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HS teacher, college prof, poet, consultant, lover of humanity, creator of the first HS Afrofuturism course in the US. https://www.goodtroublesolutions.net

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Image of Nancy Pelosi at the dais in the House of Representatives after the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act with a navy blue gradient with yellow and white bold text reading, "THANK YOU NANCY PELOSI." HRC logo appears in the top right corner.

Image of Nancy Pelosi at the dais in the House of Representatives after the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act with a navy blue gradient with yellow and white bold text reading, "THANK YOU NANCY PELOSI." HRC logo appears in the top right corner.

Today, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi announced that she will not seek reelection and is retiring at the end of her term.

From her time working with Harvey Milk in San Francisco to her tenure as the first female Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is the definition of a champion for equality.

06.11.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7495    ๐Ÿ” 1296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 400    ๐Ÿ“Œ 149

Preciousness!!๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’–

07.11.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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After all was said and done, Zohran's best racial group ended up being...Black voters

The Black Vote is the only Sane & Consistent in America

This Last Part was from My Son & itโ€™s True ๐Ÿฅฐ

07.11.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary โ€œRovinaโ€™s Choiceโ€ tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

06.11.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9106    ๐Ÿ” 5941    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 422    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1290

Do not have sex until you are ready. You should be having sex with people in your age group. If there is a tiny bit of pressure do not have sex. You need testing even for your first time and masturbating is not a bad thing. Know your body before someone else does

07.11.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

02.11.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9351    ๐Ÿ” 5680    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 502    ๐Ÿ“Œ 568
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?

TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is

O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.

TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it

03.11.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9200    ๐Ÿ” 3311    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1567    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1530

The LA cops are celebrating in their own way: with a little police brutality, as a treat.

02.11.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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A Confederate statue toppled in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.

A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.

02.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 211    ๐Ÿ” 86    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 102    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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My ancestors carried me through this year in ways I cannot even put into words. I feel their love and protection more than ever.

This Emmy is for them, and for Gary, Indiana.

If you have a moment, please watch this story. It is my heart, my home on screen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Yl...

02.11.2025 10:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 135    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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This is why colorism is interconnected to classism which leads back to racism

Whiteness as a class made people choose starvation over being able to eat

A vote for trump was a vote against HUMANITY

02.11.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Authorities Investigating Explosion on Harvardโ€™s Medical Campus, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvardโ€™s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to Universityโ€ฆ

A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvardโ€™s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliates.

Matan H. Josephy and Laurel M. Shugart report.

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

01.11.2025 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 388    ๐Ÿ” 302    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64
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๐Ÿšจ๐ŸšจWowโ€ผ๏ธIn these times of uncertainty we need more Romeoโ€™s in the world. He paid for people to eat for an hour and over 200 people were fed. This is the humanity and community we need right now. Bravo, Romeoโ€ผ๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

02.11.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4446    ๐Ÿ” 1617    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 189    ๐Ÿ“Œ 152
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Indiana-WDA Indiana Writers for Democratic Action is a community of writers and readers committed to the core American principle that civil liberties exist for all. Our freedoms include the right to vote and have...

Hoosier writers old and young (including students!): we've got a chapter of Writers for Democratic Action (@indianawda.bsky.social) up and running, and we'd love for you to join! Resist authoritarianism--like Orwell did before you--with your pen. DM me to join.

sites.google.com/view/indiana...

01.11.2025 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@indianawda.bsky.social
1000 thanks to Shana Ritter for creating this page.

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

01.11.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for talking sense!

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฟ

26.10.2025 00:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can Taylor Swift or one of the other white-woman whisperers please write a diss track against Jill Stein? Preferably early 2028 when that lady re-emerges from Russia?

26.10.2025 00:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I think one of the things that non-evangelicals find most annoying about evangelicals is when they claim that other people canโ€™t lead happy and fulfilling lives unless they believe in the same things that they do.

24.10.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8763    ๐Ÿ” 1655    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1840    ๐Ÿ“Œ 290

the Nazi tattoo has white people arguing that white people are inherently racist, that Nazism is a natural part of white boyhood and it's not even disqualifying for a candidate running for office

yet when Black people were telling it...death threats

22.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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#BlackSky

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Franklin stands at the altar of a UU church, beginning his sermon.

Franklin stands at the altar of a UU church, beginning his sermon.

Here's my sermon from this Sunday.

I'm not a minister but I needed to preach anyway.

huucweb.wixsite.com/heartlanduuc...

09.10.2025 15:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant Ersin Celik: โ€”They tortured Greta very severely. Right before our eyes. โ€” They persecuted Greta. Greta is just a little child. โ€” They made her c... TikTok video by Anadolu English

They tortured Greta. Omg. ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿฅบ

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMh8tAQW/

04.10.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Smashing Machine (2002) Documentary Review | REWIND-A-WAI #150 [FREE] - POST Wrestling | Podcasts, News, Reviews |ย WWE AEW NXT NJPW John Pollock and Wai Ting review The Smashing Machine, a 2002 documentary profiling Mark Kerrโ€™s Pride FC rise and painkiller addiction.

Never thought I'd be seeing mainstream think pieces written about Mark Kerr in 2025

As the Dwayne Johnson-led film hits theatres, Wai & I have released our review of the 2002 documentary, which inspired the film (free)

www.postwrestling.com/2025/10/03/r...

03.10.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

Naked children torn from their mothers and tossed into vans.

U.S. citizens detained for hours in zip ties.

Doors kicked in and belongings stolen or destroyed.

This is the reality of Trumpโ€™s deportation agenda.

It was always about cruelty.

03.10.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5687    ๐Ÿ” 2535    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 279    ๐Ÿ“Œ 158

As painful as this thing has been
I just can't be with no one else

03.10.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HAPPENING NOW: Oregon asks Judge Karin Immergut (a Trump appointee) to block the Trump admin's federalization of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to deploy to Portland. ๐Ÿงต

03.10.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1275    ๐Ÿ” 384    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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JD Vance's shutdown bet: MAGA loves racism more than health care The vice president's argument assumes itโ€™s better for millions to lose coverage than for one immigrant to gain it

JD Vance's Big Lie about undocumented immigrants and health care has been debunked a million times in a week.

I unpack the deeper message of this lie.

Vance is betting MAGA would rather lose their own health care than see a single immigrant get it.

www.salon.com/2025/10/03/j...

03.10.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 265    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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I had said plenty of times before that he wanted his own army. Here it is!

03.10.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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