Benjie

city kid. proud papa. educator. teacher. catcher. #notmypresident

[Mx.San-Chez @mx_San_Chez]

@GavinNewsom

[Pecolia Manigo @SistahPecolia]

16 days our educators Andre & Moses have shown what honoring a commitment looks like. @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom Demonstrate that you are a Governor who also stands for honor. Put aside politically "correctness" & do the right thing- meet with them #hungerstrike4oaklandschools

[Grass Valley OUSD @GrassValleyOUSD]

Help us get the word out. Please share widely. #saveourschools #blackboyjoy #blackgirlmagic #equity ⁦@OUSDNews⁩ ⁦@OaklandEA⁩ https://t.co/hAomGZf8xp

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Ah yes, the right wing: forcing people to give birth against their will while advancing policies that made the US have the highest maternal mortality in the developed world.

Then for after birth, they work to stop paid leave policy👍🏽

No wonder they need voter suppression to win

[Chris Roberts @_chrisroberts]

The Louis Vuitton in SF loses $10k of stuff. All arrested. National media feeding frenzy & Union Square goes on military alert.
In Oakland, 25 cannabis businesses are robbed in 2 weeks, $5 million in losses--and it's like it didn't happen. No arrests, city barely acknowledges.

[Adnan Khan @akhan1437]

The existence of the death penalty in America is not a deterrent. In fact it serves as the exact opposite. The death penalty models homicide as an acceptable form of problem solving in America.

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

The Chicago police killed a 7th grader with his hands up and lied about it. What else is there to say?

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Public schools are not failing students.

Public school teachers are not failing students.

The system is failing public schools, teachers and students.

Stop saying public schools and teachers are failing students when the system is setting them up to fail.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

At this point, I don’t see how the House doesn’t impeach. Take the vote, throw it in Mitch’s lap, and let the Senate Republicans decide that they want to protect the guy who sent a violent mob to their Chamber.

[Glennon Doyle @GlennonDoyle]

If you’re still pretending not to know what white privilege is: here’s a picture.

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

You can’t describe what’s happening in the Capitol as a “small group of extremists” when they’re being supported by the president, 16% of the Senate, 1/4 of the House, the local police forces & officials at the Pentagon.

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

All these conservatives suddenly calling for peace can collectively shut the entire fuck up. You, along with Trump, have incited this violence. You have unleashed this terror. Me and the rest of the black people will continue to mind our black ass business.

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Every single person should be upset over the fact that educators are forced to crowdfund or ask for donations so they have the resources they need to educate their students.

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

The Progressive Caucus is united in our position: any COVID relief package MUST include survival checks and enhanced unemployment assistance — the two most effective ways to put money directly in people's pockets.

RT if you're with us.

[Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak @AlisonKodjak]

When, on Sept. 11, nearly 3,000 people were killed, we reorganized the entire federal government. We're now losing that many people every three days, and the Senate went home early for Thanksgiving.

[Rage Against The Machine ★ @RATM]

Retweet if you were lucky enough to see Rage Against The Machine LIVE

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

I don’t know who did this, but take a bow

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Americans are deeply divided—and we’re deeply divided over why we’re deeply divided. To be antiracist is to recognize and challenge racism as the source of the racial divide. To be racist is to deny racism and frame those challenging racism as the source of the racial divide.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

Did y'all see those lines yesterday?

For years, I've been arguing that we shouldn't refer to institutional race-based discrimination as "racism" and yesterday was a perfect example of this.

The correct term is "white supremacy."

A thread.