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@Kamaumaumau

organizer. socialist. undocumented. Building multiracial democracy

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@BalanceTaxCode

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@Kamaumaumau

Dec 20, 2022

politics can sometimes feel like endless, back-&-forth fights -- but working class orgs at WCA have been making some important strides, year after year, & are putting our communities in a position to win even more in the future. here's what the WCA network won in 2022:

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Washington Community Alliance

@WACommAlliance

Dec 17, 2022

This year we fought for a democracy that is visionary, that is exciting, that is inclusive of all voices. See what Washington Community Alliance accomplished together in 2022!

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Big thanks to

for sharing tips on riding transit for my latest

@Crosscut

article. "I can be working, reading email, or listening to audio books. I can utilize that time in a much better way than I could if I was driving."

crosscut.com

How to get the most out of Seattle public transit

Is it hard to go carless around the Sound? One frequent rider shares how to navigate one of the nation's busiest transit systems.

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We wrote about the Texas dairy farm fire that killed 18,000 cows, a wakeup call about the proliferation of mega-factory farms that force the public to subsidize an industry that fuels climate change, torments animals & puts the food system at risk

vox.com

A fire killed 18,000 cows in Texas. It’s a horrifyingly normal disaster.

Factory farming’s disaster problem, explained.

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NEW: Vote Yes on King County's Crisis Care Centers Levy

theurbanist.org

Vote Yes on King County’s Crisis Care Centers Levy

This month, King County voters have the chance to significantly expand our county’s capacity to support people experiencing mental health crises by passing the behavioral health levy on the April S…

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Senator T'wina Nobles

@SenatorNobles

Apr 13

As one of very few renters in Legislature, I've paid special attention to legislation that creates affordability and more housing options. 🏘️ That's why I voted #HB1110 off the floor today! 💥 This massive step to address the housing crisis will expand affordability and density.

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Washington Community Alliance

@WACommAlliance

Apr 12

Great news! HB 1238 for *Kinda* Free School Meals passed the Senate today too! We didn’t think feeding children was controversial but this bill has really been through the ringer - and STILL didn’t pass unanimously. #WALeg

Screenshot of the Roll Call vote count on HB 1238 on 3rd reading and final passage in the Washington State Senate.

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Rutgers strike, peak euphoria — unmute this one 😍

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Kamau

@Kamaumaumau

Apr 11

DC friends: I’m in town til thursday evening!

Two motorists got into a rolling gunfight on a Florida highway. Each wounded the other's daughter: one 5; one 14. The man who actually fired first will go free under "stand your ground" because he was retaliating against a hurled water bottle. nypost.com/2023/04/10/cha

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Did you know that Texas is the national leader in solar & wind? It's not because they give solar & wind special subsidies. It's because they make it easy to build all types of energy infrastructure (and have price competition for electricity — so lowest cost wins).

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BREAKING: Justin Jones has been sworn back in to the Tennessee Legislature after being reappointed by the Metro Nashville Council. Reports are

@brotherjones_

is signing his oath of office on the capitol steps right now

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Just getting started ✊🏼

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Bloomberg Law

@BLaw

Apr 10

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters reported gaining 206,000 members, an increase of 20% from the previous year. blawgo.com/qtCyeKw

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Next Monday, I'm running the Boston Marathon! This year, I'm supporting the

@DemSocialists

Fund, which supports campus organizing & poli ed and shares what DSA does with comrades around the world. Join me on the marathon to democratic socialism! 🌹🏃🏻‍♀️dsausa.kindful.com/?campaign=1245

In defense of Clarence Thomas

@WSJ

slams

@propublica

as “Left-Leaning” website- omitting that it was founded by former WSJ assistant publisher Richard Tofel & former WSJ managing editor Paul Steiger:

wsj.com

Opinion | The Smearing of Clarence Thomas

The left gins up another phony ethics assault to tarnish the Supreme Court.

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Really the more I read this the more I like it. Not just the "GOP women" bit but also the "Privately" part … like, "Speaking anonymously, so as not to seem gay, some GOP strategists worried that classrooms strewn with the bodies of children might poll badly in key demographics."

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gpt-4 (visual) is multi-modal. which means it can take images as input. so it can explain memes like this:

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There are armed Israeli riot police stood in front of the al-Qibli mosque, at one point poised and pointing their guns at the people inside. I’m now in the mosque and it’s literally a handful of unarmed Palestinians including young children.

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Kamau

@Kamaumaumau

Apr 9

jesus of nazareth be like

#ElijahLewis - “When I went to Rainier Beach, the saying was ‘Everybody’s a Somebody,” Elijah Lewis said on The Day With

@HolidayTraeanna

on June 22nd, 2022. “Everybody had something going on.” Rainier Beach High School (

@RainierBeachHS

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can’t please everyone

a whale with a baseball cap on with the caption “I bring a sort of ‘eating 40 million krill’ vibe to dinner that 40 million krill don’t really like”

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For Jobs Day, my A1 story for

@nytimesbusiness

: For 23 months now, the inflation rate has run higher than the growth rate of wages--which are also running *much* lower than the rate of corporate profits. so why must we solve inflation by weakening labor?

nytimes.com

Wages May Not Be Inflation’s Cause, but They’re the Focus of the Cure

While fear of a “wage-price spiral” has eased, the Federal Reserve’s course presumes job losses and risks a recession. Some see less painful remedies.

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The Corretta Scott King school of thought on maintaining price stability-- a forgotten aspect of the back half of the midcentury Civil Rights movement: agree or disagree with the prescriptions, we often forget it wasnt just The Hurt Feelings of The Blacks. These folks were wonks!

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David Stein

@DavidpStein

Apr 7

Replying to @talmonsmith @owenslindsay1 and @jonstewart

<Coretta Scott King> I tried.

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Seattle candidates wake up you cop-fluffing turds

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pronoun junkie

@lib_crusher

Apr 7

This poll conducted on the eve of the election is fascinating. It dug into what Chicago voters meant when listing "crime" as their #1 issue. When presented with both candidates' public safety proposals, voters favored Johnson's by double digits drive.google.com/file/d/1ym0pCc

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Question: Why were those two expelled and you weren't Johnson: Well, I think it's pretty clear. I'm a 60 year old white woman and they are two young black men

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“How do you respond to this whole idea that another tax like this is just making King County unaffordable?”

All union members are invited to join us tomorrow to get out the vote for Yes On Prop 1 - Crisis Centers Levy. King County Prop. 1 creates a place for people to get lifesaving behavioral health care and supports them on a path to recovery.

It's true, this kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use urbanism is illegal to build in most American cities.

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Zack Strength

@ZackStrength

Apr 5

They want to take this from you.

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Kamau

@Kamaumaumau

Apr 7

catching up on dads weekend

As Idaho becomes the first state to criminalize interstate travel, we will see more impacts to abortion access in Spokane. Council passed a resolution to prevent investigations while

@MayorSpokane

was silent. We need a leader to protects access.

is that leader.

Members of the legislature are not allowed to raise money during the session. Following his expulsion, Justin Jones has activated his fundraising page for the District 52 seat. secure.actblue.com/donate/justinj

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Y’ALL, the Washington Voting Rights Act 2.0 is on its way to the Governor’s desk! The #WVRA will ensure every vote counts AND matters! So proud to have worked alongside

@weareoneamerica

@SenSaldana

, and other leaders to pass this bill. #VRA #votingrights

NEW: Applications are now open for our summer programs! Whether you’ve never heard of hybrid organizing or you’re a seasoned leader looking to sharpen your skills, join a training to learn and connect with fellow movement organizers. Apply ⬇️

momentumcommunity.org

Summer Programs — Momentum

Whether you’ve never heard of hybrid organizing, or you’re a seasoned leader looking to sharpen your skills, you’ll find an opportunity to learn and connect with fellow movement organizers.

One side note: Brandon Johnson won despite being outspent 2-to-1 on TV (from March 1 to Monday). That underscores the organizational strength that labor groups brought to his campaign.

nbcnews.com

Progressive Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor's race

The Cook County commissioner had the backing of the powerful Chicago Teachers Union and ran on a platform of addressing racial and economic disparities.

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Wisconsin: this is on track to be a fairly comfortable win for Protasiewicz, perhaps in the 4-7 pt range.

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And there it is: w/ 484,829 votes counted in Chicago, Brandon Johnson takes the lead over Paul Vallas by 1,111 votes (50.11%-49.89%). You wouldn't want to call it without seeing at least some mail, but it's virtually done.

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Fascinating how Twitter used to be the best thing to use in a news moment like this, and now it is genuinely close to useless

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*grumbles* ok fine I guess that's right

I ask ChatGPT: He was a boy, she was a girl, can I make it any more obvious?

It responds: This phrase is a reference to the opening lines of the song "Sk8er Boi" by Avril Lavigne, which was released in 2002. The full lyrics of the opening verse are:

"He was a boy, she was a girl
Can I make it any more obvious?
He was a punk, she did ballet
What more can I say?"

The song tells the story of a boy who is into skateboarding and a girl who is more interested in conforming to societal expectations, but ultimately regrets not giving him a chance when he becomes famous.

The phrase "can I make it any more obvious?" is often used as a rhetorical question to express that something is very clear or obvious, and doesn't need any further explanation.

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But love finds a way! College sweethearts Khalia Beckford & Peter Don are getting married at City Hall, right next to the media circus. She got her dress last night at Macy’s: “I did not plan for this,” she says of the police & media. “It’s not going to ruin my big day.”

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Tonight as Tennessee House Republicans push forward to schedule vote on our expulsion, Speaker Sexton orders the gallery cleared as crowd chants “fascists.” Media forced out at as well. Then, Rep. Lafferty (R-Knox) pushes me and grabs my phone. This is a sad day for Tennessee.

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Kamau

@Kamaumaumau

Apr 3

"Data from WCA also indicates that when looking at the racial demographics of all of the counties in Washington State, 89.7% of elected officials are white while only 63.7% of the state’s population is white" -

@SoSeaEmerald

@WACommAlliance

research

southseattleemerald.com

New Data Indicates That Washington’s Legislature Became More Representative | South Seattle Emerald

by Lauryn Bray The Washington Community Alliance (WCA) recently released its annually updated interactive data set on the demographics of Washington’s local elected officials. The data set identifies...