Cheryl Contee
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When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
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NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
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The People, United
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October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
Third time's the charm...?
BREAKING: More than ONE MILLION Americans from across the country have signed our petition calling on Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against President Trump for his high crimes against the state. @womensmarch.com
Over 1 Million People Sign Petition Calling for Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump - Free Speech For People
Launched on Inauguration Day, Free Speech For People’s Impeach Trump Again campaign has documented 25 grounds for impeachment against Trump since the start of his term. WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24,...
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September 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Third time's the charm...?
Cuz censorship in America is not ok…
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September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops on our streets are bound by the Constitution.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops on our streets are bound by the Constitution.
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Just um…no
September 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Just um…no
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A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
September 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
This is Kirk's legacy.
You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.
Meanwhile on Reddit…
September 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Meanwhile on Reddit…
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Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad.
We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.
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Yeah, I would't necessarily credit Kirk as an exponent of "good-faith debate."
One can lament violence without making up a better person to mourn than the victim actually was.
One can lament violence without making up a better person to mourn than the victim actually was.
some of his "ideas":
-"If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like 'boy, I hope he is qualified"
-Haiti is "legitimately infested with demonic voodoo"
-"The war on white people continues"
-"If I see a Black pilot, I'm gonna be like 'boy, I hope he is qualified"
-Haiti is "legitimately infested with demonic voodoo"
-"The war on white people continues"
September 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Yeah, I would't necessarily credit Kirk as an exponent of "good-faith debate."
One can lament violence without making up a better person to mourn than the victim actually was.
One can lament violence without making up a better person to mourn than the victim actually was.
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March 18, 2017 - Antifascists gathered to oppose a Turning Point USA conference at the Grand Hyatt in Denver.
On a video Charlie Kirk posted of a confrontation with protesters, a TPUSA attendee can be heard shouting “yeah, I’m a Nazi”:
On a video Charlie Kirk posted of a confrontation with protesters, a TPUSA attendee can be heard shouting “yeah, I’m a Nazi”:
Denver Antifascists Oppose Right-Wing Turning Point USA Conference at Grand Hyatt - UNICORN RIOT
Denver, CO – On Saturday, March 18, the right-wing group “Turning Point USA” (TPUSA) held its Mountain Western Regional Conference at the Grand Hyatt Denver. Antifascist activists confronted attendees...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
March 18, 2017 - Antifascists gathered to oppose a Turning Point USA conference at the Grand Hyatt in Denver.
On a video Charlie Kirk posted of a confrontation with protesters, a TPUSA attendee can be heard shouting “yeah, I’m a Nazi”:
On a video Charlie Kirk posted of a confrontation with protesters, a TPUSA attendee can be heard shouting “yeah, I’m a Nazi”:
Charlie Kirk’s legacy…he had a constitutional right to free speech. This is how he used it.
"I think empathy is a made up New Age term that has done a lot of damage." - Charlie Kirk
That's a thing he said.
That's a thing he said.
September 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Charlie Kirk’s legacy…he had a constitutional right to free speech. This is how he used it.
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Solid. This is the blueprint elected officials should use for guidance right now.
The governor of California could learn a thing or two from his Illinois counterpart.
The governor of California could learn a thing or two from his Illinois counterpart.
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on the shooting of Charlie Kirk:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
September 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Solid. This is the blueprint elected officials should use for guidance right now.
The governor of California could learn a thing or two from his Illinois counterpart.
The governor of California could learn a thing or two from his Illinois counterpart.
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All victims of gun violence should be mourned, regardless of party.
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House erupts after GOP speaker requests prayer for Charlie Kirk
A yelling match broke out in the House chamber Wednesday after Speaker Mike Johnson requested a prayer on behalf of Charlie Kirk. The conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder was shot and…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
All victims of gun violence should be mourned, regardless of party.
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None of this is acceptable. Americans have the right to free speech and everyone should be able to exercise that right safely, even if we disagree. Everyone should have the benefit of the Constitution’s protections, even Charlie Kirk and especially all the many other Americans he denigrated.
Acts of political violence aren’t acceptable. Non-political school shootings aren’t acceptable. Sacking the legislature isn’t acceptable. Military occupation of peaceful American cities isn’t acceptable. Abductions conducted in courthouse hallways by masked agents of the state aren’t acceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
None of this is acceptable. Americans have the right to free speech and everyone should be able to exercise that right safely, even if we disagree. Everyone should have the benefit of the Constitution’s protections, even Charlie Kirk and especially all the many other Americans he denigrated.
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there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
September 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
there was never going to be a world in which the right didn’t claim the left was celebrating the death of charlie kirk, no matter how respectable anyone tried to be.
Charlie Kirk’s legacy - some things he said: “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified.” “Birth control makes women angry and bitter.” “The ‘Great Replacement’ is not a theory, it’s a reality.” Free speech was his right as an American. This is how he used it.
September 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Charlie Kirk’s legacy - some things he said: “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified.” “Birth control makes women angry and bitter.” “The ‘Great Replacement’ is not a theory, it’s a reality.” Free speech was his right as an American. This is how he used it.
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Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
September 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov's take on Kirk is the correct one:
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
"Political violence, unfortunately, has ramped up in this country ... I think there are people who are fomenting it in this country. I think the president's rhetoric often foments it."
On point. So glad Democrats are saying this.
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Be the lawyer on the tarmac in whatever part of your life and work you can be right now.
As grim as this story may be, there's still much to be inspired by.
Look no further than this attorney for the children, who rushed to the airport to stop the planes. She stood near the tarmac, warning any officials she saw that they’d be complicit in violating a court order if the planes took off.
Look no further than this attorney for the children, who rushed to the airport to stop the planes. She stood near the tarmac, warning any officials she saw that they’d be complicit in violating a court order if the planes took off.
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Be the lawyer on the tarmac in whatever part of your life and work you can be right now.
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The Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House was gunned down in her home and slaughtered along with her husband and dog, and Trump didn't say a thing.
Half-mast, my ass.
Half-mast, my ass.
Trump says he is ordering all U.S. flags lowered to half-mast in honor of Charlie Kirk
September 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Speaker Emerita of the Minnesota House was gunned down in her home and slaughtered along with her husband and dog, and Trump didn't say a thing.
Half-mast, my ass.
Half-mast, my ass.
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Earlier this year, Utah Republicans passed a "Campus Carry" law (HB 128), which allows individuals aged 18+ to carry a firearm, either openly or concealed, on college campuses, provided they hold a valid Utah Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP).
September 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Earlier this year, Utah Republicans passed a "Campus Carry" law (HB 128), which allows individuals aged 18+ to carry a firearm, either openly or concealed, on college campuses, provided they hold a valid Utah Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP).
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Thinking about the family of Representative Melissa Hortman & her husband who were assassinated at the hands of a radical MAGA shooter in June.
Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.
Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.
September 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thinking about the family of Representative Melissa Hortman & her husband who were assassinated at the hands of a radical MAGA shooter in June.
Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.
Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.
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The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.
September 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The MSNBC commentator saying that most political violence has historically come from the left just once again showed how we suffer from failing to learn history. Lynching, pogroms, race riots, the political violence that ended Reconstruction, and against the Civil Rights Movement. Come on.