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For America's 250th, I read Frederick Douglass’ speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” on the House floor—for the first time in history. His speech endures as a mirror & mandate for us all—to confront our inequities while fighting for an America as good as its promise.

In case anyone is under the impression that things are getting back to normal here in the U.S., yesterday 🧊 grabbed a fruit seller off the street in broad daylight in my community. This was only one of several kidnappings in the area yesterday. Don’t let the circus distract you from the ongoing harm

They thought she stole DIAPERS. Pampers are among the most shoplifted items ever. What does that say about the thieves? The local fence won’t give cash for those stolen goods. They don’t feed any addiction but cleanliness.

Warnock: Right before they passed that ugly bill that cut $1 trillion out of medicaid, the Speaker of the House joined with other legislators and said a prayer, and then they went and voted for that bill. I just want to know what was in that prayer.

Cut the mold off the cheese and ate it anyways. My kids looked at me horrified, and obviously I didn’t raise them in enough poverty to understand this is completely normal.

They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.

In retrospect, we should've known the left would end up only caring about the marginalized when they can gentrify their struggles for their benefit when they decided the hero of Parkland wasn't the Black youth who ran towards danger, but the white rich kids who ran to the cameras.

AOC: This is what I want people to understand: this is our money. When you pay your taxes, that money is being stolen to pay for a vanity project like a ballroom or whatever it is that this guy wants to do, instead of what it should be used for…

Tribal membership is a complicated matter, culturally & politically And it's a family debate that outsiders shouldn't get involved in And, it's irrelevant What's relevant is: claiming that tribal membership gives him a Get Out of Jail Free card on the sins he's committing right now Is bullshit

Fact #1: Markwayne Mullin is a registered member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma Fact #2: That doesn't mean he's not engaged in actively perpetuating human rights abuses and violating the Constitution as a member of this Regime and head of ICE, because Fact #3: Not all skin-folk are kinfolk 😑

Mullin: Are you calling me a racist? Green: Reclaiming my time. Ask him to shut up! Shut up! Mullin: No one will call me a racist. I’m Cherokee.

DC is under occupation! Troops from multiple agencies won't leave. We have nasty ICE activity like a lot of places, a constant National Guard presence, even agencies like the US Marshalls have come to get a piece. So as you think of this city, think of a dangerously militarized place fighting that.