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Ronin Joseph DePrang
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Writer, researcher, and unlicensed muppet. He/him/his. How are you? roninjoseph9 at gmail.com
Austin, TXJoined October 2009
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Listen to James Baldwin’s Record Collection in a 478-track, 32-Hour Spotify Playlist
openculture.com/2020/12/listen
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Hey twitter fam, I hope you share this. I haven't seen my brother since October. He is an addict, and we hoped he was seeking help, but no clinic has him. Panic is setting in. Brandon was last seen in Austin. He is 37 y/o, 5'11 & about 145 lbs. Thanks! #missingperson #atx #atxhiv
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Just received this from a records custodian who realized that she accidentally forwarded me her exchange with other people at her state agency about my public record request—an exchange that will help me challenge her denial.
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This is an anger-inducing must-read.
CPD is accepting 5 proposed changes to its use of force policies, out of 155 recs.
“This working group was formed and the mayor announced it to great acclaim … and it was a sham from the start,” Futterman said.
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There are 4,477 people confined in the downtown Houston jail right now solely because they can't pay cash. We sued each of the judges responsible for it.
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The story is about Lorraine Muñoz, a recently retired judge in L.A., who denied asylum at extremely high rates.
For years she was also the nation’s main IJ handling cases from transgender people seeking safety in the U.S., who she misgendered and retraumatized in her court.
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YES! Read this important story by an incredibly smart, hard-working, secretly funny, profoundly good person. It just won a Murrow.
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Amazing news — this is a story I produced last year about one of the toughest immigration judges in the country. This was years in the making, and so much work from across the @reveal newsroom made it happen.
revealnews.org/episodes/trans
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About twice a year we learn to just give poor people money
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WOOOW. A Canadian research project gave homeless people $7,500 each — the results were 'beautifully surprising'.
Turns out: basic income for the homeless pays for itself. It's free money, because 'the project saved the shelter system $8,100 per person'.
'cbc.ca/news/canada/br
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New: A federal appeals court temporarily blocked a lower court’s order that would require Texas to provide more protective measures against the coronavirus at a geriatric prison, like giving hand sanitizer to inmates who use wheelchairs.
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Let a local news reporter moderate a debate. I'm talking like, cynicism-poisoned, sits in 7-hour City Council meetings, makes $35,000 before taxes newspaper reporter.
Me, let me moderate a debate.
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Federal guidelines allow compassionate release for terminally ill prisoners if they do not pose a danger to the community. But in the first three months of the pandemic, wardens denied 98% of requests, including many from medically vulnerable people.
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When we canvass we usually give a care package to community members we speak to.
It consists of 4-5 masks, hand sanitizer and a BLM button.
We’ve spoken to over 300 people and our out of hand sanitizer.
Please purchase a pack for us 🙏🏿
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls
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This letter, alleging criminal behavior against Texas Attorney General including bribery, is signed by well respected staff and it would be difficult to argue otherwise. Whacha think ? #txlege
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NEWS: Federal judge says that she wants to move forward with a CONTEMPT proceeding after Sec. Ross resets the deadline for completing the census count for 10/5.
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I'm uploading the full filing to Document Cloud and will share when it's done. In the meantime here's some background - from when the suit was initially filed:
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#BREAKING: Texas prisoners are suing for hand sanitizer, soap, and social distancing:
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#BREAKING Remember those prisoners who sued the Texas prison system's Pack Unit for its bad handling of covid?
THEY WON.
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This can’t come too soon or be too thorough.
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Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they’re facing unprecedented backlash ow.ly/4PfV30qW454
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If you loved the Scholastic book catalogue/book fair then you 100% have anxiety as an adult
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i’m at the pandemic. i’m at the recession. i’m at the uprising. i’m at the combination pandemic/recession/uprising
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Today's gender is numbness and the sound of a record skipping.
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Big ‘don’t threaten me with a good time’ energy
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While you're worrying about what happens if a police budget is trimmed, remember that 70% of firefighters in the USA are *volunteers*
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“Why would you marry someone who can’t or won’t take care of his own kids” is how you blame a woman for a man.
There’s a lot of reasons men act incapable or unwilling to do gendered work or do not even know how to be caretakers at all.
“Yeah, his mother failed.” 🙄
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During the summer of 2018, I had a burning desire to make heads out of clay. I made dozens of them, I couldn’t stop. Then, poof. I never made them again. Art is like that. You make it for yourself and then you let it go
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Three beauticians jailed in Texas for violating emergency orders by offering their services.
Can you guess which one quickly became a rallying point for Republican leadership?
#txlege #coronavirus
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*A two-year drug sentence*
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BOP reports first death of female prisoner in the coronavirus outbreak.
Andrea Circle Bear, 30, was pregnant and had just gone to prison on a 2-year drug sentence. Her baby survived.
It's the first death at FMC Carswell and the 30th overall in the federal system.
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There are so many people doing good in the world right now. Happy to share one of those stories today: These 43 men lived in their factory for 28 days straight, working 12 hour shifts making the raw materials for PPE.
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During this isolating and uncertain time, we at Liberation Library believe it is more important than ever to send in resources including books of young people's choosing into youth jails and prisons. Help us by contributing to our book drive here: liberationlib.com/covid-19-respo
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We are holding a solidarity drive with local Chicago bookstores! We are so excited to be working with @citylit_books, @PilsenCommBooks, @SemicolonChi, @wcfbook, & @OpenBooks to replenish our stock & send popular titles inside. More info on donating here: bit.ly/2RAJN5S
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New: The federal eviction ban is so poorly enforced, multiple large landlords reversed their eviction filings only after ProPublica contacted them and pointed out they were illegal.
propublica.org/article/despit w/
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