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Dr. Lisa B. Thompson

@drlisabthompson

Playwright, writer, director, Patton Professor of African & African Diaspora Studies @UTAustin, and Black Austin Matters podcast co-host (@blackaustinkut).

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Trump is openly defying a Supreme Court order because he knows that in this moment, no one has the courage or desire to stand in his way. What consequence does he face? None. A Constitution can only be defended if someone is willing to uphold the law. Once he got immunity from

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#BREAKING: Legendary #Maddow: "What he [whistleblower] is saying is this. They [Department of Government Efficiency staffers] get in [NLRB systems], they structure their access once they are in there so nobody can see what they are doing while they are in there, while they are in there, LOTS OF DATA from this

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A tale of two movies: Similar deal structures. Similar budgets. One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend. The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second. And yet this is the coverage.

A tale of two movies:

Similar deal structures. Similar budgets. 

One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend. 

The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second. 

And yet this is the coverage.
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The point, since it’s Twitter and it needs to be made directly, is that the narrative and media context in which these two movies exist is DEEPLY biased, which redounds aggressively to the ways in which similar films and filmmakers will be valued in the future.

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Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we

Pope Francis was the rare leader who made us want to be better people. In his humility and his gestures at once simple and profound – embracing the sick, ministering to the homeless, washing the feet of young prisoners – he shook us out of our complacency and reminded us that we
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Our infrastructure is aging, agencies are underfunded, and 400 FAA staff were fired under Trump. It’s about time they start talking about solutions & stop scapegoating DEI. We need to reduce traffic in our airspace to keep people safe. It’s inconvenient, but safety has to be our

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Thanks to the advocacy of Black Alabamians and organizations like All On The Line, Black voters in Alabama will continue voting in fair congressional districts that allow them to elect candidates of their choice. This is a win for Alabama, and proof that progress is possible.

Thanks to the advocacy of Black Alabamians and organizations like <a href="/allontheline/">All On The Line</a>, Black voters in Alabama will continue voting in fair congressional districts that allow them to elect candidates of their choice. This is a win for Alabama, and proof that progress is possible.
Franklin Leonard (@franklinleonard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pretty sure the Copyright Act requires published work to be submitted to the Library of Congress. The notion that the Librarian of Congress was pushing adult content to children checking books out of the library is patently ludicrous.

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Jennings: We do not target people for land acquisition on the basis of race Blow: We absolutely do. If you look at how the interstate system was built, that was done all the time. They literally built the highway system through black neighborhoods.

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Connections Puzzle #713 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 One of today’s categories is dear to my heart!