may we remember speaker hortman every time a kid in Minnesota eats their free lunch.
every time a trans person moves to mn for safety.
when an undocumented person gets their driver’s license or a returning citizen gets to vote.
when we have clean energy and electric school buses and warm homes.
One year ago today, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were senselessly murdered in an act of political violence.
In their memory, we recommit ourselves to the values that Melissa and Mark exemplified: building a kinder, more just, and loving world.
Could an empire in decline do THIS [hosts gladiatorial combat for the pleasure of a bloodthirsty emperor while the rabble protest in the streets]
And it's not lost on me that the trans girl involved here is Black. So many of the worst atrocities against Black communities came from spurious or outright fabricated claims of sexual assault on a white woman by Black folks. Weaponized white womanhood has driven so much of the trans panic.
