N.O.

Use the anger you’re feeling now to get caught up and keep fighting it.

this is fucking great

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences.

AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade.

Grab your beverage of choice.

Dec. 24, 1865 | Confederate Veterans Establish the Ku Klux Klan Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1865, Confederate veterans established the KKK in Pulaski, Tennessee. Devoted to white supremacy, the KKK became America’s most prominent terrorist group. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

Dec. 20, 1986 | White Mob Chases, Kills Young Black Man in Howard Beach, New York Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1986, white teens brutally beat two young Black men looking for assistance in Queens, New York. One of the Black men was struck and killed by a car while attempting to flee.

YouTube video by Equal Justice Initiative Resistance to Racial Integration

On December 18, 1952, Georgia Gov. Herman Talmadge announced he would sooner end public education in Georgia than allow Black children to attend school with white children. Gov. Talmadge was not an outlier. youtu.be/BwwMgIGH9Yg?...

Dec. 16, 1945 | Black Family Killed After Refusing to Leave White Neighborhood in California Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1945, the home of the Shorts, the first Black family to live in Fontana, CA, erupted in flames, killing Mrs. Short and her two children. Mr. Short later died from his injuries.

Dec. 15, 1897 | White Mob of Hundreds Lynches Tom Waller in Mississippi Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1897, a mob of 400 white men lynched a Black man named Tom Waller in Lawrence County, Mississippi. They had a large picnic while preparing to hang him.

Dec. 13, 1893 | Tennessee Judge Throws Entire Multiracial Family in Jail for Living Together Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1893, a judge in Knoxville, Tennessee, sent an entire multiracial family to jail on felony miscegenation charges. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

Looks lovely to me! And, as others have already said, the most important thing is that *you* like it.

Dec. 12, 1922 | White Mob Lynches Arthur Young in Taylor County, Florida Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1922, more than 1,000 white people lynched Arthur Young in Perry, Florida. It was the second racial terror lynching in Taylor County in five days. The mob then attacked the Black community, burning homes and community buildings.

When you're over 40 a sneeze can literally take you out

this is what pickleball is in my mind

Dec. 11, 1917 | U.S. Army Executes 13 Black Soldiers in Texas Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1917, the U.S. Army executed 13 Black soldiers who were sentenced to death and denied any right to appeal for defending themselves after a white mob attacked them.

Dec. 10, 1960 | Black College Athletes Banned From 'Mixing' With White People During a Title Game Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1960, Black football players from a California college were subjected to racial segregation and forced to lodge separately from white teammates while in Florida for the national championship game.

Dec. 8, 1915 | White Mob Rapes and Lynches Cordelia Stevenson near Columbus, Mississippi Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1915, a white mob raped and lynched a Black woman named Cordelia Stevenson in Columbus, Mississippi, and left her naked body hanging by a railroad to terrorize Black community members.

Also a good day for a 3 Stooges marathon.

Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1915, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.

Last year, my health insurance company stopped paying for my Humira. Humira is a type of immunosuppressive drug called a biologic, and I take a pretty high dose of it to control my severe Crohn's Disease. Without it, I will have a bowel obstruction, and then I will die.

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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off decision to cap anesthesia for surgical patients The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cast an intense spotlight on unpopular insurance company policies.

Don't worry, they'll try to do it again on a day where people aren't out there assassinating medical insurance CEOs

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Dec. 5, 1910 | D.C. Court Rules Child Cannot Attend School Because She Is 1/16th Black Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1910, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled an 8-year-old girl was prohibited from attending her local public school because she was one-sixteenth Black.

……. okay yeah I had to sit with this one for a minute

in America we really do have zero reason to trust we wouldn’t be shot in that situation

and we know that’s fucked up but we forget how UNIQUELY fucked up it is???

Dec. 4, 1969 | Chicago Police Assassinate Black Panther Leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1969, Chicago Police officers assassinated Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by firing over 90 bullets during a pre-dawn apartment raid.

I'll never get over this.

There's a sliding scandal-scale w/DJT at one end in a no-scandal-zone

Scandalous behavior needs to be reported, even if expected. It may not feel like news when DJT violates norms or laws; it's certainly not "new"

But it's vitally imp't news by any definition of the word

it's remarkable

Dec. 3, 1970 | Cesar Chavez Jailed For Leading Boycott Against Coercive Farmers Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was sentenced to an indefinite jail term for his work boycotting lettuce produced by farms that had used coercive tactics against the United Farm Workers.

For five years, I have been covering what is unquestionably the biggest criminal justice scandal in American history.

Today it ended when the most corrupt cop in history took his life.

But it's not over.

A thread.

Dec. 2, 1975 | Bernard Whitehurst Jr. Killed by Police in AL; Officers Plant Gun as Cover-Up Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1975, Montgomery police shot and killed Bernard Whitehurst Jr., a 32-year-old Black man they claimed they mistook for a robbery suspect.