Xplisset Voice of America
Xplisset Voice of America (XVOA) is independent Black-led journalism that breaks down politics, media, and culture with receipts and zero fluff. Everybody’s welcome, just don’t bring propaganda and expect it to survive. www.xplisset.com
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She Almost Died Giving Birth. Now She’s Running for the Georgia Senate (opens the original)
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Sonya Wimberly Hawkins says she almost died giving birth, a medical trauma that made Black maternal health deeply personal. Now the Democratic nominee for Georgia Senate District 16 joins XVOA to explain why she entered politics and how she plans to challenge Republican incumbent Marty Harbin. The conversation widens from maternal health to Georgia Power bills, data centers and water, religious freedom and voting access. What begins with one woman’s survival becomes a larger test of whether the
120,000 Cameras. 20 Billion Scans. Who Is Watching the Police? (opens the original)
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WHO DO YOU TURN THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN TO?600 Searches and the Flock Surveillance Machine Marci Bakely said a police officer who later became chief seemed to know whenever she went to the grocery store, the doctor or a date. Public logs eventually showed roughly 600 database queries involving plates associated with Bakely and her teenage daughter across about thirteen months, many between midnight and 4 a.m. A Washington Post investigation identified at least 50 officers charged with or accused
They Called the Car a Weapon: What the Maine ICE Video Actually Shows (opens the original)
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Thank you Charmaine 🇦🇺 , Jairo , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. I spent twenty years working county patrol. I am a Black veteran and a retired cop, which means I know how quickly one sentence can shape an entire use-of-force case before the public sees the evidence. In Biddeford, Maine, that sentence was that a man had “weaponized his vehicle.” Those words carry a complete verdict inside them. They give the officer a threat, the shooting
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