Posted July 21, 2020 by Sheri Edwards1 Comment America

Day 130 Distress

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Looks like we need to draw us– Americans — closer.

We need to do the work and not wait until the election. We need to talk to our neighbors and friends and family and say, “How can we work together?”

I’m thinking communities are probably working through issues with citizens.

But then, Portland [see yesterday’s post, “Four“].

The affective power of the mothers’ group singing lullabies and standing before the police relies on white women’s innocence and the sancitity of white motherhood as its driving force. It’s like, appropriating the discursive/social/political potency of the 14 Words for good. https://t.co/JO05TLmc3d

— Zoé (@ztsamudzi) July 21, 2020

OMG now the mothers’ group are singing “hands up please don’t shoot me” in the style of a lullaby. Impossible to watch and not cry. pic.twitter.com/F5vvkbkbO7

— Ben Phillips (@benphillips76) July 21, 2020

Why Moms? Because:

The Mayor of D.C. kicked the Utah National Guard out of D.C. by threatening to bring a 3rd Amendment action against Trump.

A week later, Barr and Chad Wolf hatched their plan to use unaccountable militarized Federal law enforcement in their place. This should be bigger news. pic.twitter.com/jMjiNDjYkv

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) July 21, 2020

The Secret Police of Donald Trump are creating the friction and fiction. They were not asked to to be there by anyone in authority in Portland or Oregon.

Fiction like this:

.@DHS_Wolf just claimed Portland businesses have lost $23 million because of protests but @EvertonBailey debunked that figure ELEVEN DAYS ago. That's lost revenue *largely* due to COVID closures, not any #PortlandProtest. https://t.co/R8IzEx6I0k

— Eder Campuzano 🇲🇽🇺🇸✏️🍎📚 (@edercampuzano) July 21, 2020

Tonight:

Hello again from Portland.

The "Wall of Moms" just arrived at the federal courthouse, and their numbers have grown substantially once again. pic.twitter.com/3aKbVlVNPh

— Mike Baker (@ByMikeBaker) July 22, 2020

So, we have work to do, America.

And it starts with stopping the Trump’s Secret Police invasions of our cities.

Ask a veteran:

This sweatshirt means something. If you see masked men taking a billyclub to someone wearing it…it’s time to ask questions about what sides are being taken…and by who.

Remember your oaths. pic.twitter.com/QcnpHMzONQ

— Sean Patrick Hughes (@seanphughes99) July 22, 2020