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Sep 7, 2018 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
"In a government of and by and for the people, there should be no permanent ruling class. There are only citizens."

— Barack Obama while accepting the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "When you hear about how great the economy is doing, let's just remember when this recovery started." — Barack Obama today at the University of Illinois.
Jul 5, 2018 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Therese Patricia Okoumou, the woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty to protest separating families at the border, faces 3 misdemeanor charges. Each carries a maximum sentence of 6 months in prison. Rise and Resist, the activist group who unfurled an "ABOLISH ICE" banner at the Statue of Liberty, says it’s working to get legal representation for Therese Patricia Okoumou: "We support Patricia."
Jun 19, 2018 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: The U.S. is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council. Nikki Haley said the U.S. withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council over its "chronic bias" against Israel. The U.S. lobbied against an agenda item on rights abuses in the West Bank and Gaza and voted against investigating Israel's killing of 100+ Palestinians in Gaza.
Jun 18, 2018 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen says she won’t apologize for enforcing the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border.

11,432 children are currently being held in U.S. custody. Former First Lady Laura Bush called the Trump administration’s "zero tolerance" policy, which separates families when they cross the border illegally, "cruel" and "immoral."

Read: wapo.st/2MCKnMn
May 15, 2018 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
A funeral is taking place for an 8-month-old Palestinian baby who died after Israel fired tear gas into Gaza. It’s a national day of mourning across the occupied West Bank.

Israeli soldiers killed at least 60 Palestinians, including an 8-month-old baby, during protests yesterday.
Sep 25, 2017 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
28 of 32 NFL owners criticized President Trump for his comments on the #TakeAKnee protests. Some of those same NFL owners made financial contributions to the Trump campaign and presidency. Here are a few: