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Omar Masry

@Omarmasry

City Planner/Affordable Housing Finance | Born in LA; Lebanese & Saudi descent, US Army Veteran (Iraq), fan of backpacking the Sierras, chutzpah & small biz

California, USAJoined May 2009

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House Republicans are Robin Hood in reverse, redistributing the tax burden from the richest to the rest of us. If you’re an everyday American, House Republicans want to tax the cost of everything YOU consume by a staggering 30%. Reject the #RepublicanTaxHeist.

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how funny is this? #lol

UPDATE: Here’s the report by outside law firm whose findings led

@oakland

@MayorShengThao

- ally of top cop - & outgoing city administrator to place

@oaklandpoliceca

@ChiefLeronne

on paid leave: bit.ly/3QVQmha Latest in chief’s sidelining, 10, 11 p.m.

This SF Bar Is Celebrating Lunar New Year With a 23-Foot Dragon sfstandard.com/arts-culture/t via

@sfstandard

@lihanlihan

sfstandard.com

This SF Bar Is Celebrating Lunar New Year With a 23-Foot Dragon

It might be over-the-top, but the owners of this Polk Street cocktail spot are pleased, plus there are baiju-centric cocktails, too.

Join this workshop on #affordablehousing project Lorena Plaza which CalHFA is helping to finance through the Special Needs Housing Program

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Jan 13

We are excited to announce our first workshop of 2023! Join us on February 2nd for another segment in our #HHHMadeThis webinar series! This time featuring Lorena Plaza by @ACOForg

Registration info can be found here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist

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No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen

@NoLieWithBTC

Jan 24

My God. Kristi Noem (R) is now threatening to throw pharmacists in jail if they allow access to abortion pills for women or girls, including minors who are victims of rape or incest.

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South Dakota Gov. Noem threatens charges for abortion pills

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, along with the state's Republican attorney general, said Tuesday the state will prosecute pharmacists who dispense abortion-inducing pills following a recent Food and...

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Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska's Firm Pours Millions into Kentucky After Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Vote Against Sanctions ⁦

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Surely It's a Coincidence That a Firm Tied to a Russian Oligarch Is Pouring Millions Into Kentucky

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Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

@RepRashida

Jan 24

Ron DeSantis banning AP African American Studies because it “lacks educational value” is unmasked white supremacy. You cannot teach the truth about American history without African American history. Period.

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Musk on Nazis: sorry folks, I’m a free speech absolutist Musk on anti-vaxxers: sorry folks, free speech absolutist Musk when governments demand censorship of unflattering documentaries: could not be reached for comment

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Ken Klippenstein

@kenklippenstein

Jan 25

Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi theintercept.com/2023/01/24/twi by @MazMHussain, @ryangrim

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complied when India’s right-wing prime minister asked him to block a BBC documentary critical of him, and even deleted MP tweets interc.pt/3XsVHyN by me &

@mazmhussain

theintercept.com

Elon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi

Officials from India’s ruling right-wing party said American tech companies like Twitter and YouTube complied with demands to remove the documentary.

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We mourn the loss of 7 farm workers in #HalfMoonBay. While we wait for more news, we dream of a nation in which our hearts have a moment to heal in between breaking. Our full statement: ufw.org/ufw-statement-

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This is completely, 100% false — like, actually made up. The City Council didn’t vote on — or even discuss — ANYTHING related to Civic Center/Core today. What is happening with these people?!?

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KUSI News

@KUSINews

Jan 25

Today, City Council voted against Todd Gloria's City Core Revitalization Proposal. Bill Roper explains why the city should leave it to private developers to get the job done

More info: kusi.com/city-council-s

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Armstrong is sitting right next to Greg McConnell, who personally ran Californians for Safer Streets, the $700K plus independent expenditure committee for Ignacio de la Fuente that was jump-started by coal money and Phil Tagami

In one tweet, Pompeo tells you everything you need to know about his character. It wasn't enough to minimize a brutal state-sponsored murder of a civilian. He used "part-time stringer" to minimize the victim. None of this needed to be said -- but *certainly* not in this way.

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Mike Pompeo

@mikepompeo

Jan 24

Americans are safer because we didn’t label Saudi Arabia a pariah state. I never let the media bully me. Just b/c someone is a part-time stringer for WaPo doesn’t make their life more important than our military serving in dangerous places protecting us all. I never forgot that. twitter.com/WashPostPR/sta…

One of the people injured in a mass shooting this week told

@GavinNewsom

he was trying to get out of the hospital ASAP because he couldn't afford the medical bill.

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fyi: Michelle Tandler is on an epic tweet-storm of conservative misinformation, falsehoods, and stale, failed ideological tropes that needs serious push-back, if you're interested... she's misleading tons of people about the realities of homelessness and the solutions.

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I'm going to write a book about a thorny social problem that consists entirely of interviewing the people who caused the problem wherein they say the problem is too complex & thorny to understand or solve.

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SFDPH Director Dr. Grant Colfax joined staff and community partners

@GLIDEsf

@SFAIDSFound

at the @SFPublicLibary today to provide care to people experiencing homelessness. This is the 2nd health fair this month, connecting people with medical care, behavioral health & food.

I'm sobered by this report from

@veenadubal

that puts the control that AI Robots have of our work as app wrks on blast. She nails the deepest sense of the work: despite the co's maneuvering to make it legal, AI control of work feels deeply immoral & dehumanizing.

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the digitalized wage-setting process fosters an immoral economy of work in which workers cannot know how much a firm has determined their labor is worth, and this worth changes from moment to moment. 5/

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Thanks for being honest. This is your plan, treat addicted folks the way a parent would treat them, i.e., be completely ineffective and often drive them deeper into addiction.

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T Wolf

@Twolfrecovery

Jan 23

When will we start treating the addiction crisis on our streets in the same way a parent would treat it with their child? @JacquiBerlinn is so brave to share her story. #SanFrancisco twitter.com/JacquiBerlinn/…

Replying to

Give Jon Lovitz a break, it can't be easy to parody a Brazilian drag artist turned House Republican who buried his own mother every two years and grifted money from a homeless veteran's dying service dog for a living.

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The Bay Area Council urges

@VP

to consider Oakland for this program. We stand with Mayor Sheng Thao in her efforts to address our homelessness crisis

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Mayor Sheng Thao 盛桃

@MayorShengThao

Jan 23

Our homeless crisis is a top priority, and one that will require strong state & federal partnership. This is why I sent the following letter to @VP Harris today requesting Oakland be considered for the Federal "All In" plan, which aims to reduce homelessness nationwide.

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Full letter text:
https://bit.ly/3Xvm3A1

See last tweet in thread for direct link.

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Singer is still paid by Chevron and still trying to ruin the life of Donziger, whose crime was trying to hold Chevron accountable for poisoning tens of thousands of Ecuadorans with 16 million gallons of toxic oil run off. theguardian.com/commentisfree/

An absolutely beautiful Maafe bowl from Teranga

@lacocinamarket

in the Tenderloin

La Cocina Municipal Marketplace

Armstrong literally guaranteeing more years of NSA oversight right now--probably the suggestion of pollution-defender strategist he hired, Sam Singer.

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Shomik Mukherjee

@ShomikMukherjee

Jan 23

Just now: Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, on leave amid misconduct scandal, said he did nothing wrong & demanded reinstatement. He suggested mayor’s decision last week was orchestrated by OPD’s federal monitor & defended officers who covered up the hit-and-run incident.

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To my knowledge, Tandler has never been right about anything.

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The San Francisco Homeless Tenants Union

@SFHTUnion

Jan 23

Based on data we actually have from the 2022 SF PIT count, which only counts the most visibly homeless, 38% of homeless are African American, 28% are LGBT, 44% are not cis male. 52% have alcohol OR drug issues, which could mean a multitude of things. @michelletandler can sk a dk

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Omar Masry

@Omarmasry

Jan 23

Be as confident as either George Santos, and/or a 5 year old wearing a Superman t-shirt

New Israeli guidelines on access to the West Bank for foreigners threaten to further isolate Palestinians from loved ones and global civil society. They are designed to weaken Palestinians' social, cultural, and intellectual ties with the outside world. hrw.org/news/2023/01/2

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When partisan defenders of Israel say that it is "antisemitic" to apply international human rights standards to Israel by calling out its apartheid (the case is overwhelming), they are cheapening antisemitism and undermining the fight against it.

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A Threshold Crossed

The 213-page report, “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution,” examines Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. It presents the present-day reality of a...

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This Sam Singer? The guy hired by Chevron to gaslight people about literally poisoning the public? Very I am innocent look, Leronne.

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Evan Sernoffsky

@EvanSernoffsky

Jan 23

JUST IN: OPD Chief LeRonne Armstrong is lawyering up, and has hired Bay Area PR pro Sam Singer after being placed on admin leave. Singer repped former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, who won a wrongful termination suit against the city last year @ktvu

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Devastating news. Thulani Maseko - long time lawyer of the Eswatini trade union movement - was assassinated last night. Such a terrible loss. Thulani also spent time in prison a few years ago for the sole crime of telling the truth. This is just awful. RIP Thulani.

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UN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Association

@cvoule

Jan 22

#Eswatini I am saddened by the murder of prominent activist Thulani Maseko. I strongly condemn this act. I call on Government to ensure a prompt, independent and thorough investigation into his murder &provide justice to his family.

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The American Prospect

@TheProspect

Jan 23

New White House Chief of Staff Jeffrey Zients is a longtime health care profiteer who built his fortune off of Medicare and Medicaid fraud. Is this the direction the Biden administration wants to go in?

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The Corporate Past of Jeffrey Zients

The administration’s highest-ranking COVID official built his wealth through billing practices that have been alleged as fraud, triggering hundreds of millions in fines.

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A Black professor defies DeSantis law restricting lessons on race

Retired professor Marvin Dunn is challenging the 'anti-woke' education policies of Gov. Ron DeSantis by showing high school students sites of racist events in Florida's history,

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Nawal is totally unique, but it also fluently joins the lineage of ephemeral food spaces that keep L.A.’s character vital.

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Find comforting Syrian breakfast at this backyard pop-up near Dodger Stadium

Two brothers create a totally unique Syrian-Circassian culinary experience at Nawal, their weekend backyard pop-up

Back the coup. *Fixed it for you.

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Kevin McCarthy

@SpeakerMcCarthy

Jan 22

Back the Blue.

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An Israeli settler assaulted a disabled & elderly Palestinian in Jerusalem this morning for raising the Palestinian flag. When Mohamed Abu Humos called #Israel's police, they ARRESTED HIM instead of the settler for the crime of raising the flag! Apartheid!?!...How dare you?

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Crisis pregnancy centers, which exist primarily to dissuade people from having abortions, often attract clients by opening close proximity to abortion care clinics & advertising reproductive health services, despite most operating w/o medical licensing.

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The Anti-Abortion Movement Next Door

In California, a supposed sanctuary state for reproductive rights, Christian crisis pregnancy centers outnumber abortion care clinics by 20%.

Kamala Harris, in Florida, takes aim at abortion restrictions as attacking ‘the very foundations of freedom’ 19thnews.org/2023/01/kamala via

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Kamala Harris, in Florida, takes aim at abortion restrictions as attacking ‘the very foundations of...

Vice President Kamala Harris, on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, tied the fight for legal abortion to Americans’ past fights for rights.

In the year since the invasion of Ukraine, leftists and opponents of the Russian government have been imprisoned for their protest or forced into exile. They deserve the international left's unwavering solidarity.

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Remember the Russians Who Fought Against Putin’s War

Almost a year into Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the state is cracking down ever harder on all signs of dissent. Today exiled or jailed, the Russians who spoke out against the war are key to...

The anti-vaxxers get lots of air time on Twitter, so I’m going to share my experience with the vaccine. I had the original two vaccines, followed by a booster, followed by the bivalent booster. All Pfizer. I had zero side effects, never felt ill at all. I’ve never gotten COVID.

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