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Doctoral Fellow NYU ๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป| Fmr: Adj Lecturer ๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿซ @ColumbiaGSAPP โžก๏ธReally just a Puerto Rican kid from East Harlem tryna grow while the simulation glitches

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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
6 months
Black Lives Matter protesters were told to keep โ€œpoliticsโ€ out of sports
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Darren Rovell
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This Sunday against the Raiders, various people within the Vikings organization will be supporting Israel on their feet. Kicker Greg Josephโ€™s cleats and sneakers that will be worn by the Wilfs and team CEO Andrew Miller. Custom designed by @stadiumck .
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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*Gentrification roof culture during quarantine in NYC Landlords & cops stopped our hoods from accessing most roofs decades ago.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
5 years
Puerto Rico is in revolt but pay attention to Hawaii as well. Indigenous people are rising in both islands colonized by the US.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Protests against VP Kamala Harris in Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทare underway US flags ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ were removed & replaced with flags of Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ , Haiti ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น ,& the Black Puerto Rican resistance flag Protesters demand an end to U.S. intervention in all 3 countries More info below ๐Ÿ“ธIG @JSALPP
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Jornada: SALP
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
๐ŸŒŠLiberals demanding Puerto Rico be a US state
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
1 year
What do you call "Decolonization" where the colonizer keeps control over the land, natural resources , never pays reparations & continues to extract colonial debt from the "former" colony?
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Left: abolish the police Liberals: weโ€™ll put a community center inside a police station
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
The United States has been looting Puerto Rico for 120 years
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
1 year
Final comment on #HR8393 by @AOC "Yo si soy Boricua, pa' que tu lo sepas" She is immediately instructed to provide a translation for the House What a symbolic & hilarious moment
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
My 93 year old abuela beat #COVID19 That's the tweet
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Dominos & #COVID19 in East Harlem #NYC
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
7 years
Trumpsโ€™ โ€œVOICEโ€ Hotline for people to report "illegal alien" crime just opened I'm gonna prank call this all night Join me: 1 855-488-6423
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Robbie Gramer
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Trumpsโ€™ โ€œVOICEโ€ Hotline set up for people to report on crime from illegal aliens was reportedly overloaded with calls about space aliens
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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#MyBloombergStory My friends & I (17/18 yrs old) were walking into Riverside Park, next to Columbia University. We heard someone scream: "HEY!" I didn't turn around. "HEY" isn't my name. One of my less street smart friends did. THANK GOD. It was a cop w his gun drawn at us.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
My friends and I were stopped & frisked at gunpoint thanks to Mike Bloomberg's racist policing policies. He led a campaign of terror to ensure POC knew we could be jumped by police any time. The rights of an entire generation were violated. His record is his record. PERIOD.
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I wish I could transfer to u the terror of raising teenage boys in NYC city when Bloomberg was bragging abt xeroxing the description of minority boys & throwing them against walls. In the later years it overlapped with black live matter. They were being hunted. Death was possible
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
#reddit just cost Wall Street firms as much $$$ as... *The entirety of Puerto Rico 's colonial debt * Wonder who gets bailed out first? ๐Ÿ˜
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Losses on short positions in U.S. firms top $70 billion - Ortex data
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
Puerto Rico been dealing with abusive tourists since 1493
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
2 years
Never gonna not think it's wild to hear the US talk about sovereignty for any country while occupying Puerto Rico est. 1898 About self-determination for any country while it denies it for Puerto Rico Saying imperialism is bad while controlling PR through an unelected US junta
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
Una gringa llegando a su Airbnb en Llorens Torres
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
As children we were indoctrinated to believe Puerto Rico would collapse if we gained independence PR is collapsing right now as a US colony
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Puerto Rico should be whatever it wants. Pass it on
@AndrewYang
Andrew Yang๐Ÿงขโฌ†๏ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Puerto Rico should be a state. Pass it on.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
5 years
The way Hawaii and Puerto Rico have stood up against US colonialism this year is the highlight of 2019
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
2 years
๐Ÿงต of trusted Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท orgs to donate to post #HurricaneFiona
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Huge Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท march in solidarity with Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
5 years
*Laughs in Taino*
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A replica of one of Christopher Columbus' ships has sunk in Texas
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
@realDonaldTrump Treating US governors like you treated Puerto Rico
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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That face you make when you wonder if black twitter is gonna make you famous for your racism #PermitPatty
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
1 year
Nurses strike is turnt up in East Harlem #NYC right now
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
How about we let Puerto Rico decide?
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Ben Spielberg
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How about we make both Puerto Rico and DC states?
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Almost like American Samoa is a colony or something
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
6 years
If white academics can legitimately write "Minorities" as one of their "areas of expertise" can people of color write "White People" as one of theirs?๐Ÿค” I've completed field work in the Hamptons and numerous Upper East Side yoga studios.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
I would love to shoot a reality TV show where Steve Mnuchin has to live on 1,200 for 10 weeks
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@feministabulous My abuelos never graduated high school I owe my success to them Academic credentials are not a measure of your worth
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Dominican immigrants reached Puerto Rico by boat today...searching a better life Puerto Ricans on the beach told them "Don't run! Sit here with us!" so they wouldn't be caught Meanwhile A US tourist (or settler) physically caught a Dominican & handed him over to Border Patrol
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Mike Brown's family expresses remorse for deaths of cops they never met Darren Wilson says he'd kill Mike Brown again #America
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@atoherbert Remember that one?
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
#BuyGoya is now trending... To spite Trump critics, Trump supporters are going to *Checks notes* season their food? 2020 is on one
@atensnut
Juanita Broaddrick
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Buy Goya.... Remember the name when you shop. GOYA. Donโ€™t let the left silence freedom of speech. #BUYGOYA
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท protests US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธsupported genocide in Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Protesters demand US stop arming Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ & end apartheid ๐Ÿ“ธ @cafe_con_miel_ in Old San Juan
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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The USA talkin bout repression in Cuba while arresting Black lawmakers demanding voting rights Ok
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Breaking: CBC Chair @RepBeatty arrested for protesting on the Hill for #VotingRights along with 9 others Black women.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Happy Veterans Day to all that have fought for Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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NOW: Hundreds in Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท march to the Israeli ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ consulate to show solidarity with Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿงตโฌ‡๏ธ
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carlos (vibe describer)
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Oh theyโ€™re marching
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
1. Defund the NYPD 2. Give these Black Mirror dogs to high school STEM programs in #NYC to disassemble & reassemble into something not a cop
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Sexyy Pink
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Nah they really got these robot police dogs in NYC. This is wild
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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East Harlem has *NO* public library rn (due to construction) & that was BEFORE this round of proposed cuts Meanwhile NYC has plenty of money to pay for police raids on colleges in Harlem (CUNY & Columbia)
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NY Public Library
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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Listen to teens talk about how crucial libraries are to their wellbeingโ€”and then help save libraries from millions in cuts. #NoCutsToLibraries Sign your name now:
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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THE US SUPREME COURT JUST DENIED PUERTO RICAN JOURNALISTS THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THE US APPOINTED COLONIAL JUNTA THAT RULES PUERTO RICO ACTUALLY GOVERNS PUERTO RICO
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@realDonaldTrump Hearing Trump insult and threaten to not return the calls of US governors (begging for federal help to fight #COVID19 ) because they aren't appreciative of him? While people are dying? Gives me painful flashbacks to how Trump treated Puerto Ricans during Hurricane Maria
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Mike Bloomberg's legacy is one of terrorizing communities of color, displacing working-class people from #NYC & enriching himself while in office. I will be dammed if anyone is going to tell me that MIKE is the lesser evil. I'm not choosing which racist oligarch I prefer in 2020
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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On this day in 1954 4 Puerto Rico Independence fighters led by Lolita Lebron, shot up the US Capitol in an act of anti-colonial violence *not white supremacist angst like 1/6 The US told the world it had no colonies Today the vast majority of Puerto Ricans know that was a lie
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@MSNBC Churchgoers drowning out ceasefire calls by screaming โ€œ4 more yearsโ€ Have completely & hopelessly lost the plot
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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๐Ÿšจ Protesters trying to shut down the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico are met with large police resistance. US tourists continue streaming in from the #COVID19 epicenter causing a huge spike in PR. As a colony Puerto Rico cannot (legally) stop the US from entering.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Thank you for the #MyBloombergStory idea @BenjaminPDixon Almost cried at the end of writing it. There was no reason so many POC had to go through that as children in #NYC I am filled w anger each time I hear a Bloomberg ad (That's like 15X a day now) I hope the U.S. hears us.
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Puerto Rico 's ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท elected govt runs in Spanish, legislature, political debate etc @AOC said 1 phrase in Spanish on the US ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ House floor (denoting her pride to be Puerto Rican) in a debate on #PRStatusAct #HR8393 & was immediately instructed to provide English translation
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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When I say "stop the violence" I mean this โฌโฌโฌ
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Angela Stuesse
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Farmworkers in Oregon this week used N95 masks and their cell phone flashlights to pick cucumbers in the midst of devastating wildfires. Under what conditions must someone be living to go to work in these horrific and dangerous conditions?! ๐Ÿ˜ก #WhereIsOSHA
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Iโ€™m Puerto Rican ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท I donโ€™t celebrate my colonizers Independence Day #July4th
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@StevePasquale Care about Puerto Rico? (Care* not realized its value as a pawn in your search for Blue votes) -Demand the US pay PR reparations for 122 years of colonial rule -Demand the US cancel all of the debt PR is being stripped & sold for -Demand PR have the right to self-determination
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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#loganpaul From โ€œ Dorado , Puerto Rico โ€œ *because heโ€™s dodging taxes He is (not) Puerto Rican Just a colonial settler
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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#JamelFloyd was just killed at Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn #NYC Stop asking if protests are peaceful while the state kills us. Rest in Power
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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"May the odds be ever in your favor" -The CDC
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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NYC loses power for 1 hour: Puerto Rico everyday:
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Armed man storming Michigan State Capitol (Left) Unarmed man arrested for demanding food for children in Puerto Rico (Right) Aside form the automatic weapons...and the arrest....can you spot the difference? #FreeGiovanni #ComidaPaLosPobres #COVID19
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Today marks 122 years of US colonialism in Puerto Rico. The US has yet to pay their debt.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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If you write a story on Puerto Rico's debt crisis & don't explain how the US has forced Puerto Rico into this crisis You're doing it wrong
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Las playas son del pueblo puรฑeta
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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The good news is? All those POC that Bloomberg had Stopped and Frisked? (Those that are still with us) Are older...wiser...and will fight tooth and nail to make sure Bloomberg NEVER sees the presidency. And there are a lot of us...
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Fundraiser for Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ in Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท tonight
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Someone just yelled "Merry Christmas" outside ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ So I screamed "Merry Christmas" out my window ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Then someone screamed "SHUT THE FUCK UP" from downstairs ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐ŸŽ„โ™ฅ๏ธ
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Protest against Cuban government is US โ€œnewsโ€ before it even takes place Historic protests against the US colonial junta imposing deadly austerity on Puerto Rico ? *Absolute crickets* from US press
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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In San Juan, Puerto Rico there are statues of every US president that made an official visit to the island since it became a colonial possession in 1898. ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒžThis is what they looked like this morning ๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒž
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
5 years
6 security guards just took me out my seat at Madison Square Garden for chanting "fire Dolan" Masculinity and privilege can be so fragile. I am a life long Knicks fan. My father is a life long Knicks fan. Knicks fans deserve better.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Puerto Rico has entered the chat
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Remember when the US convinced ppl that Puerto Rico โ€˜s economy would crash, weโ€™d have mass migration & widespread blackouts if Puerto Rico became independent ? All those things are happening now as a US colony
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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The United States has been looting Puerto Rico for OVER 120 years
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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USA ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Our " territory " Our citizens Our favorite vacation spot Our rainforest Our tax haven Your debt ๐Ÿคก
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea. This is a bad idea.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Washington DC is the disenfranchised capital city of the nation that has colonized Puerto Rico for 122+ years These are very different status conversations.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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The question isn't if Puerto Rico deserves US Statehood ยฟDoes the USA deserve Puerto Rico ?
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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In school I was taught that Puerto Rico was "protectorate" of the United States. That the US controlled Puerto Rico to (Protect it) I still have family members that believe this. Please don't teach children lies.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
This is Puerto Rico right now
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V. Torres Montalvo ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Completamente inundadas las calles en Villas de Lavadero, en Hormigueros, por las lluvias de la tormenta #Isaias en Puerto Rico. (Vรญdeo: Rubildo Lรณpez)
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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@JoshuaPotash But where is the metal detector?
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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No uniformed police in sight
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Read Let This Radicalize You
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White supremacists are now marching in Charleston, West Virginia. With no police in sight.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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Hangin. Chillin. Enjoying a nice night. Same way white kids in the suburbs do in their backyards at night. Only we didn't have back yards. NYC was our backyard. I asked the officer WHY he'd stopped us. Cop told us: "You guys fit the description."
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
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East Harlem , NYC has no working public library rn โ€ฆ
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5 days
Eric Adams presents NYC w an opportunity to get further organized by announcing a new $225 million Cop City in Queens today:
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
I would LOVE to be able to do yoga on my roof without worrying the cops are gonna bust in
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
On 4/21/1965, Pedro Albizu Campos died He fought for statehood (not to be a US state) but for Puerto Rico to gain independence Campos was jailed for 26yrs & suffered radiation poisoning for trying to end the US occupation The prison, "La Princesa," now hosts the PR Tourism Co.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
5 years
THIS IS A LIE Puerto Rico NEVER received 91 BILLION dollars to rebuild after Maria. You hate Puerto Ricans today as much as you did when you were banning them from your apartments in NYC.
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Donald J. Trump
5 years
....the crazed and incompetent Mayor of San Juan have done such a poor job of bringing the Island back to health. 91 Billion Dollars to Puerto Rico, and now the Dems want to give them more, taking dollars away from our Farmers and so many others. Disgraceful!
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
2 years
The Puerto Rican day festival in East Harlem #NYC ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทโค๏ธ
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
After threatening to shoot us? The cop randomly decided to let us go. It confused the hell out of us. An officer drew a gun at our backs without even saying "police." If we'd ran? He could have killed us! Once he stopped us? He could have killed us! The cop had a gun; we did not.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
There is NO majority for statehood in Puerto Rico. There IS a majority for cancelling the debt destroying out island. REaLLY CaRE? START there
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
But my parents knew we were lucky. So lucky this was our only time being stopped and risked. Our darker-skinned friends were stopped far more frequently. I had friends who had been stopped and frisked 13 times by the time they were 15.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Puerto Rico's government is corrupt. So is the US. Do you know what Trump's kids do for that public paycheck? How much that family has made off the office? Difference between US & Puerto Rico? Our island revolted against that corruption this summer & will again this week
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
1 month
@Alexander_Avina This isnโ€™t real it canโ€™t be
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
1 year
Sometimes the privatization of the beaches means they are closed off to Puerto Rico โ€˜s people Sometimes itโ€™s employing architecture that makes Boricuas feel like they are criminals for enjoying their motherland โ€ฆ Sometimes you canโ€™t help but feel like Lilo in Hawaiโ€™i
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
@ZachReports Police cannot be the solution to EVERY SINGLE public policy problem in #NYC / this country
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
It wasn't till I was in my mid 20's that I admitted to my parents that I was stopped and frisked. I worried that they, as part of an older generation of POC, would have thought that we were the ones who did something wrong.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
The majority of Puerto Ricans want statehood !!! โ“˜ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ฒ
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
No one makes a better case for defunding the NYPD than the NYPD
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
6 months
NOW: Puerto Rico ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท march in solidarity with Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ in San Juan ๐Ÿ‘€ In front of Israel ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑโ€˜s consulate
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
People in the US calling for Puerto Rico to " become a state like Hawaii " Please Please Please Look up the history of violence and displacement that process caused for Hawaiians (and still does)
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
4 years
Our fault for being in a park late at night, for not getting our hands up fast enough, for how we dressed, for how we addressed the officer, etc. etc. etc. When I finally told my parents about getting stopped and frisked? I will never forget the fear and anger in their faces.
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Andrew J. Padilla ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท
3 years
The Puerto Rican day parade is hard to celebrate when your country is being sold for parts by a US colonial junta ๐Ÿ˜”
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