i am tired of "this is not who we are" rhetoric.
the same america that pillaged and slaughtered indigenous folx for land, that enslaved millions, that created internment camps, is the SAME america storming the capitol building today.
Ahmaud Arbery was murdered for being Black.
His White assailants were allowed to roam free *for months* after lynching him. They faced no charges, no arrests. Police had video of Ahmaud’s murder the day it happened.
His family deserves justice. Our country deserves answers.
No offense, but if you’re supporting Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders this year, collaboration skills are not high on your list of priorities. https://t.co/uVpmFuUjfd
Number of House Republicans who voted in favor of:
H.R. 6400, the 1965 Voting Rights Act: 112
H.R. 9, the 2006 bill to reauthorize it: 192
H.R. 4, yesterday’s bill to restore it: 1
Why? The GOP’s hopes depend on fewer people voting.
So let me get this straight: we can afford a $1.9T tax cut for the wealthy and corporations, but can’t afford $5.5B to make sure 700,000 Americans on SNAP don’t go hungry.
I can’t erase from my mind the images of Carlos Hernandez Vasquez twitching and dying. In America, kids are sleeping on cement slabs, covered in foil blankets, denied medical care and compassion. To all those bible-quoting, Trump-defending “Christians” out there...God is watching
Walmart has offered its employees a 15 percent store discount instead of holiday pay this year.
At the same time, the company is saving an estimated $2.2B a year thanks to the Trump tax cuts.
America has socialism for the rich, cold, hard capitalism for everyone else.