I’m technically still a student at @UnivOfKansas.

And I’m willing to voluntarily sign a pledge or swear an oath that…

kansasreflector.com/2023/03/02/sen…
1) All people *should* be treated equally; and

billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-source…
2) Until we account for historic injustices—as evidenced by racial and ethnic disparities in our economic, education, criminal justice, and healthcare systems—we cannot have equality; so

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
3) We must promote justice, equity, diversity, & inclusion in our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our governments, our places of worship, and our classrooms until that day comes.

theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
So KU can’t make any student take an oath, but #KSleg can’t ban students from voluntarily creating their own and promoting it across campus.

Anybody else from #KU want to Streisand Effect this dumb law?

@KUYoungDems

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Mar 4
This is a thread about how out-of-state lobbyists (continue) to misuse data to present bad-faith arguments to and peddle influence the #KSleg.

It started with this post: by @HaswoodForKS on HB 2430

(Also: #RockChalk & go #KUbball today!)

If you want a quick recap of this committee hearing this week, read this excellent summary by the @KansasReflector:

kansasreflector.com/2023/03/03/kan…
Watching testimony, I noticed a huge disparity between the ~50 opponents to the bill that would criminalize homelessness & punish cities that refused to do so.

I also noticed that only 1 organization was speaking FOR the bill, which I expanded upon here:

Read 26 tweets
Mar 2
You can also watch from home as Republicans in the #KSleg try to criminalize homelessness:

youtube.com/live/JyWyClSum…

"Love Thy Neighbor, but first charge them with a misdemeanor" -- Conservative Jesus
@judgeglock is the Texas carpetbagger giving proponent testimony before the #KSleg.

He JUST arrived in #Kansas via the new #KCI airport:

Glock is from the @InstituteCicero.

This is their all-white board that has decided it's their mission to tell #KSleg legislators to vote for criminalizing homelessness.

ciceroinstitute.org/authors/judge-…
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Sep 18, 2021
Welcome to #WyandotteCounty and the #RogerMarshall town hall at 8am! Just getting started. Image
Crowd is maybe 30 deep. 100% white. 95% unmasked (@CityofKCK @UGHealthDept)
Marshall says he wants to listen. Asks “raise your hand if”: Do you care about gas prices? Care about violence in the country? Care about southern border crisis?
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