Uncle T

Living and loving in Kentucky. Trying to be patient with people, but impatient with injustice. Big fan of craft beer, snark, and progressive tax policy.

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

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@pdxmeredith What a good night. Miss you Mere! #RIPjake

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@jack You sold out Twitter and it has become a right wing echo chamber circle jerk. Good work Jack.

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

The US colonized Puerto Rico, stole ownership of the land from the people that lives there, and called it a part of this country.

That happened, we did that.

[David Begnaud @DavidBegnaud]

Here’s the police body cam video showing what happened when a @Hertz worker at the New Orleans airport called police because a Puerto Rican man kept insisting that his drivers license was valid. The Hertz worker denied the man his pre paid rental car because he couldn’t present his passport. The Hertz worker thought Puerto Rico was another country and so she insisted the man needed to show a passport. He didn’t. He is a U.S. citizen as are all Puerto Ricans.

This body cam video was first obtained by @FOX8NOLA.

You can judge for yourself the unidentified @KennerPolice officers demeanor / behavior. Marchand found it to be extremely rude and demeaning.

As for the Hertz worker, she seen on video saying to the customer, Humberto Marchand:
“Because you recorded as you’re not gonna be able to rent from Hertz ever!”

That’s not true. Hertz has already apologized to Mr. Marchand publicly and stated that the employees were wrong and will be retained.

It is clear that neither the officer, nor the Hertz employee, know that Marchand is right: his driver’s license is as valid as any other license issued in any other state. He didn’t need to show a passport to anyone. The officer could’ve provided clarity to the situation based on the fact that Puerto Rico is not a foreign country. He did not or was unaware of that fact.

In my initial report, I stated that Marchand heard the officer say that he would call border authorities. The body cam video does not show that.

As @FOX8NOLA’s @news_fuentes reported, the officer said: “Do not come back up here and cause any more disturbances.”
In the body camera video, Marchand asks, “You’re going to call what? Border services?”

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

Fuck you Wendy

[Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlanta_press]

Teran: “I am suffering a lot, but this suffering is giving me power to fight.”

She sits and demonstrates the position the medical examiner’s report indicates tortuguita was in at the time of their killing.

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

#StopCopCity #JusticeForTortuguita https://t.co/ZaERaZp5oN

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Thanks to Congress, it will still be illegal in Washington DC to curse in public or ride a horse faster than 8 mph. ⁦@phscoop⁩ https://t.co/7Fav3EVHcf

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

Fuck Tony Dungy. He can go piss in a litter box. And fuck the @NFL for giving platforms to hateful people while canceling people who try to stand (or kneel) to protect marginalized folks. I’m fucking done with this piece of shit sport and this piece of shit corporation.

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

I do not care that Queen Elizabeth has died. In fact, in whatever afterlife she has, I hope she has to answer for 70+ years of hoarding the wealth stolen from across the globe by one the most violent colonial empires ever to exist. #queensfuneral #NotMyQueen

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

To the white run media:

Payton Gendron is not a…

gunman, shooter, assailant, or any other adjective y’all use to diminish the savagery of his crime.

He’s a…

white supremacist, murderer, terrorist, a rapacious, barbaric, monster.

Get the language right.

#BuffaloNY

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

@elonmusk Oh sure, the poor right. They were so moderate during Charlottesville, and January 6th. But blame the leftists for “shifting too far” 🙄

[olivia krauth @oliviakrauth]

KENTUCKY THIS IS A RED ALERT

RALLY THE TROOPS, FIRE UP YOUR BURNER ACCOUNTS, TIME TO MOVE

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

I can’t (but totally can) believe DeSantis is gonna raise the rent/property taxes for everyone in Orange County just because he’s a power hungry homophobe.

What a 💩

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[Jessica Klein @jesskleinky]

HB7 would only increase the paperwork requirements and administrative burden that comes along with implementing these complex federally funded programs to help KYians get help with food and medical care.

[Uncle T @good2bsimple]

@RylandKY Oh thank goodness. When I first started reading I thought you were leaving us! Glad we get to get such a quality reporter in the commonwealth. Congrats!

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@socialistboomer Today