Absolutely furious as I read this story of this grown man trying to push the force of the police against a 9 year old CHILD!!!
A 9yo Black child clearly into science identified a problem harming her neighborhood, researched, found a safe solution, and was testing it. Her white neighbor (who knew her!) called police on her saying a “small Black woman wearing a hoodie” was doing things and scaring him. https://t.co/PTFOhRzjn2
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) November 12, 2022
I wanna make clear the man’s phone call to police was an attack on that child. We all see what police do to Black people—including children. The man used the exact words that trigger police attacks. He weaponized police racism, aggression, brutality against a little Black girl.
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) November 12, 2022
Gordon Lawshe called cops on his 9yo neighbor using trigger words that summon an aggressive police response. While condemning him, also question why police racism and brutality against Black people is so common, so predictable that white people can *reliably* use it to kill us.
— Uju Anya (@UjuAnya) November 12, 2022
The audio makes it so much worse. Also, he’s the chairman of the local Republican Party. https://t.co/1zBjtxpgNS
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) November 20, 2022
Twitter fam, thank you for helping me to find the family of the 9 year old girl from NJ who had the police called on her by her neighbor for collecting lantern flies. I connected with them & invited them to @yale for a Black girl led Science Tour! Yesterday—HISTORY was MADE (1/) pic.twitter.com/NV1CGp8Qss
— Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@IjeomaOparaPHD) November 17, 2022
Then we went over to Dr. Bei’s lab at @YaleEMD where PhD student, @ifedesamours showed us live mosquitoes! (3/) pic.twitter.com/ID1xr1sJAU
— Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@IjeomaOparaPHD) November 17, 2022
Then we ended the day at Yale Entomology…and they promised the family that if Bobbi collects more lanternflies, she can contribute them to Yale and they guarantee that Bobbi's name will always be attributed to the lantern flies she collects! (5/) pic.twitter.com/Q7jj25VzRY
— Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@IjeomaOparaPHD) November 17, 2022
Bobbi & her sister inherited a crew of Yale Aunties who will love on her and her family forever! Special thanks to @AileenIlianaPhD @lukieash18 @YaleBPA for quickly mobilizing to help make her visit to @yale so special! (7/) pic.twitter.com/nrkC2Qwiwg
— Dr. Ijeoma Opara (@IjeomaOparaPHD) November 17, 2022
“..Monkey, ape, tranny.. man..
That’s still very much the descriptors wielded to dehumanize America’s historic First Lady..
It is what fully black, dark skinned black girls have to look forward to.. not the white-washed amalgam version that the gaslighters insist somehow herald a new era where ‘little black girls can now see themselves’… ‘representation’ as they call it.. it really isn’t..
Yeah.. even kids know the difference.. attempts to gaslight from here to eternity, notwithstanding.. even they know the truth.. they know who gets called ‘pretty’, who gets the princess roles, the choice bits.. who gets protected, chivalry… and as they grow up, who gets the choice gigs when ‘black’ person is called for.. who’s favored in casting call auditions…”
https://3chicspolitico.com/2020/10/19/open-thread-so-i-wasnt-going-comment-on-this-ice-cube-mess-but/#comment-892514
https://twitter.com/donoktobr/status/1598199913988251648?s=20&t=Irgr7OBEsY_iTBs7MNLp1w
https://twitter.com/MNIMN_/status/1598082623511101440?s=20&t=Irgr7OBEsY_iTBs7MNLp1w
https://twitter.com/kowalacam/status/1597713430605012993?s=20&t=Irgr7OBEsY_iTBs7MNLp1w
Lowdown, no good mofos!
Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) tweeted at 0:11 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
GOP Senators (led by Grassley) have stripped the Special Immigrant Visa program from the NDAA. Thousands of Afghan allies remain in the pipeline. Despicable but not surprising given this has long been the desire of many in the Trump Admin & Republicans who push nativist agendas.
(https://twitter.com/OliviaTroye/status/1600915904581472257?s=02)
NBC News (@NBCNews) tweeted at 4:01 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
Twitter is being hit with another lawsuit stemming from the recent purging of half its workforce, this one accusing the social media company of disproportionately targeting female employees for layoffs. https://t.co/qlfnjUVsi5
(https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1600973780452626442?t=OsYuRtRsfXN4uHrp_XPqUA&s=03)
Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) tweeted at 6:18 AM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
This gets to my major complaint about so many “independent” “third party” “Forward” efforts. What are you actually breaking with the Democratic Party over? Or are you just annoyed by their progressive activists.
(https://twitter.com/amandacarpenter/status/1601189433327251463?t=TTGuP2w4i_VW9Yf4cZxCvA&s=03)
Florida Chris (@chrislongview) tweeted at 7:50 AM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
I’m not going to let some batshit lunatic in a party city wig with a discount wet seal wardrobe steal my joy over all the good things that happened this week.
(https://twitter.com/chrislongview/status/1601212765447725056?t=AzFwFPzB4_gfmXqaUD6DiQ&s=03)
Christopher Bouzy (@cbouzy) tweeted at 7:43 AM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
Kyrsten Sinema switching to an Independent days after Democrats won the GA runoff is all you need to know about Kyrsten Sinema.
(https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1601211057015783424?t=xUiNLuSDAOd15t1xMJhoBw&s=03)
CLAP CLAP CLAP
Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) tweeted at 1:26 PM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
One More Time: If you are an independent at this point you are nothing more than a coward. One side is trying to save this country while the other is actively seeking to destroy it. The only thing you are independent of is brain cells & dignity.
(https://twitter.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1601297213770338304?t=iPNVaW67bDRORkvMn5Ttng&s=03)
UH HUH
Nicky Frank (@NickyFrank30) tweeted at 11:36 AM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
Text from a friend, who is black, in Sinema:
“Warnock won and now she’s trying to undermine what he achieved. Whenever we achieve something great or make some progress, there’s always a white person there to try to take it away, and we’re not supposed to ever talk about it.”
(https://twitter.com/NickyFrank30/status/1601269614503415808?t=oNqJBoqZ-n178mNAJjbg1w&s=03)
I don’t think Sinema was aiming at Rev Warnock specifically. And I don’t think it was about taking something away from a black person. Sinema is a naricssist, it was totally about her.
This feels like a gut punch to the Democrats. According to Sinema, nothing changes as far as the “work” she is doing in the Senate. It’s business as usual. So why do this?
Sinema must know by now she couldn’t get re-elected to catch dogs. No matter how you slice the electorate in AZ, her disapproval is over 50 percent. She’s not going to be the new John McCain. She has not built a coalition of conservative voters across party lines. And unless she’s delusional, she can’t possibly be thinking she can get re-elected as an independent.
Sinema’s name is the very definition of political corruption. She pulled a bait and switch on the voters and sold her vote. She is a traitor. Now she’s on the TV, gaslighting the whole nation, telling us that she’s always been “an independent voice for Arizonans”, serving their best interests, and “will continue to do so.”
It’s difficult to imagine what she has accomplished by this except to tell the Democrats she hates them too. We know how the voters feel about her in AZ and I would think it’s not much different among the Democrats in Congress.
Her last card to play is to become a Republican, and that certainly doesn’t seem out of the realm of possibility.
But if she were smart, she would cash out and walk away. According to Open Secrets, her cash on hand is just under 8 million. That’s not a bad payday for a sell-out.
** narcissist **
I might add that if Ruben Gallego is going to run for her seat in 2024, the Democrats need to get busy and figure out how to make him a household name this coming year. He seems like he has good candidate potential, but now is the time to find out or find someone else.
People are afraid Sinema will run as a spoiler and the GOP candidate could be Scary Kari Lake.
The Democrats are going to have to fight and spend a lot of money to keep this seat.
The Chanteezy Is Real ♉️ (@iamchanteezy) tweeted at 7:26 AM on Fri, Dec 09, 2022:
Krysten Lea Sinema switching her party affiliation from Dem to Independent proves:
1) She’s a coward that doesn’t want to be challenged
2) She’s not to be trusted by no Black or Latino woman.
(https://twitter.com/iamchanteezy/status/1601206534507491328?t=hAfuRIy4LXYJGtWfgAMglw&s=03)
Well, Kyrsten can be trusted by Big Pharma lobbyists and Private Equity lobbyists and others who paid for her vote. She never let them down, not even once. She never reneged on her part of the deals she cut with her wealthy, corporate donors.
As for the rest of us, she told us to “F*** off.”
Qondi: A #SaveSenatorBae Account (@QondiNtini) tweeted at 11:12 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
Congratulations on the best run campaign this season
@ReverendWarnock and @TeamWarnock excelled under your leadership
Keep your eyes on @quentinfulks I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot more from him
I’ll keep it respectful and not say it but the campaign is over so 👀 https://t.co/qRClRRBBf3
(https://twitter.com/QondiNtini/status/1601082359432245248?s=02)
Queen Thicktoria, Esq. Stands with Ukraine (@VeeCeeMurphy76) tweeted at 3:37 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
I can’t ascertain why Paul Whelan was in Russia. Where’s y’alls smoke about how he shouldn’t have been there? And what say you about him being a citizen of 3 countries?
(https://twitter.com/VeeCeeMurphy76/status/1600967842626617344?s=02)
jabba2711💯 (@jabba2711) tweeted at 4:04 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
A citizen of 4 countries, an ex marine with a bad discharge, did military tours in the middle east, and was caught either going over or coming back over the Russian border. Whelan isn’t some random guy that got lost. I think he works for them folks that have three letter names.
(https://twitter.com/jabba2711/status/1600974589378428930?s=02)
Jeanine Curtis (@DjJetCityWoman) tweeted at 7:53 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
Also, he’s charged with ESPIONAGE, not cannabis possession (medical CBD, not THC).
Talk about comparing apples to oranges!
We weren’t gonna get Whelan. Even his own brother says the Biden Admin. did the right thing and got the best possible outcome.
(https://twitter.com/DjJetCityWoman/status/1601032241320108033?s=02)
Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) tweeted at 0:03 PM on Tue, Dec 06, 2022:
“Special counsel Jack Smith has subpoenaed local officials in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin…for any and all communications with Trump, his campaign and a long list of aides and allies.” https://t.co/brq8Zlws7J
(https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1600189157757812747?s=02)
Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) tweeted at 0:09 PM on Wed, Dec 07, 2022:
Scoop: items with classified markings found at Trump storage unit in Florida — showing Trump had documents not just at Mar-a-Lago and reemphasizing he did not fully comply with May subpoena. https://t.co/mY1ynGiPd5
(https://twitter.com/PostRoz/status/1600553204642590720?s=02)
LOL
Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) tweeted at 3:34 PM on Wed, Dec 07, 2022:
Nicolle Wallace on the discovery of more classified documents stolen by Trump, “Of course, there’s more. There’s probably stuff shoved in his sock drawer, too. ” #DeadlineWH https://t.co/2qoAGbWnIM
(https://twitter.com/PoliticusSarah/status/1600604636712472591?s=02)
Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) tweeted at 6:27 PM on Wed, Nov 23, 2022:
“No amount of mudslinging — or claims he ‘won’t partake’ in the investigation — will protect Trump from indictment if Smith determines he has the goods.” https://t.co/TFcCKH1laP
(https://twitter.com/dandrezner/status/1595574773869940739?s=02)
Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) tweeted at 9:46 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves talked to Brett Favre about getting state funds to pay the remaining $1.6 million he owed on a volleyball stadium at USM after the State stopped using welfare funds for the project.
We have the text messages. 🧵
https://t.co/0FY4r2Npmz
(https://twitter.com/ashtonpittman/status/1601060663123906561?t=CHdYRjY8mnTVnXXNw7twXw&s=03)
About Sinema, here’s some thoughts about her maneuvering:
Boxes Dems in for 2024: If they run a Dem primary, she splits the vote and guarantees the Republicans a win
We won with a Democrat in 2022.
2024 will be a Presidential year.
I’m willing to take a chance on an actual Democrat in 2024.
Like I said..there’s a lot that goes into running for office. A lot that the party helps with.
Even phucking Bernie uses the Democrats to run and then does that independent shyt.
This ain’t Utah.
There is no reason why the Democratic Party can’t find an actual Democrat in Arizona. A Democrat – not a leftist- that can’t go out, say that I represent Democrats in Arizona, and keep it moving.
For the new Governor and AG of Arizona, it is known that she DID NOTHING TO HELP THEM while the rest of the Democratic Party was all hands on deck for them.
Especially now that Democrats know?
Those wanting to run now have 2 legit years to start right now for 2024.
Well, House Rep Ruben Gallego has been positioning himself to primary Sinema and now he doesn’t need to take her on. I’ve been watching him and I’m just not sure. Seems like a decent enough guy and being Latino certainly doesn’t hurt with turning out Latino Democrats and independents.
If the GOP gets wise and stops running election deniers and MAGA goofballs, this seat could be lost. They most assuredly see it as a pick up for the GOP.
There’s no comparison between Bernie and Sinema but it hadn’t occurred to me that Sinema might actually change back to Democrat when election time rolls around.
Well, I can’t read her mind. All I can tell you is she’s a bait and switch traitor and can’t be trusted. They let her smell the money and her vote went up for sale.
There should be a national petition demanding her resignation.
Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) tweeted at 2:38 PM on Thu, Dec 08, 2022:
During the peak of the pandemic, when everything felt so bleak, the act of stitching, purling, casting on and off is how I kept my anxiety at bay. Practicing it roots me in this idea that I talk about in my book, The Light We Carry called “the power of small.” 🧶
(https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1600952889727254528?t=s_pYlfvedFfnvIeJHRcUXQ&s=03)
So how about that Kyrsten Sinema?
Y’all believe me now? I guess she didn’t have the balls to become a Republican. But one thing is for certain, if she thinks she can get re-elected in the state of Arizona as an independent she is wrong.
But I’m guessing she won’t run in 24. As an independent there is no party organization to support a campaign, and she is very unpopular. Unless she’s delusional, she must know she couldn’t get elected to catch dogs.
At least this opens the door for a real Democrat to start building a campaign for 24.
Rikyrah, what do you think of this situation with Sinema?
Blog for Arizona is bound to have a scathing post today which I’ll link here.
It’s understandable that people are furious over what the white neighbor tried to do to this little girl.
I find it interesting that the cop was so kind. With a different cop this might have had a completely different outcome. Or if it had been a little boy instead of a little girl.
White supremacists are here to stay, I’m afraid. But this community dealt with this particular white supremacist quite effectively, and that’s the only defense. You cannot change people but communities can make life extremely unpleasant for those who would torment people of color, especially children. It takes a village…
Good Morning, Everyone😊😊😊