The final maps released today are the result of partisan politics–drawn by an out-of-state, Republican court appointee who has shown utter disregard for cultural, social, and economic communities of interest. It is designed to reduce the number of NY Democrats in Congress. 🧵 I have decided to run for another term in Congress in #NY10. This is the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Since long before the Stonewall Uprising, queer people of color have sought refuge within its borders.

Contrary to the WH press release, in the ruling upholding the #EvictionMoratorium, only one Justice said that “congressional authorization … would be necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31.”

Only one. Not five.

@POTUS must act now to stop the bleeding. 🧵 For those who think the Supreme Court would strike down a CDC extension of the #EvictionMoratorium anyway:

That’s a great argument to expand the Supreme Court.

There’s been a lot of factually inaccurate talk about student debt cancellation today, so let’s clear a few things up.

President Biden has the clear authority to liberate 43 million Americans from the crushing burden of student debt. He needs to use it.

🧵🧵 The Higher Education Act gives the Secretary of Education the power to “enforce, pay, compromise, waive, or release any right, title, claim, lien, or demand, however acquired.”

In other words, it gives him the power to cancel any student debt held by the federal government.

As Texas tries to become the latest GOP-led state to drag us back into Jim Crow, all eyes will be on the President as he lays out his vision for saving democracy.

The American people are looking to @POTUS to take seriously the threat of voter suppression in this dire moment.
🧵 .@POTUS must demand federal legislative action, and call on reluctant Senators to end the filibuster and pass the For the People Act. There is no alternative.

Organizing will not save us.
Money will not save us.
The Supreme Court certainly will not save us.

Sen. Manchin’s op-ed on the #ForThePeopleAct is full of unsound, unserious arguments. 

Let’s unpack it. Only Democrats are having a “debate about how to best protect our right to vote.” State Republicans are ramming through voter suppression laws along party lines. There’s no comparison.

The solution is not to unilaterally surrender. It is to undo the damage.

It’s not unprecedented for Congress to adjust the size of the Supreme Court to defeat white supremacy. We’ve done it three times before.

Here are some examples from our nation’s First Reconstruction. 🧵🧵

https://twitter.com/mondairejones/status/1383789851657392133

The year was 1861.

The Supreme Court was run by white supremacists who decided Dred Scott.

President Lincoln warned that if Congress didn’t check the Court, “the people will have ceased to be their own rulers.”

In 1863, Congress answered Lincoln’s call — expanding the Court.

COVID-19 rates are soaring across this country and across #NY17. We must do everything we can to keep ourselves and our communities safe.

That's why today, at the advice of the Capitol Attending Physician, I received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. I’m doing this now to instill confidence in the vaccine. I’m aware that there is significant skepticism towards the vaccine, especially in the Black and brown communities that have been most impacted by the virus. I completely understand.

Today, I was nominated to serve on @HouseJudiciary. To say I’m honored would be an understatement.

The committee has jurisdiction over so many vital issues that affect us: voting rights, the courts, antitrust, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights.

Here’s what I’ll be fighting for 👇🏿 Our democracy is broken.

Voter suppression is rampant. People of color are systematically excluded from our political process. And due to unjust campaign finance laws, the wealthy and well-connected have outsize control over our political process.

We must restore our democracy.

Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of a Black teenager, Laquan McDonald, while he was Mayor of Chicago.

That he's being considered for a cabinet position is completely outrageous and, honestly, very hurtful.

cnn.com/2020/11/19/pol… During negotiations over the Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement, Rahm tried to weaken the bill.

nytimes.com/2010/03/21/hea…

The way we talk about court expansion is important. It’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans. Justice John Paul Stevens was a Republican. So was David Souter.

Due to the hyper-partisan majority on today’s Supreme Court, expansion is about what it means to live in a democracy. In 2006, Congress reauthorized the Voting Rights Act by near-unanimous margins: 390-33 in the House, and 98-0 in the Senate. President Bush signed it into law.

The Supreme Court gutted it in 2013.

Almost immediately, Jim Crow returned, and our democracy unraveled.

November 3rd is about more than just getting Trump out of office — it's about rebuilding a better country that works for working people.

Today, I’m proud to throw my support behind 6 candidates who will truly represent our values — not big corporations and special interests. 👇🏿 .@dana_balter knows that too many people in this country are sidelined from opportunity, and she knows firsthand what it's like to work paycheck to paycheck.

The people of #NY24 deserve a representative who can carry that perspective and empathy to Washington, and that’s Dana.

Enough talk. Enough tweeting. We’re not playing this game.

Today, I sued @realDonaldTrump and Postmaster General DeJoy for violating the Constitution by undermining the @USPS.

THREAD 👇🏿

washingtonpost.com/national/lawsu… We’ve all watched in horror this week as Trump and DeJoy have been sabotaging the USPS: postal boxes ripped out, overtime halted, mail sorting machines destroyed. 2/6

huffpost.com/entry/trump-us…

.⁦@ewarren⁩ is a beacon of light and hope in a world where too few politicians recognize the urgency of this period in our history. She is brilliant, tenacious, and thoughtful, and would have made an outstanding President. 1/ nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/… Recently, she took a chance on the candidate who grew up poor, black, and gay in the Village of Spring Valley in a competitive congressional primary for the Democratic nomination. Because of her, more people are paying attention. 2/