Rebecca Poyourow
@rpoyourow.bsky.social
President of Vote the Ridge | Public school parent | former Dem Committeeperson in Philly's 21st Ward. Most days just trying to get home safely by bus or bike. she/her
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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Sometimes it sounds as if #PHLed authorities think there was no community process in 2012-13, but in fact there were countless meetings ... just very little actionable information or opportunity for meaningful community input - and a rush to judgment.
July 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Sometimes it sounds as if #PHLed authorities think there was no community process in 2012-13, but in fact there were countless meetings ... just very little actionable information or opportunity for meaningful community input - and a rush to judgment.
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It is still unclear to me what lessons have been learned from the 2012-13 #PHLed school closings fiasco.
(A thread based on my recollections of that experience).
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(A thread based on my recollections of that experience).
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Philly is nearing a decision on closing some schools. Here’s a look inside the process.
Addressing “enrollment trends that have created financial and operational inefficiencies” at Philly schools is imperative, Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said.
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July 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It is still unclear to me what lessons have been learned from the 2012-13 #PHLed school closings fiasco.
(A thread based on my recollections of that experience).
www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
(A thread based on my recollections of that experience).
www.inquirer.com/education/ph...
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Today, I formally announced I’m running for Congress!
Looking forward to helping grow this people-powered movement on behalf of Philly’s working families in PA’s CD-03!
archive.ph/2025.07.08-1...
Looking forward to helping grow this people-powered movement on behalf of Philly’s working families in PA’s CD-03!
archive.ph/2025.07.08-1...
July 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Today, I formally announced I’m running for Congress!
Looking forward to helping grow this people-powered movement on behalf of Philly’s working families in PA’s CD-03!
archive.ph/2025.07.08-1...
Looking forward to helping grow this people-powered movement on behalf of Philly’s working families in PA’s CD-03!
archive.ph/2025.07.08-1...
Days like these, I’m thankful @willbunch.bsky.social is around to tell it like it is. How do we impeach a mad king enabled by mad courtiers?
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A mad king’s pointless war is where Donald Trump was always heading
There is no legal or moral justification for Donald Trump's bomb strike on Iran, just the ego of an increasingly delusional president.
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June 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Days like these, I’m thankful @willbunch.bsky.social is around to tell it like it is. How do we impeach a mad king enabled by mad courtiers?
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Philly, this is your last chance. Polls are open RIGHT NOW, and we need you to go VOTE YES on BALLOT QUESTION #2 to fully fund affordable housing for Philly families!
Polls are open until 8 PM tonight. You can vote on ballot questions regardless of your party affiliation.
Polls are open until 8 PM tonight. You can vote on ballot questions regardless of your party affiliation.
May 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Philly, this is your last chance. Polls are open RIGHT NOW, and we need you to go VOTE YES on BALLOT QUESTION #2 to fully fund affordable housing for Philly families!
Polls are open until 8 PM tonight. You can vote on ballot questions regardless of your party affiliation.
Polls are open until 8 PM tonight. You can vote on ballot questions regardless of your party affiliation.
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Red Lion Station will attract 2,370 daily riders.
It would provide critical access for students attending Swenson Arts & Technology High School and Archbishop Ryan High School, while serving the many businesses surrounding Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
It would provide critical access for students attending Swenson Arts & Technology High School and Archbishop Ryan High School, while serving the many businesses surrounding Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Red Lion Station will attract 2,370 daily riders.
It would provide critical access for students attending Swenson Arts & Technology High School and Archbishop Ryan High School, while serving the many businesses surrounding Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
It would provide critical access for students attending Swenson Arts & Technology High School and Archbishop Ryan High School, while serving the many businesses surrounding Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
What meanspirited jerk would steal Philly’s Beardmobile from the Allens Lane Art Center? 😡
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May 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
What meanspirited jerk would steal Philly’s Beardmobile from the Allens Lane Art Center? 😡
www.axios.com/local/philad...
www.axios.com/local/philad...
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Finally,
A MOTHERFUCKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
A MOTHERFUCKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
May 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Finally,
A MOTHERFUCKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
A MOTHERFUCKING PROTECTED BIKE LANE.
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"If you destroy higher education in this country, you harm the ability of every day kids to build a better life, you kill innovation, & you undermine democracy because higher ed gives us the skills to create a critical, thriving democracy...I think that's part of the intention."
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP
April 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"If you destroy higher education in this country, you harm the ability of every day kids to build a better life, you kill innovation, & you undermine democracy because higher ed gives us the skills to create a critical, thriving democracy...I think that's part of the intention."
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP
— Todd Wolfson, AAUP
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Another strong York Dispatch editorial calling out AG Dave Sunday for withholding information from a woman whose two young girls were kidnapped & murdered by their abusive cop father in 2021 www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinio...
It's time to end the silence. Attorney General Dave Sunday must release the Vicosa Report
Marisa Vicosa is still waiting for answers. And so are we.
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April 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Another strong York Dispatch editorial calling out AG Dave Sunday for withholding information from a woman whose two young girls were kidnapped & murdered by their abusive cop father in 2021 www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinio...
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ICE is now asserting it's a federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans.
ICE says they will bring charges against the two Immigration Rapid Response Hotline volunteers who demanded that agents show their badges before seizing two men from the Charlottesville courthouse. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE promises bystanders who challenged Charlottesville raid will be prosecuted
After ICE raided a downtown Charlottesville courthouse and arrested two men, the federal agency is promising to prosecute the bystanders who challenged their authority.
dailyprogress.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
ICE is now asserting it's a federal crime for bystanders to request that masked people in plain clothes show identification as they're handcuffing folks and stuffing them into unmarked vans.
The Philadelphia Dem City Committee doesn’t have a problem with endorsing a candidate who was reprimanded by the PA Judicial Disciplinary Board and is clearly unqualified to be judge.
Philadelphia deserves better.
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Philadelphia deserves better.
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The Pa. Supreme Court reprimanded him as a lawyer. Philly Democrats want to make him a judge anyway.
Judicial candidates like Shawn Page who win the party’s endorsement almost always triumph in the primary.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The Philadelphia Dem City Committee doesn’t have a problem with endorsing a candidate who was reprimanded by the PA Judicial Disciplinary Board and is clearly unqualified to be judge.
Philadelphia deserves better.
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Philadelphia deserves better.
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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.
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Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Purported ICE agents raid a courthouse in Charlottesville in plain clothes without badges, ID or warrants, cart off two men without explanation. One of the three men was masked and the detainees were ushered into unmarked van. Video in the article. dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
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ICYMI: Our statement on interference in our Philly judicial forum: #PAPolitics #PHLElections www.votetheridge.org/2025-statement
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
ICYMI: Our statement on interference in our Philly judicial forum: #PAPolitics #PHLElections www.votetheridge.org/2025-statement
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Vote the Ridge is proud to endorse Larry Krasner for DA, and Brian Kisielewski and Mike Huff for judge in the 2025 Primary. These candidates met our high standards and we recommend them wholeheartedly! Read more here: www.votetheridge.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Vote the Ridge is proud to endorse Larry Krasner for DA, and Brian Kisielewski and Mike Huff for judge in the 2025 Primary. These candidates met our high standards and we recommend them wholeheartedly! Read more here: www.votetheridge.org
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NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
April 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
NEW: Yesterday, the Justice Department sent armed marshals to warn former U.S. pardon attorney Liz Oyer not to disclose internal DOJ information during her Senate testimony.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
Today, Oyer is speaking out to condemn the DOJ’s actions and defend the rule of law.
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JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
JUST IN: Saying the Trump administration’s “grievous error” “shocks the conscience,” a federal judge has rejected their call to lift her order demanding the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Estimates are now over 10,000 in the place where our Democracy was Founded! Our Democracy was Started here and IT WILL NOT DIE HERE. #HandsOffPhilly #HandsOff2025 @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @newpennsylvania.bsky.social
We had more than 6000 sign up for today’s #HandsOffPhilly Rally. Looks like they ALL showed up - and then some! @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @newpennsylvania.bsky.social @pftlocal3.bsky.social #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Estimates are now over 10,000 in the place where our Democracy was Founded! Our Democracy was Started here and IT WILL NOT DIE HERE. #HandsOffPhilly #HandsOff2025 @indivisible.org @maddow.msnbc.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com @50501philadelphia.bsky.social @newpennsylvania.bsky.social
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Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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Eric Adams yesterday morning: "I’m a Democrat. I’m going to be a Democrat. I’m going to run as a Democrat and I’ve said that over and over again." Today...
Story from @katiehonan.bsky.social, stay tuned for updates. www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/03/e...
Eric Adams Ditches Democratic Primary, Announces Independent Run
Lagging in polls after an extraordinary deal with the Trump administration to drop his corruption charges, mayor says he’ll run to represent the city’s “working class.”
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April 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Eric Adams yesterday morning: "I’m a Democrat. I’m going to be a Democrat. I’m going to run as a Democrat and I’ve said that over and over again." Today...