Mary Byron
@mdbyron.bsky.social
Quilt shop owner, lover of cats and community
If you’re not following @eddsmitty.bsky.social, you are missing the hard history they don’t want you to know. Thank you for another important lesson. 👇👇
Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · last wk.⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Did you know that Puerto Rico became a U.S. laboratory for reproductive control, sterilization, eugenics—and the birth‑control pill? It's true. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory digpodcast.org/2019/05/12/c...
#tdih 2016 Philando Castile was shot to death 💔 by a police officer in a suburb of Saint Paul, Minn., at a traffic stop. Castile was known as “Mr. Phil” to students at the elementary school where he was a nutrition supervisor. #BlackLivesMatter #TeachTruth www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ph...
July 6, 2016: Philando Castile is Killed by Police
Philando Castile, an African American, was shot to death by a police officer at a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. Castile had worked as a nutritional supervisor at an elementary school.
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👇👇👇 Thank you for telling the story of this hero @eddsmitty.bsky.social I look forward to your posts!
Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · last mo.⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 He was one of the most decorated U.S. soldiers of the Vietnam War—yet many people never heard of him. Let me introduce you to Jorge Otero Barreto—the Puerto Rican Rambo. Pull up a seat.🪑 (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/24/r...
Trump spikes housing bill at last minute, refusing to sign until SAVE America Act passes • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election…
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Native American tribes are marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Greasy Grass.
Native Americans commemorate victory at Little Bighorn with horse races, dance and song
Native American tribes are marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Greasy Grass. Known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, it's an iconic symbol of resistance and resilience.
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Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫
Today I celebrate President Obama. Such grace, charm, charisma, and hope. We love you❤️
Happy Barack Obama Appreciation Day! ❤️🤍💙 Today would have also been my grandma's 93rd birthday. She was one of my favorite people, and she would have absolutely loved that this was happening on her day while the other guy's day is being ignored. She never enjoyed sharing a birthday with him.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 There is well-documented historical proof that some police officers have framed Black and brown people by planting weapons or drugs. Today, we will go over some high profile cases. Pull up a 🪑.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Repost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 💙🩷🤍
🐾 Cass (On VGen!) 🐾@codecasseopiea.bsky.social · 2mo agoRepost if your account is a safe place for the trans community 💙🩷🤍
I think conspiracy may be a bad frame for right wing election denial because what they’re really expressing is a belief in is the idea that non-white people shouldn’t be able to vote.
👇👇👇 @eddsmitty.bsky.social bringing us TRUTH this morning. Thank you!!
Eddie Smith@eddsmitty.bsky.social · 2mo agoFor the model-minorities who love to dump on Black Americans: You didn't have our history. It was Black people who paved the way for your family to be here via the Civil Rights Movement and—as a result—the Immigration Act of 1965 was signed into law. www.history.com/articles/imm...
It was 2pm and 88° in Lamont CA where these farm workers were harvesting broccoli. This crew was hand-cutting broccoli heads and loading them onto conveyor system. #WeFeedYou
🧱 happy Pride month 🧱 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱 and remember that us olds were the ones with the slogan -- not gay as in happy but queer as in fuck you 😘 (not you, specifically, presumably) the queer fight against fascism has been long we have good tools joy is one-- but it's not a joy that forgets
On this day May 27, 1892 White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
May 27, 1892 | White Mob Destroys Office of Ida B. Wells's Memphis Newspaper
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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In 2017, Criselda Vasquez painted this portrait of her parents and titled it "The New American Gothic." Last month, her father, the man in this portrait, was abducted by ICE after being in the US for 30+ years. The family is now struggling with bills. A GoFundMe has been started: gofund.me/456d8a193
Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...
The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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Billionaires - a problem for the U.S. and a problem for the world. This is just gross that these billionaires are getting richer while the original Fiji residents don’t have access to clean water. It’s also disgusting that the government is complicit. Seems to be a pattern across the globe.
C'mon, California—not him! Chad Bianco led a culture of cover-ups related to inmate deaths on his watch according to whistleblower testimony. You can expect more of the same if he's elected CA's Governor. #XavierBecerraForGovernor @XavierBecerra.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
After an epidemic of jail deaths, this CA sheriff is running for governor
A former captain under Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco alleges cover-ups and retaliation in a lawsuit and exclusive interview.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company was the only all‑Black Ranger unit in U.S. history. They fought two battles at once: the enemy in Korea — and racism in their own Army. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory aaregistry.org/story/the-2n...
The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) is Formed
*On this date in 1950, the 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed. This unit was a Ranger light infantry company of the United States Army active during the Korean War. As a small special o...
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Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!
