So @AnandWrites says everyone on cable need is prosperous & he’s never sat next to an uninsured person on the air. He and I have shared the screen together. He gets paid to appear on MSNBC. I do not. I’m uninsured, have no steady income, & grew up below the poverty line. (1/3)

https://twitter.com/anandwrites/status/1236993556407074818

My mother still lives below the poverty line. I’ve shared the green room w/ppl who echo the same myopic perspectives from the chattering class. They’re celebrated & elevated. And paid well. They have shows & lucrative contracts. I speak my truth for free & juggle bills (2/3)

I didn’t want to put this in anyone’s timeline yesterday but... as I was coming home from working out on thanksgiving morning two white supremacists wearing what appeared to be nazi type garb were walking down my street in downtown DC. Like...no biggie. Just strolling along. They got a few stares. Some head turns. But they DEFINITELY seemed comfortable. My area, once comprised of mostly Black folks, is now very intersectional. It’s a process to normalize these things. First, the president gives them a welcoming wink nearly every damn time he speaks..

Yes. They lynched women too. And children. They treated it as a social event. They even made postcards out of murders like this. Look at the smiles and the pointing...