mom, retired attorney, curator of conversations and journalist on team @NewsOne
Aug 15, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Y'all do not let Brian Kemp and co make claims about Georgia's elections and voting rights just because they are on "the right side" against Trump. Also never forget that Kemp openly disagreed with the SOS in attempts to appease the former president.
All of these "brave" Georgia Republicans are full of it. And have actively worked to disenfranchise voters over the course of several election cycles. And gladly fed into the Trump ish, with Kemp rushing to "re-open" in the first month of the pandemic.
Dec 6, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
I almost couldn't vote today. Thankful to my group chat for keeping me calm as election workers resolved an issue that prevented my absentee ballot from being canceled. Election workers and voting rights advocates made this election what it was. newsone.com/4460884/georgi…
I was already working on an article for @newsone about election protection and election administration. My own experience today echoed the comments of Ms. Helen Butler of @gcpagenda “It really hurt from an administrative side and from a voter side as well,” she said.
Jul 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Folks in these states are fighting hard as fuck. Students, professors etc are holding the damn line. But yes why support people fighting back when you can just wipe your hands clean and hide in overly priced fictitious liberal utopias.
These states do not care if you boycott. They want y’all gone. They want your eyes to turn away. They want folks mobilizing and fighting to be isolated. Your money could talk if you actually boycotted the corporations in these states that keep supporting this crap with donations.
Jul 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I had time today. The LOTT account continues to be a menace and incites political harassment. “Conservatives Target Black Rhode Island Senator Tiara Mack For Twerking On Her Day Off” newsone.com/4367258/conser…
But there’s nothing wrong with Sen. Tiara Mack twerking on the beach on her day off. And anyone watching the less than 10s clip knows it’s not a campaign video. But it’s not surprising to see supporters of the Republican hoping to unseat her in the mentions.
Jul 3, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The lead attorney for the Walker family is now speaking. Press conference embedded at same link. It doesn't automatically play FYI.
Attorney DiCello says "they want to turn him into a masked monster with a gun."
DiCello says that if you can do anything for the family give peace, dignity and justice a chance. He said the family are private people and Jayland was a private person. He said if anything is obvious, that Jayland was in pain but didn't deserve to die.
Jul 3, 2022 • 23 tweets • 3 min read
Watching this Akron Police press conference...all body cam footage is about to be released from a total of 13 officers. The 8 who killed 25-year-old Jayland Walker and 5 who were on scene but not directly involved.
The police are also releasing a map of the pursuit, and information about the officers (age, sex etc). The mayor is now saying the video is heartbreaking and that he has a number of questions himself that need to be answered. The investigation is underway by state agencies.
Jul 3, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Starz is absolutely blowing up the mythology around Queen Elizabeth I and it's such chaos. I kinda like it. Princess Lizzie just basically had an abortion cause she got seduced by her stepmom's husband. Abortion been around forever folks. Carry on.
They really like let us remind you she’s her parents child. I’m not gonna put this all on what they tell us about Anne Boleyn.
Jul 2, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I don’t have time for folks speculating about the demise in two years when we could be informing, engaging and amplifying peoples work right now. Doom tweet about 2024 all you want but it’s not a fixed point in time.
I don’t care how smart people are, how big their following or how long they’ve been taking about the same thing. All the experts predicting horrible outcomes are nothing compared to motivated and supported people ready to take on the big bad head on.
Jul 1, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
During Q&A panel is now talking about how to keep people motivated when the usual tools and talking points re: voting don’t work. Rev. Chinwe from @SisterSong_WOC says they are a “realistic optimist” and hopes against hope that love prevails.
Rev. Chinwe also suggests organizers strategize to figure out how to connect with and engage people, but also validating their frustration. “We don’t have the option to give up because our very lies depend on it.”
Jul 1, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I feel so bad for people who need to believe that progressives are the enemy. White Christian nationalism is trying to destroy everybody but yes the folks holding the damn line and feet to the fire are the problem. Sigh.
Nobody made up that Kentucky story. Biden shouldn’t be entertaining McConnell’s deceitful ass at all. Not on any level. Not at a time when Kentucky is one of several states fighting to retain access for as long as possible. That way of doing business is why this is a mess now.
Jul 27, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I wonder where I would’ve been as a young woman in my 20s with people like Naomi Osaka and Simon Biles openly saying it was important to prioritize their mental health. To protect their well-being. It’s really important that two Black women are drawing that line.
I struggled in silence for years under the falsehoods of mental toughness the superwoman stereotype. One of my worse panic attacks, I was about 23/24 and couldn’t find my keys. I had to get the kids to daycare, me to class and then my internship.
Jun 7, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
West Virginia’s Black population may be small, but it is no less a valuable constituency.
Black organizers in West Virginia see Manchin’s latest move as directly connected to the state Democratic party’s struggle to come into the 21st century.
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“For West Virginia, it is necessary that our narrative be one of forward-thinking,” said @MrHTLewis . “While I appreciate Senator Manchin’s support of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, we must go further.”
Jun 6, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This dude here. Smh. The inability to hold him accountable is why he digs in like this. As long as his cousin and other acolytes hold him down we are subjected to this nonsense. His framing also misinforms his constituency and plays into GOP bs.
But to be clear everyone who says oh Manchin is just doing what his people want are also part of the problem. He doesn’t have to move on issues or be better, can misinform his voting base, and come out on top. Stop feeding into the lie that folks in WV want this.
Apr 14, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I spoke with three Georgia-based farmers about their experience and relationship to the land and how they came to farming as a practice. This was such a joy to write. Please read and share. vox.com/first-person/2… via @voxdotcom
It’s really important that we can also name the abundance of what currently exists in our constellation of Black farmers, the survival skills, strategies, and tactics we can learn from the people who have been holding land since Reconstruction and before. - Whitney Jaye
Apr 14, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
This article cites a John Jay professor as saying lots of cops are killed during a traffic stop when that has been disproven. The fear of dying during a traffic stop continues despite the facts. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/h… via @nbcnews
"The idea that routine traffic stops pose grave and unpredictable danger to the police also influences how officers are trained to approach and act
during these stops." michiganlawreview.org/wp-content/upl…
Jan 22, 2021 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
I swear white folks don’t listen to me about Joe Manchin as if me being Black means I couldn’t possibly fathom his BS or WV. Dude was my Governor and Senator. Also will never respect anyone who throws a tantrum cause they can’t win an election and runs to help the other side.
Y’all know me and @cgoodwoman be swapping notes. Me a transplant and her born and raised. Come out the same every time.
Jan 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Of course Greg is going to write about something he only just now kinda covered accurately. I wonder if he will mention the time he asked a local org to stage a voter registration effort in a white conservative area so he would have a story. Oooppps that might be a secret.
Wonder if he will mention his own role in debt shaming Stacey? So much to cover.
Jan 3, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Raffensperger saying no we can’t cheat isn’t admirable. It’s his damn job and he’s not trying to go to jail. But he has actively been working against peoples ability to vote, fear mongering and other tactics and y’all are silent.
He literally just issued an official statement accusing a sitting federal judge of undermining the “rule of law” because she’s an Abrams. When her rationale is absolutely consistent with the law and dozens of counties that rejected frivolous challenges backed by True the Vote.
Aug 6, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
Thread: 55 years and the struggle to protect and expand the franchise continues in the middle of the 2nd presidential election cycle without full protection of the VRA and a global health pandemic that forced voters to choose health and safety and voting in some cases 1/ #VRA55
The Wisconsin spring primary was a "sobering reminder that protecting the public health, voting rights, and process integrity are complementary endeavors that must be considered ahead of the next round of elections" 2/ ourprism.org/article/2020/4…
May 22, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The primary Black voter electorate and the general Black voter electorate are not one in the same. Folks do need to grapple with the complexity of having someone go on such a popular platform, where his comments are bound to go viral, and choke as the VP did.
We also cite stats about folks thinking people should resign or not, or whether they are willing to support x candidate but rarely ever engage in discussion about the pragmatism of Black voters and how that reflects in those who choose to vote no matter what and those who sit out
May 18, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Early voting starts today in GA. Last week, organizers and lawyers announced the formation of a voter empowerment task force to protect voters from targeted prosecutions for "innocent mistakes" by a voter fraud task force announced last month.
As a voter, I walked my daughter through the steps she needs to take to make sure her ballot application is processed and her ballot mailed out. This is her first time voting. Many of us as parents still handle paperwork etc for our older teens.
