@GailSimone Man, I’m not on twitter much anymore. But I opened the app to check something and saw your thread. Your stories are one of the things that I will miss by not being on twitter. Are you on other *cough cough similar apps?
Cops don't care they are making arrests that result in first amendment lawsuits, they aren't the ones that have to pay them. School will pay the settlement and cops keep their funding. It's literally the point in 2020 with ending qualified immunity and we get to see it again.
There is a centuries-long history of characterizing Black men as “aggressive” and “threatening” to sow racial fear and terror.
Jamaal Bowman should not have to defend his humanity as a Member of Congress and everyone should call this what it is: blatant racism
This nation was built on peaceful protest. No elected official should lose their job simply for raising their voice – especially when they’re doing it on behalf of our children.
i was laid off from @CNN today (and i'm not the only one). i'm devastated; i loved my job. i was CNN's only AI reporter, and the *last remaining* CNN Digital reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area. i'm taking a beat to breathe, but i'll be looking for a new reporting job ASAP.
With David Duke, with Charlottesville, Trump was able to operate at something of a remove (and issued half-hearted disavowals) that gave his allies cover to avert their gazes. This was Fuentes (and West) in his home, at his table.