EXCLUSIVE: Investigation finds "ASTRONOMICAL" death rate in Maricopa County jails. With 43 deaths in 2022 and 43 in 2023, they are among the deadliest jails in the country. But you wouldn't know that, because the deaths were underreported — until now.
Welcome to the East Valley, where Black and Brown kids get shot running unarmed from the cops, but white kids can have a whole gang where they murder, beat and sexually assault folks and the police claim there’s nothing to see here.
I was so excited to meet Becky,
@katiehobbs
twin last night. Us sisters have to stick together. We are the only ones who knows what it feels like to walk into a room and folks go, “where’s your sister?” 🤣😂🤣
Hey
@dougducey
! Why are governing board members not at your meeting today with the superintendents? I hope it's to discuss our letter and plan a sit down with us. And it better not be to discuss more survey’s over scientific data
#ScienceNOTSurveys
#FollowTheScience
People in my mentions trying to figure out what race has to do with the Gilbert Goons skirting authority. Carry the 2 y’all. It’s not that hard of an equation to figure out.
Let’s not act like this is isolated to one district. I just sat in a meeting 2 weeks ago where a student was in tears about racist and homophobic harassment in her school. She’s been to nearly every meeting begging for something to be done.
Hello everyone. I am working with a group of physicians here in AZ on helping advise schools on reopening safely as well as fighting for funding for our schools so that they can follow the science.
Yo! Our students showed up and showed TF out today during their walkout. I wish I could’ve been there, I had a slight procedure this morning. But I am all for causing disruption. So the folks that know and love me sent me pictures and videos
#BREAKING
: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announces indictments in the state's ongoing investigation into the 2020 fake elector scheme.
They're charged with conspiracy, fraudulent schemes and artifices, fraudulent schemes and practices and forgery.
@12News
I really hope that the folks who told me to “not engage” with Scott learn something from this. Remaining silent against hateful people doesn’t do anything but reinforce poor behavior.
The social emotional needs of students will be supremely important when they watch their favorite teachers get sick with COVID and possibly die. Have we come up with plans for that in these reopening options? Just curious.
My statement from tonight’s board meeting: This is the first time that I’ve voted against the consent agenda and I want to explain my vote so that there is no misunderstanding or misrepresentation.
Hey All!
@tamival25
is a newly elected AfroLatina, neurodivergent, queer school board member who is experiencing attacks & death threats since the last board meeting, when the board voted unanimously to end a contract with ACU for anti-LGBT values. Please come support her.
TPUSA is a hate group. The only ones in disagreement about this are it’s members and evidently public institutions. Why is
#CUSD
allowing these clubs on their campus? Is it because sitting board member Kurt Rhors plays in their backyard?
Dr. Anna Battle, who is a well respected and highly accomplished educational leader, was fired as the superintendent in the Casa Grande High School District last evending without cause.
Im tryna figure out why parents are giving braiders consent on their child's behalf to post video of them screaming and crying as they get their hair braided as social media content. I'm also wondering why exploiting children's pain for adult entertainment is so popular?
We need bodies at the Chandler City Council meeting tonight. We have groups showing up to target our Chandler Public Library and encourage the council to ban certain books, specifically LGBTQ+ authors and content.
@LaurieRoberts
@AnaliseOrtiz_AZ
@azcentral
@LaurieRoberts
that is sloppy and lazy and you know it. Go check your retweets of folks who now are using your article to further attack Tamillia and her family with homophobia, racist, fatphobic and ablest slurs. You are no better than Tucker Carlson.
I have noticed that a lot of the realtors who came after the district with the anti-CRT and anti-LGBTQ messaging, have now converted their Facebook‘s back to real estate stuff and scrubbed any mention of their past school board meeting activities. Wonder why?
Someone just tried to call me a child molester today because I support CSE. As a person who has seen child sex abuse in the field, I can assure you that molestation thrives in households where people aren’t talking about sex. 🤷🏾♀️
I’ve heard from multiple people that Dillon Rosenblatt’s girlfriend is saying she has called the police on me for “cyber stalking” and harassment. I’m not shocked because that’s straight out of the anti-black bingo sheet when white and non-Black POCs get offended by Black women..
@NicoleLewisLCSW
This is why so many adults I’ve talked to decided not to go home for thanksgiving this year. Too many bad memories of abusive behavior.
I’m here at the
@chandlerchamber
debate. It officially gets started at 4:30 but I showed up early for the meet and greet. I’ll be live streaming all things debate and school board until I have to leave for my session.
Y’all still out here asking my sister
@LegallyLove
and
@ppazaction
to stay in their lanes with regards to police endorsements? Just say you don’t care about Reproductive Justice?
It only takes one affirming adult in the lives of an LGBTQ youth to reduce the risk of suicide and I refuse to be apart of taking that away from our students.
This letter was just posted on the Phoenix police union's Facebook.
Seems like we now know how
@RubenGallego
got his surprising endorsement yesterday in his race for U.S. Senate.
From the therapy room to showing up to your board room after helping to organize a counter protest in the streets, this is me in my full social worker mode
Can we talk about how some of the folks who are asking that the EV address the bullying problem have also shown up at school board and City Council meetings to oppose inclusive bullying policies to protect LGBTQ students and anti discrimination ordinances?
When I decided not to run for school board last year, folks would say to me, “you’re letting them win.” My response was always, “bet I’ll be more dangerous off the dais…watch me.” Here’s to being “dangerous” to these oppressive systems.
I’ve seen internet sleuths and parents post pictures, videos, cross streets of where they stay and fight and Mayberry’s finest (Gilbert and QC PD) are still responding, “huh? There’s a gang” whenever the media has questions.
Y’all gotta stop these takes about throwing whole states away. There are people who live in Florida who cannot afford to just pick up and relocate. And generations of their family are rooted in Florida and their legacies built that state.
Sure, but do you write stories targeting all of your girlfriends past colleagues though? Or just the ones she holds grudges against because they wouldn’t befriend her?
Hey Y’all,
As promised, here is my list of pro-abortion/reproductive justice School Board candidates that I like and think you should donate to. Again, the list is not fixed, so I will be adding to it. 🧵🍎
Hey Guys! Politness is white supremacy. Every time you prioritize politeness and civility over everything in a conversation, you are complicit in upholding white supremacy.
All that to say, DISRUPT.
If there had been more attention to
@ThePeoriaMom
and her early education, she might know what a pronoun is at her big age instead of embarrassing herself by conflating it w/sexuality. But she’s board president now because we reward goofiness in AZ.
@TizzyEnt
please cover this
Here is
@ThePeoriaMom
's full comments to the
#AZLeg
and they are worse than I thought! Asking someone's pronouns is not the same as asking their sexual preference! Where do they come up with this 💩?
Dude in the back in the mask is my HERO!
Social workers are taught to be very forward thinking individuals. So when I told folks, “CRT was just the top of the iceberg, they’re also coming for mental health too,” folks ignored me.
This is a call to action to from educational leaders to
@dougducey
to mandate universal masks around the state. As education leaders our 1st and up most priority is the health and safety of our students. Wearing masks is a proven method to slowing the spread of covid19.
#MasksUp
Our autism community is speaking out as well. Christopher’s mom sent me this. She wanted to make sure Christopher was heard by
@dougducey
. So in case you didn’t get his message Governor, here it is. Y’all elevate Christopher’s voice and share.
I got a theory that the “Gilbert Goons” learned their violence by watching how their parents behaved at local school board meetings and at protest against Drag Story Hour. But that’s just a theory.
While it is true that silence has many health benefits, I’m not sure this needed to be a law. The bill may not require prayer in schools, but it was at the top of listed things Rep. Hernandez mentioned in this quote. And there’s parents rights language written into the bill
People need to start reading correctly my bill was NOT & is NOT requiring prayers in school. Y'all look silly. Yes, absolutely front and center because it was my bill. That's how that works. Also, stop making it seem as if this was in lieu of counselors or public school funding.
So a certain adjacent tried to file an injunction against harassment against myself,
@LegallyLove
and
@sunnysongbird
for our months long Twitter sparring. She even went as far to report me to the board of behavioral health (they dismissed that folks). 😱
As a member of the goon squad, people weren’t messing with you because you admitted you were there to harass Tamillia Valenzuela. We don’t make deals with bigots.
We have a total abortion ban soon to be in effect and candidates who align themselves with Kari lake’s extreme views on abortion are running as democrats? Let that sink into your heads. See how voting “Blue No Matter Who” can be harmful? Stay vigilant and collect receipts.
#BabyPaige
& her cute lil friends went to
@SesamePlace
this weekend to celebrate Paige's 4th birthday & this is how
#SesamePlace
treated these beautiful Black children. I'm HOT.
Not 2 stories of police sexual misconduct in the news (Scottsdale and Flagstaff)? I know I feel safe with them “building relationships” with kids in schools.
Let's honor to teachers who have passed away from COVID while
@dougducey
did nothing about the looming threat to our teachers when schools open up.
#NotOnOurWatch
#MyCOVIDstory
You know what’s funny? I’ve been living in abundance for months. Yet my old stalker found the time to created an account to continue stalking me in November and I didn’t know until yesterday. The rent I take up in folks head when I’m not even thinking about them is amazing
Hey Y’all,
As promised, here is my list of pro-abortion candidates I like and think you should donate too. Now the list is not fixed, so I will be adding to it. 🧵
Can you imagine getting in the way of our medical professionals, whom everyone claims to respect, and their attitudes regarding sending their children back to school?
Black motherhood, is an incredibly different experience than white motherhood.
@MayorGallego
go deeper. This is colorblind rhetoric that is harmful to BIPOCs. The “we are all mothers” narrative ignores the fact that your motherhood is protected over black motherhood.
Spare me the “Planned Parenthood is contributing to black genocide arguments.” I know you don’t actually care about black children. If you did, you wouldn’t be so bothered by equity work.
@ShelleyYrLocal
Some white lady told me she felt “lectured” when I encouraged her to reach out to repro orgs for actions she could take. Then proceeded to talk about me in another group. All while telling folks in 2020 to listen to BIPOC communities. She didn’t take her own advice I see.
So, let’s talk about your lane. Will you be putting forth degree requirements for the current office you hold? Or for the Governor? Or Superintendent of Public Instruction?
I find it hilarious for anyone to tell a group of school board members, educators, and former school administrators to stay in our lane… um, this is our lane 😆 last time I checked, we are the electeds also; there is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting the bare minimum
Hey
@LaurieRoberts
, you do know what Reproductive Justice is, right? Tell me how the police who through tear gas at folks, including children, protesting at the capital supports the 3 tenets of RJ?
Oh look. The folks who are upset about me out organizing them decided to use my business email to sign up for a Pornhub account. These folks seem to be really obsessed with sexualizing me.
My doctor told me to get outside for 15 minutes or so to wake up when I’m feeling drained. It’s hot as hell out here and these birds are out here talking shit to each other.
I find it ironic that Policy JHA allows us to teach about 9/11, a tragic and historic event in our nation, but policy IMB tells us that we cannot bring up the Islamaphobia associated with that event. We can teach about slavery, but we can’t teach about the role of white supremacy
Lets be clear. These people coming after me aren’t mad because of a policy issue. They’re manufacturing issues with me because they’re mad that I’m black, a woman and in leadership.
The trolls seem to be upset the community is showing up strong to support WESD tonight. Let’s really get them flustered. Come on out tonight. I got spare cat ears.
LGBTQ youth represent only eight percent of the youth population, but make up 40 to 45 percent of the homeless youth in Maricopa County, placing them at disproportionate risk of being sex trafficked.
This purity BS is what's wrong with our party & why we keep losing but hey, what do I know? I've only been serving in the minority 4yrs. So yeah, let's keep polarizing and making politics so partisan we don't ever accomplish anything That's the way to win y'all!👏🏽 🤡
I cannot, in good conscience, vote yes on the revisions to policies IHAMB, KB, IMB, JJIB, and JRR. These policy revisions are rooted in transphobia, homophobia, racism and a general disregard for the mental health and wellness of our students.
As someone who sat on a school board and helped people to run, let’s just say I know a lot more on the topic than you think. Interviewing them gives them more reach. It doesn’t “expose” them the way y’all think it does.
While I understand that district policies are often determined by the state legislature, at some point we have to take a stand as school boards and defend our kids.