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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

Brooklyn, NY
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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 30 Aug 2017
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    Every city in America should follow suit. 1. He was evil. 2. He discovered nothing. 3. He never stepped foot in the continental US.https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/903082464339521536 …

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    L.A. votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day http://nbcnews.to/2wjTAmK  pic.twitter.com/Av40zzDYU3
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      2.  ☮️Lukewarm Mess ⚛️‏ @SatinAssasin 30 Aug 2017
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        Oh boy people that never picked up a history book gonna lose their shit when they read thispic.twitter.com/Zut0FARY9U

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      3. BobDog‏ @bobhilt 30 Aug 2017
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        Actually, most who read history books learn the folk tale. See Loewen's *Lies My Teacher Told Me* for the horror story.

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      2. Docs DeLorean‏ @heathermae777 30 Aug 2017
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        Seattle been there, done that.pic.twitter.com/RJfrKofDOV

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      3. SoujournerDaTruth‏ @Bukalove04 31 Aug 2017
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        Haaaa! I love this. Like, we've been waiting for y'all to come around for a minute. Go Seattle!!!!

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      2. La 🌴rese Prince  🌷 🍒‏ @LaTresePrince 31 Aug 2017
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        Never understood how someone got credit with discovering land that was already occupied.

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      2. Kristen Shull‏ @monsterchzcomix 30 Aug 2017
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        4. The genocide

        2 replies 5 retweets 68 likes
      3.  🌊Melissa_In_DC 🌊‏ @MelissaNtheEast 31 Aug 2017
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        Replying to @monsterchzcomix @shaunking

        5. He was a rapist.

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      1. Corey Rockafeler‏ @nbaraw 31 Aug 2017
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        It's not being "politically correct," it's updating "refurbished history," "myths" w truth based on facts & evidentiary scrutinypic.twitter.com/lf0kSn4sBQ

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      2. Edwin Jaudon‏ @EdwinJaudon 31 Aug 2017
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        Funny how if he did discover the newland, it would he named for another explorer Amerigo Vespucci

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      3. ANasty Thoughts‏ @sexynwildant 31 Aug 2017
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        And Amerigo was here first! Lol

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      4. CraigF‏ @craigfish2001 31 Aug 2017
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        Amerigo Vespucci was the first European to map it, so it was named after him.

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      1. Mary Jimenez‏ @iammaniaj 30 Aug 2017
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        Yassssss been waiting for this!!!pic.twitter.com/M85uvCwe16

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      2. Randallphobia‏ @Randallphobia 31 Aug 2017
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        What's the old joke? "It would be like if I broke into your car & 'discovered' your stereo."

        1 reply 2 retweets 54 likes
      3. Randallphobia‏ @Randallphobia 31 Aug 2017
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        I'm sure that the people already living in the Americas were relieved.

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      1. Adriana RM‏ @etcpolitics 30 Aug 2017
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        He was a horrible leader. And was sent back to Castille in chains.

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      1. Alf Burbank‏ @AlfyBurbank 31 Aug 2017
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        Yes,yes....make it a beer day or food day or the end of summer day...anything but Columbus day.pic.twitter.com/cz2NdvU1EH

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      1. Shatia mclemore‏ @ShatiaM 31 Aug 2017
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        I'm 34 yrs old and been saying this since I was 12

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      2. Aegon Targaryen‏ @BxbbyTrill 31 Aug 2017
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        You wouldn't be here if he didn't discover this place

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      3. KEV ➰‏ @kkevinq1 31 Aug 2017
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        He didn't discover America...

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      4. Robby Nienaber‏ @BIG_scrob 31 Aug 2017
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        Yea I don't think ole boy read the part about actually setting foot here

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