September 23, 2021 by V Leigh

“America’s time in Afghanistan is up. What we owe to their people has no expiration date” – and other tweets this week

NEW: A cop in Illinois claims he was “instructed” to play music to trigger YouTube copyright filters when an activist was filming him, according to docs we acquired using a public records request.https://t.co/qN9NmrxZSA
— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) September 9, 2021

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The FDA delayed a decision on whether to permit Juul to stay on the market while banning the sale of thousands of other e-cigarettes https://t.co/KrSHIdeEsH
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 10, 2021

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Police corporation explained

Check out Art’s video! #TikTok https://t.co/Ats4iL0csC
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) September 4, 2021

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Black infants die at twice the rate of White infants. “In 2019, almost 3,600 more Black babies died before their first birthday,” @AnnaFlagg writes.

The so-called “pro-life” folks hardly seem to care about the Black infants (and mothers) dying each year.https://t.co/FMYrjTVUzr
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) September 2, 2021

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.@Brian_Castner: “America’s time in Afghanistan is up. What we owe to their people has no expiration date” https://t.co/8u9XuuAirL
— TIME (@TIME) September 10, 2021

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September 22, 2021 by V Leigh

A doctor says he performed an abortion on Sept. 6 that violated Texas’s new law.

Sad that in 2021 I have to explain to a GOP Governor that:

1. “6 weeks pregnant” = 2 weeks late for your period
2. Periods are late all the time from stress, diet,etc
3. Most people know their rapists

but GOP want to have more control over your body than you do, so here we are. https://t.co/IVCGHvkp6q
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 8, 2021

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BREAKING: The Justice Department is suing Texas over its new abortion ban — saying the state enacted the law “in open defiance of the Constitution.”
— NPR (@NPR) September 9, 2021

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BREAKING: The legal architect of Texas’ abortion ban writes in a Supreme Court brief that if women want to “control” their “reproductive lives,” they can simply “refrain from sexual intercourse,” and that women “choose” unprotected sex because of legal abortion. RT TO EXPOSE HIM!
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) September 18, 2021

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So long as the constitutional right to an abortion is under attack, I’m going to use every legal tool at my disposal to fight back.https://t.co/RdCxQWK9ao
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) September 18, 2021

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“”Women can say no to sex if Roe falls,’ says architect of Texas abortion ban”

It has always been about control. It will always be about control. Over what we do with our bodies, our time, our interests, and our lives. We are only allowed to be one thing. https://t.co/u6CeLYHzTt
— feminist next door (@emrazz) September 18, 2021

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Apple is on the verge of becoming the largest employer in Texas, but hasn’t yet publicly spoken about the abortion ban. There’s a chance they could have real impact if they do. Every iPhone says “privacy is a human right” the first time you turn it on. https://t.co/AUnKcljdbe
— anildash (@anildash) September 20, 2021

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A doctor says he performed an abortion on Sept. 6 that violated Texas’s new law.

“I had a duty of care to this patient, as I do for all patients, and because she has a fundamental right to receive this care,” Physician Alan Braid writes in an op-ed. https://t.co/UnpdioRggL
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 18, 2021

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September 10, 2021 by V Leigh

Something just happened in Georgia that almost NEVER happens when we fight for justice

Check out Ep. 513 – Something just happened in Georgia that almost NEVER happens when we fight for justice https://t.co/4YgS6dgbPi
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) September 4, 2021

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A grand jury indicted a former prosecutor in Georgia, accusing her of “showing favor and affection” to one of the men now charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery and for directing police officers not to arrest another suspect. https://t.co/YUlVvdA9yl
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 3, 2021

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The district attorney in Georgia who initially handled the investigation of the February 2020 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery was charged on Thursday for allegedly showing favor to one of Arbery’s accused killers and obstructing the case. https://t.co/aYoLq1hW3U
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) September 2, 2021

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Jackie Johnson, former Brunswick DA, has been indicted for violation of her oath as a public officer and ‘obstructing and hindering a law enforcement officer’ in relation to the investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the office of GA AG Chris Carr announced on Thursday. pic.twitter.com/wkjqfxoN4w
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 3, 2021

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September 10, 2021 by V Leigh

Can Hurricane Ida move public opinion on climate change?

Maybe we can stop calling them alarmists now and just people with a basic grasp on history and politics https://t.co/SJkXsiPTbc
— Fiona Applebum says #BlockShaunKing 🍎 (@WrittenByHanna) September 3, 2021

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“The state has acknowledged that not every community can be saved.” https://t.co/pP7xWxr7pp
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 4, 2021

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Four Louisiana nursing home residents who were evacuated ahead of Hurricane Ida have died, state officials said, and state inspectors say they were prevented this week from conducting a full assessment of conditions in the site where they were relocated. https://t.co/FCa5ZblU7t
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 3, 2021

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“Law-enforcement officials and volunteers helped evacuate roughly 800 people from the area by boat and helicopter during and after the storm, as floodwaters rose up to 10 feet…”https://t.co/dAKUqG12RX
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) September 2, 2021

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At least 11 people were found dead in basements after torrential rains flooded New York City — nearly as many as those killed by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana, where the storm made landfall. https://t.co/xvdTmUUnIG pic.twitter.com/zBQPACVSzA
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 3, 2021

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No words. This is what happened last night in New Yorkhttps://t.co/LGiSwvhVsR pic.twitter.com/SNoyhUnWNe
— Radio Free Amanda 余美娜 (@catcontentonly) September 3, 2021

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This video shows just how quickly floodwaters can submerge a basement. So many people live in basement apartments pic.twitter.com/XBkt6s264G
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 3, 2021

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We’re old enough to remember like two months ago when the right-wing tried to convince us that infrastructure had nothing to do with the climate crisis. https://t.co/4fdgkmjIRD
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) September 3, 2021

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Believe it or not, the full-scale collapse of the NYC transit infrastructure appears to be wreaking havoc in the lives of working-class New Yorkers who can’t just work from home pic.twitter.com/0aWEXEqAst
— Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) September 2, 2021

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Climate change is making hurricanes like Ida worse. As the planet warms, storms:

◾️ are more likely to be larger and stronger
◾️ move more slowly and drop more rain
◾️ intensify faster, like how quickly Ida went from a Category 1 to a Category 4https://t.co/KXWChygUtE pic.twitter.com/LPEJBFxVre
— NPR (@NPR) August 30, 2021

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Richmond says Ida’s impact shows need for infrastructure, climate change legislation https://t.co/LcYMx2xuQV
— POLITICO (@politico) September 5, 2021

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Can Hurricane Ida move public opinion on climate change?https://t.co/fGHssCsnVl
— TIME (@TIME) September 4, 2021

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September 6, 2021 by V Leigh

Texas’ six-week abortion ban is one of the most—if not the most—draconian and unprecedented anti-abortion bills to ever become law.

“Texas’ six-week abortion ban is one of the most—if not the most—draconian and unprecedented anti-abortion bills to ever become law.” https://t.co/st3NfK025O #BansOffOurBodies #SB8
— NARAL (@NARAL) September 4, 2021

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President Biden says Texas’ draconian new abortion law violates the Constitution, pledges to “protect and defend” abortion rights. https://t.co/iqCfdeh87c
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 4, 2021

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Texas law bans abortions after a “fetal heartbeat” is detected, but doctors say that term isn’t based in science. What an ultrasound detects in an embryo at 6 weeks is electrical activity from cells — not a heart.

And that sound? It’s made by the machine.https://t.co/LZr4NWfc5E
— NPR (@NPR) September 4, 2021

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This is unusual: @thenation ran Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent in the Texas abortion edict in full — as if it were an original essay for publication.

The editors must believe it should be widely read. I think so, too. (With an @ElieNYC introduction.)https://t.co/WdOnCZbx8C pic.twitter.com/QbgCFKvJ3d
— Cristian Farias (@cristianafarias) September 4, 2021

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“I think it’s a dynamic situation and I gotta think that this is not going to work out well for the Republicans,” Bill Kristol says on the possible reaction to the Texas abortion bill during election season.https://t.co/FVIU10LG0U
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) September 4, 2021

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TikTokers and coders are flooding a website designed for reporting people who violate Texas’ new anti-abortion laws with fake tips. Gov. Greg Abbott and Marvel’s Avengers are among those being reported receiving abortions. https://t.co/4drgsqv3ab
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 4, 2021

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A website seeking anonymous tips on people violating Texas’ new law restricting abortions has been inundated with spam after viral calls from social media users. https://t.co/bg3CiGyl6x
— ABC News (@ABC) September 4, 2021

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JUST IN: GoDaddy will no longer host a site set up to collect anonymous tips about potential violations of Texas’ new abortion law.https://t.co/fz4x2esBPw
— NPR (@NPR) September 4, 2021

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After being booted from GoDaddy the anti-abortion whistleblower website in Texas is now hosted with Epik. Epik hosts numerous far right websites deemed too controversial for regular providers. A local cyber security professional described their CEO to me as “basically a fascist.”
— steven monacelli  (@stevanzetti) September 4, 2021

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September 5, 2021 by V Leigh

Months Before #GeorgeFloyd, #AngelZapataHernandez Died With a Knee to His Neck

ICYMI:

Months Before #GeorgeFloyd, #AngelZapataHernandez Died With a Knee to His Neck – https://t.co/Gws9tkHtA1
— #FreeKevinStrickland (@DcSlumdog) August 28, 2021

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Angel Zapata Hernandez died on Oct. 15, 2019, in San Diego while handcuffed and restrained at the hands of two Metropolitan Transit Service security workers, one of whom knelt on his neck for 6 minutes and 6 seconds.https://t.co/pDkNYJ4Zps
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 25, 2021

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September 2, 2021 by V Leigh

@samswey Republicans have spent the past year blaming Democrats for rising murder rates. Yet more Americans die from Covid every 4 days as the total increase in murders reported last year. Scale of death fueled by GOP is astronomical, everything else a drop in the bucket by comparison.

BREAKING: Supreme Court blocks Biden’s moratorium on tenant evictions by 6-3 vote.
— Steven Mazie (@stevenmazie) August 27, 2021

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Jeff Bezos net worth in 2009: $6,800,000,000
Jeff Bezos net worth in 2021: $191,300,000,000

Federal minimum wage in 2009: $7.25
Federal minimum wage in 2021: $7.25

If this doesn’t convince you our economy is rigged, nothing will.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 26, 2021

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Military discipline has a racial bias problem that threatens national security. : NPR https://t.co/3I4czlFxlr
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) August 22, 2021

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is this a joke pic.twitter.com/EjW0GWcwWG
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) September 1, 2021

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I’ve had COVID 4 times. Twice last year despite lockdown. Wife was sick for 6 months. 2nd time damaged my vision and hearing. Vaccinated June. Had Delta in July anyway and sick again now from kids at school

It’s no f’ing joke, but people treat it like one. Mask up and stay home https://t.co/jtO0mqkxvX
— Benj Edwards (@benjedwards) September 1, 2021

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This is a fucking nightmare https://t.co/eABqaNZmFB
— Leslie Mac (@LeslieMac) August 31, 2021

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It is long past time to get rid of the filibuster. We cannot let Mitch McConnell and his wealthy donors veto everything. The American people elected Democratic majorities to get things done.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) August 31, 2021

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Last year, there were an estimated 4,000 additional murders vs previous years. On August 30 alone, there were 1,725 Covid deaths. This week averaged 1,348 deaths per day. https://t.co/5A93d1qHIB pic.twitter.com/n7LvLD28Vr
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 31, 2021

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Republicans have spent the past year blaming Democrats for rising murder rates. Yet more Americans die from Covid every *4 days* as the total increase in murders reported last year. Scale of death fueled by GOP is astronomical, everything else a drop in the bucket by comparison. https://t.co/anpB1ubfU7
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) August 31, 2021

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August 28, 2021 by V Leigh

The Murderous Police Gangs of Los Angeles

“Defund the police” was a rallying cry in 2020. Minneapolis is about to vote on what that means. https://t.co/Uxo9XDlaOS
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 24, 2021

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Graphic bodycam video kept secret for 2 years shows a Louisiana trooper pummeling a Black motorist with a flashlight as he screams “I’m not resisting” — leaving him with a broken jaw, wrist and ribs.

Police didn’t investigate the attack for 536 days.https://t.co/I3FU0hEdy3
— NPR (@NPR) August 25, 2021

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Check out Ep. 493 – Police Brutality is Legal https://t.co/duVIZELnEq
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) August 15, 2021

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The murder of unarmed black people doesn’t happen because of a “few bad apples.”

Police brutality is the natural outcome of a racist misdemeanor system that’s deeply rooted in white supremacy & slavery. pic.twitter.com/VR59groVO3
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) August 8, 2021

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The Murderous Police Gangs of Los Angeles https://t.co/BIR8M7qgyt via @YouTube
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) August 21, 2021

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August 27, 2021 by V Leigh

Thousands of people attempt to flee by any transportation necessary after Taliban forces take control of the capital city

Scenes from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday showed a sea of cars at a complete standstill, as thousands of people attempt to flee by any transportation necessary after Taliban forces take control of the capital city pic.twitter.com/ubaLsCE8wt
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 17, 2021

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President Biden said he ‘stood squarely behind’ his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and rejected broad criticism of the chaotic withdrawal that is posing a political crisis for him https://t.co/cCGG0vSgX7 pic.twitter.com/sLd9lNC7WP
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 17, 2021

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls on the U.S. to help our veterans keep their personal promises to America’s Afghan allies and accept as many refugees from #Afghanistan as possible, as the 20-years-long war draws to a close.https://t.co/AGxHQ9yS2K via @TheReidOut
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 27, 2021

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“This week… we are seeing a reckoning. For 20 years, longer than we were in Vietnam, we have been telling lies to the American public,” @DavidCornDC says of #Afghanistan. #TheReidOut #reiders pic.twitter.com/WC5U9fYGOr
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 26, 2021

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BREAKING UPDATE: Kabul airport blast on Thursday killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 100 Afghans, according to a Health Ministry source, as thousands return to the airport despite ISIS-K threat. https://t.co/RBxIuGn5NP
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2021

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Hundreds of Afghan families camping at a Kabul park are begging for food and shelter after the Taliban overran their provinces.

Read more ➡ https://t.co/8g2eSqSkNi pic.twitter.com/R8o5AREOqe
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 27, 2021

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“If we leave, who stays?”

Dr Alberto Cairo has worked in Afghanistan since 1990 and says some people have no choice but to stay in the countryhttps://t.co/IhIi8ZtrE6
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 27, 2021

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August 20, 2021 by V Leigh

Here’s an idea: stop subsidizing the massive corporations putting billions of lives at risk!

Billionaire wealth in 1990: $240 billion
Billionaire wealth in 2020: $2.9 trillion
Billionaire wealth in 2021: $4.6 trillion

Meanwhile, 16 million children are food insecure and half a million Americans are sleeping out on the streets.
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) August 5, 2021

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How America Destroyed Free College https://t.co/7xCtaawncg via @YouTube
— Fund the people – Divest from policing (@glncv) August 5, 2021

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The U.S. wastes billions of taxpayer $$$ to fund CBP & ICE, agencies that carry out inhumane policies that target, jail & deport immigrants. We need demand cuts to CBP & ICE budgets. Join the action on Wed., 8/18! #DefundHate https://t.co/tp41MSu2t1 pic.twitter.com/SwTm4yS5l5
— SBCC (@SBCCoalition) August 5, 2021

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Check out Beyond Capitalism: A Multiracial Labor Movement https://t.co/3W5aA4xHCo
— Fund the people – Divest from policing (@glncv) August 6, 2021

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We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis and then wonder why our planet is on fire.

Here’s an idea: stop subsidizing the massive corporations putting billions of lives at risk!
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) August 11, 2021

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A Community Village Site

“America’s time in Afghanistan is up. What we owe to their people has no expiration date” – and other tweets this week

A doctor says he performed an abortion on Sept. 6 that violated Texas’s new law.

Something just happened in Georgia that almost NEVER happens when we fight for justice

Can Hurricane Ida move public opinion on climate change?

Texas’ six-week abortion ban is one of the most—if not the most—draconian and unprecedented anti-abortion bills to ever become law.

Months Before #GeorgeFloyd, #AngelZapataHernandez Died With a Knee to His Neck

@samswey Republicans have spent the past year blaming Democrats for rising murder rates. Yet more Americans die from Covid every 4 days as the total increase in murders reported last year. Scale of death fueled by GOP is astronomical, everything else a drop in the bucket by comparison.

The Murderous Police Gangs of Los Angeles

Thousands of people attempt to flee by any transportation necessary after Taliban forces take control of the capital city

Here’s an idea: stop subsidizing the massive corporations putting billions of lives at risk!