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Bree of the House Newsome. First of Her Name. Climber of the Pole. Flagslayer. @BreeNewsome http://t.co/LFgDXWOBEK
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Ol' QWERTY Bastard (@TheDiLLon1) June 27, 2015Yes. I hope I get the call to direct the motion picture about a black superhero I admire. Her name is @BreeNewsome. http://t.co/BgMeaNsbYk
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Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) June 27, 2015****
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Bree Newsome
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Beautiful Bree makes a good case for Black girl fitness-neva know when you have to climb a poll & tear some racists ish down #FreeBree
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MichaelaAngela Davis (@MichaelaAngelaD) June 27, 2015Drop any charges against Bree, activist arrested for taking down the Confederate flag at South... fb.me/25E8pC6Le
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Harry Belafonte (@harrybelafonte) June 27, 2015****
Yes, TOD. This is the perfect example of what you can call money well spent
Bail Fund for @BreeNewsome! Give what you can, if you can: indiegogo.com/projects/bail-…
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Ashley C. Ford (@iSmashFizzle) June 27, 2015Non-POC ask often how they can be an ally. James Tyson, who stood at the base of the flag pole as @BreeNewsome climbed. THAT'S an ally.
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April (@ReignOfApril) June 27, 2015****
Most iconic pic of 2014, next to the most iconic pic of 2015 http://t.co/U9bKylFTDv
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L'Engineer (@GPL_) June 27, 2015Keep in mind: a Black woman removed Confed flag frm SC Capitol on same day 2 Black women victims of #EmanuelAME shooting will b laid to rest
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DMo Birfday #June27 (@PercivalPenman) June 27, 2015****
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Just a note. @BreeNewsome isn't a "ninja." She is a Black woman with purpose. Write that down. #FreeBree #BlackGirlsAreMagic
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April (@ReignOfApril) June 27, 2015This pic will go down in history! Put it in the textbooks!!!! http://t.co/GMzcEujF6w
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Syd . (@MulannMonroe) June 27, 2015****
.@BreeNewsome is not just an activist or protestor. She is an organizer and a part of a community of leaders. #droptheflag #FreeBree
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Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) June 27, 2015Taking down racist symbols shouldn't be a crime but rather applauded 👏🏿👏🏿. #FreeBree http://t.co/zTEjzSLXps
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Abdiraxman (@AbdiNoir) June 27, 2015****
Need a min to recollect myself. She did what *generations* of free & enslaved Americans wanted to do. Bree. A young black woman. #Charleston
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(@Semhar) June 27, 2015Cuz she a hero #FreeBree #BLACKGIRLMAGIC #still http://t.co/rOg1Qai1tP
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GOD (@Niall_JayDub) June 27, 2015****
I hope SC police followed standard procedure and bought Bree a Double Bacon Whopper combo with strawberry milkshake on the way to jail.
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Yung Washcloth (@DatAinoDamPuppy) June 27, 2015#FreeBree funder fills with cash for black woman arrested for pulling Confederate flag down ow.ly/OSpUl http://t.co/90HRXDhBFU
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Raw Story (@RawStory) June 27, 2015****
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ok dustin
@dblanchard @phillybosslady http://t.co/a6f06yHEFk
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darth!™ (@darth) June 27, 2015Bree Newsome just took down the Confederate flag in South Carolina, all by herself
vnty.fr/1QVPGWQ #FreeBree
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VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 27, 2015****
She came. She saw. She Conquered. #FreeBree http://t.co/qaOMSqkyIH
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WORLDSTARHIPHOP (@WORLDSTAR) June 27, 2015"Well behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich #FreeBree bit.ly/1KhIX3V twitter.com/Bipartisanism/…
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jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) June 27, 2015****
This brought tears to my eyes, I love every little thing about this activist moment! I am ENCOURAGED & INSPIRED! twitter.com/deray/status/6…
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(@bevysmith) June 27, 2015Freedom is never willing given by the oppressor, but must be demanded by the oppressed. She demanded. #FreeBree http://t.co/fFQQR0QLQW
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Quirky Brown Love (@QuirkyBrownLove) June 27, 2015****
Hey @TIME - here's your photo of the year #FreeBree http://t.co/c25o6434Hm
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Brad Abraham (@NotBradAbraham) June 27, 2015Bigots are burning down Black churches, killing Black people & you're mad that @BreeNewsome took down a flag? Your bigotry is showing.
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Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) June 27, 2015****
#FreeBree because @BreeNewsome be like: http://t.co/dTScaOfCom
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Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) June 27, 2015Thank you, @BreeNewsome. #FreeBree http://t.co/Y2YwHCDAVF
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Eric Haywood (@EricHaywood) June 27, 2015****
Shout out to @BreeNewsome for proving how disingenuous @nikkihaley is for pretending she wanted action on the flag while leaving it there.
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 27, 2015Newsflash: if @nikkihaley really wanted the flag down, she could've ordered it down like the Governor of AL, and dared the opposition to sue
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Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) June 27, 2015****
The strength of @BreeNewsome as she carried millions with her on the climb. Sometimes enough is enough. #TakeDownTheFlag #FreeBree
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Steve Walker (@stevenlwalker) June 27, 2015She was brave enough to do what states have been to stubborn and racist to do for so many years and took down the flag #FreeBree
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(♡˘◡˘♡) (@highshwaisted) June 27, 2015****
Mug shots Bree Newsome and James Tyson, both arrested for taking down the flag. #FreeBree #FreeJames http://t.co/3eDvYJtisU
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Clara Jeffery (@ClaraJeffery) June 27, 2015Dear racist, by YOUR estimation, THIS man was also a "criminal".. #FreeBree http://t.co/AP2ditisCm
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Manny's Thoughts ® (@MannySpeaks101) June 27, 2015****
That picture of @BreeNewsome scaling the pole and removing the confederate flag is power. #keepitdown #FreeBree
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Ryan Dalton (@capetownbrown) June 27, 2015What. A. Badass. #FreeBree http://t.co/wgd7ibTrkP
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badass woman alert (@badass_w) June 27, 2015****
Black love to the sister @BreeNewsome who courageously climbed & removed the Confederate flag from the state house http://t.co/3KOnDOL9p6
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zellie (@zellieimani) June 27, 2015I woke up to a photo of a Black woman dismantling symbolic racism. #Blackgirlsaremagic. #FreeBree @breenewsome http://t.co/s7N2H7xoNk
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Halfrican American (@lenubienne) June 27, 2015****
Jacqueline O’Boomer
I’ll Do It, She Said
The young black woman stood her ground
Knew the hateful flag was meant to come down
Donned her gear and started her climb
Climbed out of the slave slip, one leg at a time
Climbed out of the plantation, with its whips and chains
Climbed out of segregation, everything to gain
Climbed into the voting booth, her name to apply
Voted for equality, with a tear in her eye
Voted with her feet just the other day
Said this hateful flag wasn’t put here to stay
God smiled at her climb, from up above
And her image is now an icon of love
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The Obama Diary 
Will “Hi” do?
Dratz…should have know you were lurking 🙂
/affronted – I was not ‘lurking’! I opened the village gate at just the right moment after supper! /
I was watching the U.S. Track & Field championships and apparently that was not enough inspiration to win the gold here 😎
It’s kinda funny to me, but I never remember that sports are happening until you (or CC, Lib_L, Amk …. mention it. For example your T & F comment here reminded me that women soccer is probably not over yet and the PanAm Games are upcoming. 😀 😀
England and Canada……playing in Canada for the last spot in the semis is about to start…you don’t watch t.v. but ever hear of picking up a paper 😀
/nose in the air/ I get my news from the Obama Diary – it ain’t there; it ain’t worth fretting about! 🙂
🙂 ⭐
TY /said with a bow/
Hi VC – you did it!
🙂 Happy Saturday to you, JF.
Happy Birthday Judith! 🍰😊
Did I beat, AMK?
you are in my spot.
That is what you get for becoming a rickshaw driver….getting stuck in traffic from the airport cost you
Do I… No, I don’t want to know.
we don’t have rickshaws any more, you dumbass.
What consumes AMK’s life in two tweets:
You’re weekend laugh
Yes, you sure did!
Yep! 😀 😀 Great timing on your return, VC!
Y, TY!
Fantastic tweets Nerdy, thank you, and that artwork is just beautiful.
You’re welcome, Chiparoo.
What a historic week.
Racist homophobic healthcare and fair housing denying folks must be writhing in impotent anger.
Oh Happy Day! 🙂
Like I just told one of our volunteers: For one brief shining moment, the world decided not to suck. That’ll keep me going.
Chips, do you know how to insert a .mp4 into tweets?
[video src="https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CIiGK0GWoAAKJL1.mp4" /]
I figured out .gif but they have to be under 3MB in the ‘add photo’ part……but I don’t even know how to create an .mp4 let alone insert into a tweet so that it doesn’t just show up as a “blue link” ….would be a great help if you have the time-TY
I tried figuring it out once LP, but gave up. I was never able to embed it so that the video showed up, but there is obviously a way! 😕
I know right? It is like unless you produce the content via a cell phone video yourself or are a T.V/news network and have editing software you have it don’t work. I figured out how to transfer twitpic video but that is simply copy and pasting the URL like youtube
EX:
…was hoping my Jedi master would have answers 🙂 ….off to waste another few hours before giving up again!
Bree made it to India too.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2015/jun/28/liveupdates.htm
Not much gets by your media….and that is a good thang
THIS.IS.CNN:
Now the reporter is denying she ever reported it. I mean, THERE’S TAPE!!
What? Give me a break….I’ve been busy going to go through my TL and see if can get to the bottom of this. Apparently they had poor Peter Bergen there for NS analysis and I haven’t seen that portion or what he might have said either!
Really? “It could be gobbledy gook” says she never said that?
Lovely poem, Jackie.
Thanks, Bill. And thanks for bringing it over, NW.
Jacqueline, Poet Laureate of TOD, so appreciate your words.
Co-signing. Loved the poem.
Means a lot to me coming from “all y’all.” 🙂
It was beautiful Jaqueline. ☺️
Thanks so much.
You have a great talent. Have you always written poetry?
Thanks. I’ve dabbled in it since age 15!
Congrats VC!! 🙂
Well done, as always, NW!!! TY
Bless her heart! Hope there is an invitation to the WH for her soon! She is The Rose in a Fisted Glove!
Vicki asked, in the previous thread, if any of us were tracking world events and specifically mentioned Greece and a very important Paul Krugman essay on the topic.
I have been paying close attention because Tsipras appears truly ready to lead – for all the right reasons.
I also urge all of you to read Krugman’s essay. It begins ….
“Until now, every warning about an imminent breakup of the euro has proved wrong. Governments, whatever they said during the election, give in to the demands of the troika; meanwhile, the ECB steps in to calm the markets. This process has held the currency together, but it has also perpetuated deeply destructive austerity — don’t let a few quarters of modest growth in some debtors obscure the immense cost of five years of mass unemployment.
As a political matter, the big losers from this process have been the parties of the center-left, whose acquiescence in harsh austerity — and hence abandonment of whatever they supposedly stood for — does them far more damage than similar policies do to the center-right.
It seems to me that the troika — I think it’s time to stop the pretense that anything changed, and go back to the old name — expected, or at least hoped, that Greece would be a repeat of this story. Either Tsipras would do the usual thing, abandoning much of his coalition and probably being forced into alliance with the center-right, or the Syriza government would fall. And it might yet happen.
But at least as of right now Tsipras seems unwilling to fall on his sword. Instead, faced with a troika ultimatum, he has scheduled a referendum on whether to accept. This is leading to much hand-wringing and declarations that he’s being irresponsible, but he is, in fact, doing the right thing, for two reasons.”
Looks like Sachs is on the same page, Bob.
Tsipras letter to Greek citizens:
BTW, Global I replied to your comments on the last thread.
Don’t have milk for coffee. hmmmm… otth, uncorked bottle of port is on hand…..
#gifplacement – showoff
#jj
@ye-ay
yours ever – always yours?
kinda repeating yourself, arentya?
Try ‘yea’ with attitude.
yer not even close.
medal for trying, please
nope.
Will keep your fab toons for tomorrow, thank you Mister!
anytime you feel like.
It will be massively monsterly majestically magnificently marvelously helpful tomorrow – thank you again!
desk, desk, … where is my friggin desk?
got my own
Confirmed: Bree Newsome and James Tyson have been released!
Yay!!!
Hugely symbolic!!!!
#TrustBarack
Sticking it in Erdogan’s …… eye ……
And, YPG just keep on kicking Daesh butt ….
#TrustBarack
Strong, purposed, determined, spiritual, and beautiful in all meanings of the word: Bree Newsome. She is the essence of noble womanhood and lady liberty. How proud her parents must be. I am filled with tears of awe and gratitude.
Yes, Bree Newsome’s dad is very well known and admired …. http://www.trustees.duke.edu/trustees/bios/newsome.php
Ha….OK, then….
they’re probably more relevant ? wtf? the dood is as old as methuselah, right? Or is he rip van winkle?
amk…glad to see I am not the only one who can see this clearly. Not only does he look old, but his ideas and his communication style seems archaic to me.
My response to Bernie: Bye, Felecia!
Bernie needs to have a seat. I like and respect him but POTUS? Not going to happen.
This young woman of courage, fortitude and faith, would be mighty hungry before she would eat some crummy food like a double whopper, fries and a crappy milkshake. She is way too fit and healthy to put that trash into her strong body!! Bless her!
If there is an Oscar for YouTube, this one takes all places!
Greek parliament voting on calling a referendum on EU creditor conditions.
Good article about Ms. Bree Newsome – includes a brief biography and explanation from those who knew her about what kind of person she is;
Please take time read this piece;
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-bree-newsome-20150627-story.html
The quotes from the two lawmakers are just more of the same, generations-long shit that we have heard to excuse inaction. It is time to stop pacifying the racist and to get on with what we all know must be done.
I am also not surprised that Niki Hailey was blowing smoke on this issue; all talk and no action. The time for conversations are long over; it is time for immediate action.
If there is an Oscar for YouTube, this one takes all places!
Wonder will he pay her all that loot he was dangling on Twitter the other day, when he hadn’t the guts to do it himself 🙄
so it is true then? that he offered money?
one even accused of him paying himself 160K out of donations he received. scammer?
He makes my skin crawl. He offered varying amounts, I think $10,000 was the highest, to anyone who took the flag down.
Why wouldn’t the keyboard warrior do it himself, instead of encouraging someone else to get in to trouble?
And why does this guy always bring money in to it?
Any way, he was called out left, right and center, so deleted the tweets.
And then he was trumped today by that other dick Michael Moore offering to pay bail.
As for whether he’s a scammer – I don’t know, lots of questions, not sure if he’s answered them all. But what I do know, he’s a self-promoting prick. This is all about him.
he did give out the vibe of poutrage peddler during the STL killing.
Lotsa peeps in shaun’s TL asking how much did he pay. Apparently he promised 10K to whoever took the pos down. A few even accuse him of being a grifter.
Another thing that I noticed about the awesome Bree takes charge video: no way were the Ranger Ricks who waited to arrest her were agile or strong enough to go after her. If she wanted to she could have hung there for hours and they would not have been able to do a thing about it. What a woman!
Awesome sight, wasn’t it?
Next person up there, should actually burn that damned flag while atop the pole and on the way down apply a corrosive agent on the pole, so it’ll melt away!
Sounds like you’ve given that last part some lofty thought yourself, Dudette! Ha. I wouldn’t be surprised!
Precisely what I was thinking too, CEB. All their shouting of “Ma’am, Ma’am, come down from the pole”!! Laughable!! Let the fools show their true worth – less – ness.
I am just glad they didn’t pull a gun on her or inflict some violence after she came down.
How soon do you think it was before Bree had a phone call from POTUS!! HaHa!! He would just love this, and see her as a fine role model for Malia and Sasha!! Malia turns 17 next Saturday!! Let there be fireworks and parades!!
great collection of tweets Nerdy. I was out this morning and didn’t even know this had happened until I got home later!
For Bree: words from Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”:
You may write me down in history/With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt/But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?/Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops./Weakened by my soulful cries.
Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise.
Yes!
Walks the walk.
Nikki Haley is a coward. If she wanted that damn thing up for the KKK, she should have come and done it herself!
Vote. Register others to vote. Vote in every election. Without fail. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! GOP has got to go!
This is really just beyond, to me. Makes my blood boil.
typical cowards. why didn’t any of the confederates hoist that pos?
Insult to injury. I guess he was too afraid of losing his job to protest.
that was my thought, too. Don’t fault him. I fault the ones that expected him to do that!
he could have declined.
Our globalcitizenlinda is on it ….
50 States of Gay! Clevah!
Vicki, Globalcitizen…some news crossing the wire:
BRAVO/BRAVA Greek Parliament MPs and President Tsipras!!!!!!!!
Let DEMOCRACY prevail in the land of its origin!! (and screw the troika)
the current leadership of Greece is putting it all on the line! Wow
Thanks to all who share my interest in this.
Greece’s leader, Alex Tsipras is brave.
He faces the same forces of big money we are familiar with and his people are in dire straits. The propaganda against him has been relentless and the end is uncertain. I am hoping for the best for the Greek people.
Chat on
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/27/what-a-week/
Nerdy, thanks so much for the fantastic compilation about the brave and courageous #BreeNewsome, who bent the arc of the moral universe towards justice this morning, by removing that racist azz flag from SC State House.
The very fact of SC putting that disgusting racist azz flag back up, validates their intrench racist mentality.
I just find this amusing (nice, but amusing). After so many speeches, somebody always says it’s POTUS’ best ever. It’s always a superlative. Best ever. Best in the history of mankind. They don’t realize he reaches new heights every day. He just keeps topping himself, like true geniuses do.
I won’t star with you this evening, JB….you put a big enough scare in me last night 😀
I can’t even remember this morning (Ha!), but if you say so. 🙂
Don’t play coy with me now….I just ate…after you and VC took advantage of my food deprivation last night….giving me the side-eye for posting a few articles with questionable wording in the “headlines” a an article 😀 😀 😀
Okay ya got me. But you’ll never get VC! Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wuuusaaaa….Wuuusaaa.
Another thing/reference VC would never get…but will you?
Sure.
Current mood relaxing technique when JB or VC is on a warpath 🙂
Hysterical!