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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HALF of Americans cannot afford basic essentials. That was from a recent poll. Groceries, gas, housing, healthcare shouldn't be out of the range of affordability. We can all think of reasons why. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Half of Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas, exclusive poll finds

About 57% of polled Americans also believe economy is worsening in grim portrait of cost of living crisis, according to Harris survey for the Guardian

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The amount of times Black women have been right and been ignored only to be validated later in just the last year truly should be documented.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

No, it’s not the media literacy crisis’ fault that you can’t figure out how Black folks being surrounded by a known & documented hate group is a problem. That’s not a lack of media literacy. That’s a lack of humanity.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I don’t have the words to adequately describe what I feel about the ruling that let the person who killed 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton. But I do have that feeling That same feeling I had for Fanta Bility Aiyana Stanley-Jones Sinzae Reed Monica Goods Tamir Rice Antwon Rose, Jr. Trayvon Martin

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We aren’t going to just sit aside & watch our rights, that took generations to achieve, be dismantled. It’s time for the next FREEDOM SUMMER. This Juneteenth, we are taking the mandate of Freedom forward. We are mobilizing for voting rights. Starting in the South. Spreading everywhere. Join us.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

GOOD NEWS: South Carolina’s Senate rejected the current administration’s push to redraw congressional maps. This comes after a panel of judges in Alabama blocked their state from using its redrawn maps, saying that the new map would discriminate against Black voters.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

when do we stop calling them data centers and start calling them mass surveillance centers?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It is dishonest to tell people who are using a phone or posting on social that their usage is the same as people who generate entire “albums”, “books”, “artwork”, & “movies” or folks who use generative systems in most of their work...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This week, I got to speak to congresspeople and members of the SEIU about the Reconciliation bill. Here's what THEY said before all of the foolishness that just happened👀👀👀 youtu.be/GWZAF1RgKMs

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Heading to DC with SEIU

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Zeke Tayler @drzeketayler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Let’s not make this weird, Pennsylvania. Make a plan to vote.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

And when all of this is over, do not, under any circumstances, forget who capitulated in fear and who gleefully participated in the harm.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Louisiana stopped an active election to redraw their maps. Do you know how racist you have to be to do gerrymander in the middle of an election?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Making jokes about lynched Black men as Jim Crow is resurrected is actually too much for me to bear

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Kind of weird how the justice department keeps targeting people speaking out against this administration.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Rapid Fire Good News: -Virginia establishes a right to contraception by law and tackles pay equity, paid family & medical leave, and wage theft -Minnesota is on track to pass the first statewide ban on AI "nudification" apps -North Carolina secured $319 Million in Medicaid funding

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Still processing today’s SCOTUS ruling essentially weakening the Voting Rights Act, but I am grieved: my elders who fought for the Voting Rights Act my ancestors who died for it my people still robbed of their voice our children who may ultimately have to endure the fallout of these rulings.

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Zeke Tayler @drzeketayler.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Tim Hayes understands that all jobs in Pennsylvania are valuable.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I’m blocking everyone who pushes AI Every ai “model” Every ai “influencer” Every ai “artist” Every ai “writer” Every ai “content creator” Every ai “performer” All of them. The BEST any of these ai folks can do is copy or steal from living, breathing, talented people. No thank you.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We are starting to see avid, active, and loud supporters of this administration jump ship because they realize it’s sinking, & the grift is over. Don’t fall for it. Remind them that they were emphatically in support of the horrors of this administration until they started to affect them personally.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It’s Earth Day & it’s a good day to remind you that AI is polluting the planet -It can only use the small amount of the drinkable water to cool its systems, some require up to 5 MILLION GALLONS A DAY -It uses so much electricity, the typical data center uses as much energy as 100K households

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Not to be all cork board, red string about this, but between all of the AI pushing on culture AND now the AI political influencers right before the midterms feels so...weird. youtube.com/shorts/B_zlf...

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It's getting weird out here👀

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Zeke Tayler @drzeketayler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Jamila Winder shows up for everyone.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Rapid Fire Good News: -About half of planned AI Data Centers are either delayed our cancelled -A Black megachurch stopped the evictions of over 300 people -Virginia welcomes balcony solar -The largest wind farm in the US is now operational -A new site created a trust index for landlords

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Watching the sky and praying for the safe return of Artemis II's entire crew.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just so we are clear… The DEI didn’t do ANY of this

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Some people’s “red line” is genocide. Some people’s “red line” is the systems & structures that lead to genocide.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We got more outrage about a tan suit than we did for an unhinged Easter rant threatening war crimes.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The same organization that played a role in the dismantling of Affirmative Action and funding for Black women's businesses is now attacking Black scholarships... youtube.com/shorts/uL2zw...

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I told you it wasn't going to stop...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Rapid Fire Good News: -A judge ordered the White House Ballroom construction stop until Congress approves of a plan -Another judge ordered the current administration to restore legal status for an estimated 985,000 immigrants

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

No movement is beyond questions. Even the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one we point to often for guidance &inspiration, is open to questions. But instead of answering those questions, here are some of the ways my people’s questions were reacted to. www.patreon.com/posts/on-no-...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Turns out that you cannot alienate your allies and expect them to show up to help you clean up your mess

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The United Nations has declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans as “the gravest crime against humanity.” The resolution, brought by Ghana, also calls for -reparations as "a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs”...

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

There is a difference between being informed and being consumed. We need to remember this as we choose to fight on.

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There is a big difference

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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2026

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits. n.pr/4rTk72Q

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Jury orders Meta and Google to pay woman $3 million in social media addiction trial

The verdict marks the end of the first-ever jury trial over whether tech giants should be held accountable for social media addiction. It may influence the outcome of 2,000 other pending lawsuits.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Remember when his Sieg Heil was just a gesture of heartfelt joy?

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Collective action and community is STILL the way. Something to remember on heavier days www.patreon.com/posts/collec...

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A viral video about a man named Solomon Fairfax, who earned the nickname the "Grim Reaper" of Charleston after spending years killing slaveholders, has hundreds of thousands of likes and shares. There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't exist

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The AI Myth of Solomon Fairfax, the “Grim Reaper” of Charleston – Scalawag

Manufactured viral stories like that of Solomon Fairfax thrive among a population eager for stories of resistance against a fascist regime.

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Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

its the first day of spring. please find some whimsy and joy. Even if you do it in absolute spite

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