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2/ “‘Almost all of #Florida’s painful racial past has been whitewashed, marginalized or buried intentionally,’ Dunn wrote in his book, A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes. ‘But I was born here. I know Florida’s flowers and her warts.’
Dunn is one of eight plaintiffs in a lawsuit over DeSantis’s law, formally the Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act, which also applies to public university professors.” #MarvinDunn #RonDeSantis #StopWokeAct #StopWrongsToOurKids #BlackHistory #Racism
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“Dunn was born in an orange grove barn in central #Florida… He & his family harvested crops at a time when the Sunshine State had some of the nation’s strictest Jim Crow segregation laws. Dunn lived that history up close; he remembers being forced to use the ‘colored’ beach & drinking fountain growing up.”
Now the professor emeritus is defying #DeSantis —whose #StopWokeAct censors #BlackHistory in schools— by taking high school students on statewide #TeachTheTruth tours. https://wapo.st/3XOY5j0
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“You know it’s messed up when Black people and the Proud Boys hate the same statue.”
#LeslieJones killing it on #TheDailyShow. “I can’t unsee it!”
Explicit language warning for those who might be sensitive. If that’s not a concern, prepare to laugh your head off. I promise, this is the funniest thing you’ve ever seen. https://youtu.be/bFgZfPZrc-4
Longer version here, if you dare visit the 🐦: https://twitter.com/wutangkids/status/1615699661477613571?s=61&t=qUzFpHdMC6IvpxZ1c2bGWw
#Comedy #Entertainment #Culture #MLK #MLKMonument #TheEmbrace
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9/ #Language has #power. Accusations of #witchcraft have a dire historical trajectory. We have a responsibility as human beings to prevent future #holocausts of women, Jews, trans and LBG people, people of color and the disabled. If we turn our backs on any #marginalized segment of humanity, we ultimately abandon ourselves. The forces we set in motion with vile #hatred consume not only the subjects of hate, but the perpetrators and bystanders as well. No one is immune and no one survives.
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8/ Despite my disgust for her politics, I stand with #AnnaPaulinaLuna against the #misogyny waged against her for daring to beat her male opponent for a seat in #Congress. There is no excuse for calling a woman a #witch (unless that is her self-empowering self-identification), as #Australian Prime Minister #JuliaGillard schooled opposition leader #TonyAbbott in her world-viral misogyny speech in 2012.
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2/ For anyone who self-identifies as a #witch, this is not about you. Everyone deserves freedom to practice religion as they wish. #Paganism has deep roots in every culture and laudably aligns itself with nature and its preservation. There are also #SocialJustice witches like #Starhawk who protested the violation of #HumanRights and nuclear power plants. “Witch” is a name that has been #reclaimed by women, along with their power, from a dark history of #patriarchal abuse and the burning times.
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Ballistics, cellphone data, and an informant: Court records lay out the case against Solomon Peña
“Ballistic evidence, text messages, searches on Apple maps and statements from a ‘confidential witness’ were key in making the case against a losing Republican candidate who was arrested Monday in connection with the shootings of several Democratic lawmakers’ homes.” https://www.abqjournal.com/2565265/ballistics-cell-phone-data-and-an-informant-court-records-lay-out-the-case-against-solomon-pena.html #SolomonPeña #NewMexico #Extremism #Trumpism #DomesticTerrorism
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How long before George #Santos starts passing sensitive information from the Science, Space & Technology Committee to his friends in Russia?
Embattled Rep. Santos awarded seats on Science and Small Business committees https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/embattled-rep-santos-awarded-seats-science-small-business-committees-rcna66151 #USPol #HouseCommittees #GeorgeSantos #ScienceSpaceTech
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Failed GOP Candidate Arrested In String Of Shootings At New Mexico Democrats' Homes
“Police arrested Solomon Peña, a former Republican candidate for the state House of Representatives, on Monday.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/solomon-pena-arrested-new-mexico_n_63c5fd52e4b0d6f0ba0758ea #Trumpism #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #SolomonPeña #NewMexico #GOP #Shootings
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"All poets / understand the final uselessness of words."
BIRD, by Joy Harjo
https://poems.com/poem/bird-2/?utm_source=PD+General+Email+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=857737f4ce-PD_NL_DONALD_REVELL_2020_03_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b494a3846d-857737f4ce-58001883#featured-poet #Muscogee #Creek #PoetLaureate #Poetry #Poem #PoetryCommunity #PoetryIsNotDead #PoetryDaily #NativeArts #JoyHarjo #Bird
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“There is a sense in which we are all children and grandchildren of Martin and Coretta Scott King. We are all challenged to carry forth their unfinished work.”
- #YolandaReneeKing at the unveiling of the #MLK monument #TheEmbrace, honoring her grandparents #MartinLutherKingJr and #CorettaScottKing in #Boston.
There is no doubt whatsoever that MLK’s blood runs in the veins of this young woman. At age 14, she is already a skilled orator.
Video via Philip Lewis: https://twitter.com/phil_lewis_/status/1613977593832738847?s=61&t=nQnY8YluMiV5MQpKeljrDg
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‘The Embrace’ is a tribute to love, justice, and the unsung
It recreates the Kings’ embrace when Martin learned he’d won Nobel Peace Prize. It stands 20 feet tall x 40 feet wide on Boston Common where the Kings met as students in the ‘50s.
The memorial also honors 69 local #CivilRights leaders, & “rejects the idea that a single person—usually a man, almost always white—can claim the mantle of greatness alone.”
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/12/arts/embrace-is-tribute-love-justice-unsung/ #MLK #BlackLivesMatter #TheEmbrace #CivilRights #BlackJoy
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Via human rights lawyer Qasim Rashid:
“Keenan Anderson—a 31-year-old high school teacher & father—stopped LA police for help after an accident. They instead cuffed him, pinned him, & tased him repeatedly as he begged them to stop.
Keenan died of cardiac arrest from excessive tasing.
His crime—asking police for help.”
Keenan was a cousin of #BlackLivesMatter founder Patrisse Cullors. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/11/black-lives-matter-co-founder-cousin-killed-los-angeles-police #KeenanAnderson #SayHisName #NoJusticeNoPeace #Racism #HateCrime #LAPolice
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NSW store selling Nazi items under police scrutiny as fallout continues for Dominic Perrottet
“NSW Police have confirmed that they are investigating reports of stores in the state displaying and selling Nazi memorabilia, a day after the premier revealed he wore a Nazi uniform on his 21st birthday.
“If you have things like that displayed, it kind of normalises something that is a repugnant aspect of history…” https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/nsw-store-selling-nazi-items-under-police-scrutiny-as-fallout-continues-for-dominic-perrottet/1rfdzr69w #NSW #Australia #AusPol #Perrottet #Nazi #Antisemitism
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Via Maria Ressa: “Data investigations show that social network clustering algorithms actively created & grew a vast cluster of far right and conspiracy groups, moving Bolsonaro from the fringes to the presidency. This is right-wing radicalization at scale, hard-coded into platform designs.” #Disinformation #Propaganda #Psyops #InformationWarfare #ConspiracyTheories #Radicalization #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Brazil #Brasilia #Bolsonaristas #Insurrection #Jan6 #Fascism #Fascismo #SocialMedia
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Via Maria Ressa: “Data investigations show that social network clustering algorithms actively created & grew a vast cluster of far right and conspiracy groups, moving Bolsonaro from the fringes to the presidency. This is right-wing radicalization at scale, hard-coded into platform designs.” #Disinformation #Propaganda #Psyops #InformationWarfare #ConspiracyTheories #Radicalization #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Brazil #Brasilia #Bolsonaristas #Insurrection #Jan6 #Fascism #Fascismo #SocialMedia
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The parallels between #Jan6 and Brazil’s insurrection are no accident. The #Bolsonaristas were not merely inspired by #Trump’s Big Lie and Stop the Steal. They were targeted by the same sophisticated, well-funded military-grade psyops that influenced lg numbers of Americans to turn against democracy in service of #Putin’s vision for a world governed by authoritarians. #Brazil’s coup attempt exposes some of the players in the #GlobalFascism movement. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/09/the-us-far-right-cheerleaders-of-the-attack-on-brazils-democracy/ #Brasilia #Trumpismo
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The parallels between #Jan6 and Brazil’s insurrection are no accident. The #Bolsonaristas were not merely inspired by #Trump’s Big Lie and Stop the Steal. They were targeted by the same sophisticated, well-funded military-grade psyops that influenced lg numbers of Americans to turn against democracy in service of #Putin’s vision for a world governed by authoritarians. #Brazil’s coup attempt exposes some of the players in the #GlobalFascism movement. https://bylinetimes.com/2023/01/09/the-us-far-right-cheerleaders-of-the-attack-on-brazils-democracy/ #Brasilia #Trumpismo
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Washington Post: “Videos capturing the attack in Brazil show scenes that are eerily familiar to when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an effort to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in 2020.” https://wapo.st/3CBXXv7 #Jan6 #Brasilia #Brazil #Insurrection #Bolsonaristas #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Fascism #Fascismo
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David Rothkopf: “Do you think if the plotters of the US insurrection were in jail now, the Brazil insurrection would have taken place? Has our slowness to hold them to account had dangerous global consequences?”
Brazil Is Just the Latest Victim of the Global Fascism Virus https://www.thedailybeast.com/brazil-is-just-the-latest-victim-of-the-global-fascism-virus #Jan6 #Insurrection #Brasilia #Brazil #Trumpismo #Bolsonaro #Bolsonaristas #CoupPlotters #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Fascism #Fascismo #GlobalFascismVirus #Accountability
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David Adler: “This video will live in infamy. Military police accompanying the Bolsonarista insurrection on its way to the Three Powers Plaza in #Brasilia.” https://twitter.com/davidrkadler/status/1612166820672176129?s=61&t=OyNfz562_nUgj-yTaUHgHw #Brazil #MilitaryPolice #Insurrection #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Fascism #Fascismo
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@EgyptianAphorist The Intellectualist notes that the photo of the Brazilian shaman is from 21 Sept, ‘21. But it demonstrates ongoing coordination by influencers who are using cookie-cutter tactics. “MAGA is an international fascist movement” that is being cultivated globally. #BrazilanShaman #QAnonShaman #Brazil #Brasilia #Bolsonaro #Bolsonaristas #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #Fascism #Fascismo
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#Lula (continued): “And we are going to find out the financiers of those who went to #Brasilia today, and they will all pay with the force of law.”
Lula also said he would sign a “federal security intervention decree for the Federal District of Brasilia”.
Via Nathalie Urban: Lula criticized the #MilitaryPolice force from the Federal District. "I would say that there was incompetence, poor will or bad faith of the people who take care of the security of the DF". #Brazil #Bolsonaristas #Fascism
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Alex Kaplan reported in early Nov ‘22 that #ProudBoys and #StopTheSteal leader #AliAlexander claimed to have a “freedom cell” in #Brazil.
On Sunday, Alexander posted on social media platforms Gettr and Truth Social: “Tomorrow will be bigger in Brazil. Activating all blessings and networks”. He urged the Brazilian insurrectionists to “do whatever it takes”.
Alexander claims to have “hatched” the #Jan6th assault on the U.S. Capitol with Republican Congressmen #Biggs, #Brooks and #Gosar.
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Remember when Donald Trump Jr. and Jason Miller attended a CPAC event in Brazil in 2021, and Miller was detained for “anti-democratic acts”?
TrumpWorld's Brazilian vacation: Does Jair Bolsonaro plan his own Big Lie? (from 8 Sept, 2021): https://www.salon.com/2021/09/08/trumpworlds-brazilian-vacation-does-jair-bolsonaro-plan-his-own-big-lie/ #Brasilia #Brazil #CPAC #DonaldTrumpJr #JasonMiller #BigLie #Bolsonaro #Bolsonaristas #Extremism #Fascism #Fascismo
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Here’s #SteveBannon on 23 Nov. stoking the embers of election fraud lies and inciting the #Bolsonaristas to revolt against the incoming Lula government. Eduardo Bolsonaro published Bannon’s video message last month in support of his father Jair. https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1595374680285782016?s=61&t=N39eg2eqbatzT-H2M9IXRQ #Brasilia #Brazil #Bolsonaristas #Bannon #Extremism #DomesticTerroism #Fscism #Fascismo
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“The Fisher King, whose portrayal as an angler accounts for his title, is blighted by a wound that will not heal and, because of this injury, the land he rules wilts into a wasteland. Both he and the land will only become well when a knight asks the right question.”
T. S. Eliot and the Holy Grail
The Nobel Laureate drew on a centuries-old legend when he put the Fisher King in The Waste Land.
https://daily.jstor.org/t-s-eliot-and-the-holy-grail/ #TSEliot #TheWasteLand #Poetry #TheFisherKing #ArthurianLegend #Mythology
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#HakeemJefferies is delivering one hell of a speech. #USPol #DemocraticLeader #HouseOfReps
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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) issues a ‘warm invitation’ to six members across the aisle to join Democrats to ‘end this nonsense’. #USPOL #HouseSpeaker #GOPDisarray
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Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) issues a ‘warm invitation’ to six members across the aisle to join Democrats to ‘end this nonsense’. #USPOL #HouseSpeaker #GOPDisarray