If the nominees are simply allowed to lie during hearings, even when the lie is easily proven with documents, recordings or witnesses, then what is the point? #SCOTUShearings
If #BidenHarris2020 somehow manage to get into the White House despite a concerted effort by Republicans to thwart the popular will they will have to start a generations long battle to shore up the constitution when it comes to voting rights and SCOTUS
Trump has exposed the constitution as nothing more than a gentleman's agreement between rich white guys, that isn't worth the paper it's written on when faced with a criminal who just doesn't care about tradition or decorum. It needs to be re-booted for the 21st century
It should be a constitutional mandate the Supreme Court Justices be replaced w/in 90 days of a vacancy. If no suitable replacement is voted on, then POTUS can appoint someone for a year. Then you start all over. The Senate shouldn't be free to shirt their responsibilities
The electoral college needs to be abolished. It's outdated, dangerous & a relic of slavery. The fact that GOP run state legislatures can thwart the will of the state's voters, and STILL elect Trump electors no matter how November turns out is a sign of how flimsy our system is
Not one institution in this country is sustainable if those in power chose to ignore it. Whether that's election law, environmental law, criminal justice etc. #BidenHarris2020 will literally have to get into office and restrain their own natural executive instinct for more power

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9 Oct
The foiled terrorist attack on #GretchenWhitmer is another example of what's left of our justice system still working despite the best attempts of Trump. He is a terrorist sympathizer and has been for years. He cares nothing for Democracy, but that's not what this thread is about
The co-opting of comic book hemes, names and titles is one of the more disturbing recent trends in America and it's not addressed enough as one of the ways the Alt-Right recruits and targets young disaffected white, Asian and Latino men (Afam men are rarely Alt-Right recruits)
Right Wing groups have been using the gaming world to recruit angry white men for years. It's been covered, and most online systems like Playstation and XBox have done little to stop it, because frankly it's hard to censor
npr.org/2018/11/05/660…
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6 Oct
This weekend I spoke to a black who claimed she wasn't going to vote for Trump, but that he had done a great job "With human trafficking" . I thought this was strange for a lot of reasons, but it ended up exposing yet again Facebook's failure to stop disinformation
First, it's patently not true, Trump has done no better battling "Human trafficking" than previous presidents & that's before you consider children who've gone missing from border interment camps
politifact.com/factchecks/202…
But this narrative plays into the conspiracy about #pizzagate & child abuse that bots & hate groups have spread online. Here's the catch though, many of you have probably never actually SEEN any of these memes or stories pop up on your timeline on Facebook. Why?
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5 Oct
In class I took all of my @morganstate students to the @StateMaryland website to check on their voter registration status. Several of my students pleasantly surprised me by showing they actually had their paper ballots in hand already. Which brings to mind something
Maryland is a blue state in presidential elections but has bounced btw Dem and GOP governors for the last 20 years or so. Registering to vote is very easy, keeping up w/ your registration is easy and there are several ways you can vote
The state is also 29% African American. I point this out because voter suppression doesn't happen automatically because the GOP is in charge or there's some critical mass of black people. It takes generations of policy and reinforcement
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30 Sep
The reflexive X Y axis of being turned off by Trump's behavior being directly correlated to education and class is why so much of the white left is ignored by actual activists and Black organizers.
Trump's behavior is problematic to many "working class people" assuming your definition of working class isn't exclusively white. In fact many white working class people have plenty of bad experiences with rich bosses/landlords who treat then like crap just like Trump
The whole thread above is a fancy grad school way of dressing up economic anxiety, which was NEVER Trump's appeal but an idea that the white left refuses to abandon.
Read 5 tweets
10 Sep
The wildfires out in California are so much worse than what most of our 24 hour press is covering consistently. This isn't a criticism, the 2020 campaign justifiably eats up a tremendous amount of airtime, but seeing the impact firsthand is terrifying
The sky in large parts of Southern CA are a burn umber, or even red regardless of the time of day. Because you can actually SEE the fires off in the horizon. Every single national forest in Cali is closed because of these fires. That's JOBS on the line as well
The #wildfires in Southern CA have burned over 11,000 acres in the last week. Which is more than every single professional and college football field in America.... Twice
Read 6 tweets
4 Sep
#NBA Labor can influence hiring but does not have final decision making ability. Labor's 'choices' for potential coaches are constrained by what ownership will accept. You're missing the larger picture here - Let the Merovingian break it down for you 🤨
Also, you have to look at why Nash is even considered HOF / Coaching material to begin with. He's not a champion, he's not even the best PG of his generation. He was elevated based on the same racially biased assessments of 'talent & ability' that have always defined the #NBA
Patrick Ewing had been an assistant coach for YEARS, he's a legit champion and HOF - couldn't get a whiff as a head coach. Now he's at Georgetown. Same story with many other black players with an interest in coaching
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