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Nigerian-American, Believer, Strategist, Writer, Organizer, Co-founder , Senior Fellow @ BAJI. IG: opalayo

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    May 12

    8-year-old Franklin of Guatemala reunited w/ his parents after being separated at the U.S. border. His father is crying uncontrollably asking for forgiveness "I missed you " "I'm sorry forgive me" repeating "forgive me" Is it Happy mothers day for their moms too? Retweet 💔

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    May 13

    What’s most disgraceful about this smear of is Trump almost certainly knows it’s a smear and she wasn’t talking about the Holocaust. Add this smear to his Trump Tower Lies.

    Democrat Rep. Tlaib is being slammed for her horrible and highly insensitive statement on the Holocaust. She obviously has tremendous hatred of Israel and the Jewish people. Can you imagine what would happen if I ever said what she said, and says?
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    May 13

    This is a big deal. Justices Thomas, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Alito just overturned precedent that had been in place for 40 years. This case makes clear that other precedents set by the Court (ie. Roe, affirmative action, etc) are fair game in the eyes of these justices.

    In Franchise Tax Bd. v. Hyatt, rules that a state cannot be sued in the courts of another state without its consent, overruling 40-year-old precedent, Nevada v. Hall
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    May 11

    CREATE YOUR OWN LANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sincerely Dr. MISSY ELLIOTT🙌🏾🙌🏾👩🏾‍🎓 Thank you for this Honorary Doctorate Degree I am SO HUMBLED🤗

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    May 11

    Berklee College Of Music awards with an honorary doctorate degree in music, making her the first woman hip-hop artist to receive this honor. Congrats! 🍾

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    May 11

    You want me to deny myself the one pleasure men offer because what now

    Our reproductive rights are being erased. Until women have legal control over our own bodies we just cannot risk pregnancy. JOIN ME by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back. I’m calling for a . Pass it on.
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    May 10

    On Tuesday, we asked the to examine some troubling language used in its headlines about migrants.

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    May 10

    All that shading, lying and trying to discredit someone… Yet they’re still here standing in their blessing. How did that work out for you?

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    May 10

    We did this together!!! Let's keep the momentum going by freeing more mamas from Rikers Island today and tomorrow! There's $5000 match for donations happening now:

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    May 9

    The thing about criminalization is that it expands beyond its original targets. Hence, we should want it for no one.

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    May 8

    Abortion is still legal in Georgia; HB 481 doesn't take effect until January of 2020! Repeat, share, retweet.

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    May 8

    Reminder: is a birther.

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    "I ask you again to join me in my commitment to promoting values such as encouragement, kindness, compassion, healthy living, online safety and respect in our children," first lady Melania Trump says while speaking at her "Be Best" anniversary celebration
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    May 8

    I traveled to New York’s state capital yesterday to cover 100+ former and current sex workers’ efforts to decriminalize sex work. Most were black and Latinx trans people with stories of being abused by cops. Here’s my story:

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    May 8

    1/3 of the world’s population now lives in a backsliding democracy. The acceptance of an increasingly low democratic bar, including busted elections in the US, is having a profoundly negative global impact. and I explore in

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    May 7

    "Approximately 1 in 10 children–1 in 7 girls and 1 in 25 boys–will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday, while some 60 percent of child sexual abuse victims don’t tell anyone what they have experienced" - GGE President & CEO,

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    May 7

    Two true things: 1. Times story on Trump losing over $1 billion dollars over 10 years is an amazing piece of work and shows he's a con man. 2. Many in his base love him for getting away with such shit and would like to live as he does.

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    May 6

    Currently in South Africa ahead of tomorrow’s election & can’t help but think of all I’ve witnessed in the years I’ve traveled here & what’s shared on this cover story. 25 years after Nelson Mandela elected, South Africa's racial division persist through economic inequality

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    May 6

    May 6 1991, security forces launch a bloody assault on the University of Yaounde in bid to dismantle the monthlong student protest movement that had morphed into nationwide anti-govt protests

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    May 7

    Thanks, white woman, for telling us how to deal about the public denigration and betrayal of a Black woman testifying about sexual harassment to a panel of white men.

    Jill Biden says, "It's time to move on" from Anita Hill Controversy
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    May 7

    An investigation is underway after cellphone video surfaces of a police officer body slamming a woman:

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