My community, majority Black, brown and Asian immigrant with working class white people and gigantic labor union presence is flooded from the outside with Zeldin signs. People ask me where they can get a Hochul sign and no one knows. No doors. No calls either.
One of the key advantages of progressives winning in the midterms is that they will have a ground game for the generals. So far my only contacts educating me on Hochul in this community is from @NYWFP who challenged her in the midterms. That's it.
We need to fill the gap left by the Hochul campaign and call each other.
New York, sign up to send texts or to make calls against Zeldin. This may be the most important Gov election in our lifetimes. #VoteWFP
When people mention Zeldin at the grocery store, it's not just the usual Republicans, but apolitical people who have NO IDEA WHO HE IS while intending to vote for the "change" candidate until they're shocked to hear his stance on abortion, guns, immigration, pay, poverty.
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I walked into a New Orleans gift shop to find a section featuring Hitler figurines. Later I called them to talk about antisemitism and racism. It did not go well.
When I first walked into the store, I found it odd that at the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana there was any store that was completely void of Black culture. Even featuring an entire section from Russia instead. Especially a store called Black Butterfly Too.
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At first, I wanted to confront the owners while I was at the store. But I didn't want to put the person I was with in danger, so I decided I would either visit or call them afterwards. I was also just extremely upset, and decided it be better if I cool down anyway.
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If you have a large following and are fully leaving twitter, let’s talk and find a good match for an advocacy organization to adopt your account and expand their fight?
There are ways to easily wipe your tweets and DMs. If you’re verified we will lose the badge with a name change, but your followers will remain.
Organizations who already have twitter accounts also need to launch accounts around specific campaigns (climate, criminal injustice, labor, immigration, voting rights, etc) and your large following will give them an advantage when they launch it.
When you follow our dangerous adversaries on Twitter, those dedicated to insurrection, facism and qan*n, u tell the algorithm they’re important and they are suggested to your friends.
Below I will explain step by step how you can still keep tabs on someone without following. 🧵
Simply go to their bio, click the triples dots, and go to add/remove from lists. Prior to that, you have already created a list (and marked it private).
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To create these lists go to your own menu, and click on Lists.
Police abandon handcuffed woman in squad car parked on tracks as train approaches.
Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, 20, suffered 9 broken ribs, broken arm, broken teeth, head, back and leg injuries, as cops fled.
Paid leave for the cop.
Platteville Colorado police report itself has omitted that she was being held at gun point by police. For a 911 call after what’s described as a road rage incident claiming she had a weapon. No weapon was reported to be found or “found” in her car.
You will be told by authority invested in profiting off criminal injustice that this can be reformed. You will hear about bad apples and long internal reviews until it falls from the news. Turn your rage into exploration about police abolition and what it really means.
Will politics come up at your Rosh Hashanah table?
Here's a strategy that worked for me. If you're blessed with one, simply ask an apartheid justifying family member "is there anything the Israeli government will do that will make you drop your support of it?"
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If they say yes, ask them what are some examples, because at this rate, Israel -will- do it or maybe already has. Then hold them to what they said next year when Israel does.
If they say no, there is nothing to ever discuss with the self admitted fascist.