#Violence

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

When people - including political allies - feel comfortable defying the president, it's both a sign of his weakness and a cause of further weakness. It means others have decided

Natalia Antonova 🦉🕯

NataliaAntonova

The idea that it’s “immoral” to have sex for pleasure is directly related to making sure poor people stay in their place.People from all socioeconomic backgrounds bang for fun —

Unfriendly Black²foot Otahkoapi’siakii

Pandabbadon

To be honest, I genuinely don’t know why people are surprised Bernie dropped out. I did kinda th ink he was gonna ride it out and MAKE the party choose

Hilary 🏳️‍🌈

circumfloribus

There is a lot of great writing and conversation happening now about the role and responsibilities of museums in society right now, but the "museum" being imagined in the discussion

James Stocker

j_r_stocker

1/ What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? We are about to find out in Lebanon in the next few days. Unprecedented anger and determination of protesters

Simon Cooke

SimonMagus

A few observations about our - that's non-Muslim Brits - attitudes to Islam. 1/ There is a huge degree of ignorance about what Muslims believe and this is not helped

sophon chirality

bedtimelit

let’s talk about aave aave/bev as “african” “american” vernacular “english”, as black english vernacular. specific dialects or habits of speaking the genocidal language of english, as constructed by, produced by

Hunter Walker

hunterw

I covered Bloomberg in City Hall for a couple years and have a few thoughts about his presidential candidacy now that it’s been officially announced. There was probably a legitimate

Lindsey Graham

LindseyGrahamSC

I stand with the people of #Belarus who are pushing back against a sham election of one of the most autocratic and corrupt regimes on the planet.https://www.npr.org/2020/08/13/902148185/women-in-belarus-take-to-the-streets-to-protest-post-e

Dr EM

PankhurstEM

Packed room for @HackneyReSiste2 event with @ObjectUK and representation from @DeclarationOn #HackneyResisters Women meeting to discuss their rights in the U.K. in 2019 causes such anger from the trans ideologues

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

At this moment, conservative media figures are crafting a narrative that black people attempting to disarm a white vigilante who was (1) illegally brandishing an assault weapon after (2) shooting

AJ Kay

AJKayWriter

“Bracing for grim” is all many people have been able to do for 6 months (& counting) as they live the devastation of these mitigation measures, including:* hunger* non-Covid disease

File411

File411

I’m hesitant to call attention to thisSomeone sent me via DMBefore I RT’d this-I called the Mayor’s office to verify, I was told“the Mayor did NOT request Federal Assistance”-I then

SPLC Action Fund

splcaction

THREAD: @SPLCAction’s Lecia Brooks released this statement after @Facebook removed @realDonaldTrump campaign ads that used a red upside-down triangle.https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/splc-action-fund-facebook-removes-trumps-re-electi

Chase Woodruff

dcwoodruff

We obviously shouldn’t minimize the focus on police violence against Black Americans, which is the precipitating incident here. But it seems clear that these protests are tapping into a powerful

Polemicist

PalmTreesnGz

We must not capitulate to political machinations of this vile, settler, white supremacist administration. Those of us who have privilege to think beyond immediate survival must make it clear that