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Roving journalist, friend to all dogs mtracey@protonmail.com

Jun 20, 2021, 8 tweets

"Fighting The Power" When You Wield State Power: The Story Of Juneteenth mtracey.substack.com/p/fighting-the…

I asked Chuck Schumer if he thought it was odd that New York elected officials were ranting about the need to “fight the power” while he, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, was standing onstage beside them. He responded with some sort of riddle about a Higher Power

In this post I also share the thrilling story of how I ended up in a vacant section of the New York Islanders game last night that had been reserved for Juneteenth community outreach

Lol, this is not what happened

I guess this is one reason hockey teams attempt such “community outreach,” which underscores the hilarity of me (white guy) ending up in the special Juneteenth section

These official Juneteenth t-shirts cost $30 and bore the logo of festival sponsor Verizon

Imagine being Bill de Blasio and having several people who worked in your administration running to be your successor -- but you can't even express a public preference for any candidate, because it's widely believed that merely expressing a preference could tank their campaign

Found a higher-resolution photo of Chuck showing off his sweet new tee nypost.com/2021/06/19/jun…

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