June 19, 2020

Some are calling for Juneteenth to be a national holiday. How about we go further & pass healthcare & living wages for all, a fully restored Voting Rights Act & reparations, etc. Please don’t just ask for a holiday. Let’s make it a holy day of repentance & reconstruction.

— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) June 19, 2020

Here's what #Juneteenth means to me: https://t.co/KlOoYwdzD5

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 19, 2020

Stunning: More than 20% of Arizona's COVID tests reported today came back positive. New York is down to around 1%.

— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 19, 2020

Where I come from murderers aren’t fired, they’re arrested, booked and sentenced. If they think this is enough- it ain’t. We demand justice for Breonna Taylor.

— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) June 19, 2020

Kentucky cutting number of polling places for Tuesday’s primary from 3700 to 200 There will be one polling place for 616,000 registered voters in Louisville’s Jefferson County, where half state’s black voters live This is going to be a disaster https://t.co/Xn61pDqleN

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) June 19, 2020

Portland wakes up to see what antifa did overnight. A century old statue of George Washington was toppled & set on fire with an American flag. “White fragility,” “Damn white men” & other messages are written on the moment. On the ground nearby: “Defund white men.” https://t.co/zjrsZHJC9o

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) June 19, 2020

VICTORY: The Supreme Court ruled that DACA recipients can continue to live and work in the United States without the daily fear of deportation.

— ACLU (@ACLU) June 18, 2020