Nathalie Baptiste
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It's time to hand-deliver your ballot.
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At this point, neither Brett Kavanaugh nor the Postal Service can be trusted.
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Nathalie Baptiste One week before the election and SCOTUS has signaled that they're not afraid to steal the election for Trump. offers an important directive 91d
Trump insists he can't be racist because he signed a criminal justice bill
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The moderator asked a pointed question about "The Talk."
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Nathalie Baptiste Only a racist would think signing a single criminal justice reform bill is the most anyone could do for Black people. 95d
Facebook manipulated the news you see to appease Republicans, insiders say
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Sources tell us the platform tweaked its code to help right-wing publishers and throttle sites like Mother Jones
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Nathalie Baptiste Facebook did to what conservatives are always claiming it does to *them* 97d
A white working mom with Black children is a godsend for the GOP
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Just imagine if that adoration was extended to other mothers of Black children.
Don't let Pence normalize the chaos
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He's nothing but Trumpism with a human face.
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Nathalie Baptiste Mike Pence says all the same bullshit Trump does. It just comes in nicer packaging. 110d
The wealthy are the real welfare queens and Donald Trump is their king
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"The 50 percent cannot carry—and it’s unfair to them—but cannot carry the other 50 percent." 
The Trump admin's execution spree may have caused a coronavirus outbreak
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The ACLU reports a prison worker tested positive and infected inmates and staff in Terre Haute.
What conservatives really mean when they call for law and order
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Hint, it has nothing to do with white vigilantes.
NBA players are staging a wildcat strike.
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A radical expression of solidarity among predominantly Black workers.
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Nathalie Baptiste “Dismiss this at your peril as the indulgence of well-compensated cultural figures.” 🔥 153d
Help, I'm stuck in a Trump time loop. And so are you.
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The country has been forced to live in an Andy Samberg movie.
Herman Cain's death is political. All coronavirus deaths are.
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It's too late for conservatives to claim the tragic outcomes from COVID-19 should be apolitical.
We just watched Republicans whitewash Black history—again
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What happened with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took place over years.
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Nathalie Baptiste In 30 years, I won't be surprised when conservatives are claiming that their party totally supported Black Lives Matter 189d
The Fullest Look Yet at the Racial Inequity of Coronavirus
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New federal data provides the most comprehensive view to date of how Black and Latino people have been likelier than their white peers to contract the virus and die from it.
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Nathalie Baptiste Absolutely devastating stat: "Of Latino people who died, more than a quarter were younger than 60. Among white people who died, only 6 percent were that young." 204d
The Supreme Court just gave the Trump administration the green light to execute people
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The first federal executions in nearly 20 years will happen this summer.
Defunding the police doesn’t poll well. That doesn’t matter.
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Racial justice issues rarely do.
The Republican National Committee continues to live in a fantasyland where Trump wins over Black voters.
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"What the hell do you have to lose?"
They're trying to gaslight us to death
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We've reached the who-are-you-gonna-believe-me-or-your-own-eyes phase of the uprising.
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Nathalie Baptiste They're telling you not to believe what you're watching with your own eyes. I wrote about why they're doing it. 237d
Nationwide Demonstrations Turn Violent as Police Attack Protesters
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In Seattle, for instance, police maced a child. 
Black people have suffered the most from COVID-19. But they're still suspicious of vaccines.
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"The government doesn't always have their best interest at heart." 
Missouri just became the first state to execute an inmate during the pandemic
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"It also refused to consider new, persuasive evidence that Barton may be innocent."
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Nathalie Baptiste BREAKING: Missouri just became the first state to carry out an execution during the pandemic. 252d