Read this. Read this read. Read this. It will startle and disturb you, as it should. Pray for him, pray for your country, and pray for direction how you yourself might be part of the solution.
Federal agents shot me in the face last night. Federal agents shot me in the face last night while I was covering the Black Lives Matter protests in Portland. It should be clear to everyone by now that BIPOC face a higher risk of violence by police than I do. Story in comments.

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I am unable to figure out how to solve this. I don’t know my role yet.
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You will. And one thing you can do is help progressive candidates around the country. You can phone bank for people from wherever you are.
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They attacked a federal courthouse with lethal weapons (IEDs, Molotov cocktails, explosives). Be glad it wasn’t my neighborhood. They would be dead.
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Trumps disinformation campaign that people are bad must be countered with good. Acknowledge #BlackLivesMatter Talk about #Reparations with moral clarity. Encourage everyone to vote. Build trust in goodness. Expand, express, explore lovingly.
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The time for prayer and tweets is over.
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Stop defending anarchists!
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Your other tweet lectured us about how the protest were largely peaceful.
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Seems to me if you want to hang around taking pictures and then whine when you get hit, it’s your own damn fault.
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this has got to stop
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