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Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Ironic given the HUGE place the American Catholic Church played in the election that has lead to this Travesty.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
“Every American knew, or should have known. The man elected president last night is a depraved and brazen pathological liar, a shameless con man, a sociopathic criminal, a man who has no moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse. He has no respect for the Constitution and laws he will swear to uphold, and on top of all that, he exhibits emotional and cognitive deficiencies that seem to be intensifying, and that will only make his turpitude worse. He represents everything we should aspire not to be, and everything we should teach our children not to emulate. The only hope is that he’s utterly incompetent, and even that is a double-edged sword, because his incompetence often can do as much as harm as his malevolence. His government will be filled with corrupt grifters, spiteful maniacs, and morally bankrupt sycophants, who will follow in his example and carry his directives out, because that’s who they are and want to be.”
“Back in 2016, those of us who supported Donald Trump at least had the excuse of not knowing how sociopathy can present itself,” writes @gtconway3d. Now we will see a “degradation in the ability of this nation to govern itself rationally and fairly”: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Mordecai (@Refracting) is a celebrated poet; a vital link between the literary worlds of Canada and Jamaica; and has worked as a teacher, a trainer of teachers, a TV host, a writer-researcher, an editor, a book packager, and a publisher.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Speaker Stephanie McKenzie is the author of three books of poetry published by Salmon Poetry (Ireland) and a monograph, Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology (University of Toronto Press, 2007). The book went into reprint in 2019.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Flannel may not be my style, but I love @Tim_Walz. He’s doing a fantastic job making sure people know this election matters.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Elon Musk – the richest guy in the world – is allowed to pour zillions of dollars into Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Does that sound like democracy to you?
We need to overturn Citizens United and move to the public funding of elections.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
104 years ago on November 2-3, during Election Day in 1920, the single bloodiest day in modern America political history happened, The Ocoee Massacre.
A black man attempted to vote & the Ku Klux Klan responded with rampage that led to the exile/death of every black person that lived there
—The dark day in Florida's history escalated after one Black citizen tried to exercise his right to vote at a polling location but was turned away on Election Day.
Mose Norman, who had been part of the voter registration drive in Orange County, decided to vote in the national election on November 2. When he attempted to do so, twice, he was turned away from the polls.
When Norman was driven away the second time, a white mob, then numbering over 100 men, decided to hunt him down. Concluding he had taken refuge in the home of another local Black resident, Julius “July” Perry, they rushed Perry’s home hoping to capture both men there. Norman escaped and was never found while Perry defended his home, killing two white men, Elmer McDaniels and Leo Borgard, who tried to enter through the back door. The mob called for reinforcements from Orlando and surrounding Orange County. Eventually they caught and killed Perry and hung his dead body from a telephone post by the highway from Ocoee to Orlando to intimidate other potential Black voters. Perry’s wife, Estelle Perry, and their daughter were wounded during the attack on the Perry home. They were sent to Tampa by local law enforcement officers.
The mob then turned on the Black community of Ocoee.
Homes and properties of Black families were scorched, burnt to the ground. At least four Black individuals were confirmed killed -- one of which was lynched, his body hanging from a tree limb for all to see.
On June 21, 2019, a historical marker honoring July Perry and others killed in the massacre was placed in Heritage Square outside the Orange County Regional History Center.
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Pamela Mordecai retweeted
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Lindsey Graham just blamed Donald Trump for the border security legislation not passing. Retweet so all Americans see this and know Donald Trump is to blame for any border security related problems.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
This video is incredible.
Everyone should RETWEET it so the whole *world* sees it.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
RETWEET this. Every day. Until Election Day.
Anyone anywhere in America who tells you Donald Trump will be better for the economy needs this tweeted at them IMMEDIATELY.
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
Philly! With only 8 days left until Election Day, we’ve got to do everything we can to elect @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz. Tune in: xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1djGXrAAm…
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
New Orleans jazz clarinetist Doreen Ketchens plays for her grandson
"You Are My Sunshine."
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
NEW
Bruce Springsteen formally endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in a new video where he calls Donald Trump “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.”
“Hi, I'm Bruce Springsteen. Friends, fans, and the press have asked me who I'm supporting in this most important of elections.
And with full knowledge that my opinions are no more or less important than those of any of my fellow citizens, here's my answer: I'm supporting Kamala Harris for President and Tim Waltz for Vice President and opposing Donald Trump and JD Vance.
Here's why.
We are shortly coming upon one of the most consequential elections in our nation's history. Perhaps not since the Civil War has this great country felt as politically, spiritually, and emotionally divided as it does then at this moment.
It doesn't have to be this way.
The common values, the shared stories that make us a great and united nation are waiting to be rediscovered and retold once again.
Now that will take time, hard work, intelligence, faith and women and men with the national good, guiding their hearts.
America's the most powerful nation on earth. Not just because of her overwhelming military strength or economic power, but because of what she stands for, what she means, what she believes in: freedom, social justice, equal opportunity, the right to be and love who you want.
These are the things that make America great.
Donald Trump is the most dangerous candidate for President in my lifetime. His disdain for the sanctity of our constitution, the sanctity of democracy, the sanctity of the rule of law, and the sanctity of the peaceful transfer of power should disqualify him from the office of President ever again.
He doesn't understand the meaning of this country, its history or what it means to be deeply American.
On the other hand, Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz are committed to a vision of this country that respects and includes everyone regardless of class, religion, race, your political point of view or sexual identity, and they want to grow our economy in a way that benefits all, not just the few like me on top. That's the vision of America I’ve been consistently writing about for 55 years now.
Everybody sees things different, and I respect your choice as a fellow citizen, but like you, I've only got one vote, and it's one of the most precious possessions that I have.
That's why come November 5th, I'll be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
The parking lot at Disneyland #Paris went #solar. 67,000 #solarpanels will make it one of the largest solar canopies in Europe. Time to give every parking lot a #solarpower upgrade.
We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateAction #climate #endfossilfuels
Pamela Mordecai retweeted
A federal judge has ruled that the Biden Harris administration can move forward with its sweeping student loan forgiveness.
The judge—a Bush appointee—has allowed the restraining order blocking the plan to expire.
This is a massive win. cnbc.com/2024/10/03/student-…
