MISSOURI PLANS TO EXECUTE AN INNOCENT MAN, LEONARD TAYLOR, TOMORROW. Leonard has been incarcerated since 2004 on a quadruple murder charge evidence has never supported. Leonard helped free another innocent man, Lamont Campbell, last month
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“This doesn’t happen to people like me” is the most white privilege-iest thing to ever be uttered at an awards show ever for all time
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I was 7 years old (a couple years older than my daughter) the last time a Black woman won record of the year at the . Congrats for making history & a song that inspires my daughter to keep singing & making her own songs.
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Lizzo is the first Black woman to win record of the year since Whitney Houston sang “I Will Always Love You”
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I would encourage everyone in the media, academia, and public policy to read this from a far-right website. Conservatives are openly giving the game away for their plan to destroy higher education and implement white supremacy.
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The has two exciting job postings up, for News Editor and Managing Editor. See chicagoreader.com/reader/careers/
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More than 1,600 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria, where two powerful earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks collapsed thousands of buildings. The death toll is likely to keep rising.
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These are the folks doing search and rescue in Turkey if you want to lend a hand.
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Please donate to @ahbap is an NGO that is trustworthy and effective. They are a grass-root charity. They have donation accounts for USD, EUR, and GBP. #turkeyearthquake2023
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#HelpTurkey @MarkRuffalo
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Lack of transparency when police kill Mississippians is a huge problem here. We often *never* know which officer pulled trigger. Now it’s an MBI black hole. We’ve reported on it for years at and now at . Most media here just accept it. Frustrating.
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“We know nothing. We are blindsided,” said McKenzie’s mother, Ashley McKenzie Smith. “I literally buried my son and I still don’t know what’s wrong or what happened that night.”
The latest from me and @MarcPerrusquia psrmemphis.org/new-age-of-tra
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“Our history has always been contested,” said . “A reckoning with the fact that we were founded as a slaveholding Republic has always been contested. If we were taught this history, well, you wouldn’t need a project like THE 1619 PROJECT.”
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the best thing that could have happened to my queer self is my queer awakening being queen latifah to later find out she is queer herself and she and eboni are so happy together raising a child. life really said it’s gonna be okay queer girl
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"The backward walk of devolution that is the modern Republican Party" - with a smart and furious column at GOP lawmakers strutting around wearing AR-15 lapel pins. Death cult, indeed.
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Gay Kids read thousands of books about straight characters, yet they still grow up gay. But y'all are worried if your son, Billy, reads just one book where a penguin has two dads, he is going to wake up the next day and ask Brad to prom.
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Asked on Meet the Press about reports that there were numerous Chinese balloon incidents during the Trump administration, Rep. Mike Turner immediately changes the topic back to criticizing Biden
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Trump held 1 solo press conference in his first year in office and went as long as 587 days without holding a press conference during his term (between February 16th of 2017 and September 26th of 2018). Maybe try doing your research before tweeting, .
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I went to Paul Manafort's apartment.
Ate my first ham sandwich.
Got him to admit for the first time that he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset.
Here are 8,000 words about it, no paywall...
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At least 86 people have died after a devastating magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria early Monday morning.
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“My mother believed me that I was a girl and I wouldn’t be here without her.”
Kim Petras’ speech is such a highlight tonight. #Grammys
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WATCH: “I want to thank all the transgender artists before me who helped kick open these doors.”
makes #Grammys history alongside tonight.
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"Sam [Smith] graciously wanted me to accept this award, because I'm the first transgender woman to win this award." Watch Kim Petras' acceptance speech from the #Grammys:
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I love Lizzo and her every win makes me happy. She deserves it all #Grammys
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Posie Parker has inadvertently created the most fun series of transgender empowerment rallies in history.
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A George Santos staffer has filed a police report and ethics complaint accusing Santos of sexual harassment and ethics violations. The staffer says Santos touched his groin and invited him to his home. After being rejected, Santos rescinded his job offer.
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Buttigieg on CNN says the debris field created by shooting down the Chinese balloon is 7 miles long, illustrating the safety risk involved had it been shot down over the US mainland
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Viola Davis has achieved EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) status. "It has been such a journey, I just EGOT!"
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Beyoncé is the first black woman to win Best Dance/Electronic Album in #GRAMMYs history with RENAISSANCE
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Beyoncé wins Best Dance/Electronic Album for “Renaissance," becoming the first Black woman to win in the category
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Beyoncé gives acceptance speech at the #Grammys for Renaissance: "I'd like to thank the queer community for your love and for inventing the genre."
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Margaret Brennan to Ted Cruz: "You also introduced a bill to limit terms to two six year terms in office for senators. Why aren't you holding yourself to that standard? You said you're running for a third term."
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Republicans want to privatize everything, line their pockets,& make you pay all the taxes. They scare you into putting them into power by convincing you your problems are caused by marginalized people. There’s a well-documented history of this, so they keep you from learning it.
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"It sounds simple, I suppose, if you don't think about it for more than a second" -- Pete Buttigieg on Meet the Press on shooting down the balloon
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Austinites who still don’t have power are about to lose their shit. Over 90 hour of no power. The neighbors have all been cutting down huge 100+ year old oaks. We’ve been taking care of each other but the patience has run out based on NextDoor and FB page posts.
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India's first transgender parents-to-be, are nervous but equally excited to welcome their baby by March.
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The murder of Laquan McDonald marked one of the most traumatic periods in our city's history, and one from which Black families and communities have yet to recover. Connections like this reopen many wounds, and Chicago doesn't need these kind of reminders of that painful period.
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Vallas campaign for Chicago mayor got $5K from a cop named in the $5M settlement to Laquan McDonald's family. By me and @TomSchuba of @Suntimes wbez.org/stories/ex-cop
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Been working on a wild story of corruption and vengeance in The Villages, Florida. Here it is, I promise it’s worth the read:
How a grassroots revolt in an iconic retirement community ended with a 72-year-old political prisoner
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Pollution leads to thousands of premature deaths in the Black community every year. Do you understand your risks? Capital B is here to answer your questions about air pollution’s impact on your life.
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