67 Responses to Weekend Open Thread

1. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 8:17 pm

   Damn 😲😲 😲

   This view of Hurricane Dorian is unlike anything I have ever seen. 📷 NASA pic.twitter.com/ScbhTI9Gw3

   — Denis Phillips (@DenisPhillips28) September 1, 2019

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2. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:58 pm

   Misogynoir.

   My followers witness it often: Some white women freely appropriating my work while pretending allyship. If I dare speak up, they remind me how their allyship is conditional on my silence, or else they will vote with the racist white men.

   Warren has disappointed me. https://t.co/Uz9ux0vk5N pic.twitter.com/fTlXjROMtW

   — Selena Adera – Future Greenland Voter (@Selena_Adera) September 1, 2019

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3. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:57 pm

   😒😒😒

   Who are the outliers, Andrew. That this ridiculous ass man is still in the race instead of Kirsten Gillibrand is a travesty. https://t.co/FXOe9k3vLc

   — Lynn V (@lynnv378) September 2, 2019

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4. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:54 pm

   My latest: at this pt in 2012 race DC press tried to bury Obama when he was *tied* w/ Romney. today, Trump trails Biden by 16 pts (!) in latest Q poll and press shrugs https://t.co/31t1as3AeT

   — Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) September 1, 2019

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5. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:44 pm

   WTAF. Warren's plan was Kamala's plan first. But… crickets.

   Stop erasing candidates of color, MSNBC. https://t.co/AdPBjueLZA

   — I don't like them both (@rwcogito) September 1, 2019

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6. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:43 pm

   I love life hacks 😚

   Here are 50+ life hacks that you'll wish you knew years ago!

   — SBLY (@SBLY10) August 20, 2019

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7. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:40 pm

   Sometimes when I'm discussing politics with random Republicans they'll being up Bernie like I'm supposed to defend him, and I just let him fall on his ass out here in the wilds of the internet.

   Bernie is not a Democrat. I can't stand his ass, and I owe him no defense.

   — Gingersnap 🌈🥀🍷🍪🖋️🦄 (@TheCheekyGinger) September 1, 2019

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8. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:35 pm

   😪😪😪

   This is Leila Hernandez. She was 15 years old and fatally killed in the Odessa #MassShooting.

   She had just celebrated her quinceañera. Leila played for her school’s basketball team. Her brother, Nathan, was injured and remains hospitalized.#GunReformNow pic.twitter.com/G4HqYIC8tr

   — Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) September 1, 2019

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9. rikyrah says:

   September 1, 2019 at 7:11 pm

   👏👏👏

   Can we get a published guest list? THR? Life is short and I don’t want to work creatively with or for anyone who tolerates or normalizes white supremacy or the explicit assault on the governing norms of our republic. That shit isn’t ordinary politics. It matters. https://t.co/VYAJt4imVe

   — David Simon (@AoDespair) September 1, 2019

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10. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 6:33 pm

    😒😒

    Those of us covering religious refusals warned this was the direction the right is trying to take the law. We’ve also seen a Catholic school in Michigan cite religion as basis to turn away a student with disabilities. It was never *ONLY* about an objection to same-sex marriage. https://t.co/aAA9z5fQA2

    — Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy) September 1, 2019

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11. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 3:22 pm

    The people in the replies are suspicious as Phuck towards the Odessa Police Department😒😒😒

    Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) Tweeted:
    I disagree. The identity is a matter of public record and importance. The police should provide it.

    The issue of not giving these shooters extra notoriety is a matter for the media. https://t.co/kN8stZy0yv https://twitter.com/JoaquinCastrotx/status/1168226049353768960?s=17

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12. SouthernGirl2 says:

    September 1, 2019 at 11:58 am

    Yall pray fa Abaco.. cause Dorian has arrived pic.twitter.com/EtavFYKMcq

    — Tinker Bell🌼 (@QueenAnarchyy) September 1, 2019

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13. SouthernGirl2 says:

    September 1, 2019 at 10:41 am

    180 mph? A fkn monster storm…..

    BREAKING: NHC issues #hurricane and storm surge watches for east coast of #Florida from north of Deerfield Beach to the Volusia/Brevard County line. #Dorian now packing 180 mph maximum sustained winds, strongest hurricane in modern records in NW #Bahamas, per NHC. pic.twitter.com/0x3yw5laOW

    — The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) September 1, 2019

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14. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 10:02 am

    “Sisters, where there is no hallelujahs, no handshakes, no smiling faces. It has been a hard trudge. There have been startling confrontations. There have been tramplings. But there remain large countries in your eyes. And you create + train your flowers still.” -Gwendolyn Brooks https://t.co/6nQGCjprJr

    — Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 1, 2019

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15. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 10:01 am

    A year ago Naomi Osaka accepted the comfort of Serena Williams on Ashe, today she extended that same genuine warmth to Coco Gauff. Tennis is in good hands.

    — Jane McManus (@janesports) September 1, 2019

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16. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 10:00 am

    Uplift one another 🤗💪👏@CocoGauff | @Naomi_Osaka_ | #USOpen pic.twitter.com/XtZIefrs1v

    — US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 1, 2019

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17. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:59 am

    I had to google this to make sure it was real, because it just simply couldn’t be. My heart is broken and my faith is shaken. This administration is pure evil, and there’s no justification for their actions. I welcome any Republican that sees this to try. https://t.co/PeTdOKCF4v

    — Osiris (@osiriscarter9) August 31, 2019

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18. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:42 am

    Da phuq 😡 😡

    Woman tosses Molotov cocktail into Florida citizenship office. https://t.co/y9BjushJX0

    — NBC News (@NBCNews) September 1, 2019

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19. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:41 am

    😠😠😠

    Hold that gun high, #MassacreMitch. A baby got shot in the face today in Odessa, Texas.#OdessaShooting pic.twitter.com/8GyqsrD8wi

    — Sean Corcoran (@seacorc) September 1, 2019

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20. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:32 am

    How many are Republican? 🤔😒

    More than 100 members of Congress have denounced the move by the Trump admin to shutter a program that has shielded hundreds of seriously ill immigrants and their families from deportation while they receive life-saving medical treatment in the U.S. https://t.co/DDWjnwjIA3

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 1, 2019

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21. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:30 am

    #BREAKING: Hurricane Dorian is now a "catastrophic Category 5 hurricane" with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, the National Hurricane Center says.

    — NPR (@NPR) September 1, 2019

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22. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:22 am

    Keith White (@keethers) Tweeted:
    Very subtle right wing response following every mass shooting is to immediately heap praise on the brave first responders. https://twitter.com/keethers/status/1167944643062841345?s=17

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23. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:21 am

    🤔🤔🤔

    I was just thinking about this. When Tiger broke onto the scene there were all these predictions that he was going to usher in a lot of new black pros. Didn’t happen. The Williams Sisters on the other hand are actually competing against their legacy.Things that make you go hmmm. https://t.co/uSftUxszkX

    — Stacey E. Singleton (@staceyNYCDC) September 1, 2019

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24. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 9:20 am

    😻😻😻

    You knew the risks, but temptation was too great pic.twitter.com/yZagzvvmwp

    — Awwwww (@AwwwwCats) September 1, 2019

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25. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 1:43 am

    Love this 🤗🤗🤗

    The LED game is ON POINT #DragonCon pic.twitter.com/4GiQR3366m

    — Annalise Ophelian @ Dragon Con (@Dr_Ophelian) August 31, 2019

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26. rikyrah says:

    September 1, 2019 at 1:32 am

    WOW 😲😲

    17 years later. Lordt.@serenawilliams | #usopen pic.twitter.com/07DlGmOvBZ

    — Charles (@CharlesConoly) August 30, 2019

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27. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 7:10 pm

    I am ashamed to admit that I didn’t even know about the mass shooting at a High School football game in Mobile, Alabama last night. TEN people were shot, none dead so far.

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28. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 7:07 pm

    2 mass shootings within weeks. 22 dead in #ElPaso shooting, 5 dead from the #OdessaShooting and scores injured. But a new law makes carrying a firearm easier. #Amirite @GregAbbott_TX

    New Texas gun laws make it easier to carry firearms in public spaceshttps://t.co/KkZKBkaS9s

    — 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) September 1, 2019

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29. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 6:08 pm

    Police are responding to reports of a shooting on a highway in between Odessa and Midland, Texas, according to local news reports. https://t.co/Bpauz7HRlH

    — Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) August 31, 2019

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30. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    🚨 Devin Sanchez, public information officer for Odessa police, tells @FoxNews that 5 people are dead and more than 20 others are injured pic.twitter.com/babPqHFMdP

    — Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) August 31, 2019

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31. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 5:58 pm

    ODESSA, Texas (@AP) — Police in Midland, Texas, say an active shooter has been killed in nearby Odessa. https://t.co/jWgt8Z6M62

    — Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) August 31, 2019

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32. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 5:31 pm

    Video footage from the scene of shooting in Odessa Texas. 30 people have been shot.

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33. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 5:03 pm

    Mythe’s ex boyfriend lives in Midland Texas

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34. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 4:59 pm

    30 people shot. Lord help us.

    BREAKING: Active shooter opens fire in the cities of Midland and Odessa in west Texas; at least 30 victims – CBS https://t.co/qykaijHUgJ pic.twitter.com/TLjVz1kVaO

    — BNO News (@BNONews) August 31, 2019

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35. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 4:53 pm

    Breaking: Active shooter in Midland Texas. 20 people have been shot at Home Depot

    JUST IN: As many as 20 shot at Home Depot in Odessa, reports say https://t.co/vP4BMA6mSN

    — Austin Statesman (@statesman) August 31, 2019

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    • rikyrah says:

      August 31, 2019 at 5:00 pm

      Just came to post this.
      Is this near you, SG2?
      Is Family SG2 ok?

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      • SouthernGirl2 says:

        August 31, 2019 at 5:43 pm

        No Odessa is not near me. It’s about 2 1/2 -3 hours away.

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      • SouthernGirl2 says:

        August 31, 2019 at 5:44 pm

        Mythe’s friend lives up there. I’m waiting to hear whether she heard from him.

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      • SouthernGirl2 says:

        August 31, 2019 at 6:39 pm

        Mythe’s friend is ok.

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36. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:37 pm

    What lie told?😒

    Well..is he wrong though? https://t.co/odB3DlN2Q8

    — ESSENCE (@Essence) August 31, 2019

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37. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:35 pm

    It's been 18 years since #CousinSkeeter premiered. Here's how the Nickelodeon classic rose above gimmicks and reflected Black '90s pop culture: https://t.co/iLZOd8pYax pic.twitter.com/4ZDdeEjCTp

    — Shadow And Act (@shadowandact) August 30, 2019

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38. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:31 pm

    “Kamala Harris gave one of her best performances of the campaign. Yes, she laid out some of her programs but she also took the audience on a journey to understand how criminal justice issues become economic issues.”https://t.co/auQ8TciN9D

    — chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 31, 2019

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39. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    Truth 👏👏👏

    Two black girls in a tennis match and neither is named Williams. This is the future Venus and Serena made possible. You love to see it. https://t.co/wazSMY6XH2

    — It's Spaghetti Innea (@BienSur_JeTaime) August 30, 2019

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40. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:25 pm

    Remembering Diana, today. Thinking about her younger son and her vow to take care of him, knowing the BRF and wider world would ensure her elder son’s place and future was secure.

    Diana, Harry’s found his path. He’s found his happiness. pic.twitter.com/Uy6Lfw5Lvn

    — Archie’s Passport 🥑🍌🤖🥚👶🏻⚾️🎾✝️🐎🐝🦁🌪📖🏖 (@freepeeper) August 31, 2019

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41. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    I want to hear from the people who are genuinely excited by Joe Biden. I don’t know any of those people.

    — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) August 29, 2019

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42. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    “White America must see that no other ethnic group has been a slave on America’s 🇺🇸 soil.” – MLK. Dr. King understood the economic & political distinctions between #ADOS & immigrants. Does that make King xenophobic or anti-immigrant? NO! Lineage consciousness matter. #Reparations pic.twitter.com/536tCBgL7W

    — Maxwell Little 🇺🇸 (@MaxHPF) August 31, 2019

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    • rikyrah says:

      August 31, 2019 at 12:22 pm

      Stop trying to use Dr. King for your fraudulent group 😠😠😠

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43. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    😒😒🙄🙄

    When Trump visited the African American History Museum, his aides told the museum staff that Trump "did not want to see anything difficult."

    At the exhibit on the Dutch role in the slave trade, Trump remarked, "You know, they love me in the Netherlands." https://t.co/lbjQ9fWVI8 pic.twitter.com/BgtWOZn13I

    — Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 31, 2019

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44. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:07 pm

    😂😂😂

    I love how he first turns his head and looks at him like “whats good wit ya?” before he tries to take his phone 😂 fuck does this guy got goin on in his life 💀😂😂

    — ruben 🇺🇸🇲🇽 (@_rxbenn) August 31, 2019

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45. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    Womp womp 😒🤨

    The vice president of the North Dakota Farmer's Union, Bob Kuylen, says he lost $400,000 because of Trump's trade war with China. Kuylen says farmers have "pretty much lost all of our markets since Trump took over." https://t.co/jamqfKbQ0H

    — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 31, 2019

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46. Nancie McDermott says:

    August 31, 2019 at 10:21 am

    Thank you for these beauties. What a lovely way to start the weekend. Thank also for everything you post here and your voice of clarity and energy and truth. It means so much to learn and be informed and inspired and angered and moved. All that this site has done and is doing means so much. Gratitude to you, and I hope blessings flow to you daily.

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47. SouthernGirl2 says:

    August 31, 2019 at 9:30 am

    😭😭😭My God! So cruel and disrespectful.

    The 2½-acre, segregation-era burial ground, believed to be the city’s first for African-Americans…..

    Radar finds more than 120 coffins buried beneath Tampa apartment complexhttps://t.co/AdGEVlU260

    — 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) August 31, 2019

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48. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:45 am

    We could afford the fancy covers, but my mother was luke:
    ” I am not paying money when all those paper bags are under the sink. Get to cutting and taping. “😂😂😂

    Omg I just remembered how we were required to cover our textbooks in school because we were reponsible for the damage. And I couldn’t afford the fancy ones so all mine were made from brown paper shopping bags. 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/g5JElu7gkq

    — chris evans (@notcapnamerica) August 31, 2019

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    • Liza says:

      August 31, 2019 at 8:51 am

      Same.

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49. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:42 am

    😠😠😠😠

    This is a video of Diana Sanchez receiving an “absorbent pad” that looks like a napkin after her water broke in her jail cell.

    She was then forced go through hours of labor alone.

    No help.

    No doctor.

    No anything.

    This is an issue of human rights. pic.twitter.com/cz3GI6wAgo

    — Congressmember Bass (@RepKarenBass) August 30, 2019

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50. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:41 am

    Hey, @THR, kindly report on everyone attending this event, so the rest of us can be clear about who we don’t wanna work with. Thx. https://t.co/7W3xPG3bI2

    — Eric McCormack (@EricMcCormack) August 30, 2019

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51. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:40 am

    😠😠😠

    This is wild. It looks to me like there is a) a white spot in the middle that would indicate a flash and b) the shadow in the bottom right of a person taking a photo of this image. Did Trump literally take a photo of classified intelligence on his desk and tweet it on a whim? https://t.co/FAj5aFfNol

    — Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 30, 2019

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52. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:39 am

    RIP😢😢

    A beautiful woman, a wonderful actress, a great friend and with balls bigger than mine. Her brilliance burst through and shined its light upon all of us. Goodnight beautiful. I’ll see you soon. pic.twitter.com/FicADkSAzS

    — Ed Asner (@TheOnlyEdAsner) August 30, 2019

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    • Liza says:

      August 31, 2019 at 8:55 am

      Valerie Harper. I loved her TV shows, RIP.

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      • SouthernGirl2 says:

        August 31, 2019 at 9:27 am

        I loved Rhoda

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53. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:38 am

    The ONLY person getting flack for 94' CRIME BILL is Kamala Harris. @JoeBiden is getting a pass. @SenSanders is getting a pass. @ewarren idea of solving mass incarceration is GOTTDAMN HOUSING. WTF PEOPLE! And on that let me go donate to @KamalaHarris !!!

    — Todd Butler (@todd_butler) August 31, 2019

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54. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:26 am

    This trade war is taking away jobs and hurting our state's economy, and Lindsey Graham doesn't care. He's only concerned with his own political power — not the lives of South Carolinians. #SendLindseyHomehttps://t.co/YlxZGfYvFG

    — Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) August 30, 2019

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55. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:25 am

    Those denied entry include a prominent Guyana-born Toronto imam who serves as a chaplain with the Peel Regional Police and an Iraqi Turkmen community leader who has family members fighting ISIS in the Middle East. https://t.co/C6JUTePOrv

    — Barry Tango (@urbanmode) August 30, 2019

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56. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 8:22 am

    Thread

    I just witnessed the most extraordinary moment. Judge David Carpenter in Bessemer, AL has resentenced Alvin Kennard to time served after he got life without parole for robbing a bakery of $50 in 1983. He is now 58 & was 22 when he committed the robbery. pic.twitter.com/CYeWsnHmVG

    — Beth Shelburne (@bshelburne) August 28, 2019

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    • rikyrah says:

      August 31, 2019 at 8:23 am

      Alvin was prosecuted under Alabama’s merciless habitual offender law. His prior convictions were 2 burglaries and 1 grand larceny. No one was ever physically injured. There are more than 500 men & women in Alabama prisons like him, serving life without parole for non-homicides.

      — Beth Shelburne (@bshelburne) August 28, 2019

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      • rikyrah says:

        August 31, 2019 at 8:24 am

        Beth Shelburne (@bshelburne) Tweeted:
        It was extraordinary to see this wrong made right, but it only happened because the right system actors were in place. I hope Alabama leaders have the courage to grant the same chance to the 500+ others like Alvin who remain locked up with no hope of release. https://t.co/S1RWJeah2R https://twitter.com/bshelburne/status/1166746104941174784?s=17

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57. rikyrah says:

    August 31, 2019 at 5:46 am

    Good Morning, Everyone 😄 😄😄

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