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One of the most important people of the 20th Century that you’ve probably never heard of.
Jerry Mitchell
@JMitchellNews
#OnThisDay in 1939, news broke that Pauli Murray had applied to a Ph.D. program at the University of North Carolina, sparking white outrage across the state.“Members of your race are not admitted to the university,” her rejection letter read.
“The days immediately following the first press stories were anxious ones for me,” she recalled. “I had touched the raw nerve of white supremacy in the South.”
A year later, she was jailed twice in Virginia for refusing to give her seat on a Greyhound bus. She graduated first in her class at Howard University School of Law, but Harvard University wouldn’t accept her because of her gender. (Harvard didn’t admit women until 1950.) Instead, she became the first Black student to receive Yale Law School’s most advanced degree.
In 1942, she helped George Houser, James Farmer and Bayard Rustin form the Congress of Racial Equality, known as CORE. Four years later, she became a deputy attorney general in California. Thurgood Marshall described her 1951 book, “States’ Laws on Race and Color,” as the “bible” for civil rights lawyers.
A year later, she lost her post at Cornell University because of McCarthyism. She left her law career to work on her writing at MacDowell Colony, a haven for artists and writers in New Hampshire, where she worked on her first memoir alongside James Baldwin.
“Writing is my catharsis,” she said in an interview. “It saved my sanity. But you cannot sustain anger for years and years. It will kill you.”
She researched her ancestry. “If you call me Black, it’s ridiculous physiologically, isn’t it? I’m probably 5/8 white, 2/8 Negro — repeat American Negro — and 1/8 American Indian,” she said. “I began years before Alex Haley did. I’m always ahead of my time.”
She also penned a book of poems, “Dark Testament,” writing the words, “Hope is a song in a weary throat.”
During her time as a professor in Ghana in the early 1960s, she began to accept that ancestry, she said.
“The difficulty is coming to terms with a mixed ancestry in a racist culture,” she said.
She said she didn’t consider her experience unique.
“I don’t believe that, ‘You came over in chains so how can you feel American?’ That’s poppycock. Thousands are just like me. In fact I probably feel more American than many whites. I just want this country to live up to its billing.”
After returning from Africa, President Kennedy appointed her to his Committee on Civil and Political Rights. She worked with Martin Luther King Jr. and other top civil rights leaders and took part in the 1963 March on Washington. But she remained critical of “the blatant disparity between the major role which (Black) women have played and are playing in the crucial grass-roots levels of our struggle and the minor role of leadership they have been assigned in the national policy-making decisions.”
She helped found the National Organization of Women. In 1977, she became the first Black woman to serve as an Episcopal priest.
“Being a priest is the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” she said. “The first 48 hours were the most difficult of my life. I found myself on the receiving end of tremendous human problems I didn’t know how to handle.”
She rejected the idea that she should slow down. “We shouldn’t stop growing ‘til our last breath,” she said. She died eight years later, and in 2012, the Episcopal church named her as a saint.
In 2021, a documentary on Murray was released, using her own voice and words as narration. The documentary also includes an interview with law professor Anita Hill.
Even though Murray knew that the odds were often against her success, she kept fighting for what she believed was right,” Hill said. “It takes a lot of courage to be hopeful.”
Michael Paarlberg
@MPaarlberg
Exxon reportedly lobbied to maintain the oil sanctions on Venezuela, counting on a new regime to pay back the $1.6b the World Bank’s ICSID ruled Vz owes them for the Chavez expropriations. They don’t want to invest in PDVSA or to work with Delcy, they want a payout.
https://x.com/MPaarlberg/status/2009989084643721468?s=20
Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦
@rshereme
At first, I thought that talk of taking over Greenland was just crazy. But then I had a serious conversation with several people who identify as “Evangelical Christians,” and they told me they fully support the idea of taking over Greenland — and then, hopefully, Canada and Mexico as well.
How could anyone in their right mind, especially someone who proclaims to be a Christian, possibly justify this?
10:14 PM · Jan 9, 2026
https://x.com/rshereme/status/2009841246328467930?s=20
Democracy Docket
@DemocracyDocket
NEW: Ballot initiatives are a lifeline for enacting progressive policies, and Republicans know this. GOP officials nationwide are now coordinating a sweeping campaign to shut down direct democracy, making it harder for voters to have a voice.
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/2009989105891815528?s=20
ABSOLUTE NONSENSE
Democracy Docket
@DemocracyDocket
NEW: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis suggested he’s considering clemency for election denier Tina Peters. The announcement comes days after Trump vindictively vetoed a bill to fund a clean water pipeline for the state.
https://x.com/DemocracyDocket/status/2009721027429818815?s=20
Christopher Webb
@cwebbonline
Trump’s reality check on Venezuela oil:
He rolled out the red carpet for Big Oil at the White House, bragged about reviving Venezuela’s oil and pushing for $100 billion in U.S. investment.
Exxon’s chief flat-out called Venezuela “uninvestable” without massive legal and commercial changes.
https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/2009825162129264947?s=20
Princess Daddy 🤴🏿
@OhWho_OhLu
… I have thoughts! Lots of em!
It’s so interesting that they chose to disparagingly name drop Jasmine Crockett …
One thing I’ve noticed is white gays and adjacents do is overly scrutinize Black women. And yet their whole personality … nvrm 🙄
https://x.com/OhWho_OhLu/status/2009447984883486984?s=20
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
Matt Rogers sounds like the Republican parents who raised him:
The belief that Black people who were lucky enough to have achieved some sort of financial success can no longer complain about racism, is lifted directly from long-standing Republican talking points.
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2009666339997434212?s=20
Jay McGill Says Abolish the Political Extremes
@Jay_McGill94
Lauren Underwood doesn’t just talk the talk, but she also walks the walk. She’s definitely one of the most underrated members of Congress.
9:37 PM · Jan 8, 2026
Betsy💛 🥯 #SlavaUkrani 🇺🇦
@Penny_J_Thomas
Lauren Underwood is the Congressional representative people pretend AOC is.
https://x.com/Penny_J_Thomas/status/2009677919141146850?s=20
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
I have had white Berners repeatedly say to me that passing laws no longer matter, and what she needs to do is to be like AOC or her mentor Bernie and make useless performative speeches about things.
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2009687359319912630?s=20
Chris D. Jackson
@ChrisDJackson
Does anyone else look around at the cruelty and outright evil being done to people across this country every single day and feel pure rage at the backstabbers and weak-kneed allies who helped get us here in 2024?
I have nothing but contempt for them.
5:28 PM · Jan 9, 2026
https://x.com/ChrisDJackson/status/2009769198331850961?s=20
Joseph Larocca
@JosephL95429421
While that.may be all true she is a terrible statewide candidate. Talarico is better and thaz is just a fact and they are right.
10:35 AM · Jan 9, 2026
https://x.com/JosephL95429421/status/2009665241689502101?s=20
Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy)
@cbouzy
No. Talarico is not a stronger statewide candidate because most voters have never heard of him. That means he will burn millions just to get introduced. Congresswoman Crockett does not have that problem. Voters decide the Democratic nominee, not clueless influencers.
https://x.com/cbouzy/status/2009672279752618180?s=20
Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙
@TerryWatkinsJr1
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When they use “Khive” as a substitute for politically literate Black people, when the topic has nothing to do with Kamala Harris support….that tells you all you need to know.
The United States versus Elon R. Musk
@Needle_of_Arya
This is why I say that the white far left is merely the white supremacist right with the serial numbers filed off. This is exactly what a Republican would do, speaking in code language & racializing an entire voting cohort in a dismissive & disparaging matter.
https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/2009804612023533769?s=20
Tiff4Mahogany_44 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 NATO MEMBER
@tiff4mahogany
That’s why Biden had to act in the way he did. He knew White men in the Democratic Party would try to kneecap her campaign.
Imagine saying that Jasmine Crockett can’t win because Beto didn’t win. Beto is a whole White man.
If you right, Beto should’ve won.
9:11 PM · Jan 9, 2026
https://x.com/tiff4mahogany/status/2009825306438500393?s=20
🪷 A Harris Democrat✊🏾
@sephius1999
Well don’t ask Black women to devote their time, resources, GOTV apparatus if they can’t have a seat at the table.
Y’all say every Black woman has baggage. It’s coded language because y’all want the Adin Ross’ and Jake Paul’s to come to the Democratic party…
https://x.com/sephius1999/status/2009657900164415710?s=20
Governor Newsom Press Office
@GovPressOffice
NEW: It took a federal judge less than 24 hours to shut down Trump’s politically motivated child care cuts in California.
The feds went ghost-hunting for widespread “fraud” (with no evidence) — and ended up trying to rip child care and food from kids.
The court just said NO and blocked the illegal, and politically motivated attack on California families and kids.
https://x.com/GovPressOffice/status/2009778615081451871?s=20
Jonah Goldberg
@JonahDispatch
There are a lot of folks who get pretty righteous about the Constitution when Democrats are in charge. Many seem to go into hibernation mode when Trump is involved. Others seem to think that “national security” is code for “the Constitution lets the president do whatever he wants.” You know, like:
• Commit numerous acts of war, from outright hostilities to blockades and embargoes without authorization from Congress
• seize another country’s oil fields for the purpose of creating a presidential slush fund
• threaten an ally with military force in order to seize new territory
• acquire new sovereign U.S. territory without Congressional approval
• abrogate treaty obligations without any consultation with the senate
• Ignore the law
• compel corporations to partially nationalize themselves
• levy tariffs at presidential whim and commit the (wildly exaggerated) proceeds of these taxes to whatever he wants
• Deploy military troops on US soil for transparently pre-textual emergencies over the objections of the governors and state’s rights
• Use the pardon power for personal aggrandizement and in furtherance of corrupt schemes
• Threaten censorship and the revocation of broadcast license entirely based on viewpoint discrimination
• Repurpose Congressionally approved spending for novel and unauthorized purposes
• Treat the emoluments clause like toilet paper
Now, some of these things need to be adjudicated or can be debated. What can’t be denied, however, is that Trump talks about doing all of these things, and worse, routinely. And it is not just “talk” because he uses threats of constitutional abuse to get what he wants short of actually doing it. And many of the folks who are fastidious about even the vaguest rhetorical violation of the Constitution by Democratic presidents, roll their eyes, laugh, yawn, or cheer Trump in this regard.
Just because you’re surrounded by people doing the same thing, doesn’t mean other people aren’t noticing or that it won’t be remembered.
9:09 AM · Jan 10, 2026
https://x.com/JonahDispatch/status/2010006146359161317?s=20
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