7 Threaded Spouts
From African American History on FB: Bill Withers wrote the song "Ain't No Sunshine" at age 31 while working at a factory, making toilet seats for airplanes. Using his own money, he would record demo tapes and play at various clubs at night.
11:17 AM - Feb 22, 2024
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A Black banker plans to buy a bank that approves business loans and mortgages to Black Americans based upon their cash flow , not their credit scores.
Verified spouter, @berniceking , is involved in the effort.
To learn more, listen to this podcast. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Verified spouter, @berniceking , is involved in the effort.
To learn more, listen to this podcast. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
americanbanker.com
Why Ready Life CEO Ashley Bell is buying a Utah bank | American Banker
Bell, an attorney, founded Ready Life to help reduce the racial wealth and homeownership gaps by showing lenders that credit-score-less consumers have been responsible with their money, based on their daily transactions. Now he and Bernice King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, are buying a c..
07:56 AM - Sep 26, 2023
Nobody is safe when we stay home and don't VOTE. Mitch McConnell packed the court (not tRump). tRump didn't know the difference between a SCJ and a supreme pizza. The heritage foundation had all the candidates lined up & ready to go.
Stop the madness and vote!
#BidenHarris2024
Stop the madness and vote!
#BidenHarris2024
rawstory.com
Alito renews threat to overturn marriage equality - Raw Story
Trial attorneys in the U.S. frequently stop potential jurors from serving on cases based on their stated biases, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indicated on Tuesday that he was disturbed by a case out of Missouri in which three people were eliminated from a jury after expressing homopho..
11:17 AM - Feb 22, 2024
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5 Threaded Spouts
I've been sharing the following thoughts privately with friends and family for several weeks, but I've chosen to speak publicly now because pundits are out of control. Before I begin, it's crucial to emphasize that complacency is not an option, and the importance of voting remains paramount.
10:16 AM - Feb 22, 2024
Hey media, did you hear the one about the GOP and the Russian spy?
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Jacquelyn G. @AlaquinI would say, that in pretty much every instance, Commander identified a potential threat and took care of it. #gooddogstory11:24 AM - Feb 22, 2024
11:29 AM - Feb 22, 2024
Conservative White women vote for white privilege AND benefit heavily from liberal policies. They would rather protect WM, than support women and other marginalized individuals.
This is an old, but excellent thread that perfectly summarizes this point. 👇🏽
This is an old, but excellent thread that perfectly summarizes this point. 👇🏽
06:27 PM - Feb 10, 2024
The adultification of black children is exhausting. There was a sign that said no public bathrooms and he's a kid. It took four officers to address a kid urinating in a parking lot and he's even given probation. Go find a murderer.
cnn.com
Mother of 10-year-old Mississippi boy arrested for urinating in public demands apology, firing of officers | CNN
A mother in northern Mississippi is asking for an apology and the firing of several police officers at the Senatobia Police Department after her 10-year-old son was arrested for urinating in a parking lot.
02:09 PM - Dec 13, 2023
In response to John Bolton's Mustache™️☑️.
When exactly did they do their residency? Texas Supreme Court is practicing medicine without a license.
07:40 AM - Dec 12, 2023
Texas Monthly - The Texas Historical Commission Removed Books on Slavery From Plantation Gift Shops
An agency spokesperson claimed that the move had nothing to do with politics. Internal emails show otherwise.
An agency spokesperson claimed that the move had nothing to do with politics. Internal emails show otherwise.
08:23 AM - Dec 12, 2023
A #Texas Case Shows that Abortion Ban Exemptions Are a Sham
... Texas has no regard for the health - or LIVES - of women
Don't ever tell me these #GOP monsters are pro-life
#VoteThemAllOut
... Texas has no regard for the health - or LIVES - of women
Don't ever tell me these #GOP monsters are pro-life
#VoteThemAllOut
08:31 AM - Dec 12, 2023
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Sherrilyn Ifill gave us a shout-out earlier. I missed it because we are working on Pods.
https://thehill.com/homene...
https://thehill.com/homene...
10:22 PM - Dec 11, 2023
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Trump was well-known for spending the vast majority of his time in the Residence, rather than the Oval Office or elsewhere in the West Wing.
If the phone was in the Residence, at a time when Twitter was being used to send DMs, we can pinpoint that it was TRUMP sending the DMs.
If the phone was in the Residence, at a time when Twitter was being used to send DMs, we can pinpoint that it was TRUMP sending the DMs.
12:01 AM - Dec 12, 2023
Why does this matter? Because DOJ can then prove that Trump was the one using the phone - likely because the phone was in the RESIDENCE of the White House, rather than the West Wing (where the senior staffers have their offices).
12:02 AM - Dec 12, 2023
This situation looks like something out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Instead it's happening in the USA. The Handmaid's Tale is real. 💯
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Secret Agent @BookSellerXTexas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from emergency abortion05:12 AM - Dec 09, 2023
07:36 AM - Dec 09, 2023
Joe Biden for President
He's earned a second term. It's time to say it out loud.
He's earned a second term. It's time to say it out loud.
07:42 AM - Dec 08, 2023
It's NOT Biden. NOT the Dems. Note: HOUSE REPUBLICANS going for the cuts in WIC!
"After clamping down on food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, House Republicans now want to take a whack at WIC, the food assistance program for low-income women, infants and young children".
"After clamping down on food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, House Republicans now want to take a whack at WIC, the food assistance program for low-income women, infants and young children".
cnn.com
House Republicans are cutting food assistance and adding culture war amendments to the agriculture appropriations bill | CNN Politics
After clamping down on food stamps in the debt ceiling deal, House Republicans now want to take a whack at WIC, the food assistance program for low-income women, infants and young children.
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Chance @Chance456711Since the war began, the Biden administration and the U.S. Congress have directed more than $75 billion in assistance to Ukraine, but they gonna tell the people who need help to make ends meet right here that they don't have 7 billion to cover WIC when we don't have enough to feed our own FUCK them!02:44 PM - Nov 29, 2023
02:54 PM - Nov 29, 2023
Just watched Melissa McCarthy in Genie. It was a cute family Christmas movie. #geniethemovie
09:30 PM - Nov 27, 2023
1 Threaded Spouts
It doesn't help to post this, but I do so bc it just doesn't make any sense to me. I hear that broadcast media has been unfair to him but i dont watch news; am better informed than most. I rank Biden as one of the best presidents in history. He has accomplished a tremendous amount in a short period
cnn.com
11:37 AM - Nov 19, 2023
For the first time in 40 years, the US economy is growing faster than China’s.
09:47 AM - Nov 16, 2023
Remember, the far right only wants “free speech” so they can seize power — and then abolish free speech for anyone but themselves.
09:48 AM - Nov 16, 2023
The former president is sending loud and clear signals that a second Trump term would be a fascist nightmare
Donald Trump Is A Fascist | Stephen Miller’s Horrific Immigration Plan | Bernie Stops A Fight - YouTube
The former president is sending loud and clear signals that a second Trump term would be a fascist nightmare, complete with mass immigration raids and intern...
10:04 AM - Nov 16, 2023
WHY DOES GovRonDeSantis KEEP ON ACTING AS IF HE JUST SIGNS THINGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT PEOPLE WON'T NOTICE. LAST NIGHT, WHILE INGNORING THE FLOODING IN FLORIDA DESANTIS SIGNED AN ABORTION BAN INTO LAW. JUST IN CASE YOU ARE NOT AWARE, HE IS VERY WEAK & TRIED TO HIDE THIS.
10:07 AM - Apr 14, 2023
Funny how these Republicans who are upset about receiving death threats for not supporting Jim Jordan never had a damn thing to say about what was done to Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.
01:57 AM - Oct 20, 2023
Verified accounts spread fake news release about a Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel
04:43 AM - Oct 09, 2023
Jared Kushner had never been a diplomat — but he was named Trump’s envoy to the Middle East.
Jared Kushner had never been an investor — but he was given $2 billion to invest for the Saudis.
Jared is 100% unqualified — except for nepotism.
Jared is the real “Hunter Biden.”
Jared Kushner had never been an investor — but he was given $2 billion to invest for the Saudis.
Jared is 100% unqualified — except for nepotism.
Jared is the real “Hunter Biden.”
08:01 AM - Sep 29, 2023
Biden on his age:
“I respect them taking a hard look at it,” he said during an April press conference... “I took a hard look at it before I decided to run, and I feel good, I feel excited about the prospects.”
“I respect them taking a hard look at it,” he said during an April press conference... “I took a hard look at it before I decided to run, and I feel good, I feel excited about the prospects.”
04:36 PM - Oct 01, 2023
