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@samswey

Black Activist. Data Scientist & Policy Analyst. Stanford Alum. Co-Founder, Campaign Zero | Mapping Police Violence | OurStates. IG: samswey

New York, NY
Joined August 2012

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    24 Apr 2018

    STUDENTS: the US Dept of Education just released data on racial disparities in every school and school district in America (from preK-12). Here’s how you use the data to show if/how your school discriminates against black students and other marginalized groups. A thread.

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  2. Retweeted
    18 hours ago

    Many lawmakers believe the single thing that would bring a quick halt to the shutdown is a huge breakdown at the nation's airports.

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  3. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    More than one million immigrants are applying for asylum or other legal relief, struggling to survive while they wait. And while they face deportation they are not guaranteed an attorney. Without a lawyer, they are often unjustly deported. You can help:

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    19 hours ago

    Since the president is now talking about it, you should probably read this alarming story about his emergency powers

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    This is truly amazing. The Justice Department admits that, under Trump, it effectively made up and misstated information to link immigrants to terrorism, but that it won't retract or correct the culprit report.

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    House Democrats will introduce their proposal to require universal background checks for gun sales on Tuesday, the eighth anniversary of Gabby Gifford's shooting, Democratic lawmakers and aides tell Politico.

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    🚨🚨 NEW: VA secretary Robert Wilkie did not list his membership in pro-Confederate groups or speeches to them on his confirmation paperwork despite submitting a sworn affidavit he disclosed all speeches, published works and group memberships.

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  8. Retweeted
    22 hours ago

    Thousands of Nevadans became eligible to vote on January 1: a new law went into effect that loosens felony disenfranchisement rules. One of the big changes is restoring the rights of people who were unable to pay their court fines and fees.

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    Jan 4

    "I did not cheat. I studied." Kamilah Campbell, a Black high school senior in Florida, says her SAT score was invalidated for improving too much. She went from a 900 to 1230 after working to bring up her score. Now, she can't apply to her top college choice.

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  10. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    BREAKING: Republican Senator Susan Collins just announced her support for the House bill to reopen the government, without any funding for a border wall. She is the second Republican to do so. Senator Cory Gardner is the other.

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    There is no making a deal with someone who lies all the time and will understand any semblance of a deal as validation for his hostage-taking.

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    24 hours ago

    A quick thread on the economics of a much higher top rate for the super-rich. TL;DR version is that is on very solid ground here. There is a lot of evidence that from an economic and fiscal perspective, we'd be way better off with top rates approaching 70.

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    Inbox: On the first day of the 116th Congress, Reps. Deutch, McGovern, Raskin, and Katko introduced a bipartisan constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

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    23 hours ago

    One thing we have the power to do is ignore the obviously bad faith and hypocritical condemnations about coarse language from Republicans. Let them freak out about it in their little echo chamber. The rest of us have real problems to deal with.

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    23 hours ago

    House Dems first bill also includes: Nationwide Election Day registration Restores voting rights to ex-felons Stops voter purging Paper ballots for states Disclosure of dark $ donors This is most important democracy reform bill since Watergate

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    23 hours ago

    House Dems first bill introduced today includes: -Automatic voter registration -Nationwide early voting -Public financing of elections -End to Congressional gerrymandering -Release of presidential tax returns This is huge for democracy

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    Jan 4

    Office of comments after MF video: “The Congresswoman absolutely believes he needs to be impeached.”

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  18. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    This quote from Pelosi is 🔥🔥🔥! > Asked if she considers herself Mr. Trump’s equal, she replied, “The Constitution does.”

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  19. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    advocating impeachment with salty language is actually a fairly tame response to a president who put children in internment camps

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  20. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    Sometimes we take for granted exactly how radical ideas like Social Security, the VA, and public schooling really are: that we will care for our elders, provide healthcare, and educate *all* children in America free of cost at the point of service.

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    Jan 2

    .: "The tax cut, combined with an equally formidable new spending bill, is producing one of the biggest peacetime federal budget deficits. As low as $439 billion in 2015, the fiscal gap is now on track to exceed $1 trillion in 2020."

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