For decades, I’ve believed that our country and its institutions of govt have been under a slow roll and asymmetric warfare by wealthy “establishment” elites who began funding think tanks, which are essentially money laundering clearinghouses for (1/4)
bribing konservative politicians, access to institutions of higher learning through endowments, chairs and professorships as they funded propaganda organs to keep lying about liberal bias. They penetrated every level of government - local, state and federal levels, by (2/4)
Jun 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Most Americans forget that Roe was decided as a right to privacy issue, the privacy between a doctor and patient. In their ruling, the majority opinion basically stated that there is no right to privacy and therefore the right to an abortion was not guaranteed. The problem (1/4)
here is that the right to privacy is the basis for so many things Americans approve of and feel are part of their basic freedoms. Laws can’t work if certain basic things like the right to privacy aren’t applied the same way for many issues, therefore they’ve opened up the (2/4)
Jan 9, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hate doesn’t grow in darkness or in a vacuum. It’s given life when well meaning human beings give it space. When family members, friends and colleagues choose to look the other way. When the institutions within a community, state and country choose to dismiss, overlook or (1/4)
weaponize it, but it knows no boundaries nor does it respect any boundaries. It sole goal is to take over wherever it’s given comfort. We don’t have to be participants, but we do become accomplices in its neighborhoods. If it’s allowed to fester, it can infect everything (2/4)
Apr 14, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Thread.... I need to drive to our four-year old granddaughter to daycare today. To ensure we arrive alive, we won't take public transit (Oscar Grant). I removed all air fresheners from the vehicle and double-checked my registration status (Daunte Wright), and ensured my
license plates were visible (Lt. Caron Nazario). I will be careful to follow all traffic rules (Philando Castille), signal every turn (Sandra Bland), keep the radio volume low (Jordan Davis), and won't stop at a fast food chain for a meal (Rayshard Brooks). I'm too afraid to
Dec 8, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
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In 2008, the US economy crashed due to GOP's toxic agenda and policies. The corrupt GOP refused to life a finger to help President Obama and the Democrats to pull our economy out of the ditch. As the economy took longer to recover, they parlayed the teabaggers
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errr Koch suckers vitriol into midterm election that gave the GOP the majority in the US House. Fast forward four years, and their President reviving their catastrophically failed governance that has killed over 300,000 Americans, infected over 15 million Americans, and the
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