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It’s time for the white community to stop playing the victim & have an uncomfortable conversation about their violent culture, parental responsibility & the families raising the thugs causing all the white-on-white violence in Republican-controlled cities.
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Today in 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery and started his pursuit for equality for all. #Liberation
A solar take-off is on its way to being a pan-African story 🌍☀️
In the past 12 months, 20 countries across the continent have imported a record number of solar panels from China 📈 What’s more? Algeria recorded a huge 33-FOLD increase in its imports 🇩🇿
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-first-evidence-of-a-take-off-in-solar-in-africa
Trump is more or less right that many people seem to want a dictator. They're his people.
As many as 3 or 4 in 10 Republicans endorse what is effectively unchecked power for Trump.