EVERYONE has got to watch Ava Duvernay’s masterpiece When They See Us. It is on Netflix and my god….what a rollercoaster. The storyline, the music, the cinematography, lighting, locations; everything comes together to shake you to your core.
It deserves each and every award.
Korey, Yusef, Kevin, Raymond, and Antron are WARRIORS. The actors that portrayed them did them justice
There is a special place in hell for Linda Fairstein & Elizabeth Lederer
Cops are LIARS. Never trust them#WhenTheySeeUs is a masterpiece. BRAVO, Ava and everyone involved
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) June 1, 2025
Those of you who have followed me for years already know this but.. 1. Cops lie. They do it ALL OF THE TIME. They can lie to you. It's legal. 2. Please STOP telling your children to talk to the cops. If they are stopped or arrested, THEY SHOULD NOT BE TALKING TO COPS.
— Prison Culture (@prisonculture) June 1, 2025
Train your children, PLEASE. 1. Officer am I free to go? 2. If they say NO, then you are UNDER ARREST. 3. Name, I will remain silent. I want a lawyer (NOT I WANT MY MOM OR DAD OR GRANDMA).
— Prison Culture (@prisonculture) June 1, 2025
Innocent people make false confessions ALL OF THE TIME. It is very easy to do. Stop telling your kids to talk to the cops.
— Prison Culture (@prisonculture) June 1, 2025
1. Am I free to go? 2. I do not consent to any searches. [this doesn't stop them sometimes because they'll say that they see something and can therefore search even if there's nothing there] 3. I want a lawyer.
— Prison Culture (@prisonculture) June 1, 2025
You know who tell their children never to talk to cops without a lawyer: COPS.
— Prison Culture (@prisonculture) June 1, 2025
Nearly every person I meet after arrest, behind that metal mesh, tells me they waived their right to silence & spoke to police. I always ask why. The 2 most common answers: “I thought it would help” & “I don’t know.” Never speak to police. Literally never helps. Only can hurt. https://t.co/klfb9AcjuK
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) June 1, 2025
Another tip while we’re at it. In addition to not speaking to police, *do not accept or touch anything they give you.* They’ll offer water, other drinks, food, cigarettes. They are not being nice. They are tricking you into collecting your DNA from an “abandonment sample.”
The most powerful words you can say: “I want to speak to an attorney.” Just repeat. Invokes both 5th and 6th Amendment right to silence. Whenever (rarely) my clients do so, this is me: pic.twitter.com/eD2jkq3PD1
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) June 1, 2025
Also this 👇. One of the most sinister things about jail: your calls to loved ones & friends are recorded & prosecutors use them against you. Not just at trial, but during plea stages. It’s horrible, but really, you can’t speak freely. It’s too risky. https://t.co/5p8o0z9UAC
Nancy Pelosi was greeted by cries of 'Impeach!' at the California Democratic convention.
Pelosi responded: "President Trump will be held accountable for his actions — in the Congress, in the courts and in the court of public opinion." https://t.co/sP7Fm82lJ4
Thank you @BarackObama for your warning about the effects of #FakeNews on democracies during your address in #Ottawa. #journalism #elections #cdnpoli https://t.co/QBDSPu1llg
— David Mitchell (@dmitchellYOW) June 1, 2025
@BarackObama talks NBA finals tonight in Ottawa and describes @Raptors fans as "frisky". 😂 pic.twitter.com/mQDR4Lajyp
— Annette Goerner (@annettegoerner) June 1, 2025
In addition to all the great events during #OGPCanada, OGP founder @BarackObama met with 9 inspiring leaders from around the world who are committed to inclusion & #opengov, including #BreaktheRoles @a_kasymalieva & OGP Deputy CEO @josephpowell https://t.co/jaZu5Nd3TU
— Open Gov Partnership (@opengovpart) June 1, 2025
AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his Veterans Affairs secretary are claiming full credit for improvements for veterans such as same-day mental health care, but those initiatives were put in place during the Obama administration. https://t.co/RtTeN9kdwx
On @podsaveamerica, I discuss the difference between moral outrage and anger, getting money out of politics, and why I want to establish a U.S. Department of Peace. Take a listen here: https://t.co/P9lrNcrum4 pic.twitter.com/hnJYLb9q86
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) June 1, 2025
I swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, not an oath to do the bidding of one man or one political party. We have a constitutional republic to uphold liberty and the Rule of Law, not a direct democracy to serve some at the expense of others.
I agree. It’s a heavy lift to get through the full Mueller Report if it’s not your job. But please read the summaries to each volume for yourself & use the excellent resources @page88 links to here. See the facts, not the spin & decide for yourself whether Trump is fit to serve. https://t.co/msFxnBG7aA
Right now, there's a limited opportunity for @HouseDemocrats to control the information space and garner as much support and momentum as possible against Donald Trump. Seize this moment while you can. You may not get another chance.
My friends at @ColorOfChange are about action. Here are tools + tactics geared toward reshaping the criminal system of injustice that we chronicle in #WhenTheySeeUs. If you want to work to change the way things are, this is a solid place to start. https://t.co/MUMxJ42VLn pic.twitter.com/s12xyen3gK
While I appreciate his words on the Constitution, etc., I still wonder what’s in it for him and why the Koch’s are still supporting him? Just have my suspicions….
Sec. @JulianCastro reveals his one Big Idea that will change people’s lives for the better at our #BigIdeas Forum: To End Police Brutality pic.twitter.com/NEME9iWYqU
Have to post this again. An absolute MUST READ/ SHARE
"I believe that no man/woman is or should be above the law in the US or anywhere. I believe that no country is or should be above the law in the international system." A new thread by @djrothkopf. Absolute must read.https://t.co/HUaymnHuBN
An impeachment inquiry can & should be structured to end not only with a referral to the Senate but with a VERDICT on whether the president COMMITED SERIOUS FEDERAL CRIMES. If the House finds him guilty, nothing the Senate does or fails to do will remove the stain.@DonnyDeutsch
Listener in Chief….on this Day : President Obama listens to a question from a reporter as he walks out of the White House toward Marine One in Washington on June 2, 2009. President Obama was traveling to Saudi Arabia. Happy Sunday…
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.@thedailybeast tracked down the guy behind the doctored video of Nancy Pelosi. He’s a Trump-supporting misogynist with a recent domestic battery conviction.
Oh, and the video earned him $1,000 in shared ad revenue — thanks to Facebook.https://t.co/vgHqagRFuu
This deserves more attention. Democrats can walk & chew gum, investigating Trump while passing laws to address our problems. But McConnell has created a graveyard in the senate where those laws go to die. https://t.co/cLsLswvCan
This deserves more attention. Democrats can walk & chew gum, investigating Trump while passing laws to address our problems. But McConnell has created a graveyard in the senate where those laws go to die. https://t.co/cLsLswvCan
The "T" in LGBT stands for transgender individuals, whom you've banned from serving their country, and just last week proposed rolling back their protections from healthcare discrimination.
That’s not called “solidarity.”
It’s discriminatory. It’s oppressive. And it’s wrong. https://t.co/olgns6Jh3t
It was very touching to see Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff come to her rescue yesterday at the MoveOn event.
Much respect for any man who loves his wife and vice versa … just like the Obamas.
Heard a reporter sneaking in a bit of spin about democrats who say they”ll “vote for Amash because he had courage”.
-watch for more of this just sayin’.
(THREAD) BREAKING: The NYT just published the biggest political news since the Mueller Report was published: we now know at least 3 of the federal probes still ongoing post-Mueller—and all involve election interference. I hope you will RETWEET and read on. https://t.co/63YICZkgmz
(THREAD) BREAKING: The NYT just published the biggest political news since the Mueller Report was published: we now know at least 3 of the federal probes still ongoing post-Mueller—and all involve election interference. I hope you will RETWEET and read on. https://t.co/63YICZkgmz
Could it be that THIS, coupled with Mueller Report, is what Pelosi is waiting to get into the public conversation/radar before she begins? Would make total sense to me
Hi you can read it here: Thread by @SethAbramson: "(THREAD) BREAKING: The NYT just published the biggest political news since the Mueller Report was published: we now know […]" https://t.co/hDrP7ttDLO Have a good day. 🤖
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) June 2, 2025
.@ava discusses “When They See Us” and the importance of retelling the story of the Central Park Five. Full interview: https://t.co/iONwpOO9fd pic.twitter.com/eKr5NpBlDP
Things you know, but secretly hope didn’t really happen
Barr showed Trump’s legal team the Mueller report before it was released publicly, saying that it was only fair because it wasn’t supposed to be public at all. We have some questions. https://t.co/kYqwuzlqdz
Let U.K. vote to Remain!!
YouGov even back in January: “if a referendum were held immediately, 46 percent would vote to remain, 39 percent would vote to leave”.
-As here at home, British anti-democracy conservatives are blocking the will of the people.
Putin’s personal spokesman Trump.
“Even before his arrival on British shores, the president caused a stir by wading into the contest to replace Theresa May as prime minister and criticising Meghan Markle (called her “nasty”) the Duchess of Sussex. Trump’s trip comes as the U.K. is facing its most significant crisis since the Second World War. (http://time.com/5599530/trump-uk-no-deal-brexit/)
“Trump is widely disliked in the U.K.
He has a positive opinion rating of only 21 percent, according to YouGov, compared to 72 percent for former President Barack Obama.”
Wow unprecedented interference from failed negotiator and failed businessman Trump: Had the gall to tell ‘the Sun” that Britain should walk away from talks, refuse to pay 39 billion pounds in severance, and plead for liar Farage and trumpy buffoon Johnson.
Putin’s plot to create chaos and tear down the system is being enacted in real time by these guys.
Have been trying to convey to @SpeakerPelosi a simple strategy showing the American People, daily, that @HouseDemocrats are defending #RuleOfLaw & Legislating robustly. https://t.co/YLAv3aAS8X
LOL. Yeah. He’ll have a GREAT trip:) This from another ignoramous…which tells you just how badly we have things here!
I’m hoping Donald Trump doesn’t see this before his visit. Still, I know you guys won’t retweet it and I’m pretty sure he isn’t even on Twitter.pic.twitter.com/AK4eiBJRj0
— Not Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) May 31, 2025
A pair of studies have found that Obamacare led to an increase in early-stage ovarian cancer detections and helped nearly erase racial differences in the timely treatment of a range of cancers.
The findings, which were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncological annual meeting in Chicago, come as the administration of President Donald Trump is renewing its efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor Barack Obama.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks in San Francisco: "We have a gun problem in America. And it is putting our children at risk all across this nation." pic.twitter.com/W4LyGIC8UC
..on your list of enemies, reflect within. Look really hard at the diverse allegiance that you've inspired to rise against you.
— 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗸𝗲 (@alanfike) June 2, 2025
In her op-ed, Peggy Noonan argues that Trump should be censured by Congress rather than impeached because it would be a grave mistake to overturn the results of an election. But what is faulty about her line of reasoning is the assumption that Trump was fairly elected. He wasn’t.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) June 2, 2025
Exactly 35 years ago Noonan drafted Reagan's D-Day anniversary speech at Pt. du Hoc, considered to have been his best ever. Trump likely knows this, and is deeply insecure that he can't begin to achieve that level. He's no RR, and he has no Peggy Noonan on his team to hide that. https://t.co/QK45pnZuqg
Roger Stone has posted an Instagram Story saying John Brennan "must be" charged and convicted and "hung for treason." Wonder how court officials and Instagram moderators will react.
President Obama takes a solo walk outside Buckingham Palace during an official State Visit in May 2011. The last picture shows the First Lady and him thanking the household staff upon departure after their two-night stay at the Palace.
Unless, he wants 143 Million Russians & 2 Million Ukrainian Crimeans to know he's been eating their cake these past ~ 20 years in one of his many palaces, yachts, or airplanes as their kids die in #Syria, the #Donbass Ukranine & Ukrainian #Crimea.
Footnote: The 5 action items you describe re: "Personal Sanctions" are indeed worthy, @Anders_Aslund, but they're 'noisy' & unnecessarily delay definitive action to halt #Putin.
Zero doubt that where the assets reside is known.
It's merely a matter of the will to strike.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) June 2, 2025
We have the means. Putin knows it. That’s why Trump and Brexit were his two highest priorities in 2016 and remain so.
President and Mrs. Obama bid goodnight to the Queen. Oh, and she's wearing the vintage brooch of 14-karat yellow gold, diamonds and moss agate they gave her as a gift. pic.twitter.com/DpaPU1NAtY
Yes, it’s true: the stock market had done vastly better under Obama this far into his presidency.
But Trump voters don’t know that because they sold their stocks and bought commemorative gold coins from Glenn Beck and Peter Schiff. https://t.co/aXkOLvyA6t
way stoked to learn that the guy who cheated on his first wife with his second and cheated on her with his third and cheated on her with a porn actress and lied about paying hush money and then said the payments were legal is getting his own day of prayer. rock on, evangelicals!
are you telling me that the vulgar racist philanderer who mocked the weak and bullied the helpless and stole from the needy and cheated the weak-minded and fleeced the hopeful and lied to the gullible is getting his own day of prayer? evangelicals, what the fuck is wrong with you
my favorite Bible story is probably the one where Jesus disappears babies into concentration camps and runs a fake charity and a scam college and then jets off for a weekend of golf at Galilee-a-Lago and then Franklin Graham explains why Jesus merits his own special day of prayer
Foreign agent, Colludy @RudyGiuliani is purposely spreading weaponized disinformation in a feeble attempt to discredit Robert Mueller in order to protect Trump, who sided w a hostile foreign adversary while it attacked the US to get him elected.
Many have wondered if the admin would start ignoring court orders. Some say this order was unusual. But the admin seems to look for unusual or complicated circumstances to test a norm. If they get away with it, a path is then cleared for norm-breaking in clearer circumstances. https://t.co/tbmmePdly8
So, from a man who admires you and @MomsDemand on a scale equal to that of those who gave everything, including their lives, for #CivilRights & #WomensSuffrage I'll offer one recommendation - focus on the #WeaponsProfitters and how susceptible they are to being held liable.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) June 3, 2025
Your courage & that of so many moms who have stood their ground while utterly lame & afraid folk strut their #WeaponsOfWar, is an exceptional statement of the power of love & empathy over any form of fear & hatred driven by the greed that #WeaponsProfitters purvey, daily.
Required listening for every American - and it’s FREE - spread the word. Guarantee after you listen you will understand what Trump didn’t want the public to know. https://t.co/G5fIdNNcQK
@realDonaldTrump is gonna blow a gasket, @nba commissioner Adam Silver is at the game with the enemy @BarackObama. Canada is about to get hit with tariffs! pic.twitter.com/nRdSHLLsHa
— Charles E. Cox, Jr. (@LifeIsABusiness) June 3, 2025
I’ll still never get used to the idea of how quickly all of this could happen, while everybody was listening to the orange buffoon rattle on, incoherently. Reminds us old Ben Franklin was anecdotally reported as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.”
U.S. Sees Largest Reduction of Protected Lands in History Under Trump https://t.co/G92PoTuNRk via @RollingStone #InstabilityInChief #AmericanSociopath #SwampThing
Obama White House.gov
EVERYONE has got to watch Ava Duvernay’s masterpiece When They See Us. It is on Netflix and my god….what a rollercoaster. The storyline, the music, the cinematography, lighting, locations; everything comes together to shake you to your core.
It deserves each and every award.
Watching now. I’m certain that I haven’t taken a breath in a long time. This is horrifying
Oh my. Is it that stressful? Want to see it, but if it’s that intense, I don’t know……..”sigh
Yes. You have to watch. It is spellbinding… and so, so enraging. Just watch
The police forced them to lie. That’s all I’ll say
Okay, thanks. Thanks for telling me that. Hope we can watch it tomorrow afternoon.
I admire her …
So this happened today.
Vote for HIM!!
LOL!!!!!
Goodnight TOD …
Justin Amash:
Tea Party, libertarian.
KOCH.
While I appreciate his words on the Constitution, etc., I still wonder what’s in it for him and why the Koch’s are still supporting him? Just have my suspicions….
The system is BROKEN
Have to post this again. An absolute MUST READ/ SHARE
Morning everyone
Love Michelle Obama. I remember watching Sesame Street.
Yes we need televised public hearings:
A stream of witnesses who splash Trump crimes old and new across our screens.
= From hell to breakfast.
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It’s THAT important:) sorry for the double post
An idiot and mentally unstable at that
It was very touching to see Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff come to her rescue yesterday at the MoveOn event.
Much respect for any man who loves his wife and vice versa … just like the Obamas.
Heard a reporter sneaking in a bit of spin about democrats who say they”ll “vote for Amash because he had courage”.
-watch for more of this just sayin’.
JFC. It’s why we got this POS in the first place!!
Thread. Like a caterpillar, more shoes dropping
Thread . Read all of it.
Could it be that THIS, coupled with Mueller Report, is what Pelosi is waiting to get into the public conversation/radar before she begins? Would make total sense to me
Things you know, but secretly hope didn’t really happen
Let U.K. vote to Remain!!
YouGov even back in January: “if a referendum were held immediately, 46 percent would vote to remain, 39 percent would vote to leave”.
-As here at home, British anti-democracy conservatives are blocking the will of the people.
Putin’s personal spokesman Trump.
“Even before his arrival on British shores, the president caused a stir by wading into the contest to replace Theresa May as prime minister and criticising Meghan Markle (called her “nasty”) the Duchess of Sussex. Trump’s trip comes as the U.K. is facing its most significant crisis since the Second World War. (http://time.com/5599530/trump-uk-no-deal-brexit/)
“Trump is widely disliked in the U.K.
He has a positive opinion rating of only 21 percent, according to YouGov, compared to 72 percent for former President Barack Obama.”
Wow unprecedented interference from failed negotiator and failed businessman Trump: Had the gall to tell ‘the Sun” that Britain should walk away from talks, refuse to pay 39 billion pounds in severance, and plead for liar Farage and trumpy buffoon Johnson.
Putin’s plot to create chaos and tear down the system is being enacted in real time by these guys.
Then Duncan Hunter committed war crimes
True. In all measures.
Just came across this wonderful video and immediately thought of our dear Dudette. Enjoy some beauty and awe in these troubled times.
https://www.globalonenessproject.org/library/films/earthrise (30 min)
Great overview of why you must watch.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/2/18646523/when-they-see-us-donald-trump-central-park-five-netflix-ava-duvernay
LOL. Yeah. He’ll have a GREAT trip:) This from another ignoramous…which tells you just how badly we have things here!
I think this is an old quote. Apparently now they’re great buddies. We’ll see………….
Well our idiot endorsed their idiot, so I think you’re right:)
https://www.france24.com/en/20190602-obamacare-led-better-cancer-outcomes-studies
A pair of studies have found that Obamacare led to an increase in early-stage ovarian cancer detections and helped nearly erase racial differences in the timely treatment of a range of cancers.
The findings, which were presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncological annual meeting in Chicago, come as the administration of President Donald Trump is renewing its efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor Barack Obama.
Important and timely read. Please share
Fucking idiot. You should be impeached, too!
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/02/politics/mike-pence-trump-impeachment/index.html
He sounds just like trump in that quote … plus it’s no doubt NOT what he tells “Mother” at night.
Now, it’s Peggy Noonan and the WSJ …
There’s NO WAY Trump wrote that tweet.
Agree 🙂
This should go over well with the court.
Hope he goes straight to GITMO, with many, many others.
Thread …
We have the means. Putin knows it. That’s why Trump and Brexit were his two highest priorities in 2016 and remain so.
Just saying.
So classy:)
This is going to sound sad but my attention is on the luxurious looking interior of the car 😂. Lol.
SWANK
SWOON!!
That swagger:) on the floor now!
It does seems to be the modis operandi
OKAY, 44!
I see PM Trudeau was supposed to be with PBO tonight…. that would have been doubly fine!
I see PM Trudeau was supposed to be with PBO tonight…. that would have been doubly fine!
Drake who????????????????
Zacklee!!!!😂
Looks like he’s the guest of the owner.
Should read: GM.
Thread …
STANDING O FOR O
New post.
https://theobamadiary.com/2019/06/02/44-straight-chillin/
Argh Steph Curry not feeling well…shooting well just before half time….eh up by two now.
-meanwhile PBO adorability factor
I’ll still never get used to the idea of how quickly all of this could happen, while everybody was listening to the orange buffoon rattle on, incoherently. Reminds us old Ben Franklin was anecdotally reported as saying, “A republic, if you can keep it.”