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Syreeta McFadden
@reetamac.bsky.social
· Aug 19
A lot of this *waves hand in the air* really tells me that the 2020 worked. The ferocity and speed of breaking the whole society down in service to Stupid Thanos’ conception of society, self, reality underscores it.
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Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
February 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Someone tell Hillary that this is her husband’s legacy too
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and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
Demoralized Democrats Have a Road Map for Success in Trump’s America. It Was Written by Jesse Jackson.
Jesse Jackson first ran for president during the national farm bust of the early 1980s. Debt for farmers had exploded from $85 billion in 1976 to $216 ...
www.slate.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
and i wrote this a decade ago about jackson as the model response to trump-style politics www.slate.com/articles/new...
Accounts with basic glyphs or symbols for their avis have the wildest and moronic takes in replies to some of the smartest folks, and I just… smh.
February 17, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Accounts with basic glyphs or symbols for their avis have the wildest and moronic takes in replies to some of the smartest folks, and I just… smh.
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The first presidential campaign I remember in detail was that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. It had a monumental effect on my worldview and politics. I don’t valorize politicians, but I respect leaders. RIP
#JesseJackson
#JesseJackson
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The first presidential campaign I remember in detail was that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. It had a monumental effect on my worldview and politics. I don’t valorize politicians, but I respect leaders. RIP
#JesseJackson
#JesseJackson
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Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Jesse and Martin. 🕊️🖤✊🏾
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I called Jackson again about a year later, in July 2020, on the day John Lewis died.
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The World John Lewis Helped Create
Black leaders pause to reflect on the civil-rights icon and representative from Georgia, who spent decades calling for activism and “good trouble.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I called Jackson again about a year later, in July 2020, on the day John Lewis died.
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
He talked about Lewis's moral clarity, what patriotism really means, and about the rebirth of democracy in the 60s.
"Our modern democracy was born in front of that bridge." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Jesse Jackson – a life in pictures
The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a pioneer of progressive Democratic politics, close ally of Martin Luther King Jr, and two-time candidate for the presidential nomination, has died at 84
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
“Jackson is arrested in 1993 after blocking 5th Avenue as part of a group protesting against the Clinton administration’s policy of maintaining a detention camp for Haitian political refugees who were HIV positive”
Remember this history as we remember this man.
Remember this history as we remember this man.
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The same coverup pattern that happened w the killing of Renee Good is happening again with Alex Pretti.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
FBI refuses to share evidence of Alex Pretti’s killing with Minnesota investigators
Officials warn against Justice Department’s ‘concerning and unprecedented’ refusal to support local authorities
www.the-independent.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The same coverup pattern that happened w the killing of Renee Good is happening again with Alex Pretti.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
They're doing this bc of their "standard" investigation - you know, the one where they "find" things to backup their "theories" they put out immediately after they murdered him.
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thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
![Jesse Jackson: Well, first of all, we had been freed without being made equal. There’s historical continuity between blacks being amassed in prison after 246 years of legal slavery. When there was a contest about it [in Dred Scott v. Sandford], the Supreme Court ruled that blacks had no rights. [After emancipation and the Civil War] those who had been slave masters became segregation masters. They took our freedom away from us; they began to lock up blacks by the thousands to do prison labor, farm labor—the whole range. They just put us back in slavery.
We finally, in 1954, broke the backbone—legally—of that system [with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision], but we were never—there was never repair for damage done. Two hundred and forty-six years of slavery, then legal Jim Crow and [nearly] 5,000 lynchings without a conviction. And even today, discrimination by extension of that system has not completely ended.
So we had been fighting for repair. We fought against the barbarism for our freedom; now we’re fighting for our equality. We are the foundation of American society—not the bottom, the foundation. When the Declaration of Independence came, we had been enslaved for 157 years. We made cotton king. We are due a different kind of recognition.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4vkwol5raj4hnslvsqvmpiqw/bafkreic4dao7rhh7274jfmz3jjnb6s3ak5c2ag75h4jha7mgli3r3fqbey@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
thinking about the conversation I had with Jesse Jackson in 2019:
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
"The truth of slavery—that Africans subsidized America’s wealth—that truth will not go away. It’s buried right now, but as each generation becomes much more serious, it will be grappled with." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
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Did y'all know that NYC was such a slave city that Mayor Fernando Wood proposed that NYC secede from the Union? www.untappedcities.com/on-this-day-...
How many New Yorkers do we think know this today?
How many New Yorkers do we think know this today?
On This Day in NYC History, January 7th, 1861: A Motion for Manhattan to Secede from the Union - Untapped New York
Mayor Fernando Wood motioned to have Manhattan secede from the union and become a free and independent city.
www.untappedcities.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Did y'all know that NYC was such a slave city that Mayor Fernando Wood proposed that NYC secede from the Union? www.untappedcities.com/on-this-day-...
How many New Yorkers do we think know this today?
How many New Yorkers do we think know this today?
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ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE
According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.
www.wtoc.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
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Few things are more professionally frustrating than having an untalented manager insisting on themselves and their right to heavily edit your work. The only thing you can do is hope they get distracted or plan to leave.
From the @status.news on Anderson Cooper's decision not to renew his contract at CBS.
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
"Weiss not only failed to persuade Cooper to grow his footprint at the network, but ultimately helped chase him away from it entirely."
February 17, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Few things are more professionally frustrating than having an untalented manager insisting on themselves and their right to heavily edit your work. The only thing you can do is hope they get distracted or plan to leave.
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Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972)
YouTube video by Nightloop
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:33 PM
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Stephen Colbert has brilliantly played the political censorship by both the FCC and effectively his own employer - CBS . Told he couldn’t air an interview with Democrat James Talarico on broadcast - he went ahead and did it anyway on YouTube
February 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Stephen Colbert has brilliantly played the political censorship by both the FCC and effectively his own employer - CBS . Told he couldn’t air an interview with Democrat James Talarico on broadcast - he went ahead and did it anyway on YouTube
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The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM
The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
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There’s a thing he thinks he can own by smearing his name on it, but that is just a husk, and this is its beating heart.
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
There’s a thing he thinks he can own by smearing his name on it, but that is just a husk, and this is its beating heart.
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The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:09 PM
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
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Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
February 17, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson's "I *am* somebody..." remains one of the all-time great pieces of 20th century rhetoric / agitprop
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
And he could deliver it at a Black separatist meeting, the Democratic National Convention, or on god-blessed Sesame Street (see below 🥹)
RIP to the Voice of the Voiceless
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I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
I often think about the fact that if the FBI et al had not killed Fred Hampton, he would be 78 today. Younger than Jesse Jackson was. Must have felt strange to outlive many of your contemporaries by decades.
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There’s no President Barack Obama without Jesse Jackson. It just doesn’t happen.
February 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM
There’s no President Barack Obama without Jesse Jackson. It just doesn’t happen.
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Epstein’s project was narcissistic AND ideological and the ideology was “get rid of women’s and gender studies” and it basically organized for the environment where it became normal for a centrist publication to attack women’s and gender studies funders in the way The Atlantic is attacking Mellon
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The best synthesis I have seen so far of things I knew or had put together from various sources but had not really seen pulled together 🧪
Importantly, I don’t think these academics were an aberration. I think a lot of scientists would have entered these circles, given the option.
The best synthesis I have seen so far of things I knew or had put together from various sources but had not really seen pulled together 🧪
Importantly, I don’t think these academics were an aberration. I think a lot of scientists would have entered these circles, given the option.
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Epstein’s project was narcissistic AND ideological and the ideology was “get rid of women’s and gender studies” and it basically organized for the environment where it became normal for a centrist publication to attack women’s and gender studies funders in the way The Atlantic is attacking Mellon
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This bit about the Mellon Foundation happening at the same time as the Epstein files is a coincidence but they are connected in that they are both about how under capitalism intellectual work is dependent on the largesse of robber baron tax shells and when one does something useful, they’re policed
February 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
This bit about the Mellon Foundation happening at the same time as the Epstein files is a coincidence but they are connected in that they are both about how under capitalism intellectual work is dependent on the largesse of robber baron tax shells and when one does something useful, they’re policed