There are many – so, so many tweets about the impeachment trial underway that it was hard to stop at two, but here you go. Also, saying hello to Mars, Ida B Wells and Shirley Chisolm have something to say, Whitewashing history, requiring ties and creating a working vaccine website for $50.
The Senate trial begins with a graphic video showing the events of January 6th. Some GOP senators turned away and would not watch. You should.
House impeachment managers began the Senate trial by showing a lengthy video of the deadly Capitol insurrection, depicting acts of violence committed by pro-Trump extremists.https://t.co/LgcbDMMnTW
— NPR (@NPR) February 9, 2021
The defense did not go so well
A wide array of Senate Republicans harshly criticized former President Trump’s defense team on the opening day of his second impeachment trial, arguing that Trump attorney Bruce Castor had delivered a rambling and unfocused argument https://t.co/wEsea7fktH
— CNN (@CNN) February 10, 2021
Hello, Mars!
Three spacecraft are about to arrive at Mars. Here’s everything you need to know about them: https://t.co/gsB6itlVs3 pic.twitter.com/GEkdCSb3oM
— Forbes (@Forbes) February 9, 2021
The UAE becomes the first Arab nation to put a craft in orbit around the red planet. It’s expected to create the first full map of the Martian atmosphere.https://t.co/Hi48DAl2I7
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 9, 2021
Love me some Ida B. Wells
Unafraid to exercise her rights & fight against black oppression, Extra Mile Honoree Ida Wells-Barnett led the Anti-Lynching Movement. Involved in many civil rights causes, she played leadership roles in the women’s suffrage movement & in founding the NAACP. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/ROiZ9D9Hzq
— Points of Light (@PointsofLight) February 9, 2021
Shirley Chisholm: “If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.”
Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman in Congress (’68) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president from one of the two major political parties (’72). She has inspired many to bring their own seat to the table. #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/QbcmlU7XjW
— UServeUtah (@UServeUtah) February 9, 2021
The Whitewashing of Black genius
“By suggesting their triumphs stemmed from their having partial white ancestry, white critics attempted to rob [Frederick Douglass and Antonio Maceo] of their status as exemplars of Black genius.” #BlackHistoryMonth https://t.co/Y4W843VtGF
— Scientific American (@sciam) February 9, 2021
Are ties a “colonial noose”? Should indigenous people be required to wear them? New Zealand’s parliament thinks so.
Maori MP ejected from New Zealand parliament for refusing to wear tie https://t.co/dVg0Ki88Qb
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 9, 2021
Update: That didn’t take long. And yet, in so many ways, it took generations.
He Calls the Tie a ‘Colonial Noose.’ Now Parliament Says It’s No Longer Mandatory. https://t.co/GnaRnPVKvo
— @UtahPolicy (@utahpolicy) February 10, 2021
So – this is amazing.
New York vaccine websites weren’t working. So he built a new one for $50.https://t.co/OsNQpIcgBi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 9, 2021
