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5 Feb, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Often, the work you’re most excited get upstaged chaos and noise in Washington, so wanted to highlight some of our big efforts this week (Thread).
Yesterday, @chuckschumer, @ewarren, @ayannapressley, @mondairejones, @AlmaforCongress and I called on President Biden to cancel $50k in student debt per student.
minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/5268963-…
The administration has now said they support cancellation and are looking at executive action!
This past weekend, I visited with tribal leaders in MN working to stop the Line 3 pipeline and then sent a letter to Joe Biden calling on him to #StopLine3.

Line 3 would pump some of the dirtiest fossil fuels in the world, polluting our state and violating tribal treaty rights.
We simply cannot address the climate crisis if we allow it to move forward.
vice.com/en/article/7k9…
We need $2,000 recurring checks until the end of the pandemic.

I joined @TimRyan, @MichaelDTubbs, Stephanie Bonin, and Natalie Foster to push for $2,000 recurring payments for Americans until the economy is fully recovered.
I joined a picket and helped pass out food with @Teamsters120 in Minnesota, who are striking for fair pay and worker safety.

Every worker deserves a union to represent them and fight for their wages, healthcare, and retirement. ✊🏽
President Biden lifted the refugee cap by over 120,000—something we’ve been pushing for.

As a refugee myself, I hope people around the world facing unspeakable violence will be able to call the United States their home.
sahanjournal.com/immigration/bi…

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26 Jan
As progressives, it is easy to become jaded about the possibility of meaningful change.

The fight for a more democratic America is far from over, but in just the first week, the Biden Administration has acted on many of progressives’ top asks. (Thread)
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Here are just a few of the policies the Administration put in place in the first week:

✅ An interagency fight to root out systemic racism
✅ Rescinding the ban on diversity and inclusion training
✅ A ban on federal contracts with private prisons
cnbc.com/2021/01/26/bid…
On climate, the Biden team:
✅ Revoked the Keystone XL pipeline permit
✅ Put a moratorium on oil and natural gas leases
✅ Reentered the Paris Climate Agreement
✅ Reinstated vehicle emissions standards
cnn.com/2021/01/20/bus…
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19 Jan
This man is a monster. We should never forget the millions who have suffered because of his cruelty.

A brief thread on some of his victims.
Pompeo lobbied for and imposed crippling sanctions on the Iranian people—depriving them of much-needed medical supplies during a pandemic and killing thousands.
The other result? Iran now has 12 times more enriched uranium than allowed and the Iranian regime is more powerful than ever. Great going, Mike! bbc.com/news/world-mid…
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14 Jan
Our republic did not arrive overnight. It was cultivated over centuries.


It took dedicated organizers and movements to help craft the multiracial democracy we have today.
It took a women’s movement, a labor movement, a Civil Rights movement, and a literal civil war to quash a violent white supremacist insurrection and extend basic rights to the vast majority of the population. That work is far from over!
Our republic is like a living, breathing organism. It requires attention and growth to meet the needs of its population. 

And just as it can be strengthened, it can be corrupted, weakened and destroyed.
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17 Dec 20
Wal Mart's Walton Family have pocketed $48 billion since March.
They recently stopped paying hazard pay.

Jeff Bezos has made $90 billion.
2,000 of his workers have been infected with COVID.

Meanwhile, millions of out of work Americans have not gotten any support since March.
For almost a year now, people have watched as their families members die, jobs are lost, rent is missed, food is scarce.

And they continue to get negotiated out of relief packages.

This is a systematic failure.
The best we can come up with is an additional $600?

Our constituents aren’t sitting at home thinking, “Well this the best they could have done with the GOP Senate.”

No, they’re IN FOOD LINES STARVING and wondering when their government will look out for them.
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20 Nov 20
This administration has cozied up to the most brutal dictators in the world—damaging our alliances and image in the world.

Here are my thoughts on how deep the damage is and how Biden can repair it. (Thread) thenation.com/article/world/…
Trump began his presidency by backing out of the Iran nuclear deal, imposing crippling sanctions on the people of Iran, and further empowering the brutal regime there, and risking a nuclear conflict.
Iran now has 12 times more enriched uranium than would have been permitted under the agreement.
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20 Nov 20
There seems to be a continued effort to malign Black activists and the people who represent them, so here is a brief thread on what I saw happen this election.
First, polls consistently show that Black Lives Matter is more popular than ever. A majority of Americans support the movement by *28 points*, a stark increase from just earlier this year. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Despite this, Trump explicitly used racism in an effort to win white suburban voters, repeatedly invoking loaded language like “thugs” and “riots.” cnn.com/2020/06/20/us/…
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