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17
Sep
15

A Tweet Or Two

By Nerdy Wonka 41 Comments
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GOP: The party of hate, racism, prejudice, bigotry, and xenophobia

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16
Sep
15

A Tweet Or Two

By Nerdy Wonka 188 Comments
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Welcome to America where white kids can walk around holding guns, but a Muslim kid is criminalized for using his brains

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This is what happens when you refuse to see the humanity in black children

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Damn

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Bravo and thank you, Shonda Rhimes

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OMG!

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Bravo, VP Biden

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17
Aug
15

We The People: The President Speaks

By Nerdy Wonka 103 Comments
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President Barack Obama: President Obama’s Letter To The Editor

‘We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union. …’’ It’s a cruel irony that the words that set our democracy in motion were used as part of the so-called literacy test designed to deny Rosanell and so many other African-Americans the right to vote. Yet more than 70 years ago, as she defiantly delivered the Preamble to our Constitution, Rosanell also reaffirmed its fundamental truth. What makes our country great is not that we are perfect, but that with time, courage and effort, we can become more perfect. What makes America special is our capacity to change. Nearly three decades after Rosanell testified to her unbroken faith in this country, that faith was vindicated.

The Voting Rights Act put an end to literacy tests and other forms of discrimination, helping to close the gap between our promise that all of us are created equal and our long history of denying some of us the right to vote. The impact was immediate, and profound — the percentage of African-Americans registered to vote skyrocketed in the years after the Voting Rights Act was passed. But as Rutenberg chronicles, from the moment the ink was dry on the Voting Rights Act, there has been a concentrated effort to undermine this historic law and turn back the clock on its progress. I am where I am today only because men and women like Rosanell Eaton refused to accept anything less than a full measure of equality. Their efforts made our country a better place. It is now up to us to continue those efforts. Congress must restore the Voting Rights Act.

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