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digitally organizing to win the west for @joebiden ~ Team Markey’s biggest fan ~ forever @edmarkey @ewarren @teambarbara ~ Vermonter/Bostonian ~ she/her 🌱🕊
May 31, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
Non-Black people are being asked to have conversations about racism with our friends and family because it’s one of the most important things we can do for racial justice.

In The Biz we have a fancy term for that: “relational organizing,” and we do it because it works. We know from lots of data that one of *the most effective* ways to persuade someone is if they hear about it from someone they know personally.
May 22, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
I’ve been a longtime fan of Senator Markey and his work — nuclear non-proliferation, net neutrality, environmentalism — but I’m realizing there are a number of issues/legislation he has led and delivered on in a BIG way that I never really knew about until I joined Team Markey. For decades, @EdMarkey has been quietly and effectively making a *transformational* difference for people with disabilities as well as Alzheimer’s, two communities that too often live in the edges of society:
Mar 8, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
A few stories about @BernieSanders and why I’m supporting him (and you should, too): I grew up in Burlington, Vermont. Bernie was, and always will be, a big role model of mine. He got me in this fight. He was progressive before it was cool.
Mar 7, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
Here is my #1 hot take as a newly-free Warren staffer:

THE FUCKING CO-AUTHOR OF THE GODDAMN GREEN NEW DEAL MIGHT LOSE HIS SEAT IN THE SENATE TO A MODERATE AND YOU’RE ALL JUST SLEEPING ON IT The presidential primary is sucking up attention, media, money, and talent this year like never before. But we really do have to focus on the Senate if we want to see our progressive agenda enacted. And that includes protecting good progressive incumbents.
Aug 6, 2019 6 tweets 1 min read
30-50 feral hogs that run into your yard within 3-5 mins while your small kids play?

Elizabeth Warren Has A Plan For That.

THREAD: Her universal childcare plan will ensure that your kids can play in the yard with supervision while you’re at work — without breaking the bank