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20 Apr, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This is but a minuscule step on the path to justice. Next stops:
* Independent agency to investigate police misuse of force
* Criminalize violence against protesters
* Demilitarize police departments
* Disband and deconstruct failed police departments
* End traffic stops for minor equipment violations
* Federal investigations into departments who utilize practices like arrest quotas
* End the school-to-prison pipeline
* Ban all racial profiling by federal, state, and local agencies
* Legalize recreational cannabis nationwide, expunge the records and seek amnesty for those incarcerated for cannabis-related offenses
* Restore felon voting rights
* Ensure that formerly incarcerated individuals are fully supported in their transition back to society
* End mandatory minimum sentencing laws for low-level offenses
* Invest in a public-health approach to the addiction crisis

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As a refugee, let me say this: every single child, regardless of where they come from, deserves a home.

Every child deserves to be treated with humanity and empathy.

And this should not be controversial in the United States of America. (Thread)
The GOP policy of detention, deportation, and dehumanization will not stop people from fleeing their homes.

People are not coming to America because we are “not tough enough.”

They are fleeing because they fear for their lives and have no other options.
In 2020 alone, 890,000 people were uprooted from their homes in the Northern Triangle and Nicaragua.

Violence against women, Indigenous people and the LGBTQ+ community is rampant.

Children flee to avoid being kidnapped, trafficked, raped or killed.
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As a young immigrant, I took out thousands of dollars in debt to go to for-profit college—thinking it was part of the American Dream.

Like millions of Americans, I was left deeply in debt with a worthless degree and shoddy education. #CancelStudentDebt
I was fortunate enough to eventually go to a public university and begin to pay it off, but millions do not have that luxury.

Here are some misconceptions about who has debt and why we need full cancellation.
Is this really a crisis?

Yes! Student debt has more than doubled in just 10 years. 45 million Americans now are saddled with over $1.7 trillion in debt—and the delinquency rates have nearly doubled. educationdata.org/student-loan-d…
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5 Feb
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!
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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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