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"Activism and bullying is okay when we do it, because our cause is good"
"Activism and bullying is bad when they do it, because their cause is bad"
"Activism and bullying is bad when they do it, because their cause is bad"
She is absolutely right about this strategy & its effectiveness.
These same tactics should be used to stop far-Left agitators & Antifa rioters when they do their "direct action."
These same tactics should be used to stop far-Left agitators & Antifa rioters when they do their "direct action."
In fact, I am happy that this tactic was used on the Cop City Antifa rioters in March 2023. cnn.com/2023/03/06/us/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here we go! The Missouri House is hearing a series of bills that would gut the Citizen Initiative Petition process, a process that has frequently been used by Missourians to override our "they know better than us" members of the #MOLeg 🧵
Missourians wanted to expand Medicaid, but our @MissouriGOP #immoralmajority was opposed; so we passed it via Initiative Petition (and they still tried to defund it afterwards). Missourians legalized medical (and now recreational) marijuana through I.P.
The chair is starting out this hearing by having every member introduce themselves, say a little about who they are, and what party they represent. It's actually kinda touching in a Parks & Recs way.
I teach high school in Oklahoma. I am faculty advisor for our Gender and Sexuality Alliance. I have written extensively about diversity, equity, and inclusion in Oklahoma public schools. I am passionate about student democracy and increasing student voice. 🧵
I openly declare that trans girls are girls and that Black Lives Matter. I teach African American History through an antiracist lens.
I am a proud union member. I am a registered “independent” voter. I am a formerly ordained Christian minister. I hold a Master of Arts in Theological Studies. I am an award winning teacher and activist. I am an adjunct university professor.
Apparently @Bline4Everyone has stirred up enough #GoodTrouble, we've got a local political group organizing against us. If I were to pick a name of an anti-housing group locally, I couldn't do better than "By Design." A thread🧵👇 1/n
It was #ByDesign our land use is so racially segregated. Racially restrictive covenants and redlining made sure "undesired" minorities were excluded from communities. See @SegByDesign and segregatedbydesign.com 2/n
It is #ByDesign that certain areas of #Brookline and other Boston metro communities continue to exclude poorer people. Minimum lot sizes, apartment bans, parking minimums, all of these serve to drive up the expense for would be neighbors. 3/n
We are here in Phoenix with @OfficialMLK3, @RepRubenGallego, @MondaireJones, @ezralevin, @MsLaToshaBrown, @cliff_notes and activists from every corner of Arizona to get in some #GoodTrouble and #DeliverForVotingRights!
The March to #DeliverForVotingRights is underway! #WeWantVotingRights
“Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime.” @repjohnlewis #GoodTrouble
We are ready to #DeliverForVotingRights tomorrow in Phoenix! #Solidarity ✊
We are ready to #DeliverForVotingRights tomorrow in Phoenix! #Solidarity ✊
C’mon Arizona! Grab your signs and let’s join together in a March to #DeliverForVotingRights!
You can be sure that @OfficialMLK3, @RepRubenGallego, @MondaireJones, & @ezralevin will not stop! @IndivisibleTeam will not stop!
WE WILL NOT STOP fighting for our rights!
You can be sure that @OfficialMLK3, @RepRubenGallego, @MondaireJones, & @ezralevin will not stop! @IndivisibleTeam will not stop!
WE WILL NOT STOP fighting for our rights!
Call today, March tomorrow!
On the morning of May 30, 2021, the last day to pass bills in the TX House in the 87th Legislative Session, House Dems faced near certain defeat against our voters & democracy w/the passage of SB 7.
My colleague @TMFtx pulled me aside & said: “I know the play to break quorum.”1
My colleague @TMFtx pulled me aside & said: “I know the play to break quorum.”1
On that bill deadline day @TMFtx continued: “We break quorum, fly to Washington & tell Congress to pass the #JohnLewisVotingRightsAct.”
Always game for #GoodTrouble, I said: “Yeah, let’s do THAT!” 2/
Always game for #GoodTrouble, I said: “Yeah, let’s do THAT!” 2/
Later that day a coalition of Black & Brown TX House Members convened & decided to kill the voter suppression bill. We heard a powerful story from @Senfronia4Texas about her lifetime struggle for voting rights. @RepDeshotel counted members willing to leave. We had the #s! 3/
Democracy is under attack. Communities of color across the country are being silenced. Our vote, our most precious, sacred right, is being stripped away one state at a time. Congress has got to pass federal voting rights legislation, and must do so urgently. (1/3)
Let us be clear, we will continue to cause #goodtrouble, #necessarytrouble, until the White House and Congress get this done. The clock on American democracy is ticking. (2/3)
That is why this weekend we will be in Columbus, Milwaukee, Detroit and Washington DC, canvassing door-to-door to mobilize voters early, raise awareness on voter suppression tactics and urge elected officials to pass federal voting rights legislation. (3/3)
Rev. Gregory Gibbs: "There are two things that anyone must do to be at home in the world. The one thing we must do to have peace in our lives is to change our attitudes toward the world. We must soften our tone, deflate pretentions, set more realistic goals for ourselves."
"The other thing that we must do, in order to be at home in the world, is to act to change the world. We must act to change the world so that it comes to accord more closely with the most positive values and aspirations we have developed as Buddhists."
"At a minimum, we must speak out in defense of the
bullied, oppressed and marginalized. We must oppose
tyrants, tyrannical ideas, and garden variety bullies. We must decry blocks to freedom of all sorts."
bullied, oppressed and marginalized. We must oppose
tyrants, tyrannical ideas, and garden variety bullies. We must decry blocks to freedom of all sorts."
Now.. if YOU would like to get into a little bit of 'good trouble' - why not take it as a project to try to get one of the local press in those 3 states, to ask these sedition conspirators, when did they report their criminal partners to the FBI?
Trump identified the trio to DOJ
Trump identified the trio to DOJ
So President Trump IDENTIFIED three Congressmen to DOJ in December, that they are plotting a coup d'etat. If any of these 3 were patriots, they HAD to immediately on Dec 27 inform the FBI, what the other seditionists were attempting..
(we know they didn't do any such thing)
(we know they didn't do any such thing)
So if you want to spend a little bit of your time, please contact the local newspapers of major cities or the TV stations in their states, and demand the press ask "when did you inform the FBI that the others were plotting a coup d'etat against America? Or are you not a patriot?"
"America’s Last Patrol and former Hidalgo County Commissioner Cuellar came together to make preparations on Hernandez’s new home.
“Well you know he’s a vet, what we do we step up for any veteran that needs our help,” Peña.
#DemCastTX #Veterans
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“Well you know he’s a vet, what we do we step up for any veteran that needs our help,” Peña.
#DemCastTX #Veterans
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2) Veteran organization America’s Last Patrol helps in assisting veterans. KVEO Photojournalist Sal Castro
Cleaning up the debris, volunteers started the process of building Hernandez’s a home.
#DemCastTX #Veterans
Cleaning up the debris, volunteers started the process of building Hernandez’s a home.
#DemCastTX #Veterans
3) The home also served as the childhood house of Hernandez and his brother. Living at the property since the 1950s, Hernandez has seen the neighborhood change from its humble beginnings as cotton fields.
Fannie Lou Hamer deserves R-E-S-P-E-C-T in many ways. Americans (including Mississippians who shamefully aren't usually taught about her in K-12) should know her story as well as they know Dr. King's.
Imagine being a Black woman in 1964 Mississippi (ruled by segregationists Dixiecrats) creating an alternative MS Freedom Democratic Party, traveling to the DNC & demanding that THEIR Black delegates be seated instead of white Dixiecrats.
THAT is anti-establishment. #GoodTrouble
THAT is anti-establishment. #GoodTrouble
I know the left and right these days have a lot of white dudes (usually from the midwest or northeast) that they call anti-establishment warriors.
But Fannie Lou Hamer WAS the anti-establishment. And she risked her life to fight an unjust establishment.
But Fannie Lou Hamer WAS the anti-establishment. And she risked her life to fight an unjust establishment.
LATE NIGHT THOUGHTS: Texas Republicans rammed through the process without regard for rules or regular process to justify “election integrity,” after the Texas Secretary of State called the 2020 election, “free, fair, safe and secure.” #txlege #JimCrow2_0 #SB7
So what does the Texas Attorney General do in response to that? He exhausted 22,000 staff hours and spent $250k in a desperate attempt to find some evidence of widespread voter fraud. So, do you want to know what the result of this “investigation” was?
After all that effort, hours, and spending of YOUR taxpayer dollars, the Attorney General only identified 16 problem ballots out of ELEVEN MILLION votes casted, all of which were simple human errors. That’s 1 in 700,000.
What does #ForThePeopleAct HR1 do for American voters?
This will be my hat tip to Rep John Lewis, may you rest in power Sir.
Let's advocate #GoodTrouble and #PassFTPA HR1.
#DemCastTX #CommonDefense
#Indivisible #FreshVoicesRise
This will be my hat tip to Rep John Lewis, may you rest in power Sir.
Let's advocate #GoodTrouble and #PassFTPA HR1.
#DemCastTX #CommonDefense
#Indivisible #FreshVoicesRise
Across 10 titles, this historic legislation would make it easier to vote in federal elections, end congressional gerrymandering, overhaul federal campaign finance laws,
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increase safeguards against foreign interference, strengthen gov ethics rules, & more. Most reforms would be implemented for the Nov 2022 general election, with the exception of some redistricting & public financing changes that would go into effect later.
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Happy Black History Month!
Day 1:
I started the day by explaining to my kindergarteners the history of BHM and why we celebrate. We also talked about Ruby Bridges and how her impact is felt today in our diverse classroom and at our school.
Day 1:
I started the day by explaining to my kindergarteners the history of BHM and why we celebrate. We also talked about Ruby Bridges and how her impact is felt today in our diverse classroom and at our school.
Day 2:
We talked about the Greensboro sit-ins. This also led to a discussion about protests and why people protest. I like to highlight the sit-ins during BHM because those involved were incredibly brave!
See what they had to endure here:
We talked about the Greensboro sit-ins. This also led to a discussion about protests and why people protest. I like to highlight the sit-ins during BHM because those involved were incredibly brave!
See what they had to endure here:
Day 3:
Talking about events in Black history can be heavy but it’s still important to learn. Not all BH is sad though and today’s lesson was inspired by watching my kids dance! We talked about DJ Kool Herc, the history of breakdancing and I read the story The Story of Rap.
Talking about events in Black history can be heavy but it’s still important to learn. Not all BH is sad though and today’s lesson was inspired by watching my kids dance! We talked about DJ Kool Herc, the history of breakdancing and I read the story The Story of Rap.
On #MartinLutherKingDay don't be lulled into a false sense of complacency by quotes about love that every moderate trots out about #MLK today. He was a radical progressive who believed in fundamental change and the "fierce urgency of now." So, read his real quotes here:
"We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was “well timed” in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease...
...of segregation. For years now I have heard the word “Wait!” It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This “Wait” has almost always meant “Never.” We must come to see, with one of our distinguished jurists, that “justice too long delayed is justice denied.”
.@SpeakerPelosi retains her gavel with 216 votes.
Dem Reps. Lamb & Golden voted for other people, while Reps. Slotkin, Spanberger & Sherrill voted "present."
Dem Reps. Lamb & Golden voted for other people, while Reps. Slotkin, Spanberger & Sherrill voted "present."
House makes it official: @SpeakerPelosi elected with 216 votes to keep her gavel.
#117Congress #OpeningDay
#117Congress #OpeningDay
So, in his House speech, is McCarthy going to say anything about #Georgia today?
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It features an all-⭐️panel of political scientists @LilyMasonPhD, @NathanKalmoe, & @stevenwwebster- each experts in neg. partisanship & partisan schadenfreude
What?!
What's that you say?!
What?!
What's that you say?!
2. It's the desire to hurt or maybe even kill your political opponent! Mason & Kalmoe discuss how partisan schadenfreude leads to a lethal mass partisanship while Webster discusses his new book on neg partisanship- American Rage stevenwwebster.com/7americanrage.…
I like Vice President’s with walkout songs. #MsVicePresident
And invoking John Lewis? I’m not crying You are Crying. #GoodTrouble #VotingRights
@KamalaHarris is the best of America. You don’t have to agree with her, but if you don’t respect her, you don’t respect America.
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@ReverendWarnock
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Current polls show Rev. Warnock at 31%, GOP Loeffler at 23%//GOP Collins 22%; Dem Lieberman 9%
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*Jungle Primary: Candidate who gets 50% of votes wins
Current polls show Rev. Warnock at 31%, GOP Loeffler at 23%//GOP Collins 22%; Dem Lieberman 9%
Hey #GEORGIA
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March For Our Lives federal affairs manager @eve_levenson helping paint In front of Mitch’s house.
We're LIVE to collaborate and learn how to create a #DEI ecosystem in your organization! @JohnsonCarolynn @KenBouyer @kimariewhy @CalvinHJr @supt4kids @EquitySupt1 @davyno #BringPeopleTogether #Crowdsourcing #DEI
@davyno welcomes us all and recognizes that there are more CEO's named "Dave"' than there are female CEO's in Fortune 500 companies.💜 Irreversible and sustainable change is what we are here for, thank you for showing up! #TeVirtualEvents #DEI
We are now participating in our 1st of 5 exchanges. Let's make the most of our time together by #crowdsourcing! First question - "Why are you here and why is that important?"
Sunday morning reflections (thread): This year, we have lost so much. We’ve seen devastation from fires and hurricanes. We’ve watched a virus ravage our nation and the world. We’ve lost connecting with family and friends. (1/4)
And we’ve lost so so so many lives. Including icons whose life’s work have helped make this country what it is today. From the trailblazing Katherine Johnson, to Rev CT Vivian, John Lewis, and now Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (2/4)
While we mourn, I also hope that we are reminded that our pursuit of justice does not rely on individual heroes, but rather a collective of all of us. Our own heroes, in our own ways, doing our part to fight for a more just and equitable America. (3/4)
"What is at stake in this election are not just the candidates on the ballot, but democracy itself."
-@NAACP_LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF
-@NAACP_LDF President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF
"The reason Thurgood Marshall thought that [Smith v. Allwright] was his most important case is because he believed the theme of tonight: that when you unleash the vote, you unleash political power."
-@Sifill_LDF
-@Sifill_LDF
