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Jul 5 • 3 tweets • 2 min read
Don’t let the @GOP or right-wing media fool you. Gun violence affects everyone regardless of where you live. Highland Park sits about 30 min north of Chicago and is 90% White. The Highland Park shooting didn’t happen because of “Chicago’s crime."
The #HighlandPark shooting happened—like all the other 314 mass shootings so far this year —because the @GOP’s gun policies choose killers over our kids.
Robert E. Crimo III was a 22 yr old Trump supporter who was able to legally purchase deadly military-style weapons without background checks because that is what Pro-Killer Republicans in Congress have allowed him to do.

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Feb 5
Dear Kevin McCarthy🧵:

Today you chose this violent insurrectionist over your colleagues @RepKinzinger and @RepLizCheney.

You chose violence over voting.

You have embraced chaos over law & order.

All in the name of a cult and the fantasy that you’ll be Speaker. (1/4)
But you’re betting against America. We’re not perfect. But our story always evolves with us seeking & shaping a more perfect Union.

The path you have chosen, Kevin, ends in a cul-de-sac.

America is coming back. And while we move forward you and your kind will be left behind.
For too long, too many of us have been too quiet, allowing a vocal minority flood the zone with deadly lies about the election and the vaccine.

Those days are over, Kevin.

Americans will always choose law & order over chaos. We choose democracy over authoritarianism (3/4)
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Feb 4
7 mil new jobs in Biden’s 1st year. This is an American comeback story.🧵

Biden inherited from Trump one of the worst economies & a global pandemic. On the world stage, we’d alienated our friends. It felt like America had lost her way. But Biden believed we could come back (1/4)
The economy is growing at a record clip. Americans are going back to work.

We have the virus on the ropes—2/3 of us are vaccinated and vaccines for babies and toddlers coming soon.

World leaders respect us and we are taking on challenge of Terrorism/Russia/China/Climate (2/4)
But we are not out of the woods. Inflation is hitting all of us. Wages are flat. Crime is on the rise in many cities. And the virus has shown an ability to rebound.

We’ve got to keep our guard up and we’ll be fully back. Biden and Dems are up for leading and uniting (3/4)
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Dec 30, 2021
A man DM’d I should be shot. For my family’s safety, I asked Twitter for help ID’ing him. When Twitter fell short (thanks for trying!) I asked the guy his name (stringing him a bit) & why he threatened me. Meet Jeremy Marshall who told me he was radicalized by Tucker Carlson. 🧵
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Nov 23, 2021
📢 Have you heard? The House recently passed the #BuildBackBetter Act - a bill that will make essential investments in family care, health care, housing & tackling climate change. Here's how:

🧵 A thread: (1/6)
#BBB invests in child care & education🧑‍🎓

-Authorizes universal paid family & medical leave
-Extends the Child Tax Credit
-Provides free preschool to all 3- and 4- year-olds
-Increases Pell Grants & makes the program available to our DREAMers
(2/6)
Expands access to affordable health care coverage ⚕️

-Reduces health insurance premiums
-Expands Medicare to include hearing (like the cost of hearing aids)
-Lowers RX drug prices including capping the cost of insulin to $35 a month
-Extends CHIP funding permanently
(3/6)
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Sep 29, 2021
ICYMI, here’s what we learned at yesterday’s House Armed Services hearing: President Trump’s weak deal with the Taliban freed their leaders & 5000 of their fighters, weakening our Afghan allies’ morale and defenses.🧵
This weak deal meant @POTUS @JoeBiden took office with the Taliban resurgent, forcing him to choose between leaving after 20 years, 2400+ KIA, and $2 trillion spent, or doubling down & sending more troops. Again.
Leaving 2500 U.S. soldiers never would’ve cut it: the Afghan government was losing ground, & the Taliban would resume attacking our troops. Sec’y Austin and Chairman Milley testified we’d have needed 5000 troops to defend Bagram alone. There would be no end in sight.
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Aug 16, 2021
Our staff is hard at work on the many requests we’ve received for updates on Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applications. Here are some resources for those who have not yet begun the visa process, or who just want to help – THREAD (1/6)
For those that have served with US forces and may qualify for a SIV, information about that process can be found here (2/6) travel.state.gov/content/travel…
For those that have assisted the United States in other capacities but did not meet the more strict standards for the SIV, more information about the Priority 2 designation visas can be found here (3/6) state.gov/u-s-refugee-ad…
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