Thread: MLK opposed the filibuster being used to block civil rights.
Dr. King said the March on Washington, where he delivered his âI Have a Dreamâ speech, would be a direct response to the filibuster.
(đĽ August 12th, 1963)
Martin Luther King, Jr. believed a filibuster of civil rights legislation would be a âblatant abuse of the legislative and democratic process.â
(đĽ May 26th, 1964)
Nov 5, 2021 ⢠40 tweets ⢠18 min read
Aaron Rodgers says he gave the NFL âover 500 pages of researchâ on âmask wearingâ and âthe efficacy of the vaccinesâ during his appeal process.
Aaron Rodgers appears to be against both vaccines and masks.
â500 pages.â The NFL was likeâŚ
Nov 4, 2021 ⢠4 tweets ⢠2 min read
1/ Dave Portnoy once said he was going to say racist things, and then Portnoy and his Barstool staff proceeded to say racist things about Colin Kaepernick.
No credible company or sports league should be partnering with Barstool.
2/ Dave Portnoy and Barstool said Colin Kaepernick had âterrorist skin,â âlooks like a terrorist,â âisnât really that Blackâ and his biracial and adopted situation âwas all jacked up.â
đ¨ Conservatives has been blaming New York fire deaths on the vaccine mandate, but it turns out FDNY has been organizing to fake injuries and sick outs to protest the mandate according to anti-vax protester Michael Bruno who works with the husband of a New York firefighter.
Just before this, another anti-vaxxer was discussing how âtwo people died in the Bronx because of the lack of firemen.â
Also, when she shared how SDNY wasnât picking up trash, Michael Bruno celebrated with a fist pump.
These anti-vaxxers are supposedly pro health.
Oct 30, 2021 ⢠7 tweets ⢠3 min read
âThis is the funniest thing Iâve ever seen.â
Who is this? An unidentified San Antonio police officer saw the Trump Train harassing the Biden/Harris bus and just laughed.
Minutes later, one of the drivers rammed a campaign volunteerâs car.
đ Husband of âNorma Inojosaâ
đ Worked the Trump inauguration
đ San Antonio Police Department
đ 4 service stripes / hash marks in 2020
Oct 29, 2021 ⢠20 tweets ⢠11 min read
âYour parents are abusing you.â
Meet Anti-mask/vax activist Curtis Goldstein (@homesbycurtis) who harasses masked school children and their parents with his megaphone as they walk home from school.
Curtis is a real estate agent at @RNewYorkBrokers.
Curtis Goldstein goes by the alias âCurtis Orwellâ online, but still has ties to his real estate agent career on his profile.
Curtis uses @CashApp ($CurrisOrwell) to raise money off his anti-vaxxer harassment videos. Retweet to tell @CashSupport to drop Curtis.
Oct 28, 2021 ⢠5 tweets ⢠2 min read
Anti-vaccine mandate protesters are dumping trash onto Gracie Mansion with the assistance of New York Department of Sanitation workers.
Nothing says youâre protesting for personal health choices quite like dumping trash for others to cleanup.
Here is the flyer advising people to dump trash onto Gracie Mansion today.
Oct 27, 2021 ⢠9 tweets ⢠3 min read
Anti-vaxxers in NYC complain about getting the middle finger from high schools kids after they harass them with megaphones about their masks.
Chanting with them is singer Jimmy Levy as they marched to JetBlue HQ to protest masks and vaccine mandates.
Oct 21, 2021 ⢠6 tweets ⢠4 min read
Trumpâs new âTruth Socialâ app shows a @ChevyTrucks account on the platform.
Verified accounts on the platform display a red flag check. đŠ
Oct 16, 2021 ⢠4 tweets ⢠2 min read
ESPNâs Jon Gruden in 2016: The NFL should âcutâ Colin Kaepernick for protesting.
ABCâs Howard Cosell in 1968:
If youâve never seen it, here is video of Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting during the national anthem at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
Oct 11, 2021 ⢠8 tweets ⢠3 min read
âThey ought to make good and skilled servants, for they repeat very quickly whatever we say to them.â - Christopher Columbus
Columbus was intent on enslaving the first indigenous people he saw.
Oct 11, 2021 ⢠23 tweets ⢠14 min read
Meet Shawn Olivo (@dvs7_0), the antivaxxer Trump supporter who attacked the mobile covid-19 testing site flipping a table while NYPD did nothing.
Shawn âDVS 7.0â Olivo is a MAGA rapper who is currently at Trump National Doral in Miami for #AMPFest21.
Shawn Olivo went from attacking a covid testing site in NYC to flying to Miami for @AMPFEST_USAâs MAGA conference #AMPFest21 held at a Trump property.
Oct 10, 2021 ⢠7 tweets ⢠3 min read
Marjorie Taylor Greene taking a selfie with a supporter wearing Confederate flag patches to last nightâs Trump rally in Iowa.
Make no mistake, these are white nationalist rallies.
OAN host Christina Bobb standing in front of booth selling Trump merchandise.
Notice the booth behind Christina is flying a Confederate flag. Vendors sell them at Trump rallies.
Oct 6, 2021 ⢠10 tweets ⢠5 min read
In 2017, Urban Meyer invited Larry Elder to speak to the Ohio State football team. Elder spoke on âlife, choices, and racism.â
Larry Elder said he was invited by Urban Meyer because the coach invited speakers for weekly âlifestyle Wednesdayâ sessions with Ohio State football players to teach them about finances, âappropriate sexual behavior,â and societal issues.
Oct 3, 2021 ⢠7 tweets ⢠2 min read
Jay Cutler told Sage Steele she was the âCandace Owens of ESPN.â They laughed and said they both respect Candace Owens.
Sage Steele joked that maybe the vaccination nurse intentionally injured her arm because the she thought Sage was Candace Owens.
Oct 2, 2021 ⢠8 tweets ⢠4 min read
âI donât think anything could be done about it until BOTH SIDES step up.â
Meek Mill, who partnered with the NFLâs efforts to stop the kneeling protests, released a new album. At an NFL social justice event, Meek Mill *both-sided* problems with the police.
As an NFL social justice artist, Meek Mill was assigned to promote the Crushers Club, a group whose director cut the locs of Black youth âfor a better life.â
Thatâs same same young man in both pictures. The NFL gave this lady $200,000.
Sep 21, 2021 ⢠18 tweets ⢠8 min read
âYouâre going to have to face us when you leave your houses. âŚWeâre waiting for you.â
Nevada: Trump supporter Mindy Robinson threatened the Clark County Board of Commissioners and blasted them for fighting against âvaccine disinformation.â
Mindy Robinson participated in January 6th.
Twitter suspended Mindy Robinsonâs account (@iheartmindy) in January, but her Instagram with the same name is still up. You know what to do.
Sep 5, 2021 ⢠9 tweets ⢠3 min read
New York Jets QB Zach Wilson apparently had difficultly wearing his mask properly while shopping today in Las Vegas.
Nevada is currently under a mask mandate due to rising covid cases.
People who wear their masks like this are willfully deciding to be selfish and put others at risk.
Sep 3, 2021 ⢠5 tweets ⢠2 min read
California Republican candidate for Governor Larry Elder once said it can be argued that slave owners were owed reparations at the end of the Civil War.
âYou can make an argument that the people that are owed reparations are not only just Black people, but also the people whose âpropertyâ was taken away after the end of the Civil War.â
- Republican candidate for California governor Larry Elder
Sep 3, 2021 ⢠4 tweets ⢠3 min read
Capitol rioter Tyler Ethridge is ânot ashamedâ to have stormed the Capitol. He claims to have been arrested.
However, the only accountability Ethridge has faced so far is getting fired from his new youth pastor position after this thread made him famous. #PastorParler
Looks like capitol rioter Pastor Tyler Ethridge has another forgotten Twitter accountâŚ
Tyler liked Greg Gutfieldâs tweet abound the âwomen in Trump worldâ being âhot.â #PastorParler
Sep 2, 2021 ⢠21 tweets ⢠8 min read
Candace Owens attempted to book a covid test and was denied service for spreading disinformation.
The owner refused to put her staff at risk for someone making the âpandemic worse.â
Candace was directed to go to a free kiosk to test instead.
Of course Candace Owens responded with an email reply and a lengthy video rant, but we donât care. #KioskCandace