Odile Weissenborn

Journalist (formerly w/ CNN) turned geriatric mom & now grad student (Social Work). An idealist and a realist. Oxymoronic not moronic.

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

The influence of unchecked wealth: Elon's age of impunity. “Serial controversy & an accelerating embrace of white identitarian politics…conduct that would be disqualifying for almost any other CEO.” https://t.co/ohzyn7fOCh #axiosam

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

What a joke. Journalism is doomed if these self-styled “journalists” are given press credentials. Read up on this: https://t.co/LWlF0RuQD3

[Molly Crane-Newman @molcranenewman]

The future of journalism? Credentialed members of the NYC press corps came to Luigi Mangione’s hearing today to support the defendant they’re purportedly reporting on and to promote jury nullification “to the most cucked and submissive population in all of human history”

[Gary Chambers @GaryChambersJr]

Let the record show that Louisiana had some Black men who spoke truth to power.

Let the record show that Republicans in the Louisiana Senate are not leaders. They are a reflection of some of the worst parts of America, and history will remember them in 4K.

Next week, this committee will vote on Louisiana’s congressional maps. Anything less than two Black seats is theft. They have already begun taking seats of power from us, so we need to begin the work of taking seats from them.

If you agree with me, use your voice. Start showing up. Tell your friends what’s happening. Make it a priority.

This isn’t a drill. We aren’t being alarmist. The shit has hit the fan, and it’s on us now. Click the link in my bio to support Civics for the People. We aren’t just going to talk about it — we’re going to educate, organize, and mobilize the people.

Don’t ever get it twisted: nobody takes anything from you that isn’t valuable.

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[Becky Tuch @BeckyLTuch]

AI writing has so many tells. Once you see it, it's fairly easy to identify (and exhausting to see everywhere).
If you don't know how to spot it, please read: https://t.co/FU3hIq9Opn

[Art of Life 🦋 @Art0fLife_]

She literally explained why you feel tired all day and how to fix it:

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

How Trump and His Advisers Miscalculated Iran’s Response to War https://t.co/2iz5Fk42qh

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

Trump's lethal presidency https://t.co/VPwuxiDWKZ

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I’m Muslim, as u probably know, but Pastor Paul Drees is actually my favorite person on TikTok. I’ve learnt so much from him.

Watch

[Matteo Iadonisi @6abcmatteo]

Two teachers hosted a 33-hour Black history lesson this weekend in Philadelphia.

They hope it will be verified as a world record for the longest history lesson.

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

@DavidJHarrisJr Yes worth the watch! Can you credit her or give us the source? Thank you

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: A leaked video is going viral showing Donald Trump partying with his wealthy friends at Mar-a-Lago before dropping bombs and starting an illegal war in Iran.

Whenever Trump couldn’t get any lower as a human being, he finds another basement.

[sim 🇧🇷🇲🇽🇸🇳🇫🇷🇭🇹 @simscircuit]

Pls take two minutes to listen to her entire response not just the one sentence highlighted in the caption. She lays it out PERFECTLY.

"I'll first say a big shout out to Mike and Delroy, like let's continue to honor them for how they handled that in real time, the grace and the dignity that they exercised, and the whole home team, everybody that was out there, like really carried themselves well. I think the events this weekend exposed a couple things - Institutionally, we still don't understand what inclusion means."

"Just because you invite someone into a space, but you don't provide the necessary resources to keep them and everyone else in that room safe by them being there, that's not inclusivity. That's exploitation."

"That man's disability got exploited that night, and it led to multiple offenses. That's the BAFTA's fault. And then the BBC, to air what they aired is careless."

"And not like some haphazard accident, no, like a real lack of care was exercised for those two Black men. And we know the BBC knows how to take care of what they care about, right, because they censored a bunch of other... they went so far as to make sure certain things weren't topics of conversation."

"They censored Akinola's speech, the director of My Father's Shadow, which is an amazing film, by the way. So you censored one Black man, you failed to protect two others, and our production designer, Hannah, you do not care for our dignity, our humanity."

"You want to celebrate our art, but you won't protect, and that's why we celebrate sinners. That's why we celebrate Ryan. That's why we show up to the NAACP, because those are spaces where we felt safe, where we feel safe."

- Jayme Lawson

[Gary Chambers @GaryChambersJr]

The Governor of Oklahoma said it clearly:

If undocumented workers disappeared, it would “devastate” the economy.

But he’s not talking about citizenship.
He’s not talking about equal rights.
He’s talking about keeping the labor.

That’s the pattern in America:
Essential to work. Optional for belonging.

Black Americans know this history well.

Cheap labor is welcome.
New citizens? Not so much. A civil war took place for Black people to be free citizens in this nation. Then 100 years of battling their ancestors for full rights as citizens. And you thought assimilating would get it done for you?

I hope more of us are turning to the same page in the book now.

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[Save Our Citizenships 🔻 @LetsStopC9]

If the Tick Said “Free Palestine,” It’d Be Gone

If a vocal tic saying “Free Palestine” would be cut, why was the N-word aired? Intent does not erase impact. Disability explains occurrence, not institutional failure. The BBC and BAFTA safeguarded power, not people. Racism humiliates by design, and antiblack harm is repeatedly deemed acceptable. Stop explaining Black pain away.

Selective Harm Is Still Harm!

Credit to @kelechn

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

Re BAFTA: 100 times what she said. A throwaway apology is an unacceptable response

[HannahBeachler @HannahEBeachler]

And a third time at a Black woman. I understand and deeply know why this is an impossible situation. I know we must handle this with grace and continue to push through. But what made the situation worse was the throw away apology of "if you were offended"

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

Powerful….yesterday, the First Amendment Troop staged a "ResistDance" to honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and in front of the Kennedy Center

Via: underthedesknews(IG)

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

Such a great piece about @AlexdWong (written by @angelinadarling) https://t.co/ICDCS4I3jS

[Odile Weissenborn @OdileW]

@TheOgbonna @RonanFarrow I agree with u @TheOgbonna: the data collection part is alarming. I’m just not surprised by boosting prices according to demand; to me this is basic supply & demand economics. Doesn’t mean it’s good but it’s the system. (& it’s why people criticize capitalist societies.)

[Gary Chambers @GaryChambersJr]

So often in this country we refer to what happened in Germany.

Listen to these events that all happened in America. So when you see what is happening in the country today, know this has always been America.

Book: At The Hands Of Person’s Unknown by Phillip Dray

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[Gary Chambers @GaryChambersJr]

Trump uninvited @GovWesMoore from a dinner that every governor in America was invited to attend.

If you know this country’s history — the names P.B.S. Pinchback and John Willis Menard — then you know America has never easily accepted Black people having a seat at the table.

If they have the audacity to be racist, we should have the audacity to call it out.

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