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.@DanRather has become Twitter famous for his sharp political analysis and blunt explanations of current events. But he was initially reluctant to start tweeting. “Twitter has been a pleasant surprise to me,” he says.- Rep. @AyannaPressley is reintroducing a bill that seeks to end the disproportionate punishment of girls of color in schools. She's calling to replace systems of harm with policies that center on humanity, justice and healing.
- "We get to be the heroes with full agency and control and action,” @Marisha_Ray says of playing D&D. “And that's something that people don't have right now in their real lives.”
- The Lakota Sioux in North and South Dakota have long said the land Mount Rushmore occupies was stolen from them. “To Native Americans, Mount Rushmore is not a poke in the eye. It's a poke in the heart,” historian John Taliaferro says.
- What sets D&D apart from other forms of media is that the game is what you make of it, @matthewmercer says. "It's a tool set and permission for anybody to create their own stories."
- NEW: Rep. @Jim_Jordan says President Trump's defense team in the impeachment trial will "talk about the unconstitutional nature of the two articles" and "discuss the lack of due process that took place in the House of Representatives."
- The complicated legacy of Mount Rushmore is now front and center as President Trump prepares for his Independence Day celebrations at the monument.
- "I was sexually assaulted and nobody believed me. I didn't tell anyone, and you're telling all women that they don't matter, that they should stay quiet," one woman said, as Flake stood by silently. n.pr/2IlSzPr
- The man who sculpted Mount Rushmore, Gutzon Borglum, had ties to the KKK. "He was on Klan councils. He met with them. He had lots of friends with them,” historian John Taliaferro says.
- What does "Expedition Unknown" host @joshuagates expect to show viewers today at an archaeological site in Egypt? "Kind of the beauty of this is, I don't know," he tells @jeremyhobson.
- A new report finds Black girls are disciplined more harshly than their white peers for things like dress code violations. Over policing leads to more disruptions to education, increasing the “school-to-confinement pipeline,” Rep. @AyannaPressley says.
- Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) says the U.S. can eradicate COVID-19 if we throw the kitchen sink at the problem. His plan includes universal mask-wearing and a near total lockdown close to 90%.
- “I think melancholy has always been a really good friend of mine,” @SaraBareilles says of her new album, which explores her personal struggle with depression: n.pr/2Vl5syU
