General Colin Powell understood what was best in this country, and tried to bring his own life, career, and public statements in line with that ideal. Michelle and I will always look to him as an example of what America—and Americans—can and should be.
Found in Drafts from ages ago: Dear Angry white fucker with machine gun, survival has never been for the fittest/ angriest /those with the most fire power. It’s for the most adaptable. Your refusal to adapt in the face of COVID, will (at least!) decimate your families. Mazeltov.
Today is a good day to remember that young activist Joshua Williams is serving 8 years in prison for alleged vandalism during the Ferguson Uprisings.
#FreeJoshWilliams
On September 14, 2001 -- three days after the 9/11 attack, while bodies still lay underneath the simmering rubble in lower Manhattan -- @RepBarbaraLee delivered one of the wisest and bravest speeches in the history of the House, explaining her lone vote against the AUMF. Listen:
How do you let a mob storm the US Capitol? What an abject embarrassment to have the US Congress under siege. Don’t ever EVER come at me with that nonsense about violent #BlackLivesMatter protests again. If these thugs were black or brown they would have been executed by now