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Attorney. Contributor to Dame Magazine. These are some thoughts on politics, news, and other things.
Jul 21, 2020 20 tweets 4 min read
Thread: Portland isn't the canary in the coalmine -- it's the explosion. If we do not mount a massive national pushback we will be in full-blown fascism from which there is no turning back. The tweets of dismayed Democrats and Justin Amash are not enough. /1 We must collectively demand more from our electeds, and be prepared to take to the streets in greater numbers even than we did after George Floyd.

Here are some concrete suggestions for our electeds, which you can call/write/tweet/fax/email them to DEMAND that they take. /2
Apr 4, 2019 25 tweets 5 min read
In the wake of yesterday's "news" that the Mueller report contains information deeply damaging to Trump -- meaning it details actions that are almost certainly unethical, immoral, and unpatriotic, and possibly unconstitutional and illegal -- it is critical that we rise up. 1/ The people must demand the report's release. Because if Trump can bury it, the festering corruption that defines this corrosive administration will only grow worse, and it's very, very, bad already. 2/
Apr 3, 2019 25 tweets 4 min read
So, based on the media stanning as they careen from fawning over unvetted white guy to unvetted white guy, crapping on the female candidates and Hillary Clinton as they do so, I think we can fairly conclude that the MSM really, really wants the Dem nominee to be a white guy. /1 The disparity in how male v female candidates are treated, in terms of both quantity of coverage and the nature of it, is staggering (if also unsurprising given, you know, history and implicit bias). /2