John Clifford Floyd III ain't nobody to play with. He's been a practicing lawyer for over fifty years. He's a criminal defense attorney that has practiced widely throughout the country & for five years at the UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda. We should all know Fani's Daddy.
Congresswoman Lauren Underwood passed four significant pieces of legislation in her first term and now has sponsored a package of twelve bills to address Black maternal health 2 B included in the president's family plan. She's about the work.
#Maddow
had nothing but praise 4 her.
I was canvassing Black and Latine voters in a Republican county today. A 19-year-old was unsure she would vote. I took my time with her. Told her about my first vote. Encouraged her to vote to protect her community. I gave her lit on the candidates and early voting.
When you blow up all the lies and misinformation on social media about Kamala Harris and Stacey Abrams, all you're left with is misogynoir. And that seems to be enough for those that could never articulate a real reason to oppose either woman.
Laurence Tribe sure has a lot to say about Biden's age and fitness and it's odd. Just like the president, he's also over eighty, his mind is as sharp as a tack, and he's also still working. I guess his real issue is Kamala Harris.
If the Chinese government is admitting to 250 million Covid infections in the last ten days, and hospitals in the United States are filling up again. WTF are you doing walking around unmasked like nothing is happening?
#CovidIsNotOver
@Phil_Lewis_
Let's be clear, Adams county is a Democratic leaning suburb of Denver. Most elected officials are Democrats. If Elijah couldn't get justice here, he wouldn't get it anywhere in the state. There is a bias at work here against justice for Black victims of police violence.
@ReaganGomez
i'm my 70 year old mother's caregiver and don't expect her to lift a finger to do anything ever again. i cook, clean, and prepare her meals. it is a privilege to be able to do this for her in her hour of need and i thank Gawd i can.
when a private security company kills someone, stands by the shooting and doesn't explain why a college student liked by everyone who knew him is dead, it's time for the Durham Police & DA to address & investigate this. Why are ppl just now being told?
#DeAndreBallard
#NCCU
Cornel West's Ta-Nehisi Coates ivory tower broadside conveniently ignores the American carnage he helped Trump create by backing Russian dupe Jill Stein. This Fascist moment was brought to you by narcissistic hoteps that believe progressive purity will pay your medical bills.
#p2
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus boycotted a speech to Congress by Netanyahu because of his blatant racism toward Barack Obama. Some of you have forgotten that. I haven't. Netanyahu is again prime minister & appointed a cabinet minister that says Palestinians R animals.
Former Obama and Biden White House aide Gabe Amo has won the Democratic nomination for Congress in Rhode Island. If elected this fall, he will become the first African-American elected to Congress from Rhode Island.
An intelligent, well-educated Black woman told me that she wasn't voting 4 Biden because of Anita Hill. She had several excuses. My fav was Kamala Wasn't Black. I knocked down everything but just so we're clear, democracy is on the ballot. Voting 4 president isn't about feelings.
MSNBC is giving a platform to a Black fool promoting confusion and division. She claims the migrant crisis Republicans created is justification for her abandonment of the Democratic Party. This is an Op.
Breaking: Judge Reggie Walton will review what
#Barr
has redacted from the
#MuellerReport
to assess if it is appropriate under the Freedom of Information Act. We'll know the extent of the spin by May.
@PettyLupone
I need people to stop pretending that this woman isn't the biggest major player in this Administration besides the president and on the world stage.
When was the last time police shot and killed a pregnant white girl suspected of shoplifting? I'll wait. Stop gaslighting us. Y'all know damn well that routine police interactions suddenly turn deadly when Blackfolks assert their rights.
@realmikeblair
@VICENews
They don't have a cover story despite having ample time 2 come up with one. They also have a witness. When this trigger-happy shit happens 2 white ppl it is much harder 2 explain away & it underscores the emptiness & pretextual nature of the excuses proffered 2 Blackfolks.
@cbschicago
"Going home" means something different to blackfolks when talking about a minister's wife. "Discharged from hospital" woulda kept my heart from leaping out of my chest.
Momma has been seeing an oncologist every three months since this journey began & after surgery & chemo the news is always the same: we don't see any cancer. Her doctor gave her the all-clear officially today. She's cancer free & will next see him in six months. Gawd is good.
@HamnerPam
@ljordanplatt
@hcouch22
Your strength is inspiring. The bumbling incompetence of Southhaven's dangerous and ridiculous law enforcement triggers my anxiety. May God keep you and guide you for the battle ahead.
@JohnJHarwood
@charles_gaba
And one of the no votes was a Black man whose entire life and career were made possible by Civil Rights giants like Thurgood Marshall...
After eight days of early voting, North Carolina is closing in on 1 million and ahead of 2018. 170,914 African Americans have voted. If you're in North Carolina, urge your pastor not to waste this Sunday Souls to the polls opportunity.
I'd like to take this opportunity to inform you that the Japanese gov't closed the schools, encouraged teleworking & encouraged the wearing of masks early on. Because the Japanese aren't anti-intellectual science deniers, they wear masks & have less infections than North Carolina
Black excellence challenges the idea of racial hierarchy and white privilege. It is always more threatening to white supremacy than any racist stereotype of criminality or ignorance. When excellent Black people lead and fail, this fear of losing privilege is always the reason.
FYI: Dragging
#MaggieHaberman
is not about pettiness, it's about the accumulation of privilege, nepotism & the multitude of familial connections that gave her access 2 Trump, & the hidden PR empire her mother works 4 that has been cleaning up Trump/Kushner shit with spin 4 years.
I'm impressed that every school district in Arkansas rejected Sarah Huckabee Sanders's efforts to ban AP African American Studies. I think it is a testament to how ridiculous and racist it is.
@AriBerman
@ladyc10
It was a partisan ruling by a majority Republican three judge panel. NC Supreme Court precedent is very clear that this GOP gerrymander is patently unconstitutional. North Carolina is one election away from autocracy.
Lemme be clear. If Joe Biden runs for re-election he will win regardless of the Republican nominated. Trump and DeSantis are petty, vicious, cruel, and corrupt. They will not win.
Susan Collins dismissive comments about Susan Rice potentially challenging her may backfire. Several generations of her mother's family have lived in Maine. She owns a home there, and can take up residence there should she choose to. Susan Rice is a millionaire with connections.
#KevinMcCarthy
's empty victimology and screeching bullshit proves that Republicans have no defense of Trump's conduct on the merits. Their president doesn't believe he can be reelected without extorting a foreign government to intervene. That's fuc*ing impeachable.
@notcapnamerica
Killer Mike ignores policy and cozies up to Brian Kemp who targeted rural Black community leaders in Quitman, GA for false, malicious, and racist voter fraud charges later thrown out. Notice how the people screaming about reparations never got any smoke for him over that .
u may think it's okay that Beto O'Rourke is friends w/ GOP Rep. Will Hurd.
u may think it's okay Beto didn't endorse a Democrat 2 unseat Hurd & she lost by 800 votes.
u may think it's okay Hurd called 4 Schiff's resignation today & is complicit w/ Russian collusion.
i don't.
you've probably seen the
#PhoenixPD
video terrorizing a Black family at gunpoint because a small child supposedly took a doll. of course, the police response is to embellish what they were told, as if shoplifting some cheap shit from a discount store warrants SWAT tactics.
@CalltoActivism
I have a hard time believing that consciousness of Tucker's rancid racism was a sudden epiphany for Fox execs. Not after allowing him to mainstream White Nationalism for years. Nor do I believe that the Dominian lawsuit they were losing had anything to do with his termination.
When hoteps enter your timeline screaming about Kamala and
#truancy
, just tell them that every member of the California Legislative Black Caucus voted for her bill, AB 1317, and that her approach cut rates of truancy by more than half for Black children in California.
#KHive
With 84% of precincts reporting, State Representative
#IlhanOmar
has won the Democratic primary to succeed Keith Ellison with 48% of the vote. This result in a solid Blue district means that she and
#RashidaTlaib
will be the first Muslim women elected to the U.S. Congress.
#MN05
The outpouring of well wishes for my fiftieth birthday was a wonderful lift for my sagging spirit. Today is bittersweet because it marks the first day in my home as my mother's caregiver. We need your prayers. My mother's dementia is significant. Love y'all.๐
@sarahfenske
@sweetsmithie01
A school system punishes a child for exposing an adult's racism when they support the adult. The call is coming from inside the house, people.
Just saw a TikTok featuring Louis Gossett Jr talking about the great-grandmother who raised him. She had been a slave. It occurs to me that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which was passed to bring the Negro into citizenship and punish insurrection, was not that long ago.
i understand that people don't actually need reasons to dislike Kamala Harris and the reasons are usually b.s., but be honest about why you dislike her. be honest that you've never researched her record and don't understand the management responsibilities of a DA or AG.
i don't need convincing that R. Kelly is a predator. i been knew, as we say. it's on tape. we all heard about it during the trial. some even saw portions of the tape. i'm happy that victims are able to tell their stories.
#SurvivingRKelly
We will not be able to beat the Republicans by becoming extremists withholding our votes over pet issues or grievances. That bullshit is how we got here in the first place.
Voting for president in 2024 is about harm reduction and preserving democracy. Republicans have a taste for autocracy and fascism now. Leave your feelings out of general elections and do what's best for democracy and future generations.
Can somebody explain the fascination with the word Plantation? Why is it considered bougie? Why is it used at all? Have you noticed that developers don't name things after concentration camps? For example, I've never seen a Auschwitz Estates or a Bergan-Belsen Manor. Can we stop?
I'm now in Charlotte at the Kamala Harris fundraiser and the room is filling up. There's a good cross-section of people here, but predominately Black.
#KHive
#KamalaInCharlotte
@jcdav
@JohnJHarwood
@charles_gaba
During the time Janice Rogers Brown served on the second-highest federal court in the United States, Republican presidents nominated six white people for the Supreme Court and confirmed five. You can save your little picture. Nothing prevented them from nominating her.
if Doug Jones loses, it will be because Whitefolk preferred the child predator, not cuz Blackfolk didn't vote in overwhelming numbers. as Gawd is my witness, White resistance and denialism will not be laid at the feet of my people.
#ALSen
#RoyMoore
#p2
@ReginaA1981
Kamala's MSNBC Town Hall last night and today's Greenville Town Hall were much larger and much Whiter than events I've previously seen. People are curious. People want to see for themselves. SC endorsements are starting to pile up. Her breakthrough is coming.