i write a newsletter about the intersection of politics and my own history.
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aaron jun retweeted
Outrageous: 16 y/o sex slave. A survivor. Terrified. Killed her last purchaser. Ineligible for release for 51 years.
Where is the justice? A Tennessee court ruled that Cyntoia Brown, a #SexTrafficking survivor, must serve 51 years in prison before she is eligible for parole bit.ly/2Qj8wgz
aaron jun retweeted
Reminder that Congress, the FBI and other government agencies knew of Trump's illicit Russia ties well before the election.
Nearly everything being presented as a "revelation" is something that was warned about and ignored. Here's Harry Reid in 2016 on Comey ignoring the threat.
Here is what Harry Reid wrote to James Comey about Trump-Russia collusion. US citizens deserve to know. reid.senate.gov/press_releas…
aaron jun retweeted
Mothers and their children walked hundreds of miles and fled unspeakable horrors in the hope they would find asylum here in America. Instead of being met with compassion, they were tear gassed.
This is wrong. It's immoral. We should be better than this. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
aaron jun retweeted
The little girl pictured is not only unarmed, she’s unshoed. Yet, @realDonaldTrump ordered tear gas be fired against her. If this is not your America stay loud. We are putting out this fire.
A migrant family, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America to the U.S., run from tear gas in front of the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico at Tijuana on Sunday - @Reuters
aaron jun retweeted
This speech from @Harryslaststand at Labour conference reminded us all about how important the NHS is.
He remembers a time before the NHS even existed.
“We must demand that the NHS will always remain an institution for the people and by the people” #IStandWithHarry
aaron jun retweeted
Ilhan Omar escaped war-torn Somalia and grew up in a Kenyan refugee camp. Her family immigrated to America with nothing. And tonight she became the first Somali American congresswoman in US history!
aaron jun retweeted
Power cords.
The state of Georgia did not supply power cords for their ELECTRONIC voting machines at a polling site in a mostly African-American neighborhood.
The person responsible?
The Republican Secretary of State, who is ON THE BALLOT.
THIS IS VOTER SUPPRESSION.
NBC News has confirmed that the issue at Anderson Livsey Elementary in Snellville, GA was indeed a lack of power cords. Gwinnett County Director of Communications Joe Sorenson tells @NBCNews “the machine was not supplied power and was running on battery & the battery ran out” 🤔
aaron jun retweeted
If Stacey Abrams loses, every voting rights group in existence should sue the daylights out of Brian Kemp for suppressing votes.
If Stacey Abrams wins, every voting rights group in existence should sue the daylights out of Brian Kemp for suppressing votes. #ElectionDay
aaron jun retweeted
If you come for our right to vote, we come for your job. The era of consequence-free voter suppression is over. @LetAmericaVote
aaron jun retweeted
Helped mom vote early yesterday for @MikeLevinCA in #CA49 using #VoteSaveAmerica and now she’s recruiting. @jonfavs @TVietor08 @jonlovett
aaron jun retweeted
Libraries help people get jobs, improve literacy and provide a space for communities to come together. Some elected officials forget the importance of libraries, and together with your support - we're here to remind them #votelibraries votelibraries.org
aaron jun retweeted
.@RepJohnLewis: "I gave a little blood on that bridge in Selma. I almost died. Some of my friends and colleagues were murdered. I'm not asking any of you to give any blood. I'm just asking you to go and vote like you've never voted before."
aaron jun retweeted
If young people vote in numbers anywhere near the percentages of other generations they can get any policy they want. College affordability, climate, civil rights, healthcare, immigration whatever your generation decides. It’s your government if you just take it over.
aaron jun retweeted
“I stand as just one single light that your career lit” - @trackjenny speaks on Abebe Bikila Award winner @deenakastor at tonight’s NYRR Hall of Fame. 🙌❤️👏
aaron jun retweeted
This is such a great video. And it's also, according to a ton of research, the single most powerful message to motivate young voters: that there is power in numbers, and young people are the biggest generation, and if they vote, they will win. – at Wisconsin, USA
aaron jun retweeted
A 4-year-old girl collapses from exhaustion and refuses to walk any further.
Powerful photo from the caravan by @vanhoutenphoto.
aaron jun retweeted
Stanford's @siepr estimates that 320,000 mostly Latino children nationwide are not enrolling in public schools for fear of stronger ICE enforcement. This creates lasting impacts on their educational attainment, upward mobility.
In counties where police partnered with ICE, the number of Hispanic children attending public schools dropped significantly. Read more in this month's SIEPR Policy Brief: stanford.io/2D2rHV3
