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Raped.
The word you're looking for is raped.
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Do you have white teenage sons?
Listen up.
I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists.
Here's how:
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“Tianna deserved to be treated with dignity and she wasn’t.” -@GretchenRaffa, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for @PPSNE ctmirror.org/2019/07/18/advo…
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‘I ask you—beg you—not to look away.’ — @RashidaTlaib gave a vivid and emotional account of what she saw at the migrant detention camps
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‘We don’t need new laws. We need morality.’ — Rep @RashidaTlaib spoke through tears about a mother who lost her daughter in ICE custody
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This image will go down in history. New video shows shows Mike Pence callously observing and turning his back on severe overcrowding of men in cages at a detainment facility in Texas.
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There is no such thing as an illegal human being. We may have all come here on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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“I believed them. I believe these women,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testifies on conditions she witnessed during her visit to a border detention facility. “This is a manufactured crisis because there is no need for us to do this.” abcn.ws/32qqNe7
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Asked about Amazon's meeting with ICE to sell face recognition technology, an Amazon exec said: "We believe the government should have the best available technology."
No technology — best or worst — should be used to fuel Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. aclu.org/blog/privacy-techno…
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We attended many of the @Lights4Liberty events tonight across CT. If you did, too, share photos in the replies. Heartfelt thanks to all the vigil organizers.
#DontLookAway
#Lights4Liberty
#CloseTheCamps
#LoveTrumpsHate
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The Never Again movement was inspired by a Facebook post by Serena Adlerstein, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.
“What would I have done if I were alive during the Holocaust?” bit.ly/2SeOuBr
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The Abuse of Pardon Prevention Act ensures transparency in the pardon process, codifying a strong deterrent against the president weaponizing the pardon power to protect himself or his allies. The pardon power isn’t a political weapon or a license to obstruct justice.
My new bill with @SenBlumenthal, the Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act, will ensure transparency and accountability in the pardon process in cases involving investigations of the President or his relatives. nevadacurrent.com/blog/trump…
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Does your kid's skin freak out when you apply sunscreen? Here's what you need to know. huffp.st/DvJOjOr
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ICYMI: Trump's domestic gag rule—which would prevent clinics funded by the nation's family-planning program from referring their patients to abortion providers—can go into effect. #ProtectX theslot.jezebel.com/trumps-d…
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Another day, another blow to a weakened NRA.
The DC attorney general joins New York in issuing subpoenas to NRA and its foundation. washingtonpost.com/national/…
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Today, Black women earn about 63 cents for every dollar earned by white men; Latinas earn about 54 cents; and white women earn about 78 cents.
It’s more important than ever before that we address the wage gap. #DemDebate
Candidates participating in tonight's #DemDebate were just asked how they would address #EqualPay for women. Here's how the 2020 candidates plan to fix the gender pay gap: bit.ly/2XdmOCP
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U.S. women's soccer star Ali Krieger says President Trump is angered by women he 'cannot control or grope' usatoday.com/story/sports/so…
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We believe that ALL people, regardless of where they come from, deserve access to high-quality, affordable health care in a safe environment. No person or community should be put in a position of fear for accessing health care—deportation raids do just that. #DemDebate
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Today, Marshae Jones was indicted for homicide when someone shot her in the stomach while she was pregnant, ending her pregnancy. They said she "started it." The shooter went free. This what 2019 looks like for a pregnant woman of color without means in a red state. This is now.