Read @PhilipRucker’s account of the day democracy was breached, the pandemonium a natural culmination of what Trump & complaint Republicans have wrought on the nation they swore an oath to protect.

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Since his first presidential campaign, Trump has instigated his supporters to express their political views through physical demonstration and violence, and he has declined time and again to repudiate the actions of white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other extremists.
Prompted in a presidential debate last fall to condemn white supremacists and right-wing militia-style groups, Trump instead gave extremists an open invitation to act. “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by,” Trump said Oct. 2.
During his 4 years in office, Trump has been enabled & abetted by his Cabinet & staff, his family members & a battery of Republican elected officials — including the scores of House & Senate members who had indulged the president by vowing to object to certifying Biden’s victory.
Ivanka tweeted that the rioters were “American Patriots." Trump's personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani — who hours earlier had suggested at a rally that the election be decided by a “trial by combat” — tweeted to the occupiers, “you are on the right side of the law & history.”
POTUS himself fomented the uprising, encouraging followers to march to the Capitol “to try & give [lawmakers] the kind of pride & boldness that they need to take back our country.” He said he would walk with them, then left for the security of the White House, where he remained.

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7 Jan
It's reassuring to overhear our son's 3rd gr teacher devote the a.m. to addressing the insurrection at the Capitol & patiently, painstakingly answering every last one of the children's many questions. I imagine how much harder this is for educators in some parts of the country.
Taking the time to process history, understanding media & separating fact from opinion is so much more important than anything else they could be learning right now.
AND she's going there! Directly addressing racism & disparate law enforcement responses, talking about anger felt by many Americans as they watched the kid glove way mostly White rioters were treated yesterday compared to violent response to Black Lives Matters protesters.
Read 6 tweets
7 Jan
.⁦@RobinGivhan⁩ is a gem

“Fight for Trump!” they chanted. And they let Confederate flags fly on the Capitol steps & inside its hallowed halls, making it plain just how they define the man & the real Americans for whom they claim to be standing firm. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01…
Trump supporters did as they were told. Image
The mostly White mob rampaged through the Capitol “looting & rioting & threatening — &, at least initially, being greeted like overzealous tourists compared with the way in which some law enforcement have beaten back Black Lives Matter & racial justice demonstrators.”
Read 4 tweets
6 Jan
Compare this, the storming of the US Capitol, to the military response to Black Lives Matter protesters over the summer.
PEACEFUL Black Lives Matter protests! Now reports of gun shots inside the Capitol?
Read 5 tweets
18 Oct 20
Read ⁦@ianshapira⁩’s dive into relentless racism at Virginia Military Institute, the nation’s oldest state-supported military college whose cadets fought for the slaveholding South during the Civil War & whose leaders still celebrate that history. wapo.st/3562JQ0
“I wake up everyday wondering, ‘Why am I still here?’ ” said William Bunton, 20, a Black senior from Portsmouth, Va.
A White professor reminisced in class about her father’s Ku Klux Klan membership. The woman still teaches at VMI.
Read 7 tweets
1 Aug 20
Minority entrepreneurs were reclaiming their communities — then the pandemic came.

Grateful to @philip_cheung & @clareramirez_ for elevating this story about a new gentrification crisis hitting ethnic enclaves with their gorgeous photos & elegant design.
washingtonpost.com/business/2020/… ImageImageImage
Joe Ward-Wallace, a newly retired Los Angeles firefighter, opened @SouthLACafe in Nov, part of a renaissance of Black-owned cafes. “It was a tactic for cultural preservation. We were on an upward swing right before covid to reclaim our community.”

washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
Then coronavirus ground the nation’s economy to a halt. Overnight, business dropped 70%. Ward-Wallace furloughed 9 of his 10 employees. "I think the majority of Black & Brown businesses are going to really struggle to reopen because they are falling deeper & deeper into a hole.”
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1 Jul 20
To the St. Michaels police officer who saw a Black man, an Asian woman & their Blasian kid stopped on the sidewalk in your quaint downtown to chat with a white couple on bikes: what made you see this scene and feel compelled to pull your cruiser over and ask: “Is everything ok?”
You moved along after the white woman assured you that yes, everything was fine.

The truth is, everything WAS fine until you chose to pull over.

Did you think we were in danger?

Did you think they were?
We did not feel endangered until your sudden unexplained appearance.

If you must know, we met this lovely couple while sailing today and they recognized us (we do stand out in this town.)
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