Ours has always been a country of both law and—where Black Americans are concerned—lies.

RT @jeanguerre: As I just shared on @AymanMSNBC, the goal of Trump's deportations is NOT to rid this country of criminals. It's to radicall….

RT @nhannahjones: And yet, Black Americans, who are disproportionately working class, hold collectively close to zero wealth, who have the….

RT @nycjayjay: From Ipsos last month. People who answered factual questions about inflation, crime, and immigration incorrectly were "more….

RT @brianstelter: None of this is meant to diminish voters' feelings about issues. But as Ipsos observed last month, "the end result is tha….

RT @brianstelter: Check out this @Ipsos poll from last month. People who answered factual questions about inflation, crime, and immigration….

RT @brianstelter: It's a mistake to dismiss real dissatisfaction with the economy and the government as merely a product of right-wing prop….

RT @franklinleonard: I cannot emphasize enough how disturbing it is that Fulton and Dekalb county voting precincts were targeted for bomb t….

Thought so many times today about Laura Wooten, a woman I interviewed in 2018. She was 97, believed to be the longest serving poll worker in the US, and so clear eyed about democracy it was inspiring. She passed away in 2019 leaving quite the legacy.

RT @jbenton: New by me —>. It's not just @washingtonpost. Roughly 3/4 of major U.S. newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this c….

RT @RonBrownstein: Maybe its still ahead on Election Day but @TargetSmart early vote update as of 530 TODAY still shows no sign of big bro….

RT @oneunderscore__:

RT @Fly_Sistah: "Innocent Black people are about seven-and-a-half times more likely to be convicted of murder than innocent white people. T….

RT @Fly_Sistah: A 2022 National Registry of Exonerations report found innocent Black people were 7 times more likely to be wrongly convicte….

RT @kylegriffin1: Breaking:. Less than 50 days before the election, pro-Trump allies on the Georgia State Election Board just approved a ru….

One more thing, about that debate.

RT @timjacobwise: White folks have been calling Haitians savages for over 200 years, not because of what they eat, but because of who they….

RT @samstein: JD Vance acknowledges the cat and dog stories are urban legends and then rationalizes it (via CNN): “If I have to create stor….

So glad this was asked — by a Hatian American. Those making jokes about this are apparently blissfully unaware of America’s rich white lynch mob history.

RT @abbydphillip: Just fyi: when there is asymmetrical lying, there will be asymmetrical fact checking.

Tomorrow we awake to at least two genera of cat commentary.