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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social Profile picture
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Aug 28, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
It's hard to imagine a more consequential date in modern U.S. progressive history than today, August 28. Here's a short thread

1955: 14-year-old Emmett Till is murdered by white racists in Mississippi, a turning point event in sparking the civil rights movement Image
1963: The historic March on Washington for racial justice and jobs, capped by MLK's iconic "I Have a Dream Speech" Image
1964: A 3-day uprising by Black residents of North Philadelphia over police brutality and economic injustice signals the start of a decade of urban unrest inquirer.com/philly/news/Ga…
1968: A violent "police riot" in Chicago against antiwar protesters at the Democratic National Convention becomes a pivotal moment in the tumultuous 1960s Image
2005: Hurricane Katrina reaches Category 5 status as it bears down on New Orleans. The coming days of chaos will expose the huge gap between the rich and poor in America Image
2020: Hours after the GOP and its president end a 4-day celebration of authoritarianism, marchers again descend on Washington to respond with a call for justice washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/…
Remember, whatever you would have done during those pivotal August 28's in American history is what you're doing TODAY. Our values are under attack as never before. What are you doing to defend them? -30-

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1. Before Trump goes off on the price of Fruit Loops, one thing about today's inflation debate that is driving this boomer crazy

If you're under 45, say, you never really experienced serious inflation in your life before 2022. Now they really think prices are supposed to go...
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1. The hot mess that was the political media in 2016 continues to slime America 8 years later

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social Profile picture
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1. I wrote this morning in my column I was an 'agnostic' about Biden dropping out. I said wait for the polls! But then the more (white male, mostly) pundits commanded Biden out, the more I was against it. This NYT editorial is the last straw nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opi…
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1. With Trump making the rather bizarre choice to rally tonight at Temple U. in North Philly - on a liberal campus in a 90%-Biden district, with seemingly light outreach to his suburban base, I keep coming back to something that happened in March 2016
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