Melissa

Human rights are under attack from a fascist regime, white people are having a national picnic, and Bernie Sanders is at Coachella.

At this point, I'm gonna go ahead and say the Savannah Bananas are gonna win the world series because what even is this timeline?

It would be a real shame if y'all shared this online, printed out a few and hung up all around the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 😉

It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame

They went well past heart-wrenching, but it's so good.

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Too many folks want to bypass accountability to get to community, but there is no community without accountability. Community isn’t just kumbayah & holding hands.
Community is built off trust. Trust is build off accountability. It’s the hard but necessary work that births community.

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. If you don’t know what to say, go to 5calls.org, which literally makes calling your reps the easiest thing in the world. Keep calling. Become a nuisance. Do other shit, too… but at the very least, call them.

Time for Citizens to Hit Elon with a Privacy Act Violation There is a recourse for US citizens thanks to an old law created because of the Watergate Scandal.

There is a template in this link to email the Treasury Department and file a civil liberties complaint under the Privacy Act of 1974 and demand that Musk be hit with criminal penalties. Please share, please email!

Recommend tea and a snack directly following your appointment.

Oh...Goblin is going to absolutely wreck you. I sobbed for days.

You can send me all the messages you want, and I will hold space for you to grieve in any way you need, even if it's all in caps ❤️

New boundary: I will not converse with anyone who doesn't wash their ass and still uses it as a hat.

Did you see Michael LaBorn's thread asking people to drop their favorite Black creators' payapps and websites?

4. Support Black owned brands
5. Do research before asking Black people questions
6. Remember, chattle enslavement is not comparable to indentured servitude
7. Listen and remember it's not about you

PS: You can do these all year.

Just because the government won't recognize BlackHistoryMonth doesn't mean it stops existing.

Here's 7 ways YT people can celebrate:

1. Research Black leaders and how they organized
2. Take classes with Black educators
3. Read a Black history book by a Black author

I needed to see a fancy bird today. Thank you.

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

Yes, and passing legislation for the addition of routes to DCA was irresponsible and self-serving. The airspace throughout the DMV was already at a high volume between military and passenger flights; all of this could have been avoided.

Add your state and federal representatives to your contact list; put them on speed dial. Call them as often as possible to let them know what you need and how best to represent you.

Find your local reps and talk to them, too.

Make sure your voice is heard through all levels of government.

If Trump doesn't reverse course, millions could lose healthcare, food assistance, childcare, and even emergency services.

We've heard reports of Medicaid portals being shut down and childcare funds being frozen. Trump is steering the US into a disaster of his own making.

If you're wondering how we got here, look up the Overton Window.

There's more to it, but that's a great place to start.

It's also how they're going to shift everything farther right.

Hi. My name is Melissa. I am a cis gender white woman. I am a DEI hire.

ICE raids now include places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."

Churches and schools are no longer protected spaces.

Know your rights and stay safe.

And then double check, because they've been adding people back. A friend has unfollowed the vp multiple times already.

I'm not fighting you. I'm giving you insight. Take a moment to look over the whole interaction and my comment without taking it personally.

It doesn't feel right at all.

"It's like we're looking down on Wayne's basement, but that's not Wayne's basement. Isn't that weird?"

Thank you! I updated and reposted with clarification.

YouTube video by The Reclaimed With Whitney Alese MLK Said More Than That!

White people, things to remember today:

If you're gonna quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., do so with intention and proper context.

Don't quote him to Black people. Just admit that you're wrong and keep it moving.

Follow @thereclaimed, she's amazing.

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Listen, I think the reset the algorithm because the first video I saw was from Fox News 😵‍💫