April 13, 2023 by V Leigh

o their snap benefits…but we good spending $750,000 on robot dogs to expand our police state & terrorize neighbors. Show me your budget and I’ll show you your values.

Too many in Washington are emotionally buffered from the ravages of human despair, consistently passing legislation that makes it easier for those who already have to get more, and harder for those who do not have to even survive…

Let’s change that.https://t.co/AlCWyiegba pic.twitter.com/IVq2lyHe5T
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) April 1, 2023

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Government can build affordable housing.

Government can mandate that affordable housing be built.

We need to demand it. https://t.co/YSd1ODdk7b
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 1, 2023

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Biden on the 2020 campaign trail: “No more drilling on federal lands, period. Period, period, period.”

He just approved the largest drilling project being considered on federal lands.https://t.co/HoHkQKHeHq
— Julia Rock (@jul1arock) March 13, 2023

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Rep. ⁦@brotherjones_⁩ is expelled. This image will remain, along with his powerful words. I believe that something powerful has shifted in Tennessee. The whole world is watching. Especially the young people of Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/34E5wkNawi
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) April 6, 2023

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Fascists are trying to rip the freedom and liberty from the people. They’ve voted to expel an ELECTED OFFICIAL because he was doing his job.

This won’t stand. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE. https://t.co/al5mmLhAeJ
— Maxwell Alejandro Frost (@MaxwellFrostFL) April 6, 2023

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We have schools w/o after school programs. Libraries reducing open hours. Folks going hungry w/o their snap benefits…but we good spending $750,000 on robot dogs to expand our police state & terrorize neighbors.

Show me your budget and I’ll show you your values. https://t.co/0bS6iGjjwL
— Tiffany Cabán (@tiffany_caban) April 11, 2023

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April 11, 2023 by V Leigh

U.S. policies had an indisputable role in the death of 40 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to stay in #Mexico for a chance to seek protection in the U.S.

Dozens of migrant men were killed in a fire that broke out at a Mexican immigration detention center this week.

We speak to journalist @LuisKuryaki about the conditions that led to the tragedy — namely, a harsh and punitive immigration system on both sides of the border. pic.twitter.com/l80VI3dsgW
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 29, 2023

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US policies played an unmistakable role in the death of at least 38 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to wait in Mexico for a chance to request protection under US laws.@POTUS’s new asylum ban would entrench this harm.
— ACLU (@ACLU) March 29, 2023

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U.S. policymakers know the dangers migrants face when turned away at our border. The extortion, violence and death are widely reported. We can’t let our leaders duck blame. Every victim in Juarez would be alive today if not for Title 42. https://t.co/Pz4UcgV5hW
— Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project (@FlorenceProject) April 6, 2023

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U.S. policies had an indisputable role in the death of 40 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to stay in #Mexico for a chance to seek protection in the U.S.@r_schmidtke explains why in @TIME https://t.co/msyHXqhksp
— Refugees International (@RefugeesIntl) April 4, 2023

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April 6, 2023 by V Leigh

BREAKING: Donald Trump is now under arrest in New York City ahead of his arraignment in court

BREAKING: Donald Trump is now under arrest in New York City ahead of his arraignment in court https://t.co/0NxzuxZt8I pic.twitter.com/9sdFFunjcM
— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2023

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We just announced a 34-count felony indictment of former President Donald J. Trump. Learn more: https://t.co/PTTh2zlsvv pic.twitter.com/IUE6JjdrS2
— Alvin Bragg (@ManhattanDA) April 4, 2023

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#PowerPost🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿™️

Over 30 years ago, Donald Trump took out full page ads calling for my execution.

On the day he was arrested and arraigned, here is my ad in response. pic.twitter.com/nOYKkw1LD2
— Yusef Abdus Salaam (@dr_yusefsalaam) April 5, 2023

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April 5, 2023 by V Leigh

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.

We’re walking out on Wednesday, 4/5. Learn how to organize a walkout on your campus—join our Walkout Prep Call: https://t.co/Bv7yCA8k8U pic.twitter.com/h2XNJjpws0
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) April 1, 2023

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North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state House repealed the state’s requirement that someone obtain a permit before buying a pistol, overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. https://t.co/HseyFgc8jQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 29, 2023

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This is a VERY SERIOUS situation unfolding in Nashville. The reps who stood w/their constituents who came to the state house to demand gun safety, are facing expulsion from the House. Their Member ID badges have already been turned off. This is how democracy ends. https://t.co/9dOCWMPx2B
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) April 3, 2023

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Tonight as Tennessee House Republicans push forward to schedule vote on our expulsion, Speaker Sexton orders the gallery cleared as crowd chants “fascists.”

Media forced out at as well.

Then, Rep. Lafferty (R-Knox) pushes me and grabs my phone.

This is a sad day for Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/Lh08Ma5kdS
— Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) April 4, 2023

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Today @WilliamLamberth, a Tennessee state representative, asked students protesting gun violence which gun they’d like him to use when shooting them: “If there’s a firearm out there you’re comfortable being shot with, please show me which one it is.”
https://t.co/eiEJWpeNJR
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 4, 2023

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CLARIFICATION: Students in Nashville marched toward the Tennessee State Capitol to demand an end to gun violence after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School last week. We deleted a previous version of this video that omitted a credit pic.twitter.com/UeYlO9wGO3
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 4, 2023

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Today, students in Tennessee protested at the state Capitol to demand stronger gun regulations after 6 people—including 3 children—were murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/P1Vr9hBbb0
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) March 30, 2023

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April 1, 2023 by V Leigh

One of the most surreal videos of the entire resistance to anti-trans laws this year. Members of the gallery get arrested while shouting “trans lives matter” as Rep. Stevenson delivers a scathing rebuke on the House Floor. “Somebody will have to atone!”

One of the most surreal videos of the entire resistance to anti-trans laws this year.

Members of the gallery get arrested while shouting “trans lives matter” as Rep. Stevenson delivers a scathing rebuke on the House Floor.

“Somebody will have to atone!”pic.twitter.com/DDhD4kcm5p
— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 30, 2023

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April 1, 2023 by V Leigh

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable. We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to.

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable.

We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to. https://t.co/QzkeQP5sI0
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 29, 2023

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The number one cause of death for children in the United States is guns. While Republicans attack trans rights in the name of protecting kids, they’re failing to take action on the greatest threat to our children.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 29, 2023

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School shootings are not tracked by the federal gov. The existing trackers we *do* have use varying criteria to define what a ‘school shooting’ is.

Regardless, we’re at 74 gun related deaths/injuries at schools in the U.S. in 2023. It’s March. @NPR
https://t.co/jnNcb0nuFe
— manuela lópez restrepo (@mamueca) March 29, 2023

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BREAKING: Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz brings down the house with a fiery anti-gun speech, says that Republicans are wasting time focused on “banning books” which is insane because “dead kids can’t read” and we need to ban AR15s which aren’t even used to “hunt deer” because…
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) March 29, 2023

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March 29, 2023 by V Leigh

“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police: Nashville school shooter had detailed maps of school, entered building by shooting through door before killings.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 27, 2023

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The acceptable number of school children to die each day is zero. pic.twitter.com/U2k2JZZb5W
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 27, 2023

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It’s the guns. pic.twitter.com/pnhERoRLaj
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) March 28, 2023

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Fuck the NRA and Fuck The Gun Lobby. pic.twitter.com/su6c6YLWmY
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) March 27, 2023

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The assault also marks the 89th shooting on K-12 school grounds in 2023 – an average of one every day – according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. https://t.co/PyCiMNOTnL
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 28, 2023

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“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.” pic.twitter.com/KBeCvyFHwA
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 28, 2023

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March 27, 2023 by V Leigh

JUST IN: At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms. The shooter was killed by police.

JUST IN: At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms. The shooter was killed by police. https://t.co/YgHge5sZ6b pic.twitter.com/p7ZPdwFTCY
— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2023

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A heavily armed assailant entered a Christian school in Nashville on Monday morning and fatally shot three children and three staff members before she was shot and killed by the police, the police department said.

Follow live updates here: https://t.co/RZeJjo3fcL pic.twitter.com/9EwbPplmnD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 27, 2023

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Woah. A mother in Nashville just took over a live stream on Fox News to call out Republicans’ opposition to gun reform. (h/t @atrupar) pic.twitter.com/dup4zLtS7Y
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 27, 2023

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JUST IN: A spokesperson for Vanderbilt University Medical Center told NPR that three children and two adults were transported to its emergency departments, after a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville.

All five have been pronounced dead. https://t.co/dEzZYwbIEP
— NPR (@NPR) March 27, 2023

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March 25, 2023 by V Leigh

Two local television journalists were shot while covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida, and one has died, sheriff says.

Two local television journalists were shot while covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida, and one has died, sheriff says. https://t.co/8TMu3Nunt5
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 23, 2023

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Here’s every American who was killed with guns in just the last week. These are REAL people, not just statistics.

Adam White
Anthony Self Jr.
Bryan Cummings
Coleman Fields
Dadrien Harrison
Debra Nadine Mayfield
Emily Valentine
Eva Anna Vas
Harrison Bordenaye
Heavonlei Grant
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) March 6, 2023

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‘It’s just common sense, to check whether someone is a felon, a domestic abuser, before they buy a gun’ — Pres. Biden called on Congress to require background checks for all firearm sales as he outlined a new executive order aimed at reducing gun violence pic.twitter.com/FVGARE14VQ
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 14, 2023

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March 24, 2023 by V Leigh

Surveillance video showing the death of Irvo Otieno was released Tuesday. 10 officials were charged with 2nd-degree murder after Otieno was “smothered to death” while handcuffed and shackled. Warning: video contains disturbing images

“Imagine if people in the US protested like this” THEY DID! In 2020! The police beat the shit out of us! You all were there!
— Hire Rodney Terry! (@chadstanton) March 17, 2023

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A young Black man told his mom he was being followed by white men in three pickup trucks — then his family says he was found “dismembered.”

Rasheem Carter’s family believes police in Taylorsville, Mississippi, are hiding details about his death.https://t.co/B47V8IA3sT
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) March 14, 2023

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11 Cops From Same Department Charged With Brutalizing Citizens https://t.co/3GaRYMxjLS via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 14, 2023

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The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office has indicted 16 East Cleveland officers with public corruption and civil rights violations for incidents between June 2018 and July 2022. https://t.co/uThbIuIAvF
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 13, 2023

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Seven law enforcement officers and three hospital employees have been charged with second-degree murder over the death of a Black man at a state psychiatric hospital last week.

Prosecutors say 7 deputies held the man on the ground for some 12 minutes. https://t.co/XHMyzfIcGs
— NPR (@NPR) March 16, 2023

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A Louisville police officer let his dog attack a 14-year-old Black child who was not resisting. As the dog ‘gnawed’ on the child’s arm, the officer said ‘stop fighting my dog,’ DOJ said in bombshell report https://t.co/NbOL8DAFpr
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) March 18, 2023

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Simply put, I’m a Black parent raising Black children in a neighborhood adjacent to the Forest. It’s because I love my children, and my neighbors that I oppose the construction of Cop City, a police training facility.
— #StopCopCity (@JalessahJ) March 17, 2023

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BREAKING: A Dinwiddie County grand jury has indicted 7 Henrico County deputies and 3 Virginia hospital employees with 2nd-degree murder for their involvement in the smothering death of Irvo Otieno. pic.twitter.com/RICA2qRErU
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) March 21, 2023

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Surveillance video showing the death of Irvo Otieno was released Tuesday.
10 officials were charged with 2nd-degree murder after Otieno was “smothered to death” while handcuffed and shackled.

Warning: video contains disturbing images pic.twitter.com/YJzjFjc2sV
— The Black Wall Street Times (@TheBWSTimes) March 22, 2023

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We have schools w/o after school programs. Libraries reducing open hours. Folks going hungry w/o their snap benefits…but we good spending $750,000 on robot dogs to expand our police state & terrorize neighbors. Show me your budget and I’ll show you your values.

U.S. policies had an indisputable role in the death of 40 people in the Ciudad Juárez immigrant detention center fire. They were among thousands forced to stay in #Mexico for a chance to seek protection in the U.S.

BREAKING: Donald Trump is now under arrest in New York City ahead of his arraignment in court

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.

One of the most surreal videos of the entire resistance to anti-trans laws this year. Members of the gallery get arrested while shouting “trans lives matter” as Rep. Stevenson delivers a scathing rebuke on the House Floor. “Somebody will have to atone!”

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable. We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to.

“Seventy-four people have either died or been wounded by shootings on K-12 campuses since the start of the year. And, last year, 273 people were injured or killed in school shootings, the highest on record.”

JUST IN: At least 3 children killed in shooting at private Christian elementary school in Nashville, a local hospital confirms. The shooter was killed by police.

Two local television journalists were shot while covering an earlier shooting incident in Orange County, Florida, and one has died, sheriff says.

Surveillance video showing the death of Irvo Otieno was released Tuesday. 10 officials were charged with 2nd-degree murder after Otieno was “smothered to death” while handcuffed and shackled. Warning: video contains disturbing images