Tuesday, 31 December 2019
Day #4 of campaigning for @BernieSanders in California! It was a beautiful day of organizing in the Bay Area! We had two amazing events in Richmond, an event in Oakland, and closed the day with an event in San Francisco! Tomorrow, we are canvassing for Bernie all over the Bay
RT @FreeRodneyReed: Best of 2019. One day I got a msg from @shaunking. It said “Hello friend. How can I help?” I didn’t know what to say so I laid out ALL the troubles on him. Within 48 hrs https://t.co/DVxwAOTMBV was born. Shaun put his life on hold and did not stop until the execution was stayed. https://t.co/w0VNjWLsH8
RT @dpi_19: Campaigning for @BernieSanders, @shaunking visited #ExclusiveShoes in #Richmond @CA_Richmond to discuss social issues, hear feedback and network with local organizers. King will be visiting other shops & cities (like SF, Oak, LA) in CA in aim of building a #grassrootsmovement https://t.co/dGN1qiT4Wv
RT @shaunking: SAN JOSE! I am going to be in town on New Year’s Day (1-1-2020) at 1PM to help kickoff a citywide canvass for @BernieSanders. With you, we can win California. Register now and let’s organize like our lives depend on it!! When we organize, we win! https://t.co/qI4KlGKtOF
RT @LewisMyersM: Thank you for sharing a moment in history with us. @BernieSanders brings us together. It was humbling to be in the presence of social justice fighters and teachers like you and @shaunking Your contribution for the betterment of humanity is unparalleled and shall be celebrated. https://t.co/uEBkxFsTVX
RT @shaunking: @BernieSanders SAN FRANCISCO! I am going to be in the city on New Year's Day! January 1st, 2020. 11am. Kicking off the first California canvass of 2020. We are going to win San Francisco and we are going to win California. RSVP HERE. Meet me at our field office https://t.co/Wa7WxfchG2
RT @tomaskenn: Just donated to Bernie Sanders! We are about to crack five million donations and we need your help to finish the year strong. The political revolution is funded by working class people so no corporate or billionaire money for us. Donate if you can π https://t.co/WZ4RwkWkcl https://t.co/dyCEuWifwK
RT @Romanoff2020: The best chance to flip a seat just got even better: a group of supporters is pledging to match every donation we receive today, up to $5,600. Double your impact—chip in now: https://t.co/fJadBKpJdg #cosen #FlipTheSenate https://t.co/EZzEFyD3hm
RT @Jasmyne: Well, well, well. Here we are. The last day of the calendar year and Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey DID NOT keep her word and have a public meeting in the Black community. Noted. Cc: @BLMLA @DAJustCoalition @StonewallDems https://t.co/5DxhN0dDMm
RT @BernieSanders: The truth is, we have an excellent chance to win the primary and beat Trump. But the only way we can do that is if we have the sufficient financial resources. So I am asking you today to contribute to our campaign before the FEC deadline: https://t.co/9y9BZMs0GM https://t.co/wnYbUDBynW
RT @LewisMyersM: @shaunking came to South Los Angeles to teach and we arrived to learn. @BernieSanders volunteers are leveling up to become organizers in the political revolution. An education is a dangerous thing. This is how we win. #Bernie2020 https://t.co/ANnYstwHOO
Monday, 30 December 2019
Day #3 on the campaign trail for @BernieSanders in California! We opened up a brand new field office in South Central in a community that has routinely been neglected by presidential campaigns. We have more offices, staff, volunteers, & donors than any campaign in California.
RT @DrRJKavanagh: How come it so easy and non-controversial for cops who do this to be fired within days, but when cops are caught on video slamming children's heads into concrete or shooting unarmed people in the back, there always needs to be a years long investigation? https://t.co/Vspn0mPn8y
RT @BernieSanders: The ideas I am talking about now didn't come to me yesterday. It's not because I have a pollster who told me what I should say today. Health care as a right, a living wage for all, an end to endless wars, a right to decent housing — that's what I've fought for my entire life.
Sunday, 29 December 2019
@BernieSanders DAY #2 of campaigning for @BernieSanders in California is done! I spoke at two great churches in Compton & Carson and the people LOVED Bernie. And then we opened up the AMAZING new campaign office for Orange County in Santa Ana. The energy was THROUGH THE ROOF. Let's GO!
RT @AbbyChavaStein: Zaide @BernieSanders lighting the Menorah (Hanukkah candles) tonight in Iowa, is the best thing to happen on Twitter today! Looking forward to President-Elect Sanders lighting next year. I wish. I hope. π #Bernie2020 @SenSanders @People4Bernie #JewsForBernie Credit: @RoseFasa https://t.co/ci1lSVJc3A
RT @jackcalifano: Next year, a working class Jewish boy from Brookyln is going to defeat a white nationalist, billionaire demagogue and lead a multi-racial workers’ movement to the White House. What a time to be alive πΉππ₯ https://t.co/NP9SgxxrTB
RT @HowertonNews: This video is incredibly horrendous. One of the men shot had just read Proverbs 13: 22-25 before the congregation. Before communion, the pastor said the church was a family. Another member prayed for wisdom and blessings for the church in 2020. #PrayForWestFreeway
RT @nyclawgrrrl: Devon Kraemer, a former Wisconsin cop, faced charges for shooting Manuel Burnley in the back. He was unarmed. Lost part of his lung. Bullet still in his body. DA dropped the case. Cop gets $57K a year in disability due to stress of the shooting & charges. https://t.co/aHDsgt45kT
RT @DennisCulloton: “Of the 367 DNA-based exonerations on record, one in five involved testimony from a jailhouse informant. A 2004 study found that snitch testimony was the leading cause of wrongful conviction in death-penalty cases” https://t.co/2OvEM9eCrz via @nytopinion
RT @jakesilverstein: Janes Dailey, the man at the center of @pamelacolloff’s @NYTmag cover story abt jailhouse witnesses, received a stay of execution in Oct. It runs out tomorrow. Powerful NYT editorial from @jessewegman about the problems with this case https://t.co/P1TLg0Bkdo
RT @danielandalon: Made it to Carson's @cityonthehill Church with Sr. Pastor @jawanehilton and @BernieSanders surrogates @R_JonesSawyer and @shaunking Powerful messages all around about working together to help heal our country. Starting with replacing the POTUS. https://t.co/3TRHZyH41Q
RT @MeritLaw: So good to be home with my co-laborer and best friend shaunking supporting @berniesanders for president 2020. Tomorrow we will be together at The Big House 180 E 35th St Los Angeles, CA 90011 3:00 PM just a few miles… https://t.co/ZAnEVJZTZ9
RT @pamelacolloff: Please read this powerful @nytimes opinion piece about death row inmate James Dailey, who faces imminent execution. Florida prosecutors used dubious jailhouse informant testimony to secure his conviction & death sentence. His stay of execution ends Monday. https://t.co/ybvlrtp7NS
RT @shaunking: @BernieSanders ORANGE COUNTY! Today @ 5pm we're having the GRAND OPENING of the brand new @BernieSanders office in Santa Ana and we want to see you there!! I'll be speaking and hope to meet you! Doors open at 4:30pm! 1616 E Fourth St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 RSVP here: https://t.co/xxRW7N0ydz
Saturday, 28 December 2019
RT @lhfang: The CEO of Centene, which manages health insurance plans, is a bundler for Joe Biden. Here’s audio of an event hosted by Centene filled with Democratic lobbyists laughing it up about how Medicare for All will never happen https://t.co/ieuoQVQeuL
RT @People4Bernie: .@BernieSanders has Boston #ClimateStrike'rs stand up during his town hall "It pretty profound that not only in the United States but all over the world, guess who is leading the struggle against the fossil fuel industry? It is the young people, all over the world. Thank you" https://t.co/p9bUzHhauM
RT @DrIbram: There is a horrific irony in Bret's bigoted op-ed that places Jews at the top of an intellectual hierarchy. One justification is Jewish performance on IQ tests, the same IQ tests developed by eugenicists, the same eugenicists behind the Holocaust. https://t.co/Uxqscn7y1V
RT @BLMSouthBend: .@PeteButtigieg, no more evading like Trump. In your final act as Mayor, please release the secret police tapes that have deeply troubled South Bend’s Black community. Our community demands police accountability and transparency. #ReleaseTheTapes #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/4hqAK6F9nm
RT @Tarek_Fattal: Doesn’t get better than this. Congratulations to Sean and Toya Holiday, parents of (L-R) Justin, Aaron and Jrue, who will make NBA history tonight, marking the first time three brothers will be on the court at once and proving humility and hard work can prevail. https://t.co/kl76clip53
RT @RobertJPeters: Went to LA to visit my partners family and had to checkout a @BernieSanders canvass launch. It was great seeing some movement family with @shaunking, @VicMensa, and former @reclaimchicago board member and Medicare for All badass @mlighty60! https://t.co/KO2BkvEoqR
RT @LewisMyersM: Each One Teach One. National @BernieSanders Surrogates @shaunking and @mlighty60 are telling us how it is. We must duplicate ourselves to talk to everyone for Bernie, because everyone matters. Thank you Shaun for coming to East LA. #Bernie2020 #Bernie2020TeamLA https://t.co/TIzxPOLjLs
RT @RAICESTEXAS: We're done with these headlines.ππ½ The U.S. needs to become a welcoming beacon of hope for asylum-seekers & refugees again. The hieleras & perreras have to go. We have a plan for that. #MigrantJusticePlatform. Read it here ππ½ https://t.co/kZVEPcY2XS https://t.co/HwUtsKQPGG
Friday, 27 December 2019
RT @marydifino: Proud to have voted for Bernie Sanders in the @CTULocal1 Presidential Endorsement poll. Bernie has always been on the frontlines in the fight for social economic justice. I’ll never forget how he supported us during the strike, and I trust him to do the same as President. https://t.co/6wlTf88wfH
RT @danasaurusrex93: Hearing @BernieSanders stand up for state workers in NH was empowering. Our STATE workers are relying on STATE ASSISTANCE, 2nd jobs, and spouses because they are not being paid enough. Enough is enough. We need #UnionsForAll @SEIU @SEIU1984 https://t.co/wMeHwxLSpq
RT @ScottHech: Bryan Stevenson is a public defender. “Just Mercy” is a story of “these lawyers who fight the system of banal cruelty every day to force prosecutors, juries, & judges to go beyond their fear and assumptions and look at the people and facts before them.”https://t.co/EEZq4q52YH
RT @ZephyrTeachout: I met him 26 years ago at a brown bag lunch, where he was talking about trade and workers. I worked for one of his Senate races and saw up close how much respect he gives constituents. He is always for the people who don't have a voice, and he never gives up: so much compassion.
RT @davidsirota: I don’t understand what’s happened to money-in-politics reporting. We have a super PAC blatantly trying to buy the Democratic primary and we have no idea who is even funding it — and that hasn’t even been a story. Genuinely unbelievable. https://t.co/jALMmjb5V8
RT @BernieSanders: 1 in 6 of our children lives in poverty. 500,000+ Americans are homeless. 87 million are uninsured or underinsured. Half live paycheck to paycheck. But the billionaire class is doing better every day. This is a rigged economy and we are going to change it. https://t.co/QagInBzQKS
RT @davidsirota: 38 days until Iowa. The anti-Bernie attacks, bad faith takes, lies & propaganda will intensify to levels never before seen. The corporate elite, their pundits, their think tanks & their political machines know we are surging & they’ll do everything to try to stop us. Get ready.
RT @MatthewKeysLive: Don Imus was @HowardStern's principal antagonist during their time together at WNBC 660 AM (now WFAN). In 2007, Stern and co-host Robin Quivers revealed Imus made racist and sexual remarks away from the microphone. https://t.co/2aA3y0Thq4
RT @_SJPeace_: This is the RSS, A Hindu Nationalist organization inspired by Nazis They are mobilizing in India a to create a Hindutva Republic They speak on violence against Muslims & other minorities... This is Nazi India IT IS TERRIFYING! https://t.co/N3UTBHJndV
RT @RomeSixmile: Me, my niece and her best friend is out canvassing for @BernieSanders. They said their future depends on your vote and since they can't vote they want to help anyway they could. #Bernie2020 #Bigpoor #BigUs https://t.co/GwQEqVEqgd
RT @Taniel: Pennsylvania's impressive lieutenant governor John Fetterman is single-handedly redefining what we can expect from statewide officials on the politics of mass incarceration, as he directly takes on the state's high number of life sentences https://t.co/zWoJ3bj45d
Thursday, 26 December 2019
RT @Prison_Health: ‘They Can Do This To Anybody’ - Misconduct complaints against officers in the NYPD’s 34th Precinct have risen for three years straight. In 2018, 15 officers had complaints against them substantiated, the most of any precinct in New York City. https://t.co/FODTkNnWvW
RT @davidsirota: Vice News on new polls: “Compared to all his rivals Sanders is perceived as uniquely trustworthy, empathetic, and in tune with the issues that matter most by voters nationally.” Read about it in today’s Bern Notice — and subscribe & retweet. https://t.co/I3gptksPRP
RT @CarlBeijer: Don't let this sudden parade of "wow, Bernie could win!" articles in the MSM lull you into complacency. These people are looking at the same data I was looking at when I wrote my "for the love of God, start volunteering NOW" post a few days ago. They just want a different outcome
RT @jackcalifano: If your have ever thought about giving a little extraπ°to @BernieSanders campaign, let me tell you, now is the absolute *most* critical time to do it. I basically never talk about donating, but it’s important. Here is (some of) what your money buys:
RT @katewillett: At this point, the biggest predictors of supporting Bernie Sanders are age and income, so when you say you “hate Bernie supporters,” you’re really just saying you hate young people and poor people. And while I believe that you feel that way, it’s weird to admit out loud.
RT @ninaturner: Just another #Bernie2020 snapshot in time. We will continue to do the work to earn the votes from Iowa to New Hampshire to South Carolina and all points in between. Our movement is people-powered and we are on the move baby! #WithTheseHands ππΏππΎππ½ππ»π https://t.co/DoygjTxzbb
RT @iPhilSomething: mass media serves corporate agendas. they're now (begrudgingly) touting the ascendancy of our candidate and we shouldn't trust it. not out of irrational paranoia but based on logic: they want us to rest, gloat, taunt, high five and back pat. we have to keep organizing.
RT @democracynow: Bernie Sanders has the most youth support of any 2020 Democratic candidate. Filmmaker @MMFLint says people of his generation may "owe it to these young people to get behind the person they want." https://t.co/6V20uS9PHH https://t.co/PovYDNqLOR
RT @democracynow: Filmmaker Michael Moore (@MMFlint) witnessed the historic impeachment vote from the front row of the House gallery. He says he was struck by the uniformity of the Republican caucus. "Man is that white and old and male," he says. "Those are the dying dinosaurs, and they know it." https://t.co/p9GUcZjv6C
RT @Toure: Many moderate Dems have said they'd support Bernie (or any Dem nominee) but several Dems have said they would *not* support Bernie if he were nominee. The vote blue no matter what mvmt is a farce meant primarily to guilt Sanders/Warren progressives into backing Biden.
RT @robfromonline: hi i'm the guy who designed the stormtrooper armor so that the wearer dies instantly upon receiving one (1) blaster shot anywhere on their body. i originally did it as a joke but then the empire bought like 30 billion of them and it's like are all those deaths on me? who's to say
RT @ConnorASheets: In Alabama, some inmates are being billed for necessary health care while they’re incarcerated. And the bills sometimes go to collections while they remain in jail. Experts say the practice is likely unconstitutional. My latest for @propublica & @aldotcom https://t.co/5DvBA0hXQo
Wednesday, 25 December 2019
RT @WIRED: For more than 100 years, medical researchers puzzled over why the immune system doesn’t fight cancer the way it fights even the common cold. Then this hard-living, harmonica-playing Texan discovered the answer. His research may save millions of lives https://t.co/6rEZ5r1zpj
RT @Taniel: Steyer & Bloomberg have spent $200 million so far. That's in ballpark of what it'd take to pay off cost of Florida's new poll tax, & enable everyone covered by Amendment 4 to register. But @FLRightsRestore has raised only $289K in its drive to help people pay off court debt. https://t.co/bLgjb4WVyh
RT @ForeverLAS_: My grandpa passed 7 months ago so this is my grandma’s 1st Xmas w/o him in 59 years. For Christmas we decided to gift her w/ letters we found her & my grandpa wrote to each other in 1962 while they were in college. He kept them all these years ❤️ https://t.co/raRvAWxqW5
Tuesday, 24 December 2019
RT @BernieSanders: We stand with Natalia Miranda and those in Iowa who have faced this disturbing violence. Hate crimes are increasing across the country. It's our job to stand with our Black and Latino family. We'll fight all forms of hatred and those who wish to spread it. https://t.co/SclvJ4PXsS
RT @GunnelsWarren: Class warfare at its ugliest: Boeing’s former CEO gets up to $58.5 million after 346 passengers died on his watch. Bloomberg - worth $54 billion - used prison labor on his campaign. The Walton family – worth over $200 billion - denied holiday pay to its $11 an hour workers.
RT @samlymatters: So pissed at whoever smoked pot in my mom’s garage. She just smelled it and flipped out. Not funny!!!! Told her if I catch them around here again I’ll beat their ass. Who would do this on Christmas Eve of all days??? Don’t worry, mom, I’m on the case.
RT @shaunking: Billionaire asshole @MikeBloomberg can’t get any campaign volunteers so he’s been using exploited prison labor to make phone calls for his ridiculous presidential campaign. Yeah. Really. Some of the most outrageous offensive shit I’ve seen in 2019. https://t.co/ILgA9SCNpU
RT @RBReich: Walmart has offered its employees a 15 percent store discount instead of holiday pay this year. Meanwhile, the company is saving an estimated $2,200,000,000 a year thanks to the Trump tax cuts. America has socialism for the rich, cold, harsh capitalism for everyone else.
RT @belensisaw: How do you create a movement that will create lasting & significant change for the working class? By empowering them to organize their communities. They don’t call @BernieSanders Organizer in Chief for nothing. Not me. Us. ✊π½ #UnidosConBernie https://t.co/lJm7XiJs8w
RT @JaneKim: To be fair @nytimes- it’s hard to not love #California. @BernieSanders has the most robust CA organization in 2020 field. He has 80 campaign staff members in the state, more than any other candidate. And no 2020 candidate has held more public events in CA https://t.co/C2Q3bdrYBx
RT @mcbyrne: I’ve been on the ground in CA since the middle of May as part of team CA and was in CA in March as part of team advance. We’ve been here the longest and we organize by listening. We earn each supporter one at a time. https://t.co/RwACX1I4YP
RT @the_vello: Now Mr. Sanders, has the most robust California organization in the 2020 field. He has 80 campaign staff members in the state, more than any other candidate. And no 2020 candidate has held more public events in California than Mr. Sanders. https://t.co/EmpRj9KWs4
RT @CDRosa: Bloomberg using prison labor for his campaign represents all that is wrong with capitalism & our carceral state. Billionaires shouldn't be running our government and economy. We need a truly democratic system that is, of, by and for working people. https://t.co/geKreXw5fM
RT @ScottHech: “People incarcerated at an Oklahoma women’s prison calling California on behalf of Bloomberg. The people ended their calls by disclosing that they were paid for by the Bloomberg campaign. They did not disclose that they were calling from behind bars.”https://t.co/zW3i9I80wk
RT @ggreenwald: Health-care industry executive Bill Wehrle went to Pete Buttigieg's "wine cave" fundraiser & defended it in a @washingtonpost op-ed, claiming he isn't a millionaire. Except - as @ryangrim & @schwarz pointed out - he is. So the Post had to correct this https://t.co/HselFKJqdn https://t.co/13ISqrEkj0
RT @shaunking: NEWS: I am traveling to California for the next 10 days to campaign around the clock for @BernieSanders up and down the state. I lived and worked in California for years and love it so much. We will be announcing events, canvasses, phone banks, parties, trainings, more soon.
RT @Booker4KY: There would be times my mom couldn’t afford to buy me a gift for Christmas. She would hug me and apologize. I would always respond, “Mama, you’re the gift.” She really is. Cherish the true gifts, and let’s end poverty. (Love you, Mama)
RT @EllaFassler: I wrote about how private prison companies are becoming prison landlords for the State through “public-private partnerships.” This is a new, dangerous strategy decarceration advocates need to watch out for in 2020! My latest @truthout https://t.co/lpaYbQ2Vyl
RT @QasimRashid: From NYT: “One day, from his sniper nest, Chief Gallagher shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking w/other girls on the riverbank. She dropped, clutching her stomach, & the other girls dragged her away.” The “most pro-life POTUS ever” pardons men who murder childrenπ https://t.co/GVUkm3vzc1
RT @jessicaramos: NY’s delivery workers are wishing for a Christmas miracle — we’re asking @NYGovCuomo to #DeliverJustice this Christmas & sign this into law! E-bikes & e-scooters bill could: -Let thousands of delivery workers safely do their jobs -Decrease car congestion -Help the environment https://t.co/EmTNhYqvKn
RT @rafaelshimunov: These men full camo, some with fingers on triggers of automatic rifles are: 1) US Army to take down ISIS? 2) FBI surrounding an armed white nationalist terror cell? 3) Local neighborhood police arresting unarmed @NeverAgainActn Jews on Hannukah? https://t.co/vHVaPAOWr3
RT @ZephyrTeachout: This is how it works. Money for access to power. Access to power for influence. Influence that takes away poor and working class people's rights, freedoms, dignity. If you're not at the table, you're on the menu. Everybody knows it. We don't have to accept it. https://t.co/oR7Ig8LSbF
Monday, 23 December 2019
RT @JustinKollar: In both of my campaigns for Prosecuting Attorney I was painted as the “soft on crime” candidate. Over the seven years I have served as the elected in my Office crime stats have consistently improved and our community is safer than ever. Let’s make this the new normal. https://t.co/KEZyPJLTv7
RT @DeanPreston: It is not ok for an SF Planning Commissioner to buy a building occupied by rent controlled tenants, buyout the tenants, and flip the building. While I have great respect for his intellect, hard work, & independence as a commissioner, I think Commissioner Richards should resign.
RT @ryangrim: Also the piece is written by someone who began lobbying for the health insurance industry in 2000 and says he’s not a millionaire. If that’s true, that’s some poor money management. https://t.co/XCN2AdxUpY https://t.co/HTR58n92qv
RT @tomaskenn: We are a few weeks away from Iowa and the Bernie campaign is looking for folks to help our Event Support team! This is a specialized cohort of volunteers that will train Bernie supporters at scale so they can organize the best events possible. Sign up πhttps://t.co/BIAxXLJFvN
RT @BernieSanders: Walmart's CEO made 1,076 times their median employee last year. The Walton family makes $25,000 a minute. Don't tell me that they can't afford to pay a living wage. They choose not to out of greed. And together, that's the kind of greed we're going to end.
Sunday, 22 December 2019
RT @_ericblanc: π£It's lovely that 98-year-old Jerry Rosenblum was able to meet @AOC yesterday. It's also lovely that he's now on board the Bernie train—in July he was still supporting Biden. π£To win, we need to convince more seniors like Jerry that Bernie is our best bet to beat Trump. https://t.co/2gZsWYXXI3
Yooooooooo. What in the hell happens to @realDonaldTrump at 6 seconds into this video? Wait for it. It’s like he had a full on glitch. His shoulders twitch. He slurs his speech. Speaks nonsense then moves on to a completely different train of thought. https://t.co/nV2xbN0uQi
Bottom line. Pete’s fat-cat mega-donors are telling each other that if you donate big money to his campaign, it gives you access and influence to him. And of course it does. That’s why they give it. And why it’s a problem. https://t.co/apvAovhays
RT @roper_93: Trump: "I never understood wind, I know windmills very much, I've studied them more than anybody...tremendous fumes, gases are spewing into the atmosphere, you know we have a world, the world is tiny compared to the universe.." https://t.co/wnYHestIXX
RT @el_reportero: An internal investigation by the Legionaries of Christ has recognized 175 minors were victims of 33 predatory priests. Disgraced Legionaries founder Marcial Maciel abused at least 60 minors, according to the report https://t.co/7ZJL2u5Uqz
RT @rapplerdotcom: The founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel, abused as many as 60 children, with a total of 33 priests or deacons acknowledged to have committed sexual assaults against minors since 1941. https://t.co/a7LIKOAkLj
RT @AmarAmarasingam: Sexual abuse of minors was rife among superiors of the Legionaires of Christ Catholic religious order, with at least 60 boys abused by its founder Father Marcial Maciel. The Vatican had dismissed accusations for years. https://t.co/lqk8L1Ql4R
RT @DrRJKavanagh: Wilfredo Acevedo, the NYPD detective who interrogated the 13-year-old child charged in the Tessa Majors case, has previously been sued for withholding exculpatory evidence and making false statements. He also has a substantiated disciplinary history. https://t.co/UOe3h96Fqf
Saturday, 21 December 2019
RT @ScottHech: Less than 2 weeks from now, judges will be required to release people for crimes of poverty under new bail laws. So these arraignments are last opportunities for costly, violent, ineffectual cruelty. Jail will do nothing to deter poverty that drove his “crime.” Will make worse.
RT @ScottHech: Full suit and tie & heading out to court tonight till 1am. On way out of building, a number questioning where I was headed. “On a Saturday night?” Court is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 8am-1am. Overpoliced communities don’t get a reprieve.
RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: .@AOC at Venice rally to “anyone who accuses us for instituting purity tests” on fundraisers with billionaires: “it’s called having values. It's called giving a damn. It's called having standards for your conduct to not be funded by billionaires but to be funded by the people.”
RT @hollyotterbein: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits back at Pete Buttigieg without naming him at the Los Angeles rally. She says about claims of “purity tests”: “It’s called having values. It’s called giving a damn. It’s called having standards for your conduct to not be funded by billionaires.”
The answer to ALL of this is clear: Bernie Sanders. Wild that the Warren campaign went after Pete for this last week when she was literally out there doing it last year. She sold pictures. She sold wine bottles. All of it. Just vote for Bernie. https://t.co/AuMoyai8XQ
RT @AP_Politics: Elizabeth Warren went after Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic debate for raising money from big donors at a fundraiser he held at a “wine cave” in California. But more than a year ago, Warren had a fundraiser at a Boston winery with wealthy donors. https://t.co/6Ejy9RaQE4
RT @BrianSlodysko: NEW: Turns out @ewarren had a big wine fundraiser of her own. Donors were treated to a Melissa Etheridge concert and those who gave $1,000+ got a souvenir wine bottle. It was part of a conventional fundraising operation she only recently opted to reject https://t.co/Y8mmImFuJE
RT @davidaxelrod: This was the danger in the @ewarren “wine cave” attack on @PeteButtigieg. Her own past fundraising practices were pretty much in line with his, including even some of the same high dollar sponsors. She invited stories like this. Unforced error. https://t.co/OpO7U9avP3
Friday, 20 December 2019
RT @staceyabrams: Ahem. ⬇️ Voter suppression isn’t a bug; it’s a feature for the GOP. Wisconsin, Georgia, Ohio, Michigan, Florida...you name the competitive state, and I can tell you their plan. They’re just finally saying the quiet part out loud. @fairfightaction #FightVoterSuppression https://t.co/7gSU0QkIoe
RT @EmmaVigeland: That's... 14 people who thought Sanders won 9 people who thought Warren won 3 people who thought Yang won 1 person who thought Biden won 0 people who thought Buttigieg won 0 people who thought Steyer won 0 people who thought Klobuchar won #DemDebate https://t.co/GKoKyYYpP6
RT @MMFlint: I began my new podcast RUMBLE w/ Michael Moore 4 days ago. As this was all new to me I wanted to start off quietly - no advertising, no going on TV. Just post the podcasts & see what happens. And look what happened - today RUMBLE made the charts! Wow. Thank u everyone! https://t.co/e0fiLxpsXO
RT @shaunking: This needs to become the biggest news story in the nation. Six different Trump administration officials confirmed Stephen Miller wrote plans to use children they have detained as bait to lure people in to pick them up, then arrest and deport them. https://t.co/Ssum4mHP1S
RT @byjoelanderson: You always think of the kind of people who had Eddie Murphy in their employ and didn’t know what to do with him. Do they just continue working, like that never happened? Great story here from @AlanSiegelDC https://t.co/Htshufq2IZ
RT @jjz1600: .@NickKristof, I agree w/ you that @BernieSanders commitment to justice for Palestinians is a sign of his values & authenticity. But I disagree when you suggest that this costs votes. To the contrary, values & authenticity are the reasons Bernie does so well w/ Millennials et al. https://t.co/hd1YjJirOY
RT @roywoodjr: In this instance, Impeachment is you and ya homegirls having all the evidence that ya man is cheating but to break up with him you gotta convince a jury of his frat brothers (who was there with him cheating) that your man is a cheater https://t.co/DPL0TFDwJ8
This needs to become the biggest news story in the nation. Six different Trump administration officials confirmed Stephen Miller wrote plans to use children they have detained as bait to lure people in to pick them up, then arrest and deport them. https://t.co/Ssum4mHP1S
RT @daisy_conant: This action unequivocally forces families to choose between reclaiming their children (from overcrowded and under-resourced shelters) and risking arrest. This needs to get attention. What Trump admin is doing is illegal, inhumane and disgusting. https://t.co/E758E3Lfus
RT @ethanjsomers: THIS IS EVIL. The story NEEDS to go viral. Trump ICE agents tried to infiltrate a refugee agency that looks after CHILDREN so that they could take them into custody. It’s a plan developed by white supremacist Steven Miller. FUCK THEM this is abominable. https://t.co/PC1EjUOxvs
RT @DavidJollyFL: "WH sought this month to embed immigration enforcement agents within the U.S. refugee agency that cares for unaccompanied migrant children, part of a long-standing effort to use information from their parents and relatives to target them for deportation" https://t.co/VAyBB4Gde8
RT @NickMiroff: SCOOP Stephen Miller launched a secret effort to embed ICE officials at the US refugee agency that cares for unaccompanied child migrants (ORR), part of new push to gather enforcement data on migrant families https://t.co/xNzRQXvoa3
RT @KyleLovesBernie: BERNIE & AOC RALLY IN CALIFORNIA: Tomorrow Bernie and AOC will be holding a Gigantic Rally in Los Angeles, with performances by young the giant, Jessey & Joy and local natives! Doors open at 1030 am and Rally Begins at noon and is being held at the Windward Plaza in Venice CA.
Thursday, 19 December 2019
RT @_waleedshahid: Kinda weird when people act like climate change isn’t a racial justice issue when the largest emitters are disproportionately white and wealthy and the people losing their homes and migrating around the world due to droughts and floods are mostly black and brown.
RT @bern_identity: Sanders surging in SC! Big endorsement in SC for @BernieSanders for POTUS. Georgetown Mayor Brendon Barber, the first African American leader of the coastal SC city endorses Sanders after Harris dropped out of the race. https://t.co/6HqDrMAaCB
RT @israhirsi: Bernie came and WON that climate question. We must do more than the Paris Agreement. And calling for a national climate emergency is the first step of many. Thank you Senator for fighting for our futures! #DemDebate @BernieSanders
RT @ZaidJilani: RIP to the CNN presenter who took the time to explain Bernie Sanders has the best favorables among candidates. I assume if you say something like this on cable news a trap door opens up below you, and you are never to be seen again. https://t.co/J1fG6W78do
RT @sunrisemvmt: .@BernieSanders is right: Communities of color and low income communities will be most impacted by the climate crisis. And frankly, a big part of the reason why we haven't acted is b/c the 1% and the fossil fuel billionaires know this very well. #DemDebate
RT @briebriejoy: Bernie, coming with the heat, distinguishes himself from his colleagues on stage who voted for NAFTA and other trade deals that shipped American jobs overseas. Also, name ππΎdropππΎ climate ππΎchange ππΎmy guy. #DemDebate
RT @BernieSanders: Trump says the economy is doing "great." Three people own more wealth than the bottom half of Americans. That’s not great. 500,000 Americans are homeless. That’s not great. We have the highest childhood poverty rate of any major country. That’s not great. https://t.co/17sSyNeo1B
RT @jerryiannelli: NEW: Former Florida ACLU Deputy Director Melba Pearson has been privately telling allies she plans to run as a reformist prosecutor against Miami-Dade’s Kathy Fernandez Rundle in 2020. Pearson’s allies have now launched a PAC to support her. https://t.co/U0eCIA3SBG
RT @PplsAction: It's time. People's Action endorses @berniesanders for president. Bernie refuses to bow to the demands of the rich & the powerful. We know he will stand with everyday people—because he always has. Bernie, we're with you. #PeoplesAction4Bernie #medicareforall https://t.co/tD326lEJsT
RT @IlhanMN: I share an important goal with @BernieSanders and @PplsAction: building a multiracial working class movement to defeat Donald Trump and create a brighter future for all. Glad to move forward together. ✊π½ https://t.co/ZDYMKPPXzN
@realDonaldTrump You are a serial liar. 1. You refused to testify in the House. 2. You blocked 12 different witnesses from testifying. Each illegally ignored congressional subpoenas. 3. You blocked over 70 different requests for documents. You don't want a real trial and we all know it.
RT @RealJusticePAC: People are being added to a Chicago “gang database” due to social media posts, tattoos, or information from another officer and there’s no due process. This information can lead to deportation, lost jobs and housing, police harassment, and higher bails. https://t.co/thfkeYS6gB
RT @davidsirota: 5 poll numbers for the #DemDebate: 1. Bernie has hit a high point 2. Bernie has highest favs of any candidate, including in SWING STATES 3. Bernie is the most popular among voters of color 4. Medicare for All is gaining 5. Bernie is the most trusted https://t.co/r5WMt2YJrp
RT @Romanoff2020: Democrats debate tonight—when will John @Hickenlooper? He’s skipped 10 #cosen forums so far, stiffing @DenverDems, @Jeffco_Dems, @SummitDemsCO, @NAACPCOMTWY, @Pro15NE, @indivisiblecolo, @SierraClubCO, @350ColoSprings, @UCCSdemocrats, @COS_Feminists, @PPGenAction & @COHealthInst.
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
RT @shaunking: Trump and his staff should be tried for the crimes against humanity for the tens of thousands of immigrant families they forcefully separated and detained in grossly inhumane conditions just to be cruel. Impeachment is only part of what they deserve.
RT @HeatherGautney: MUST READ: Bern Notice by @davidsirota on the @BernieSanders campaign’s hard work in South Carolina that’s paying off in the polls and with voters of color! Thank you @KillerMike @iPhilSomething @ninaturner! https://t.co/8RGuUctd9c
Trump and his staff should be tried for the crimes against humanity for the tens of thousands of immigrant families they forcefully separated and detained in grossly inhumane conditions just to be cruel. Impeachment is only part of what they deserve.
RT @theappeal: The removal of children from their families by child welfare systems, which is done in the name of protection, often leads to them being placed in foster care systems where they receive little care, little protection from harm, & little stability. https://t.co/07jNOZIUZB
RT @Ash_Kalra: Not only do hard working soldiers overwhelmingly support @BernieSanders but the highest number of contributors work at companies like Walmart, Starbucks & Amazon. This is a working class movement & our soldiers are working class heroes that want a change in Commander-in-Chief! https://t.co/Lcq5wzuDsJ
RT @kai_newkirk: I understand why Dems say this day is solemn and discourage celebration. But for millions of Americans who have been or know they could easily be jailed for offenses far less grave than Trump's, there is righteous satisfaction in seeing him finally, for once, held accountable.
RT @danielalapidous: BIG NEWS. @BernieSanders is now the first top presidential candidate in history to open his DMs directly to the people. If you want to get involved in the campaign, shoot us a message! So proud to work with the team of dedicated volunteers who make this possible. π₯ #NotMeUs https://t.co/qsonlAKILy
RT @cspan: Rep. @justinamash @amashoffice (I-MI): "I rise today in support of these articles of impeachment. I come to this floor not as a Democrat, not as a Republican but as an American who cares deeply about the Constitution, the rule of law, and the rights of the people." https://t.co/FoY36Ig5tQ
RT @cspan: .@RepMaxineWaters: "Yes, I called for Trump's impeachment early. This is country. Our foremothers and our forefathers shed their blood to build and defend this democracy. I refuse to have it undermined." Full video: https://t.co/8RMQxkzEFx https://t.co/VNSgSJACns
RT @BernieSanders: Our young people did what they were told: they got an education and worked hard. They're now being punished with crushing student debt and low-paying jobs. It's about time we stand up for young people and tell the economic elite: you can no longer have it all.
RT @AudiaForDA: As a woman of color from a working class family I am thoroughly disgusted.#changecantwait We are proudly the most diverse county in the US. Our communities will remain less safe in Harris County (Houston) with a DA set on perpetuating racial and socioeconomic stereotypes. https://t.co/EFdmZsBLDH
RT @G_Padraic: Last Thursday, @GovAndyBeshear restored the right to vote to more than 140,000 people. The next day, I registered to vote for the first time in almost two decades. I am one of those 140,000. I wrote about it for @Slate: https://t.co/GwIku76xi2
RT @PeterBeinart: Conservative pundits are now claiming that the most successful Jewish presidential candidate in American history has an "anti-Semitism problem." That's their way of saying he considers Palestinians to be human beings deserving of basic rights https://t.co/8Vnb3lm0nd
RT @VLuck: At a public meeting in Tulsa tonight, archaeologists announced radar scanning of a local cemetery has revealed anomalies consistent with a mass grave, possibly connected to the 1921 race massacre. @DeNeenLBrown has all the details https://t.co/4Zytc4rFPm
Tuesday, 17 December 2019
RT @alexisgoldstein: "It is #ImpeachmentEve. Protests in favor of impeaching Donald Trump were held all over the country tonight. From Boston to St. Petersburg FL To Lexington KY, Kansas City MO Knoxville TN, Boise ID, Phoenix AZ, Aspen CO" @maddow @MoveOn @by_the_ppl @IndivisibleTeam https://t.co/x7lZZwz7XD
RT @AlOtroLado_Org: Official statement regarding our 19-yr-old client and her baby. We are ever thankful to everyone who played a role in preventing this from happening ππ½πππ½. Our client is in a safe space with her baby. We will not be granting interviews with her at this time. https://t.co/rPIBcS6tFu
RT @kai_newkirk: #ImpeachmentEve in Phoenix. 2 hours in on a winter night and protesters demanding Trump’s impeachment & removal are holding down every corner of this intersection. Every member of Congress must put country first now & prove to the world that in America no one is above the law. https://t.co/HbedhjPNRe
RT @ErikaAndiola: This is the time to get off the couch & hit the streets. Phoenix turned out today! Hundreds of people demanding Congress to #ImpeachAndRemove @realDonaldTrump. We need you as well. Our planet, our people, America needs this. The consequences of unaccountability? More corruption https://t.co/OpP1gNYEGw
RT @kai_newkirk: Every corner of a major intersection in Phoenix taken over by #ImpeachmentEve protest. Hundreds out. Dozens of cars honking in solidarity. “Donald Trump has got to go!” and “Impeach Now!” chants rolling. We are determined to defend our democracy & the rule of law in America. https://t.co/iYBCHHkGzU
RT @annagalland: I've been part of many Trump-era mobilizations, and it's clear this was a big one. Knock-out crowds, in the dead of winter, at hundreds of #impeachmenteve rallies tonight. Thank you so much to the legions of volunteer organizers out there. https://t.co/JsctqyDaQc
RT @TexasTribune: 1/ Vaping is the newest public health epidemic sweeping the nation’s youth. Reports of vaping-related injuries and deaths have piled up. In some Texas school districts, students have gone to jail for having a vape pen in their backpack. https://t.co/q5Hvr4tbTg
Monday, 16 December 2019
RT @sunrisemvmt: Stop what you’re doing & watch this—all the way through. @Romanoff2020 understands the stakes of the crisis & the urgent need for a #GreenNewDeal. He’s taking on the GOP & Democratic establishment to be Colorado’s next Senator, but he needs our help. ⬇️ https://t.co/widjoYDxR9
RT @davidsirota: I’m sure Pete’s sudden decision to reverse his support for Medicare for All and oppose college for all has absolutely nothing to do with him hanging around with the kinds of people who have a chandeliered wine cave https://t.co/AT9P2MpvMZ
RT @JamarloANjax: NEW: The family of 22-year-old Jamee Johnson still searching for answers days after he was shot and killed by police. Jamee was a senior studying business at FAMU. “I didn’t know it was a criminal offense to be in Jacksonville” This story tonight at 5/6 only on @ActionNewsJax https://t.co/HmaN8DmBuw
RT @BrittneyVerner: I just spoke with Jamee Johnson’s father. He told me his son was a senior at FAMU studying business. “He does not have a criminal history, he was not a violent person,”. You will here from him tonight only on @ActionNewsJax . https://t.co/iplTH9qRsS
"Put down your gun and pick up an employment application." That's what District Attorney Kim Ogg said to her constituents at an NAACP townhall in Houston earlier this year. We need to do better than racist tropes if we are serious about making our communities safer. https://t.co/zT6FRXZQcQ
RT @DrRJKavanagh: Curtis Flowers was released on bail today after spending 22 years in prison, tried six times for the same crime. SCOTUS ruled earlier this year that prosecutors had shown an unconstitutional pattern of excluding Black jurors from Mr. Flowers' trials. https://t.co/jfxqgJCuHu
RT @helenprejean: Curtis Flowers was in the news over the summer when the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the result of his sixth trial. The Court determined that prosecutors excluded Black people from the jury. More on that decision here: https://t.co/K95i9lFWpR
RT @NAACP_LDF: In June, #SCOTUS held that Curtis Flowers' constitutional rights were violated when DA Doug Evans excluded Black jurors on the basis of race from his latest trial. Today, he was granted bail & will have the opportunity to go home for the first time in over 20 years. https://t.co/2NnDNx2dE9
RT @thrasherxy: Amazing. Curtis Flowers has been tried six times—twice were hung juries, four times were convictions overturned by higher courts for prosecutorial misconduct. Each time it went back to the same prosecutor. He’s been locked up since the 90s. https://t.co/N43Yo5fNpM
RT @usclimatestrike: We are not here to ask nicely. We are not here to quietly remind you about the science. This is not a school project or day off. We are here to save our planet and to tear down the institutions which poisoned it. Help make it possible. https://t.co/HS4zWTzXiu
RT @shaunking: My blood is boiling. I literally had to take a moment to calm myself down. He needs to be arrested today. NO JUSTIFICATION exists for this. None. Start emailing and calling NOW please. Also, what’s this man’s name? https://t.co/s5lbDcQzbm
RT @shaunking: LET BE CLEAR. This officer MUST be fired by the end of the day TODAY. He should then be ARRESTED immediately for felony assault of a child. This not only violates policy, it violates the law. Vance County Sheriff's Office Email: cbrame@vancecounty.org Call: (252) 738-2200 https://t.co/wDqLPVkOka
LET BE CLEAR. This officer MUST be fired by the end of the day TODAY. He should then be ARRESTED immediately for felony assault of a child. This not only violates policy, it violates the law. Vance County Sheriff's Office Email: cbrame@vancecounty.org Call: (252) 738-2200 https://t.co/wDqLPVkOka
RT @hamdia_ahmed: Yesterday, I called out those cadets who were putting up white power symbols on national TV. Racist people are attacking me for my religion & skin color. I want to turn this into something positive. Follow me if you need a Muslim friend. #Retweet
Sunday, 15 December 2019
RT @MeetMichael_: It’s official: Despite below 20° weather and it snowing, the @BernieSanders Iowa team just knocked 30,000+ doors this weekend! We will win the #IAcaucus because we have a grassroots army ready to fight for a government that works for all of us, not the 1%. https://t.co/D00qTO98LI
RT @BernieSanders: Our health care system is barbaric. Taking care of a loved one who is sick is hard enough without fighting an insurance company whose only interest is profit. We are going to pass Medicare for All. We will eliminate medical debt. https://t.co/upmfAVFClB
RT @mariosevilla: Got chills hearing Kamaru say: “...the wrath of every immigrant in this country.” Note that Colby Covington politicized this bout vs Kamaru Usman, who is Nigerian-American. Colby mocked Kamaru’s heritage and turned it into an American vs immigrant fight. https://t.co/FZ7P7NUUwI
RT @tomaskenn: Almost 500 folks joined our call for Bernie Victory Captains tonight. Those are the leaders that are hosting one event per week to make sure we are talking to as many voters as possible about Bernie. We are going to win. https://t.co/HwazMVv7RE
RT @James_Mackler: Winning this open #TNSEN seat will help #FlipTheSenate & take away the power #MoscowMitch is abusing. TN needs a senator to stand up for what’s right & stand up to any president when they’re wrong. Join my team today >>> https://t.co/REGFUU2rCp https://t.co/V5MSVLfmR1
RT @davidsirota: π₯π₯Here is @NinaTurner today in South Carolina explaining the clear contrast between @BernieSanders & @JoeBiden on criminal justice and Biden’s promise to his donors that “nothing would fundamentally change.” π₯π₯ https://t.co/IKRDjV0Fl9
RT @tomaskenn: We are 50 days from Iowa and we need all hands on deck for Bernie. Four easy ways to get involved: 1. Find or host an event https://t.co/MUu6gWCAbu 2. Make calls https://t.co/QTu31EvIuG 3. Download the BERN app https://t.co/QHHU9PFaqZ 4. Volunteer https://t.co/IGpJStlLbd
Saturday, 14 December 2019
RT @AMDanQuart: Last November, several of my colleagues and I first called on the Manhattan DA to release his list of dishonest police officers. Following the lead of his BX, BK, and Queens counterparts – and only after a lawsuit and FOIL request – he finally caved. https://t.co/rd9jWbYcXf
RT @Wulfkat: Throwing white power signs with an African American cadet standing right in front of them and laughing about it. Is this behavior becoming of future officers of the United States Army, @WestPoint_USMA and @USArmy? Blatant #racism. #TheResistance https://t.co/5Cn2zvoiVV
RT @taurl_: Here is the New Zealand mosque shooter flashing the #WhitePower symbol after murdering 50 people. It’s one thing not to be aware. It’s another to gaslight people about something most people already know. This has become a racist symbol. https://t.co/2u03aMKdny
RT @BuffyWicks: 7 years ago today 20 six & seven-year-olds, & 6 adult staff—were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. 7 years & Sen. Republicans still refuse to pass universal background checks. 7 years. We can’t afford to lose another 7 yrs to inaction—let us honor their memory through action. https://t.co/rLUJWAkZ4k
RT @hamdia_ahmed: Let’s make them go viral. Retweet. This happened on national television today. These two felt like it was okay to put up a white power symbol on national tv. Mind you, they are apart of the navy. #ArmyNavy https://t.co/SdkCTJ0vhK
RT @thequianafulton: “Jones broke the news on Twitter, revealing he wasn’t only not returning for Season 3, but that he’d been fired, all the way back in September. The reason: new showrunner Charles Eglee was not a fan of Mr. Nancy, who had helped the show explore race relations in America.” https://t.co/EglvhjzhiT
Republicans know that @realDonaldTrump cannot withstand a real trial. He could never testify without lying. His cabinet members could not testify without implicating Trump and themselves in crimes. The trial HAS to end quickly because they know what the facts say. https://t.co/tNsT8SWCZq
RT @ryanstruyk: Senate oath: “I solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, President of the United States, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws: So help me God.” https://t.co/N8z1sK05uG
RT @ConnieSchultz: The U.S. senator in our home is reading stacks of history on impeachment, studying Senate guidelines and precedents, and insisting to all who ask that he must approach this somber proceeding as a juror, not a partisan. I couldn’t be prouder of @SenSherrodBrown. https://t.co/hZHzjaPrB7
RT @MeetMckayla: A MESSAGE TO THE @DCCC You worked to ensure Van Drew won the primary instead of the progressive candidate. When you blacklist challengers & actively intervene in primaries, this is the result: It's not only undemocratic. It not only hurts the movement. It helps Republicans. https://t.co/G1L4BNgiuf
Friday, 13 December 2019
RT @NYSenatorRivera: I am deeply disturbed that @NYGovCuomo vetoed my bill, the Charitable Bail Fund Reform Act, S494. In ‘12, charitable bail became law & after 7 yrs of paving the way, charitable bail orgs will not be able to serve NYers still in need across our state. Full statement ππΌππΌππΌ https://t.co/CWZgdgGQW2
RT @DrIbram: Babies are nurtured in racism, studies show. As a father, I needed a protective tool for my child, for vulnerable children everywhere. That tool—a board book brought to life by the magical illustrations of @ashlukadraws—is coming in June. Introducing #AntiracistBaby. https://t.co/VNzp7ssrDH
RT @matthewstoller: I'm Jewish. Making accusations of antisemitism against Bernie Sanders and @fshakir is a straightforward corruption of Jewish politics. It's time to stop using fake allegations of anti-semitism to serve plutocracy. https://t.co/RZuxZMIEtt
RT @iPhilSomething: headed to north carolina & south carolina w/ Senator @ninaturner, @KillerMike and friends. we'll be talking, listening and learning at barbershops, coffeeshops, community centers and churches. pass the word. accept no (L)imitations. #bernie2020 @BernieSanders https://t.co/oNVsX8WuqL
RT @davidminpdx: 14. Again, if there are more allegations of specific corruption or pay-for-play, then of course go ahead and criticize the pardon. (Though do so, recognizing thae broader context/role that money plays in absolutely every aspect of our political life.)
RT @davidminpdx: 13. In fact that happens all the time, but tragically during the era of mass incarceration we are so stuck in our position of anger and vengeance that we wildly over punish people and then have refused to consider their transformation and rehabilitation.
RT @davidminpdx: 12. It may be that the crimes committed were serious. But that alone says nothing about the legitimacy of the pardon. It may be that someone committed an awful crime *and that person may be over-punished or become rehabilitated.
RT @davidminpdx: 10. I see people objecting to Governor Bevin’s use of the pardon power in a case of a man with an innocence claim, where prosecutors opposed DNA testing, where the guy has already served 25 years. I mean that is precisely the kind of situation the pardon power was made for!
RT @davidminpdx: 9. And it was not at all unusual — in fact it was quite common — for people who had committed the most serious crimes, including murder and rape, to get commutations. Prior to the era of mass incarceration, the pardon power was thought to be a core function of the executive.
RT @davidminpdx: 8. And the pardon power used to be used MUCH MUCH more frequently than it is today — even when the criminal justice system was a tiny fraction of its current size. Governors used to use it all the tine, 100s, even 1000s of times throughout their time in office.
RT @davidminpdx: 6. The framers of the constitution and of many state constitutions recognized the inherent tendency of the criminal justice system to over-punish and make mistakes. They created the pardon power as a check on those foibles of the human condition.
RT @davidminpdx: 4. I see many reporters for outlets like @TPM and @slate and local papers writing articles suggesting that the single apparently illegitimate pardon taints the whole lot. And as evidence they cite the fact that some were pardoned for apparently serious crimes like rape/murder.
RT @davidminpdx: 2. If you want to take issue with a pardon where there is some specific allegation of corruption — and there appears to be at least one where there is an allegation of a donor getting favorable treatment — that’s fine. Go for it.
RT @davidminpdx: 1. Fuck all of my progressive friends and allies who are attacking this governor who perhaps with one exception used the pardon power as it SHOULD BE USED. *You my friends and allies are exhibiting the very worst of the politics of mass incarceration. Shame on you. https://t.co/s9y7h2Tf2q
Thursday, 12 December 2019
RT @ErikaAndiola: I’ve been called criminal by so many Republicans because my family and I decided to seek home and safety in the U.S. Today they sit there in the chamber defending an actual crime that was committed by the president of this country and they know it. Hypocrisy. Corruption.
RT @WillVanguard: ‘Bernie Sanders is continuing his recent national surge in South Carolina, where he has supplanted U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren for second place.’ ‘Bernie gained the most support of anyone since the last poll.’ Go to https://t.co/IYr7u0szUo to keep it rolling #NotMeUs #Berne2020 https://t.co/vPU0OYK0dL
RT @TweetingYarnie: Bernie Sanders is surging in the polls nationwide even in Obama/Biden Country. Is Joe's South Carolina firewall disappearing? Biden — 27% Sanders — 20% Warren — 19% Buttigieg — 9% Happy Holidays Joe and bye-bye Peter.π€£π€£ https://t.co/Ina2ftBP8g
RT @zacrussell93: Sanders within striking distance in South Carolina, a state many did not think he could do well in. If Sanders places above Biden in Iowa and wins NH (which is the current projection), Bernie could do very well in SC. https://t.co/ROvdJ7KXZa
RT @BernieSanders: In just over 50 days, the first votes will be cast to decide the Democratic nominee. We are in a position to win. Campaign manager @fshakir is joining us live now to give a campaign update and to answer your questions: https://t.co/Oippmqw8K5
RT @maryannehitt: This is my community - @rockwoolna claims to be green, claims to be a climate leader, but is building a toxic coal and gas fueled factory across the street from an elementary school, despite overwhelming local opposition. Please stand with us and #BoycottRockwool https://t.co/2JwM3vnj1I
RT @DrRJKavanagh: LAPD officers arrested and charged Roryce Dirden, an EMT, with Assault after a patient he was treating in an ambulance for seizures, unstrapped herself from a stretcher and he pulled her back up on it for her own safety. https://t.co/uIjbdC2cum
Wednesday, 11 December 2019
RT @theappeal: Jackie Lacey's failure to appear at the local debate comes one day after she lost the Los Angeles County Democratic Party's nomination to reformer challenger George GascΓ³n. GascΓ³n did show at the debate, as did additional reformer challenger Rachel Rossi https://t.co/nP5xUl8CEZ
RT @SenSanders: My friend @RepRoKhanna is right: it is Orwellian for Congress to hand over billions of dollars worth of weapons and bombs to a president waging a horrific, unconstitutional war in Yemen—and call that progressive. https://t.co/6SUmUUhv3q
RT @Andrefor40th: I'm proud to join this statement of solidarity w/ the movement to stop Rockwool in West Virginia. If @RockwoolNA truly wants to be part of a just climate solution, they must abandon their plan to build this factory & make changes. #BoycottRockwool https://t.co/wj03y69cqx
RT @shomaristone: Prosecutor: Racist Memes Poisoned Killer’s Mind. A prosecutor says racist memes poisoned the mind of Sean Urbanski, motivating him to fatally stab black college student Richard Collins III on the University of Maryland's campus. #RichardCollinsIII https://t.co/UFDzEzDvss
RT @GunnelsWarren: New Rule: Every Member of Congress who voted to give the most corrupt, unhinged & unstable president in history $738 billion to fight endless wars, fund a bogus space force & put our troops at risk must never tell us that we cannot afford #MedicareForAll or a #GreenNewDeal. Ever.
RT @LauraLitvan: EXCLUSIVE: Senate Repubs say there's consensus building w/in their ranks for a short impeachment trial that could see the GOP-led chamber vote on a likely acquittal of President Trump w/o hearing from any witnesses. | w @StevenTDennis https://t.co/oTvNHQCcOe
RT @tomaskenn: Are you an organizer who is all in for @BernieSanders and wants to help our movement win? We’re looking for coaches who can support volunteers (remotely) in KEY MARCH STATES. It’s just a 5 hr/week commitment! π₯π₯Sign up here: https://t.co/A4iMWgilgf π₯π₯
RT @RevDrBarber: No only is @mrdannyglover in new movie—& old movies like Lethal Weapon—he’s also a citizen & human rights activist who has joined the team to help build the #PoorPeoplesCampaign toward Mass Assembly & Moral March on Washington, June 20, 2020. Join us! https://t.co/UVcp8Jnx3m https://t.co/W4zdobf1al
RT @PresenteOrg: A grassroots movement is fighting to stop construction of a toxic, fossil fuel-powered @RockwoolNA factory right by a Title I school in West Virginia. We're proud to join this statement of solidarity with their climate justice fight. #BoycottRockwool https://t.co/BFHqZdpQ9L
To the people using fear and mistruths to preserve the status quo, you will not win. New York must enact these historic reforms AS IS on January 1st. Thank you to all of our leaders who are holding the line. People all around the country are watching. https://t.co/ommB3y7KTt
RT @pamelacolloff: An extraordinary editorial by an ex-prosecutor in Florida: “I urge Gov. Ron DeSantis to grant executive clemency to James Dailey and not to execute a man who was convicted and sentenced to death on the basis of unreliable jailhouse informant testimony.” https://t.co/MiI7YY58fO
Kim Ogg wants to hire more prosecutors when DAs should be focused on decreasing the amount of people who go through the legal system. That’s why @AudiaForDA will not prosecute drug possession or other offenses that target poverty. Join the movement now: https://t.co/d6nSJ6TGfI https://t.co/0EImK4vTzO
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
RT @ThatRabbiCohen: It is really, *really* frightening for us to be defined as a nationality. The trope of "dual loyalism" is classic antisemitism. It encourages people to view American Jews as professing greater loyalty to Israel than to the United States-- thereby making us untrustworthy. https://t.co/PyuqK1lLZX
RT @Taniel: 4% of KY's adult population is about to gain right to vote, in one stroke of pen. That's huge. Also, a massive indictment of a system that makes voting rights so condition, and at whim of politicians who want to restrict it (as Bevin did). (context: https://t.co/ZT00DY6cCO) https://t.co/INcsf0gJtW
RT @MeetMichael_: We need you here in Iowa...not in January, right now! We’re aiming to knock 35,000+ doors this weekend and we need your help. Can you drive here this weekend? Take a bus? Book a train ticket? Go to https://t.co/druxWPbLQN and find an office nearest you. https://t.co/0ds6MxQVsW
RT @jjz1600: Wow! #1 it’s bizarre that Trump thinks he has the right or power to determine that a religion in a nationality; #2 even if he does this, how will this “bolster” denying free speech to those who want to Boycott Israel for its violations of human rights; #3 “Deal of the Century?” https://t.co/iWPJwMs2Wm
RT @wendellpotter: The bottom line (that I know too well as a former health insurance exec) is this: The current system is built to deny people medical care and sock them with huge bills. Pete's health care plan protects this system. Now we have a clearer understanding of why. (7/7)
RT @wendellpotter: Pete says he didn’t work on stuff he “had a problem with.” Like Pete, I also worked for an insurer and turned a blind eye to the real world effects. Eventually I had a problem with a lot of it. It’s hard not to when your job includes denying care to Americans who need it most 6/7
RT @wendellpotter: Some context on the “it was only three months” talking point: Consulting is, by nature, temporary work. Often my insurance company would hire McKinsey for special projects to cut jobs and raise rates, that didn’t take very long. (5/7)
RT @wendellpotter: To really understand this work, and the climate in which it occurred, you might review this report from the Michigan AG in 2007. It’s called “Profits over People: The Drive to Privatize and Destroy the Social Mission of Blue Cross and Blue Shield” (4/7) https://t.co/kXZqH1OdRZ
RT @wendellpotter: In fairness, I can understand why Pete might try to minimize his role now, and make it seem like he was learning how to do spreadsheets. But trust me from experience, McKinsey is expensive, and hires Rhodes Scholars and Harvard grads like Pete for their brains and opinions. (3/7)
RT @wendellpotter: I see Pete describes his work there as just math. In a way, this is true. @BCBSM had a math problem: profits were down, and needed to go up. That’s when firms like BCBS and my old one bring in “whiz kids” like Pete to decide how high to raise rates and how many jobs to cut. (2/7)
RT @wendellpotter: It brings me no joy that my hunch that @petebuttigieg advised Blue Cross Blue Shield in the run-up to layoffs and rate hikes, was revealed to be right. Campaign spin aside, as a former insurance exec I know what that work really entails, and it is devastating. (1/7) https://t.co/kPxx3xBoWi
RT @Taniel: Wow. McKinsey rigged a program & manipulated data to make it look like it was improving conditions & reducing violence on Rikers Island, but it was bogus. It also convinced NY to spend "millions on sorts of advanced data analytics" that didn't work well. https://t.co/6y9SV4Rc6M
RT @wendellpotter: If indeed the @petebuttigieg client was Blue Cross, this report by the Attorney General of Michigan in 2007 has a lot to offer. The title: “Profits over People: The Drive to Privatize and Destroy the Social Mission of Blue Cross and Blue Shield” (9/13) https://t.co/kXZqH1OdRZ
RT @RAICESTEXAS: As fundamental as the right to freedom of expression, or freedom of thought. As fundamental as the right to education or the right to life. Migration is a human right today (#HumanRightsDay ) and every day. Join us & #StandUp4HumanRights https://t.co/2lfwlk9Vm5
RT @kai_newkirk: Obstruction of Justice is a crime. Poor people & folks of color go to jail all the time for the merest instances of it. It's undeniable that Trump has repeatedly, egregiously obstructed justice. What does it mean for democracy & justice in America not to impeach him for it?
RT @rob_bennett: The fight to stop @RockwoolNA in Jefferson County, WV is a climate justice fight. I'm joining 100+ global leaders in solidarity with this fight & joining the call to #BoycottRockwool until they abandon their plan to build this factory & make changes. https://t.co/DguDr71r6G
RT @dabeard: A group of doctors showed up at a Border Patrol detention facility to provide free flu vaccines for 100 migrant kids. The doctors said it would take a half hour. Three kids have died from the flu in federal custody. The doctors were refused entry. https://t.co/nTxHXdJxud
RT @karpmj: Donald Trump was practically designed by IKEA as a symbol of billionaire greed, but heading into 2020 Democratic leaders have instead assembled a hideous abstract sculpture of Ukrainian security theater, bipartisan "wins" on trade, and campaign trail whining about free college https://t.co/pnEdtZimpk
RT @chachachanise: For the record, I never touched this man. This was unprovoked. He acted alone. His wife was not present. I regret naming her in the tweet as she wasn’t there, and shouldn’t be held accountable for his actions. Please leave her out of this conversation. I apologize for naming her.
RT @chachachanise: I was just assaulted by this man at White Rock Lake Dog Park in Dallas, TX. He hit me twice, grabbed my neck, and called me a “fucking bitch” repeatedly. His name is Dale Coonrod. His wife’s name is Mickey Rayford-Coonrod and she’s the Assistant Attorney for the city of Dallas. https://t.co/u0IJ4Xx4Iu
Monday, 9 December 2019
RT @BernieSanders: When I met John, a veteran, a few months ago, he had $139,000 in medical debt. Thankfully today he is doing much better. We must eliminate all medical debt—and when our veterans come home, they must receive the best quality health care this country can provide them. https://t.co/URQfPkBsnS
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