Jonny from the Block

I may be dumb, but I'm not a dweeb.

[CNN @CNN]

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever youth poet laureate, called for Americans to "leave behind a country better than the one we were left" and unify together as she spoke at President Joe Biden's inauguration. https://t.co/cqB4pZpaAv

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Stephen Jackson holding up George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, as she says “Daddy changed the world.”

(via chrisstewart_esq_/Instagram)

[Sean Patrick Maloney @SeanPMaloney]

My husband & I have been raising kids for 27 years. Our eldest came to us when he was almost 3. His mom OD’d & his dad went to jail. There was no one to take care of this little boy, so we did. When you discriminate against LGBTQ couples, you deprive kids like mine of good homes.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

There are basically 5 ways to accumulate a billion dollars in America:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance

None of these has anything to do with being successful in the supposed free market.

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

*mic drop*

#OneNationOneTeam

[CHIKA 🧚🏾‍♂️ @oranicuhh]

in case you missed it. @GovernorKayIvey @realdonaldtrump 🤮

[TPS @TotalProSports]

No. 50 gets my vote for Sportsman of the Year.

[A.R. Moxon 🦋 @JuliusGoat]

Ask them to name the things they can’t say anymore, ask them to list each one.

[A.R. Moxon 🦋 @JuliusGoat]

Ask them for their favorite story where the heroes made sure that only the deserving hungry got food, where only the deserving sick got care.

Tell them they can use their Bible, if they want.

[A.R. Moxon 🦋 @JuliusGoat]

A thought about our current 'political' divide:

What's happening is a critical mass of people are done putting up with abusive bullshit anymore—taking it or excusing it

Which seems very divisive and dangerous to people who rely on abusive bullshit for either fortune or identity

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘I can think of nothing more American.’ — Beto O'Rourke — the man taking on Ted Cruz — brilliantly explains why NFL players kneeling during the anthem is not disrespectful

[nadirah @hinadirah]

#JamesBaldwin's response to a Yale professor asking “So why must we always concentrate on color?” is still the most fire answer in answer history. Happy Birthday!

[🎒Shailja #FreePalestine Patel @shailjapatel]

"We all have the same 24 hours."

Use public transport? Your 24 hours are not the same as those of private jet owners.
Do your own cooking, cleaning, child~raising? Your 24 hours are not the same as those of someone with a full~time domestic staff.
Stop this nonsense.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

"If you, as a White person, would like to be treated the way Black people are in this society, stand."

[bald but my edges crispy @Justinfication]

Wow, I’ve seen/heard a lot of MLK footage but this is the first time I’ve seen this interview. How profound this is.

[ABC News @ABC]

Emma Gonzalez stayed on stage at the D.C. #MarchForOurLives rally for 6 minutes and 20 seconds - the duration of the Parkland shooting. https://t.co/B7yFTn23Nz

[FOST @GeorgeFoster72]

And there it is

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

"I am here to acknowledge and represent the African American girls whose stories don't make the front page" –Naomi Wadler, 11-years-old