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I don't have the tools to evaluate this, but while she says she supports trans people she says some red flags (bathroom predators in particular) that make me think this isn't in good faith. At the same time I'm always hesitant to use a blanket term like "TERF" because it's often inaccurate... and as a cis straight dude it's kinda not my place to make that judgement. Hrm.

The difference between the Capitol Hill scene on Sunday and the scene on Monday? No cops.

Really wish we could just stay shut down...

I'd heard things but kept quiet mostly because it seemed like everyone still liked him?

Of course there's no genetic explanation to explain racialized health outcomes!

Here's how that will influence the November election -- and future policy.

I didn't realize Sunrise Movement has some great black leaders

The police are the real rioters

Didn't know this program but not surprised it's screwing people over.

"Part of our misunderstanding about the nature of policing is we keep imagining that we can turn police into social workers. That we can make them nice, friendly community outreach workers. But police are violence workers. That's what distinguishes them from all other government functions, is that they have the legal capacity to use violence in situations where the average citizen would be arrested."

Got the Episcopalians mad

George Floyd was murdered by the police, and I can’t tell you how hard it’s been to work, to write, or to live since then.

The Insurrection Act of 1807, which Trump has threatened to invoke, is the linchpin of several iconic events in African American history.

It was just a week ago now that Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer, pressed his left knee into the neck of George Floyd.

With Trump, there is no such thing as rock bottom. So, assume the worst is yet to come.

Really good essay on all the feelings behind what's going on.

Good personal stories on driving while black.

Good statement.

Cities across America are on edge right now. Many have seen clashes between police and protesters, resulting in injuries, arrests, and destruction. It was hard to focus on much of anything else as …

The demonstrations started peacefully and with passion. The Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton told a crowd at Westlake Center, "We're tired of police terrorism. We're tired of blackness being a crime." But the day collapsed into chaos, with cars torched, looting,...

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This is a pretty good response.

"So these conditions, existence of widespread poverty, slums, and of tragic conniptions in schools and other areas of life, all of these things have brought about a great deal of despair, and a great deal of desperation. A great deal of disappointment and even bitterness in the Negro communities. And today all of our cities confront huge problems. All of our cities are potentially powder kegs as a result of the continued existence of these conditions. Many in moments of anger, many in moments of deep bitterness engage in riots." "large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice, equality, and humanity." I also forget he called for guaranteed annual income. Not surprising he was seen as such a threat.

"The powerless must do their own dirty work. The powerful have it done for them." Also wild that Billy Dee Williams was there when they found out MLK had been shot. "Slaveholders do not allow their slaves to compare notes: American slavery, until this hour, prevents any meaningful dialogue between the poor white and the black, in order to prevent the poor white from recognizing that he, too, is a slave." "It is unlikely that any Western people, and certainly not the Americans, have the moral resources needed to accomplish the deep and mighty transformation which is all that can save them. Such a transformation involves unimaginable damage to the American ego"

Good overview of what's gone down with local and state income tax.

Of course they want to hide that information!

Why did no one tell me about the Batman with Mark Twain's head?

I had no idea they'd been around for so long!