Starts here. These are the flags of racist nations that made war on the US and were defeated. Being carried on the campus founded by Thomas Jefferson. pic.twitter.com/P5I0vJD7DG — Seth Masket (@smotus) August 12, 2017
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Continue reading →And support Elizabeth Warren.
Continue reading →Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis are shown here at the March for Jobs and Freedom. John Lewis is the only surviving speaker from the rally that day. I know who I will side with in these terrible times.
Continue reading →Still pondering what comes next. Unsure who made this pic. Would love to link back if I can find out.
Continue reading →Police are safer under Obama than they have been in decades
Continue reading →This article, by Jeb Lund in Rolling Stone, really should be read in full. It is a clear description of the ways in which Confederate ideology and the violence of white supremacy, have sculpted our political landscape, and continue to infect the conservative movement to this day. The Charleston Shooter: Racist, Violent, and Yes – Political How could it not be political, when the Republican Party has weaponized its supporters and made violence a virtue? …And nothing — nothing — emphasizes that overreach and theft like black people. Mendacious twit and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley issued a statement saying, … Continue reading →
I also have lived in the South, have much family that lives there still, and have traced my father’s family back to Civil War veterans. And yet I am a Yankee, I admit. So it will come as no surprise that I don’t care what some random backwoods dude in Mississippi thinks about his heritage. The Confederate battle flag is the very symbol of slavery and treason and not for one day should it ever have been allowed onto any government place or entity. The South lost and it’s good that it did. That reality should be reflected by governments … Continue reading →
