Thursday, 31 December 2020
RT @GaryChambersJr: I just want to say thank you God for seeing me through another year. 2020 was a roller coaster. Never would I have imagined it would go as it did, but I’m grateful. 2021 I’m ready. With joy, hope, passion, and truth I’ll #KeepPushing. Happy New Year everyone. I love you.
RT @TahanieNYC: Happy New Year from all of us at Team Tahanie! 2020 was a hard year filled with many challenges, changes and loss. 2021 is an opportunity to change the old ways that brought us to such a low point. Here’s to a year of relentless, persistent & unapologetic transformations. https://t.co/Cws3rOkfmL
RT @RachelBarkow: If you want to read more on why taking clemency (not to mention prison policy and forensics) out of DOJ is a wise policy move, @Oslerguy and I detailed all the ways in which DOJ's takes on these issues are biased: https://t.co/9caMCpgmp5 https://t.co/KvJSlk0eAe
RT @ryangrim: Splintering over small differences is endemic to movements, and it’s incumbent on movement leaders not to give in to those tendencies, but to see the bigger picture and actually reach the goal, not destroy would-be allies over tactical disputes.
RT @ryangrim: With stakes that high, you wonder, how could they have blown themselves up over this minuscule difference in preferred tactics? Then you see people say that anybody who doesn’t agree that an immediate floor vote is the top priority is actually standing in the way of health care
RT @GeorgeGascon: Here are some accomplishments from 2020 to celebrate: - Ended the Death Penalty in LA - Baned Gang Enhancements - Stopped Prosecuting Kids as Adults - Stopped requiring victim cooperation to be eligible for support services Bring on 2021 - the work continues!
RT @LApubdefunion: Enhancements and Three Strikes allegations are the principal drivers of mass incarceration and are disproportionately applied to people of color. These enhancements perpetuate systemic racism in the criminal legal system. 2/
RT @LApubdefunion: We strongly support @GeorgeGascon’s directives which are critical first steps toward ending mass incarceration in CA. The @latimes is right: our legislators must now address CA’s racist & irrational sentencing scheme. 1/ https://t.co/NzpTdGjSpF
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
RT @equalityAlec: did you know that police and judges in Los Angeles county transfer $173 million per year from poor families to the for-profit bail industry by forcing people to make cash payments to get their loved ones out of jail? that's just one county.
RT @davidminpdx: “A judge ordered him released last year at age 49, citing evidence that police & prosecutors built their case on fabricated statements from people they coerced as witnesses and later withheld evidence pointing to the likely true perpetrators of the crime.” https://t.co/FDz0KgAzKs
RT @RAPPcampaign: BREAKING: Another incarcerated person has died of COVID-19 in NY State prisons. The person, who died at Wende prison, is the 4th incarcerated NYer to die of the virus in the last 2 weeks amid a COVID spike. Our statement: @NYGovCuomo: #ClemencyNow Lawmakers: #ParoleJusticeNY https://t.co/54NkaHfheO
RT @mehdirhasan: “As a white man, a white Christian, Anthony Quinn Warner gets a benefit of the doubt—has a certain privilege shall we say—that people who look like me, and with names like mine, never get." My take on @MSNBC on the Nashville bomber & our double standards: https://t.co/Xm6dEOAWZv
RT @GeorgeGascon: People must be held accountable, but we often put ppl in prison for extra years, increasing recidivism & creating more victims. This is unsafe, unjust & wastes taxpayer $. Prosecutors enter an appearance “for the people” & the decisions we make must be in the people’s interest.
RT @MarkLevineNYC: NYC so far averaging about 40k vaccinations per week. Yes this is logistically challenging, and yes it's tough do a roll-out during the holidays. But we need to increase this pace dramatically—like by at least 5x—if we are going to get to herd immunity by mid 2021.
RT @mmcauliff: Bernie hits McConnell: "Let me just make it clear for the majority leader, that 10 out of the poorest 25 counties in the United States of America are located in Kentucky. So maybe my colleague.. might want to get on the phone and start talking to working families in Kentucky."
RT @RashidaTlaib: Always tons of agreement for tools of war and destroying families abroad, but never this much enthusiasm for protecting American families at home from landlords and bill collectors in the midst of a pandemic. https://t.co/mknY1aMyxI
RT @People4Bernie: "We're working on right now, the largest military budget in... history.... $740 billion, but when it comes working families, to the mom and dad who are struggling to put food on the table for their kids, "Oh My God we're worried about the deficit" @BernieSanders on @BretBaier https://t.co/3ZUWkDm32T
RT @People4Bernie: "What is McConnell's problem? In the house 44 Republicans voted to provide $2,000 checks to working class families. In the Senate, as you know, a number of Republicans have said they want to vote for this." @BernieSanders on @BretBaier https://t.co/FH6NCu0oBl
RT @RAPPcampaign: BREAKING: Another incarcerated person has tragically died of COVID-19 in NY State prisons. 3 incarcerated NYers have died of the virus in the last 2 weeks. 1,134 have contracted the virus this month. Our statement: @NYGovCuomo: #ClemencyNow NY lawmakers: #ParoleJusticeNY https://t.co/f80lbsCMCe
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
RT @ryangrim: Governors are being WAY too precious about who gets this vaccine and we’re going to end up with millions of doses of expired vaccines if states don’t get serious about getting this out the door. These numbers are dangerously bad https://t.co/9VBv9nSEkr https://t.co/RciNui1kSn
RT @kai_newkirk: I called my new Senator @CaptMarkKelly—who I knocked doors & recruited volunteers to help elect—to ask him to join Bernie, Markey & co in this fight to force a vote on $2000 direct relief checks. Staff say he supports the increase. Will you join the filibuster, Sen. Kelly? https://t.co/gnWSPxTbd4 https://t.co/W2ZVEWkKzV
RT @MattHaneySF: The biggest killer of San Franciscans in 2020, by far, was drug overdoses. We will end 2020 w close to 700 overdoses, nearly 3x deaths of 2 years ago. Nearly 2 a day. There was mostly silence or business usual from city departments & Room 200. This was a brutal, shameful failure
RT @ScottHech: Whats killing me: Billionaire Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores, who gets rich off of *forcing families to pay to contact loved ones in prison,* has a larger platform on Twitter than the badass woman who’s fighting to stop him. End the prison-industrial complex. Follow @BiancaTylek https://t.co/J9QuqTfCan
RT @JumaaneWilliams: These stories continue to show the pandemic has made everything worse & more stressful in every statistic inside & outside the Subway in NYC & across the country Also says usual attempt of solely throwing police at everything just won't work #leadership https://t.co/r9LuTDwXoH
RT @GunnelsWarren: At noon tomorrow, McConnell is expected to ask for Unanimous Consent to vote on the veto override of the $740 billion defense bill. Bernie will object until we get a vote on $2,000 direct payments. We can force the Senate to stay in session until the New Year. This is no bluff. https://t.co/DgRB6hJgW8
RT @kai_newkirk: It's hard to think of anything Democrats could do right now that would do more policy good and be smarter politics than joining Bernie in waging an all-out fight to force a vote on $2K survival checks as the people of Georgia vote to decide control of the Senate. https://t.co/P37SYYwPdy
Monday, 28 December 2020
RT @davidminpdx: Phoenix police officer said, “If the mayor defunds the police, I'm going to shoot her.” After decades of mayors writing the police blank checks, we have totally lost the idea that police are public servants who work for us – and they know it. https://t.co/0eE7l89bc1
RT @mehdirhasan: I’m pulling a double duty tonight, tomorrow night, and Wednesday night: I’m hosting my @MehdiHasanShow on @peacockTV as normal. I’m also sitting in for @chrislhayes on @allinwithchris on @MSNBC at 8pm Eastern, live, Mon to Wed this week. Tune in to both if you can 😉
RT @RoKhanna: @repblumenauer @RepBonamici @VoteYvette @MarkDeSaulnier @EspaillatNY @TulsiGabbard @ChuyForCongress @JimmyGomezCA @JaredHuffman @PramilaJayapal @joekennedy @BLeeForCongress @McGovernMA @Grace4NY @AOC @IlhanMN @MarkPocan @AyannaPressley @RashidaTlaib
RT @CoriBush: Donald Trump stole $300 from the pockets of 14 million unemployed people by refusing to sign the COVID-19 bill for 6 days. Congress needs to get back to work to make sure that they get that money back and that we all get the $2,000 monthly checks we need to survive this crisis.
RT @SenSanders: The House passed a $2,000 direct payment for working people. Now it's the Senate's turn. If McConnell doesn't agree to an up or down vote to provide the working people of our country a $2,000 direct payment, Congress will not be going home for New Year's Eve. Let's do our job.
RT @JalenElrod: #ReedyRiverGrandBall is a death trap waiting to happen. The fact that the city doesn’t take decisive action to stop is egregious. But I expect nothing less. This is but a continuation of the disregard Greenville has for the vulnerable and disenfranchised. https://t.co/Xa6uBi9HQR
Sunday, 27 December 2020
RT @ArthurDelaneyHP: Trump refusing to sign the bill immediately screwed millions of workers out of $300. From a bartender in NOLA: “His little delay routine locked me out of the LA unemployment system because I lapsed in the system yesterday and so will have to reapply with a brand new claim”
RT @shaunking: Breonna Taylor’s mother calls on @JoeBiden to hold true to the promises he made to her and other Black families impacted by police violence while he was campaigning for President. Show us that it wasn’t a ploy for votes. Keep your word. https://t.co/LDvloT1afL
RT @shaunking: Dear @JoeBiden, Please don’t force Black families impacted by police violence to take out full page ads in the @WashingtonPost to get your attention. Breonna’s mother, Tamika Palmer, not only voted for you, but campaigned for you across the country. https://t.co/S3ZSoIXdoW
RT @shaunking: We've shared 50+ executive actions & policy changes that the Biden-Harris administration can make real WITHOUT CONGRESS that will each have a tangible, measurable impact on police brutality & mass incarceration. See them now @ https://t.co/sAxEd63lyu 100,000+ people on board.
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @propublica: Without listing the property publicly, Sen. Perdue sold his D.C. house for $1.8 million to a board governor of FINRA, a financial industry organization under the purview of the Senate Banking Committee, on which Perdue sits. https://t.co/o92pAG6ICz
RT @GeorgeGascon: “Research shows children break the law at the same rate, regardless of race... [but] 60% of the broader youth population is white, [and] 88% of children in adult jails and prisons in 2012 were youth of color.” #TreatKidsLikeKids @miriamkrinsky @MMistrett https://t.co/zU1ntfPBTh
RT @briebriejoy: When over 80% of Democrats support a policy, but barely 50% Democrats in the people's House will back it, that's a crisis. Progressives didn't elect candidates just to *believe* in #MedicareForAll. They elected them to *fight* for Medicare for All. #ForceTheVote.
RT @Cleavon_MD: She is a kind soul. Two years ago, her twitter video showing her young students taking turns giving each other a hug, handshake, high-five and fist bump to fellow classmates, while leaving the classroom at the end of the day went viral. 3/6 https://t.co/9p1h1t3Lld
RT @Cleavon_MD: Zelene is a close friend of a friend, so I've followed her hospital course closely. In Nov we were concerned when her oxygen levels began to drop, b/c I've seen this over & over again in young people. Sadly, her oxygen requirements continued to increase & she was intubated 2/6 https://t.co/5XyJo2RczP
RT @Cleavon_MD: 🧵This beautiful soul has been in the ICU for 7 weeks on a ventilator because of COVID. Zelene Blancas is a 35 y.o. first grade bilingual teacher in El Paso Texas who tested positive for COVID on October 20th. She did everything right, but tragically still got COVID. 1/6 https://t.co/KEUMVXjNZW
RT @AsmShirleyWeber: I am excited to be nominated for this historical appointment as the Secretary of State of California. I thank @CAgovernor for the confidence in me. Being the first Black Woman in this position will be monumental and I am up for the challenge. https://t.co/NMTZgX5HfC
RT @IlhanMN: The United States is the richest nation in the history of the world. Allowing working folks and families to lose their homes, electricity and water, jobs, businesses, friends, and neighbors to this pandemic is NOT inevitable. It is a choice we make every day.
RT @AnnaForFlorida: President Trump is golfing. Vice President Pence is skiing. And your unemployment benefits just expired with eviction protections ending soon & small businesses continuing to struggle. Political games often result in everyday people being the ones who lose.
RT @dsallentess: It’s time to lay a new and fair foundation for #OurCommonwealth. With the right infrastructure beneath our feet, we can create a brighter future together. That’s why I’m exploring a run for Governor of Massachusetts.#mapoli #MAGov2022 https://t.co/LytIIFq0Hx
RT @dsallentess: It’s time to lay a new and fair foundation for #OurCommonwealth. With the right infrastructure beneath our feet, we can create a brighter future together. That’s why I’m exploring a run for Governor of Massachusetts.#mapoli #MAGov2022 https://t.co/LytIIFq0Hx
RT @TrevonDLogan: Office Adam Coy has been recommended for termination for killing #AndreHill in Columbus, OH. This process is not over. NOTE: the number of steps that are involved in dismissing an officer for misconduct. @JakeMGrumbach's analysis of police power is useful here. https://t.co/zpV7YmhmF0
RT @ryanjreilly: “Trump and his allies have failed... not a single case of an undocumented immigrant casting a ballot, a citizen double voting, nor any credible evidence that legions of the voting dead gave Mr. Biden a victory that wasn’t his.” https://t.co/8R1eeyzjrN
RT @ryanjreilly: “Trump and his allies have failed... not a single case of an undocumented immigrant casting a ballot, a citizen double voting, nor any credible evidence that legions of the voting dead gave Mr. Biden a victory that wasn’t his.” https://t.co/8R1eeyzjrN
Saturday, 26 December 2020
RT @hahnscratch: I once burglarized a home & stole a safe. I cracked the safe & discovered photos of the owner molesting a child. He reported the burglary to police. I turned the photos in. The cops called him in to discuss the burglary. He confessed. We both went to prison. https://t.co/yxpFN30qgv
RT @ScottHech: Nothing makes me angrier than “progressive” leaders either using their power to incarcerate more people or not using their power to decarcerate more people. And then expecting/demanding praise & support because they are “progressive.”
RT @GunnelsWarren: Reminder: If you paid $12.99/month for Amazon Prime, you paid more to Amazon than it paid in federal income taxes in the past 3 years combined—after making $30 billion in profits. But Larry Summers thinks a $2,000 check to the working class would "overheat" the economy. Pathetic.
RT @nataliealund: Local and federal agents are here at a home for “court authorized activity” in the 100 block of Bakertown Road, an FBI spokesman here told me. Neighbors said an RV similar to the one in the explosion was parked at the home within the last 2 weeks. #nashvillebombing #Nashville https://t.co/s1VpiDdqOo
RT @shomaristone: Columbus police officer, Adam coy, who killed 47-year-old Andre Hill had been placed on leave. In the aftermath, Hill was left on the ground for more than five minutes without anyone rendered aid, and police say no weapon was found at the scene: @NBCNews. https://t.co/mEiHi1du1o
RT @ethanbrown72: In a 2018 speech to a convention of Free Will Baptists, Jason Meade, the Franklin County sheriff's deputy who killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson Jr., described violence as a "righteous release." "People I hit you wish you could hit, trust me," he added. https://t.co/bHv1aKQaVN
RT @theappeal: Experts say the “shadow foster care” system, where officials place children with friends or relatives, creates situations ripe for abuse and neglect—all without a court case, due process, or meaningful oversight. https://t.co/7NYpzZz1Nc
RT @WaqarVick: "Over the past five years, the D.C. government has spent millions of dollars settling dozens of police misconduct lawsuits — settlements that, even as officers acknowledge no wrongdoing, document a trail of nonfatal encounters that went painfully wrong." https://t.co/zMNbxxxrZg
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: Before the hanging, the warriors prayed with the canupa (pipe) and sang songs. Among them were underaged minors and the mentally disabled. One of them was also a white man who had been adopted and raised by the Dakota. During the execution, some were holding hands. #Dakota38
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: Around 1700 Dakota, mostly women and children, were imprisoned at Fort Snelling. Disease & death were rampant. They buried children every day. This is Chief Little Crow’s wife and children at Fort Snelling. He was later killed by settlers, his body grossly mutilated. #Dakota38 https://t.co/ZzokLxdVlq
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: Dakota women and children were forced to watch the hanging. A Dakota infant was snatched from the arms of their mother by the settler mob and murdered on the spot during the execution. If Dakota women and children defended themselves they could’ve also be killed. #Dakota38
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: The warriors didn’t receive due process. ‘Trials’ were held in English, a foreign language— they had no legal representation and argument about broken Treaties wasn’t allowed. 38 men, many innocent, were hanged anyway, on a custom made scaffold, in front of a bloodthirsty mob.
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: The Dakota were still abiding by Treaty Law & couldn’t go hunting as they would have before. The war began when some Dakota stole eggs to eat and fighting broke out. Andrew Myrick, the dung-loving agent, was among the first to die. He was found with grass in his mouth. #Dakota38
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: U.S. Congress purposely breached treaty by omitting an article in it that set aside lands for Dakota, without telling them. Then the agent charged with providing Dakota with rations said, “Let them eat grass or their own dung,” while Dakota children were dying of starvation.
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: The execution happened at the culmination of the Dakota War, which started because the U.S. government unilaterally breached 2 treaties it made with the Dakota. The Dakota gave up land in exchange for $ and food. They weren't given neither & were starving.
RT @Ruth_HHopkins: 158 years ago today, the largest mass execution in U.S. history took place under the orders of Abraham Lincoln. On Dec 26, 1862, the day after Christmas, 38 Dakota warriors were hanged in Mankato, MN. #Dakota38 https://t.co/6hypLM7vRS
RT @TheNorthStar: And as we pivot towards the close of this very unique year, TNS is unpacking the principles and impact of Kwanzaa, a nearly 60-year cultural celebration of Black heritage that bridges the conclusion of the current year with the beginning of the new year. https://t.co/CMXek9fPcc
Friday, 25 December 2020
RT @FordFischer: THREAD: I have discovered something online that *could* be relevant to the Nashville explosion, but I want to be extremely clear that I don't know what - if anything - to infer from it. I'm hoping appropriate experts and authorities can take a look.
RT @DanPriceSeattle: Some math: A 25% tax just on extra wealth gained by billionaires in the pandemic is enough to send an extra $1,000 to every adult in America. It would leave the average billionaire $1.23 billion richer than when the pandemic began.
On this Christmas Day the sister of Atatiana Jefferson wrote an open letter to @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris to make sure the incoming administration actually keeps their promises on police brutality and issues of justice. Please read and share. https://t.co/I98ALrHmU2
RT @C_Sommerfeldt: Trump's official Christmas message contains no reference to the pandemic that has killed more than 329,000 Americans, except for a brief mention that "our gatherings might look different than in years past." https://t.co/DWS4cLSzho
Thursday, 24 December 2020
RT @RoKhanna: .@Ash_Kalra would be a phenomenal choice for AG given his record fighting got criminal justice reform, his service as a public defender, and his steadfast support for working families. He’s a great progressive choice! https://t.co/dqu7dW5i0r
RT @Booker4KY: We never had a lot growing up. Sometimes, mom didn’t have enough to get me Christmas presents. She would hug me with tears in her eyes, and apologize. I would squeeze her tight, and tell her that she was my gift. Cherish what matters most. Love you, Mama.
RT @briebriejoy: “[Bernie Sanders] had more support from Black members of the [South Carolina] legislature than any other candidate... I really just don’t know what else we could have done to try to earn the vote.” Listen to the full @ninaturner interview on @badfaithpod https://t.co/iDBg2OBAIh https://t.co/yKhM1pVBRh
RT @AASchapiro: It'll be interesting to see if some of the fact-checking-mid article conventions developed in the Trump years will be deployed going forward i.e., stuff like: "Mr. Biden claimed, without evidence, he didn't have authority to cancel student debt above $10,000."
RT @RealJusticePAC: Reform and public safety aren’t at odds. But for too long, tough-on-crime politicians have fed us the myth that they are. As DA, @GeorgeGascon is going to show us all that a system based on justice also keeps us safe. https://t.co/2VABUH0s3i
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
RT @SiegelForTexas: INCUMBENT DEMS ARE A PROBLEM In 2020 the worst-performing turnout districts were safe Democratic congressional seats. While 413K voted in TX-10 where I ran, less than 160K voted in two Democratic districts. Dead weight on the ticket is a major obstacle to political change. https://t.co/rIRbHAgchH
RT @SiegelForTexas: THE MEDIA IS A PROBLEM IN LOCAL RACES @JulieOliverTX and I ran into the same issue — local media give little coverage to congressional campaigns. Without media regarding our races or a national discussion of progressive issues, getting our message out is even harder. https://t.co/IAjehc77Vf
RT @SiegelForTexas: RUNNING PROGRESSIVE DOESN’T HURT — BUT THE PARTY TICKET CAN I was branded as a radical communist who'd abolish prisons. Yet I performed as well as moderates with 5x the cash. The problem was that our populist message—healthcare and jobs for all—was not reinforced by Biden. https://t.co/2gNcmL63Fy
RT @SiegelForTexas: LOCALIZE OUR MESSAGES & KEEP IT SIMPLE Cookie-cutter messaging does not inspire. Yet with too much detail, voters can’t remember what we stand for. As @AkilahBacy says, we show representation by listening to each community. But our language must be simple so it sticks. https://t.co/WtRel1Vx78
RT @SiegelForTexas: ADDRESS THE TOXIC DEMOCRATIC BRAND @ClaytonTuckerTX ran for state senate across rural Texas, and saw how a message of healthcare, jobs, and basic human dignity can succeed. Yet although “vote blue” inspires some, too many Texans see the party as weak, ineffectual and corrupt. https://t.co/m73RfXF0VI
RT @SiegelForTexas: SHARE A POPULIST MESSAGE & BUILD A MULTIRACIAL COALITION Progressives can tap the populist spirit in Texas politics with a strong economic message. Washington decision-makers may not see this, but Texas could inspire the nation on issues from climate to jobs and justice. https://t.co/JzqAVpoIRr
RT @SiegelForTexas: PREPARE FOR THE LONG HAUL When @CristinaforTX ran for US Senate, she saw the gaps in Texas political institutions. While the GOP has built power over 3 decades, Democrats have been energized for 3 years. Let’s celebrate our progress, but be realistic about where we are at. https://t.co/p6ngrrbQ5l
RT @IlhanMN: In an email to us, @SpeakerPelosi is asking for Unanimous Consent to bring a stand-alone bill to increase the payments to $2,000 & wants to pass it tomorrow morning. If McCarthy agrees to the request and no Republican objects, we should have a bill to the Senate by 10am tomorrow.
RT @kai_newkirk: Call Trump’s bluff, Democrats. Pass an amended COVID relief bill w/ $2000 direct relief checks in the House and demand a vote on it in Senate. Trump can either bring GOP Senators in line to help pass it, or he, McConnell, Loeffler, Perdue & co look like Scrooge as GA votes.
RT @RealJusticePAC: 1 in 10 incarcerated people in California currently has COVID-19. There are outbreaks in over 12 CA prisons, just months after San Quentin had the nation’s worst outbreak. How can officials look the other way? Lives are on the line. Decarcerate. https://t.co/XnYhDZd2zZ
RT @mollycrabapple: FFS. Twitter just suspended artist @deadredfred for ... posting his paintings @TwitterSupport this is ludicrous and embarrassing. Reinstate @deadredfred's account. (Please retweet. If you want to support @deadredfred, he sells prints here https://t.co/LmVHoQttSr ) https://t.co/FhTdVviagH
RT @davidsirota: Would be super cool for Joe Biden to first cancel all outstanding student debt, and then every month gather the national press corps to film him at his Oval Office desk personally signing debt cancellation orders for people who subsequently got college/voc ed/job training loans.
RT @SpencerDukoff: It’s dispiriting that @nyphospital would vaccinate mgmt, pharmacists, social workers, and other personnel who have no contact with patients and families while RNs like my wife and her colleagues who work on a pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplant unit wait their turn.
RT @grassroots_law: We need an administration that will follow through on executing justice, not people. There are 14 more executions scheduled in 2021, and those set to be executed are disproportionately black. No more lives need to be lost. https://t.co/odCgY9Vh0T
RT @davidminpdx: The effort to situate federal executions as something that Trump & Barr did is false and wrong. These executions are the natural and foreseeable result of laws that Biden pushed, Clinton signed, cases Gonzalez & Eric Holder prosecuted, Lynch defended and Obama failed to commute. https://t.co/ICr7VkQ8st
RT @jackcalifano: The liberal attempt to paint socialism as something for white people is going to become more and more absurd on its face as Bernie fades as the movement’s leader, and literally every single other prominent socialist elected official in America is a person of color. https://t.co/8jfr9UlNI1
RT @aaronlmorrison: I recently traveled for work and stayed in a hotel where one of the wait staff begged profusely for a cash tip, instead of me writing it in on the bill. "I cannot leave here broke tonight," she said. Of course, I tipped her. The exchange left me sad. So, why is stimulus so hard?
RT @adamnlawyer: Ali was sitting in the back seat of his father’s SUV with two of his cousins. Blackwater riddled the car with bullets. Ali’s father was driving. When the shooting stopped they thought they had experienced a miracle that they were safe.
RT @adamnlawyer: Ali Kinani was 9 years old when he was shot in the head by Blackwater guards on September 16, 2007 in Baghdad Iraq. @realDonaldTrump just pardoned his killers. I represented Ali’s and five other families in a civil lawsuit against Blackwater and Erik Prince for the killings. https://t.co/B2dwbjU4Ub
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
RT @lastprisonerprj: BREAKING NEWS: Governor Whitmer has granted a commutation for Michael Thompson! THANK YOU to everyone who wrote letters, called and emailed. Your voices were heard and justice has been granted! Read more https://t.co/FzDDqPHW1Y https://t.co/Hp5s18fb2G
RT @BernieSanders: That's great! I first introduced a bill to provide a $2,000 direct payment with @SenKamalaHarris & @EdMarkey 7 months ago. Now, Mr. President, get Mitch McConnell and your Republican friends to stop opposing it and we can provide working class Americans with $2,000. Let's do it. https://t.co/fKvqBsqM0k
RT @GravelInstitute: In September 2007, Blackwater military contractor Nick Slatten helped massacre 17 innocent Iraqi civilians – none of them armed – and claimed he did it because he felt threatened. He was sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder. Donald Trump just pardoned him.
RT @mehdirhasan: As Donald Trump tonight pardons Blackwater contractors convicted of murdering Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square, Iraq, it's worth (re)watching my rather intense exchange with Blackwater founder Erik Prince on this very issue, back in 2019, on @AJHeadtoHead: https://t.co/7f4unXn1zz
RT @kyledcheney: NEW: Trump pardoned a group of Blackwater personnel convicted of murder, the campaign aide whose actions instigated the Trump-Russia investigation and three former GOP congressmen conicted of felonies. The rundown, w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/zL838mCuIO
RT @JamesVGrimaldi: When the Blackwater contractors pardoned today by Trump were convicted for a mass shooting in Iraq, the US attorney who prosecuted them said they had “unleashed powerful sniper fire, machine guns and grenade launchers on innocent men, women and children.” https://t.co/ToppAc77p3
RT @AP: Trump also pardoned four former government contractors at Blackwater Worldwide who were convicted in a 2007 massacre in Baghdad that left more than a dozen Iraqi civilians dead and caused an international uproar. https://t.co/CipQg601eB
RT @mkraju: Duncan Hunter was sentenced to 11 months for stealing campaign funds; Chris Collins was sentenced to 26 months for insider trading - and Trump just pardoned both former GOP congressmen, who were his earliest House supporters in the 2016 campaign https://t.co/CWXDhNNr7m
RT @kaitlancollins: The White House announces President Trump has pardoned Duncan Hunter, who pleaded guilty to spending more than $150,000 in campaign $ on personal expenses, and Chris Collins, who pleaded guilty to insider trading charges and lying to federal investigators.
RT @AP: The pardons included former GOP Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and Chris Collins of New York. Hunter pleaded guilty to stealing campaign funds and Collins admitted he helped his son and others dodge $800,000 in stock market losses. https://t.co/i8Wuz3nMf6
RT @mehdirhasan: "Less 'Commander in Chief' and 'America First,' more errand boy for a vicious foreign monarchy." My mini-rant on the @MehdiHasanShow tonight, on Trump reportedly planning to offer Saudi crown prince, MBS, immunity (immunity!) from prosecution in US courts https://t.co/zTM2nh0Asp
Monday, 21 December 2020
RT @strawburriez: My latest: Outside of the traditional foster care system exists a shadow system of potentially hundreds of thousands of children removed by CPS to their relatives or family friends—without a court case, monetary support, or due process. https://t.co/U1eM8e74xb
RT @davidminpdx: Every governor in America is mishandling the COVID crisis in the prisons they run. They ALL are ignoring health experts. To put it differently – they all are Trump when it comes to prisons. And almost no one is even talking about it.
RT @Cleavon_MD: There were so many COVID patients last night, but ONE stood out. How the teenager arrived to the emergency room without their parents is in itself a miracle, for if it was 30 minutes later the teen would have surely DIED from COVID. 1/5
RT @TheBreakdown: The Coronavirus pandemic has left staggering numbers of the New York City's workers out of a paycheck. This episode of Sick Empire is an investigation on what homelessness and rent tension look like on the ground in NYC. LISTEN HERE: https://t.co/TmWlgPNeCB
RT @JumaaneWilliams: Just over decade ago @NYWFP (not the Democratic Party) took a chance on a community organizer challenging the status quo. So proud to continue our partnership as we continue causing all that good trouble!!! https://t.co/B4AYAlOuL7
RT @JumaaneWilliams: Just over decade ago @NYWFP (not the Democratic Party) took a chance on a community organizer challenging the status quo. So proud to continue our partnership as we continue causing all that good trouble!!! https://t.co/B4AYAlOuL7
RT @KlasfeldReports: “It’s kind of a way of rolling over and showing your belly and hoping that they’ll accept that,” @Popehat told me of Fox's segments. “And it was, I thought, somewhat humiliating the way they did it.” Newsmax followed suit later. @lawcrimenews https://t.co/yxkfpR0R3b
RT @nytimes: Voting machine companies are threatening “highly dangerous” defamation lawsuits against Fox, Newsmax and OAN for circulating unsubstantiated voter fraud conspiracy theories involving their products, media columnist @benyt writes. https://t.co/YNTCyjns3U
RT @RightWingWatch: Televangelist Pat Robertson declares that Biden will be president and that Trump "lives in an alternate reality," "is very erratic," and should not run again in 2024: "You've had your day and it's time to move on." https://t.co/2WYCZOSNTO
RT @jorgecastillo: Jairo Castillo was climbing the ranks in the scouting world. He was from the Dominican Republic but became a champion for Mexican ballplayers. He was always smiling. Earlier this month, he died from complications from COVID-19. He was 31. https://t.co/Wp81skeGhd
RT @WorthRises: Hey @KingJames @KDTrey5 @JCrossover @JohnWall @DwyaneWade @StephenCurry30 @BaronDavis @CP3 @Dame_Lillard @russwest44 @KyrieIrving, how do you all feel about an NBA owner running a predatory prison telecom corp that charges families $1 a minute? Asking for a few million friends. https://t.co/DB1kw0yaQV
RT @JJZagata: @therecount To recap: Congress made $174,000 in publicly-funded pay this year, had free publicly-funded health care, months of publicly-funded paid vacation en route to a publicly-funded retirement & now 1st to receive a free vaccine But we get $600 because any more would be "too socialist"
When someone worth over $100 million says that sending $600 to hurting families in this country is significant. This is why her approval rating is 28%. And why everyday working people around the country struggle to identify with Democrats in general. https://t.co/JHP1iRTwaZ
RT @GovernorVA: Last night, Virginia removed its statue of Robert E. Lee from the U.S. Capitol. This is an important step forward—it is past time we tell our story with images of perseverance, diversity, and inclusion. https://t.co/zyR99ukiIz
Sunday, 20 December 2020
RT @StellaParton: If a little Hillbilly singer like my big sister Dolly can invest in the vaccine then why the hell can’t some of you old moldy politicians pitch in a few million yourselves? I noticed you started getting vaccinated right away while people are starving and dying you Aholes.
RT @BiancaTylek: Check out the @nytimes TODAY. @DetroitPistons owner @TomGores continues to price-gouge Black, Brown, and low-income families struggling to stay in touch with incarcerated loved ones. Tell the @NBA it’s time to get rid of Tom. SIGN THE PETITION: https://t.co/EKy2VEZ1WO https://t.co/CKHKkk5r5H https://t.co/3ZE17NAAMV
RT @WorthRises: BREAKING: Today, in the @nytimes, we ran a full-pg ad addressed to the @NBA, asking what it’s doing about @DetroitPistons owner Tom Gores. We sent Tom a demand letter in March 2019 to sell @SecurusTech by end of 2020, time’s up. Visit https://t.co/FiE6RmS5iE to learn more. https://t.co/Z2cfypmiKp
RT @ninaturner: The last time Congress passed a stimulus bill was on March 27th, 2020. It took 268 days for @senatemajldr to compromise on ONE $600 survival check. That amounts to an additional $2.24 per day since the passage of the Cares Act. Families are on the brink. We must do better. https://t.co/31mJmCsop4
RT @RashidaTlaib: .@CoriBush is right. It was originally recurring $2,000 a month, and some proposals had it triggered by the unemployment rate in the country. We ended up with one time $1,200 and told another bill will address the need for more later. Here we are 8 months later. https://t.co/IIWWh2CWWj
RT @RashidaTlaib: More help for who? How are the millions of people facing evictions, remain unemployed, standing in food bank & soup kitchen lines supposed to live off of $600? We didn't send help for 8 months. This is not leadership. There is no compassion, just politics of greed and power. https://t.co/jaww6Ki9K3
RT @AOC: One major difference between GOP and Dems is that GOP leverage their right flank to gain policy concessions and generate enthusiasm, while Dems lock their left flank in the basement bc they think that will make Republicans be nicer to them https://t.co/wqqZPo7xru
RT @mistyrebik: It's not only the right thing to do, but it's good politics. Couldn't make it any easier to do something incredibly popular that helps people during the worst economic crisis of our lives. Pretty basic stuff here. https://t.co/CdVCxJTMK0
RT @jonathanvswan: In an astonishing phone call on Thursday night, the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani called Ken Cuccinelli, second in command at the Department of Homeland Security and asked him whether DHS could seize voting machines.... https://t.co/uQ5P2qZRDS
Saturday, 19 December 2020
RT @GunnelsWarren: Here's a radical idea. If Senator Toomey and Mitch McConnell want their damn Federal Reserve amendment so badly, ok. Then we demand $2,000 a month for the working class, $600 a week for the unemployed and emergency Medicare for all until this crisis is over.
RT @shomaristone: Boston sergeant placed on leave as videos of George Floyd protests prompt investigations. Leaked body camera footage showed "troubling scenes" of officers handling crowds, the district attorney's office said: @Nicolemarie_A, @NBCNews. https://t.co/u86JtP7DAT
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @shaunking: This sums it up for me. "Donald Trump is fighting for a job he's not even doing." That's it. The man has no real desire to actually DO the job as President. The pandemic is OUT OF CONTROL and he's president - RIGHT NOW - and isn't leading at all. https://t.co/mldGNBE1in
RT @BrendanKeefe: We now know for sure that Texas-based Republican organization True The Vote is behind 'local' voter challenges in Cobb & other Georgia counties. GA law allows any voter to challenge any other voter in same county. Cobb has denied 49,000+ challenges from 2 people. Email header: https://t.co/lXRzQZkEu2
RT @ninaturner: It turns out you don’t have to be “the richest country on earth” to pass significant COVID relief 🤔 Governments throughout the world have enacted humane (and necessary) measures to ensure working people maintain their livelihoods. We must pass a people’s relief package now. https://t.co/1OQNZ1XXyQ
RT @ninaturner: Q: What’s stopping Congress from prioritizing direct aid to working people? A: Corruption (we have the money for survival checks and UI supplements, but too many lawmakers see the world through the lens of their corporate donors. We must put people first. End of story).
This sums it up for me. "Donald Trump is fighting for a job he's not even doing." That's it. The man has no real desire to actually DO the job as President. The pandemic is OUT OF CONTROL and he's president - RIGHT NOW - and isn't leading at all. https://t.co/mldGNBE1in
RT @davenewworld_2: REMINDER: Stimulus checks cost less than $300 billion which means if the GOP never gave $1 trillion in tax cuts to the rich & powerful, then 250 million Americans could've had multiple $1200 checks by now which would've been recycled back into the economy. https://t.co/mXBhnVVIEd
RT @latimes: When Chadwick Boseman arrived in Pittsburgh to film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” his castmates didn’t know he’d been privately battling cancer for years. Now, after his passing, his costars remember him as he poured his all into his last screen performance https://t.co/8O8gaTn8js
Friday, 18 December 2020
4,000 @amazon employees are currently on food stamps and the damn owner of the company has made BILLIONS of dollars this year alone. It's so gross. Instead of paying his workers an actual living wage, the US Government has to foot the bill so his workers can eat. It's obscene. https://t.co/cmE3tx8SqQ
RT @RashidaTlaib: .@amazon is opening a warehouse on steroids in Detroit. They got folks to believe these jobs will save us. Well, I have news for them. They will be in the city where the labor movement was birthed. It will be unionized jobs with fair wages and benefits. We won't settle for less. https://t.co/GgzdbNlA1f
RT @CoriBush: I ran for office on the promise of justice. Justice for Black lives. Justice for every community held back by racist systems and oppression. St. Louis — we are taking our fight from the Ferguson Frontline to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/PVJEprKffv
Thursday, 17 December 2020
RT @JStein_WaPo: Sanders tells MSNBC that adding $600 checks costs $150 billion, while state & local aid falling out of the bill saves $160 billion -- so adding the checks should not come out of unemployment aid. Says increase in biz $ in the bill is the problem https://t.co/wpdLeKxYzk
RT @DARollins: Our Gov. won’t define Use of Force & wants EOPSS to train police. The US DOJ just found a “pattern & practice” of 8th Amendment violations at the MA DOC. Who oversees MA DOC? EOPSS. No thanks! Call 617-725-4005 or RT @MassGovernor ASAP to restore definitions & independence. LFG!
RT @ninaturner: 112 Medicare for All co-sponsors were on the ballot in November. Every single one of them won their election. 98 Green New Deal co-sponsors were on the ballot. Only 1 lost. Supporting these bills during a pandemic & climate emergency isn't just good policy. It's good politics.
RT @RealJusticePAC: Joseph Hicks, who was shot and arrested by police while trying to stop a rape, is the 16th wrongfully convicted person to be exonerated by @DA_LarryKrasner's Conviction Integrity Unit. Thank you, Larry, for continuing to fight for justice. https://t.co/UOhwijTwZB
RT @matthewferner: NYC says COVID-19 budget constraints will set back its plans to close Rikers but people incarcerated there are suffering from the disease right now. Waiting any longer to shut this monstrosity down is unacceptable and could cost countless lives https://t.co/4Spc6ZlJBA
RT @DebHaalandNM: A voice like mine has never been a Cabinet secretary or at the head of the Department of Interior. Growing up in my mother’s Pueblo household made me fierce. I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land. I am honored and ready to serve.
RT @davidminpdx: Footage of the raid from police body cameras “shows several officers in tactical gear, their weapons drawn, storming into the house.” The social worker, Anjanette Young, “was naked, screaming and crying in her living room.” https://t.co/enwOK8qmBs
RT @davidminpdx: So let me get this straight: Chicago police *wrongly busted down the door of a black female social worker, handcuffed her, left her naked, refused to release video, sued to stop publication of story. Mayor Lightfoot *falsely said she didn’t know. https://t.co/QOe9WrJe7q
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @BlockClubCHI: BREAKING: Mayor Lori Lightfoot admitted she knew about an explosive botched raid on Anjenette Young's home a year ago. "We will win back the trust we lost this week," the mayor said. https://t.co/nnnEMFW0gW https://t.co/B4LwdSUAQh
RT @ScottHech: How will the mayor of Chicago “win back the trust” when she willfully fought to cover up a outrageous, violent raid on a Chicago social worker on top of demeaning the defund movement as nothing more than a “nice hashtag” & calling for militarized crackdowns on protestors? Nope. https://t.co/YWfyNzLKOz
RT @alicesperi: After Breonna Taylor’s killing states and cities across the country moved to ban 'no-knock' raids. But it’s unlikely that such a ban would have prevented her death. What might have is a sweeping overhaul of the way ALL police search warrants are conducted. https://t.co/Ltr1DBIgyt
RT @danimargo: “Explosive” report of racism in 60-70% of SFPD at anti-bias training + “lack of empathy, understanding, and absolutely no room for discussing the role policing has played in oppressing Black people.” Must watch for anyone who cares about racial justice. https://t.co/HfytMSW9bn
RT @TheNorthStar: I was terrified, not so much for me, but for my parents with underlying conditions, for my little sister with a weak immune system. For the first time, the thought crossed my mind. "My family may not survive this." https://t.co/fgefyjnFwh
RT @matthewferner: Many women and girls who are incarcerated were abuse survivors before they entered the system & research for @theappeal shows that at least 30% of those serving time on murder/manslaughter were protecting themselves or a loved one from violence https://t.co/v5zsqSmefQ
RT @davidsirota: NEW: Nancy Pelosi and conservative Democrats have helped the GOP whittle down stimulus legislation from $3 trillion to now $188 billion. They are championing austerity extremism that is killing Americans, and Biden seems poised to do the same. https://t.co/cxyDibRxMM
RT @GunnelsWarren: Anybody who tells you that unemployment benefits need to be cut to fund direct payments to keep the COVID relief bill under $908 billion is lying to you. Cost of Direct Payments: $150 billion What was taken out of the bill: $160 billion. Facts matter. https://t.co/3098jg9HXt https://t.co/UkQjXeVs4T
RT @chronic_jordan: Excellent and groundbreaking work on the criminalization of survival by @justinevdl (@newrepublic @theappeal). A must read that is both heartbreaking and revealing “No Choice but to Do It”: Why Women Go to Prison https://t.co/tlIUAPzFJW
RT @theappeal: California Assemblymember Jim Cooper may make another run for Sacramento sheriff. In addition to a history of scandals, he’s been an outspoken defender of cash bail—while accepting tens of thousands of dollars from the bail bonds industry. https://t.co/PkbE4M6H9K
RT @ethanbrown72: An abusive partner forced Tanisha to be involved in a murder, but she was sent to prison for decades. New research shows that at least 30% of women charged w/murder or manslaughter were protecting themselves or a loved one from physical or sexual violence. https://t.co/9PNOC5isnR
Wednesday, 16 December 2020
With today's numbers not even finished yet, it has now become the single deadliest day in the history of the pandemic for the United States - with a staggering 3,453 Covid deaths. Just a breathtaking level of loss and pain. Nearing 4,000 deaths a day.
RT @ninaturner: I’m running for Congress because I want an America as good as its promise. We deserve a government that prioritizes the dignity of its working people. One that places everyday Americans at the center of our pandemic response. We must do better. #SurvivalChecksNow
RT @ninaturner: $600 is not enough. The people of Ohio’s 11th district can’t afford to wait another day. Congress needs to pass a people’s relief package immediately and provide substantial survival payments to millions of struggling Americans.
RT @GunnelsWarren: Give me a break. The debate is NOT about choosing between survival checks & "robust" unemployment benefits. The debate is about why, in the richest country on earth, we would have to make that unacceptable choice during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Weak. https://t.co/oH0AZzk8Cd
RT @AdyBarkan: UPDATE: Love you all. Due to your support, we’re getting these ads up in GA! BUT our work is far from over. The stakes are too high. At the end of this thread, I’m going to ask you to help fund Spanish health care ads in GA. First, I want to tell you about @ConMijente. https://t.co/L5LREtsn1s
RT @RAPPcampaign: NEW: Op Ed by incarcerated elder Dino. Dino has already served 30 years in prison. He is a loving husband & mentor to his incarcerated peers. He helps prepare people w/ mental illness for release. He is calling for parole reform from inside Sing Sing. 1/ https://t.co/tTkRdonuL5
RT @philipvmcharris: Sheriffs enforce evictions, assist ICE, patrol communities, & manage jails. As we work towards ending police violence, communities across the country are coming together today to commit to #defundsheriffs. Check-out the new toolkit laying out why and how! https://t.co/vN7B1LGxEO
RT @davidminpdx: In 2001, Joseph Hicks rushed to help a woman who was being raped in Philly. Philly police mistook Hicks for the rapist and shot him. To cover up the shooting, they wrongfully convicted him. Today Philly DA Krasner exonerated him after 19 years in prison. https://t.co/wpED4Gx6Xm
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
RT @JosephNSanberg: Hello somebody! I couldn’t be prouder to endorse the incomparable @ninaturner for Congress. Nina is a fierce advocate in the fight to #EndPoverty and the leader Ohio deserves! Join me in supporting her today: https://t.co/9siGeetkk1
RT @culturejedi: This #Thanksgiving2020, help me raise $50K to help 5-10 elder Black Panther activists like my aunt Pam, whose only safety net is the one we make. Any gift is helpful, be it $10, $100, $1,000, or $10,000. Give back, give Black. Spread the word. https://t.co/zDf1h33xRO
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @davidminpdx: COVID does not distinguish between prisoners and wardens. It so vividly reveals that our dehumanization of incarcerated people inevitably is a dehumanization of ourselves. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality – whether we like it or not. https://t.co/p9vUSlo6AF
RT @RepJayapal: The Progressive Caucus is united in our position: any COVID relief package MUST include survival checks and enhanced unemployment assistance — the two most effective ways to put money directly in people's pockets. RT if you're with us.
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @Azuldelsol: My life greatly exists because of a policy change that the Obama-Biden Administration was forced to make even though they projected that it would hurt the Democratic party. No, we cannot wait until Biden takes office. @Transition46 #haveourback #DACA https://t.co/V8JogVvCuy
RT @shaunking: An open letter to @JoeBiden was published today as a full-color ad in the @WashingtonPost from Tamika Palmer - mother of Breonna Taylor. Here she not only calls on Biden to prosecute the officers who murdered Breonna, but to bring about the change & justice he promised her. https://t.co/Ga71UkSvUI
RT @benjovland: Tonight at 6:41pm, Myon Burrell was released from the MN Correctional Facility in Stillwater. Earlier, the MN Board of Pardons voted unanimously to commute Burrell’s sentence to 20 years and allow for his immediate release. Myon was greeted by ecstatic family members & supporters https://t.co/7FoiCRwrCB
RT @ScottHech: This is a very good thing. It is an abomination that ICE stalks people attending required court dates. Criminal, family, housing court. Defendants. Witnesses. Survivors of crime. Tenants. Landlords. Partners. Parents seeking custody. Undermines justice. Spreads terror. https://t.co/u8gkmqCDHV
RT @TheNorthStar: 1 of the biggest takeaways is that the Justice for Black Farmers Act has a land grant program that is not only limited to farmers, but any qualified Black American to receive 160 acres of land at no cost. It sounds like a giveaway too good to be true. https://t.co/q7vK75Yljq
RT @ethanbrown72: The FBI identified 22 women who alleged that a powerful Louisiana DA engaged in sexual misconduct. But the DA pled to a single obstruction of justice count—while the FBI agent who investigated him was fired+faces an investigation from the Louisiana Bar. https://t.co/Seh55LhVDi
RT @theappeal: COVID-19 kills incarcerated people at twice the general population’s rate. “It would be easier to forget about these people. They must have done something to end up there, right? That is false and immoral thinking. It’s also poor public health management.” https://t.co/UvtJvGpcl2
RT @Taniel: A fascinating number to track: roughly 12,000 Georgians who didn’t vote in Nov have now already voted for the runoffs. Very small group to be sure, but roughly equivalent to Biden’s margin. Group is slightly disproportionately Black, quite a bit younger. https://t.co/CxnzFTcLFj
RT @GunnelsWarren: Democrats pass a $3.4 trillion bill, Republicans in the administration talked about $1.8 trillion and now they're down to $188 billion in new money, which doesn't include a nickel in direct payments for working families. Totally unacceptable. It must be rejected. Must read⬇️ https://t.co/iHoecTXiMq
RT @TheNorthStar: a bitter bigot has lost his job but before he leaves the keys to a [white] house that never should have been in his possession he wants a succession of closed caskets to be the end result of open cases From @drose225 https://t.co/nMKdMcha1I
RT @chesaboudin: "Prosecutors have a unique opportunity to drive solutions. We have a responsibility to share our own experience as we work to transform the system.” See @SFDAOffice‘s report on their data-driven response to COVID & the need for rapid decarceration. https://t.co/q47ZlWtFEJ
RT @jerryiannelli: NEW: How the DOJ gave a sweetheart deal to a powerful Louisiana DA accused of sexual misconduct by 22 women — while the lead witness died mid-investigation and the FBI agent who caught him was fired for reporting what he said was misconduct. #longreads https://t.co/7besxF6Mpc
RT @jerryiannelli: I spent this year investigating the DOJ's prosecution of Harry Morel — a prosecutor outside New Orleans who was for decades accused of using his office to prey on vulnerable women in the legal system, but who pleaded to just one obstruction charge in 2016. https://t.co/7besxF6Mpc
Monday, 14 December 2020
RT @faiza_n_ali: I am gutted. Losing a beloved is so hard. Dr. Ahmad Jaber brought so much light into this world. He was a father, mentor, community leader & dear friend. To those who had the privilege to know him, he left us with one charge. We will hold that torch high. Rest in power, Dr. J. https://t.co/Hfcoxhtxj0
RT @tedlieu: Under the law, both the House and Senate would need to agree to object to the real electors and accept the fake electors. There is 0.00 chance the House reverses the election. Stephen Miller cannot change this reality: on Jan 20, he & @realDonaldTrump will leave the White House. https://t.co/VSKTsr50f9
RT @rafaelshimunov: When New Yorkers did charity bail outs of people accused of crime, they proved the cash bail system was sham designed to incarcerate people with no cases. That inspired reform we voted for. Cuomo not only rolled them back, he did it during COVID to ensure even more deaths.
RT @LegalAidNYC: NEW: Nearly 10 months after promising to scale back its illegal DNA database, the City has barely made a dent removing profiles. We can't trust the City to police itself, so Albany must enact legislation to abolish this rogue DNA database for good.https://t.co/3XNa5YTt5B
RT @ilyseh: In Georgia, there’s a woman who openly embraces avowed white nationalists on the ballot or a pastor who preaches love, compassion and dignity for all humanity and wants to center policy on those ideals. No brainer. Vote @ReverendWarnock Jan 5th and give what you can before that. https://t.co/T44yy5txwE
RT @jewishaction: ALERT: Kelly Loeffler just posed for a photo with Chester Doles, a former KKK leader who runs the white supremacist American Patriots USA. In 1993, Doles nearly beat a Black man to death. In 2017, he marched in Charlottesville. This is who @KLoeffler is proudly appealing to. https://t.co/4YZcvL05rf
RT @drjelks: Arnie Robinson Jr., one of the world’s top-ranked long jumpers who won the gold medal in the event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, died on Dec. 1 at his home in San Diego. He was 72. His death was confirmed .... was complications of Covid-19. https://t.co/tY6R38O9DX
RT @ScottHech: The NY Post is a racist, unserious, misogynistic, sensationalist tabloid. The opposite of journalism. Bottom of the barrel. The propaganda arm of the NYPD. And goes after the most vulnerable people in society. Publishes damaging lies & misinformation daily. Another Murdoch.
Sunday, 13 December 2020
RT @RexChapman: Fontana, California: Pastor Bob Bryant - died from COVID on Monday after resuming indoor services in violation of a state order. The church on Monday - asked people from the church to donate their stimulus checks and they did...almost $800K. Madness. https://t.co/CNgQj9A4P9
RT @bjwinnerdavis: My daughter #RealityWinner remains imprisoned today. She is the one who released the truth about the Russian attacks on our election systems in 2016. Because she went against this administration, they persecuted her. I am hoping @JoeBiden will make this right. https://t.co/9mtyBGjVnN
RT @yuhline: The level of sexual harassment at work on the state level is atrocious. There are so few protections for staff. I believe her. There are reasons why the legislature cut themselves out of the protections we granted everyone else in the state. https://t.co/DuvZ2bAIPV
RT @LindseyBoylan: Yes, @NYGovCuomo sexually harassed me for years. Many saw it, and watched. I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks. Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years.
RT @yashar: If you have newsworthy information about the conduct of Governor Cuomo my DMs are open and my contact information is in my bio. As always, your anonymity will be protected. All of your communication will be considered fully off-record unless you tell me otherwise. https://t.co/v8y3RCk6Hl
RT @nytmike: EXCLUSIVE: For the past 105 years, the team was called the Indians. That will be no more as Cleveland has decided to change its name. Announcement from team could come as early as this week. w/@DavidWaldstein https://t.co/Nnw2nAoKcJ
RT @TheNorthStar: As the holidays are approaching, there is often the urge to spend more than we need to on gifts. Today, @MomentumAdvice identify alternative holiday gifting that can save you $$$ but doesn't skimp on heart and sentiment. LISTEN: https://t.co/fZRjnB3g1L https://t.co/mKwCaaUMNE
RT @mehdirhasan: I think I’m gonna lose my mind. The only thing worse than Republicans going full extremist and anti-democratic is... centrist Democrats rushing to tell us that it’s only a ‘small portion’ of the Republican Party. Kill me now. 126 is a *majority* of House Republicans!!! https://t.co/05zsABDAWq
RT @blkwomenradical: Happy Birthday, Ella Baker (Dec. 13, 1903 – Dec. 13, 1986)🎈Baker also passed away on her birthday at 83 years old. "In order to see where we are going, we not only must remember where we have been, but we must understand where we have been." — Ella Baker #blackwomenradicals https://t.co/Y7dlvUPULp
RT @tylerpager: SCOOP: I obtained an copy of the audit report conducted by the Iowa Democratic Party looking into what went wrong with the caucuses. They pin the blame largely on the DNC for meddling in the process. DNC refused to participate in report. https://t.co/XFInQHs74w
RT @politico: BREAKING: An Iowa Democratic Party audit found that DNC meddling, combined with missteps by the state Democratic Party, were the primary drivers of the chaos that torpedoed the Iowa caucuses earlier this year https://t.co/b3ozCoE3HF
Saturday, 12 December 2020
RT @HannahAllam: Seeing some ugly, violent scenes tonight in downtown DC. Brawls, beatings, harassment of anyone perceived by Proud Boys as “antifa.” Here’s one that just happened near Thomas Circle. Two young Black men were the targets. No police here, though they were on other streets. https://t.co/xjlqSxlryE
RT @RealJusticePAC: In case you missed it, @GeorgeGascon announced a retroactive "second look" process that could lead to new sentencing for 20% of CA's prison population. That's as many as 20k people serving decades-long prison times who may get to go home much, much earlier.
When we met with the Biden-Harris transition team, we brought nearly 60 policy demands to the table. See them @ https://t.co/sAxEd63lyu We sent a dense policy document to the team in advance of the meeting. And brought 4 elected District Attorneys to explain the policies.
RT @ryangrim: Sharpton to Biden, lobbying strongly against Rahm Emanuel: "We will never embarrass you, but we will never lie to you." Tells Biden that Rahm covering up the Laquan McDonald murder was "unpardonable." "We want freedom, not better slave masters." https://t.co/qDGc17kNls
RT @bradhoylman: Today the Police STAT Act goes into effect, legislation I sponsored with @assemblymanjoe that passed in June. We will finally have a statewide system with racial and demographic data on who is arrested and ticketed, as well as comprehensive reporting of arrest-related deaths. https://t.co/1syyq1xJ8o
RT @RealJusticePAC: As Manhattan DA, @TahanieNYC will work for justice by reigning in her office. She’ll focus on actual public safety threats while diverting minor offenses into programs that support vulnerable people. She’ll work to build a community where EVERYONE feels safe. https://t.co/vYp5EMTEu8
RT @ryangrim: This. If you don’t know who to primary already, you’re not paying attention. That’s fine, but there are actually useful things the squad etc can do with their leverage aside from a quick no vote on the House floor https://t.co/clekB3lqnL
RT @RevDrBarber: “As people who have supported the #BlackLivesMatter movement in the U.S. & throughout the diaspora, we cannot be silent when similar atrocities take place in African countries. We demand respect for the Nigerian people ...” #EndSARS https://t.co/enyXycUuCf
RT @helenprejean: The SCOTUS voted to allow the federal government to execute Alfred Bourgeois despite the fact that he is intellectually disabled with an IQ measured between 70-75. Justice Sotomayor published a dissent joined by Justice Kagan.
RT @nytimes: “For the next 60 to 90 days we’re going to have more deaths per day than we had at 9/11,” Dr. Robert Redfield, the CDC director, warned on Thursday, as the number of people dying daily of Covid-19 in the U.S. continues to rise. https://t.co/MsDdeTsZ2A
RT @BillPascrell: The text of the 14th Amendment expressly forbids Members of Congress from engaging in rebellion against the United States. Trying to overturn a democratic election and install a dictator seems like a pretty clear example of that. https://t.co/VMnDfd0sFx
RT @BillPascrell: Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was written after the Civil War to bar from government any traitors who would seek to destroy the Union. My letter to House leadership today demands that 126 Republicans (and counting) are violating the Constitution. https://t.co/4ti0OU1kpP
RT @TexasTribune: After SCOTUS rejected a Texas lawsuit that challenged the election results, the Texas GOP chair seemed to suggest secession. “Perhaps law-abiding states should bond together and form a Union of states that will abide by the constitution,” Allen West said. https://t.co/l8yehIAUV3
RT @GunnelsWarren: Koch-funded study: #MedicareForAll saves $2 trillion over ten years. Yale study: #MedicareForAll saves the American people $450 billion & 68,000 lives a year. New CBO study: #MedicareForAll saves $650 billion a year. But how are you going to pay for it? https://t.co/OCI3ABHijU
RT @CNN: A co-founder of Black Lives Matter was joined by Alicia Keys, Kerry Washington, Greta Thunberg and others in an open letter calling for the ban on peaceful demonstrations to be lifted to allow Nigerians to "exercise their constitutional right to protest" https://t.co/gfM5o3umrQ
RT @davidminpdx: New Orleans DA-elect Jason Williams to create a robust Civil Rights Division within the office to review wrongful convictions and excessive sentences – and he names former NOLA Innocence Project head Emily Maw to run it.https://t.co/rrBbQRVhtP
Friday, 11 December 2020
RT @mehdirhasan: "I for one will never forgive those who allowed 3,000 Americans to die not just on one day in 2001, but day after day right now." One of my most important mini-rants yet, on tonight's @MehdiHasanShow, on how we reacted to 9/11 vs how we're reacting now: https://t.co/IbQBgeqq5C
RT @lsarsour: Jake Tapper has never been an objective journalist. It’s so sad how many liberals celebrated him in the last few years cause he said some critical stuff about trump aka water is wet. His constant trolling of influential Palestinian women is disgraceful.
RT @davidminpdx: “Unfortunately for the officers, and unbeknownst to them at the time of their testimony, there was video evidence that showed the sequence of events they were describing under oath, and it contradicted critical aspects of their account.“ https://t.co/2qGsCxFENi
RT @davidminpdx: Everyone calling for Biden to institute a moratorium on executions is in essence calling for more executions like Brandon Bernard – 4 or 8 years from now. If Biden does anything less than commute the sentences of people on death row, he is FOR the death penalty not AGAINST.
RT @nytimes: Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit to nullify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in four states — Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — effectively ending President Trump’s hope of reversing the election in court. https://t.co/LzDTbEc8t7
RT @sfchronicle: BREAKING: The Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit backed by President Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest court. https://t.co/jxiCs4299R
Thursday, 10 December 2020
RT @attackerman: 106 Republican congressmembers and 18 Republican attorneys general are insisting that a presidential election ought to be invalidated because their party lost. It’s being treated as no big deal because they won’t win rather than the harbinger of constitutional collapse it is.
RT @cascamike: 10 years to the day after his famous 8+ hour filibuster against the extension of the bush tax cuts, bernie is again tonight on the senate floor fighting for working families. this time he’s trying to get direct payments to millions of people amid a pandemic. https://t.co/K3IUhjqhw7
RT @ScottHech: How horrific and inhumane and macabre and *avoidable* waiting for death and hoping for life is. The fact that were all checking back in relentlessly to find out whether Donald Trump has murdered Brandon Bernard is ... I don’t know the words. #SaveBrandonBernard
RT @DavidBegnaud: BREAKING from Brandon’s defense team: “We have had our last call with Brandon which was disconnected before we all said goodbye. He’s over in the facility where the execution chamber is. If he gets a stay (of execution)- we’ll talk again...we’re totally in the dark at this point”
RT @MikeBalsamo1: This has happened a few times before with other executions this year. Basically the BOP puts media witnesses through security screening and if there is still a delay they bring them back to the media center so they can move quickly if the court allows the execution to proceed. https://t.co/YbJgcgHhtK
RT @miriamkrinsky: The rush to kill #BrandonBernard & others says more about who WE are & what society we want to be. The US stands alone among Western democracies in perpetuating a flawed & racist death penalty. Isn't it time to #EndTheDeathPenalty, especially in the midst of too many lost lives. https://t.co/ANLHMVqT2i
RT @davidminpdx: Every one of these cases was ushered to the ante-room of the execution chamber by Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch. When Trump was elected and Obama was a lame duck my friends asked him to commute these sentences. His counsel laughed and refused. https://t.co/u9ei6VYgBc
RT @mtarm: UPDATE: We have been brought back to the media center _ and #BrandonBernard is still alive. We have not been told the status of his planned execution, only that we witnesses are again in a holding pattern. We were screened at in the prison but not brought to the death chamber.
RT @GeorgeGascon: I finished my first day speaking directly with community activists. Meeting with the community and understanding their needs and point of view is part of the job. And if you are willing to show up and do the work, you will always have a seat at the table. https://t.co/HdPfuWXNPB
RT @MikeBalsamo1: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a motion for en banc reconsideration & dismissed an administrative stay in the BOP execution protocols case. We're still waiting on a ruling from the Supreme Court to see whether #BrandonBernard's execution will move forward.
RT @GapInc: We are mourning the loss of Casey Goodson Jr., a Gap Inc. employee who was fatally shot by police at his home, and we’re in touch with his family to provide support during this time. Casey’s family has also established a GoFundMe: https://t.co/hX58Ipvx76
RT @MikeBalsamo1: The Supreme Court hasn't ruled yet, but media witnesses, including AP’s @mtarm, are preparing to leave media center, head to security screening & then to the death chamber as BOP prepares to move ahead with execution of #BrandonBernard, unless SCOTUS halts it or there is clemency https://t.co/J69cyU38bA
RT @mtarm: Though we're told we'll leave shortly and likely head to death-chamber area, we don't know for sure if #BrandonBernard's execution is on. There's always a chance of a last-second stay or #Trump commutation. Last thing official will do is call higher-ups from death chamber phone. https://t.co/3X9qtHXz1J
RT @mtarm: BREAKING: BOP officials have just told us they are taking us to vans _ potentially to drive us to the death chamber for #BrandonBernard's execution. I must leave my cellphone behind. Fellow AP reporter @MikeBalsamo1 in DC will be tweeting our updated stories. Fellow him, too.
RT @mtarm: Thirty minutes beyond #BrandonBernard's official execution time and we witnesses have still not been told it'll happen. Could mean legal moves favoring him. However, some federal executions this year were delayed by hours _ only to happen early morning the next day. Hard to know.
RT @mtarm: #BrandonBernard's planned execution is part of a historically unprecedented push by pro-death-penalty #Trump to carry out a flurry of executions in a lame-duck period. Hasn't happened since the 1890s. @MikeBalsamo1 and I wrote about it this week, here: https://t.co/vyeEolP4Rk
RT @mtarm: Defense says in petition for clemency from #Trump that #BrandonBernard was a low-ranking member of a gang involved in killing Todd and Stacie Bagley;that, contrary to gov, both were dead before Bernard doused their car with fluid and set it on fire with their bodies in the trunk. https://t.co/wvIqpEPB3f
RT @ABC2020: Death Row Interview: Rodney Reed was convicted of murdering Stacey Stites. Her family’s convinced the right man is in prison. The Innocence Project & celebrities like Kim Kardashian West are now supporting his fight for freedom. Why? The new #ABC2020 airs Friday at 9|8c on @ABC. https://t.co/CEA8elDi15
RT @AymanM: I can’t recall the last time I’ve seen a US Representative use such forceful language to describe the killing of a Palestinian child the way @BettyMcCollum04 has. She is urging the incoming Biden admin to investigate the killing of 13 year old Ali Abu Alia https://t.co/apch8Eaw6k https://t.co/QhfGB9wNSy
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