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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 5 days ago • 590 comments

If you are targeting minority populations, or you revel in them being targeted, then no, we cannot chalk that up to a difference in opinion and move past it. I don’t associate with assholes.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

All those admin who cancelled their DEI programs

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Y’all, stop electing people just because they’re a familiar name. This has led to gross complacency and entitlement from legislators. They believe they are owed your vote even though they haven’t worked for it for years, decades. They are not representing us. We have to stop acting like they are.

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 5 days ago • 989 comments

Senator Karla May’s vote spits in the face of the LGBTQIA+ community. Dems should be thinking larger than sacrificing one community for another because they’re coming for all of us. She will never have my vote again for any office. And yes, I’m in her district. From Alderman Rasheen Aldridge:

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

People can’t fathom the effects of mental illness on a life unless living with mental illness, loving someone struggling, or providing care to those with mental illness. People work hard to survive, build, and maintain. It is a delicate balance. Disrupting care endangers progress and lives.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

submitted 12 days ago • 708 comments

The people you elected do not care about you. That’s a stark realization. You just don’t have enough money to pay them to care. They are supposed to work for your vote. A vote is supposed to mean more, but it just doesn’t anymore.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

People are going to die. It makes you wonder if they’ve ever known empathy.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

I believe we should get to determine where our taxes go. Give me a checklist and I’ll break down percentages. I promise none would bail out billionaires and corporations. Very few Americans would endorse their money being used by the wealthiest, but we don’t have the luxury of buying legislators.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Do the people who doTurboTax commercials know that TurboTax is the reason Americans can’t file their taxes for free

submitted 17 days ago • 10 comments

I know Congress and SCOTUS have willfully turned their backs on their duty to the Constitution, but I’m grateful for the federal judges who haven’t.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I grew up in rural MO on a farm. I spent 35 years of my life there. Many of my family members still vote against their own interests, and they also vote against my right to exist. They don’t know how to think or feel for themselves—they’ve been programmed. tinhttps://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YDRK8W/

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

The CFPB was established to protect us, the consumers, the people without millions and billions of dollars from being exploited. I wonder why a billionaire would want to end the CFPB?

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

You know who’s been really quiet lately…the orcas.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Bury them in lawsuits.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

They are actively overthrowing the government and treason isn’t being mentioned enough.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

1/2) Let me be clear, public health is in crisis and programs like this are at stake. I am compiling advocacy packets detailing our grants, funded staff, and drafting impact examples for advocacy. The communication silence from federal agencies has very real implications for outbreak response

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

My TikTok feed is very sporadically introducing conservative videos by younger influencers that are just slick enough if you weren’t paying attention you might not notice. Be diligent if you’re remaining on these apps. Fox News didn’t spiral out of control overnight. It was slow and deliberate.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but they’re blitzing us on purpose. Imagine what’s not being reported if everything is “breaking news”. They want us to be exhausted and confused.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, some people are realizing they’re in the FAFO stage. Others will eventually realize it. There will be very few people exempt from the pain and trauma regardless of how they voted. It’s a loss for humanity. There’s at least some higher comfort for those of who didn’t vote for collective harm.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

The federal government is basically a clown car. Every time I think we’re gonna catch a break as Americans there’s another clown.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Missouri wouldn’t be able to do this, and neither would other Republican-led states. The very people that would die for his attention are the ones that will suffer the most. The universe has an interesting sense of humor.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I mean this with every ounce of disrespect: If you think this is stopping at DEIA and immigrants, you’re a moron. It’s going to get so much worse. The checks and balances have all but been obliterated.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve felt this in my gut since the beginning. We’ll see how things turn out later today.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Gavin DeGraw’s Chariot album went triple platinum in my house. I thought those 🇺🇸 ball caps and sudden southern accent from a native New Yorker weren’t sitting right with me. Now I know why. Sir, you didn’t have the 1.5 million Spotify listeners to lose like Miss Holier Than Thou Carrie Underwood.

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Dr. Mati coming through clutch with all that knowledge about these upper respiratory messes…viruses. I don’t have time for Flu, RSV, or COVID-19, but I would take some extra days off work. 💁🏻‍♂️

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

Not enough people are talking about the Mustache Man. The man, the legend, and Glinda’s delivery. The world is cruel. #Wicked www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FHScDs/

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Read this article! Those of us who know what Gilead has done and continues to do aren't surprised, but it is sad to see community members take the side of Pharma instead of those harmed for the sake of "future drug development". www.poz.com/blog/exposed... #HIVSky #IDSky

submitted 47 days ago • 3 comments

I mean yes, but I think it has more to do with him not knowing what’s going on.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Do y’all think the jury will convict Luigi? Just the fact that so many people are either indifferent or in favor should signal that people can only tolerate so much. People can’t afford to live in this country. If they can all it takes is one chronic illness or injury and everything can disappear.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

Lyft is really out here catfishing people. They’re like, “It’ll be 2 minutes sis, book the ride.” [books the ride] Then it’s, “lol you’re so dumb, it’s 8 minutes.” Y’all better stop playing in people’s faces. It was that way the entire time in ATL as well, whether I booked priority or standard.

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Whomp whomp

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments