November 8, 2022 by V Leigh

Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other harmful posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its workforce just days before the U.S. midterm elections.

Mediaite reporting that Tiffany Cross calling Florida the “dick of the country”
that should be “castrated” was “an example of the sort of commentary that led to” MSNBC cutting ties https://t.co/bXRbUKtkz6

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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 4, 2022

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An ad being run in Georgia by Stephen Miller’s group: America First Legal. pic.twitter.com/tIeUHGYZoB
— Waleed Shahid (@_waleedshahid) November 2, 2022

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“Musk owning Twitter is like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse when it comes to political misinformation,” says @BostonJoan. https://t.co/N06DFI9NnO
— Data & Society (@datasociety) October 31, 2022

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“Elon Musk has now purged roughly half of Twitter’s 7,500 employee base, leaving whole teams totally or near completely gutted, including those tasked with defending against election misinformation ahead of the US midterms next week” https://t.co/uuXnOvEBjb
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 4, 2022

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This ballot processing center in Washington state’s largest county is aiming for ‘radical transparency,’ as concerns run high about misinformation and disinformation regarding election integrity and fears grow of political violence pic.twitter.com/3AtKn5OqsR
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 4, 2022

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I wrote about WhatsApp’s new Communities feature that makes the world’s biggest messaging app more like Slack.

But experts like @DavidNemer are worried that making structuring Groups easier will aid in spreading political propaganda and misinformation. https://t.co/I0QwVsCcrl
— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@PranavDixit) November 4, 2022

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Free speech does not include spreading misinformation to downplay political violence.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) November 1, 2022

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Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other harmful posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its workforce just days before the U.S. midterm elections. https://t.co/SojHiMGPcL
— Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) November 8, 2022

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November 2, 2022 by V Leigh

Landlords are going on a capital strike, holding thousands of units vacant while homelessness reaches Great Depression era levels. Clearly a profit driven system will never solve the housing crisis. We need social housing and tenant control.

Also follow @brian_goldstone on housing and homelessness and read everything he writes https://t.co/c17IF2aHt2
— Dr. Thrasher (@thrasherxy) October 15, 2022

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There are folks who are experiencing homelessness and have a job. Having a job is not some magical title that makes everyone upper-middle class. Telling our unhoused neighbours to “just get a job” is ridiculous.
— Ahmed Ali (@MrAhmednurAli) October 20, 2022

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There are 61,000 SF housing units, rentals included, that are sitting empty on any given day for one of a variety of reasons, and putting even a fraction of these into service as supportive housing would solve homelessness in the city overnight. https://t.co/Uc3L0owoNP
— SFist (@SFist) October 20, 2022

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Landlords are going on a capital strike, holding thousands of units vacant while homelessness reaches Great Depression era levels.

Clearly a profit driven system will never solve the housing crisis.

We need social housing and tenant control. https://t.co/p7QgXrniIz
— Sumathy Kumar (@Sumathy_Kumar_) October 19, 2022

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October 14, 2022 by V Leigh

BREAKING: The Select Committee unanimously votes to subpoena Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, to provide evidence as part of the committee’s investigation.

Take 7 minutes to watch House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and others respond to the Capitol insurrection in previously unseen footage. pic.twitter.com/qFDdLSuMmM
— The Recount (@therecount) October 13, 2022

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Former WH counsel Pat Cipollone clammed up when asked point-blank if President Trump did or did not want violent rioters to leave the Capitol on January 6 pic.twitter.com/YFePZOCyTD
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 14, 2022

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BREAKING: The Select Committee unanimously votes to subpoena Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, to provide evidence as part of the committee’s investigation.
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 13, 2022

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October 3, 2022 by V Leigh

Florida GOP votes against FEMA funding

Florida GOP votes against FEMA funding https://t.co/vhVD5x9FFS
— Andrew Chung (@andrew_chung_) October 2, 2022

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Every Republican Senator and Congressperson from Florida voted against federal aid for Hurricane Ian.

Every. Single. One.

Wow.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) October 2, 2022

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After Hurricane Ian slammed Florida’s coast, I made my way to Fort Myers to report on the devastation in the city’s predominantly Black neighborhoods.

“Send help,” one resident told me. “They ain’t coming for us. This is a good ol’ boy town.”https://t.co/u4aX5txLTl
— Margo Snipe (@margoasnipe) September 30, 2022

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DeSantis spent $615,000 of Florida taxpayer money to Vertol Systems Company Inc to fly 50 men, women and children from Texas, where he lured them with the promise of jobs and shelter, to Martha’s Vineyard.

That is $12,300 per person of Florida taxpayer money for a cruel stunt.
— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) September 17, 2022

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While Hurricane Ian may be new, the impact it has had on families followed by the slow government response in aid is something many are all too familiar with – especially communities of color. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/0M8y8LP74Y
— ColorOfChange (@ColorOfChange) October 3, 2022

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August 20, 2022 by V Leigh

The House passes the Inflation Reduction Act, sending the $740 billion tax, healthcare, and climate bill to President Biden’s desk. The vote is the culmination of more than a year of negotiation among Democrat

Take a look at the example below. Language like this subtly but pervasively reinforces the science-denying myth that people’s safety from crime is dependent on more cops/surveillance/weapons and not on housing, health, education, pollution, inequality reduction, etc. pic.twitter.com/YuUt36fgV8
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) August 9, 2022

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Wall Street has donated over $2,000,000 to Kyrsten Sinema since 2017.

She single-handedly stopped Democrats from addressing a corrupt tax break for hedge-fund managers and private equity executives.

Could there be a clearer example of how big money corrupts our democracy?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 10, 2022

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Repeat after me: Get Big Money out of politics.

https://t.co/5JgyXqlR6A
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 13, 2022

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Repeat after me: Get Big Money out of politics.

https://t.co/5JgyXqlR6A
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 13, 2022

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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema received nearly $1 million over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress, an @AP review of campaign finance disclosures found. https://t.co/mhlOhQZzTa
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 13, 2022

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Military budget: $840 billion
Semiconductors: $52 billion
Police expansion: $37 billion
Climate change: $2 billion pic.twitter.com/D319FgOfwC
— Adam Best (@adamcbest) July 24, 2022

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Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys millions worth of chip-manufacturing company stock ahead of chip-manufacturing bill vote

Her spokesperson responded, “The Speaker does not own any stocks. As you can see…these transactions are marked ‘SP’ for Spouse.”https://t.co/w0lveUPV2J
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath) July 18, 2022

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Dems and climate activists are shocked and angry after Manchin rejected climate and energy investments under a party-line spending package.

They’re blasting the senator’s move as one that would doom not just Biden’s agenda but the future of the planet. https://t.co/7CNom7Ts1O
— POLITICO (@politico) July 15, 2022

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220-207: The House passes the Inflation Reduction Act, sending the $740 billion tax, healthcare, and climate bill to President Biden’s desk.

The vote is the culmination of more than a year of negotiation among Democrats. pic.twitter.com/qRVjyJU2ao
— The Recount (@therecount) August 12, 2022

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August 4, 2022 by V Leigh

BREAKING: Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison on cannabis possession charges. Closing arguments in the trial are taking place, nearly six months after her arrest at a Moscow airport.

BREAKING: Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison on cannabis possession charges. Closing arguments in the trial are taking place, nearly six months after her arrest at a Moscow airport. https://t.co/pqF9LgrTp7
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 4, 2022

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Russian court gives Brittney Griner nine years jail for drug offences https://t.co/9UOwweeDcE
— ABC News (@abcnews) August 4, 2022

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The fight is not over. Athletes continue to call for Brittney Griner’s release after she was sentenced this morning. #FreeBG pic.twitter.com/jAcGw949lX
— The Players’ Tribune (@PlayersTribune) August 4, 2022

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Bottom line: Every member of Congress, regardless of party, should be advocating for the release of Brittney Griner.

We cannot allow Brittney Griner to stay in a Russian prison for 9 years as a political pawn. We should do whatever it takes to bring Brittney home. #MS03 #FreeBG
— Shuwaski Young for Congress (@shuwaskiyoung) August 4, 2022

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Seeing the Justice Department FINALLY charge the officers who murdered Breonna Taylor shortly after we find out a Russian court is sentencing Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison is making me feel some type of way.

There’s no real justice for Black women.#SayHerName #FreeBG
— Ernest is at #NABJNAHJ22 (@MrErnestOwens) August 4, 2022

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Black woman should not have to be perfect in order to be protected, stay alive, and be loved.
— Danté Stewart (Stew) (@stewartdantec) August 4, 2022

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July 26, 2022 by V Leigh

“The power to check the Supreme Court is there, in the Constitution. The task now is [for Congress] to seize it.”

Politico clutching pearls today after a handful of “unruly” protesters “targeted” Brett Kavanaugh by standing outside during his steak dinner.

Just an absolutely terrifying night for Kavanaugh, who “did not hear or see the protesters and ate a full meal but left before dessert.” pic.twitter.com/R1Eogl1znk
— Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) July 8, 2022

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SCOOP: The Biden administration considered declaring a public health emergency to preserve broad access to abortion services following the overturn of Roe, but officials ultimately decided against the move, according to people familiar with the matter. (Story on @TheTerminal)
— Shira Stein (@shiramstein) July 8, 2022

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“Those responsible for the original Constitution, including the Fourteenth Amendment, did not perceive women as equals, and did not recognize women’s rights,” the dissent states. “The majority…consigns women to second-class citizenship.” https://t.co/VCYv4cQBye
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) June 30, 2022

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Turns out they can moderate content. https://t.co/7M30hmIekR
— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) June 29, 2022

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Amazing how well content moderation works when they want it to. https://t.co/L5B5KJOKhv
— Alex Winter (@Winter) June 29, 2022

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“The power to check the Supreme Court is there, in the Constitution. The task now is [for Congress] to seize it.”

How to Discipline a Rogue Supreme Court https://t.co/bvpEgODbpW via @jbouie pic.twitter.com/cvjzpAUIFD
— Rob Fields (@robfields) June 26, 2022

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June 30, 2022 by V Leigh

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that’s not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court’s bad decisions:
1/25
— Jason P. Steed (@5thCircAppeals) June 30, 2022

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Outside SCOTUS Now. Protesters sit-in and block street, and police immediately surround & kettle them, unlike you know when…. #RoeVWade pic.twitter.com/AfjcRBzpZQ
— ChuckModi (@ChuckModi1) June 30, 2022

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a man set himself aflame in front of the Supreme Court earlier this year.
— Kaitlin Ruiz (@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz) June 30, 2022

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Are we really going to let minority rule by a group of unelected justices appointed to lifetime seats destroy our planet? https://t.co/4Rd7J3kmJR
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) June 30, 2022

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Run out of words to describe this court, but, among other things, it’s now a threat to the planet.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 30, 2022

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This is what a judicial coup looks like pic.twitter.com/dTZ4zgHJdg
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 30, 2022

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Abortion rights protesters in NYC blocking rich guests from getting into a dinner hosted by the right wing Federalist Society, who supported SCOTUS justices’ attack on abortion.

Organized by @nycforabortion @nycDSA pic.twitter.com/721no9hNfU
— Jeremy Gong (@jergong) June 29, 2022

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I wish the clinic where I escort abortion patients past throngs of screaming, spitting religious zealots got even a fraction of the police protection that a Federalist Society dinner at the Harvard and Yale Club gets. https://t.co/kfpq0TEEIr
— Moira Donegan (@MoiraDonegan) June 29, 2022

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Supreme Court in 2022 really is like, “We’re going to force you to have a baby and we want it to spend its whole life suffering” https://t.co/sgkX27s7sD
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) June 30, 2022

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“Our work is far from done.”

— House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade pic.twitter.com/WvXytLNrQT
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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“Both abortion and miscarriage currently occur more than a million times each year in America, and the two events are often clinically indistinguishable. As such, prohibition states will have a profoundly invasive interest in differentiating between them.” https://t.co/Xgiip1p9SS
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) June 24, 2022

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Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…
— Tiffany D. Jackson (@WriteinBK) June 24, 2022

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This is the single bluntest assessment of the Democratic Party I’ve ever seen a liberal make in a major paper. A true must-read from @perrybaconjr. https://t.co/rI0lW4Sta5 pic.twitter.com/te9uJKW8pv
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) June 29, 2022

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Every year over 25 million unsafe abortions take place and up to 37,000 women die https://t.co/tbsMFGQAn4 #abortion pic.twitter.com/IaRiSW8S3j
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) June 24, 2022

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The consequence of our society’s failure to see coerced pregnancy as a legacy of enslavement has descended once again upon Black women and all pregnant people with lethal force.https://t.co/Q3IKHaHMrx
— Venus Evans-Winters (@DrVEvansWinters) June 28, 2022

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“My rights should not be a fundraising point for the Democrats.” 💯💯💯 pic.twitter.com/6hNLQ5tZry
— People’s City Council – Los Angeles (@PplsCityCouncil) June 26, 2022

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LIVE UPDATES: Nationwide protests continue as supporters and opponents of abortion rights map their next moves. https://t.co/nd6xEo07jD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 26, 2022

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this year, the Supreme Court has

1) made abortion illegal
2) made school prayer legal
3) make gun control illegal
4) overturned Miranda rights
5) made it illegal for the EPA to regulate emissions

at this point, expanding the court is a moderate response to an extremist court
— sam (@sam_d_1995) June 30, 2022
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Dear Supreme Court,
Thanks for nothing.
– Planet Earth
— Dan Rather (@DanRather) June 30, 2022

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June 24, 2022 by V Leigh

The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade in a seismic ruling ending the right to abortion upheld for nearly half a century. pic.twitter.com/wBetRhdEOA
— NPR (@NPR) June 24, 2022

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The decision was 6-3.

In their dissent, the court’s three liberals wrote:

“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent.” https://t.co/fVoMQy6yZ0
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) June 24, 2022

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THE SUPREME COURT HAS OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE, ELIMINATING THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO ABORTION.https://t.co/ZNYRs3QnpJ
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 24, 2022

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NEW: Public confidence in the Supreme Court just plummeted to the lowest level ever recorded in American history. Only 25% of Americans say they have confidence in the Supreme Court now, down double digits since last year, per @gallup.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 23, 2022

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Here are the states that will ban abortion now that Roe v. Wade is overturned https://t.co/0Euqi9Slmg
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 24, 2022

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“In the Congress, be aware of this: the Republicans are plotting a nationwide abortion ban. They cannot be allowed to have a majority … that’s their goal.”

— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responds to today’s Dobbs decision that overturns Roe v. Wade pic.twitter.com/1pr7WZ6XY7
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just overturned Roe v. Wade, ending our constitutional right to abortion. We know you may be feeling a lot of things right now — hurt, anger, confusion. Whatever you feel is OK. We’re here with you — and we’ll never stop fighting for you.
— Planned Parenthood (@PPFA) June 24, 2022

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BREAKING: THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS ROE V. WADE!

Don’t tell us about “freedom” when this is a direct assault on women’s rights.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) June 24, 2022

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People will still get abortions.

These procedures won’t stop just because Roe v. Wade is overturned.

This will only prevent safe, legal abortions from taking place.
— Padma Lakshmi (@PadmaLakshmi) June 24, 2022

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Not they overturned Roe V. Wade and loosened gun control in the same week. We’re in hell.
— Just Maya (@breathemaya) June 24, 2022

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May 19, 2022 by V Leigh

Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt

Throughout its history, the Jim Crow-era rules of the U.S. Senate have prevented progress, obstructed justice & kept a foot on the neck of Black America.

Enough. It’s time to #AbolishTheFilibuster.
— Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (@RepPressley) May 13, 2022

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51 Senators didn’t even allow so much as a debate on the #WHPA, even though 70% of Americans support a woman’s right to choose.

Say it with me: #AbolishTheFilibuster.
— Barbara Lee (@BLeeForCongress) May 14, 2022

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How many times do our communities have to witness gun violence & endure trauma before we #AbolishTheFilibuster & deliver real gun reform? I’m especially enraged reading reports that the shooting was racially motivated & conducted by a white supremacist. https://t.co/TbCOWPLNFi
— Rep. Andy Levin (@RepAndyLevin) May 14, 2022

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It’s #ClimateAction or the filibuster
It’s LGBTQ+ rights or the filibuster
It’s voting rights or the filibuster
It’s gun safety or the filibuster
It’s abortion or the filibuster

Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/M0jgijklh4
— Rep. Veronica Escobar (@RepEscobar) May 10, 2022

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It’s simple. If we don’t abolish the filibuster, American democracy is doomed. pic.twitter.com/XbOcZJRjJV
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) February 25, 2021

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Twitter is struggling to respond to political misinformation and other harmful posts on the social media platform after Elon Musk fired roughly half of its workforce just days before the U.S. midterm elections.

Landlords are going on a capital strike, holding thousands of units vacant while homelessness reaches Great Depression era levels. Clearly a profit driven system will never solve the housing crisis. We need social housing and tenant control.

BREAKING: The Select Committee unanimously votes to subpoena Donald J. Trump, former President of the United States, to provide evidence as part of the committee’s investigation.

Florida GOP votes against FEMA funding

The House passes the Inflation Reduction Act, sending the $740 billion tax, healthcare, and climate bill to President Biden’s desk. The vote is the culmination of more than a year of negotiation among Democrat

BREAKING: Russian prosecutors asked a court to sentence U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to 9 1/2 years in prison on cannabis possession charges. Closing arguments in the trial are taking place, nearly six months after her arrest at a Moscow airport.

“The power to check the Supreme Court is there, in the Constitution. The task now is [for Congress] to seize it.”

Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history.

The Supreme Court has officially overturned Roe v. Wade

Our fundamental rights are on the line. Its time to #AbolishTheFilibuster & #ExpandTheSupremeCourt