Ann Wright @wrightannm

“POC” was targeted because they thought it meant “people of color.” It stood for “point of care” in medical emergencies: This Is the Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.” — ProPublica propublica.org/article/ted-cr…

"There is so much hypocrisy in America today. 'The land of the free and the home of the brave' is all on paper. It doesn't mean anything to us...We have to build our own power." - Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) Activist and humanitarian.

Join me in signing @@thedreamcorps petition urging the Senate: NO CUTS to Medicaid! act.dream.org/sign/tell-your…

\#OnThisDay in 1967, Wharlest Jackson Sr., a Korean War veteran and treasurer of the NAACP branch in Natchez, Mississippi, became a Ku Klux Klan target after he was promoted to a whites-only position at his job in Natchez. It was a promotion his wife, Exerlena Jackson, wanted him to turn down because of what had happened two years earlier to their friend, George Metcalfe, who received a similar promotion — only to be injured by a bomb when he started his 1955 Chevrolet. The Jackson family helped nurse Metcalfe back to health. Wharlest Jackson had just finished his shift at the Armstrong Rubber and Tire Co. and was heading home. Four blocks later, the turn signal tripped the wire to a bomb that Klansmen had planted in his truck. The explosion killed him instantly, hurling the roof of his truck hundreds of feet. His 8-year-old son, Wharlest Jr., ran to the scene and returned home with his father’s shoe. “He was 36 and in the prime of his life,” recalled his son. “He had the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and they took that away.” Despite an FBI investigation, his killers were never prosecuted. “A lot of people have tried to push my daddy’s death under the rug,” his son said. “We’re still trying to pull it out into the light.” Wharlest Jackson Sr. is among 40 martyrs listed on the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. mississippitoday.org/2025/02/27/on-…

Detroit and Flint have the exact same water source/same type of aging infrastructure 🙃

Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho

a year ago

🚨🇺🇸 Meanwhile in Detroit, US Holy crap - first Detroit flooded & then it froze ‼️

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Having paid $500 million for stockpiled covid tests, the United States considers whether to destroy them all as a cost saving measure. washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02…

USA Today reports Homeland Security has dropped drug, terrorism, and human trafficking investigations to assign “its entire investigations division” to work on deportations. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…

It’s time to leave X. I don’t want to support it anymore.

Therapy dogs are volunteering today at the Disaster Recovery Center in Pasadena, offering furry cuddles & emotional support to wildfire survivors. 🐕‍🦺💞 Learn about in-person help at CA.gov/LAfires.

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California Governor's Office of Emergency Services @Cal_OES

a year ago

Cal OES, in partnership with @fema and @CountyofLA will open a 3rd Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) in Altadena to assist those impacted by the Hurricane-Force Firestorm. #LAFires #CAWildfires #SoCalFires

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Amid the devastating LA wildfires, organizer Ashley Taylor is rallying support for young Black girls who’ve lost everything, providing hygiene, beauty, and hair care essentials to help restore dignity. Let’s support and show that community care matters. balleralert.com/profiles/blogs…

Yeah it is actually, female deaths in car crashes immediately dropped once we started testing safety features with test dummies that had a woman's weight distribution.

End Wokeness @EndWokeness

a year ago

House Democrat in charge of spending: "It is critical to fund the use of female crash test dummies for road equity"

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MUST-WATCH (1996): “I am here for a public confession - I denied a man necessary operation, causing his death… I saved (Humana) $500,000… my job was to use my medical expertise for their💰benefit. Managed care maims & kills patients.” Our system is broken. #MedicareForAll 🇺🇸

🚨📦BREAKING: Workers at Amazon’s second-largest air hub, KSBD in San Bernardino, CA, join thousands more across the country walking out on strike! All out to support striking Amazon workers! 📍2535 E 3rd St, San Bernardino, CA 92410

Finland gave every homeless person a house and within 6 months 85% had a job and were financially independent. Less crime, less hospital visits, less suffering and even including the cost of the house, LESS COST than the UK/USA method of abandoning them on the streets.

I remember in highschool non-Indigenous students would berate me for being loudly anti-pipeline and would call me stupid and that I wanted to hurt the economy. No, I just wanted not to destroy the land. This week, over 69k gallons of oil spilled in Wisconsin bc of Line 6

The USPS is the nation’s lifeline, ensuring delivery to every corner of the country. We cannot allow it to be dismantled, sold off, and handed over to Wall Street billionaires for profit. Privatization would increase costs, reduce access, and be an utter disaster.

Tax cuts for the wealthy didn’t create opportunities for workers and families. Instead, factory towns were hollowed out, and fewer Americans ended up better off. That’s why I fought to invest in jobs of the future, lower costs, raise wages, and strengthen workers and small businesses. We put working families and the middle class at the center of all of my economic policies.

wild that how i found out about an oil spill in southeast wisconsin from an ojibwe native robotics inventor and not national news media

Danielle Boyer🤖 @danielleboyerr

a year ago

My heart cries for the land. Possible largest oil spill in Wisconsin history is ongoing. 69k+ gallons so far. Enbridge Line 6 Pipeline. Get pipelines off Indigenous lands

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42 years ago this bakery plugged in their Commodore 64s to use as cash registers at Hilligoss Bakery in Brownsburg, Indiana, and are still in use. The POS system is written in BASIC and has never had no problems, no hackers and no internet. It will out last all of us.

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BREAKING: The water system of the Amazon warehouse in Queens, NY gushes out onto the striking workers' picket line. It appears the company is intentionally flooding the area in below freezing temperatures. Amazon worker: "They're being petty right now. But that's not going to stop us" @amazonlabor @amazonteamsters