CEO of Center for Employment Justice LLC, 2020 Dem Cong. Nominee, ex-Navy JAG, litigator & expert on workplace law. BC Law Grad. AKA💚💗 (she/her)
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Mar 13 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
WHY did Harry fly 14 hours EACH WAY to see his Dad for 45 min?
That was BEYOND strange. They had to have a convo that COULD NOT be intercepted or hacked or taped. They had to have a face to face.
The cancer diagnosis was sad, but I don’t think the visit had anything to do
with that.
I think the convo was about Harry coming back because Charles was sincerely worried about William being able to take the throne.
I think Charles was telling Harry they need him back, but without Meghan, and Harry told Charles NOPE!
That would explain why a
Mar 12 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Let me hit you with some good news:
1) polls are CONSISTENTLY under counting Dem strength; 2) the GOP is a top down structure & its state parties rely on the RNC, which is now cash strapped and dedicated only to Trump; 3) 23 GOP House members are resigning, thus many seats that
Were incumbent safe are now more costly & at higher risk; 4) Biden & the DNC that have massive money advantages, but so do key candidates. Dems reliance on small donors is a good strategy; 5) Trump’s legal problems are NOT going away, and the trial in NYC is not subject to any
Mar 9 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
When 9/11 happened, I had just separated from the Navy, and my long-term boyfriend was at the Pentagon. I ended up eulogizing a dear colleague who died in PA.
In the weeks that followed, I was in a haze, not of sadness, but of incandescent RAGE!
I HATED Bin Laden with
the fire of a THOUSAND suns. I wanted him and all who aided and followed him DEAD.
And yet… in that haze of hatred and anger, it’s NEVER ONCE CROSSED MY MIND that an appropriate response would be to carpet bomb Riyad to get to Al Qaeda fighters.
It NEVER occurred to me
Dec 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It’s a damned shame that Liz Cheyney gets this but Merrick Garland does not, and never did.
We are once again on the edge of the abyss of losing our democracy because of the PASSIVITY, dithering, and dereliction of one man.
for this democracy with ag least a fraction of the zeal of those passionately attacking it.
He couldn’t fash himself to move on the greatest threat to our democracy since the civil war because it came from a white Republican man.
Garland feared Trump’s influence and
Apr 11, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Let’s place this on a continuum:
A Black woman in the South votes while she’s on probation because she didn’t know she couldn’t. The GOP sent her to PRISON for 5 years. Ignorance of the law was no excuse, according to them.
Her violation didn’t change the outcome of a
single thing, and there was NO EVIDENCE that she intended to deceive or defraud anyone.
Clarence got annoyed back in the day when the LA Times reported the lavish & unlawful gifts he was reporting on his disclosures, so he stopped reporting them altogether.
He then continued
Apr 10, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Let’s get UBER clear here:
1. Clarence isn’t denying that he took these gifts, he’s denying that it matters.
2. The LAW prohibits government officials from receiving gifts in excess of $50 in value.
3. The LAW prohibits government officials from flying on private jets
without declaring and reimbursing the cost.
4. the LAW requires that government officials declare and report gifts they receive.
So, let’s not equivocate, Clarence BROKE THE LAW!
He also dropped his pants and took a SHIT all over the intent of the law.
Because the kind
Apr 10, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Harlan Crow is a CREEPY AF lover of all forms of megalomania & horrific EVIL, who surrounds himself with reminders of how awesome it is to harm & control people.
He isn’t “eccentric.” He’s a master manipulator, who found an easy target in CT.
They aren’t “friends.” I doubt
anyone so enamored with EVIL understands the concept.
What we know is that for 20+ years Crow has had the capacity to DESTROY Thomas if Clarence displeased him,
and for that same amount of time,
Thomas has served the interests of Harlan Crow, NOT the Constitution.
Apr 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I have spent a LOT of time with Gen Z, which is why I love them so much.
But here’s one thing you need to know about them:
Substantially more than any previous generation, Gen Z will not defer to its elders, because our choices and wisdom does NOT impress them.
Gen Z is
faster, smarter and WAY more socially conscious than anyone who came before them.
So they will NOT be deferring to our judgment. Which is a GOOD THING!
I can assure you, Gen Z will NOT forget or take kindly to GOP efforts to disenfranchise them because they are insufficiently
Apr 3, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The thing about people who are greedy or selfish is that it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to shame them or persuade them out of that orientation.
NO AMOUNT of messaging, no matter how brilliant, will change their thought process.
The only way to get those kinds of people to do what you
want is to feed their greed & assuage their selfishness.
When what you want aligns with what THEY want, they will conform to your request.
PONDER THAT!
Because that is the essence of our inability to convince 114 million people to vote. At base, they don’t think voting
Apr 1, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I want to go on record as stating that is seditious, certifiably insane & fundamentally FALSE to believe that the Founders intended for each citizen to be an army onto himself to usurp the power of local government if he disagrees with it.
The Founders went to all that trouble
to write a document that enshrined rule by ELECTION, NOT VIOLENCE, and that guaranteed the will of the MAJORITY, not individuals or groups, or cultish extremist marauders, wins out in governing choices.
But the GOP thinks the Founders UNDID EVERYTHING in the Const. by writing
Mar 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I once explained to you all why I support “stimulus for the people”/UBI payments as a part of the Dem platform.
The idea is inherently sound for many reasons, but the part that appeals the most to me, is that it WILL engage and turn out people who otherwise don’t vote.
Direct money payments make such an immediate impact on people, that most won’t care where the money comes from. It’s a lifestyle game-changer.
And those folks will vote for the team putting money in their pockets as PASSIONATELY & consistently as rich people vote GOP.
Mar 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Look…let’s admit and accept that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING even remotely good is going to happen on guns at the federal level until we elect a new Congress.
The GOP cannot be pressured or shamed. It can’t be.
So move on.
FOCUS on running and supporting Dems at EVERY level and
ENDING the BS defeatist attitude of our party, that concedes races all over the place.
And most especially, we need to focus on the 114 million people who don’t vote, but many of whom ostensibly agree with gun reform.
Whatever is causing the disconnect between their values
Mar 20, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Why did Kennedy beat Nixon?
Why did Obama beat McCain?
Why did Bill Clinton beat Bush I?
Why did Reagan beat Carter?
Why did Trump beat H. Clinton?
Think back on those races and ask one question:
Which of the two had the more dynamic personality and public presence?
Trump lost to Biden because he’s insane and because of COVID.
Bush II beat Gore because Gore lacked the kind of dynamism Bill had, and the Lewinsky thing hurt the Dems.
If we are looking for ONE SINGLE TRAIT to predict who will win in 2024, it should be DYNAMISM!
Trump has
Mar 19, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I have a vision of a Dem landslide in 2024, but it requires a different kind of energy than what we’ve got with Joe.
The argument for Joe is he has had a successful tenure and appeals to senior voters.
The argument for Newsome + a woman w/GREAT progressive energy is they
will move the vote that the GOP CANNOT and will not compete for.
Its kinda like the NCAA tournament. A favorite that plays a certain game can be completely dismantled if it’s opponent plays the type of game in which the favorite cannot fathom to compete.
Moving
Mar 19, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I have come to understand that the GOP hasn’t legitimately won a presidential election in my lifetime.
Along with protecting the wealth of the rich and spreading racism, an orthodoxy of «conservatism » is doing whatever it takes to win, no matter how mendacious or illegal it is.
Is it any surprise that MILLIONS of Republicans think taking the presidency by force is perfectly acceptable, when every other trick, game, manipulation, engagement with enemies, and voter suppression gimmick was considered fair play?
Can we be surprised now that the party that
Mar 18, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
We need to STOP allowing Russians access and control over our media outlets.
It’s LITERALLY the most costly and self-destructive decision we have made in our low-intensity, but ongoing cold war with Russia.
Russia figured out long ago how to weaponize the freedoms we prize
against us, chief amongst them freedom of speech and free market principles.
WE NEED LEGISLATIVE GUARDRAILS to make sure that the Constitution, upon which we rise, does not become the tool that causes this democracy to FAIL!
WE MUST LIMIT and heavily regulate the ability
Mar 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Being anti-trans has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with being a feminist.
Feminism is not about protecting OVARIES!
Feminism is about protecting and promoting the rights and equality of FEMALES in all aspects of society.
Like race, you don’t have to think of yourself as part of a
minority or gender group, for society to treat you as if you are.
When you are perceived and treated as female by those around you, whether or not by choice, then you are subject to the hate, harm and bias aimed at those of that group,
Mar 13, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This is pointless.
When cops do criminal stuff, they are subject to criminal liability.
If they get sued civilly, who pays the judgment? Officer Schmucatelli with his no real assets? Of course not! Taxpayers would pay the judgment.
We need to get to the things that really matter, their tenure and their PENSION!
That’s why my proposal to take all discipline involving community engagement OUT of the union contract disciplinary procedures, and put them before a REAL civilian lead & controlled process, makes
Mar 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
For the record: I do not have “disagreements” with the GOP.
I am at war with the GOP.
Because it is at war with me.
It declared war when it decided to take away my voting rights, when it decided I could no longer control my own body, when it decided to attack Congress to
stay in power, when it started burning books & demanded that the history of my people be erased from our society.
They aren’t “disagreeing” with me. They are trying to eliminate me.
I will die before I compromise with that shit.
So it’s war. It’s been war. Not of my making.
Mar 9, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
No. This is morally and intellectually WRONG.
Government is the institution created by the people for their welfare and mutual success.
Old school thinking is that it’s primary and sole purpose is keeping peace, order and security for those in power.
it’s primary purpose is ensuring the wellbeing, stability and viability of the whole.
EVERY society that focused exclusively on security for the protection of the powerful few has FAILED. Every single one.
The only viable governance is governance for the success of the whole.
Mar 2, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
You need to understand that it is a CYCLE of police department manipulation to drive up crime statistics during Dem/anti-cop administrations, and drive them down during admins that will fund expanding police forces.
I represent SEVERAL officers who whistleblew about the
manipulation of crime statistics for political gain.
Police manipulate statistics by how they classify crimes (more or less severe) to paint a picture.
But they ALSO manipulate by allowing crime to happen in certain areas to MAKE people feel less safe and in need of more
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