Today, I cast my DNC ballot and voted NO on the proposed platform. I constantly hear from constituents demanding we push for a single-payer system and away from this for-profit system that is leaving people to suffer and die just because they cannot afford health care. 1/2
Ok the
@BernieSanders
meme has lived a full life. I’m now sad and ragey that his fashion choices which are a direct reflection of his allegiance to the working class is being 👍🏽by people who demonized him. I see you and have a long memory. Jesus. I want to 😭.
@People4Bernie
#Mynameis
Shasti, she is the Goddess of children in ancient Hinduism. My (adoptive) mom gave it to me when I arrived from India. To leave India, I had to have an Indian name on my birth certificate so I knew where I came from. I love my name and you will say it right.
Without video and multiple accounts where every detail is remembered and corroborated perfectly, they always walk free. They’ve been covering up our rapes and murders since the dawn of time.
#AhmaudArbery
If you’re wondering why no charges were initially filed on the murderers of
#AhmaudArbery
, it’s because D.A. George Barnhill immediately concluded Arbery was a criminal & that he attacked the men who were hunting him.
This is letter Barnhill sent to the Brunswick authorities
Yang is the type of dude bro who constantly walks into spaces having not done the reading, not met with any organizers, and assumes his thought is the first time anyone has ever had it. I know a grifter when I see one.
@cascamike
@RPV1981
In 2016, my mom had newly been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease. The Bernie campaign offered me a wonderful rate, health insurance and said I could go home to visit her anytime I needed to. Made me realize campaigns could be different.
Hey guess what I can chew gum and walk at the same time. I can also be committed to voting for the Democratic nominee AND want that person to do better.
I can even want that person to recognize that they need to earn my vote based on their commitment to policy, not on identity.
*IF we win this because of AZ, GA and NC, it will prove what people of color organizers have been screaming for years. Focus all resources on organizing in communities of color, ethnic media and growing the electorate. Fixating on winning over Trump supporters ain’t it.
I am so excited to share with you that I am running to be the next Chair of the Washington State Democrats! Check out my website to read more about my plans!
PLEASE RETWEET:
The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe & Oglala Sioux Tribe are being threatened by President Trump & the South Dakota Gov with forceful exposure to COVID.
We will NEVER AGAIN allow diseases to be used as weapons against Native Americans.
It is wild watching people who shit all over Bernie as bringing society to its end, making memes and loving his sartorial choices. If only you loved his policy choices as much...
For the record, I love
@ninaturner
. Like truly, not in a proving myself on Twitter way, but in she’s a mentor and friend. I am deeply saddened that she didn’t win and I tried to help in multiple ways to help her win.
Aside from their ethnicity and gender being the same, as far as I know Kshama is not:
- a former prosecutor
- a state legislator
- a Democrat
Maybe ask your former KCC rep Kathy Lambert for some tips on avoiding racist messaging before you hit “send tweet” next time, Brandi.
Here’s the Mayor of Spokane being more concerned about her botched anniversary plans than the people in her region who are fighting for their lives and safety. Spokane City Councilmember Zack Zappone’s family lost everything! Vote Lisa Brown!
@washdems
24-year-old Summer Taylor died today after being struck by a car on I-5 overnight during demonstrations on the freeway, according to a Harborview spokesperson.
#seattleprotest
👋🏽Hi! Shasti Conrad here. I’m the first Asian American woman to chair a major state party in the contiguous USA. I’m currently being attacked by the far-right in WA for championing Democratic values. Make their attacks backfire—chip in + support
@washdems
:
My college professor mentor told me when I was 21 that student loan debt was something you get used to having to pay off until your dead. I finished paying mine last year at 34, 12 years after I had borrowed $16,000 for books and living stipend on top of a full-ride. Cancel now.
That's right
@briebriejoy
"3 million people over the age of 60 are still paying on student loans." We all should be gasping. This debt is choking trillions, it is a crisis & demands urgent, bold action. The Biden-Harris Admin can cancel student debt Day 1 via Exec Order.
“Fundraising slide show” is all you need to know. They see us for the money they want us to give, not for the better world we want to create. I’m all for unity if the issues we fought for our guaranteed as a part of the 1st year agenda.
No one can ever say I don’t stand up for what I believe in. Even if it brings me a lot of haters, I will stand by our endorsements. I’m so proud that we are supporting
@MLorenaGonzalez
@TeresaCMosqueda
and
@ntkallday
🎉
So proud and honored to receive this letter from our
@POTUS
to celebrate my election to
@washdems
State Party Chair! Hope to make him and all of you proud!
@DNC
Thank you!
BREAKING: In an extremely unusual move, Seattle's Republican City Attorney unilaterally disqualified Judge Pooja Vaddadi from handling criminal cases going forward, straining court resources and usurping the will of voters.
If they are going to "stand by" during a terrorist attack on the Capitol, then with ZERO doubt DEFUND every level of law enforcement and prosecute them.
As workers across this country stand up for their rights, it would be a real shame for the legislators in Washington state to kill HB bill 1806 which allows legislative staff to unionize.
@RepPatSullivan
and
@lauriejinkins2
@washdems
@Tinapo
Hey media stop saying you don’t know how this happened. The police and every echelon of government is infiltrated by white male supremacy and domestic terrorism. They are complicit and let this happen.
I no longer get excited with a new year as though it means a brand new start. When you live in a dying empire and late stage capitalism, I’m not sure if there are any more “good” years. BUT there are joyful moments every step of the way. I remain grateful and hopeful for joy.
Seattle City Council President Sara Nelson sides with Republicans in opposition to bill that would increase voter turnout.
"Greater turnout doesn’t necessarily mean a better-informed public," she said.
It’s exciting here in WA state that within 24 hours we got the American Rescue Plan passed by a 1-vote democratic majority at the national level, capital gains passed 25-24 here. Electing progressive dems matters. Thanks to those who voted to help people!
Sen. Elizabeth Warren is in town and I had the honor of seeing her today when she sat down with Rep. Pramila Jayapal to discuss canceling student loan debt for local students and supporters.
#DearIntern
When I was a staffer on the Obama campaign, I wrote a press release that said pubic instead of public throughout the entire document. It went to the press pool and was reported incorrectly in many outlets. I was embarrassed but am still standing.
We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. We apologize for the inconvenience, and as the jokes pile in, yes, it was the intern. No, really. And we’re helping them through it. ❤️
Shasti Conrad, King County Dems' former leader, ran unopposed. The party says she's the first Indian American woman in the nation to serve in the role.
You can’t call yourself a democrat and support a Republican for this job. You also can’t consider yourself an authority on much of anything when you’re supporting a candidate who literally said they don’t know how to do this job. Out of touch and playing old politics.
Inbox: Former Govs Chris Gregoire and Gary Locke endorse Ann Davison
@NeighborsForAnn
for Seattle City Attorney, criticizing rival Nicole Thomas-Kennedy's
@ntkallday
abolitionist stance
#waelex
Am I the only person in Western Washington who didn’t take light rail today?! Excited and happy for all, but you do know every other major city has had better public transportation options for like a century. 🤷🏽♀️
I guess when you keep losing elections and you’re do nothing legislators, you try to buy policy. But we’re not gonna let em do that
@washdems
. Decline to sign these ridiculous petitions.
At a Kent gas station, hedge fund owner Brian Heywood & other backers of initiative to repeal WA’s Climate Commitment Act announce they’re turning in more than 400k signatures to send it to Legislature, and 2024 ballot
#waleg
May we all walk into this week with the energy of
#MeghanMarkle
...ready to take down the racist institutions that have silenced us for too long.
#AbolishTheMonarchy
Goddammit....Always on the backs of people of color. Do the right thing Herbold, Strauss and Lewis. You have a chance to be heroes to our community and stand up for justice. We’re rooting for you.
That means we have three other chances to get to 7 votes:
@Lisa_Herbold
(D1),
@CMAndrewJLewis
(D6), and
@CMDanStrauss
(D7).
By my count, we don’t need just one or two of these 3 to override the mayor’s shameful veto—we need *all* 3 of them.
Today is
@kcdems
reorg and my last day as Chair! I’m excited! If you’re a PCO, I hope you will come to participate in this peaceful transfer of power! 😂🎉
Seattle residents are faced with two choices for their next city attorney: Ann Davison, a former Democrat turned Republican or Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, a self-described police “abolitionist." Some residents are wary of both.
I feel this so much. I will say that I chose to go into the party structure to change it, but 3.5 years later I find myself tired and wondering often whether it was worth it. I still believe that for local organizing the Democratic Party is essential for communities of color.
I am so proud to be endorsed by Rep. Pramila Jayapal. She is a fierce champion for all of us, but particularly for the most historically underrepresented. Her endorsement means everything to me and I am excited to build a strong, values-driven, diverse party with her support!
We knew this was coming, but wow does it suck to see it. Scott Lindsay could not win in 2017, so instead they used Ann as a patsy and bought the seat. Welcome to hell.
As expected, incoming Seattle city attorney Ann Davison has appointed "public safety thought-leader" Scott Lindsay, who authored a report that was the basis of local Sinclair affiliate KOMO's "Seattle Is Dying" video, as deputy city attorney.
The WA House just passed HB 1932 to shift elections for local government to even-numbered years! This bill will now move to the Senate. 💙
Thank you to every Democratic leader who voted for this bill to help increase voter engagement and turnout!
Seeing yourself on
@SeattleMet
's "most influential" list with friends, especially with .
@GirmayZahilay
and
@seferiana
, is quite a way to start to the day! Here's to more years working together to change the rules and make space.
You know if
#waleg
staff just stopped working today, stopped answering calls, emails, preparing speeches, briefings, scheduling, etc until
#HB1806
got a vote, I think that’d be ok.
So my counterpart
@KCGOP
is going to be a speaker at what will likely be another riot tomorrow. Not only has he NOT disavowed the violence from Weds, he is actively planning to continue it. We must fight back as a party
@kcdems
@washdems
@Tinapo
This only motivates. This doesn’t make me popular with the powers that be, but good incumbents who are in line with their districts, don’t have anything to worry about. If no one has seen you for years and you’re not truly representative, then yeah the train is coming for ya.
This is Shasti's assistant posting on her behalf.
As some of you may have heard, Shasti's mom passed away suddenly this weekend and Shasti's stepping away from social media for the time being. For now we ask to continue to respect her privacy.
It’s wild out here on these planes…yesterday
@AlaskaAir
oversold by 14 seats and offered $1500 vouchers to take the next morning’s flight (I did it!). This AM, we’re on the flight and they needed 20 people to stay behind and offered $1500 for them to get off (I did not).
What a night!
Getting to receive my
#40under40
award at the
@TheAAPC
in Las Vegas is a true honor. I am grateful to everyone who has been a part of this journey and for all the work that went into getting this recognition.
For the last four years it has been an honor and privilege to serve as King County Democrats chair. This Sunday I was so proud to see my friend Carrie Barnes elected as the new chair. Congratulations to you and your whole team Carrie!
I'm honored to officially become the President Pro Tempore of the Senate today. It's not lost on me the significance of what it means to be the first woman to serve in this role. This is another sign that slowly but surely, Congress is looking more like America.
I was invited to the WH for the arrival ceremony for Modi. Made the decision not to attend. We cannot ignore the human rights atrocities happening in the world’s largest democracy.
Thank you
@PramilaJayapal
! I have looked up to you as a role model and friend since I came back to WA in 2016! Your support means everything to me and I can’t wait for all of the great work we’re going to do together!
Many congrats and lots of love to my dear friend,
@ShastiConrad
!
Shasti is the first woman of color to serve as chair of
@WashDems
, their youngest chair ever, and the first Indian American woman to serve as a state party chair anywhere in the US! 👏🏾
I know a lot of folks don't like this, but party organizing is the other side of the coin from policy work and getting legislation passed. We will do everything we can to turnout voters and get you re-elected, but if you fail to support legislation that helps people you will lose
I am so proud to be endorsed by Attorney General Bob Ferguson! Bob is a champion for our entire state and stands up for the most marginalized across this country. I couldn’t be more honored to have his full support to lead our party!
I'm proud to support Steve Hobbs
@electhobbs
for WA Secretary of State. He will be the first democrat in 56 years to hold the position and has a background in cyber security that will help protect our democracy on the front lines. We need Steve to defend our democracy!
Some of my good pals in advocacy work, have been trying to console me with 'hey don't worry that these bills died, we'll get em next year or the year after that or maybe sometime soon.' I've never lived life like that, we as Democrats have got to lean in and get shit done now!
Happening now: hundreds of Washington Middle School and Olympia High School students are walking out in protest of gun violence. The group is marching towards the state Capitol to meet with other schools.
#olympia
I am delighted to share that Senator
@PattyMurray
, a champion for Washington & the United State Senate’s newly sworn-in President pro tempore, has endorsed my run for State Party Chair!
Hate crimes against AAPI Americans were up over 150% in 2020, due in large part to GOPers pushing revolting, anti-Asian disinformation around COVID-19. I was thrilled to see
@samchotweets
and all of our activists out there this weekend bringing focus to this important issue.
Local odd year elections have notoriously low voter turnout, but last year we were able to get to 90% of King County Ballots mailed in. Remember how great that felt! Let’s do it again! Tell me why you’re voting this year!
The world will be better with a progressive president. There’s only 2 people who even remotely qualify. Stop letting thirsty media and campaign consultants divide us.
@KCProsecutor
@SeaCityAttorney
Release the protesters now. You do not get to run as Democrats to save your jobs and then not live up to any of the values that we stand for. Calling on all dems to hold these ppl accountable -
@kcdems
cc
@RiallJohnson
Dear newsrooms across America, who you have in front of the camera, but also behind matters. Better think twice when your analysis is coming from mostly men, people over 50, white folks, etc. Do better than just the one person of color you know who you call in for remotes.
I’m honored to announce that Senator Maria Cantwell
@SenatorCantwell
has endorsed my candidacy for State Party Chair! The success Democrats have had winning elections up and down the ballot in the last three cycles started with Senator Cantwell at the top of the ticket in 2018.