Carmen Daugherty
@carmen.advancementproject.org
Abolitionist. Justice Seeker. New Orleans lovin' Kentucky woman with a penchant for bourbon and family.
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🚨 ICE is spending up to $180 million to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track undocumented people including using physical surveillance. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. 🧵
🚨 ICE is spending up to $180 million to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track undocumented people including using physical surveillance. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. 🧵
SCOOP: ICE is allocating as much as $180 million to pay bounty hunters and private investigators who verify the address and location of undocumented people ICE wishes to detain, including with physical surveillance, according to procurement records reviewed by 404 Media.
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🚨 ICE is spending up to $180 million to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track undocumented people including using physical surveillance. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. 🧵
🚨 ICE is spending up to $180 million to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track undocumented people including using physical surveillance. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. 🧵
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Don't forget our webinar with @kettering.org Democracy Prize winner @jbrownedianis.bsky.social is this Wednesday, November 12!
Register today for a conversation you won't want to miss: bit.ly/fight-back-webinar
Register today for a conversation you won't want to miss: bit.ly/fight-back-webinar
This year, we've witnessed a coordinated assault on democracy that puts us all at risk. How can our communities stand up and fight back against these threats?
Join us next Wednesday, Nov 12 for for an insightful conversation on the future of American democracy.
Register: bit.ly/fight-back-webinar
Join us next Wednesday, Nov 12 for for an insightful conversation on the future of American democracy.
Register: bit.ly/fight-back-webinar
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us tomorrow!
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Young children, who should be nurtured and protected, cried as they witnessed armed agents violently arrest their teacher. We cannot stand by while our communities are terrorized and children traumatized. Immigration enforcement has no place in our schools and daycares.
ICE agents detain teacher at Chicago daycare Rayito del Sol in North Center
ICE agents detaining a female teacher inside a North Center daycare Wednesday morning, in front of children.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Young children, who should be nurtured and protected, cried as they witnessed armed agents violently arrest their teacher. We cannot stand by while our communities are terrorized and children traumatized. Immigration enforcement has no place in our schools and daycares.
The Election Assistance Commission is being asked to add new citizenship documentation requirements to the federal voter registration form. This isn’t about “election integrity.” It’s voter suppression and it threatens our democracy and creates a modern day poll tax. #VotingRights
🚨 ACTION ALERT
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.
The Election Assistance Commission has been asked to amend the federal voter registration form to require unnecessary documentation of citizenship when registering to vote.
21 million eligible voters do not readily have access to any proof of citizenship. This is voter suppression.
No New Jim Crow! Protect the Right to Vote - Advancement Project
advancementproject.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Election Assistance Commission is being asked to add new citizenship documentation requirements to the federal voter registration form. This isn’t about “election integrity.” It’s voter suppression and it threatens our democracy and creates a modern day poll tax. #VotingRights
Black voters deserve a fair chance to elect candidates of their choice, not maps rigged to silence their voices. We are suing the Meriwether County Board of Elections for adopting a redistricting plan that dilutes Black voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. #VotingRights
We're suing the Meriwether County Board of Elections and Registration over their redistricting plan that dilutes the voting strength of Black voters in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The new map gives the white voting age population an unbeatable majority of more than 65%.
Advancement Project, Georgia NAACP File Lawsuit Challenging Racial Vote Dilution in Georgia - Advancement Project
advancementproject.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Black voters deserve a fair chance to elect candidates of their choice, not maps rigged to silence their voices. We are suing the Meriwether County Board of Elections for adopting a redistricting plan that dilutes Black voting power in violation of the Voting Rights Act. #VotingRights
State power should never be used to silence Black and Brown communities. Yet across the country, state lawmakers are blocking cities from raising wages, protecting tenants, advancing racial justice, and keeping residents safe. Join @advancementproject.org to learn more about abusive preemption.
October 21 at 3 pm ET: Join us for the first of a four-part webinar series on state legislatures using abusive preemption as a tool to circumvent and disrupt progressive advances and the ability of communities of color to build power and strategies to combat it.
Register: bit.ly/preemption-101
Register: bit.ly/preemption-101
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
State power should never be used to silence Black and Brown communities. Yet across the country, state lawmakers are blocking cities from raising wages, protecting tenants, advancing racial justice, and keeping residents safe. Join @advancementproject.org to learn more about abusive preemption.
1/ Let's break down what the Supreme Court just did today in the Perdomo v. United States case. In short: the Court green-lit racial profiling in Los Angeles, and the consequences will ripple far beyond.
September 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
1/ Let's break down what the Supreme Court just did today in the Perdomo v. United States case. In short: the Court green-lit racial profiling in Los Angeles, and the consequences will ripple far beyond.
From DC crime rates to job reports, this administration twists numbers to fit their narrative. When leaders manipulate data instead of facing facts, it’s not just dishonest, it’s a slide into authoritarianism. Truth is the first casualty. #FREEDC www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s answer to numbers he doesn’t like: Change them or throw them away
From D.C. crime rates to census collection to labor statistics, the administration has suppressed inconvenient data and conjured inaccurate statistics to bolster policy objectives.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
From DC crime rates to job reports, this administration twists numbers to fit their narrative. When leaders manipulate data instead of facing facts, it’s not just dishonest, it’s a slide into authoritarianism. Truth is the first casualty. #FREEDC www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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doesn’t the president have a ballroom or an au bon pain courtyard to build, why is he moonlighting as DC mayor
August 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
doesn’t the president have a ballroom or an au bon pain courtyard to build, why is he moonlighting as DC mayor
🧵1/ Louisiana just passed a new police accountability law but it took a brutal assault, a lawsuit, and years of public outcry to get here. Let's talk about what happened to Shantel Arnold and the pattern of abuse that finally forced the state to act. #AbolitionNow
www.propublica.org/article/loui...
www.propublica.org/article/loui...
Four Years After Cop Was Filmed Slamming Black Woman to the Ground, Louisiana Passes Accountability Law
Despite being caught in a 2021 video ripping out Shantel Arnold’s hair, sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to report the incident. A new law authored by Arnold’s attorney will mandate excessive-fo...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🧵1/ Louisiana just passed a new police accountability law but it took a brutal assault, a lawsuit, and years of public outcry to get here. Let's talk about what happened to Shantel Arnold and the pattern of abuse that finally forced the state to act. #AbolitionNow
www.propublica.org/article/loui...
www.propublica.org/article/loui...
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We should have a pretty clear idea of how a democracy becomes an authoritarian police state. The five key ingredients: lies, corruption, idiocy, loyalty, and most important, a blanket of sedating propaganda. https://trib.al/4cvzG84
Trump’s Toxic Toolkit: Lies, Corruption, Idiocy, Loyalty, Propaganda
Six months in, the five horsemen of our authoritarian apocalypse are in sight. But there is still time to stop this.
trib.al
July 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We should have a pretty clear idea of how a democracy becomes an authoritarian police state. The five key ingredients: lies, corruption, idiocy, loyalty, and most important, a blanket of sedating propaganda. https://trib.al/4cvzG84
The “Big Ugly” federal bill passed today and it’s trash.
Packed with funding boosts for policing, immigration enforcement, and surveillance. What’s in it? A thread 🧵
Packed with funding boosts for policing, immigration enforcement, and surveillance. What’s in it? A thread 🧵
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The “Big Ugly” federal bill passed today and it’s trash.
Packed with funding boosts for policing, immigration enforcement, and surveillance. What’s in it? A thread 🧵
Packed with funding boosts for policing, immigration enforcement, and surveillance. What’s in it? A thread 🧵
Reposted by Carmen Daugherty
The future of our public schools are on the line. Hidden in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is a provision that offers an unprecedented 100% tax deduction for donations to third party organizations that hand out private school vouchers.
Our staff attorneys break down how children will be harmed.
Our staff attorneys break down how children will be harmed.
Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Will Devastate Public Schools
The budget package currently includes a private school voucher program funded through tax breaks.
time.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The future of our public schools are on the line. Hidden in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is a provision that offers an unprecedented 100% tax deduction for donations to third party organizations that hand out private school vouchers.
Our staff attorneys break down how children will be harmed.
Our staff attorneys break down how children will be harmed.
Reposted by Carmen Daugherty
Parental rights had a mixed bag at SCOTUS over the past week.
Essentially, if you have anti-LGBTQ views, Sam Alito will find a way to twist the law to protect you. If your kids are LGBTQ and you want to protect them, they’ll ignore you.
At Law Dork, I explain:
Essentially, if you have anti-LGBTQ views, Sam Alito will find a way to twist the law to protect you. If your kids are LGBTQ and you want to protect them, they’ll ignore you.
At Law Dork, I explain:
SCOTUS's parental rights messages: Protect anti-LGBTQ views, ignore LGBTQ people
The court protected religious parents' rights in a case over LGBTQ-related books in classrooms. Days later, the court turned away requests from parents of trans kids.
www.lawdork.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Parental rights had a mixed bag at SCOTUS over the past week.
Essentially, if you have anti-LGBTQ views, Sam Alito will find a way to twist the law to protect you. If your kids are LGBTQ and you want to protect them, they’ll ignore you.
At Law Dork, I explain:
Essentially, if you have anti-LGBTQ views, Sam Alito will find a way to twist the law to protect you. If your kids are LGBTQ and you want to protect them, they’ll ignore you.
At Law Dork, I explain:
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Today, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand.
Let’s be clear: this is a devastating blow to trans people, especially Black and Brown trans youth already fighting to survive. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Today, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand.
Let’s be clear: this is a devastating blow to trans people, especially Black and Brown trans youth already fighting to survive. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
The ruling is a major setback for transgender rights, with more than 20 states enacting laws similar to that of Tennessee.
www.nbcnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Today, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand.
Let’s be clear: this is a devastating blow to trans people, especially Black and Brown trans youth already fighting to survive. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Today, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth to stand.
Let’s be clear: this is a devastating blow to trans people, especially Black and Brown trans youth already fighting to survive. 🧵
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Every time.
No matter what a peaceful protestor may intend, it’s police who decide when to use violence and whom to use it against—and nothing we saw this weekend indicates their violence was confined to those who were not “peaceful.” https://trib.al/TLL9x8a
June 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Every time.
#BlackLivesMatter. Today. Every damn day.
Today marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. He deserved more than to be remembered by his family and community. He deserved life.
May 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#BlackLivesMatter. Today. Every damn day.
So I’ve never seen consent decrees as justice-- just the bare minimum. But even that is being abandoned. The DOJ’s retreat from Minneapolis policing “reform” is a reminder: the system protects itself. Liberation won’t come through their courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u... #defund#abolitionnow
Trump Administration Pulls Back From Local Police Oversight Across U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So I’ve never seen consent decrees as justice-- just the bare minimum. But even that is being abandoned. The DOJ’s retreat from Minneapolis policing “reform” is a reminder: the system protects itself. Liberation won’t come through their courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u... #defund#abolitionnow
Join @advproject tomorrow as we go back to the roots to unpack how we got here. In the face of ongoing attacks on public education, it's more urgent than ever to push for a public safety vision rooted in community care and no police. #PoliceFreeSchools #abolition
Why are there police in schools? When did school policing start? And how are students organizing to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline?
Join us on Instagram Live tomorrow at 6 PM ET to discuss the history of school policing and current strategies to reimagine school safety beyond police.
Join us on Instagram Live tomorrow at 6 PM ET to discuss the history of school policing and current strategies to reimagine school safety beyond police.
May 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Join @advproject tomorrow as we go back to the roots to unpack how we got here. In the face of ongoing attacks on public education, it's more urgent than ever to push for a public safety vision rooted in community care and no police. #PoliceFreeSchools #abolition
Reposted by Carmen Daugherty
The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.
March 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.
Five years ago, Breonna Taylor's life was taken from us by an unjust system. Her name echoes as a call for justice and change. We continue to fight for accountability, equality, and an end to police violence. #SayHerName #JusticeForBreonna #BreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter
a poster that says reimagine public safety with a rainbow
ALT: a poster that says reimagine public safety with a rainbow
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Five years ago, Breonna Taylor's life was taken from us by an unjust system. Her name echoes as a call for justice and change. We continue to fight for accountability, equality, and an end to police violence. #SayHerName #JusticeForBreonna #BreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter
1/ Today, we mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On March 7, 1965, peaceful protesters were brutally attacked in Selma, Alabama, simply for demanding the right to vote. It was a pivotal moment in the fight for civil rights. But let’s be clear: The struggle isn’t over. #Selma60
a hand holds up a sign that says we demand voting rights now
ALT: a hand holds up a sign that says we demand voting rights now
media.tenor.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1/ Today, we mark the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On March 7, 1965, peaceful protesters were brutally attacked in Selma, Alabama, simply for demanding the right to vote. It was a pivotal moment in the fight for civil rights. But let’s be clear: The struggle isn’t over. #Selma60
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None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
None of us can be sure what will “work.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never “sure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.