#Brutality

Let’s talk about “#pinkwashing,” a term frequently deployed by supporters of #BDS which accuses Israel of exploiting LGBTQ rights to “project a progressive image while denying the rights of all
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Does anyone want a half-assed thread about cop shows and how police are portrayed on TV?I can't promise it will be a GOOD thread, but it's been something percolating on
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the thing about this letter is if you read between the lines of all their pro-cop propaganda, it's them largely validating much of what has been said by those who
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Seattle's best known meteorologist, @CliffMass, compared recent Black Lives Matter protests in the city to Kristallnacht, a night of Nazi-incited, state-sanctioned violence against Germany's Jews in 1938. This is appallingly
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DOJ FBI post-insurrection news conference starting now.This is the first briefing we have had since the coup. This is what the Department of Justice and FBI are willing to tell
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1. Salons are open & I just got my first highlights in months. I share this to point out that my stylist was issued a license to practice her profession,
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Hey all, @christiansager here. I'll be on here for awhile this morning writing this thread about a question often asked about CORRIDOR: "Why Horror?"Rather than just riff on my own
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You want a return to unity and civility? Me too. But wanting it--or even advocating for it--isn't going to do anything.Let me tell you why. Thread: Let's take a lesson
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Attn new peeps, esp white Ts who are @ diff stages of this work: 1. reading a book isn’t going to change you unless you take actionable steps to unlearn
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Headed to @AARWeb's National Meeting virtually? Teaching on Jihadi-Salafism? I submit for consideration "And God Knows the Martyrs," published earlier this year with @OUPReligion. It's on discount if you use
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THREADTRUMP: A REINCARNATION OF IDI AMINLet me tell you the story—the nightmare—of Idi Amin in Uganda. Because it is about time that Americans start learning a few things from Africans.1/
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THREAD:As police and politicians insist that this wave of uprisings is the sole work of "outside agitators" to justify violent crackdowns, now's the time to revisit the long, racist history
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It’s election day in #Uganda tomorrow and 76-year old Yoweri Museveni, in power for 35 years, is facing off against 38-year old rapper turned lawmaker, Bobi Wine. If you haven’t
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We talk a lot about John Brown, for obvious reasons, but we should also talk about some of the other figures involved, because they deserve to be remembered too! Let's
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I still support it *but* I understand Zaha’s point. When Kaepernick did it, it was groundbreaking. The news cycle was endless & tinged with patriotism, politics & human rights. Then
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A thread of random questions, you have to "quote rt" answer honestly and you don't have to be so modest. Shall we? 1. Why did you join Twitter? 2. As
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