401 years of Opulence

Maker-Citizen | Servant Leader | Civic Designer | Theatre Artist | “The plea is simple– look at it.”- James Baldwin.

[401 years of Opulence @negateandnull]

"It occurred to me that if one could make a people lose touch with their capacity to create, lose sight of their will,& their power to make art, then the work of subjugation, of colonization, is complete.Such work can be undone only by acts of concrete reclamation." - bell hooks,

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: State Sen London Lamar: “…our ancestors died. There are bodies all across fields and in rivers across this country because they marched, they were lynched they were beaten just to advocate for the right to vote and to see them do this in 2026 is an direct INSULT on the Black community…”😢

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

As states like Louisiana and Tennessee redraw their congressional maps, one aspect is particularly concerning.

“I am struck by the relish, by the glee, the joy that these southern states right now are taking in destroying Black opportunity districts,” @marceelias said.

Law professor @JoyceWhiteVance shares what she attributes the current political climate to:

[Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson]

Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. https://t.co/eYkzrxoGwR

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Philando Castile was executed in his car in front of his daughter and girlfriend outside of Minneapolis in 2016.

He had a concealed carry permit and informed the officer.

He was brutally murdered.

This terror is not new.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Much love to Alex Pretti and Renee Good—but remember—ICE has killed 9 people in 2026. You know the names of the 2 white people they've killed.

ICE has also killed a Black man named Keith Porter, a Cambodian named Parady La, and five Latinos named Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres, and Geraldo Lunas Campos.

ICE is on pace to kill more than 100 people this year. Abolish ICE. Impeach Noem. Prosecute those who committed these crimes.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

“Gaza is a model: a preview of a global order where international law is discarded, colonial violence is normalized, and entire populations are sacrificed with impunity.”

Journalist Chris Hedges says that Israel’s attacks on Gaza, rebranded from “self-defense” to “war” to a hollow “ceasefire, remains an ongoing genocide carried out against a besieged, defenseless population.

He notes that despite the ceasefire, Israel has violated nearly all its terms, continued bombardment and killings, restricted aid to famine levels, expanded its military control to more than half of Gaza, and enforced a shifting “yellow line” where civilians, including children, are shot on sight.

Hedges underscores that Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians face systematic destruction: mass displacement, starvation, the obliteration of infrastructure, and denial of reconstruction materials.

The genocide, he argues, has merely slowed, not ended, becoming a form of “slow-motion killing,” with daily deaths, rampant malnutrition, collapsing living conditions, and mounting prisoner abuse.

[Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws1]

Bisan Owda from Gaza posted the following:

“These are our thoughts, messages, cries, memories and hopes.. these are what we want to tell you about the last 6 weeks of our lives..”

[sarah @sahouraxo]

“There is no superior race.”

“There is no ‘chosen people of God’.”

“It is neither the United States nor Israel.”

“The ‘chosen people of God’ is all of humanity.”

—President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry found that Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. In its report it concluded:

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

“It is clear there is an intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza through acts that meet the criteria set forth in the Genocide Convention.”

UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report shows #Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza.

https://t.co/UGjepPwmwo

[Maye Musk @mayamuskl]

The Freedom Flotilla has over 50 boats, from 44 countries, spanning 6 continents

The largest in history:

To break an illegal 18 year Israeli 🇮🇱 siege on Gaza 🇵🇸
To feed children
To stop genocide

And western media is not covering

And western ‘leaders’ are silent.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” — Omar El Akkad

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

Amnesty International: Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians

Doctors Without Borders: Israel is deliberately starving Gaza

UN expert: Israel is deliberately starving, killing children

Human Rights Watch: Israel engineered mass starvation

Media: Gaza food crisis spreads

[Tiberius @tiberiusfiles]

Genocides never get more obvious than this

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Hello world!

Israel is deliberately starving 2 million civilians.

Half of them children.

Trapped. No food. No escape.

Gaza has now reached Stage 5 malnutrition: the final, irreversible stage.

This isn’t war.

It’s calculated extermination.

It’s a Holocaust.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

“I truly hope that people understand what’s happening.”

“I’m a UN pro bono official — I’m not even paid. Yet suddenly I’m a threat to the global economy. Why? Because I asked big tech to comply with international law and stop profiteering from genocide.”

— Francesca Albanese

[sarah @sahouraxo]

“The situation in Gaza is apocalyptic.”

“Palestinians continue to endure suffering beyond imagination.”

“Israel is responsible for one of the cruelest genocides in modern history.”

—Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

Let charity groups deliver food and water safely. They know how to do it. More than 500 Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,000 injured just trying to get food.

Think of the children think of all our children! #FreePalestine #Gaza

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

Girl in Gaza escaping through a fire from a strike on a school turned shelter. She lost her Mom and two siblings in the same fire. It’s not too late to say something guys please do it today for sweet Ward Al-Sheikh Khalil. She has a name. She is 5 years old #FreePalestine #gaza

[Fan Ms Rachel At Songs @msrachelforlitt]

Children have human rights. They have the right to food, water, shelter education and to be free of violence! #FreePalestine #Freegaza