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Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 44m

What happens when the very centers tracking climate risks are forced to shut down?
Three of America’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers are on the brink of closure, the South Central, Northeast, and Pacific Islands hubs. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateScience #EnvironmentalJustice #ScienceMatters

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 3h

The Supreme Court is debating Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal, while Congress pushes for the release of the Epstein files. When secret deals and powerful names collide with justice, the question is clear: who gets protected, and who gets silenced? Read more on Substack, link in bio.

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 18h

A gunman drove a truck into a Michigan church, opened fire, and set it ablaze, killing four people and injuring eight others during worship. The FBI says it was targeted violence. Explosives were found. Across the country, security is tightening at synagogues, mosques, and churches alike.

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 1d

Shutdowns aren’t dysfunction, they’re design. Project 2025 counts on chaos to force cuts. #Project2025 #GovernmentShutdown #PatternRecognition #PublicServices #StayWoke

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 1d

Two hundred National Guard troops have been sent into Portland under federal orders, told to use “full force.” That’s not a drill, it’s a constitutional red flag. The Posse Comitatus Act was meant to keep the military out of civilian life, except in rare emergencies under the Insurrection Act.

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Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 1d

Loyalty oaths weren’t just paperwork. They were a tool of fear and control. History is telling us to pay attention. 📜 #Receipts #HistoryMatters #PatternRecognition

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 2d

The FBI just cut ties with the ADL after decades of partnership on hate crime training. History shows what happens when law enforcement ignores extremism. #Project2025 #CivilRights #ADL #HateCrimes #PatternRecognition

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 2d

The Global Sumud Flotilla carried food, medicine, and hope. It was met with force. Over 200 detained. Critics say this blockade enforces starvation, not security. #Gaza #GlobalSolidarity #Flotilla #GretaThunberg #HumanRights

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 2d

Jared Kushner’s business ties to the UAE raise serious questions. When foreign policy overlaps with private deals, the public always loses. #ForeignPolicy #ConflictOfInterest #Corruption #MiddleEast #DemocracyWatch

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 2d

From cartel label to missile strikes—here’s how the groundwork for conflict with Venezuela was built. History warns us to pay attention. #ForeignPolicy #Venezuela #WarPowers #LegalFiction #NeverAgainIsNow

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 3d

Russell Vought isn’t just OMB director. He’s Project 2025’s budget enforcer. The receipts are in the cuts.
#TheArchitects #RussellVought #Project2025 #ReceiptsDontLie #FederalBudget #PowerAndPolicy

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 3d

$7.5B in clean energy funding canceled. 223 projects gone. The receipts show who loses and who wins. #CleanEnergy #ClimateJustice #Renewables #JobsLost #EnergyFuture

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 3d

Prosecutors fired. Cases reshaped by politics. National security jeopardized. The architects are dismantling justice. #TheArchitects #JusticeOnTrial #ReceiptsDontLie #DOJ #RuleOfLaw

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 3d

Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, Social Security. IRS multilingual services gone. Homelessness criminalized. The receipts are clear. #TheReceipts #SafetyNet #Medicaid #SNAP #SocialSecurity

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 4d

The second autopsy confirms what we’ve been saying, Trey Reed did not lynch himself. #JusticeForTreyReed ✊🏾 We remember, we resist, and we demand the truth. #SayHisName #StopLynching #BlackLivesMatter #ReceiptsDontLie

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Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 4d

Jared Kushner’s business ties to the UAE raise serious questions. When foreign policy overlaps with private deals, the public always loses. #ForeignPolicy #ConflictOfInterest #Corruption #MiddleEast #DemocracyWatch

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 4d

Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington, then was sidelined for being openly gay. History owes him his place. #TheArchitects #BayardRustin #CivilRightsHistory #HiddenFigures #BlackHistory

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 4d

Financial pressure, FCC threats, and defunding NPR/PBS, it all adds up to a coordinated attack on free media. History shows who loses when the press is silenced. #TheReceipts #FreePress #MediaFreedom #NPR #PBS

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 5d

They said Project 2025 wasn’t real. Today we got confirmation straight from the source. The receipts are undeniable. #Project2025 #TheReceipts #PoliticalEducation #KnowThePlaybook #ProtectDemocracy

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 5d

She’s young, ambitious, and one of the new architects of American politics. Here’s why Karoline Leavitt matters, and why history tells us to pay attention to the people behind the headlines. #TheArchitects #PoliticalPower #MediaAndPolitics #PatternRecognition #PowerBehindTheCurtain

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 6d

Episode 3 looks at social issues, where your rights now depend on the state you live in. One border can mean the difference between access and criminalization, reproductive rights, gender-affirming care, school curriculums, and even policing practices shift dramatically state by state.

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 6d

In 1811, along Louisiana’s German Coast, over 500 enslaved people launched the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. They marched toward New Orleans demanding freedom, only to face brutal suppression. Dozens were killed, leaders executed, & their heads put on spikes along the Mississippi River.

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 6d

Trump invoked a “war from within” and cost taxpayers millions for a partisan summit. The receipts are in the details. #TheReceipts #WarFromWithin #MilitaryPolitics #TaxpayerWaste #CivilLiberties

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 7d

When tech and media settle instead of standing firm, free speech suffers. Follow the money, follow the power. #TheReceipts #MediaFreedom #FreePress #Censorship #BigTech

Smart Brown Girl @smartbrowngirl.bsky.social · 7d

In Sudan’s Darfur region, more than 250,000 people are trapped in El Fashir, the last city outside RSF control. Families are eating animal feed, hospitals have collapsed, women and children are being targeted, and satellite images show the city encircled by 31 km of earthen walls, a kill box.