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This past Friday we laid Dawud to rest and in the past few days I put words to paper to talk about who he was.
A magnificent human, an expert community builder, a mentor to so many of us. I’ll do my best to carry his lessons forward.
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Still basking in this completely wild show where Wolf Eyes played with 100 year old jazz legend Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra.
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The U Penn student encampment against the genocide in Gaza has a nice spirit of hospitality.
When I was there people came up and gave me a water and others offered pretzels.
Go show your solidarity, you will be met with warmth.
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Pretty shameful moment for Penn, Philly and honestly our country overall.
But grateful that it shows us just how threatening young people standing against war and genocide are to pro-war politicians, university administrators and elites.
You inspire us. Keep going.
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Pretty wild to see Quetcy Lozada say she wants to shut down an organization that has literally saved thousands of lives.
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Unsure what to be more upset about: The slaughter of 15,000+ Gazans or the peaceful -but perhaps clumsy- protest of a restauranteur who tacitly supports a regime that has murdered thousands.
Counterpoint: Corporate America may be a more strategic target.
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Pretty cool that approximately 25% of Philly police can log into our city’s surveillance camera system at any time to control and monitor the cameras through a smart phone app.
Cannot see any abuse of power happening there.
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Weekend Roundup:
Rebecca Rhynhart’s rally: ~40 people
Cherelle Parker’s rally: ~100 people
@HelenGymPHL
rally: 1000+ people
Join us to win a city that puts everyday people first.
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Four different scenes of people across the city moving out today for Helen Gym.
We have the momentum join us to win.
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If you’ve been pro-Rebecca, but are worried about Cherelle now would be a good time to switch to Helen.
Rebecca’s endorsements are *very* thin on organizations that will actually help get out the vote which will be critical on Tuesday.
Unite with us against business as usual!
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Marshall Allen of Sun Ra Arkestra at 99 years old.
The oldest working jazz musician on the planet and phenomenal on so many different levels.
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@mindyisser
The fauxpology was cringe but the outrage over character letters is bad. In an era where victim impact testimony (which was rarely allowed in court before the 90s) can really enhance punishment, character letters and mitigation are important in humanizing defendants.
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Real ones 4 real ones.
Love to see
@RepRabb
standing up for our free speech rights and love to see
@JVPPhilly
demanding that our state treasury funds be invested in our communities not the war crimes of the state of Israel.
@PATreasurer
@CAIRNational
@CAIRPhilly
Surrounded by hundreds of PA residents inside the state capital,
@RepRabb
from Germantown attempts to persuade the police to refrain from making arrests.
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The new West Philly bagel shop is the hottest show in town at the moment- we briefly tried for it and then abandoned ship.
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Rebecca Rhynhart talking about how there are no consequences in our city is just rubbish. Go down to the CJC Monday through Friday and you’ll see judges meting out consequences.
What people don’t have right now is hope.
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Our movement family’s new billboards just dropped⚡️In this fight for the future we will knock more doors and use every avenue available to win big for our city.
➡️ Underfunded communities make us less safe. On May 16th vote Helen Gym to turn things around.
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Well while we’re on the subject of opinions Commonwealth Foundation should focus more on abolishing itself and
@PhillyInquirer
should focus less on running Commonwealth op-eds.
What’s going on
@richard_g_jones
? Are y’all getting funded to run all these op-eds? Some Ya$$ perhaps?
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Remember four years ago in the primary when
@HelenGymPHL
beat Allan Domb by so much that you almost could’ve fit another successful candidate in the difference?
Some of the chattering classes seem to forget how popular Helen is, but we will be reminding them on May 16th 😁
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@MattHunterMCR
probably because he’s trying to be relevant in imagining a political vehicle that could cohere different sectors in struggle to change conditions in the society he inhabits
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Who could have predicted that responding to the public health crisis of addiction with cops and threats of jail and forced treatment would have just pushed the problem around?
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Honestly we couldn’t have picked a better person to officiate our wedding.
Immensely proud of our courageous friend Jess who just disrupted the president to call for CEASEFIRE NOW!
Breaking: Rabbi Jessica Rosenberg is interrupting President Biden demanding a CEASEFIRE NOW. She is speaking on behalf of thousands of American Jews who say Not In Our Name! We refuse to allow a genocide be carried out in our names.
Ceasefire Now to save lives!
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Beautiful vibes at the
@JVPPhilly
and
@rodfeishalom
Passover seder that took place at the Gaza solidarity encampment on U Penn campus.
Carve out some time to swing by and show your support for this vital movement in an important moment. It will be appreciated!
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Me and
@aklagsbrun
just updated our wedding website because a great gift our guests can give us is solidarity with
@PMA_Union
workers demanding dignity and respect.
Time for
@philamuseum
to stop sucking big time and bargain in good faith!
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Very excited to vote
@kendraforphilly
and
@NicForPhilly
. But honestly weird to receive a postcard from my wife about it 😂
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A suburban Republican mega donor is bankrolling the attack ads targeting Helen Gym.
If you are a person with progressive values who is deciding between Helen Gym and Rhynhart now is the time to stand with Helen and all those fighting for Philly schools and neighborhoods.
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Don’t worry Philly twitter we’ve got you covered - we went to the Philly restaurant in Tokyo for Xmas.
They bake their own rolls in house 🤯 and the steak is great.
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@WillEvans215
lmao this man won a senate race despite having a major stroke and enduring a deluge of well funded attack ads on his record of letting reformed people convicted of homicide out of prison during a crime spike. you aren’t even remotely right about his popularity.
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The election is a binary choice. I believe we stand a better chance to pressure a Harris administration to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza than we do under a far right Trump administration.
Of course we must still fight, but which terrain do we prefer to fight on?
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Geez wonder how having the police state brutalize a bunch of a young people who are very engaged in civic life will play out for Democrats 🤔
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Love that real estate developer shill Philly twitter are all suddenly public health experts charting how some extra HIV and Hep C cases are TOTALLY worth it if in turn we can wag our fingers at people in addiction 📉📈📊
I ask you…is there anything these men cannot grasp?
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Still recovering from the cuts of the Nutter years but we getting there.
Vote
@HelenGymPHL
to move the process along and get our communities what they truly deserve.
The Free Library is bringing back Saturday hours at 10 neighborhood branches
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Total solidarity with the amazing and brave workers of
@PMA_Union
.
DAY 17 of our historic ULP strike
@philamuseum
.
Say it with us:
No Contract? NO MATISSE.
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@materialist_jew
A lot of us in Pennsylvania who did support him in the general knew how much of a mixed bag he was and the left writ large didn’t support him in the primary. And this comes from someone whose movement sector won a number of big victories under his tenure at the Board of Pardons.
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Love to see our progressive elected officials standing with integrity and standing for humanity.
Let Gaza Live. Free Palestine.
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We have been working towards this day for the last 7 years and he fought it for 25 - his whole adult life. Please join
@AmistadLaw
in welcoming our dear friend and client Clinton Walker home.
This day could never come soon enough, but happy its finally here ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻
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Minority chair
@KendraPHL
and minority whip
@NicForPhilly
. You absolutely love to see it.
When we said Republicans out,
@PAWorkFamilies
in…we weren’t playing ✨
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A complex psy-op to get the people in the Gym and Rhynhart camps to stop fighting for a moment by giving them all the finger?
Just a horrifically embarrassing ego driven take?
Details at 11.
@BobBradyPHL
, Chairman of the
@PHLDems
released this statement following Tuesday’s Primary Election:
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I love
@PhillyDSA
but wasn’t expecting them to make the BEST political ad of the season but really hats off to them.
Also thank you Bob Brady for your astute analysis in this video!
Take it from Bob Brady himself: Democrats will win in November. So why is he scared of Kendra Brooks and Nic O’Rourke?
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A horrific and dumb plan. Every kid held in this place will know they are being held far away from home in the shadow of a maximum security state prison.
It will shape their mental environment and then their trajectory in life.
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Quite a moment we’re at in Philly democracy when one of our major sports teams tries to buy an election.
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bro…you voted for the impeachment circus of
@DA_LarryKrasner
which is just an election year shenanigan for the Republicans.
Frankly, those of us in Philadelphia are insulted at how this impeachment has been proposed. We know there's a violence problem in Philadelphia, but it's a problem everywhere. Let Philadelphians handle Philadelphia politics.
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Beautiful day to show a right wing Main Line billionaire that he can’t buy a Philly election.
No sleep until after the 16th - all out for Helen Gym!
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“Despite 25 years of fiscal sanity before Kenney was elected...“
How the Inquirer Editorial Board describes an era of extreme austerity and disinvestment in Philly neighborhoods and schools that has directly contributed to our current gun violence crisis.
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Powerful action by
@JVPPhilly
earlier today outside the Israel bonds office.
With thousands of children and other innocents slaughtered, it’s on all of us to call for our government and our society to divest from Israel’s genocidal military campaign in Gaza.
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While Biden teams up with billionaire donors and the extreme Republican right to punch down at college kids who are demanding an end to the slaughter in Gaza you better believe this is what time it is…
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When you fight, you win.
Per
@ByChrisBrennan
, Philly Judge Genece Brinkley -- who was stripped of criminal cases for how she handled rapper Meek Mill's probation violations -- has decided to retire, dropping off the retention ballot this week. She was originally running for another ten year term.
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Sucks to suck PA House Republicans.
You can’t impeach us 😎
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Decarceral train girlies riding that Harrisburg train to get people who have turned around their lives outta prison so they can ride trains like the rest of us.
Reporting for duty to increase liberation and ridership 🫡
CC:
@savthorpe
@saleemholbrook
#TrainGirlieCaucus
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And to be quite clear I think protesting people like Solomonov is a distraction at best and misguided and worst.
But context is 🔑 : people are being murdered in Gaza and none of the protesters were calling for harm to Jewish people; in fact many of those protesting were Jewish.
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Even more concerning than Rhynhart’s support of a 2 PM youth curfew at a mall is her desire that police be able to ‘arrest for disorderly conduct.’
Disorderly was decriminalized years ago and results in a ticket, but she wants to take us backwards.
Me: Hey Siri, find me a candidate that cares more about the DSW at the mall & police than kids.
Siri: MMhm now playing Rebecca Rhynhart
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When this guy runs for office remember that he blocked with Republicans in an attempt to subvert the will of Philly voters.
Also remember that he tried to cynically pin a historic crime wave occurring in Philly and across the US on criminal justice reform.
Keep notes.
If you’re a victim of the
#Philly
DA’s declining to charge illegal firearm cases, not challenging the release of violent criminals without bail - there’s still time to RSPV & tell your story. Don’t let progressive attacks on social media bully you into silence!
#LetVictimsSpeak
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Every time you talk to an actual Philly voter 100 right wing twitter trolls die inside.
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When you don’t particularly feel like you have a future or a place in society then the social contract becomes much less meaningful. It’s that simple.
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YELLOW SWANS FOREVER.
Such a sweet performance last night with amazingly talented openers and it was even
@pete_swans
birthday 🎂🎛️🎸
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Harrisburg bound for hearing on expanding second chances at the Board of Pardons for incarcerated people who’ve turned around their lives.
We support
@RepMcClinton
common sense HB 1410 which would allow people to be recommended for commutation if a majority of the Board agrees.
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Back at it.
For our neighborhoods, for our city, for our future elect
@HelenGymPHL
for mayor.
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The victim was an empty police car? Or the victim was the innumerable masses of people who have suffered the indignity of racist police violence?
A horrible injustice to Ant Smith -a truly good person- that serves only to punish those who put a voice to their anger.
A former Philadelphia teacher and social justice advocate who flipped a police car during the 2020 racial justice protests was sentenced Tuesday to one year and a day in federal prison.
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It’s true the ultra left can be frustrating and protest militants can sometimes be excessive and miss the mark.
But when the other side is trying to sweep 30,000+ dead bodies under the rug you better get clear about whose side you are on and what is at stake for humanity.
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Tomorrow my friend Dawud goes before the Board of Pardons.
If he get approved to come home it’ll be because he has spent years building a big, beautiful community that has stood by him as he fights for his freedom.
He’s one of the most truly good and smartest people I know.
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Rest in power Ezra Bozeman. A true inspiration who fought relentlessly for his freedom until the end and ultimately prevailed.
I will remember the love and care you showed to so many and the dignity you displayed facing the greatest adversity.
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Jeff Brown is a racist who uses Black people as props to further his ambitions.
When they aren’t useful to him this is how he really feels:
When asked about environmental racism, Jeff Brown said “Chester is Chester” and “the trash has to go somewhere”
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New
@seanwestwispy
X
@RickforPhilly
canvassing colab just dropped.
Love to knock doors and get people psyched to vote for
@HelenGymPHL
and the dope slate of progressive council candidates promoted by
@AmistadPower
@TowardAbolition
and
@FreeTheBallot
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We have a tragically persistent ruling class here in America.
This will be the first Presidential election since 1976 to not have a Biden, Bush, or Clinton on the ticket.
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a beautiful day. shakaboona is free after over 34 years.
never surrender while you live.
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I spent most of my teen years forced into youth placements. Some were run by caring people and some by bad people who hurt kids powerless to stop them.
Grateful for
@HelenGymPHL
work to create this office and the necessary accountability it will bring.
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Saved The Schuylkill once again. You are welcome to cross the bridge to drink our water and visit our very good Ethiopian restaurants. My condolences to all the haters who won’t cross the bridge.
#WESTISBEST
Impacted areas are east of the Schuylkill ⬇️
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Extremely proud to be a part of the progressive movement in Philly and what it’s accomplished. And committed to keep building it in the years to come. The challenges and social crises headed our way demand nothing less.
In the warm words of a movement ancestor: straight ahead!
Hope is a discipline.
We are deeply grateful to be part of a growing and vibrant people's movement in Philly that has made massive strides. While we fell short of electing
@HelenGymPHL
mayor we are grateful for the gains that we've made over the last decade.
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Would have been happy to say ‘Philadelphia City Council supports a ceasefire’ even if I didn’t agree with every word in the statement that followed. It would have useful political positioning as we fight for greater influence.
Sometimes the perfect can be the enemy of the good.
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I had jury duty today but then I didn’t because the world’s computers crashed.
But at least I still get that sweet $9 check so coffee is on me next time.
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2 PM Curfew would be a great name for a Philly pop punk band right about now.
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LISTEN: the days that Pennsylvania Dems will take money from right wing billionaire Jeff Yass are numbered.
Touch that money and it will only bring you trouble.
Happening now: Organizers from ACRE,
@twittlesis
,
@OnePennsylvania
,
@FreeTheBallot
,
@PhillyJwJ
,
@MakeRoadActPA
&
@powerinterfaith
are at NYC's Metropolitan Club protesting billionaire Jeffrey Yass, a robust political spender who has donated millions to PACs w/ a rightwing agenda.
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While being relentlessly attacked as ‘soft on crime’ for how he chaired the Board of Pardons
@JohnFetterman
ran an ad that featured him with two people he helped bring home from prison.
There’s no better test of principle in politics than the hard one.
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.
@Penn
says that the demands of student protesters are unreasonable but changes tune everyday on their posture to the Gaza solidarity encampment and refuses to take calls from
@CouncilmemberJG
whose district encompasses the University.
Pretty clear who is being unreasonable.
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For all those criticizing white progressives for being out of touch I’m happy to say there are some great opportunities to support Black progressive leadership ousting Republicans in city government this fall.
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The same people who tried to shush us about the Gaza genocide are now gaslighting us about Biden’s mental decline and his ability to win.
Those clinging to the status quo -whether it be for their career or some limited political power- are delivering us to the mouth of fascism.
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I am very biased but
@aklagsbrun
is one the smartest people I know and uniquely talented at organizing direct action on a mass scale.
So lucky to be married to this powerhouse.
Arielle Klagsbrun (
@aklagsbrun
) of the Action Center on Race and Economy (
@ACREcampaigns
) breaks down how the movement for a free Palestine has adopted and transformed the affinity group model of mass movement organizing.
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Nothing to see here. Just another day watching our mayor lay dumb and cruel plans that are bound to fail.
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The Republican effort to wedge the Democratic party ahead of the general election through an impeachment circus targeting
@DA_LarryKrasner
seems to be working.
Its with this in mind that its very concerning that
@AustinDavisPA
voted to hold our elected DA in contempt yesterday.
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It just happens -in the small universe of Philly- this this is my mail carrier’s daughter.
Grateful for
@DA_LarryKrasner
and all who fought to bring about this precious freedom.
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You don’t see the comparison because your a right wing shill who doesn’t like to do research.
But garbage collectors are one of the top 10 most dangerous jobs in America and cops don’t event make the top 20.
Chart is a random comparison. The risk of bodily injury and death makes that a norm that police would have higher salaries than some other employees. Crime is up across several other categories even though homicides are done, so I don’t see the argument
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Gutted at the loss of one of the most tremendous people I have ever met in my life. Mentor, friend, restorative justice practitioner, expert community builder, writer and more. Few have your warmth or your generosity of spirit and I’ll miss you man.
Rest in Power Dawud.
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Powerful leadership that will save lives by providing appropriate, evidence based interventions for people in crisis instead of throwing them in the back of a squad car or harming them through brute force.
Treatment not trauma.
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Rebecca Rhynhart: I’m not directing police to arrest kids
Also
@RebeccaRhynhart
: I’d like to roll back a 2016 reform where we issue civil citations for disorderly conduct so police can arrest people based on vibes
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My comrade and dear friend
@kristhemself
hits on the central problem of field in the election.
You can knock a half million + doors, but if you haven’t reached people who are political tastemakers/leaders in their neighborhood you are just swimming upstream.
@mr_saltz
I think this is the right question. We can't overcome in a conversation on a door the relationships and conversations people are having everyday with ppl they have known for years. We gotta go deeper
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Have been working on this project for the last year and half with some exceptionally talented filmmakers and my ride or dies
@kristhemself
and
@DeeDee5776
. So excited to share it with the world next month!
We have been working on a documentary that we’re thrilled to finally share with you in June! No Way Home is a powerful film about one mother’s struggle to reunite her family and the movement to end Death By Incarceration in Pennsylvania.
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If you can’t reckon with the fact that it’s a total atrocity to create an open air prison of millions and also horrific to gun down random people at a rave I’m not quite sure what to say.
And of course we can also know which one led to the other and that Palestine must be free.
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Thinking of friends today who will be at increased risk of
#COVID
ー19 if the prison population isn't reduced. Especially thinking of a friend who has a disease that effect his lungs (not pictured).
@GovernorTomWolf
grant reprieve to the elderly and sick
#freeourpeople
save lives!
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Back on the doors in my neighborhood for Helen Gym.
No rest while we can win:
✅ a real plan to fix our schools
✅ youth jobs programs
✅ mobile crisis teams to respond to people in crisis with care
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Spotted: cryptic window sign at the former site of Mama’s Vegetarian 🧐
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Before we hit the polls tomorrow we are doing our final push in Germantown with a joint canvass of
@FreeTheBallot
@TowardAbolition
and
@AmistadPower
.
Leaving it all on the field to elect Helen Gym and win a city that invests in communities and everyday people.
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The Board of Pardons is a Kafkaesque nightmare broken by design.
Imagine having the full support of the Department of Corrections and your district attorney but still two random Republicans appointed by two successive Democratic administrations condemn you to die in prison.
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This is absolutely repugnant and anti-semitic.
As a lifelong leftist and someone who first got involved in Palestinian solidarity work over 20 years ago I have only one thing to say: CUT IT THE FUCK OUT.
A Jewish childcare program in center city Philadelphia was vandalized with a “Free Palestine” graffiti.
Free Palestine is not an antisemitic and isn’t offensive.
Graffitiing it on a building *only* because Jewish kids go there is absolutely antisemitic.
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Parker, Domb, Jeff Brown etc agree.
If you hated the old stop and frisk don’t worry you’ll love the new and improved stop and frisk.
Seriously cannot make the stuff up that comes out of these candidates’ mouths
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And that’s why we need to elect leaders that can inspire people and give them hope. Not someone who served as budget director carrying water for her former boss while he shuttered nearly two dozen public schools.
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