Hello, 1950s? That you?

https://twitter.com/aterkel/status/1527680347521142789

This is just one example of why state and local elections are more crucial now than ever before.

Sickening to see the violence against Muslims celebrated in India. The widespread anti-Muslim rhetoric preys on fear and poisons people.

This propaganda is dangerous and nefarious because when you consider someone less than it's much easier to participate in their oppression. Fellow Hindus, don't succumb to this fear-mongering. There is no threat to Hinduism in India or anywhere else. True spirituality doesn't include any room for sowing hatred of any kind.

People of all faiths should be able to live peacefully together in this ancient, vast land.

Daunte Wright was 20 years old, out driving with his girlfriend in his new car.

MN cops pulled him over because he had an air freshener on his rearview mirror- moments later he was shot and killed.

Meanwhile white mass shooters are consistently arrested unscathed.

Say his name The police said Daunte had an outstanding warrant- it appears to be for a petty misdemeanor.

A warrant is not a death sentence.

The system isn't broken, it was never just to begin with.

A timeline:

Monday the @NatlParkService issued a permit to the pro-Trump "Women for America First" for a gathering of up to 30,000 ppl

This was the "March for Trump/Save America" rally where Trump, his son & lawyer encouraged ppl to take to the Capitol wjla.com/news/local/dc-… Trump said to the rally filled with Proud Boys (designated a hate group by the @splcenter):

"We will never give up. We will never concede... Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong."

“I pitched ‘Taste the Nation’ to several networks.

I flew to Los Angeles on my own dime 2 or 3 times & everybody said no.

When my agent told me that Hulu called and said they’d love to talk, I said: ‘I’m not flying to L.A. again. I’m done.’” @NYTmag
nytimes.com/interactive/20… “I hated coming home after being away from my kid, and she’s saying, ‘Mommy, did you sell it?’ and I have to look at this 9-year-old and say, ‘No, I didn’t.’ One entity — I won’t name names, but he’s no longer at the network — even wrote me a long email about *why* he said no.”

Just a reminder: Tucker Carlson's show is not news- it's "hyperbolic opinion commentary" by a self-proclaimed contrarian (and registered Democrat) from his Maine summer house. “Would a reasonable viewer be coming here [to ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’] and thinking, ‘This is where I’m going to be hearing the news of the day’?” - Fox News attorney Erin Murphy

sltrib.com/artsliving/202…

These are four women we should be lifting up:

Breonna Taylor
Sandra Bland
Natasha McKenna
Michelle Cusseaux

#SayHerName
#ChallengeAccepted ⁣⁣Breonna Taylor (2020 - Louisville, KY)⁣
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A beloved 26 year-old EMT, Breonna was murdered during a "no knock" raid when plainclothes officers shot her 8 times in her home.⁣⁣
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Status: @kyoag’s office is *still* reviewing the case. Only one officer Hankison, was fired

“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. ⁣⁣⁣
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Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates.
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Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. ⁣⁣⁣

TW: Incredibly racist language

This is Blake Neff, the head writer for @TuckerCarlson's show who was forced to resign today after years of posting vile racist comments under a pseudonym "CharlesXII" (a nod to a celibate king of Sweden) and cyber-stalking women. Just this week he commented on a thread with the subject line, "Would u let a JET BLACK congo n****er do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?" this: "I wouldn't get LASIK from an Asian for free, so no." (text censored here, but wasn't censored in forum) mediaite.com/tv/lead-writer…

A timeline of Trump's Response to COVID-19 (@voxdotcom)

He repeatedly ignored security briefings for weeks & refused to begin a social distancing campaign until mid-March.

Jan 21: The first confirmed Covid-19 case is reported in Washington state.
vox.com/2020/6/8/21242… Jan 22: Trump: "We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s — going to be just fine."

"We do have a plan & we think it’s going to be handled very well. We’ve already handled it very well … We’re in very good shape."

We know that those in the upper echelons of power in the culinary sphere in the U.S.- executive chefs, restaurant owners & investors, etc. are more often than not, white and male.

Equity won't happen overnight, but a cultural reckoning is happening that is long overdue. At the root of it, we need to expand & broaden what we consider important in modern gastronomy.

We could begin by teaching African American cooking in culinary school in the U.S. and moving past a Eurocentric focus.

On August 24th of last year, 23 y/o Elijah McClain, a massage therapist who loved animals & often played violin for stray cats at Petco, was detained on his way home from picking up an iced tea for his brother in Aurora, Colorado.

He was listening to music & dancing. Elijah was wearing an open-face ski mask, like the one pictured here, as he was anemic & usually cold, even in warm weather.

A man named Juan called 9-1-1 reporting that he saw someone who looked "sketchy", but stated he wasn't afraid of him and he [Elijah] appeared unarmed.

Storytime: So the Democratic party used to be the party of the confederacy. And Lincoln (a Republican) signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

But our modern political parties underwent an ideological transition from Reconstruction in the 1870’s, to The New Deal to present day. In 1948 Southern Democrats aka "Dixiecrats" seceded from the party in protest of civil rights initiatives for Black people. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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After the Civil Rights Act, Barry Goldwater & later Nixon enacted a “Southern Strategy” to appeal to white voters through racism.

Thread: According to the @courierjournal the @LMPD & @KYFOP614 seem to be engaged in a MASSIVE coverup of the events surrounding Breonna Taylor's murder on March 13th.

A motion filed in court by her family's legal team on June 9th alleges the following: The no-knock warrant filed by Det. Joshua Jaynes (pictured) with Circuit Court Judge Mary Shaw included:

- The 3 defendants (Myles Cosgrove, Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison)
- Ofc. Josh Doerr
- Ofc. Michael Campbell
- Ofc. Michael King
- Det. Tony James
- Hankison’s drug dog

On March 13, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot & killed in her home by @LMPD. Taylor, an EMT who hoped to become a nurse, was shot at least 8 times when the police executed a botched "no-knock" search warrant at 1am.

https://twitter.com/thejessiewoo/status/1268343499201613827

Police had apparently suspected her home was used to receive drugs. But she had no criminal history and no drugs were found in Taylor's apartment. The police did not have body cameras.

Name this band: Sisterhood of the Ill-informed Yoga Pants