Rev. Michael J Crumpler

The closing of #USAID just may be the worst thing to ever happen in the world.

91 million deaths were prevented from 2001 to 2021.

14 million will die by 2030—including 4.5 million children under five.

“Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,
to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless.” - Isaiah 10:1–2

The Supreme Court has ruled to allow parents to opt out of school curriculum that includes LGBTQ themes in a decision that ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio says casts queer and trans people and families as an "ideology" rather than a community.

HAPPY PRIDE!!! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
At The Blackyard Collective, we celebrate being Black, queer, trans, healing, & thriving in recovery.

Pride. Blackness. Recovery. Liberation.

This Juneteenth & Pride, we honor those who came before & build a life worth living—together.

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Stonewall was a riot!
#ActUpFightBack
#BlackandQueer
#HappyPride

"Pride 2025 arrives at a time of deep reckoning and urgent resistance. Across the country, we are witnessing a coordinated escalation of political attacks on LGBTQIA+ people..." @uua.org #pride2025 #lgbtq

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NYC DO NOT RANK CUOMO

PSA: WHOEVER THE NYT ENDORSES IS THE WORST CHOICE FOR NYC.

And if they tell you not to rank someone... that is a signal to RANK THAT PERSON FIRST!

In 1965, LBJ deployed the National Guard to Alabama to protect protectors. Today they were deployed against protesters.

So excited to support @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for #NYCmayor on June 24.

Congratulations New Blackyard Collective Board Members! …where #BlackQueerJoy is Revived and Renewed!

Pride and Juneteenth sit side by side—reminding us of the beauty, brilliance, and resilience of Black queer & trans people. When our bodies and rights are under attack, we ground ourselves in joy, resistance, and collective liberation. Learn more: www.theblackyardcollectivenyc.org/campaigns/vi...

📢 Calling ALL North Carolinians: We are meeting at the Capitol in #Raleigh this Saturday #April5th. Critical mass matters on this National Day of Action. This is not a partisan protest.

UNITED WE STAND - DIVIDED OUR NATION FALLS

#50501NC #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #NorthCarolina #Protest

I’m sorry, but I don’t know if I’d walk away alive if I was run up to on the street by masked men trying to arrest me. 😡 #FreeRemeysa

A South Afrikaan comes to America and robs us blind and we worship him, but a Ukrainian fights a proxy war to protect our democracy and we shame him. God Bless America! 🇺🇸 🇺🇦

Tonight I saw Diana Ross and was amazed that the country that produced such a legend could also so easily self-destruct under the weight of its own ignorance and ego. #DianaRoss #TheBoss

Get used to these kinds of tragedies. Recklessness doesn’t discriminate. The absurdity is deadly.

“We are the Evidence” MLK, Inauguration Day and The Road Ahead w/ The Group Chat Podcast Episode · UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham · 01/23/2025 · 45m

This podcast must be heard!

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It’s interesting seeing the response to Luigi’s arrest. Not the profile of a killer. Folks are both sympathetic and dumbfounded by his elitist upbringing. Some are smitten by his looks. The healthcare industry sucks. I lowkey wanted him to get away before I knew his profile. It all sucks.

I don’t care how scared I am on the subway, I will never condone killing someone who is in a mental health spiral.

One of the things which struck me in Skirmetti oral arguments last week was just how successful anti-trans pseudoscience has been in establishing itself as conventional wisdom amongst the nation’s highest office holders. Thanks @aymanmsnbc.bsky.social for having me on.

I woke up to Jay-Z being sued. Daniel Penny acquitted. And a suspect in custody.

I wanna go back to bed.

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These people should not be saved from themselves. Let them fail. If we save them, we will only be left with the status quo. Let them break it so that it can be rebuild from the ashes.

I thought of you when I saw that article. ❤️‍🩹

“70% of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours.” - President Claudia Sheinbaum

Am I wrong for wanting all the cabinet picks to be approved by the senate? 🫣

1. There’s an argument I want to discuss. It goes something like this: Donald Trump’s policies are going to alienate some of the people who voted for him.

a man in a red jacket is eating a sandwich ALT: a man in a red jacket is eating a sandwich

Me watching white supremacy trying to hold white supremacy accountable.

Identity politics is and has always been an economic issue … particularly for those whose identity is marginalized.