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Jun

A Mass for the Dead

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #AMEShooting, #CharlestonShooting, charleston, church, dead, gun control, Gun Violence, poem, poetry, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, South Carolina, tweets

SHE HAS A NAME: A mother of three, pastor + high school track coach, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton was killed at AME. http://t.co/rvXe1y33Ry
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

SHE HAS A NAME: Susie Jackson, a longtime church member was killed at AME Church last night. http://t.co/oUL7n1DGBw
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

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For the dead, we say, “Amen”. And for the living.
There are too many dead, and the living are riven.

Every day, a new horror, a new loss of innocence,
And the night-dimmed tide swallows us.

There is no innocence; this is a fallen world,
And men of evil revel in destruction.

When is it enough? It’s never enough.
Violence has an army of reasons,

And peace seems to be an idea
Honored more in the breach than the observance.

This is not your heritage; it is evil.
This is not your freedom; it is slavery.

Do that which you would have done unto you;
Flee from that which is harmful to all.

The answer is there, to be teased out
Of life, hard life, the only life we have.

Remember the dead, for they speak from the earth,
Pleading, “Let us not be in vain.”

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SHE HAS A NAME; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, a mother of four daughters, singer in church choir was killed at AME. http://t.co/YoqNF1yiOD
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

HE HAS A NAME: Rev. Daniel Simmons, Sr., another pastor at the Emanuel AME church who was killed last night. http://t.co/n4sz9GBBxf
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

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HE HAS A NAME: Rev Clementa Pinckney, a State Senator + Pastor of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. Killed last night http://t.co/hkDgCdlobc
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

SHE HAS A NAME: Ethel Lee Lance, worked at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston for 30 years. She was killed last night. http://t.co/7OHjsnhD8f
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

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SHE HAS A NAME: Myra Thompson, killed last night at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. She was teaching bible study. http://t.co/NlqoNfjPP2
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 19, 2025

HE HAS A NAME: Tywanza Sanders, a 2014 graduate of Allen University was killed last night at the Emanuel AME church. http://t.co/oQa1SQlbx8
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

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SHE HAS A NAME: Cynthia Hurd worked for Charleston County Public Library for 31 yrs. Killed last night at AME Church http://t.co/jgJY9acnRc
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Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 18, 2025

Lord have mercy All nine victims of Charleston shooting identified thegrio.com/2015/06/18/cha… http://t.co/gof7tf5Qts
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TheObamaCAT (@TheObamaCat) June 18, 2025

Jun

This Is What Happens When White Supremacy Goes Unchecked

By Nerdy Wonka 109 Comments

Categories: All Photos and All Videos
Tags: #AMEShooting, #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonShooting, Black History, charleston, Clementa, Clementa Pinckney, gun control, Gun Violence, Pinckney, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, South Carolina, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy

I gotta get to work, but one quick thing before I go: We don't teach the true history of white supremacy in this country.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

We call Jim Crow "segregation" as if it was about lunch counters and movie theaters, not lynching and disfranchisement.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

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We talk about lynching as if it were lawlessness in the night. Lynch law was THE law.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

We teach the Civil War, but not the collapse of Reconstruction. We teach the bus boycott but not the 80 years that went before.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

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We teach about colored water fountains but not black children executed by the state for imaginary crimes.
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

Teach the young people you know about white supremacy and how to fight it. Because their schools won't. studentactivism.net/2015/06/18/how…
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Angus Johnston (@studentactivism) June 18, 2025

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All of this. This is not just for white people who pass down racism to their future generations. This is for white people who stay silent in the face of white supremacy. Racism and white supremacy is not for Black people to fix. It is on YOU. When that father, mother, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, cousin, grandparents spew racist rhetoric, makes racist jokes, uses derogatory words to describe black people, promotes negative stereotypes of black people and laughs it off as just a joke and you stay silent, you condone it. This is serious. It is about people’s lives. Do not stay silent

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Fellow white ppl, today is the day to look at your white friends and family in the eye and say "Black lives matter."
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

Yesterday was the day, too. But if you aren't already having this convo, start now.
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

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Don't be cowards. You risk what, criticism? An argument? We are talking about black people's lives at stake.
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

I will be telling my 6yo white son what happened last night on our way to camp this morning and then I will tell him that black lives matter
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

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I'm not saying this for praise but just for you to know that I think white kids should be in convo now. Bc you know black kids are.
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

A 5yo black girl survived last night by playing dead. Surely my 6yo white son can survive a conversation about why she matters.
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Jessica Luther (@scATX) June 18, 2025

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if you read anything about the #CharlestonShooting, let it be this piece on who the victims of the shooting were: buzzfeed.com/jessicasimeone…
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andrea (@zevallos_andrea) June 18, 2025

IMPORTANT READ: Coroner names 9 slain in downtown #CharlestonShooting postandcourier.com/article/201506…
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 18, 2025

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#CharlestonShooting victims include "brilliant" pastor, recent college grad: cbsn.ws/1JXhUw5 http://t.co/TynN76GAIL
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CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 18, 2025

I'm not feeling these Je Suis tweets. The SC victims were black folk in prayer and bible study. They weren't drawing race-baiting cartoons.
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Aniyar Uoke (@eclecticbrotha) June 18, 2025

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Proof once again that on some important issues, Justice Roberts is a fool

2 years ago John Roberts overturned heart of Voting Rights Act because he said "things have changed dramatically" in the South
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Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 18, 2025

Since PBO's election Republicans have screamed it's time to 'take our country back' No, Dylann Roof didn't act alone http://t.co/QBw7775d56
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 18, 2025

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Look at the smirk on his face. This is what the face of terrorism looks like

Dylann Roof, suspected gunman in SC church massacre, escorted from Shelby, NC, Police station en route to court. http://t.co/JslPeyenJh
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ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2025

MORE: Roommate: Alleged Charleston church gunman “was big into segregation and ... wanted to start a civil war" -- abcn.ws/1K11nWB
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ABC News (@ABC) June 18, 2025

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Truth

Stop using some ambiguous mental illness to justify white men who are terrorists. Racism and entitlement aren't mental illnesses.
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Queen Mikayla (@mikaylaesthetic) June 18, 2025

Media: lol we don't know why he did it Dylann Roof: I did it because I hate black people Media: lol we don't know why he did it
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Queen Mikayla (@mikaylaesthetic) June 18, 2025

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Attorney General Loretta Lynch speaks on Charleston, S.C. shooting youtube.com/watch?v=hDlpVF…
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 18, 2025

Deny voting rights, healthcare, equality, dignity. Fly the confederate flag over state buildings. Purchase a clue, @nikkihaley
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meta (@metaquest) June 18, 2025

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Birmingham, AL Oak Creek, WI Overland Park, KS Charleston, SC Attacks on houses of worship are a STAPLE of white supremacist terrorism.
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) June 18, 2025

How Charleston's Emanuel AME Church triggered white southern militarism bit.ly/1d4bTiL http://t.co/uX79c7O2ox
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) June 18, 2025

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Sen. Clementa Pinckney's desk in the state Senate chamber is covered in a black drape, with a single rose. http://t.co/tkH6NljOHy
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Robert Kittle (@RobertKittle) June 18, 2025

Reverend Clementa Pinckney was the youngest senator in South Carolina's history ti.me/1LkPdXn
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TIME.com (@TIME) June 18, 2025

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This devil killed 9 Black people and you're worried about how Black people are gonna react? Fuck you.
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#WeWillShootBack (@SankofaBrown) June 18, 2025

In the belief that every moment of joy is a rebellion and that every bit of collective work is a revolution twitter.com/theandregeorge…
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W.E.B.B.I.E DuBois (@fivefifths) June 18, 2025

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Black people: "Thugs" Arab people: "Terrorists" White guys who routinely are responsible for mass killings in the US: "Troubled loners"
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Ian (@iboudreau) June 18, 2025

White men are 31% of the U.S. population, but 71% of mass shooters. Can we talk about the white male culture of violence yet?
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Goat Lady (@civilwarbore) June 18, 2025

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Four little girls in 1963. And here we are, in 2015. Still.
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Elle Elle Cool Baé (@spokenELLE) June 18, 2025

We can't worship. We can't play. We can't sleep. We can't fight.We can't comply. We can't run.We can't stand. We can't breathe. We can't BE.
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Elle Elle Cool Baé (@spokenELLE) June 18, 2025

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NRA - "If only someone had a gun to stop this bad person with a gun!" Black person with toy gun - <gets shot by police>
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Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) June 18, 2025

Don't tell Black people not to be enraged. They have every right to be enraged. We have been provoking them for five hundred years.
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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) June 18, 2025

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The African American community has been far more peaceful toward white America than we ever have been toward them. Never forget that.
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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) June 18, 2025

*We* are the ones who need to stop the violence. *We* are the ones who need to stop the hate. *We* are the bad guys. *We must change.*
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Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) June 18, 2025

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Any news source that doesn't peg motivation as pure racism is in malpractice territory now. twitter.com/JuddLegum/stat…
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Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) June 18, 2025

The flags on Dylann Roof's jacket are white supremacist patches. Referencing white ruled African states. #AMEShooting http://t.co/h3xpfhL7pf
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 18, 2025

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Fellow white folk: do not allow anyone to equivocate on Charleston. A white man shooting up a historic black church in prayer is terrorism.
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STEVE HUFF (@SteveHuff) June 18, 2025

Republicans who say Christianity is under attack sure were silent about 9 black people gunned down in a church today. #CharlestonShooting
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Political Nerd (@Sttbs73) June 18, 2025

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Despite mourning, statehouse Confederate battle flag remains at full staff #CharlestonShooting postandcourier.com/article/201506… http://t.co/0IFOXu1KDH
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 18, 2025

The confederate flag waves today at the #SC statehouse, while the other flags fly at half … ift.tt/1Fp631Z http://t.co/xFVH7QLDWy
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Miss Packnett (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2025

Jun

Pain

By Chipsticks 173 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Joe 'Big Deal' Biden
Tags: #AMEShooting, #CharlestonShooting, Barack Obama, Biden, charleston, church, gun control, Gun Violence, Joe, Joe Biden, Obama, President, shooting, South Carolina, statement, vp, white house

Jun

Once Again, Another Wake Up Call For America

By Nerdy Wonka 122 Comments

Full video: Watch President Obama's statement on the tragic #CharlestonShooting. snpy.tv/1CftWZT
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

"I’ve had to make statements like these too many times. Communities like this have had to endure tragedies like this too many times" —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

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"We as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries." —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

"Innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun." —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

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"To say our thoughts and prayers are with them...doesn’t say enough to convey the heartache & the sadness & the anger that we feel." —@POTUS
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

Obama: "I've had to make statements like this too many times." on.mash.to/1Gjp2Md #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/G38qtUVqaj
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Mashable (@mashable) June 18, 2025

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Donate to Emanuel AME Church: emanuelamechurch.org #CharlestonShooting
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Tatiana King Jones (@TatianaKing) June 18, 2025

"With our prayers, our love, and the buoyancy of hope, it will rise again now, as a place of peace." —@POTUS on Emanuel AME Church
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 18, 2025

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Remembering Democratic Senator Clementa C. Pinckney (1973-2015). Gone but never forgotten. #sctweets http://t.co/R5C0kua3ug
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SCDP (@scdp) June 18, 2025

Rev. Clementa Pinckney was just 41. Pastor, state Senator, and he was killed in his own church. #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/GWflNYYZwP
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britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) June 18, 2025

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"It's not just a church. It's a symbol of black freedom" Rich history of #EmanuelAME, where 9 were slain last night: wpo.st/mS3M0
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Sarah Kaplan (@sarahkaplan48) June 18, 2025

Watch slain Charleston pastor Clementa Pinckney’s moving speech on freedom and justice: bit.ly/1SrsbCl
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Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 18, 2025

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Continue reading ‘Once Again, Another Wake Up Call For America’

Jun

The Face Of Terrorism

By Nerdy Wonka 83 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Articles
Tags: #AMEShooting, #BlackLivesMatter, #CharlestonShooting, AME, Black History, charleston, church, death, gun control, Gun Violence, Political And Funny Tweets, racism, shooting, South Carolina, terrorism, Terrorist, tweets, White Supremacy

Dr. King at #EmanuelAME. #HistoricBlackChurch #CivilRightsMovement #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/Iu3ihGjQ2V
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The King Center (@TheKingCenter) June 18, 2025

Charleston's Emanuel A.M.E. Church was once burned to the ground for its connection with a thwarted slave revolt. wpo.st/A93M0
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Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) June 18, 2025

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Watch as the media reduces 200 years of black church bombings, burnings, and shootings into "one isolated gunman". #CharlestonShooting
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Mark Provost (@markaprovost) June 18, 2025

The #AMEShooting was an act of domestic terrorism. It should be treated with all of the urgency that term implies. http://t.co/WVjLw0nEsg
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Joshua DuBois (@joshuadubois) June 18, 2025

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“Mother Emanuel” A.M.E. Church History

The history of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church reflects the development of religious institutions for African Americans in Charleston. Dating back to the fall of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Richard Allen founded the Free African Society, adhering to the Doctrines of Methodism established by John Wesley. In 1816, black members of Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal church withdrew over disputed burial ground, and under the leadership of Morris Brown. The Rev. Morris Brown organized a church of persons of color and sought to have it affiliated with Allen’s church. Three churches arose under the Free African Society and were named the “Bethel Circuit”. One of the Circuit churches was located in the suburbs of Ansonborough, Hampstead, and Cow Alley, now known as Philadelphia Alley in the French Quarters of Charleston. Emanuel’s congregation grew out of the Hampstead Church, located at Reid and Hanover Streets.

A white Southerner spoke this after the '63 church bombing. They sear after #AMEShooting. Via theatln.tc/1kwUrjx http://t.co/GD973Yls7D
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Miss Packnett (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2025

Racism is taught. Perpetuated. Learned. It is a cancerous root. It controls a society. It chokes. Are you guilty? theatln.tc/1kwUrjx
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Miss Packnett (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2025

In 1822 the church was investigated for its involvement with a planned slave revolt. Denmark Vesey, one of the church’s founders, organized a major slave uprising in Charleston. Vesey was raised in slavery in the Virgin Islands among newly imported Africans. He was the personal servant of slavetrader Captain Joseph Vesey, who settled in Charleston in 1783. Beginning in December 1821, Vesey began to organize a slave rebellion, but authorities were informed of the plot before it could take place. The plot created mass hysteria throughout the Carolinas and the South. Brown, suspected but never convicted of knowledge of the plot, went north to Philadelphia where he eventually became the second bishop of the AME denomination.

Governor who flies Confederate flag at SC capitol says "we’ll never understand what motivates" #Charleston massacre: gu.com/p/49qkx/stw#bl…
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Chase Madar (@ChMadar) June 18, 2025

We are dishonest about present acts of terrorism against black people in America because we are dishonest about our past. #AMEShooting
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Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) June 18, 2025

During the Vesey controversy, the AME church was burned. Worship services continued after the church was rebuilt until 1834 when all black churches were outlawed. The congregation continued the tradition of the African church by worshipping underground until 1865 when it was formally reorganized, and the name Emanuel was adopted, meaning “God with us”. The wooden two-story church that was built on the present site in 1872 was destroyed by the devastating earthquake of August 31, 1886. The present edifice was completed in 1891 under the pastorate of the Rev. L. Ruffin Nichols. The magnificent brick structure with encircling marble panels was restored, redecorated and stuccoed during the years of 1949-51 under the leadership of the Rev. Frank R. Veal. The bodies of the Rev. Nichols and his wife were exhumed and entomed in the base of the steeple so that they may forever be with the Emanuel that they helped to nurture.

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This is why people are outraged, frustrated, and disgusted by what Rachel Dolezal did and continues to do. Blackness is not a goddamned costume. You can’t wash away Blackness when the day is over. Blackness is trying to navigate a world where you could be murdered at any time because of the color of your skin. If you aren’t disgusted or turned off by what she did, there is something fundamentally wrong with you

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This has been a rotten week for black people. So was last week. And the week before. And... You see where this is going...
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Miss Packnett (@MsPackyetti) June 18, 2025

#BREAKING- Reports: #Charleston shooter said,"You rape our women and are taking over our country & you have to go."Report coming on @NBCDFW
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Eric King (@EricKingNBC5) June 18, 2025

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They welcomed this white man into their safe space & and he got up & turned his guns on them. American history in a nutshell. #AMEShooting
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 18, 2025

White “Christians” bombed the 16th St. Baptist Church in 1963. This ain’t new twitter.com/imadeintruth/s…
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ATribe Called Breast (@theelectwoman08) June 18, 2025

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Tell us more about how America has “overcome racism,” Bernie Sanders

Note the shooting suspect is 21. Please stop telling the lie that racism will die out. This story replicates 100+ years of violence.
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) June 18, 2025

This is what American terrorism looks like & has looked like for over 400 years. #AMEShooting http://t.co/B4Vwvunshl
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 18, 2025

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No hoodies No toy guns No breathing No listening to music at a gas station No asking for help after a car accident No praying at church
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LEFT (@LeftSentThis) June 18, 2025

To be making mental health diagnoses on WM terrorist who has not been apprehended is White supremacy in action. Also ableism. #AMEShooting
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Trudy (@thetrudz) June 18, 2025

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What domestic terrorism looks like

.@FBI confirms that Dylann Roof, 21, of #Columbia area is suspect in #CharlestonShooting. #chsnews http://t.co/FFYhF1CwYz
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The Post and Courier (@postandcourier) June 18, 2025

Breaking: Suspect named in #CharlestonShooting Dylan Storm Roof http://t.co/2IeffUCfGV
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SPLC (@splcenter) June 18, 2025

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Wearing apartheid era South African flag. This was a planned and deliberate massacre

Facebook page photo of suspect Dylann Roof, 21, and surveillance image. #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/In5AjlzCRp
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Andrew Knapp (@offlede) June 18, 2025

Suspect in #Charleston shooting identified as 21 yr old Dylann Roof. If you know his whereabouts, call 1-800-CALL-FBI http://t.co/EmFL5gLMCL
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Berkeley County SC (@BerkeleySCGov) June 18, 2025

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Continue reading ‘The Face Of Terrorism’

Jun

A Tweet Or Two

By Nerdy Wonka 97 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, beau, beau biden, Biden, cops, dallas, Dolezal, eric, Eric Garner, Garner, gun control, Gun Violence, Minimum Wage, naacp, NSA, police brutality, Political And Funny Tweets, rachel, Rachel Dolezal, racism, snowden, Spokane, Tamir Rice, texas, tweets

"I urge those Members of Congress who voted against Trade Adjustment Assistance to reconsider." —@POTUS: go.wh.gov/WjHKN3 #LeadOnTrade
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 13, 2025

I don't think many celebrating the #TAA vote yesterday know the bill's purpose and intended beneficiaries.
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Go make! #NationofMakers youtube.com/watch?v=ZVX5wj… http://t.co/v65mfMIJYb
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The White House OSTP (@whitehouseostp) June 12, 2025

AMERICA let's make things with our hands. @POTUS I will teach you to sand. @JimmyDiResta @NatlMakerFaire #NationofMakers
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Nick Offerman (@Nick_Offerman) June 13, 2025

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This high school senior has been accepted to 26 universities and offered $3M in scholarships: abcn.ws/1C2Z5jh http://t.co/TljYSq2SEV
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ABC News (@ABC) June 13, 2025

Relationship Goals!😍🙌🏾 http://t.co/T6Xf8dwgsb
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My Black Matters (@MyBlackMatters) June 13, 2025

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“Living life without regrets and 6 other life lessons Beau Biden taught me” by @andyamsler andyamsler/living-life-without-regrets-and-6-other-life-lessons-beau-biden-taught-me-5d9dba4f1eb9?source=tw-lo_8446aa43990e-1433647618889"> medium.com@andyamsler/li…
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Alycee (@jazziz2) June 07, 2025

In the overflow crowd at Beau’s funeral, everyone seemed to have a story to share about the Bidens huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/07/joe…
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Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) June 07, 2025

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"My father served in the @USNavy during World War II... as a signalman in the Pacific." —Dr. Biden http://t.co/m2NiLFFsj9
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Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) June 13, 2025

"May the USS Gabrielle Giffords & our @USNavy family who are associated with her, forever sail with fair winds & following seas." —Dr. Biden
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Dr. Jill Biden (@DrBiden) June 13, 2025

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WH posts map showing how many workers receive TAA benefits in each state whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/06/1…
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Bill Scher (@billscher) June 12, 2025

JUST IN: Consumer sentiment in U.S. climbed more than forecast in June bloom.bg/1MOxVmn
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Bloomberg Business (@business) June 12, 2025

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Remembering our brother--NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Evers, assassinated today in 1963. bit.ly/1cRslTq http://t.co/XC1fAmviEV
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NAACP (@NAACP) June 13, 2025

There has and is only 1 black President. It is President Barack Hussein Obama!!! Get your facts right!!!!!!!!! twitter.com/thedailybeast/…
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Marilyn Oliver (@MTmarilyn2) June 13, 2025

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I wonder what race Rachel would become if she got stopped by the police? #RachelDolezal
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Terry McMillan (@MsTerryMcMillan) June 12, 2025

Just a friendly reminder that a black person passing as white was once a criminal offense. Enjoy ur day. #RachelDolezal
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Amanda Seales (@amandaseales) June 12, 2025

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When ppl ask if #transracial is a thing, tell them it’s not and send them this: soletstalkabout.com/post/121350496… #RachelDolezal http://t.co/krcAhK7I6b
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2025

Most ppl trying to make #transracial happen are racists and shit-stirrers. But too many actual progressives think it’s a thing. IT’S NOT.
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2025

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I truly don’t give a crap about #RachelDolezal. It’s a WTF story that will hopefully fade into the distance after ppl are done clowning her.
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2025

But this shit is being used to harm or delegitimize trans people. And that’s what I won’t stand for.
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2025

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Police spent over 4 hours negotiating with a man that placed bombs everywhere and shot at them. Police shot Tamir Rice dead in 2 seconds.
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BrownBlaze (@brownblaze) June 13, 2025

Waiting for Fox 'News' to blame bad parenting and the music he listens to. #dallaspdshooting http://t.co/jGNlVAv84m
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Jade Helm Commander (@Anomaly100) June 13, 2025

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White man warns cops he intends to attempt mass murder in public place before being set free to attempt mass murder in public place.
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

Black child shot for playing with toy gun in a gazebo.
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

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Some of these prosecutors really are the worst

Judge finds probable cause to charge 2 Cleveland police officers in Tamir Rice's death nyti.ms/1GxrK58 http://t.co/PZtSLdBrPS
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The New York Times (@nytimes) June 12, 2025

The prosecutor released a statement essentially dismissing the judge's advisory opinion, saying the #TamirRice case will go to a grand jury.
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Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 11, 2025

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Anyone who thinks grand juries best forum for cop shootings isn't serious about prosecuting cop shootings #TamirRice http://t.co/pMwdjXEU0M
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Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 11, 2025

#BREAKING: Prosecutors drop all charges against Martese Johnson, a UVa. student whose bloody arrest sparked uproar nbc4dc.com/oOK3SPF
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NBCWashington (@nbcwashington) June 11, 2025

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White man strangles mom, tells neighbors he will shoot up schools and churches, threatens judges online, allowed to go about his business.
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

Black man strangled to death by police for selling loose cigarettes.
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

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Black man shot by police for cosplaying at a Walmart.
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

This is the second time in less than a year that a white man has attempted a major assault on urban TX PD. bit.ly/1BEyEAp
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indomandreas rex (@andreagrimes) June 13, 2025

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Horrific

Stunning Eric Garner news: initial report failed to mention officer's arm around his neck. W/o video we'd never know. http://t.co/BagZT2EY86
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Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) June 13, 2025

"But he was shot!" Yes, hours later. Hours not afforded to Tamir Rice nor John Crawford. #DallasPDShooting
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 13, 2025

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'Eric Casebolt once jailed an African-American man for a defective headlight' #McKinney news.yahoo.com/mckinney-pool-… http://t.co/XfPrcfc3qa
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 13, 2025

“Black is not a feeling… It's an existence created for us by racists as a tool to justify ill-treatment and codify oppression into law.”
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Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) June 13, 2025

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BOOM

@TheObamaDiary my son bought his first house in 2009 thanks to POTUS.got huge break on energy efficient renovations. gonna have to make list
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Maggy (@Maggyw519) June 13, 2025

.@DragonflyJonez Hillary: are you ready for Hillary?! Black Voters: http://t.co/cx01MGGlFE
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Michelle Huxtable (@MichelleHux) June 13, 2025

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Remembering Beau Biden → WhiteHouse/remembering-beau-biden-e1beac049489"> medium.com@WhiteHouse/re… http://t.co/HlyVIubLV8
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The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 02, 2025

Biden family establishes Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. beaubidenfoundation.org
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PETER MAER (@petermaer) June 02, 2025

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Read the full transcript of @KaiRyssdal's interview with President Obama: mktplc.org/1FuQR4O http://t.co/hvk3sn9WF6
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(@Marketplace) June 03, 2025

The First Lady with students who helped harvest the White House kitchen garden today http://t.co/wwugMrV45V
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) June 03, 2025

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Obama will win ObamaCare showdown buff.ly/1KyuIpL
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Amy Lynn Smith (@alswrite) June 03, 2025

A Pragmatic Progressive’s Response to Hair-on-Fire Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership — The People's View thepeoplesview.net/main/2015/6/2/…
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Pretty Foot (@PrettyFootWoman) June 03, 2025

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Thank you, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama

There are now fewer backlogged @DeptVetAffairs disability claims than when President Obama took office. http://t.co/nR6B5kmwfG
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Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 03, 2025

Houston Just Became the Biggest City in America to Eradicate Veteran Homelessness mic.com/articles/11993…
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Brandon Friedman (@BFriedmanDC) June 02, 2025

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Amazing!

Dad photographs his daughter like famous black heroines, the 📷s will absolutely blow you away: cosm.ag/6013hbU1 http://t.co/oq2Tsa9Tus
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(@Cosmopolitan) June 01, 2025

Akon is taking a bold step to bring electricity to 600 million people in Africa bit.ly/1JqD6Zu http://t.co/Cs9lGSnqgE
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Mic (@micnews) June 03, 2025

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So much, facepalm, CNN. So much facepalm

CNN has assembled a diverse panel to discuss the challenge posed by ISIS: http://t.co/1QIKYYceGw
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Arif Rafiq (@ArifCRafiq) June 03, 2025

@FelicityMorse Grey-haired white men in suits got us into this mess & God dammit grey-haired white men in suits are going to get us out!
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Dean Rutland (@Herne_TheHunter) June 03, 2025

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This is gross. Just gross

Income disparity in America in one shocking chart. More tax breaks for the wealthy, anyone? @GOP @TheDemocrats http://t.co/OobvSvX3Mv
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meta (@metaquest) June 03, 2025

A full-time minimum-wage job won't get you a 1-bedroom apartment anywhere in America vox.com/2015/5/28/8679… http://t.co/hj0uUcEkfV
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A rotten individual to the core

Days after being acquitted in 137 bullets case, Cleveland officer Michael Brelo charged with assaulting his brother clevescene.com/scene-and-hear…
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Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) June 03, 2025

I guess b/c he punched his bro, Brelo's regarded as a violent malcontent. Not b/c of the 2 ppl he killed though: twitter.com/deray/status/6…
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Tiffany, Obviously (@TiffAmI0308) June 03, 2025

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A misdemeanor charge. What a joke

MUST READ: Cleveland Police officer Michael Brelo faces assault charge in Bay Village cleveland.com/bay-village/in… http://t.co/8BHiMSnroY
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deray mckesson (@deray) June 03, 2025

Brelo expected to turn himself in later today at Bay Village. Most likely face a misdemeanor charge.
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Peggy Gallek (@PeggySinkovich) June 03, 2025

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