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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

July 13, 2013: Alicia Garza writes a “love letter to Black people” after the Zimmerman verdict. Patrisse Cullors adds a hashtag. #BlackLivesMatter is born. I trace the movement’s origin story in my latest The Long Game post. History isn’t finished. It’s inherited. open.substack.com/pub/summerla...

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An effective push back against GOP culture war tactics? Seems to me it should be.

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Remembering May 21, 1921 —Tulsa, Oklahoma #Tulsa1921

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Someone at a party told me, "AOC is stupid." I replied, "You really need to stop watching Fox. It's turning your brain into porridge. I've listened to AOC question witnesses in House hearings, and she is better at cross-examination than most top-tier trial attorneys." I then found better company.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/05/2026

“They think they can draw us out of power. They do not know the sleeping giant that they just awakened.” - Rep. @aoc.bsky.social in Montgomery #AllRoadsLeadToTheSouth

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

“Listen” how many prayers must we stack before the ceiling cracks? how many babies must we bury before the ground refuses us? stop calling it tragedy when it’s policy. stop calling it freedom when our children are the collateral. we deserve a country that loves them enough to keep them alive.

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Family, Here’s a clip from my upcoming film Clearing the Air:The War on Smog—a powerful reminder that when crisis strikes, we can come together and solve it. I hope you will watch the premiere Tonight, August 26, 2025, at 9:00 p.m. on PBS. #ClearingTheAirPBS #ProudBlue www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

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Clearing the Air: The War on Smog: Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

Watch a preview of Clearing the Air: The War on Smog.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

As the EPA works to reverse the Endangerment Finding, gutting the legal basis for addressing climate change, @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social warns Black, Brown, and poor communities will pay the price. wordinblack.com/2025/07/the-...

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The Endangerment Is Us

As the EPA guts the legal basis for addressing climate change, Dr. Mustafa Ali warns Black, Brown, and poor communities will pay the price.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/07/2025

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and other deep-red states are leading the pack in rural hospital closures. This is what happens when you gut Medicaid, reject federal dollars, and treat healthcare like a luxury. You can’t blame “woke” when there’s no ER for 100 miles.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

It's July 4, and Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com is done with performative patriotism. DEI is not the problem. Erasing the truth is. America's birthday warrants a reckoning, so now is the time to show up, speak out, and remember who we are. wordinblack.com/2025/07/amer...

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America's Birthday Warrants a Reckoning

Will we let fear rewrite America’s story — or fight for a future rooted in truth, equity, and justice? Stacey Abrams asks us to choose.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/07/2025

Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers. We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.

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The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed

The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

freer because of us —july 4th, with memory in my mouth— i don’t light fireworks i light candles for crispus & kin— Black breath blown into battles they weren’t meant to win. they called it revolution but asked us to wait told us freedom was coming just show up late. but we were there— boots muddy

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is the Big Lie wrapped in a flag, handed to you with a smile, and signed in ink that looks suspiciously like blood. It’s not policy—it’s a death sentence in red, white & blue. Patriotic theater with real-life casualties. Listen and Read👇🏾 wordinblack.com/2025/07/big-...

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

"The proposed changes (to the clean energy tax credits) would likely disincentivize investment in renewable energy, potentially slowing the transition to a cleaner energy grid & impacting the economic viability of solar & wind projects, while providing tax breaks for the coal and oil industries."

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The Big Beautiful Bill: A Reckoning for Black Communities | African Elements

The Big Beautiful Bill threatens Black communities with cuts to vital programs and healthcare, exacerbating existing inequalities.

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

“this too shall pass,” auntie said, stirring truth into her tea— but not without us. not without feet in the street, mouths wide with no more, hearts loud as drums that won’t stop beating ‘til justice opens the door. ©️MustafaSantiagoAli #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Resister

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world won’t just know peace— it’ll breathe again. No more boots on necks, bombs in skies, or borders drawn in blood. Just humanity, finally choosing heart over empire.” #Peace #Truth #Resistance #RevolutionOfLove

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

“Honoring The Original Patriots and Roots of #MemorialDay” On that May day, the shadows danced In Charleston’s aftermath, where chains had broken. The sun’s light pierced through history’s trance, As freedom’s first sighs in silence were spoken. African hands, calloused by the past, Gathered bones

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Tornadoes decimated parts of Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia, killing at least 25 people this weekend. A FEMA staffer says recent federal cuts will hamper the agency’s “ability to reach vulnerable people." wordinblack.com/2025/05/fema...

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Disaster Aid Was Already Unequal. Will Changes at FEMA Make Things Worse?

A FEMA staffer says cuts will hamper the agency's "ability to reach vulnerable people," — including Black folks.

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nadiraxrene.bsky.social @nadiraxrene.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The Black Arts Movement began one day after Malcolm X’s assassination. Since then, the icon’s spirit of power & pride has influenced generations of Black artists — from poet Gwendolyn Brooks to hip-hop legends Public Enemy &, most recently, sculptor Nathan Murray. wordinblack.com/2025/05/malc...

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Why Malcolm X Keeps Inspiring Black Art

Sculptor Nathan Murray, creator of Omaha's bust of Malcolm X, is one of a long list of artists who've tapped into the spirit of Black pride.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · 08/05/2025

Energy Star doesn't just help protect our environment—it keeps money in families' wallets. Documents obtained exclusively by EPW reveal that Trump and his EPA chief, Lee Zeldin, plan to eliminate this money-saving program.

NEWS: Documents obtained by EPW reveal EPA’s plan to scrap program that has saved families $500B in energy costs.

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 06/05/2025

Toxic air doesn’t wait—pollution harms babies before they even take their first breath. Let’s learn how we can protect future generations. 🗓️ May 8 | 9:00–11:30am ET 📲 Livestream on Moms Clean Air Force channels

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/05/2025

More than 200 flights from and into Newark Airport had been delayed as of Monday morning. Disruptions have prompted United Airlines to cut nearly three dozen round-trip flights per day at the New Jersey airport. We explain what's going on. nyti.ms/42L2aKE

A United Airlines jet flies above a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport. Exhaust is coming out of both of the plane's engines, creating blurry areas over a bridge in the background. The text reads: "Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Delays. Here's What to Know." Photo by Dakota Santiago for The New York Times.

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Climate Action Campaign @actonclimateus.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

"Repealing these protections requires blatant disregard for the urgent and very real suffering of the millions of Americans who have already had their lives destroyed by dangerous air pollution and climate change-fueled extreme weather" Read more here ⬇️ www.actonclimate.com/post/cac-tru...

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CAC: Trump Administration’s Plan to Roll Back Protections Against Mercury and Carbon Pollution Puts Polluters First

“Repealing these protections requires blatant disregard for the urgent and very real suffering of the millions of Americans who have already had their lives destroyed by dangerous air pollution and cl...

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

President Biden left Trump a strong economy that was growing at a 2.4% rate in the fourth quarter of 2024. Trump ruined it in just 100 days, shrinking the economy (-0.3%) in the first quarter of 2025 and sparking fears of recession.

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US economy goes into reverse from Trump’s abrupt policy shifts | CNN Business

The US economy just had its worst quarter since 2022 as President Donald Trump’s significant policy changes unnerved consumers and businesses.

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Climate Action Campaign @actonclimateus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Hey EPA, we fixed this for you. In Trump's first 100 days, the EPA has rolled back climate and environmental justice programs and removed standards keeping our air and water clean. Here's what ACTUALLY has been happening to our climate: www.actonclimate.com/trumptracker/ #100Days100Harms

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 25/04/2025

Learn more in this new report, "The Green Gender Gap: How Women are Shaping the Climate Vote" during next week's webinar, which will feature Moms Co-founder and Director Dominique Browning as a panelist. Register here: www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved...

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

DAKOTA GANT: “I pursued my passion for music and opera in college at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida, where I trained to be an opera singer... However, the heat, humidity, and pollen were too much. My lungs couldn’t keep up with my dreams. So, I pivoted.” #climatechange #earthday

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I Grew Up Gasping for Air. Now I Fight the EPA’s Rollbacks

Dakota Gant wanted to sing opera. Air pollution turned her into an activist fighting the rollback of environmental protections.

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Mother Nature’s weeping. . . Change the climate—before it changes us. Climate Can’t Wait. #climatechange #EarthDay

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