Reposted by Tokia HampshireFair Fight Action @fairfightaction.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Yesterday marked 60 years since the Voting Rights Act became law. What does Kendrick Lamar have to do with the Voting Rights Act? Fair Fight Action’s Chief Legal Counsel breaks it down. 10383132
Reposted by Tokia Hampshiredarren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 04/07/2025 547259696824
Reposted by Tokia HampshireBurgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 16/06/2025A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below 720240257033
Reposted by Tokia HampshireRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Last year, Kroger's CEO raked in $15.4 million — 457x more than its typical employee. Kroger also announced $7.5 billion in stock buybacks. I don't want to hear that Kroger can't afford to treat its employees fairly. Solidarity to these workers. 312127733901
Reposted by Tokia HampshireChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress? 25432345312152
Reposted by Tokia HampshireKeith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 16/06/2025WITHOUT VIOLENCE, TRUMP IS NOTHING. The Minnesota MAGA Murders, Trump playing with his toy tanks, and the assault on Sen. Padilla prove it anew OTOH Trump just TACO'd the mass deportations because Rotting Harvests GET THE NEW MONDAY COUNTDOWN PODCAST: tinyurl.com/58av9yec 1034461
Reposted by Tokia HampshireChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 15/06/2025Whoa! Hats off to ABC News reporter Matt Gutman for keeping his cool yesterday. This LAPD officer needs to be relieved of duty if he can’t handle an alleged “touch” without snapping. 31323483110471
Reposted by Tokia HampshireDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Trump, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem must be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. My article details as a lawyer how and why they can and should be deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/trump-step...deanobeidallah.substack.comTrump, Stephen Miller, Tom Homan and Kristi Noem must be prosecuted for crimes against humanityWe need Nuremberg type trials 25505173
Reposted by Tokia HampshireMother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/06/2025By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social. 779157616206
Reposted by Tokia HampshireChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/06/2025“My family was separated by deportation, and I was left behind.” - Diane Guerrero 9641581558
Reposted by Tokia HampshireMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/06/2025Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News) 1361116954518
Reposted by Tokia HampshireLynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent. 690459456427
Reposted by Tokia HampshireChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/06/2025May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing… 6092533010049
Reposted by Tokia HampshireAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/06/2025Booker: "We have a president who did nothing as people stormed our Capitol, & then when those people who viciously beat police & led to some of their deaths - therefore cop killers - were convicted, he pardoned them. So for him to be talking about responsive law enforcement is hypocritical at best" 926350089835
Reposted by Tokia HampshireWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 08/06/2025So...all the folks who think Abolish ICE is "too extreme." Where are you on that position now? 892651383
Reposted by Tokia HampshireTalib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The people who said we should abolish ICE were right. The people who said we should defund the police, were right. The righteous are always cursed with being too early. 9600112
Reposted by Tokia HampshireJenn Q. @jennqueen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Black Americans live rent-free in the minds of Black non-Americans. It’s wild how hard some of them work to distance themselves from us while still consuming and embodying everything we create. 1120536
Reposted by Tokia HampshireJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 08/06/2025What's happening tonight is anything but law and order. Don't be deceived. 36589432375
Reposted by Tokia HampshireTalib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 07/06/2025ICE agents better start reading up on the Nuremberg trials. Because when we get to the other side of this, and we will, "I was just following orders" ain't gonna cut it. 29776371845
Reposted by Tokia HampshireKeith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025Coco Gauff wins the French Open. 🎾 #RolandGarros 527428
Reposted by Tokia HampshireEric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 05/06/2025White people (yeah, I know I’m white people, but you weren’t about to catch me doing anything to get in the way of anyone else voting against this twice-impeached toddler felon), you need to go to your room and think about what you’ve done. Because this is globally embarrassing for this country. 610018
Reposted by Tokia HampshireRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 05/06/2025Donald Trump took his war on immigrants up a notch, issuing an executive order barring nationals from 12 different countries from entering the United States.rollingstone.com'We Don't Want Them': Trump Cracks Down on Foreign Nationals Coming to AmericaDonald Trump has banned nationals from 12 countries from entering the United States, and foreign students from entering to study at Harvard. 116318
Reposted by Tokia HampshireRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025For years we've heard from the right about "welfare queens" and other so-called "freeloaders" pulling one over on the government. But actually, it's the wealthy who are the real freeloaders — pulling one over on us all by skirting their taxes. Where is the outrage over that? 8752693410570
Reposted by Tokia HampshireProPublica @propublica.org · 05/06/2025Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. (Published 2023 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)propublica.orgHow Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading ThemInternal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files. “We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said. 561026523
Reposted by Tokia HampshireCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/06/2025We’re in the DOGE Subcommittee hearing, but where’s Elon? Is the “oversight” in the room with us? Republicans wanted to talk about NGOs and Stacey Abrams. But, Trump’s out here slapping a for sale sign on the White House lawn—and y’all wanna play games? 1273813783
Reposted by Tokia HampshireAll In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 05/06/2025WATCH: During a hearing, GOP Sen. Josh Hawley presented a chart claiming Trump was victimized by injunctions—only to be dismantled by legal scholar (and wife of Chris Hayes) Kate Shaw.youtube.com'Schooled': Law professor (and Chris' wife) torches Josh Hawley in legal smackdownYouTube video by MSNBC 922308444
Reposted by Tokia HampshireCandice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 05/06/2025www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... Trump administration reinstates and expands travel banwashingtonpost.comTrump administration reinstates and expands travel banThe effort comes as the president has pursued a series of extraordinary measures to curtail both illegal and legal immigration. 021
Reposted by Tokia HampshireKeith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Trump has signed an order banning travel to the US from 12 countries, including 7 African countries (Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, Sudan), and Haiti, and restricting people from Burundi, Sierra Leone, and Togo. But white South Africans, come right in.cnn.comTrump signs proclamation to ban travel from several countries | CNN PoliticsTrump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening to ban travel from several countries, citing security risks. 65420
Reposted by Tokia HampshireAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2025It’s called taxing the rich, buddy. 714242054763
Reposted by Tokia HampshireRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans. Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient. 340140174659
Reposted by Tokia HampshireAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/06/2025BREAKING: Judge Boasberg GRANTS class certification for the people held at CECOT and gives the government ONE WEEK to explain how they're going to facilitate due process for EVERYONE sent there under the Alien Enemies Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...storage.courtlistener.com 432158064303
Reposted by Tokia HampshireMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 02/06/2025"Wildfire destroyed a historically Black town. These artists won’t let its legacy disappear As Altadena prepares to rebuild after the devastation of the LA fires, an exhibition centers its creative history" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comWildfire destroyed a historically Black town. These artists won’t let its legacy disappearAs Altadena prepares to rebuild after the devastation of the LA fires, an exhibition centers its creative history 119088
Reposted by Tokia HampshireCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 02/06/2025Wait WHAT?! People are bracing for storms and this man just found out the weather exists?! This is what happens when you hire vibes over qualifications.reuters.comreuters.com 501105831941
Reposted by Tokia HampshireCandice Frederick @candicefrederick.bsky.social · 02/06/2025www.vulture.com/article/mich... Michael B. Jordan Did the Impossible In an era of mounting crises, the Sinners star got people off their couches and into cinemas for an original film.vulture.comMichael B. Jordan Did the ImpossibleIn an era of mounting crises in Hollywood, the Sinners star got people off their couches and into theaters. 15913
Reposted by Tokia HampshireKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 02/06/2025BREAKING: Ron DeSantis is using Florida cops to run silent raids across the U.S.—and making them HIDE THEIR NAMES while doing it. Not in Florida? Doesn’t matter. This is what fascism looks like in practice. And it’s wearing a state trooper uniform with no nameplate. 54934415
Reposted by Tokia HampshireTalib Kweli @talibkweli.bsky.social · 01/06/2025The cognitive dissonance of people who claim to be anti authoritarian but still cape for ICE agents is astounding. 715518
Reposted by Tokia HampshireRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 01/06/2025“As many as 2.7 million households would lose food benefits, with the average blow to the family grocery budget totaling $254 a month… “By design, the Trumpy Medicaid changes will remove 10.3 million people from their health insurance, according to the CBO…” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comThe Seven Ugliest Provisions in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'Weakened courts, happy heirs, and work requirements. The House-passed version of Donald Trump's tax plan takes from poor, gives to rich. 26433051508
Reposted by Tokia HampshireBlack Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Hundreds of people gathered to experience Ryan Cooger’s ‘Sinners’ for the first time in Clarksdale, Mississippi, last night during a special screening. Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Evans, and Miles Caton were all in attendance and spoke to the crowd. 10610152
Reposted by Tokia HampshireAmee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 30/05/2025At a town hall meeting in Iowa this morning, Republican Senator Joni Ernst was asked about cuts to Medicaid and someone yelled: “people are going to die.” Her smirky response: "WELL, we're ALL going to die." The same people who believed Democrats were creating death panels are supporting this... 4833094
Reposted by Tokia HampshireKeith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 30/05/2025A new study finds that eliminating fluoride in drinking water would cause 25.4 million more cavities for kids in the U.S. within the next five years and double to 53.8 million in 10 years. The study comes as Utah and Florida have recently banned fluoride, following the lead of RFK Jr.nbcnews.comRotten result? Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluorideFlorida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows? 1211360
Reposted by Tokia HampshireNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 30/05/2025💥 NEW: Companies that kept DEI commitments saw higher reputation scores in 2025 Patagonia Microsoft Costco Apple JPMorgan Chase Coca-Cola Procter & Gamble Kroger Netflix Delta Air Lines @axios.com reports: www.axios.com/2025/05/29/d...axios.comCompanies that kept DEI commitments saw higher reputation scores in 2025nclear corporate values or a lack of conviction, most recently seen through mass DEI walk-backs, can hinder reputation. 442325655