Wait so @Tim_Walz took on another JOB (coaching middle school track and basketball) to pay off a kid’s lunch debt…and then became Governor and made school lunches free.

Absolute boss. Oh my god Gus Walz leaping to his feet, openly sobbing, yelling, “That’s my dad!” 😭😭😭

I WILL VOTE FOR YOUR DAD, GUS, I PROMISE!!!!

Our housing and climate crises are both made worse by our outdated parking requirements for residential construction.

Today I introduced a zoning change with @Andrew_Friedson & @CMEvanGlass, cosponsored by the full Council 🎉, to remedy this.

First, here’s what it will NOT do:

2/
❌It will NOT remove existing parking.
❌It will NOT limit parking construction.

✅It simply allows future, transit-oriented residential construction to right-size parking: to include only as many spots as the market needs, instead of a blanket government-imposed minimum.

Proud Boys showed up in Silver Spring and got violent today, trying to scare away families and children attending Drag Story Hour at Loyalty Books.

But the community held a wall of 🌈 safety and support. The kids had a great time and were none the wiser. We will never back down. 2/ Here’s what was happening on the inside, that the PBs said they were there to “protect children” from. Meanwhile, see what they were trying (failing) to force children to look at.

🚨There’s a huge group of people — including many women — who did dangerous work for the U.S. in Afghanistan and who are now being left behind as the Taliban takes control.

🧵 Please read this thread, which has a call to action at the end. 2/ You may know that we’re evacuating SIV (Special Immigrant Visa)-eligible Afghanis on chartered flights. Those are ppl who worked for the U.S. military, like translators.

They’re being flown to nearby countries where they can stay until they get through our screening process.

🧵 NO. I was there & this framing is completely wrong and disingenuous.

Friday night, there was a guy who id’ed himself as from the People’s Party. @Ilhan chatted with him for a long while and went to follow him on Twitter. There, she found offensive memes about the Squad. 1/11

https://twitter.com/maxblumenthal/status/1421668812659830786

2/ She asked him to explain and he launched into a rant about their failures to push M4A.

In a long (hour? seemed like forever) intimate conversation, the Members listened with incredible patience, despite the guy’s dismissive, disrespectful tone and words.

🧵 TW: Death threat

I just received a death threat through my campaign website.

It targets me, my husband, and my CHILDREN.

Screenshot below.

Please read the whole thread. 1/ 2/ I debated whether or not to share this. Does amplifying this disgusting message have value? Does it put me or my family at greater risk?

I talked to other women of color who received threats while campaigning.

Here’s where I land:

Keeping the inauguration outdoors in DC despite the ongoing threat is having a huge effect on the hundreds of thousands of people who, yes, actually LIVE in this largely Black city, and I feel like that’s not getting enough attention.

A thread. 1/x 2/ Violent white supremacists are coming (back) to town. Last week, 3 Black women were attacked by Trumpers.

“This time there’ll be way more cops though!”

Well, last week there were cops too. **All 3 women were arrested while the attackers were not.**

gofundme.com/f/Help-Ashanti…

🚨Listen to the level of detail about the floor plan the woman at 0:54 is giving during the attack.

Is this someone who got one of those reconnaissance tours @RepSherrill talked about tonight? A staffer? Other employee?
Sorry i mean at 0:34 ☝️

Holy shit.

On a Facebook live tonight, @RepSherrill just said she saw members of Congress giving “reconnaissance” tours on Jan. 5, the day before the attack.

Here’s the clip. Full video, which also includes an intense description of her first-hand experience during the attack. She helped @RepJayapal, who’s recovering from knee surgery (and now COVID), make it to the safe room: facebook.com/RepMikieSherri…

These are screenshots of a new video on Parler & other right-wing sites.

Voiceover includes: “Do not try us. This would be a fatal miscalculation..”

We need @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris to announce inauguration will be virtual, like DNC.

Protect DC residents + the transfer of power 2/ That’ll help us get past Jan. 20 at a time when Biden can’t trust police or DoD.

It won’t solve the real problem— white supremacy.

Here’s another screenshot. “Birth Of A Nation” is an infamous movie about the KKK saving the South from Black rule during Reconstruction.

The Lincoln Project is soliciting donations to flip the GA Senate, and it is unconscionable.

Do not give them a penny.

A thread. 1/ /2 Lincoln Project says they’re targeting R and R-leaning voters. But research has found anti-Trump ads like theirs are ineffective in swing states.

And indeed, Trump won a LARGER % of Republican & R-leaning voters than in 2016.

So why did LP take on this failing strategy?

THREAD: Amazing orgs like @RAICESTEXAS @UNITEDWEDREAM @ACLU have become household names & common (excellent!) fundraiser targets.

This is a thread to lift up lesser-known orgs doing amazing immigration rights work. Please follow them, donate, fundraise! Add to list in comments! 1) .@NeverAgainActn is a newly established coalition of Jews and allies who are actively shutting ICE and their camps down. When they say #neveragain, they f'ing mean it. Take action with them: neveragainaction.com

When #LightsForLiberty was an idea a few of us activists were batting around, we never dreamed hundreds of thousands would mobilize worldwide. I’m awestruck.

But I’ll still consider it a failure if ppl go home & think they’ve done enough just by showing up tonight. /1 My greatest hope is that every person who showed up at @Lights4Liberty tonight left ready to absolutely THROW DOWN in the fight against current US immigration policy and practice.

And that ppl left with tangible plans for how to do so.

I have some suggestions. /2

🚨BREAKING: A criminal complaint and judicial ethics complaint are being filed against Kavanaugh for perjury in Congressional testimony — and LOOK WHO’S REVIEWING IT!

Happy Saturday, everyone!

#MerrickGarland #CancelKavanaugh #StopKavanaugh #BlockBrett ☎️CALL THESE SENATORS DAILY

Collins
ME: 207-784-6969
DC: 202-224-2523

Murkowski
AK: 907-271-3735
DC: 202-224-6665

Donnelly
IN: 317-226-5555
DC: 202-224-4814

Manchin
WV: 304-342-5855
DC: 202-224-3954

Heitkamp
ND: 701-258-4648
DC: 202-224-2043

📣 “VOTE NO ON KAVANAUGH!”