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Sep 11 • 7 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
When I found out that Colorado essentially permits abortions up until someone's water breaks, my reaction was: "That can't be correct." It's correct.

Whatever your views on abortion, I struggle to understand how anyone supports this. If a baby is viable, how is that OK?
I know people get abortions for different reasons, including health issues. I want to be empathetic. But it is also true that some people are aborting healthy fetuses that would survive outside of the womb. I can't wrap my head around that not being a form of murder.
I don't want to pick on a rando, but this is the kind of gaslighting that's become common when this topic comes up. Some just insist you're crazy. The article @emmma_camp_ links to from The Atlantic talks to someone performing these very abortions.
Posting the photo again & the article from The Atlantic, which profiles Colorado abortion doctor Warren Hern. He is honest about his practice. He estimates that half of people—or more—getting late-term abortions at his clinic are carrying healthy babies. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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If you support late-term abortions, then make the argument. Be honest about it. The fact that so many people instead just call you crazy is an indication to me that even many people who support this know that it is wrong.
Well, I appear to have stepped on a landmine. I get that this is a painful & polarizing issue. But I actually see *this* part of the debate as something that can unite people. A baby has a near-100% chance of survival if born at 32 weeks. It’s too late for an elective abortion.
One of my closest friends was born at 28 weeks (when 80-94% of babies survive). She’s thriving; can’t imagine my life without her. It’s easy to talk about these issues in the abstract & to mudsling at people who disagree, but there are very valid reasons why people oppose this.

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Aug 29
This is Chelsea Koetter & her sons. A few years ago, she accrued a small property tax debt.

So the government seized her home, sold it—and kept the $102,636 profit.

The Supreme Court said this practice is illegal. But some states are subverting that. A thread. Image
Koetter, who is a single mother, fell behind on her 2018 taxes. She owed $1,199.59.

With all penalties/interest/fees, her debt came out to $3,863.40.

To collect that, the government auctioned off her home for $106,500. It gave her nothing in return. /2 reason.com/2024/07/26/she…
This is Uri Rafaeli. He accidentally underpaid his property taxes by $8.41.

So the local gov't seized his home—which was worth about $130K—sold it, and left him with nothing. Over an $8.41 debt.

So Rafaeli sued, alleging the practice was unconstitutional. /3 Image
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Aug 13
This is wild. Indiana law enforcement is seizing millions of dollars by rummaging through packages at the local FedEx hub & taking the money they find—without saying what crime the sender or recipient supposedly committed.

The scheme may violate Indiana's *own laws.* A thread.
The FedEx hub in Indianapolis is the 2nd-largest in the US. It seems law enforcement may have seen that as an opportunity.

Police find reasons—many of them bogus—to flag/search packages. If the packages have cash, they often take it.

Since 2022, they've seized $2.5 million. /2
Henry & Minh Cheng run a California jewelry wholesale business. One of their clients is in Virginia.

That client bought gold in bulk & overnighted the Chengs $42,825. (Receipt below.)

Law enforcement intercepted & seized it. They've not specified any law the Chengs violated. /3 Image
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Aug 9
This is Curtrina Martin. In 2017, the FBI raided her home. They detonated a flash grenade, ripped the door off the hinges & broke in with guns drawn.

They had the wrong house.

All these years later, the gov't still won't let her sue. There are many stories like hers. A thread. Image
In the early morning, Martin says the FBI lit up her home "like the 4th of July." She initially had no idea it was law enforcement.

Agents ran into her room screaming. They handcuffed her fiancé & held them at gunpoint.

Until they realized their suspect lived a block over. /2
Martin sued. The court ruled that the cop who led the raid had *not* violated her rights because he'd *tried* to get it right, despite...not getting it right.

The judges said it was dark outside, making it "difficult to ascertain the house numbers."

A pitifully low standard. /3
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Aug 8
This story is bonkers. Cops in this South Carolina town run an annual 5-day operation where they stop as many cars as possible. They find any reason to pull people over. And often if the driver has cash, police steal it.

In 2022, cops seized $968,611. That's $194,000 per day.
Police stopped one car for "driving in the left lane while not actively passing." Then they claimed to smell weed. So they searched the car.

They didn't find drugs. But they did find $15K, which the driver said she was using to start a hair business.

The cops took it anyway.
That woman didn't get her money back—despite that police found no evidence of a crime. If they really thought it was drug money, they could've investigated. But that was never the goal. The goal was to take her cash.

Do you feel safer?
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Jul 23
This is disgraceful. The Trump campaign is referring to Jaleel Stallings, a veteran who was acquitted of all charges and who won a $1.5 million settlement because police violently attacked him during his bogus arrest.

The only party convicted in this case was a cop. A thread.
In 2020, Minneapolis police shot Jaleel Stallings with rubber bullets because they found him out past curfew.

Thinking he was being attacked, he fired his gun, for which he had a concealed carry permit. He didn't hit anyone, and when he realized it was police, he surrendered. /2
Bodycam video shows police kicking & punching Stallings as he tried to surrender, including after he was handcuffed.

This is what he looked like post-arrest. /3 Image
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Jul 10
This is Laurens van Beek.

Not long ago, he was kicked out of the U.S.—even though he immigrated here as a child. Legally.

The kicker: If his family had come *illegally* he would've gotten to stay.

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DACA protects some folks from deportation if they arrived in the U.S. illegally as kids. Many recipients do not know any other country but America as home.

Laurens can relate.

But his story diverges in a crucial way: His family came here lawfully. /2
When Laurens was 7, his family immigrated to Iowa. This is his home.

But because his parents came on a small business visa, he didn't qualify for DACA, which only protects the undocumented.

So Laurens was expelled not in spite of coming to the U.S. legally—but because of it. /3
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