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Oct 31, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Through repeated threats to ignore election results, fabricated claims of fraud, and attacks on mail-in voting, Trump has telegraphed his plan to steal the election.
It is real, but we can stop it if we’re ready. A thread:
tjcinstitute.com/research/how-t…
A key piece of his plan is to malign and restrict mail-in voting via lawsuits and attacks on the post office that will cause delays. This is, first, voter suppression.
But it also sets Trump up to declare victory before counting all the votes.
Protesting police violence shouldn't result in threats of deportation, yet migrant-rights activist Máxima Guerrero was moved to ICE detention after May #BLM protests.
She feared contracting #COVID19, and what deportation would mean for her future. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/o…
Máxima Guerrero was released from #ICE detention after intense backlash from the #Phoenix community but wore an ankle monitor until charges were dropped.
Uncertainty and fear linger: “I go through phases where I don’t want to talk about it all. There’s a continuous toll.”
Oct 29, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Donald Trump has made clear he is ready to steal the election, and Republican leaders are ready to help him.
Writers @ZackMalitz, Brandon Evans, & Becky Bond tell us how he could do it and — more importantly — what we can do to stop him.
thenation.com/article/politi…
Trump’s plan hinges on falsely claiming victory on Nov. 3, claiming any ballots counted after then are fraudulent. He'll disrupt the ballot count through legal challenges and violence, followed by Republican-controlled legislatures trying to appoint fraudulent Trump electors.
Jul 15, 2020 • 14 tweets • 7 min read
This thread from @chrisgeidner about the scheduled federal execution of Wesley Purkey this evening is going to continue here at @Justice_Collab for now due to the current Twitter issues.
The second scheduled federal execution this week, Purkey's execution is currently on hold by two different district court injunctions. DOJ is appealing both to both the DC Circuit and the Supreme Court. Another appeal is pending from Purkey's lawyers at the Supreme Court.
Feb 13, 2020 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
AG Bill Barr made hypocritical statements this week about progressive prosecutors that are politicized and false. #BarrLies
Particularly in the midst of his other actions this week, these statements must be addressed. Those he’s attacked have done so: fairandjustprosecution.org/wp-content/upl…
Barr used Chicago as an example of cities with “progressive” prosecutors that “have all suffered historic levels of homicide and other violent crime.”
The Austin Firefighters Association called out DA Margaret Moore this week for her failures in handling sexual assault cases.
In a series of powerful videos, survivors recount how Moore mishandled their cases and personally mistreated them: kvue.com/article/news/l…
It’s the latest evidence that DA Moore is failing sexual assault survivors: eight have sued Moore in a class-action lawsuit, alleging gender discrimination and constitutional rights violations. austinchronicle.com/news/2019-03-1…
Nov 1, 2019 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
The changing landscape for criminal justice in America has been front and center recently, from presidential candidates pledging to reduce mass incarceration to progressive prosecutors taking steps like ending marijuana prosecutions, ending reliance on cash bail, and more.
That movement continues in large and small cities and counties in the coming week, as prosecutors are up for election in many jurisdictions, as @Taniel detailed earlier today. theappeal.org/politicalrepor…
