You know I think it's worth saying that for all the sniping towards the older generation, it should be noted how many arrestees for Palestine demonstrations are 60 and above. They have correctly identified that they have less to lose and are putting themselves on the line.
Celeste Headlee
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Writer, journalist, speaker. She/her. Black, Jewish, Portuguese. Detroit stan forever. Living on Piscataway land. Latest book: https://rb.gy/4ovkd Press: ashley@triple7pr.com
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Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.”
This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over.
Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
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"We are not only well down the slippery slope into authoritarianism that many warned would happen should Trump be returned to power, we are well on our way to effectively criminalizing being a non-white man in America."
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"It essentially amounts to the president and his administration having declared war on the people of color of America...It was easy to see Trump surrounded by his law enforcement and military aides as the best funded and most dangerous lynch mob in U.S. history."
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"There was a clear element of racism apparent. His references to criminals & undesirable populations in “slums” (which he also promised to eradicate) were unmistakably abt Black & brown communities. At one point he practically spat when speaking about low-income housing. It was ugly & unmistakable."
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"Crime rates in D.C. are at a 30-year low. But that did not matter—Trump claimed emergency powers despite the absence of an emergency. It is the same tactic he used to send the national guard into Los Angeles earlier this year."
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"The President today used an avalanche of lies to justify taking over the Washington, D.C. police department and send federal troops into the nation’s capital. Even more ominously, he threatened to do the same in other major U.S. cities."
www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-c...
Why Trump's Chilling Flex of Brute Force is So Disturbing
Our president is a wannabe tyrant, using techniques favored exclusively by leaders in thugocracies across the world.
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Vouchers are a scam.
Why Florida school vouchers can pay for Disney tickets while draining billions from public schools
WESH 2 Investigates uncovers how many families paid for theme park tickets with state-funded vouchers
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Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
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Witness: It was such a surprise.
Reporter: He was minding his own business?
Witness: I mean, he was following this buffalo with a giant gun waiting for a chance to shoot it dead.
Reporter: And out of nowhere...
Witness: Yeah! For some unknown reason, the buffalo attacked him.
