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26 Oct, 5 tweets, 2 min read
REFLECTION:

I used to wonder why animals like the horses and cattle came along at the end of A parade. Then watching politics it became clear. It was because the people walking and smiling behind the fancy float with the parade queen didn't want to mess up their fancy boots.
The walked along for show making the numbers great but not really serving a purpose. And, they knew that when the parade was all over, someone would come along to clean up behind the animals.
That's been the GOP for the past 12 years. Their entire sh!t show of governance has been a perverse, weird parade. They've smiled, nodded, waved, pontificated and at times even did a song and dance, while folks in the background acted like animals and treated others even worse.
Then of course there is the mess they leave for the democrats to clean up.

Oh, but don't worry. WE WILL CLEAN IT UP. Count on it.

I suspect that's what they're afraid of.
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27 Oct
The republican are so predictable. They raise hell, cause damage, hurt people physically and with their policies, and deprive people of their rights. They engage in maximum cruelty and inhumane treatment, and commit theft of national treasure and resources.
They overtly practice and promote hate. But when they lose power, they insist on fair treatment, dignity, due process, and healing. They insist that the nation won't be able to stand conflict, let alone retribution.
They can't stand the idea of being subjected to what they practiced on a full time basis when they are in power even for a second.
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22 Oct
AN APPEAL TO MY FELLOW BLACK MEN AND VOTERS:

I have truly missed going to the barber shop for the past few months. For me it's a comfortable place of comradery and acceptance where black men can have wide ranging conversations, debates, at times disagreements,...
...but we can always speak openly and be heard regarding the issues that affect us. Sometimes we talk trash about much of nothing. Or we watch sports, play chess and backgammon, or listen to music. But often we discuss important issues and have genuine learning experiences.
And importantly, it's one place on earth where old men and young men gather, intergenerational knowledge is passed, and respect is acknowledged, given, and received. I don't know how it is or what it means for people of other cultures, but it's a part of ours.
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20 Oct
PERSPECTIVE:

We can't just let this go by.

The republicans who voted against convicting Trump have all been caught. America really needs to stop and consider that, because the current criminal scandal is far bigger and more profound than just Rudi Giuliani and the Biden laptop.
During impeachment, they all pretended there was nothing to see, nothing that linked Rudy or Trump to any sort of Russian plot concerning the Bidens despite, all of the information presented, all of the testimony provided by people within the administration,...
...Trump's own words, and the fact that Rudy was sent to Kiev for precisely for that propose. Now that Rudy has been caught in the middle of the laptop freak show, the republicans have been proven dead wrong.
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19 Oct
Just in case they for got, this is a reminder of how the GOP got Trump. Like Grover Norquist said in 2012, they didn't need a president to give them direction. They just wanted one to be essentially a rubber stamp.
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They though that's what they got in Trump. Why? Because the GOP assumes everyone is more stupid than them.
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18 Oct
You every wonder why voter suppression is the holy grail of the GOP? Listen to Paul Weyrich explain it in 30 seconds in his own words - 40 years ago.
But wait there's more.

Weyrich is the co-founder of the Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority, Free Congress Foundation (now American Opportunity), and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC.)

Christianity is the vehicle used to promote and justify ideology and policy.
To be clear, the scope goes far beyond voter suppression. But without voting right, American citizens don't begin to have a chance to preserve and defend democracy, lives or livelihoods.

So let's be clear voting is not the first right, but it is the most important - bar none.
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16 Oct
I saw a post earlier today that's been on my mind. I wish I remembered where I saw it so I could quote it properly and credit that individual properly, because it was critical and on point. But to paraphrase, it said that the long lines that we see for voting is not a victory.
While it's a testament to our commitment and determination to vote despite the obstacle, it is a clear indicator that the obstacles are there. It's a reminder that voter suppression is alive and strong. We can't just settle for the big numbers. We much fight for change.
There is nothing in the world I want more that for everyone in America eligible to vote to actually vote. But as @cornellbelcher just reminded, power concedes nothing.
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