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Jason Nichols
@drjasonnichols
Political Analyst, Columnist, Senior Lecturer of African American Studies. Host of “The Working Class Elites”podcast. Views can change, values don’t.
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New audio reveals Trump campaign efforts to continue pressing 2020 election lies in Wisconsin
THEY KNEW THEY LOST. They say it clearly.
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Due to Qualified Immunity, the citizens of Memphis will have to pay millions of dollars for the despicable conduct of the SCORPION Unit of the MPD.
Memphis is the poorest area with over 1 million residents in the nation. It also leads the nation in children living in poverty.
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🚨 SPEAKER MCCARTHY: "I think the police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt did his job."
👇🏽🎯 (Translation: Trump’s lies killed her)
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Given that Governor Ron DeSantis gerrymandered the only Black district in Northern Florida out of existence, he’ll probably want AP African American Studies to skip the discussion of Voting Rights.
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The DeSantis playbook on race and education is just an updated edition of what I saw in the South in the 1960s.
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For people who don’t think the murder of Tyre Nichols was racial:
Allow me to remind you that the police force in Apartheid South Africa was close to 50% Black.
When a system is racist, it doesn’t matter the race of the people enforcing it.
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I watched two videos recently.
One showed an unarmed Black man pulled from his car and beaten to death.
The other showed a man armed with a hammer, refusing police orders to drop it, holding an elderly hostage. He beat the hostage and was still taken into custody ALIVE.
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INSANE: Ron DeSantis wants Florida residents to carry firearms without a permit. In Jan alone, there’s been 49 mass shootings and more than 3,400 gun deaths, including 138 dead children.
If Ron DeSantis gets what he wants, expect more dead Americans.
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Dear #BlackTwitter,
George Floyd and Tyre Nichols used the last conscious gasp of breath in their lungs to call out to Black women.
To me, that says when all else is lost, we depend on one another.
Remember that next time we start gender-based arguments on here.
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Is this the first time two Black Quarterbacks have faced one another in the Super Bowl?
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If you think the Memphis police officers had to be white in order to exhibit anti-Blackness, you need to take that AP African American Studies course Ron DeSantis just banned.
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Black women (and others born with vaginas) are 1.5x more likely to die of cervical cancer than white women.
The pandemic has slowed down the amount of people getting screened.
Remind the women/others you know to get Pap smears, esp. people of color, rural and low income folks.
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Replying to
Damar Hamlin full video explains the reason for not going public and already seeing a bigger purpose for the miraculous survival.
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Please pay attention
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For people saying “but the police who killed Tyre Nichols are Black, how is that racist?” crowd, anti-Blackness is cultural phenomenon shared across racial and ethnic backgrounds. John Singleton told y’all that 32 years ago
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Tyre Nichols, a young black man, was brutally beaten to death by the brute force of over-policing.
Having the “wrong” skin color in the wrong place at the wrong time can be a racist death sentence for young black men.
I am speechless, shocked, and sick to my stomach.
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The Blue Lives Matter crowd hasn’t been this quiet since… I don’t know… January 7, 2021.
They backed George Floyd’s murderer.
They backed Eric Garner’s killer.
I wonder what made this situation different?
(We know what)
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Tyre Nichols loved his family, photographing sunsets and skateboarding
I love the videos of him skateboarding.
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Last night on #TME, told that we should not make ourselves numb to outrage and oppression before we have had a chance to change things.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray after seeing the video of Tyre Nichols:
“I was appalled”
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis:
“I don’t think I’ve ever been more horrified and disgusted”
#TyreNichols
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Tonight on #127:
-Prof on SCOTUS & TFG on fb
- on Sinema/Gallego
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-your calls -866.997.GRIT
And Trump is Jesus to followers of Jesus who totally fucking reject all that Jesus actually taught.
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Research shows that Black folks suffer PTSD from watching videos of Blacks being killed by police.
It’s a phenomenon called “linked fate”, where we see ourselves and loved ones in the place of the victim.
Be careful watching the Tyre Nichols murder video. Protect your mind.
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If George Santos ran in a Black district, his past would been known long ago. Think of how hard the Black press worked to discover if Dr. Umar Johnson’s degrees were legitimate (they were)?
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WATCH: “I don’t think Desantis is trying to ban Black History — he’s trying to pervert it. Which is worse.”
@drjasonnichols talked to @Kanew about the hypocrisy of @GovRonDeSantis keeping an AP ELECTIVE from being offered in Florida’s schools.
PODCAST: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the
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WATCH: “I don’t think Desantis is trying to ban Black History — he’s trying to pervert it. Which is worse.”
talked to about the hypocrisy of keeping an AP ELECTIVE from being offered in Florida’s schools.
PODCAST: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the
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Median weekly earnings for all workers were 7.4% HIGHER at the end of 2022, according to Labor Dept. data. That OUTPACED the inflation rate of 7.1% in the 4th quarter.
Biggest Pay Raises Went to BLACK WORKERS, Young People & LOW-WAGE EARNERS.
Win for JB
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Ron DeSantis has blocked FL students from taking AP Black Studies. Given that an inclusive curriculum improves academic performance among Black & white students, and brings them closer together, asks what's really behind the ban?
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LIVE: DR. JASON NICHOLS (on Desantis' African-American Studies Ban)
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🎯🔥: “African American Studies does not tell students what to think. It allows them to come to their own conclusions. Perhaps that's what DeSantis fears….
He’s been trying to tell us who he is. It's time we believe him.” ( too)
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White Americans Collect 92% of Benefits From Investor Tax Breaks
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Ron DeSantis Is Banning Black History in Schools and It's Disgraceful | Opinion
#apafricanamericanstudies #crt #florida #desantis #blackstudies
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They want the working class to pay for the wealthy.
You will pay substantially more for milk and bread, so that Elon and Zuckerberg don’t have to pay taxes.
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This is phenomenal. Thank you to the staff and faculty at Elaine Thompson Elementary School for protecting and continuing Elaine’s legacy!
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So excited to see this real-world teaching and learning. 5th grade ss teaching kg and 1st grade students about the life of our school's namesake @E_ThompsonES. @WHAAsstSecty @frattali_fifth #TeamThompson
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No American cheese seems… unAmerican.
No fresh meat is cruel.
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Iowa Republicans are proposing the following new restrictions on food stamps:
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SHOCKING: Ron DeSantis has BANNED the teaching of AP African American Studies in Florida.
Florida has gone from Don’t Say Gay to Don’t Say Black.
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The kids had a blast!!! Engaging conversations led by kids would make Elaine happy.
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Yes, it is true that George Washington hanged many dogs of enslaved people to terrorize the enslaved with fear and prevent theft of his sheep.
But if his treatment of dogs offends you more than the fact that he held human beings in bondage and traumatized them, you suck.
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The debt limit fight by Gaetz and his puppet McCarthy is a form of economic terrorism and hostage taking.
This is an assault on working folks, the disabled, and the elderly. It’s an attack on your grandmother’s Social Security and Medicare, your brother’s vet benefits, your 401K
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