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I will never betray my heart. Activist. Organizer. Educator || @PodSaveThePpl || Author || IG: iamderay || deray @campaignzero .org || 📲410.204.2013

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another day down.
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the end of an era.
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#BREAKING Toys R Us to file for bankruptcy according to Bloomberg. Amazon competition & kids wanting tablets not toys has hurt the company.
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Chance The Rapper. Juke Jam. Tiny Desk.
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they are working hard to make this guy the non-terrorist.
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Las Vegas suspect was prescribed medication that can cause aggression: report
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If black folks were carrying torches on a college campus right now the administration would've already called the National Guard.
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6 years
I haven’t laughed this hard in a while. I needed this.
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the “costume” should’ve been a young white man, no?
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A Pennsylvania school district did a shooting safety drill with a teacher dressed in an Arab headscarf, or kaffiyeh. It says it was part of a "costume" not meant to represent a specific culture. Local Muslim groups called it "appalling." (Image: Penn-Trafford School District)
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7 years
He's rested & has a glow about him. The man is back.
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4 years
Y’all, Trump has to go. This isn’t a debate. He has to go.
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7 years
To Trump, the NFL Players are mere property and he is calling out to their “owners” to discipline them for speaking. This sounds familiar.
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7 years
thread. I had no clue.
@khayadlanga
Khaya Dlanga
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Many of us know this famous picture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. But few know the bravery and tragedy of the white guy, Peter Norman.
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real.
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he just lies so effortlessly.
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@deray
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6 years
racist*
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The Hill
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NEW POLL: Majority of Americans think Trump is biased against black people
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5 years
perfect.
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DEFEATED: Kim Davis, Who Refused to Issue Marriage Licenses to Gay Couples, Has Lost Her County Clerk Seat
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8 years
when the folks trying to take you down don't realize that God has a greater plan:
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@toekneerlynos “y’all we leaving right now” is a mood.
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@deray
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8 years
Obama. Boom.
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@deray
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6 years
pollen, y’all. they arrested this man for pollen.
@TheRoot
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#DrivingWhileBlack : A black man, who doesn't even smoke, was pulled over by cops because he had "vegetation" on his windshield and cops wanted to run tests:
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5 years
Did you use a library in 2018? (I’m at a talk where it’s being said that more people access and use services at libraries than people assume.)
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@deray
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7 years
But we only had cell phones and they called us violent.
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They literally broke into the United States Capitol building, had their feet propped up on Nancy Pelosi’s desk, had Congresspeople hiding in closets — and they want to tell us that we can’t stand on the sidewalk outside of Kavanaugh’s house? Nah.
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7 years
my president is black.
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Black folks elected Doug Jones. FYI. #AlabamaSenateElection
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watch whiteness work.
@VICE
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22-year-old who assaulted a teenage girl gets sentencing delayed so that it wouldn't interfere with his internship:
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I just tested positive for COVID-19. I lost my sense of taste about a week ago — a mild symptom, the doctor said. Quarantine has now turned into isolation. Luckily, taste is beginning to come back. The doc expects me to recover fully, told me to call if I have any chest pains.
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@deray
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7 years
when racism, bigotry, and sexism are jokes because they don't quite affect you.
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"negative news = fake news" is the beginning of tyranny.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.
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Ben Carson being stuck in an elevator in a public housing building is God reminding us that she always has the last word.
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6 years
I never knew how rubber bands were made!
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@deray
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3 years
I've been in this legal battle since Nov 2016 and the Supreme Court vacated the 5th Circuit decision against me that said that individual organizers can be civilly liable for injuries/damages. This is win for every organizer & activist. Let's keep fighting.
@CNN
CNN
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The Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay McKesson, wiping away a lower court opinion related to protests.
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7 years
mood:
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Denzel. Boom.
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this is a gem.
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I don’t trust any journalist that isn’t wholeheartedly supporting Jim @Acosta right now.
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John Legend is the friend we all need and that some simply don't deserve.
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@deray
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6 years
but where is the photo of the cop?
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"killed by bullet"
@ABC
ABC News
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California teen killed by bullet after LA County deputies open fire on charging pit bull, sheriff's office says.
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tears, this is hilarious.
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6 years
Y’all have got to be kidding me. They really are trying every angle they can to blame him for his murder. This is sick.
@FOX4
FOX 4 NEWS
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DEVELOPING: Search warrant: Marijuana found in Botham Jean’s apartment after deadly shooting
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This NRA ad is an open call to violence to protect white supremacy. If I made a video like this, I'd be in jail.
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This is not about changing history, this is about choosing the history we celebrate. We shouldn't celebrate an ideology of hatred.
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This recording of Trump should force him to withdraw his name from the race. He is simply not fit to lead.
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Trump mocking a Spanish accent when he says Puerto Rico is gross. Let it end.
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Don had enough. We've all had enough.
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Barack & Michelle got the glow.
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of all time.
@thefader
The FADER
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. @iamcardib 's "Bodak Yellow" is the longest running No. 1 by a solo woman rapper of all time.
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Now, y’all know that this is because she’s unafraid to talk about the racism in this country. We are with you, @jemelehill .
@Deadspin
Deadspin
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ESPN suspends Jemele Hill two weeks for no good reason:
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why does “being the bigger person” often feel like another form of accepting abuse and/or enabling awful behaviors?
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she assaulted an officer and had to write an apology letter? watch whiteness work.
@SunSentinel
South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Woman who hit cop at football game has to write apology letter
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what?
@TheRoot
The Root
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19-year-old California girl punched in the mouth, bitten by police dog after being mistaken for large black man
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This Presidency must end. The thought that some people were shot and afraid to seek care is unreal.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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CNN reports that local officials in El Paso believe some mass shooting victims didn’t seek medical treatment because of their immigration status. America is in dire shape.
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4 years
Warren gets 100% of the credit for getting Bloomberg outta here.
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#PhilandoCastile 's mother spoke after the verdict. Watch & listen:
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I love her.
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Warren deserved so much more.
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Let today be the beginning of the end of Mitch McConnell.
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Trump. Colin. 2016.
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He had an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun, a handgun & several rounds of ammunition & apparently he just wanted to keep his small arsenal safe by bringing them to the hotel on NYE. Watch whiteness work. Y’all.
@ImJessicaWilley
Jessica Willey
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Breaking: Russell Ziemba, 49, is the man arrested at downtown #Hyatt with weapons. He told police he was there to celebrate #NYE , brought weapons in so they wouldn’t get stolen. @houstonpolice believe he had no intent to use them. #ABC13
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real.
@Newsweek
Newsweek
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Michelle Obama: "I have been at every powerful table you can think of...They are not that smart"
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Build This Wall. Brooklyn. #MuslimBan .
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40 people have died. FYI.
@jconline
Journal & Courier
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California wildfires: Is your favorite wine in danger?
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Trump is determined to undo every positive thing that the first black president ever did, piece by piece.
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watch whiteness work.
@SavannahGuthrie
Savannah Guthrie
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Sitting down with Nicholas Sandmann - the student at the center of the protest controversy at the Lincoln Memorial. Airs tomorrow on @TODAYshow
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real life hungry-hungry hippo, brilliant.
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These are domestic terrorists. And remember, we showed up with cell phones and got tear gassed.
@nycjim
Jim Roberts
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Protesters, including white nationalist Richard Spencer, were carrying torches. Mayor compares it to a KKK rally.
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Now, if you're unwilling to talk about what this data means, then you're not ready to talk about the work ahead.
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Can you impeach a president before they take the oath? I'm asking for a friend.
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Kanye’s rhetoric continues to fuel the racist right-wing folks who believe that black people are responsible for their oppression.
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what the f*ck did she just say?
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Black drug dealers: 284720 years in jail White drug dealers: casual interview
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TMZ
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Demi Lovato's drug dealer breaks his silence on what happened the night of her OD. Full video:
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If a private citizen walked into someone else’s apartment and shot them dead, there’s no way we’d have the mayor of the city explaining it away as “the shooter parked on the wrong floor.” Why do we make these excuses for the police?
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Y'all, @chancetherapper has a gift. This is incredible.
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@deray
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7 years
What kind of person brags about defunding peacekeeping?!
@AmbNikkiHaley
Archive: Ambassador Nikki Haley
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"Just 5 months into our time here, we've cut over half a billion $$$ from the UN peacekeeping budget & we’re only getting started.”
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I can’t believe that the 6th branch of the military was created & was called Space Force. Don’t ever believe them when they tell you there’s no money for healthcare, social welfare programs, or education. They found money for an entire branch of the military we don’t need.
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Reminder: Donald Trump is racist.
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Did he just say slaves?
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mood:
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When you say, "I'm going to kill this motherfucker," then shoot him 5 times, you're no public servant, you're a murderer. #JasonStockley
@GLFOP
National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)
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When you throw bricks at police, you are not protestors. You are rioters
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5 years
of course.
@UPROXX
UPROXX
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Lori Loughlin's husband is apparently a vocal Trump supporter who complains about people not 'carrying their own weight'
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7 years
this is all one big joke.
@thehill
The Hill
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#BREAKING : Ivanka Trump used personal email to conduct government work: report
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4 years
Remember, the violence that caused all of this was the violence of the police. We did not start this.
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@deray
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2017.
@Essence
ESSENCE
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A White teenager has been charged with burning down a Black church In Louisiana:
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This should be a blowout and it isn’t. White people need to ramp up organizing white people.
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The @FBI visited my house when I said there would be protests at the convention. If I said this, I'd be in jail.
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6 years
. @NRA , why did you have a picture of me on the screen at your convention yesterday?
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I just donated to the fund to unseat Sen. Collins. I can’t wait for her political career to end. Her pledge to vote for Kavanaugh is a disgrace.
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I️ still can’t believe that Trump calls Warren Pocahontas and that’s not in and of itself a scandal to his party.
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Rest In Power, #PhilandoCastile . No justice, no peace.
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Denzel is out here preaching again.
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@deray
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8 years
he simply wasn't ready. she was.
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@deray
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6 years
It’s odd to me that so many people people need some new book to finally accept that Trump is clueless, racist, inept, and has nobody’s interests but his own at his core. We been knew this.
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Tell your father.
@IvankaTrump
Ivanka Trump
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1:2 There should be no place in society for racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis.
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John Kelly is not a victim. John Kelly is an accomplice.
@NewYorker
The New Yorker
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John Kelly is the latest victim of a President who sullies the reputations of those who work with and for him.
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think about all the stories like this that never make headlines.
@abc_columbia
ABC Columbia
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Officer fired for "abusing his authority" by pulling over daughter's boyfriend
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48.2+56.6 = 104.8
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