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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 20

    We know that accountability isn't justice. Justice would be George Floyd being home with his family, his loved ones, and his community today.

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  2. 45 minutes ago

    From state to state, politicians are still passing harmful legislation. The time to defend trans youth is NOW.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Tonight, President Biden reiterated his commitment to working with Congress to enact citizenship legislation. The lives and safety of millions of people depend on his determination to deliver on that promise.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Tonight President Biden committed to ending police violence against Black and Brown communities. We're calling on him to use the power and purse strings of the federal government to make sure every city across America embraces these proven alternatives.

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  5. 1 hour ago

    This also means calling for the end of qualified immunity and supporting DOJ consent decrees that channel resources into communities, not cops.

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  6. 1 hour ago

    This includes training civilian professionals as first responders in mental health crises to dealing with low-level offenses through tickets instead of force, arrests, and preventable death.

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  7. 1 hour ago

    In the wake of the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and a spree of other police killings, President Biden has a responsibility to take the lead on preventing the type of racialized over-policing that leads to this violence.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    Canceling up to $50K in student debt per borrower would help close the racial wealth gap and secure financial stability for Black and Brown borrowers who are disproportionately burdened by this crisis. Biden must act now.

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  9. 3 hours ago

    It’s time to end the ICE detention machine.

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  10. 4 hours ago

    Have you heard of the Prison Litigation Reform Act? How about the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act? Whether or not you know these laws by name, in the 25 years since they were passed, they’ve drastically limited incarcerated people’s rights.

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  11. 4 hours ago

    Rosemary Barkett became the first woman justice to serve on Florida’s Supreme Court. Over the course of her career, she wrote groundbreaking decisions on trans rights and voting rights. Here's to making history.

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  12. 5 hours ago

    Americans delivered a mandate to Congress and President Biden to fix our broken immigration system – without harmful tradeoffs. The time is now.

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  13. 6 hours ago

    BREAKING: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has signed a bill banning trans students from school sports into law. We will see West Virginia in court.

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  14. 6 hours ago

    Criminalizing poverty just leads to more poverty and disadvantage.

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  15. 7 hours ago

    President Biden will deliver his vision for the American Families Plan tonight. If this plan doesn’t make the current child tax credit permanent, Biden will have missed a key opportunity to end child poverty in this country.

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  16. 8 hours ago

    We're honored to fight for students' rights alongside you 😊 (Footnote: We represented Mary Beth Tinker at the Supreme Court when she was just 13!)

    Great job, ! “For young people, the ability to voice emotion may be the most important right of all”
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  17. 9 hours ago

    To advance systemic equality, we must close the digital divide and ensure broadband access for all. Read more from our guest blogger Brandeis Marshall, co-founder and CEO of , and Kate Ruane, Senior Legislative Counsel for the ACLU.

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  18. 9 hours ago

    1⃣ Congress must pass the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act. Everyone deserves digital connectivity regardless of zip code. 2⃣The FCC must act to quickly expand broadband access, as well as restore net neutrality protections.

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  19. 9 hours ago

    Biden took an important step by including broadband in the American Jobs Plan, but there’s more to be done.

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  20. 9 hours ago

    The pandemic has only worsened existing inequities, especially in communities of color, which are less likely to have access.

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  21. 9 hours ago

    Broadband is a basic utility in today’s world, but millions of people in America do not have access. Without broadband, many opportunities in employment, education, health care, and other essential needs are out of reach.

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