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This is what racism in tech and computer science look like... FYI.

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They pro-life until it’s a Black life.

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Sha’asia Washington was 26-years-old. She went to the hospital for preeclampsia that went untreated for 2 days. She died during a c-section delivery. Her death was preventable and she should be alive today.

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i’m a very high functioning person with depression. but when i’m not high functioning, i’m really not. so, when people talk to me about their depression, regardless to how fabulous their life looks like on the outside, i believe them.

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When we were being tear gassed in Ferguson, it was Palestinian people who first taught us how to treat tear gas exposure. The same manufacturer that produced the chemical weapon that choked & burned our people in our communities produced the same teargas deployed on Palestinians.

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. @AttyMcCloskey lookin real primitive out here pullin guns on protestors. They live in a huge castle right off of the Delmar Divide. Feet away from where the life expectancy drops by 20 yrs, inadequate prenatal care increases by 22%, & an over 200k diff. in home value. #LydasCrew

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Our enslaved African ancestors built a university majority of us will never be able to afford to attend. Y’all should’ve sat this one out.

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Today is a day of remembrance for Mike Brown. who was murdered by Ferguson Police office Darren Wilson 7 years ago. whose life was so valued, so worthy. who we will always carry with us as we struggle to make this all different. Sending deep abiding love to Lezley McSpadden.

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I kicked a car for trying to run over my comrades during protest & had to pay $8000 in restitution & was faced 4 years in prison. These milk crickets stormed THE CAPITOL with a confederate flag & a plan to kill the Vice President & the first case is probation & a $500 fine. 🤢

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This is such bizarre framing and an out of touch thing to post.

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16-year-old Ralph Yarl is now a multimillionaire. The GoFundMe campaign sent up for him topped $3 million. LOVE ALWAYS WINS.

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A Black girl was arrested in St. Louis today & is being charged with federal charges of terrorism for making a FB status telling people to join the revolution & “fuck shit up.” Just in case you were wondering how extremely bad this is. All organizing need to go offline.

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EXCLUSIVE: The DEA has been granted sweeping authority to “conduct covert surveillance” on people protesting over George Floyd’s death, a secret memo reveals

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Like, 45 was literally trying to take USPS out. Brazy.

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And we are still here. http://t.co/dBiF8gOPfi

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6 yrs ago the State tried to railroad me w/ a hate crime & class D felony for defending my comrades from a woman who tried to hit them with a SUV during protest on the anniversary of Mike Brown’s murder. I’m on the outside today bc of community care. Thanks for loving me, y’all

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3 years

You can have a medicated or non medicated birth. However, all births are natural.

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4 years

my mama has chronic health issues & her job wouldn’t supply her w/necessary PPE so she quit. now, she is working around the clock to keep others safe by making washable masks w/built in filters. she ships & delivers. check out #buyfromablackwoman

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Chadwick didn’t have to explain anything to anyone. In his battle with late stage colon cancer, that Black man had people who really loved him. He knew who he was and what his purpose was and he walked in it. That is how you live. He gave us joy and made us proud. Rest in power.

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Offset just had a cop reach into his car, unlock the door, open it, and pull him out and arrest him on IG Live.

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3 years

I am not an epidemiologist. But it’s worth noting that when studying for my mph I had my fair share of epi coursework and by fair share I mean absolutely enough to know that at this rate, we will not see an end to the pandemic any time soon.

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My mama refused to let today go by without making me put on regalia she purchased and playing commencement music. It was so cute and special. When Rona said no, she said “hold my thread.” I love her. I love my friends who made today special. My heart is full. ❤️ #WashU2020

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those 43 not guilty votes are actually votes for treason

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4 years

Just over the last couple of days organizers have: ended police in schools in Oakland, CA and Madison, WI; and closed the medium security detention center, also known as the Workhouse, in St. Louis. Baby!

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Minneapolis is looking similar to STL 6 yrs ago. There is probably a lot of violent shit the cops are doing that isn’t being shared on Twitter. I haven’t said much about it bc it feels personal bc it is. But I’m holding MN protestors close. Shut it down & take care of yourselves.

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8 years

poor people can't afford therapy because we are too busy being poor. even if it's pro bono, we are too BUSY being poor. lose/lose.

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5 years

Remember that one time in Ferguson when the world watched and criticized us, then sided with the cops and MSM even when on the ground activists were live-tweeting (and streaming!) what was actually happening?

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4 years

i have an older sibling who has bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. once upon a time they had an episode and vandalized all of my mama shit with a bat. her house, her car. and you know what? they was absolutely no one to call but the police and she did not call the police.

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4 years

If a 22-year-old grown ass woman attacks my 14-year-old child during an accusation as such as this, Gayle would be interviewing her from a hospital bed and closed captioning will be necessary for the hearing, because I would’ve been on her ass like flies on shit.

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4 years

The 22-year-old woman caught on camera allegedly physically attacking a 14-year-old Black teen and falsely accusing him of stealing her phone was arrested in California. In an exclusive interview, Miya Ponsetto and her lawyer spoke with @GayleKing hours before she was arrested.

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6 years

everyone is, can be, and/or has been problematic. stop playing yourself.

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4 years

I’m remember this story. I used to work at this hospital and the culture of their ER is ripe for this kind of behavior.

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4 years

It really don’t matter who you are or how much money you have. The police is a terrorist organization and if they want to terrorize you, they will and they terrorize with impunity.

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5 years

I want to hear more from Elizabeth Warren and Julián Castro.

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8 years

electric blankets are a blessing from the most high. unless it's defective and burns your house down. then it's just a mistake.

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4 years

Just completed my Master’s. Cheers 🥂👩🏿‍🎓

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4 years

Went to buy a thermometer from Costco today but someone came in before me and bought all 80 of them. 😕 I have an immunosuppressed mama and a kid with chronic lung disease. Hopefully they have no complaints of feeling unwell before stores are back in stock. People are selfish.

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3 years

Trolls are in my mentions questioning my ethics as a nurse because I believe the police should be defunded. I’ll make it easy for you: defund the police, abolish prisons, invest in communities. Police and prisons are a threat to public health and community wellness. Period.

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Our struggles are inextricably linked. My freedom dreams for Black people is only possible with the pursuit of liberation, justice, and freedom for all oppressed people.

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10 years

#MikeBrown 's mom is speaking to crowd while crying. She can never get her son back. She broke down crying. #Ferguson http://t.co/ngKo0wObq5

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4 years

Miss me with perseverance porn. I do not want to romanticize someone struggling to make ends meet when they shouldn’t have to struggle with the over abundance of resources in this country just so others can feel like if there are struggling it’s not so bad if they work harder.

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8 years

plz don't call the police if i'm having a mental health crisis. call my friends. call my mama. call my partner. just don't call the police.

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3 years

When my daughter was 1 years old I worked at a lil extended stay hotel at the front desk. There were days when I didn’t have childcare so I would have to bring her to work with me along with my lil brother so he could babysit her in a hotel room while I worked.

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they could have killed her but she knew that if she called the cops they’ve might have killed them. accessible mental health response services is essential to public health and needs to be built into the infrastructure.

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4 years

less cops, invest in comprehensive public wellness—including mental health emergency response. on a federal and state level level. you can’t have a racial justice agenda without this @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris .

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4 years

Elizabeth Warren would’ve been a good president. Not perfect. Definitely good. Teachable. Accountable.

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4 years

Today I am accepting my offer for admission to a PhD nursing science program. I’m nervous and excited. This pandemic makes it hard to see forward but I’m still going. #DrBrittany #PhD #MPH #BSN #RN

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5 years

This tweet is solely to show off my arms. Enjoy and goodnight. 💪🏿💋🏋🏾‍♀️

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8 years

there has to be a better way than calling the police on black people who need psychiatric help.

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2 years

@thesherylralph And you said the absolute truth and we adore you!

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4 years

a white suicide bomber exploded a RV in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning injuring others. there has been little to no mention of this act of domestic terrorism in the media since revealing he was a white man. repeat. white male suicide bomber. domestic terrorism. no media.

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I could’ve gotten fired for sure but I didn’t think about that. I needed that $9/hour by any means. So, when it comes to my grace for working mamas, it’s cause that shit is a real struggle & you don’t get it until you in it.

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1,900+ Palestinian & Israeli lives lost in just a few days. The Israeli occupation of Palestine serves no one, neither the oppressed nor the oppressor. I unequivocally stand with Palestine. Ending the Israeli apartheid state is the only answer.

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3 years

funding police is not an investment in the wellbeing of the public. trained medics, lifesaving equipment, crowd control & organization are. police are not necessary for any of that but receive most of the resources and do more harm than help.

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4 years

. @FedEx truck driver in STL continued 2 drive on a hwy that protestors were demonstrating on last night. A young Black man was killed as a result. There’s a graphic video but I will not post on my TL. Ultimately, I want to know if that driver can be held responsible. #GeorgeFloyd

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5 years

Forever. #MikeBrownForever #5years

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3 years

also, astroworld is an example of how police respond to events without qualifications or credentials to take meaningful action and they should not be responding to. why did the number in police response outnumber trained medic professionals? because of values, that’s why.

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crazy how the internet can fuck with you & make you feel like you aren’t doing enough, aren’t pretty enough, aren’t political enough, aren’t creative enough, aren’t like this person, not where that person is at. log off & go focus on urself & what you love. i promise, you enough.

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Unapologetically woman. Unapologetically Black. http://t.co/5WAQhFVfzh

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4 years

I haven’t written about #Ferguson before. I was broken for years. Depressed. Unwell. Anger & the state almost destroyed me. I’ve spent 5 years healing & assessing my strength. Today reminded me to stop avoiding the pain that comes with saying what needs to be said.

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10 years

We actually took the police to federal court and won. Small victories. That's incredible.

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5 years

@lpaynecarey Congrats, lol! I know securing a solid barber is a BIG deal.

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10 years

remember Aiyana. remember Yvette. remember Rekia. while remembering Mike. while remembering Tamir. while remembering John.

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4 years

Don’t ever ask me about Black people looting again. Matter fact— the only time the word “looting” should be used in a question to me is if your asking about the looting of our dignity, the looting of our communities that were and are left to die, the looting of our families.

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I just found out that the City of St. Louis had put out a warrant for my arrest because I owed them $15. The ridiculousness of it all. It’s since been handled but had I been pulled over and arrested, imagine the hundreds of dollars I would have to pay to get free all for $15.

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4 years

🗣 you cannot reject white supremacy and embrace antisemitism.

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4 years

Communities are only as safe as the people in them. The people not safe, the community not safe. Safety requires affordable housing. Safety requires economic security. Safety requires access to affordable and quality health care. Safety requires child care, education, and more.

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Leaving K's class. Her journal entry from yesterday. Teacher called me at 8 last night to tell me how powerful it was http://t.co/yySmMkwN7L

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@JGdoesnt lmao. i can see it now. years from now lil feminist afro-latinx afam studies radicals will STAN! their bio will read “the spirit of Bardi” & their point of tension will always be Cardi running up on Nik & how it raises the question of the disposability of ppl & abolishing police

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I was in Amsterdam one year & my cell phone died. I asked the manager of a store if I could use the phone to call my host. the manager said “no, I’m sorry. You are not the correct color.” To this day, no one believes me when I tell them this story. Dutch people are racist asf.

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10 years

what matters right now is that there will be an empty seat at the table for #MikeBrown 's family. and for #TamirRice 's family...

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6 years

y’all, great news. check it out. retweet. give if you can. this is my life’s work.

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6 years

mass incarceration is a public health issue.

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4 years

My cousin was just released from prison last year & he was murdered last night. I’m devastated & angry.

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hey ya. i'm now a labor & delivery nurse. just accepted my offer today. 🍼👶🏿👶🏾👶🏽

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Increasing the # of doctors & nurses of color =/= addressing racial disparities in the health care. What that is is increasing the # of doctors & nurses of color that have to study within & graduate the same system that still teaches race-based medicine to earn their credentials.

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What's freedom? Freedom is the power of the ppl that you see flooding the streets of America right now. Stand up for freedom. Fight back.

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4 years

We’re going to be swimming up shit fascist creek if Trvmp gets re-elected. There are multiple truths regarding the Biden/Harris ticket that we can hold while we fight to save our people, our children from fascism that will kill us first and worst.

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6 years

i can’t stand y’all. goodbye.

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4 years

@awkward_duck caring for parents while killing yourself trying to make it different for your own kids.

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4 years

The demand: Stop killing Black people. Give our communities what we need to thrive like access to quality education and opportunities; quality and affordable healthcare; safe and affordable housing. The response from people who have all of those things:

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6 years

On this eve of Mike Brown’s 4 year anniversary I am in deep admiration of the power of the people. St. Louis is an organizing city.

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6 years

whenever you feel like you have to be in the worst position possible to prove you love someone, whenever you have to beg someone to do right by you, you need to walk away.

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Can’t be black. Can’t be woman. Can’t be gay. Can’t be righteous. Can’t stand for Black lives. Can’t be tired of Eurocentric ideologies.

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4 years

It’s only natural that when people who believe that Black lives matter march by they pull guns out on them. Perfectly on-brand.

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10 years

The police are riding through neighborhoods in tanks shooting rubber pellets and gas and yelling through the speakers "shut the fuck up"

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4 years

BABY!!! If they flip Georgia. Organizers did that!!!

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10 years

You don't replace white patriarchy with white matriarchy. That's not how undoing systematic oppression works.

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4 years

This thing right here that the white man in the White House is doing will endanger the lives of brave organizers. I get why videos & photos are important but the safety of organizers & activists need to become priority ASAP. We haven’t fully felt the blowback yet. It’s coming.

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They are literally some of the worst St. Louis has to offer and they’re #LydasCrew . When it’s time to eat the rich, don’t forget about 1 Portland Place.

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i got my heart broken real fucking good. sometimes that’s necessary to fully recognize what you deserve. don’t miss that lesson. that shit can be a blessing.

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this shit tew much.

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This is the #MikeBrown they don't want to show you. This is my brother, my cousin, my unborn son. We are him. http://t.co/5cBwMkwYZe

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Let's get free. This isn't OUR flag. #JusticeForMikeBrown #JusticeForVonderrickMyers #JusticeForUs http://t.co/HC8cTUzB4s

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2 years

About time we except that a lot, like, too many men actually hate women.

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A man who shot and killed another man was reportedly upset that the man held an elevator for a group of women and let them on first

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i’m on the brink of tears. this will be a HUGE victory for St. Louis accomplished by extraordinary people. a small piece of justice for the past 4 years & for the many activists & organizers Bob tried to railroad for rising up against injustice. Most importantly for #MikeBrown

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4 years

Susan B. Anthony is dead. Stop the symbolic bullshit when millions of Black voters are having their vote suppressed today.

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4 years

This is propaganda. Propaganda is dangerous especially when the entire mainstream media is hell bent on making this about riots and property damage instead of police militarization, violence against unarmed protesters, & police kill Black ppl. Propaganda reinforces Trumps agenda.

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O’Fallon police chief marches with demonstrators in O’Fallon Missouri

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3 years

I watched this short on CNN about these Black scuba diver archeologists who explore ships that sank during the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with all of our ancestors on them. It was fascinating. I love that they are doing that work. What a reclamation.

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4 years

Folks are mad bc people are spending their unemployment money on steak? How exhausting. Why concern yourself with how poor people spend their unemployment when billionaires hoard wealth mined off the backs of working class but 38 million Americans live in poverty? Aim higher.

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3 years

no vaccine is 100% effective. breakthrough infections do happen. and when they do, covid is less likely to make you severely ill or kill you. please don’t allow the small percentage of breakthrough infections make you feel like the vaccine is ineffective. collective care, please.

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3 years

Americans were shook by the fragility of our nation during the pandemic. Just wait until the empire actually falls. It is possible. At the current rate, this place is not sustainable.

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3 years

I wish I could view this as progress but for so many people I love: the check didn’t put a dent in overdue bills, they’re still behind on rent or lost their home already, they’re suffering from insomnia, their business closed (over half of Black-owned businesses are closed)

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Checks in pockets. Kids back in school. Americans back at work. Small businesses open. Rent paid. A better night’s sleep. This is the American Rescue Plan.

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