The claim by @RashidaTlaib was that Michigan's AG, through her whole tenure, had never filed charges against protestors doing civil disobedience from other issues like police violence and climate until it came to Palestinians, a common institutional bias in the US.
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The @ACLU itself made the same claim, saying it represents "a pattern of excessive response by law enforcement to the campus protests".
In the last 24 hours we’ve learned that the ongoing violence has claimed an additional 6 Israeli hostages and at least 47 Palestinians.
We grieve with all of the families and people in deep pain over this tremendous — and avoidable — loss of life.
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We’ve learned the only American who is able to stop it with a stroke of a pen, President @JoeBiden, continues to refuse to enforce his own red line, and make good on his own promise to stop offensive weapons to Israel.
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We’ve learned that the person leading this nation with him, VP @KamalaHarris, who is promising Americans a new chapter, is doubling down on militarism which will only take more precious lives.
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Jewish people are a vital part of the fight against fascism in this country.
📽️Watch our new video on Project 2025, how the GOP targets Jews, and how we can stop them.
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After Trump's first victory, the right, nor Trump, were prepared to win, so they didn't prepare to use (and abuse) the White House to its fullest, unimaginable potential.
#Project2025 is their response to that, a 900 page plan to build a far right government, in waiting.
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And Project 2025 isn't just a plan anymore.
They've created a private sort of "LinkedIn" where they're recruiting, hiring and training people to immediately take hold of every nook in government they can, large and small.
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Jewish people have been part of the story of the U.S. since its inception, from the promises of its founding, to the many ways the country has failed to live up to those promises, to the fights to make those promises a reality.
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And in this critical moment for American Jews, we can celebrate one important aspiration of our American dream: a true democracy, where all voices are heard and all people are free.
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Our ancestors experienced violence and oppression at the hand of authoritarian movements, dictatorships, and laws that restricted their rights and threatened their safety.
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I was saddened and shocked to hear you falsely call campus protesters "proxies" of the Iranian government. You run an organization that warns about how defamation can lead to violence.
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@JGreenblattADL @ADL Your organization’s stated mission is to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people…”
And yet, you defamed Jewish people who have a different perspective than you.