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Human rights lawyer. IU, Stanford Law. TX/CA licensed. Border/AVL radical, anti-fascist, enemy-white supremacists. Yellow Dog. #ACLU #DACA #RuleofLaw.

Aug 17, 2020, 8 tweets

First they came for my neighbor, the immigrant, & deported him, breaking up his family, but I didn't say anything because he was just a neighbor.
#DontLookAway

Then they came for the refugees, separated their children and jailed them, but I didn't say anything because they were not my children.
#FreeThemAll
#FundOurFuture

Then they took my friend's land to build an ugly, destructive and useless racist wall, but I didn't say anything because it wasn't my land.
#DefundTheWall

Then they failed to warn us in time to lay low (while they protected their stock portfolios), and we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic stalked by death. But I didn't say anything because they say it's nobody's fault.
#TrumpPandemicFailure

Now they're taking our assistance and forcing us to go back to work, to make their money, while the raging fires of a pandemic remain unabated, at the risk of losing our, not their, lives. But I can't do anything because I need to feed my baby.
#CapitialismKills

Now I see them marching on the streets of Portland and the streets of DC, shooting and clubbing people, and threatening to march in your city, while Trump waves the Bible and hugs the American flag.
#FascismAfoot
#Resist

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