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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

18 Jan, 9 tweets, 8 min read

Keeping the inauguration outdoors in DC despite the ongoing threat is having a huge effect on the hundreds of thousands of people who, yes, actually LIVE in this largely Black city, and I feel like that’s not getting enough attention.

A thread. 1/x

2/ Violent white supremacists are coming (back) to town. Last week, 3 Black women were attacked by Trumpers.

“This time there’ll be way more cops though!”

Well, last week there were cops too. **All 3 women were arrested while the attackers were not.**

gofundme.com/f/Help-Ashanti…

3/ Black people have known forever that law enforcement forces attract white supremacists.

And DC streets are now absolutely crawling with them. There are over 20,000 troops here.

It’s traumatic.

@carstensenpol

4/ The insurrectionists will not only be armed with guns, they will be maskless and doing shit like this:

[Source: @carstensenpol tommycarstensen.com/terrorism/]

@DMVBlackLives

5/ DC organizers like @DMVBlackLives @ShutDown_DC and mutual aid groups like @ServeYourCityDC are working around the clock to:

-drive unhoused people to safer areas
-distribute PPE
-demand that @airbnb + hotels #DontHostHate
-prep and supply medics
-and so, so much more

6/
🗣More people live in DC than in Vermont!

There’s been no meaningful calculation for their well-being in the decision to move ahead with Inauguration here.

So DC’s people are organizing to protect THEMSELVES. As usual.

Time for the rest of the country to step up for them.

7/ Thousands of DC residents are being forced to deal with overwhelming danger and trauma so political theater can unfold on their doorsteps.

Hard to explain how insulting it is to be the most directly impacted and not even have a vote in Congress.

We MUST deliver #DCStatehood.

@DC_Vote

8/
👉 Follow @DC_Vote and @EleanorNorton.

👉Tell your Reps + Senators to finally grant statehood to DC *now.*

202-224-3121, or text RESIST to 50409 (@resistbot)

👉 Amplify the hashtag #DCStatehood.

@DMVBlackLives

9/ And follow and donate to Black-led groups working to keep DC residents safe:

@DMVBlackLives
@ServeYourCityDC
@ShutDown_DC
@PCollective2020

moneypot.m4bldc.org

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

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13 Jan

@RepSherrill

🚨Listen to the level of detail about the floor plan the woman at 0:54 is giving during the attack.

Is this someone who got one of those reconnaissance tours @RepSherrill talked about tonight? A staffer? Other employee?

Sorry i mean at 0:34 ☝️

Yes, I screen-recorded and sent it to the FBI on their tip website juuuust in case no one else has.

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

@KristinMinkDC

13 Jan

@RepSherrill

Holy shit.

On a Facebook live tonight, @RepSherrill just said she saw members of Congress giving “reconnaissance” tours on Jan. 5, the day before the attack.

Here’s the clip.

@RepJayapal

Full video, which also includes an intense description of her first-hand experience during the attack. She helped @RepJayapal, who’s recovering from knee surgery (and now COVID), make it to the safe room: facebook.com/RepMikieSherri…

There is no unity without accountability.

We will build the country of our dreams by uniting forcefully and without apology against treason and white supremacy.

We swept both under the rug after the Civil War in the false name of “unity” and that got us exactly HERE. No more.

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

@KristinMinkDC

11 Jan

@JoeBiden

These are screenshots of a new video on Parler & other right-wing sites.

Voiceover includes: “Do not try us. This would be a fatal miscalculation..”

We need @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris to announce inauguration will be virtual, like DNC.

Protect DC residents + the transfer of power

2/ That’ll help us get past Jan. 20 at a time when Biden can’t trust police or DoD.

It won’t solve the real problem— white supremacy.

Here’s another screenshot. “Birth Of A Nation” is an infamous movie about the KKK saving the South from Black rule during Reconstruction.

3/ I’m sure Biden & co don’t want to seem like they’re bowing to insurrectionists.

Well, the inauguration should be virtual regardless, because of COVID. Especially knowing it’ll bring thousands of maskless rioters.

So announce it now, before more buy plane tickets.

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

@KristinMinkDC

9 Nov 20

The Lincoln Project is soliciting donations to flip the GA Senate, and it is unconscionable.

Do not give them a penny.

A thread. 1/

/2 Lincoln Project says they’re targeting R and R-leaning voters. But research has found anti-Trump ads like theirs are ineffective in swing states.

And indeed, Trump won a LARGER % of Republican & R-leaning voters than in 2016.

So why did LP take on this failing strategy?

/3 Because their real audience isn’t Republicans. It’s liberals. It’s people who ALREADY don’t like Trump. They’re producing liberal porn to make money.

Why spend big money on shit like a Times Square billboard in heavy blue NYC? forbes.com/sites/carliepo…

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

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17 Jul 19

@RAICESTEXAS

THREAD: Amazing orgs like @RAICESTEXAS @UNITEDWEDREAM @ACLU have become household names & common (excellent!) fundraiser targets.

This is a thread to lift up lesser-known orgs doing amazing immigration rights work. Please follow them, donate, fundraise! Add to list in comments!

@NeverAgainActn

1) .@NeverAgainActn is a newly established coalition of Jews and allies who are actively shutting ICE and their camps down. When they say #neveragain, they f'ing mean it. Take action with them: neveragainaction.com

@LasAmericasIAC

2) @LasAmericasIAC is in the courts at the border every day getting ppl out of concentration camps, getting families reunited. They are tireless. They need money. Please follow and donate. las-americas.org/how-to-help

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Kristin Mink *Donate to GA-based organizing groups

@KristinMinkDC

13 Jul 19

When #LightsForLiberty was an idea a few of us activists were batting around, we never dreamed hundreds of thousands would mobilize worldwide. I’m awestruck.

But I’ll still consider it a failure if ppl go home & think they’ve done enough just by showing up tonight. /1

@Lights4Liberty

My greatest hope is that every person who showed up at @Lights4Liberty tonight left ready to absolutely THROW DOWN in the fight against current US immigration policy and practice.

And that ppl left with tangible plans for how to do so.

I have some suggestions. /2

@Lights4Liberty

Here are some @Lights4Liberty action steps. Cuz tonight wasn’t the action. It’s what comes next that matters.

1) Find local immigration rights orgs near u. Follow them on social media, join their email list, donate $. I guarantee they need $ & know how to use it well. /3

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