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When I hear “the people in Venezuela are celebrating. Why are you so quick to criticize Trump?”

People are asking: is it okay for the U.S. to skirt international law in order to make people’s lives better?

Let’s not forget:
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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Her full speech here with timestamp:

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House floor debates bill to repeal civil rights protections for transgender Iowans
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February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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sarahana.bsky.social
I welcome the Governor’s 30-day amendment to authorize the closure of up to five state prisons over the next year and look forward to passing bills like Treatment Not Jail so that our criminal justice system actually works towards repair, and not toward an unjust cycle of systemic violence.
While it’s always encouraging to see workers come together to strike, and while the economic and overtime conditions for correctional officers are not ideal for any job sector, the demands and the timing indicate this strike is a strategic move to uphold a racist and anti-poor carceral system, and to infringe on the separation of powers, given that DOCCS does not have the authority to unilaterally suspend part of any duly enacted law, including the HALT law. The fact is, we have learned that since the National Guard stepped in, all types of violent incidents have plummeted inside these prisons, and that families are getting better treatment, indicating that prior conditions were driven more by recklessness than by necessity. The disruption in not being able to access medicine and other forms of care as a result of the strike has already put many lives at risk—a 61-year-old has already died. I welcome the Governor’s 30-day amendment to authorize the closure of up to five state prisons over the next year. Creating upstate prisons is not how we should be creating jobs in the region. I also look forward to passing bills like Treatment Not Jail so that our criminal justice system actually works towards repair, and not toward an unjust cycle of systemic violence.” AM Shrestha among the 52 state legislators who signed a letter calling for the closure of the Marcy Correctional Facility, where Robert Brooks was murdered, citing a pattern of systemic brutal and violent staff behavior recorded over a number of years.
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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sarahana.bsky.social
I support the right of public sector workers to strike, but the demand of the correctional officers to repeal the HALT Act is a non-starter. While the economic & overtime conditions for the officers are not ideal for any job, the strike is designed to uphold a racist, anti-poor carceral system. 1/2
STATEMENT ON THE ONGOING CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS WILDCAT STRIKE The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act (HALT) was enacted on March 31, 2021 to place restrictions on the use, duration, and circumstances of solitary confinement as punishment for misbehavior. According to the State’s Inspector General report, the law was partially inspired by the United Nations’s Nelson Mandela Rules, which centers the following principle: “All prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings. No prisoner shall be subjected to, and all prisoners shall be protected from, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, for which no circumstances whatsoever may be invoked as a justification. The safety and security of prisoners, staff, service providers and visitors shall be ensured at all times.” Specifically, the HALT law doesn't allow anyone over 55 years old or under 21 or pregnant or disabled to be in solitary confinement, limits solitary confinement to 3 consecutive days, or 6 days in any 30-day period, with exceptions for conduct that are considered heinous or destructive, in which case, the limit is 15 consecutive days, or 20 days in any 60-day period. Repeal of HALT is one of the primary demands of the correctional officers’ strike. MY STATEMENT: “As someone who firmly believes in the right of all workers to strike, and as a cosponsor of a bill to repeal the Taylor Law and allow public sector workers to strike, I find the ongoing correctional officers’ unauthorized strike to have little to do with the rights of workers and everything to do with distracting from the increased scrutiny correctional officers are under, not only due to the recent lynching of Robert Brooks at the hands of such officers, but also due to ongoing and horrific violations inside prisons that we legislators have long been aware of—conditions so bad that our constituents who have a family member in prison often ask us not to intervene, since retaliation would be more or less guaranteed if we did. The strike comes almost four years after the HALT Act went into effect, and it comes at a time when the legislature is in the midst of passing laws that would strengthen the oversight of correctional officers, and, more importantly, a day before the unsealing of indictments charging officers with Brooks’ murder. We are right to find the timing suspect, and we are right to find the demand to repeal the HALT law to be in bad faith, given that the law already allows people to be locked in their cells if it’s deemed necessary during a facility-wide emergency. The assertion that unregulated solitary confinement, including that of the elderly, the pregnant, the young, and the disabled, is a necessary condition to keep correctional officers safe is a non-starter.
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
The magic of this event is that everyone came in speaking to the same goal: connection and action. We are prepared to fight together and fight for each other, and to build a more beautiful world
mhvdsa.bsky.social Mid-Hudson Valley DSA @mhvdsa.bsky.social · Jan 26
Fifty people gathered at Kingston’s Old Dutch Church, learned how DSA organizes to build power, shared desire to connect with allies in their community, and a hunger to make local change and defend against national threats to immigrants, queer folk, and all of our neighbors.
A prospective Mid-Hudson Valley DSA member is speaking to a group inside Old Dutch in Kingston. Everyone is seated. A Mid-Hudson Valley DSA member is standing and presenting to a large group of seated new and prospective DSA members. They are inside Old Dutch Church in Kingston. Two people are signing in to the DSA 101 inside Old Dutch Church in Kingston. Another person, who finished signing in, is walking in the background.
January 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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i am going to piss on elon musk's grave
November 8, 2024 at 10:10 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
A looming TikTok ban coinciding with a ceasefire is no accident
January 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
Just saw someone with a soup4fam license plate and I need to befriend them promptly
January 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
I’ve spent a few years doing yearly themes in the style of @cgpgrey.bsky.social. 2024 was the year of people, and I’m calling 2025 my year of habits. Unpacking this, … 🧵
December 31, 2024 at 11:20 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
I’ve hopefully just taken my last math exam ever !!
December 5, 2024 at 11:54 PM
kveylet.bsky.social
Sarah McBride’s compliance with a transphobic rule that’ll affect staffers on the hill is a reminder that identity doesn’t guarantee standpoint or solidarity. Shared identity ≠ shared experience. Those who can gain mainstream approval are usually more aligned with those in power than with you or me
November 21, 2024 at 3:10 PM