"It is an extraordinary truth of my life that I am biologically more than half white, and yet I have no white people in my genealogy in living memory. No. Voluntary. Whiteness. I am more than half white, and none of it was consensual."
Caroline Randall Williams
It’s really hitting right now me how many people have fucking died of COVID, of lack of healthcare, of violence, of racism, and on and on because we’ve managed to make “giving a shit about other people” a political question
Everyone in America should be paying attention to this. The ancestries of our Native American communities are being torn apart by this administration, all for a pointless border wall. This is an outrage. https://t.co/6brrpSuQgX
AG William Barr has issued new restrictions on opening investigations into politically sensitive individuals or entities — including a requirement that he must approve any inquiry into a presidential candidate or campaign.
https://t.co/P7Liv38MUk
Genuine question: Do congressional Republicans think, with hindsight, that Nixon should’ve been forced to resign?
And if not, what’s the case that Trump’s actions were less serious, given that he used the power of the presidency more directly in his attempt to smear rivals?
Getting into chpt. 4 of “Why We’re Polarized” by @ezraklein and I no longer have any faith in my or anyone else’s ability to differentiate fact from feeling. ☹️