Rae Lewis-Thornton

Author-Unprotected:A Memoir | Minister| AIDS Activist | Womanist| Trauma Informed| DMin Student |Tea Connoisseur

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Today is the day!! My memoir Unprotected:A Memoir is On Sale Today at book retailers nationwide. Links in Bio *sips tea* ☕️📕. https://t.co/wsjtA5wIPL

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

The point is I’m tired of having to overcome! White people need to gather their peoples and have a honest discussion about how to live without disenfranchising Black ppl!

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

“You can’t tell me we can’t overcome because we’ve done it before” 🔥 👊🏾

- @tequilamjohnson of @EquityAlliance1

[Doug Jones @DougJones]

Yes folks, we are still having primary elections in Alabama on Tuesday, May 19th and I would appreciate your vote for Governor. Lots of noise out there but the election will go on. Your vote is your voice so make it heard. Vote May 19 and let’s change Alabama.

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

Donate to power our campaign for U.S. Congress in Tennessee: https://t.co/fkTIQdMTRY

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

Today, we re-launch our campaign to take on billionaires and the political status quo.

Whether you live in the new TN-09, the old TN-09, or anywhere that our systems have failed you, I’m running for Congress for all of US.

We are still here. And we’re going to WIN!

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

People keep framing this as a Black issue. It was never just a Black issue.

The dismantling of civil rights protections doesn’t stop at the color line, it fractures democracy for everyone. When they normalize stripping rights from one group, they’ve already written the blueprint to do it to the next.

The same forces tearing down civil rights protections are coming for the voters, the values, and the democracy that white progressives say they believe in. You cannot vote blue and stay silent while the foundation is being torn down.

Your rights are next. This isn’t a warning, this is what’s happening right now

🎥: nikolehannahjones

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Whewww

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

I’ve spent most of the last 48 hours doomscrolling through people’s reactions to the destruction of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court. The people I follow most regularly have split into predictable camps. There are people like me and Adam Serwer who are trying to put the court’s decision into the larger context of the long-standing white hostility to Black voting rights and Black political power. There are the folks like Ian Millhiser who have tried to explain the immediate legal effects of the court’s unconscionable decision. The activist set is taking some time to digest what has happened and plan for next steps, with some vowing to “fight” and ultimately “win” in some fashion.
Predictable, too, has been the reaction from the right. White supremacists and, to the extent there’s a difference, Republicans have been giddy. I read one particularly risible piece of trash in National Review crowing about how the Supreme Court’s decision will allow Republicans to gerrymander away Black political power while stopping Democrats from restoring that power. I think that legal analysis is wrong. But what struck me was not the stupidity of the argument but how happy they were to make it.
That happiness, from whites, is something that most of the articles and analyses, including mine, have failed to capture sufficiently. It is as distressing to me as the actual decision and the terrible results that will result from it. Republicans always want you to believe that they’re not racist “in their hearts,” that they just happen to prefer a set of policies that coincidentally result in inequality, oppression, and less opportunity for non-white Americans. But this reaction to the death of the VRA proves they’re lying. They hate Black people, and they hate Black people who have political power most of all. https://t.co/UOfQ9hOV07

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

That’s what I’m talking about. There is always something we can do

[Shay O'Connor @SHAYOCONNORNEWS]

One of many lines seen around the city today. Dozens of #Louisiana citizens signing petition to recall Governor Jeff Landry.

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Jim Crow 2.0. We have been warning yall since Hillary ran for president. We tired to tell you her lost meant a reconfiguration of the court. Now here we are.

[Jesse Ferguson @JesseFFerguson]

They cancelled elections.

They are redrawing districts.

They are overturning voters (b/c they voted for black Members of Congress)

They are doing this to give Donald Trump unlimited power.

And they're proud of it.

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

This is batshit crazy and just plain wrong. They know and we know it— everything else is just bullshit

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Reporter: More than 45,000 ballots have been returned in Louisiana. What happens to those?

GOP Gov. Jeff Landry: Oh, those ballots are discarded.

Reporter: You say that like it’s not a big deal.

Landry: Well, it’s not a big deal. It’s not my fault

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I first met Clark Reynolds when he was just three years old at our Black History Month reception at the White House.

Over the last ten years, it's been wonderful getting updates about his life through his letters. Check out how he’s doing now:

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Whewww

[Lance Cooper @lmauricecpr]

White people aren’t concerned with how history remembers them. They brought their children to see lynchings of Black people and smiled for the cameras.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The Supreme Court, which ordered Alabama to create a second Black opportunity district just three years ago, has lifted that order one week before the primary. The Purcell principle says courts shouldn't permit chaos too close to an election—it's now an open question as to whether there will even be a primary on schedule.

[TheeCodingQueen 🪷🦋 @ChildPleez007]

Listen

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Pay attention!!

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Democratic Congressman Cleo Fields says it’s “highly unlikely” he’ll win reelection if Louisiana’s congressional lines are redrawn.

His district is at the center of a Supreme Court ruling on Louisiana v. Callais that found lawmakers improperly relied on race when drawing the map of his majority minority district. https://t.co/4jwhxQFxJh

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

The 119th Congress has more Black members than at any point in American history.

Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields says, “It's progress. But it's not progress for Louisiana. There are people who, in this state and others, just will not vote for a Black person for anything.” https://t.co/LmTXS2LeQw

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

Full Stop!

[Emoluments Clause @Emolclause]

#BREAKING: MY Nicolle: “I’ve not heard you this angry in a long time.”

Marc Elias: “…have we learned nothing?…has the broader legal community not leaned anything?…have people not learned that when you do this to Black voters it turns out bad for democracy for everybody? So yeah, I’m angry. I’m angry because of the appalling SILENCE that is going on right now around this case and the aftermath.”😳

[Doug Jones @DougJones]

What happened today in Montgomery was a disgrace. It was a complete circus that wasted time and your taxpayer dollars. The people in power made it clear they care more about politics than the people of Alabama.

Your vote is how we hold them accountable. Alabama deserves better.

[Fly Sistah 🪷 @Fly_Sistah]

Black people have been saying it since 2016. Republicans never want to see another Black president of a country founded on white supremacy. They fought since 1965 to overturn the Voting Rights Act, grooming judges in law school for SCOTUS.

[Rae Lewis-Thornton @raelt]

THIS!!

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

A really tough week.

I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. https://t.co/bZLgVCQ4Xq

[Jen Rice @jen_rice_]

This week was insane as the GOP raced to roll back minority political representation across the South.

These are just some of the powerful moments that stood out as leaders & voters in Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana & South Carolina fought back:

https://t.co/iu0VEHA7kU