

By 1801, Toussaint had become the dominant political figure in Saint-Domingue. That year he introduced a constitution that abolished slavery permanently and gave the colony considerable autonomy, while still formally recognizing French sovereignty. Toussaint was named governor for life. For Napoleon Bonaparte, who had risen to power in France, this degree of independence was difficult to accept.

Napoleon sent a major expedition to Saint-Domingue in 1802 under the command of his brother-in-law, General Charles Leclerc. France intended to reassert control over the colony. The expedition initially succeeded in forcing several Haitian commanders to make agreements with the French, including Toussaint himself. But the peace did not last.

Toussaint was arrested in June 1802 despite assurances of his safety. He was placed aboard a ship and transported across the Atlantic to France, where he was imprisoned at Fort de Joux in the Jura Mountains. Far from the Caribbean revolution he had helped shape, Toussaint died in his cell on April 7, 1803. His capture did not end the revolution.

When it became increasingly clear that France intended to restore slavery, resistance intensified under leaders including Jean-Jacques Dessalines and Henry Christophe. French forces were devastated by fierce fighting and yellow fever, and Napoleon’s attempt to regain control of Saint-Domingue ultimately collapsed. The decisive French defeat came at the Battle of Vertières in November 1803.

On January 1, 1804, Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti.

Toussaint never lived to see that day, which is an important part of telling his story accurately. He did not personally declare Haitian independence, nor was Napoleon himself physically driven from Haiti by Toussaint. The final struggle was completed by other Haitian leaders after Toussaint had been imprisoned in France.

But his contribution to what followed was enormous. Toussaint helped turn a revolution born among enslaved people into an organized political and military movement capable of confronting European empires. He commanded armies, negotiated with foreign powers and helped establish the principle that emancipation in Saint-Domingue would not simply be reversed whenever European governments changed their minds.

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[Misan Harriman @misanharriman]

“This image of James Brock pouring acidic material into a swimming pool full of both White and Black protestors is an image I’ve never been able to forget” -

Cleaning the Pool, St. Augustine, Florida
James Kerlin, 1964/1964

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

A gracious concession from Haley Stevens:

“I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…We need to win this Senate seat, because Elissa Slotkin deserves a partner like Abdul in the U.S. Senate.”

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨BREAKING: Two Americans are DEAD from eating Cyclospora contaminated lettuce - AFTER Trump’s FDA tried to bury a positive result blaming Taylor Farms. Taylor Farms CEO gave a million dollars to Trump’s MAGA PAC.

And it’s happening AGAIN, this time with Pork standards 🧵

[Semitic Jew @semitic_jew]

On April 22, 2018, James Shaw Jr. walked into a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee, expecting nothing more than breakfast. Minutes later, g*nfire erupted inside the restaurant.

Four people had already lost their lives, and the g*nman was still carrying an AR-15 style rifle. Most people would have run. Shaw made a split-second decision that changed everything.

Unarmed and acting purely on instinct, Shaw charged the g*nman. He grabbed the rifle by its burning hot barrel with his bare hands and fought to take control of the weapon.

His hands were badly burned, but he refused to let go until the rifle was out of the attacker's hands. The g*nman fled, and Shaw's extraordinary courage almost certainly prevented even more innocent people from being k*lled.
The country praised him as a hero, but Shaw never accepted that title.

He said he was simply trying to survive and protect the people around him. Instead of seeking fame, he launched a fundraiser that collected more than $200,000 for the victims' families. He continued speaking about healing, kindness, and supporting communities affected by violence.

Today, the headlines have faded, and many people no longer remember the man who risked everything for complete strangers. But courage like James Shaw Jr.'s should never be forgotten.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

A major bank closing 300 Trump bank accounts because they were flagged for potential money laundering should be a far bigger story…

[Don Salmon @dijoni]

They are trying to make it hard for her to make a living.

[TennisAnyone @britjams]

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[TennisAnyone @britjams]

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[TennisAnyone @britjams]

@Soulrebel09 @EFu2mong @rightonQ1177 @krassenstein George Floyd didn’t need to be a saint to have the right not to be killed by police. A criminal record isn’t a death sentence, and follower counts aren’t an argument. When you abandon facts for personal insults, you haven’t won. You’ve just exposed your own emptiness.

[TennisAnyone @britjams]

@KaCurrie_45 @krassenstein You should be grateful COVID didn’t kill you. Instead, you do this…👆👆
Thousands died in your stead.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

I love this!

Dr. Fauci receives flowers from an admirer along with a note reading “We love you Dr. Fauci”.

Made him smile and me as well.

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[TennisAnyone @britjams]

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[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

106 years ago today Henrietta Lacks was born. Her cells changed the course of medical research forever and her legacy continues to save lives around the world. We celebrate her life and everything she has given to this world. Happy Birthday, Henrietta. 🕊️

[TennisAnyone @britjams]

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[Paul Freid @PaulFreid5]

An American hero. Retweet if you agree.