December 18, 2021 by V Leigh

There are 28 empty homes for every homeless person in this country.

Irony is LGBTQ youth are among the most likely to be homeless https://t.co/gURNaaCBDJ
— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) December 1, 2021

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Homeless man set on fire while asleep in San Francisco dies https://t.co/6SLoaYHR8j
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) October 14, 2021

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“Nearly half of Black voters in Los Angeles County have been homeless, have experienced housing insecurity in the past year or know someone who has — a significantly larger share than for other racial and ethnic groups, according to a new poll.”https://t.co/Ueu6HPV2V3
— Dr. Keisha N. Blain (@KeishaBlain) December 1, 2021

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There are 28 empty homes for every homeless person in this country. Not to mention all the empty buildings that aren’t classified as homes (empty retail, empty public buildings, etc).
— Rebecca Parson for Congress, WA-06 (@RebeccaforWA) December 8, 2021

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December 18, 2021 by V Leigh

New year, new annual report! from The Bail Project

70% of people in jail are there for one reason: living in poverty.

Low-income Americans are sitting in jails for days, months, and even years simply because they can’t afford to pay high bail amounts.

And the bail industry is raking in billions. pic.twitter.com/AqlPkD7KxQ
— Brave New Films (@bravenewfilms) December 6, 2021

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As you read these words, there are 400,000 human beings in cages separated from their families solely because they cannot pay cash bail, and the U.S. and the Philippines are the only two countries in the world that allow a for-profit cash bail industry.
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) December 6, 2021

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End cash bail.

“Three people were out on bond following an investigation that alleged insurance fraud, credit card fraud and prostitution at a well-known Des Moines bail bond service.”https://t.co/Pr2t1Fsv4y
— Jill Lehmann (@justiceseeker78) December 17, 2021

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New year, new annual report! 👏 Hear from our clients, have a look at our financials, our plans for the future, and more.
Read it here: https://t.co/fuRzGujIsE pic.twitter.com/nxHIuEbG3o
— The Bail Project (@bailproject) December 13, 2021

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December 8, 2021 by V Leigh

Cop Kills A Man In A Wheelchair

Cop Kills A Man In A Wheelchair https://t.co/pzJhOgy8bZ via @YouTube
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) December 1, 2021

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Disabled man in power chair was shot 9x in the back for being suspected of shoplifting a toolbox.

Why?

Because the officer stated he couldn’t figure out how to shoot him with a stun gun and felt he had no other option.

Police violence is a huge issue for disabled people. pic.twitter.com/OYDF0AIkEX
— See Mia 미혜 🌨☃️ (@SeeMiaRoll) December 1, 2021

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A Tucson police officer was fired after video captured him fatally shooting a man in a motorized wheelchair, officials said. https://t.co/o4f7VCGzvw
— CNN (@CNN) December 1, 2021

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“This is supposed to be the greatest country in the world? That cop needs to be prosecuted for what he did. He just murdered someone.” @AnaKasparian reacts to a graphic video of a man in a wheelchair being shot nine times in the back by police for shoplifting. #tytlive pic.twitter.com/juCiTz5mMR
— The Young Turks (@TheYoungTurks) December 2, 2021

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December 2, 2021 by V Leigh

CHALLENGE TO ROE v. WADE: The future of Roe v. Wade is now in doubt as justices heard arguments over a Mississippi abortion law.

CHALLENGE TO ROE v. WADE: The future of Roe v. Wade is now in doubt as justices heard arguments over a Mississippi abortion law. @TerryMoran is at the Supreme Court where demonstrators on both sides protested. https://t.co/2wSFdaAQO1 pic.twitter.com/QdO2z6CNS4
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) December 2, 2021

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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on one of its most important cases in decades and considered the future of abortion rights in America. Here’s what to know from a dramatic day in court. https://t.co/dfz4E528ER
— CNN (@CNN) December 2, 2021

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Rep. Jackson Lee is urging the Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade, which she says there’s ‘no credible reason to overturn’ it. https://t.co/ugSaVJrsSZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 1, 2021

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As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case that posing a challenge to Roe v. Wade, most Americans want that 1973 ruling concerning abortion to remain in place, according to a recent @CBSNewsPoll pic.twitter.com/udHyfdrxBb
— Ed O’Keefe (@edokeefe) December 1, 2021

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In regard to the Supreme Court, what is there to say? As long as women’s rights can be decided by a set of nine political appointees, we are not free. It is poor women, and/or women of color and/or rural women who will suffer the most if Roe is overturned.
— roxane gay (@rgay) December 1, 2021

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And while we’re here, a reminder that abortion & repro health is not *just* a women’s rights issue

It’s an economic justice, racial justice, gender justice, trans rights & workers’ rights issue, & etc.

Attacks on repro healthcare has ripple effects on the already vulnerable
— Summer Lee (@SummerForPA) December 2, 2021

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December 2, 2021 by V Leigh

Just this past weekend, 114 Americans died as a result of gun violence and 250 were injured.

Just this past weekend, 114 Americans died as a result of gun violence and 250 were injured.

It’s time to end the filibuster and pass common sense gun reforms. Every week the Senate continues to block this necessary legislation, they have blood on their hands.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) November 15, 2021

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Gun violence in America could soon get a lot worse https://t.co/1okXwA6DGY
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 27, 2021

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The toll of gun violence in America stands out amongst the world. More guns equals more gun violence & death. Our rights to life, freedom of speech, etc are now directly affected by the 2A & 400,000,000 guns. The time to deal with this is long overdue. https://t.co/gkgiAWbO2X
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) November 26, 2021

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It’s way past time for Americans to stop shrugging at the facts — that violence against women is the gateway drug to mass shooting and other forms of terror. Bloomberg News found 60% of mass shootings have domestic violence links https://t.co/zgBM8oWxVe
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) November 23, 2021

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Ground News: Police: Student kills 3, wounds 6 at Michigan school https://t.co/UmmswhhYmO
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) November 30, 2021

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Another school shooting. 3 killed, more injured, hundreds terrorized. Until there are gun laws with teeth in this country—such as those in Great Britain—our children will continue to be sacrificed on the altar of the 2nd Amendment.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 1, 2021

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It’s so tragic that a school shooting that involves 3 dead children is so commonplace it will be forgotten in a few days.

When will it end?
— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) November 30, 2021

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“They didn’t deserve to die tonight.”

A community in Michigan is mourning the loss of four students who were killed in a mass shooting at Oxford High School. https://t.co/sDGsN0CzsV pic.twitter.com/wekZauSZUC
— ABC News (@ABC) December 1, 2021

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November 29, 2021 by V Leigh

‘No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.’ — @AOC

.@AliVelshi: Taxing ultra-wealthy Americans differently than the rest of us is not a controversial idea. https://t.co/IGzJ80BaVg
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 26, 2021

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If we’re serious about taking on the military industrial complex & cutting the Pentagon budget, we have to expose the military contractors who profit from endless war.

Share this clip from our film “Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers” and help expose the for-profit war machine! pic.twitter.com/3iLBV5P9MO
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) August 14, 2021

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20 years after taking out student loans, the typical white borrower owes about 5% of their debt. The typical Black borrower owes about 95%. Because of the wealth gap & systemic discrimination, Black students go into more debt & have a harder time paying it. #CancelStudentDebt
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) November 3, 2021

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No one should have to ration life-saving medication due to price, and yet 1/4 diabetic Americans aren’t taking insulin as prescribed because of its skyrocketing cost. Today, on #WorldDiabetesDay, I’m wearing earrings made from old insulin vials to keep the pressure on Big Pharma. pic.twitter.com/BSAMmtt9pM
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) November 14, 2021

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‘No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.’ — @AOC pulled no punches when discussing income inequality, capitalism, and the ultra wealthy’s grip on power in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/74LMHVM6O4
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 16, 2021

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How Manchin and Sinema’s status as Senate holdouts is proving lucrative

“The Democratic senators have received a flood of money from conservative donors, leading some to raise concerns of corruption”https://t.co/phePsgUB1i
— Coal Miner’s Granddaughter (@TerenehIdia) November 28, 2021

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November 28, 2021 by V Leigh

“If he didn’t break the law, we should change the law.”

This photo says it all! Black kids need to know their lives matter! #JusticeForAhmaud pic.twitter.com/pJLQUBwnED
— Arndrea Waters King (@ArndreaKing) November 24, 2021

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This #JusticeForAhmaud came from people speaking out & showing up. Remember we went 74 days without an arrest; this was never inevitable. Gratitude to all. To the runners, the #BLM activists, the preachers, the local citizens, all who said that his life mattered. pic.twitter.com/FTHHF4lqxz
— Heather McGhee (@hmcghee) November 24, 2021

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Police have killed 961 people this year. To date, officers have being charged with a crime in only 10 of these killings – 1% of the total. https://t.co/vqURbJZyIR
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) November 24, 2021

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Check out Mississippi Goddam Chapter 6: Mississippi Justice https://t.co/fqqRqcq7yZ
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) November 27, 2021

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Footage shows the killing of the 32-year-old Black man in his home by a white officer — over the objections of his Black, more-experienced partner. Both officers are still on duty.https://t.co/4iFwxeJx4s
— ProPublica (@propublica) November 22, 2021

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“If he didn’t break the law, we should change the law.”

— @StephenAtHome hits at Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal after killing 2 protesters and injuring 1 during Black Lives Matter demonstration. pic.twitter.com/gMPUQLmmI6
— The Recount (@therecount) November 23, 2021

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November 19, 2021 by V Leigh

The system is beyond rigged

The system is beyond rigged pic.twitter.com/JXemdGH8J6
— Read Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (@JoshuaPotash) October 26, 2021

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Check out Ep. 527 – The brutal, grotesque, barbaric execution of John Grant was quintessential America. And illegal. https://t.co/qAWCmLQ8dO
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) November 4, 2021

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I am thinking of #JuliusJones today. And the trial of #AhmaudArberry’s killers. And the wait for the #Rittenhouse verdict. And the racist chicanery that attends them all. It’s all feeling like 1880-1920 those years that Rayford Logan called the “nadir of American race relations.”
— Brittney Cooper (@ProfessorCrunk) November 18, 2021

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In Oklahoma, the moment supporters found out the governor granted clemency to Julius Jones, via @TheBlackTimesOK: pic.twitter.com/krfP1Lq0Ax
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 18, 2021

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Oklahoma plans to execute #JuliusJones on Thursday despite a parole board twice recommending the governor grant him clemency.

Jones says he was framed for a 1999 murder. Legal experts say he did not match witness descriptions, his alibi was ignored and a juror called him a slur. pic.twitter.com/paOi04ZE7q
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 18, 2021

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.@marclamonthill takes a moment to reflect on #JuliusJones, who was scheduled to be executed today and granted #clemency. “They had this man thinking he was going to die, knowing that they were going to commute the sentence the next day. You know how perverse and cruel that is?” pic.twitter.com/DOCQaMihaQ
— Black News Channel (@BNCNews) November 19, 2021

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November 11, 2021 by V Leigh

A seatbelt ticket. A cracked taillight. A broken headlight. These minor offenses resulted in police officers killing unarmed motorists.

A seatbelt ticket. A cracked taillight. A broken headlight.

These minor offenses resulted in police officers killing unarmed motorists. In case after case, their justification for shooting people at traffic stops who held no weapon: They were driving one. https://t.co/dpf1JLJp5A
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 6, 2021

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Please elevate the story of #EngraciaFigueroa, a disabled Afro-Latina woman who died from injuries sustained by not having her wheelchair after @united destroyed hers. This is a #BlackLivesMatter issue. Anti- ableism must be part of our work. https://t.co/MMJ3gGjCFg
— Dr. Sami Schalk (@DrSamiSchalk) November 7, 2021

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THREAD: For stealing dish soap: 7 years prison! Prosecutors call it “looting.” Not one Chicago cop charged in violent crackdown. Yet nearly 200 protestors still face 100s years for similar things. Their public defender explains why we allow this to happen: https://t.co/YKfGLEntHh
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) November 4, 2021

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The judge in the #AhmaudArbery trial will not change the jury, despite admitting Arbery’s killers’ lawyers used “intentional discrimination” to reject Black jurors.

11 of 12 jurors are white.

Arbery’s aunt called it “another of the injustices that we see here in Glynn County.” pic.twitter.com/63IbDqnqDd
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 4, 2021

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“We need to accept that racism is a climate change accelerator, and that climate change is a major racial impact and racial justice issue,” @rashadrobinson of @ColorOfChange writes.https://t.co/0xaSTrFOOR
— Salon (@Salon) October 5, 2021

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I want you to read this. I want you to understand what is happening on school boards across the country. And how Black educators are being targeted. Most of all, how there is a concerted action to take us back to the 50s. #TruthBeTold #ProTruth https://t.co/YfiQrBeKcg
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 10, 2021

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October 26, 2021 by V Leigh

We must eliminate violent extremism in law enforcement.

Say her name: Akeelah Jackson.

She was 12-years-old and run over by a St. Louis County cop who was driving nearly 60 MPH in a 30 MPH zone with no lights or sirens on. Yesterday, he was acquitted.

Black girls deserve to know our lives matter. Black girls deserve to grow old. pic.twitter.com/4spM3FidhY
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) October 16, 2021

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Police in Ohio forcibly pulled a paraplegic man out of his vehicle and threw him to the ground, despite his repeated appeals and him saying that he has no use of his legs, according to body-camera video. https://t.co/IPKbg0AuG8
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 9, 2021

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Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)
— Ken Armstrong (@bykenarmstrong) October 8, 2021

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This is sick. Targeting Black children isn’t a justice system so let’s stop calling it that. This is a evil, inhumane, and racist system.

The trauma this causes will live in our communities for generations. Enough. https://t.co/XszwsnBHF0
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) October 9, 2021

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Today, we uncovered that the FBI has no protocol to address members of law enforcement belonging to white supremacist organizations.

Just this year, more than 30 active or retired police officers joined the Jan. 6th attack. We must eliminate violent extremism in law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/dkuUkrB70z
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) September 29, 2021

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Dayton Police Dragged Paraplegic Man Clifford Owensby from His Car; NAACP Says Arrest Was “Unlawful” https://t.co/TMklamLXct via @democracynow
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) October 12, 2021

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Black Paraplegic Dragged From Car Calls Dayton, Ohio, Police ‘Inhumane’ and Files Civil Rights Complaint https://t.co/lcWSHiqNTS
— Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) October 12, 2021

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There are 28 empty homes for every homeless person in this country.

New year, new annual report! from The Bail Project

Cop Kills A Man In A Wheelchair

CHALLENGE TO ROE v. WADE: The future of Roe v. Wade is now in doubt as justices heard arguments over a Mississippi abortion law.

Just this past weekend, 114 Americans died as a result of gun violence and 250 were injured.

‘No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.’ — @AOC

“If he didn’t break the law, we should change the law.”

The system is beyond rigged

A seatbelt ticket. A cracked taillight. A broken headlight. These minor offenses resulted in police officers killing unarmed motorists.

We must eliminate violent extremism in law enforcement.