August 5, 2023 by V Leigh

What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.

Really important that this story not get lost today. https://t.co/r94IHE5x9c
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 3, 2023

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BREAKING: Feds sue Abbott over drowning devices in Rio Grande.

Let’s keep up the pressure.

We want the buoys & netting removed, the razor wire under the water & on the banks removed and for DPS to respect Border Patrol authority.

Now, before more die. https://t.co/qerH29eXsM
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 21, 2023

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Two people found dead in Rio Grand https://t.co/kc7jb2tKQx
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 3, 2023

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How long can we allow this to continue? How many more innocent lives must be lost? Immigration policy is set at the federal level, and the federal government must take action.

Join me in demanding that the Biden administration put a stop to these horrific and inhumane practices.… pic.twitter.com/Vgle2HKVzh
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 3, 2023

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What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.https://t.co/pjrRFhZrsP
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) August 3, 2023

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August 3, 2023 by V Leigh

This weekend marked the 400th mass shooting in the US this year. Absolutely insane. Everyone deserves the Right to Safety. Time for a Constitutional amendment to end these tragedies.

This weekend marked the 400th mass shooting in the US this year.

Absolutely insane.

Everyone deserves the Right to Safety.

Time for a Constitutional amendment to end these tragedies. https://t.co/9MQlm24XBZ
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 24, 2023

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Four years ago, white supremacy fueled a tragic mass shooting targeting Latinos in El Paso.

We must honor with action the lives of those who were taken from us, the survivors, and the resilience of the El Paso community.

Leaders in state houses and the U.S. Congress must…
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) August 3, 2023

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El Paso is honoring the memory of the 23 victims killed in the Walmart mass shooting four years ago. There are various memorials and events today. It’s been four years since the attack at the Walmart where 23 people were killed. pic.twitter.com/sx0Vbi0Wx3
— Aaron J. Montes (@AaronJMontes) August 3, 2023

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Kimberly Mata-Rubio’s daughter Lexi was killed in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting. Now, Mata-Rubio is honoring Lexi’s life by running for mayor of Uvalde. pic.twitter.com/IOGhKDa1VC
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) July 31, 2023

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Two of the victims of a mass shooting near Seattle are staff members with the Boys and Girls Club and were attending a “Community Healing Space Activation,” which offers hot meals and resources to communities affected by violence. https://t.co/gZXz4KCJOy
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 30, 2023

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August 1, 2023 by V Leigh

This is the result of us being the only developed nation with a for-profit health system. This is why I support universal healthcare & hope you will too.

We found the greediest non-profit hospital in the country: UPMC in Pittsburgh.

Executives there raked in $225 million in one year alone, while putting patients and even their own employees into medical debt.

Their scheme is all funded by your tax dollars—and they’re not alone. pic.twitter.com/rgPtQR092I
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 11, 2023

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I’ve been suspecting shenanigans like this were at the root of the lack of universal US care, now a guy wrote a book on it confirming my suspicions.https://t.co/PvJAi8rjtN
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 21, 2023

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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 25, 2023

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Last year, 42 Senate Republicans blocked a bill to provide healthcare to Veterans with cancer — and LAUGHED while doing it.

We will NEVER forget this. 2024 IS COMING!! https://t.co/eka4lhc4CP
— VoteVets (@votevets) July 31, 2023

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This is the result of us being the only developed nation with a for-profit health system.

This is why I support universal healthcare & hope you will too. pic.twitter.com/ORJeVai3vI
— Jen Perelman (@JenChangeFL) July 24, 2023

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July 31, 2023 by V Leigh

Two high-profile incidents in quick succession involving Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have put the issue of aging politicians front and center.

Two high-profile incidents in quick succession involving Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have put the issue of aging politicians front and center. https://t.co/3XmLT0ItOB
— The Hill (@thehill) July 30, 2023

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A confused Sen. Dianne Feinstein trying to cast her vote for an $823 billion military budget is reminded by colleagues to “just say aye” pic.twitter.com/as1vJHwJCS
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 27, 2023

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A trillion dollars to kill people across the globe being rubber stamped by someone who doesnt know where she is. https://t.co/79fyKzQRVr
— Max Propayne III (@Jags24Asare) July 27, 2023

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California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 90, is battling new questions about her age and health after she appeared confused while casting a vote during a Senate committee meeting. @eschulze reports. pic.twitter.com/0vK8cO0zmN
— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 28, 2023

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Mitch McConnell inexplicably freezes during press conference, is quickly escorted away
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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) July 26, 2023

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Mitch McConnell was briefly escorted away from a group of reporters after cutting off mid-sentence and standing frozen for several seconds https://t.co/U6tjtHXA5z

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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 26, 2023

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell begins his weekly press conference, freezes for 20 seconds, and then is escorted away by fellow Republicans. pic.twitter.com/mYdBaU0Acv
— The Recount (@therecount) July 26, 2023

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July 31, 2023 by V Leigh

The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into ‘discipline centers’ at 28 schools this upcoming year

The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into ‘discipline centers’ at 28 schools this upcoming yearhttps://t.co/PhO0TkEpBi
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 27, 2023

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What do we say to our children and our children’s children if we are silent on this?

How can we claim to want to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and not see its rubrics here?

“HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers” https://t.co/yQ3abhIwsm
— Tracie D. Hall (@TracieDHall1) July 27, 2023

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— Danez (@Danez_Smif) July 28, 2023

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they said fuck a pipeline just make the school jail https://t.co/QQ2jbikzP8
— Glizztina Aguilera (@Lex_topia) July 27, 2023

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Removing libraries to better punish students!?!?

Is this really how we increase student achievement in America?

This is dystopian!

HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers https://t.co/OEL9CjAbGw
— EveryLibrary (@EveryLibrary) July 27, 2023

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Closing libraries in schools to open up more spaces to discipline children should be an urgent wake up call for people to get involved in local political activity. They will hollow out everything that is good about collective life if you do not organize. https://t.co/amfydjgtLZ
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) July 28, 2023

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July 27, 2023 by V Leigh

The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed. “Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx.

See Marvin Guy. Killeen TXhttps://t.co/njhX8UvdxA
— Old Woman Seeking Justice 🐝🐝🐷🐝🐝 (@GrownRoom) June 28, 2023

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This is the worst. Unconstitutional, inhumane, disgraceful. So, what are we gonna do about it? As a profession? As a city, what is Chicago gonna do?? As a country? Or are we gonna just leave it to this man, to find his way to some measure of reparation? And what of the next man? https://t.co/SA327Fzo2k
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) June 27, 2023

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Evidence shows that making swift arrests/solving cases deters crime, while longer sentences/more pre-trial detention doesn’t (and may even make things worse).

So why has all the discussion about the crime bill focused on the latter instead of the former?https://t.co/X4UazZ7T8i
— Alex Koma (@AlexKomaWCP) July 11, 2023

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BREAKING: IL Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act provision to eliminate cash bail.

Outstanding news!

Judges now cannot hold people in prison because they cannot pay bail. Instead, that decision is based on whether the person is a threat to peace & security—as it should be.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 18, 2023

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Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail https://t.co/lv35IzofSs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed.

“Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx. https://t.co/xdaSrUJv0j
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 18, 2023

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July 25, 2023 by V Leigh

School administrators nixed a Black History Month program planned by Jamiyah Brown and other Black students at a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This censorship in Tuscaloosa is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern across the state.

School administrators nixed a Black History Month program planned by Jamiyah Brown and other Black students at a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

This censorship in Tuscaloosa is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern across the state. https://t.co/NHFAtYX9lq
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) July 15, 2023

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New Florida “Standards” Require Teachers To LIE https://t.co/hCcZzpjs4n via @YouTube
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 24, 2023

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@lilmaverick3 #greenscreen History professor discusses pre-WWII propaganda #history #professor #jewishhistory ♬ original sound – LilmaverickProf🤓

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The point of attacking public schools with the gay and trans conspiracy theories was always to oppress vulnerable groups, but also to weaken public education and create a controlled market for ideology-driven curricula producers. https://t.co/6kKAMzmNTm
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 25, 2023

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Fox News is in a panic defending Florida’s offensive curriculum standards that teach that slavery offered benefits to the enslaved.

Greg Gutfeld not only called it a made-up story, which it is not, but he accused VP Kamala Harris of being drunk when she spoke against them. pic.twitter.com/1iUsYl1rGu
— David Heath (@davidhth) July 25, 2023

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“It’s inaccurate, insulting. It’s hurtful and prevents an honest account—an honest account—of our nation’s history.” Press Sec. @K_JeanPierre blasts Florida’s new history curriculum claim that slavery included “benefit” to Black Americans. pic.twitter.com/e3ATCZZMAR
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) July 24, 2023

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July 20, 2023 by V Leigh

181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims.

181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. https://t.co/ITmBd2hwaM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 14, 2023

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From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. https://t.co/paB0Y7o0MK
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2023

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July 18, 2023 by V Leigh

This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy. Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr

“Push children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande.” “Deny water”. A pregnant, miscarrying woman trapped in razor wire. A Texas trooper describes the orders as “inhumane”: https://t.co/ZedO4o4MtX?
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 17, 2023

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Revolting report from the Houston Chronicle: Brace for the BOMBSHELL.

To stop migrants from crossing the border, Gov. Greg Abbott has resorted to truly barbaric measures, issuing INHUMANE directives with very specific targets: Texas troopers have been ordered to push small… pic.twitter.com/5NnHh8ykTO
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) July 18, 2023

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Where is the humanity?
Where is the federal government? https://t.co/OchlBnvpbR
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 18, 2023

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Officers working for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative were ordered to push “small children and nursing babies” back into the Rio Grande, according to an email from a trooper

“I believe we have stepped over a line into the inhumane” https://t.co/soWc98Eni0
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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Texas is installing a “floating wall” across the Rio Grande with netting intended to snag & drown border-crossers.

River currents will trap debris in the nets & alter river flows. People & wildlife will drown.

This is Gov Abbott’s deadly abomination…pic.twitter.com/EKgC7ReMwQ
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 11, 2023

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The Rio Grande is being turned into a war zone by the Texas GOP.

Deadly razor-wire has been deployed along riverbanks, cutting off wildlife from water sources while stopping border communities from accessing their lifeblood & source of drinking water.pic.twitter.com/oc0oA0GqF0
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 15, 2023

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This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy.

Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 18, 2023

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July 14, 2023 by V Leigh

We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.

I woke up yesterday morning, looked out my window and saw the neighbors had hung this flag on their children’s playground.

Pull up a seat, and join me, friends, for The Chronicles of Being Black in a Rich, White suburb

A thread 💀 pic.twitter.com/2p3M03KOUV
— Brittani James, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) July 9, 2023

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Owner bans some LGBTQ customers from Michigan hair salon over pronouns. ‘Not welcome’ https://t.co/2Cssnp4eJu
— 🌈The Where True Love is Movement 🏳️‍⚧️ (@WhereTrueLoveIs) July 11, 2023

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Florida is racist and pushes divisive education.https://t.co/yZtHhhkg0a
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 9, 2023

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Republican Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters says the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood can be taught in schools but the instruction should not mention the issue of race. “Let’s not tie it to skin color”

For two days in 1921 — black residents were terrorized and had their… pic.twitter.com/AodvrZWgIX
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 10, 2023

🚨 The self-described white nationalist who wrote that Hispanics were “invading” America before fatally shooting 23 people at Walmart in El Paso was just sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms for his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. https://t.co/oSdrEfLIWL
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) July 7, 2023

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After a Supreme Court ruling found that “creative” businesses can turn away gay customers, influencers on the right are calling for the end of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

From @MiaGingerich: https://t.co/gEaRjzZrM4
— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) July 10, 2023

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Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi | @bookriot https://t.co/qCORwYvrSM
— Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) July 10, 2023

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After gutting affirmative action, Republicans target minority scholarships https://t.co/9xYcMyW8JV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 5, 2023

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Philadelphia wants to ban ski masks to reduce gun violence, even though there isn’t a body of research proving such policies work.

Instead, it’s reminiscent of other policies that criminalize Black fashion, @sunny___sone wrote in our Weekly newsletter: https://t.co/Sc0Gj6Z9j5
— The Trace (@teamtrace) July 5, 2023

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“These Donor and Legacy Preferences are not justified by any educational necessity because Harvard cannot show that the use of these preferences is necessary to achieve any important educational goal.” https://t.co/9U6NUhwz6C
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 3, 2023

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A Facebook group for the mothers of LGBTQ kids is skyrocketing and now includes tens of thousands of moms against GOP bigotry.

The group, called Mama Bears, seeks to combat Republicans’ attempt to hijack “parents’ rights” to push a hateful agenda.

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— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 11, 2023

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We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach. https://t.co/vnNIbMxHWB
— NEA (@NEAToday) July 7, 2023

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Black people are 50% more likely than White people to face medical debt. But they’re less likely to get a GoFundMe, thinking they’ll reinforce racist ideas about Black people wanting handouts. When Black people do seek help, they receive less than White people seeking help. pic.twitter.com/dWhs0mSbBC
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) July 11, 2023

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Hate has no place in our state. I’ve fought for more community-based resources to tackle the surge of hate crimes in California, and I won’t stop pushing to keep everyone safe.https://t.co/Ldl1R5Qead
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) July 7, 2023

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Today I announced the largest-ever investment to help organizations at risk of hate crimes and signed landmark legislation to strengthen our anti-hate crime efforts.

We are making it clear: Hate will never have a place in New York. pic.twitter.com/e4aC53oKH6
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) July 11, 2023

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