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Kelsey D. Atherton
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War robots & other bad futures. Military technology writer, opinions my own. Cohosted @PHOTORpod. Unitarian Universalist. He/him. Fam: @alymaybe, @stellahthedog

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    Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 8 Sep 2020

    Kelsey D. Atherton Retweeted Lis Smith

    "Police forces ate the entire city budget, and all we get from it is death, lawsuit payouts, and trauma. We can cut police, or we can cut everything else." is going to be a winning message.https://twitter.com/Lis_Smith/status/1303385698532237314 …

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    Lis SmithVerified account @Lis_Smith
    I do not think that “defund the police” will be a salient mayoral 2021 message
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    10:47 AM - 8 Sep 2020
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      2. Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 8 Sep 2020

        we can have violent austerity or we can have government that works for people, and if politicians are willing to both sell it like that, and then follow-through, we'll be in a much better place.

        2 replies 38 retweets 224 likes
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      3. Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 8 Sep 2020

        "Defund police, or defund everything else" fits all of this into six words, if you're looking for a snappier, concise summary to run on

        4 replies 46 retweets 173 likes
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      4. Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 21 Oct 2020

        Kelsey D. Atherton Retweeted Martin Austermuhle

        WELPhttps://twitter.com/maustermuhle/status/1319006654558556163 …

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        Martin AustermuhleVerified account @maustermuhle
        .@MayorBowser is asking the D.C. Council for $43 million to cover costs of policing the many protests that have happened since the summer. The money would be drawn from a number of sources: $28 million from Dept. of Health Care Finance, $12.7 from Workforce Investment Fund...
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      2. Adrian Bonenberger‏ @AdrianBonenber1 8 Sep 2020
        Replying to @AthertonKD

        Yeah but she doesn’t want it to be

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 8 Sep 2020
        Replying to @AdrianBonenber1

        her track record is great on that

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      1. Kasey Kagawa‏ @punkey0 8 Sep 2020
        Replying to @AthertonKD

        It turns out that "there are things that the police are demonstrably *very bad at* and let's move those responsibilities and budget to other agencies" is a thing you can, in fact, say

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      2. zedster‏ @z3dster 8 Sep 2020
        Replying to @AthertonKD

        When the policy is broken down to we need to divest from police forces and try to invest more of those funds in preventive measures like better social and mental health services people support it, so why fight over a slogan if that slogan is going to damage the cause?

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      3. Kelsey D. Atherton‏ @AthertonKD 8 Sep 2020
        Replying to @z3dster

        I think "defund" is pretty clearly understood as such? it's straightforward about the action and the target

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      1. Kai Thaler‏ @KaiMThaler 8 Sep 2020
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        I regret to inform you, Kelsey, that by the Rules of the Internet, *you* are now...Former Senior Communications Director for Pete Buttigieg

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      1. Wakandan Pundit‏ @WakandanGriot 8 Sep 2020
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        It’s not “salient” for anyone associated with the former mayor of South Bend to be heard commenting about law enforcement. It’s not smart. @Lis_Smith

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