Tab Tirey

Spending isn't a “conspiracy” just because Musk doesn’t know how to read usaspending.gov.

A program isn't waste just because it doesn’t help the richest man in the world.

It isn't fraud just because he doesn’t like it.

A law is not illegal just because he disagrees with it.

I just learned a new word

1. Tumbled out of bed and I stumbled to the kitchen.
2. Poured myself a cup of ambition.
3. Yawned and stretched and tried to come to life.
4. Jumped in the shower and the blood started pumpin' and out on the street, the traffic starts jumpin' with folks like me on the job from nine to five.

Black History is American History. IMAGE: A Civil Rights Era protest; President Obama’s Inauguration; Marsha P. Johnson; James Baldwin; Senator Hiram Revels; Rep. Ritchie Torres; Justice Thurgood Marshall; Abolitionist Maria Stewart; firefighters spraying Black protestors with a fire hose; Kelley Robinson; Rep. Shirley Chisholm; Rep. John Lewis; Elizabeth Eckford; Halle Berry; Vice President Kamala Harris’s Inauguration; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; Barbara Jordan; Frederick Douglass; Ruby Bishop; Senator Laphonza Butler; Dr. Carter Woodson; a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020; Rosa Parks; Councilwoman Andrea Jenkins; Laverne Cox; Dr. King marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge

No matter how hard politicians like Donald Trump try to censor voices they don't like or rewrite the past to advance their extremist causes, they can never change the fact that Black History—including Black LGBTQI+ History—is American History.
#BlackHistoryMonth

All of us in this country have certain rights guaranteed by the US Constitution, regardless of immigration status, and no matter who is president.

➡️balint.house.gov/knowyourrights

AP Article: Trump fires two Democratic commissioners of agency that enforces civil rights laws in the workplace. IMAGE: a closeup of Donald Trump

In an unprecedented move, Donald Trump unlawfully fired 2 EEOC Commissioners.

The bipartisan, independent EEOC protects workers from discrimination. Trump's firing of these commissioners undermines civil rights enforcement & will have severe ramifications for workers in the US.

Today, the Portland Lesbian Choir honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a visionary leader whose unwavering commitment to justice and equality transformed our nation.

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