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grandtam.bsky.social
Native Texan, foodie, self-confessed bibliophile, Hampton grad, PVAMU mom, #HBCU pride, #booksky.
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The reporters who can fairly and accurately cover protests are not working at the NYT. WAPO, CNN etc... they are freelancers or working at independent publications.

You gotta decide are you gonna be the good people… or just the nice people Rarely are you able to be both

No, Trump will never ever ever go to prison. Stop it. The purpose of prison in the US is NOT to incarcerate former heads of state or rich and powerful people.

Fact:

if the mainstream media, who are effectively acting as Andrew Cuomo's campaign at this point, think Mamdami can actually win expect to see some absolutely unhinged stories come out in the next couple weeks to try to stop him.

Senate Agriculture text is out (this has the SNAP cuts). Will go through it in this thread.

You do not have to say “pro vaccine groups.” You can say the vast majority of doctors and scientists and the American Medical Association.

Something that I think weighs on many is that everyone knows that if ever the Democrats were fully in power at the Federal level again, they will not immediately move to reverse what has been destroyed and build something new. This reality just sits out there like an anchor.

Every founder should know this! #buildinpublic #founders

I hear calls for “civility” I believe that many of us are mistaking docility for civility

The best resume is your reputation.

Everything is expensive & exhausting.

If you are doing Raids at someone's job... you are not "going after" the criminals ... you're crippling labor

Pressure matters, advocacy matters. Don't let any one convince that it doesn't. 450 CDC employees and several key departments including HIV prevention and STI surveillance and testing departments were reinstated today. Keep speaking up! www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/...

From CLUE: ICE is detaining people in workplaces, at day-labor gathering spots, on the streets, and at lawful check-ins and court hearings. There are attempts to deport quickly, potentially without due process, & the only hope to keep families together is through providing bond funds to get them out

We feed you. They hunt us.

‘SINNERS’ has become the highest-grossing live-action original film domestically in the past 15 years, bringing in over $267M in the US.

Please start talking to your felon-supporting relatives—the ones who chose an adjudicated rapist over a woman—before you come asking the demographic who y’all actually hate, who saw this coming, who never wanted this, to go risk life and limb for you.

After I watched those people storm the capitol on January 6, I vowed to never again be shocked on behalf of this country. It’s a struggle to hold that line as I watch L.A.

RESPECTABILITY POLITICS NEVER SAVED ANYONE.

The federal minimum wage was rescinded from $17 to $13 per hour…

King of Ashes is out in the world today I did the best I could... Hope y'all enjoy it 😌

The federal government is telling you they cannot afford to house you, feed you, educate you or heal you — but that they do have enough resources and scale to criminalize, assault, deport and incarcerate your neighbors simply going to work or taking their kids to graduation.

After many years of practice on other countries, America is finally carrying out a rightwing coup on itself, like a jaded big game hunter who finds there’s only one species he hasn’t yet slaughtered, and places the shotgun under his own chin.

The more I look at the prep and legal reasoning behind invading LA, the more it looks like that the administration wants to seize supreme authoritarian power over the corpse of the republic through force of arms but also doesn’t want to do any actual work to do so. Rather surreal.

Everything happening is so exhausting and draining. You feel like you want to take a break from the news but then realise the least you can do is speak up. So you feel guilty for turning away for just a second. We’re stuck in a cycle of wanting to do more and feeling helpless.

why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this

In general, the US populace is not prepared for the moment we're in.

Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82

clean your space. you don’t ever want to start off the week with a messy home. spend some time decluttering. you’re bound to be happier & feel more productive if your environment & space is clutter free. start the week off clean, literally speaking

There are more old people in Congress than ever before. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

'Trading Places' was released on this day 42 years ago (June 8, 1983) Directed by John Landis. Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Paul Gleason. #OTD #OnThisDay #80sMovie #TradingPlaces

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Let me tell you something... Life????? Knows how to humble you

I tend to think about what is happening to America right now as the ongoing attempted murder-suicide of multiracial democracy by a white nationalist minority and it’s very frightening but what’s happening in LA feels like a good sign that we’re not going down without a fight

A Steller’s jay greeting me this morning and hoping its cuteness will result in more peanuts. Dear Reader, it worked! 🥜 🪶 #Birds #Jays #FeatheredFriends #Stunday #Edmonds #Photography #Nature #Corvids #SundayCorvids #BackyardBirds

I am 100% confrontational and I do not think it’s a bad thing when done correctly. Like I’m not with the passive aggressive shit and talking to any and everybody but the person I have an issue with. I will absolutely go to the person directly lol.

The weird, often whitewashed way the civil rights movement is taught (or not taught) seemed to convince a lot of people that nonviolence was met with nonviolence, instead of you know, dogs, hoses, beatings, death, etc

"A small, shy, determined person, with that strength dictated by absolutely impersonal ambition: She was not trying to ‘make it’ — she was trying to keep the faith.” -James Baldwin describing Lorraine Hansberry

Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that www.latimes.com/world-nation...

If undocumented workers with no criminal history are being dragged from job sites that they’ve worked at for years, then when do the CEOs, contractors, and farm owners who employed them start getting handcuffed? Or is that not how “justice” works in America?

always remember: “I was just following orders” is not a valid defense for human rights violations

Meanwhile Israel is genociding Palestinians with US weapons, political support and funds. I just...

Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year. The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year. Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.

Cops cannot be 'reasoned' with. They do what they want with impunity in the US and a lot of people simply refuse to acknowledge this reality.

On the new shelf display. I ❤️ libraries. @sgj.bsky.social @nnedi.bsky.social @dolenperkinsvaldez.bsky.social

Now this I am hyped for!!!

"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees