Robbed of 27 years of his life, no one would have faulted Mandela if he emerged from prison with anger. But instead, with his first words of his first speech in decades, he chose grace. 2/13
At my office in Congress I have an original ballot of Mandela’s election as reminder to never take democracy for granted. After yesterday’s senate vote, I turn back to Mandela’s first speech when released from prison 31 years ago this week. Here’s what we can learn (THREAD)
Robbed of 27 years of his life, no one would have faulted Mandela if he emerged from prison with anger. But instead, with his first words of his first speech in decades, he chose grace. 2/13
Mandela was revered by millions as a leader of conscience. But in his second sentence, he made sure to set the tone for humility and service. No individuals stand above the people. 3/13
He focused on the contributions of the many and showed respect to those often overlooked. He showed the vitalness of coalitions. 4/13
Mandela used the speech to set the tone for the work ahead. His release was not the climax, but instead just the possibility of change. No assumptions could be made of what comes next. 5/13
He underscored the urgency of now and showed who was empowered to make this decision. It would be “our people” who would seize this moment. 6/13
The vision for change that Mandela presented wasn’t one of elites in power. Change would happen “only” through mass action. He also noted that these actions must be “disciplined.” 7/13
It must have been powerful to stand in that crowd in Cape Town and hear a man who was imprisoned for 27 years to say we cannot subject ourselves to fear. 8/13
Mandela ended with a positive vision to show that what they were fighting for was bigger than him, bigger than all. 9/13
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Good morning, followers of frivolous election-related litigation - new filings in Seditionists v 117th Congress et al. (aka in re Gondor)
I've really got to get stuff done, but there's time for a really quick overview.
As far as I can tell from the docket, this is the FOURTH attempt in a week to get a TRO; the question the judge will ask if they ever figure out how to get the judge's attention will be "couldn't you have served by now;" and this whole thing is a
The memorandum in support of this one is 9 pages, and should go pretty quick.
But they still haven't figured out widow/orphan issues.
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It appears that the opening of this particular filing is going to proceed on the theme of "we are big mad at @SollenbergerRC" which is totally something relevant when you are asking a District Court to temporarily annihilate the US Government on an ex parte basis.
Also, if they didn't want their case to be known as "in re Gondor" they really shouldn't have gone with the (non-literary) "Gondor has no king" quote.
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War is being pushed upon us by 'news'
— Maria \u23f3 (@ml_1maria) April 21, 2018
Journalists are bribed to write pro-American and anti-Russian
Bribed to lie, betray, manipulate & push for war #CIA #propaganda
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— \U0001d482\U0001d48d\U0001d48a\U0001d484\U0001d48a\U0001d482 (@alicia_dl_1) July 23, 2020
War on democracy - installing US-puppet dictators in Latin America in order to control their economies
#Guatemala #Arbenz #RedScare
Propaganda, "harmless bombing" and a CIA terror campaign
CIA war on Nicaragua
CIA operation in Nicaragua
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Destabilisation program: rip apart the social and economic fabric - make the people suffer as much as you can, until the country plunges into chaos, until at some point you can step in and impose your choice of government on that country. pic.twitter.com/dlxoMZX6xw