Jesse Rabinowitz
@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
Comms & campaigns @homeless_law. Jewish justice seeker. Howard MSW, guitarist, veggie lover. Tweets, mine. Alum:
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STATEMENT : "Let us be clear: Donald Trump's approach to homelessness does nothing to address the sky-high cost of rent, which remains the main cause of homelessness. Instead, his reckless actions are cruel and backward and will force even more people to sleep outside”
Today, instead of using their power to help people pay rent, access healthcare, or lower the cost of groceries, Trump doubled down on backwards polices that will force 170,000 people-who are currently stably housed- back into homelessness.
Our statement: buff.ly/qA4H2kk
Our statement: buff.ly/qA4H2kk
Trump's new ideological mandates will force 170,000 people back into homelessness - National Homelessness Law Center
Trump's new ideological mandates will force 170,000 people back into homelessness (WASHINGTON, D.C - November 14th, 2025) Today, instead of using their power to help people pay rent, access…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
STATEMENT : "Let us be clear: Donald Trump's approach to homelessness does nothing to address the sky-high cost of rent, which remains the main cause of homelessness. Instead, his reckless actions are cruel and backward and will force even more people to sleep outside”
As soon as the shutdown ends, we expect Trump to move forward with his plan that will force 170,000 people – largely seniors and people with disabilities – back onto the streets.
Full statement below. Please share.
Full statement below. Please share.
As soon as the federal government reopens, we expect the Trump Administration to implement draconian changes to homeless services funding that will force 170,000 people who are now stably housed back into homelessness.
Read our full statement:
Read our full statement:
Trump’s Attacks on Homeless Communities Will Worsen When Shutdown Ends - National Homelessness Law Center
Trump’s Attacks on Homeless Communities Will Worsen When Shutdown Ends 170,000 people will be forced back
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November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
As soon as the shutdown ends, we expect Trump to move forward with his plan that will force 170,000 people – largely seniors and people with disabilities – back onto the streets.
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Full statement below. Please share.
I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I'm in Detroit. It's 25 degrees & dropping. I met a woman who has slept outside for 5 months. Yesterday, all of her belongings, incl her blankets, were thrown away. She has nowhere else to go.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
It doesn't have to be like this. Housing + support solves homelessness. We need political will.
So, it turns out that focusing on the sky-high cost of housing is a winning issue.
(and you know, having a candidate who is brilliant, understands messaging, and is not a 7,000-year-old white dude)
(and you know, having a candidate who is brilliant, understands messaging, and is not a 7,000-year-old white dude)
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So, it turns out that focusing on the sky-high cost of housing is a winning issue.
(and you know, having a candidate who is brilliant, understands messaging, and is not a 7,000-year-old white dude)
(and you know, having a candidate who is brilliant, understands messaging, and is not a 7,000-year-old white dude)
This is DC. This is not normal. Authoritarians want us to get used to even more uniformed folks with even more guns. They want us to look away.
Don't.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
Don't.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is DC. This is not normal. Authoritarians want us to get used to even more uniformed folks with even more guns. They want us to look away.
Don't.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
Don't.
This. Is. Not. Normal.
These aren’t #Halloween costumes. This is the military takeover of DC, as seen on today’s morning walk.
Tonight, millions of Americans will get kicked off vital food assistance. More ppl than ever sleep outside in modern history. 60% of ppl struggle to make ends meet.
Tonight, millions of Americans will get kicked off vital food assistance. More ppl than ever sleep outside in modern history. 60% of ppl struggle to make ends meet.
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
These aren’t #Halloween costumes. This is the military takeover of DC, as seen on today’s morning walk.
Tonight, millions of Americans will get kicked off vital food assistance. More ppl than ever sleep outside in modern history. 60% of ppl struggle to make ends meet.
Tonight, millions of Americans will get kicked off vital food assistance. More ppl than ever sleep outside in modern history. 60% of ppl struggle to make ends meet.
This is a five-alarm fire. Utah is working on a 1,200-bed, remote detention camp for people who can't afford rent. This includes hundreds of locked beds, forced medication, & the potential for forced labor.
BREAKING: Inspired by Trump, Utah moves forward with plan to force homeless people into detention camps.
“It’s what they did in World War II in Japanese detention camps--similar to rounding up Jews or other people Nazis didn’t like.” @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
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“It’s what they did in World War II in Japanese detention camps--similar to rounding up Jews or other people Nazis didn’t like.” @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
buff.ly/0B3ndrk
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
State officials promise large-scale involuntary addiction and mental health treatment at Salt Lake City’s edge. Critics see “a prison, or a warehouse.”
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is a five-alarm fire. Utah is working on a 1,200-bed, remote detention camp for people who can't afford rent. This includes hundreds of locked beds, forced medication, & the potential for forced labor.
This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park.
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This morning, my spouse spotted 7 National Guard members picking up trash in DC's Malcolm X Park.
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
This "deployment" costs taxpayers $1.1 million / day.
Why is there money for this but not for food, housing, or care?
.@realDonaldTrump is spending $300 million to tear down the East Wing and build a ballroom for his billionaire buds.
$300 million could get at least 7500 homeless folks off the streets and into housing with support for 1 year.
But let them eat cake, right?
$300 million could get at least 7500 homeless folks off the streets and into housing with support for 1 year.
But let them eat cake, right?
October 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
.@realDonaldTrump is spending $300 million to tear down the East Wing and build a ballroom for his billionaire buds.
$300 million could get at least 7500 homeless folks off the streets and into housing with support for 1 year.
But let them eat cake, right?
$300 million could get at least 7500 homeless folks off the streets and into housing with support for 1 year.
But let them eat cake, right?
There used to be benches at Union Station, but they removed them because homeless people had the audacity to sit on them. And now, nobody can sit unless they pay.
Anti-homeless policies hurt us all.
Why can the gov't find $$ to deploy the military to US cities but not to help people in need?
Anti-homeless policies hurt us all.
Why can the gov't find $$ to deploy the military to US cities but not to help people in need?
October 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
There used to be benches at Union Station, but they removed them because homeless people had the audacity to sit on them. And now, nobody can sit unless they pay.
Anti-homeless policies hurt us all.
Why can the gov't find $$ to deploy the military to US cities but not to help people in need?
Anti-homeless policies hurt us all.
Why can the gov't find $$ to deploy the military to US cities but not to help people in need?
Virginia, vote for my bud @jonesjay.bsky.social
We grew up together, and he is a true mensch.
Vote for @abigailspanberger.com, too!
We grew up together, and he is a true mensch.
Vote for @abigailspanberger.com, too!
October 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Virginia, vote for my bud @jonesjay.bsky.social
We grew up together, and he is a true mensch.
Vote for @abigailspanberger.com, too!
We grew up together, and he is a true mensch.
Vote for @abigailspanberger.com, too!
In advance of #NoKingsDayOct18th, I beg you: don't leave out Trump's attacks on homeless ppl as part of his authoritarian takeover.
Trump openly talks about rounding up homeless folks and forcing them into detention camps. This threat is now backed up by policies and budgets.
Trump openly talks about rounding up homeless folks and forcing them into detention camps. This threat is now backed up by policies and budgets.
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In advance of #NoKingsDayOct18th, I beg you: don't leave out Trump's attacks on homeless ppl as part of his authoritarian takeover.
Trump openly talks about rounding up homeless folks and forcing them into detention camps. This threat is now backed up by policies and budgets.
Trump openly talks about rounding up homeless folks and forcing them into detention camps. This threat is now backed up by policies and budgets.
Today marks 2 years at @homelesslaw.bsky.social. 1 kid, 1 bill introd to Congress, & more interviews & coalition meetings than I can count. I'm so privileged to be surrounded by the most brilliant and dedicated folks in the world.
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today marks 2 years at @homelesslaw.bsky.social. 1 kid, 1 bill introd to Congress, & more interviews & coalition meetings than I can count. I'm so privileged to be surrounded by the most brilliant and dedicated folks in the world.
Burning a judge's house whom Trump does not like is political violence. ICE rappelling from helicopters to handcuff naked kids is political violence. Homelessness is political violence.
Don't get it twisted.
Don't get it twisted.
October 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Burning a judge's house whom Trump does not like is political violence. ICE rappelling from helicopters to handcuff naked kids is political violence. Homelessness is political violence.
Don't get it twisted.
Don't get it twisted.
ICYMI: Yesterday, ICE raided a homeless shelter in Chicago, and DC Police arrested a homeless veteran and destroyed his belongings.
Pay attention to attacks on homeless folks. They will spread to everybody that the admin does not like.
This is fascism, full stop.
Pay attention to attacks on homeless folks. They will spread to everybody that the admin does not like.
This is fascism, full stop.
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ICYMI: Yesterday, ICE raided a homeless shelter in Chicago, and DC Police arrested a homeless veteran and destroyed his belongings.
Pay attention to attacks on homeless folks. They will spread to everybody that the admin does not like.
This is fascism, full stop.
Pay attention to attacks on homeless folks. They will spread to everybody that the admin does not like.
This is fascism, full stop.
There is imminent (bad) news about homelessness from the Trump administration. Let's get a few things clear:
1) Homelessness is a housing problem. When rents go up, so does homelessness.
2) This move will force ~200,000 more ppl into homelessness
1) Homelessness is a housing problem. When rents go up, so does homelessness.
2) This move will force ~200,000 more ppl into homelessness
September 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There is imminent (bad) news about homelessness from the Trump administration. Let's get a few things clear:
1) Homelessness is a housing problem. When rents go up, so does homelessness.
2) This move will force ~200,000 more ppl into homelessness
1) Homelessness is a housing problem. When rents go up, so does homelessness.
2) This move will force ~200,000 more ppl into homelessness
This is not normal.
Seen en route to the farmers' market in DC.
The cost to the taxpayers? $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and bombs and soldiers but not for housing and healthcare and food?
Seen en route to the farmers' market in DC.
The cost to the taxpayers? $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and bombs and soldiers but not for housing and healthcare and food?
September 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is not normal.
Seen en route to the farmers' market in DC.
The cost to the taxpayers? $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and bombs and soldiers but not for housing and healthcare and food?
Seen en route to the farmers' market in DC.
The cost to the taxpayers? $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and bombs and soldiers but not for housing and healthcare and food?
This is still the reality in DC. Deploying the National Guard to stand around and pick up trash will cost $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and wars but not housing and healthcare and food?
Why can they always find money for guns and wars but not housing and healthcare and food?
September 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is still the reality in DC. Deploying the National Guard to stand around and pick up trash will cost $200 million.
Why can they always find money for guns and wars but not housing and healthcare and food?
Why can they always find money for guns and wars but not housing and healthcare and food?
Shanah tovah. May this year be more just, more sweet, and more peaceful than last.
And may we all actively engage in the work of building this world together.
And may we all actively engage in the work of building this world together.
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Shanah tovah. May this year be more just, more sweet, and more peaceful than last.
And may we all actively engage in the work of building this world together.
And may we all actively engage in the work of building this world together.
"Gov't inaction & failure to solve homelessness is violence. A system that can find money to send the National Guard to take over D.C., but refuses to fund housing, is violent. Gutting healthcare is violent. Kidnapping migrants is violent. Poverty wages are violent."
We are horrified by the violent rhetoric and violence targeting homeless people seen in the past week. Still, it is not new. For years, politicians and the media have demonized and vilified homeless people. Their actions have devastating and fatal consequences.
Our statement: buff.ly/c8CZLyw
Our statement: buff.ly/c8CZLyw
National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Violence and Violent Rhetoric Targeting Homeless People - National Homelessness Law Center
National Homelessness Law Center Condemns Violence and Violent Rhetoric Targeting Homeless People (WASHINGTON, D.C - September 18th, 2025) Everybody needs a safe place to live. But instead of…
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September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Gov't inaction & failure to solve homelessness is violence. A system that can find money to send the National Guard to take over D.C., but refuses to fund housing, is violent. Gutting healthcare is violent. Kidnapping migrants is violent. Poverty wages are violent."
One famous TV person went on air and said we should kill homeless people.
Another reported the news.
Can you guess which one got fired?
Another reported the news.
Can you guess which one got fired?
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
One famous TV person went on air and said we should kill homeless people.
Another reported the news.
Can you guess which one got fired?
Another reported the news.
Can you guess which one got fired?
Telling millions of ppl on TV to kill homeless folks is political violence.
I bet it won't be breaking news. I bet folks won't care b/c it's directed at mostly Black & brown folks, not a white supremacist.
If all life is sacred, it means all life is sacred. Not just the life you agree with.
I bet it won't be breaking news. I bet folks won't care b/c it's directed at mostly Black & brown folks, not a white supremacist.
If all life is sacred, it means all life is sacred. Not just the life you agree with.
September 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Telling millions of ppl on TV to kill homeless folks is political violence.
I bet it won't be breaking news. I bet folks won't care b/c it's directed at mostly Black & brown folks, not a white supremacist.
If all life is sacred, it means all life is sacred. Not just the life you agree with.
I bet it won't be breaking news. I bet folks won't care b/c it's directed at mostly Black & brown folks, not a white supremacist.
If all life is sacred, it means all life is sacred. Not just the life you agree with.
If you live outside of DC, please take action now!
ACTION ALERT: Tomorrow (9/10), Congress will discuss a bill that would put people in jail or fine them $500 for sleeping outside in DC.
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
Contact your reps today via bit.ly/STOPHB5163
In DC and across the country, we need #HousingNotHandcuffs #FreeDC
September 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
If you live outside of DC, please take action now!
What a holy weekend. It started w/ shabbat services with 100+ friends, followed by a march with 15k ppl demanding a free DC.
I spoke about Trump's attack on homeless folks in DC and how Trump's targeting of homeless folks is textbook authoritarianism
Full text in comments.
I spoke about Trump's attack on homeless folks in DC and how Trump's targeting of homeless folks is textbook authoritarianism
Full text in comments.
September 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
What a holy weekend. It started w/ shabbat services with 100+ friends, followed by a march with 15k ppl demanding a free DC.
I spoke about Trump's attack on homeless folks in DC and how Trump's targeting of homeless folks is textbook authoritarianism
Full text in comments.
I spoke about Trump's attack on homeless folks in DC and how Trump's targeting of homeless folks is textbook authoritarianism
Full text in comments.