#Lincoln

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

Time for some forgotten history.*Twenty two* African Americans served in Congress during the 1800s after the Civil War. Right before Southern racists took voting rights away from black people again.Since

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

THREADIn honor of our nation’s Independence Day, I’ve put together side-by-sides of the media’s coverage of @realDonaldTrump’s speech vs. the text they purport to describe. @washingtonpost vs. the opening “We

Simmering Down, But Still Fiesty

Road25th

As my children have gotten to the age where they are developing the ability to understand racism and racial discrimination, I’ve really deepened my study of it’s origins. I needed

Marcin Wichary

mwichary

A grab bag of fun links about auto-suggest/auto-complete/spell check/predictive text. Send me more!1. “President Abraham Lincoln was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant after a life devoted to the reform of

the girls’ roOoOom

weakhips

THREAD: transit systems I've had the pleasure and displeasure of riding, because I love public transportation, no matter how gross it is. FUCK CARS!!! I obviously have to start with

Andrew Feinberg

AndrewFeinberg

NOW: @SteveDoocy opens @realDonaldTrump's latest @FoxandFriends phone interview by asking the thrice-divorced POTUS for advice for his just-married daughter. Trump (wisely) says "don't listen to my advice" on marriage. .@r

ashes monst-lzer

ashleymelzer

found an archive of my old Gimme Five! interviews for Carrboro Citizen. I did this ~2010-2012? Simple format, mostly silly qs, intv by email. Interesting how much the music community

Ahmose

Muhareb1

THREAD- Why were the jews kicked out of England in 1290? Textbooks likes to paint the picture that the jews were unjustifiably kicked out and the main reason for it

christy hope

ilike2beright

This is my first thread(long time listener, first time caller)I have a theory that I just cant shake, and since I haven’t seen anyone else discussing it on twitter yet

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first Black Code, attempting to reinstitute slavery in all but name. Let's talk about how far southern whites would

Maddy, Veteran of the Christmas Wars

maddsurgeon

1/ When this is all over, Republicans are going to try to convince you the Trump thing was just a phase and Tom Cotton or whoever is a serious candidate.Don’t

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

The Trump Superspreader Tour 2020 has come to Bemidji, Minnesota, tonight. Follow for a video thread. i see white people People don't seem to remember this because it never happened

TSHonFire

TSHonFire1

I do basically the same Veterans and Memorial Day post every year where I gloss over over my family's military history and when I get to my 2nd and 3rd

David Priess

DavidPriess

THREAD: Inspired by others, each day I’ll tweet two of the books that I recommend on specific topics. Mostly national security, politics, intelligence, history, and world affairs, but with some

🌿Steph Philip🌿

stephphilip8

EX-CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST REJECTS "SYSTEMIC RACISM:" "IT'S MORE CLASS THAN IT IS RACE"Bob Woodson says Black suffering is dueto bad Democrat leadership"..race is being used to deflect attention away fromthe

Aji #ReturnALLTheStolenChildren Wings

Ajijaakwe

All right new NM state-wide #COVD19 numbers, and right out of the gate they're all screwed up.@NMDOH, this is unacceptable. I don't know where the problem lies, but it stops