Michael W. Twitty
@KosherSoul
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African American-Jewish ✡culinary historian/Author:THE COOKING GENE (HarperCollins) #LGBT 🏳️🌈JAMES BEARD AWARD 2018 KOSHERSOUL 2022 JEWISH BOOK OF THE YEAR
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https://t.co/fUmG4p4rlX Winner of the 2023 National Jewish Book Council Award for Book of the Year!
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Deep thanks to the Supreme Court sketch artist who produced this masterpiece as Justice Jackson schooled the birther-in-chief on #BirthrightCitizenship.
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, Donald Trump just made clear the U.S. government won’t fund childcare services because we’re a big country that’s fighting wars. No wonder the American people don’t think he cares about them. Wow.
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These. Are. Concentration. Camps.
ICE guards are betting on which detainee will kill themselves next. The AP just exposed the savage conditions of a detention camp in El Paso. The Associated Press got inside Camp East Montana. What they found should be on the front page of every newspaper in this country until
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Gov. Abbott, you have been in charge of Texas for 11 years, and under your watch, we have experienced a gun violence surge of over 60%. We have become the mass shooting capital of the United States. You defund public schools and refuse raises for teachers. Now you dare ask
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Reporter asked him send one message 50 years later! The young soldier spot on!
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As the Supreme Court is poised to rule on Trump’s request to end birthright citizenship - it might be a good time to mention the fact that Ivana was not a US citizen when Don Jr, Ivanka & Eric were born, and Melania was not a US citizen when Barron was born.
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In 2003, a German film crew followed a nomadic family in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. The film, The Story of the Weeping Camel, was nominated for an Oscar. A mother camel had rejected her newborn after a brutal two-day labour. Without her milk, the calf would die. The family knew
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🇨🇺 “Cuba is the nation that has shown the most solidarity with other nations in the world. Going as far as helping African countries in the battle for independence. So today, we are returning the favour.” - Brazil 🇧🇷
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Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever. When his mother asked for help, the staff said
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She was my cousin!
“The time has come, to pay attention to the Negro in Mississippi, who had not even had the leavings from the American political table." Victoria Gray Adams is a name that you never hear when discussing the civil rights movement. However her contributions helped form the movement
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The fact that @Variety chose Tim Meadows as the ‘face’ of DMV…an ensemble show led by a White actress…where he’s the only Black cast member. We see you, Variety. 🤨
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A burial site for enslaved people at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate was virtually unknown until 1983 when Sheila Coates came along.
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Thousands of families and students on school field trips visit George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate this of time year, and many will go to the slave memorial. But until 1983, that burial site for...
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Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23 She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24 Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method" It took 90 years before her original research papers were found (1/2) #FBA
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Before Trump was reelected ICE had a $10 billion yearly budget, they currently have $85 billion from Trump's BBB. ( 8.5 years worth ) Yet Republicans want you to believe that Democrats are shutting them down by not including them in TSA funding.
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Do you know how many people died to prevent that flag from ever being in that building.
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I just want to take a minute to wish everybody a happy springtime! 🌸
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Federal prosecutors seek to dismiss charges against two officers accused of falsifying the warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s killing
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Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the charges against two Louisville officers tied to the 2020 raid that killed Breonna Taylor.
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