I can't even count how many VCU students were brutalized and gassed just now. And the ominous siren is blaring again.
Helping students who were blinded. All are scared for students who were beaten.
This is beyond dystopian. I'm so sickened.
I always get pissed off when I hear "x will get girls interested in STEM."
Girls are ALREADY interested in
#STEM
. It's just hard to STAY interested in STEM when faced with teachers and a society with one narrow (male) vision of what STEM practice is.
#WomeninScience
At UVA, VCU and beyond:
When a public institution suddenly changes its rules in an arbitrary way that *just so happens* to shut down protest...it isn't an accident.
It's an illegal restriction on free speech.
VCU students prepping a community meal this afternoon have been told to leave the compass lawn.
The admin just changed their "major event" policy to include any gathering over 50 students. This morning the policy was 150!!!
THIS IS UNCONSTITIONAL VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION
My kid's class stopped eating lunch outside last week, forcing him to go unmasked inside.
Now like 1/2 the class and a teacher are out sick with something. Kiddo brought it home and I can hear my mom coughing downstairs.
This "normal" just doesn't work. I can't live like this.
Virginia legalized marijuana, but people currently in prison on charges related to the drug will stay there under the new law.
Lawmakers said they ran out of time to include a resentencing provision.
Friendly reminder that if you're nervous about mRNA vaccines there's a good COVID vaccine for you--NovaVax!
It's highly effective and has extremely low rates of side effects!
The thing that strikes me the most about
#LivingWhileBlack
is how many black folks are a target for racists IN THEIR OWN HOMES.
Imagine not bring able to just--BE--in your own neighborhood, driveway, yard....or house! Smdh
I know it's just procedure, but damn.
Hearing
@AOC
say these words just gave me goosebumps. A tiny, beautiful glimpse at a different reality. 💔
We were so close, yall.
Keep fighting.
#BernieSanders
#DemocraticConvention
#NotMeUs
@jessica_roy
@MoJohn8510
Still mad about this.
I just realized that aside from the trauma and negative impact on their education this causes the girls, what the school is doing is PHYSICALLY DANGEROUS. The school is putting these girls at risk of toxic shock syndrome.
PARENTS:
If your employer has less than 500 employees, you worked there for at least 30 days, and now you cant work because your kids' school/childcare is closed, the CARES Act entitles you to 12 weeks of leave at 2/3 pay.
People dont know this, please PASS IT ON.
@IamGMJohnson
Last week a friend played a video of their toddler chasing tennis balls on court, to which a ww said, "aww, she's going to be a little [insert name of white tennis player]." I DIED.
Like, how are you going to aspire to be any player other than Serena?
#Mediocrity
@shaunking
@JoeBiden
"He's the only one who can win" is
1) not responsive to the question
2) baseless
Where is this coming from? Honestly I can't imagine real people thinking this way.
@jessica_roy
@MoJohn8510
This is a despicable violation of Title IX (and likely state law). Please tell me they have an attorney (if not, I'm happy to make connections).
This cannot keep happening.
@Ocasio2018
@samswey
Quick legal note--Asylum seekers like this girl shouldn't be punished to ANY degree. They weren't convicted of a crime...
If immigrants are treated like they're being punished, or worse, that's unconsitutional.
@Imani_Barbarin
Stanley Cup moms will be like:
"A little lead isn't that bad! The woke mob and the corporations are just trying to brainwash you into avoiding *natural* minerals.
People have used lead cups since the Roman times! There's a tik Tok on this!"
I can't even count how many VCU students were brutalized and gassed just now. And the ominous siren is blaring again.
Helping students who were blinded. All are scared for students who were beaten.
This is beyond dystopian. I'm so sickened.
@rohantalbot
Ugh. Should people be *grateful* they aren't blowing up children on the beach like they've done before?!?
The bar is set so low it's in hell.
NEW:
@VCU
students walk out of their own commencement to protest
@GlennYoungkin
#valeg
They will not be allowed back into the ceremony but don’t seem worried.
“My families going to be mad, but it’s worth it for what he’s done to bBack and trans ppl” - said by a student outside
@Kyle_Feldscher
@CLindsayII
"Herd immunity" **if it's even possible** also means longer term, disabling health impacts for tens of millions of Americans of all ages. Not to mention early deaths years from now.
This disease is brutal, even for survivors.
@tanzinavega
It's breaking my heart as my friends who wanted kids, but couldn't afford them, start to reach the end of their fertility.
They're grieving, hard.
@JessGrose
For me it's moral injury. 💯
The harm, death, and abandonment I and other parents experienced during the pandemic dramatically altered our view of society and the future.
Here's more:
@YesAurielle
@patiencezalanga
For those who aren't familiar, Israel actively trains US police forces. Thousands of cops have been on these trips. This is no coincidence.
I've not seen a crowd this pumped and a turnout this big since the first Obama election. (Btw, it's moving fast, don't be scared.)
This is what community love looks like!!
@JennMcClellanVA
@mattbc
@brownblaze
If you aren't a lawyer you can still help:
1)Tell kid you're there because you want to make sure they're ok
2) Ask if theres someone you can call for them
3) Record the interaction (but tell kid your focus is the police. You will NOT post it unless its of use to the arrestee)..
This my bro Zoe.. 22 year old father of 2.. Killed by
@SacPolice
unarmed lastnight ❗️ The world needs to remember your face and push til yo family get the justice they deserve bro ❗️❗️
#FuckSacPD
@DrJenGunter
@jameelajamil
Last I checked Canada, with no abortion laws, had a *lower* abortion rate than the US.
It's almost like having access to healthcare has an effect on the prevalence of abortion?! 🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
@moorehn
Absolutely.
Also, it's deeply insulting to have people who've literally used eugenicists' talking points and failed to protect disabled folks with catastrophic results suddenly using disability justice as a shield.
Now
@VCU
students have started an encampment. I hope my alma mater treats student protest with the respect it deserves!!!
If you're an alumn, please speak up!
Only 3 states have paid lactation breaks.
The next time you're tempted to say "breastfeeding is free," don't.
We're paying for it in lost wages, lost careers, plus lots of blood, sweat, and tears.
Looking at the Queen's gaudy, labored, somber funeral procession and I just can't stop thinking about Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral being attacked.
I'll never forget her pallbearers struggling to hold her coffin up even while being beaten.
@Ohhhhhh_ASHLEY
@IPM_HQ
The answer to this isn't just closing care/school.
The answer is fair working conditions and an emergency income.
All of this death is because our broken government cant just take care of folks for a couple months and wipe this thing out. Smdh.
@Redistrict
Interesting that I'm not hearing the same concern about nominating a gay man.
Is misogyny more socially acceptable than homophobia these days?
@mattbc
@brownblaze
4) Remind them they should say nothing, its their right. Tell them to say"it is my right to stay silent" and ask for a lawyer
5) Remind them that things they say (even seemingly unimportant) can be twisted and used against them. This includes things they say on the jail phone
@LauraMiers
I don't know how many people you've saved from death and disability, but I know you have. Thank you and I'm sorry. I hope a cure comes faster than the collapse...
**Every day** I talk to workers in an absolute panic about the $600 unemployment boost running out.
Desperate people, sick people, medically vulnerable people
This is a crisis.
This is a cliff.
@timkaine
@MarkWarner
@Donald_McEachin
@SpanbergerVA07
What's the plan?
@cmclymer
The idea that a people's freedom requires another's destruction is absolutely sickening, and I can't believe you're spreading that idea.
Freedom isn't anti-Semitic. People calling for freedom aren't inherently anti-Semitic. Shame on you.
I went shopping today and saw 60+ people.
EVERY whyte person I saw was maskless. Every. One. No matter the class, gender, age, size. No masks.
I saw interracial families where that family member was the only one maskless.
Anyone else seeing this? So disturbing.
The right to protest is FUNDAMENTAL.
I wish more folks concerned about the future of our democracy would say something right now.
Democracy is not just elections! Our future is at stake.
There is just no question that from the time police showed up, the protest at VCU only got bigger. At least three or four hundred by 10pm.
One student told me she felt more inclined to support the protesters cause after seeing her classmates tear-gassed by their campus police.
@VCU
The students didn't disrupt exams--many were studying for exams at the encampment!!
Students at the library right next to the encampment were studying and hardly looking up until the cops turned on the sound weapon.
@ActuallyEmerson
@Joe_Stanley
Same thing with those folks' one black friend (or, "friend").
"But You're Special" syndrome or, "But You're Different From All the Other You-know-whats" syndrome
The idea of Joe Biden speaking at rallies to try to get black women to "understand they can say 'no'" to sex makes my stomach churn.
Go away, uncle Joe. You don't know what you're talking about.
P.S. Don't smell my hair on your way out.
I'd assumed the LRAD at VCU was some kind of alert/clear the campus alarm.
I've been to more protests than I can count and even I was in total disbelief that they were pulling out military weapons on campus.
No negotiating, no de-escalation, just violence from the cops.
MISSOURI PLANS TO EXECUTE AN INNOCENT MAN, LEONARD TAYLOR, TOMORROW. Leonard has been incarcerated since 2004 on a quadruple murder charge evidence has never supported. Leonard helped free another innocent man, Lamont Campbell, last month
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@queenveej
FACT!
Black women are over 2x more likely than white women to be the family breadwinner.
But tell that to the people who call us gold diggers and they'll just complain we're "too independent."
@roblee4
I'm also a Lee from Virginia. A black Lee.
Not sure if your ancestors owned mine. And perhaps we're related. Either way, I'm proud to say you're bringing honor to the name. Thanks and peace to you!
@GovernorVA
How do you celebrate "barrier-breakers" without knowing the barriers they broke?
Our history isnt just about a few brave leaders triumphing in the face of...nothing.
@cmclymer
How about a 3rd option: someone who has witnessed dementia firsthand, and is genuinely worried about Biden's health?
This isn't some political strategy. We're not monsters. Its honest fear about what I'm seeing, and how it could impact our country.
As I ride down I64, thinking of Tony Singleton, an unarmed Norfolk man killed by Henrico VA police after surviving a car crash here on Nov 6th.
We still have NO answers.
Praying for his loved ones this Thanksgiving.
@Travon
@ShaunKing
Unless you're black. Honestly I can't inflict more pain on myself from these videos and I can't blame other at-risk folks who feel the same. Already hurt, already moved, already outraged enough to act!!
How tf is everyone not having an existential crisis over climate change right now??
California is burning.
The Gulf just got slammed.
A deadly new disease is killing thousands a day.
This is a crisis.
@AutSciPerson
Extremely challenging for those of us with long COVID to do. I have symptoms most of the time. Playing "am I contagious or just disabled" is so exhausting.
I wonder how many others are going through this without the support and knowledge they need to stay safe and sane!
This mom signed up her middle schooler for a program with police--so he'd be familiar with them--presumably to avoid violence and danger.
The kid ended up concussed, handcuffed, pinned to the ground.
“Jackson said she has spoken to various people with the Richmond Police Department about the incident a number of times, but she still has not gotten answers to her questions.
The police report she paid $5 for does not have an incident description.”
Saturday Henrico police shot a car crash victim on I-64, killing him.
3 days later we finally have the victim's name, Tony E. Singleton. He's from the 757.
No justification has been given.