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5 Jan, 6 tweets, 3 min read
13 dead, including 7 kids. What a gut-punch.
This massive death toll raises big questions about why there were so many people in this PHA housing.
#PhiladelphiaFire

City leaders pledge to support families affected by "heartbreaking" Philadelphia fire cnn.com/us/live-news/p…
“This is without a doubt one of the most tragic days in our city’s history, the loss of so many people in such a tragic way,” Mayor Jim Kenney said at a news conference. “Losing so many kids is just devastating.”
nytimes.com/live/2022/01/0…
Craig Murphy, 1st deputy commissioner of the Philadelphia Fire Dept. said, “I’ve been around for 35 years now, and this is probably one of the worst fires I’ve ever been to. We plan on making sure that this tremendous loss of life did not happen in vain.”
nytimes.com/live/2022/01/0…
"City leaders were visibly shaken by the horror of the fire, which had a death toll higher than the 2008 house blaze that killed seven people and the 1985 police bombing of members of the group MOVE, which killed 11 people and burned down 61 homes."
nytimes.com/live/2022/01/0…
There were 26 people in the building at the time of the fire, including eight people on the first floor. This would appear to be an illegal number of occupants. The deputy fire commissioner said it was a "tremendous number of people" to be living in a duplex.
The First Lady, a native Philadelphian, tweeted her condolences.

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There have been vaccine mandates for international travel for a year.
A month ago they were demonizing Dr. Fauci for saying he represented science, even though he is, well, a scientist.
I dare anyone to actually read Dr. Fauci's whole bio. Clearly no one at Fox ever has. This is someone who has saved countless lives and the GOP/Fox News demonization of him has earned him and his family
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25 Dec 21
What a beautiful Mass and what a powerful message. Likely far too "socialist" for many, but then Jesus was a socialist, so it follows. Pope Francis's focus on poor and working people is part of why the American Catholic church finds him so problematic,but Francis is right.
The dictate that we see Christ in others who are suffering is Jesus's own message, yet has gotten so lost in the right-wing cooptation
of Christianity in the US that it feels radical by comparison.
Jesus was a working poor socialist evangelist for separation of church and state.
Jesus wasn't born in a palace or a mega church, he was born in a barn. This is a fundamental element of the Christmas story as is the "littleness" Pope Francis referenced--Jesus needed care and nurturing, as does our faith and as do those who most need our help and support.
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23 Dec 21
Joan Didion was one of the greatest influences on my early journalism. An extraordinary writer whose vision saw around corners and through people to get to the core of things. What a talent she had. May she rest in peace with her husband and daughter.🌿

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This was VP Harris on her way to the Kennedy Center Honors.
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#ALERT Please RT:
6yr-old is still missing 7hrs later from 5600 Greene St.
My neighborhood is dicey, w/many carjackings lately.
The car her mother left her in is a burgundy Scion TC, license plate # LKV 1067. The child is Black, and wearing a pink puffy jacket and khaki pants.
Mother pulled up in front of the pizza place and left her car running with the child inside as she went in to get the pizza. She came out to find the car--with child--missing and called 911. Helicopters were searching the area for a couple hours. (Praying for her safe return.)
⚠️This is in the North Philly area of Philadelphia, PA.
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