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With Passover beginning in a few hours, President Biden wrote a powerful op-ed for @CNN "To fight antisemitism, we must remember, speak out and act." cnn.com/2023/04/05/opi…
Biden's commitment comes nearly five months after his administration established an interagency task force at the behest of U.S. Jewish organizations to fight surging antisemitism in the country. haaretz.com/us-news/2022-1…
Biden writes: "Passover is more than just a recounting of the past. It is also a cautionary tale of the present & our future as a democracy. As Jews read from the Haggadah about how evil in every generation has tried to destroy them,antisemitism is rising to record levels today."
"These acts are unconscionable and despicable. They carry in them terrifying echoes of the worst chapters in human history. And they’re not only a strike against Jews,they’re also a threat to other minority communities & a stain on the soul of our nation." cnn.com/2023/04/05/opi…
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I wrote Sunday that Dr. Jill had made an unforced error & slighting the Dems' main voting bloc of Black women would have consequences. FLOTUS should apologize.
LSU’s Angel Reese rejects Jill Biden’s White House invite explanation: "I don't accept that" share.smartnews.com/uApDo
Once Dr. Jill inserted herself into this, after what had been done to Angel Reese, she created an unnecessary incident. An apology would help--this is more than LSU. Not getting that is part of the problem.
Stop saying Angel Reese rejected Dr. Jill's apology. Jill Biden never apologized to Reese or LSU. Her staff walked back what she said and Caitlin Clark said that neither she nor Iowa would go to the White House.
Angel Reese "We’ll go to the Obamas."
Terrific piece by @MollyJongFast: "Trump is facing criminal charges for his actions covering up a sex scandal. But he’s convinced Republicans the indictment is government villainy at work, so much so that his critics are even rallying behind him."
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"Trump’s refusal to accept any personal responsibility and his ability to double down in a truly pathological way has created a world where his base no longer operates in reality, but instead in a kind of MAGA land. "
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"It’s a terrain so profoundly distorted that Trump’s base believes that organizations like the FBI and the CIA are composed almost entirely of liberals whose sole purpose is to hurt their guy, and by extension, them."
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"It's not about race" says the lady who only mentions the Black player and then tosses in another Black person she disapproves of. Stop demanding that Black women follow rules you don't expect white women follow. And NEVER tell me to "calm down" for calling out racism.
Then she calls me "hysterical," and says I am the only person on Twitter commenting on the racism. This is a strong Democrat, too. ⬜people really have lost their minds over LSU winning this game. I hope everyone purges their tweets Monday morning.
Ron DeSantis says, "Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances." And then levels an anti-Semitic and racist attacks on Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.
Vile, despicable, shameless. floridapolitics.com/archives/59980…
“The weaponization of the legal system to advance a political agenda turns the rule of law on its head. It is un-American,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis said,“The Soros-backed Manhattan District Attorney has consistently bent the law to downgrade felonies and to excuse criminal misconduct. Yet, now he is stretching the law to target a political opponent."
How on earth have so many kids been wounded and killed by guns in the last year and we never talk about it? Tuesday morning, a 15yr old was shot dead just blocks from his high school in my neighborhood after 3 other males confronted him. At 7:30 in the morning. An honor student.
In 2022, 182 kids were shot in Philadelphia. That's just one city. Are cities and towns even keeping track of these shootings and the number of victims? On Sunday a 10 year old shot his 12 year old brother in Philly and was charged Monday. The parents may also be charged.
I've spent three decades reporting on #GunViolence in Philadelphia, Camden, NYC and New Orleans. I've been on panels, TV, radio. Three men have been shot to death in front of our house in the past 6yrs. My wife had to clean blood off our sidewalk and car. Guns, guns, guns. Why?
To recap: tonight men told me:
🔻 I'm not a reporter
🔻I don't live in my neighborhood
🔻I should "get off my fat ass" and get water for my 47k neighbors
🔻 I'm attention seeking for reporting a breaking news story
🔻 I'm pro-groomer
🔻 I'm a turd
🔻 I'm worthless
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People tell women journalists to just ignore these people --"they're just a bot." But the thing is, when men do this to you every day--I discovered one of those guys has literally dozens of comments to me, which is stalker behavior--the impact is cumulative.
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We also don't know what men will do. They may just be masturbating at home at the idea of causing you pain or they might be tracking you to physically harm you. I had to protect my wife for years from this by hiding her identity on here so she would be safe.
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