Joseph Laroche was the only black person of the Titanic’s 2,223 passengers & crew. On April 10, 1912, he joined the ship with his family at Grande Rade harbor, France. Despite enjoying the ship's lavish offerings & dining 1st class, the family faced scorn b/c of their interracial marriage. He went down with the ship. Later, White Star Line apologized for the racism of its crew towards non-white passengers.
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California Rep.-elect Katie Porter reads a book in the House Chamber during the fourth day of voting for speaker of the House.
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They just elected McCarthy Speaker.
After 15 rounds of voting and a near fight.
At 12:29 on Friday night.
Buckle up for the rest of the session, folks.
Something too on the nose about McCarthy finally winning the Speaker vote—not because enough people voted for him—but because he prevented enough votes against him.
Another reminder that the GOP knows they can’t win on candidate popularity so they run & win on voter suppression.
#SpeakerVote
Even Schoolhouse Rock is stumped.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ReallyAmerican1/status/1611475574157111296
There’s a #Tombstone quote for everything #KevinMcCarthy
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After three separate votes, Republicans fail to elect their own Speaker -- first time in 100 years that's happened.
I want all the media pundits who blamed Dems for "not effectively negotiating with Republicans" to explain how you negotiate with a pro-insurrectionist party who can't even agree on their own Speaker?
Republicans claim Government doesn't work, then they get elected and prove it. Vote GOP Out Permanently.
Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco
MSNBC
Joanne Freeman
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
Rebecca Dean
Catherine Lundoff