Liz
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HOUSING WINS: We won appeals in two important housing cases at the DC Court of Appeals.
We successfully defended rent refunds for 2,500 tenants at Marbury Plaza in Ward 8.
And we upheld an order requiring developers to fix faulty construction that left a Ward 4 condo building swaying in the wind.
We successfully defended rent refunds for 2,500 tenants at Marbury Plaza in Ward 8.
And we upheld an order requiring developers to fix faulty construction that left a Ward 4 condo building swaying in the wind.
July 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
HOUSING WINS: We won appeals in two important housing cases at the DC Court of Appeals.
We successfully defended rent refunds for 2,500 tenants at Marbury Plaza in Ward 8.
And we upheld an order requiring developers to fix faulty construction that left a Ward 4 condo building swaying in the wind.
We successfully defended rent refunds for 2,500 tenants at Marbury Plaza in Ward 8.
And we upheld an order requiring developers to fix faulty construction that left a Ward 4 condo building swaying in the wind.
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Hello! For Disability Pride Month in July, I'll be doing four as-told-to stories for @motherjones.com on what brings people disabled joy. If you're interested in being interviewed, please fill out this form below. Reposts appreciated. forms.gle/JFqY8otRVB2k...
Disability Pride Month/Disabled Joy
Hello, my name is Julia Métraux, and I am Mother Jones' disability reporter. For Disability Pride Month, I'm looking to do a series of four as-told-to stories on how disabled people find joy in their ...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hello! For Disability Pride Month in July, I'll be doing four as-told-to stories for @motherjones.com on what brings people disabled joy. If you're interested in being interviewed, please fill out this form below. Reposts appreciated. forms.gle/JFqY8otRVB2k...
So horny for congestion pricing
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
So horny for congestion pricing
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FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS to oppose the Trump administration...there is a strategy worth pursuing, one familiar to underdogs the world over: Push the aggressor beyond their limits.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
What the First 100 Days Taught Us About Resisting Trump
For starters, it’s better to push back than to appease.
www.thebulwark.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS to oppose the Trump administration...there is a strategy worth pursuing, one familiar to underdogs the world over: Push the aggressor beyond their limits.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
My latest, on Columbia, Harvard, immigration, Abrego Garcia, the Supreme Court, and why appeasing fascists does not work.
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This is a big one! Come join our weekly discussion at 3pm ET before or after your May Day protest today. Very excited @meidastouch.com will be live broadcasting this one! And we'll have big news on the next global national mobilization against kings. Come with questions and emojis. See y'all soon.
Today’s edition of our weekly chat with @leahgreenberg.bsky.social and @ezralevin.bsky.social will be streamed by @meidastouch.com. Let’s discuss the most impactful ways to take action, our plans for the next major global demonstration, and much more. RSVP now: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
May 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is a big one! Come join our weekly discussion at 3pm ET before or after your May Day protest today. Very excited @meidastouch.com will be live broadcasting this one! And we'll have big news on the next global national mobilization against kings. Come with questions and emojis. See y'all soon.
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They started with Critical Race Theory
Then Wokeness
Then Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Now Empathy
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
Then Wokeness
Then Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Now Empathy
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
Elon Musk and the Christian right call empathy "toxic" and "suicidal" — blame their shared misogyny
MAGA demonizes empathy as the "pathological feminine" — and it's why women shouldn't be Supreme Court justices
www.salon.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
They started with Critical Race Theory
Then Wokeness
Then Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Now Empathy
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
Then Wokeness
Then Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Now Empathy
www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...
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We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're tracking the number of international students whose visas have been revoked by the State Department. We've confirmed over 300 so far and there are likely many more. Get in touch if you've got information you'd like to share with us www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
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Having covered protests for the last quarter century or so I can tell you that this #handsoff happening extraordinary, and likely to build. (Oh, and that the big newspapers are acting typically clueless)
April 6, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Having covered protests for the last quarter century or so I can tell you that this #handsoff happening extraordinary, and likely to build. (Oh, and that the big newspapers are acting typically clueless)
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Every detail in this is horrifying.
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Every detail in this is horrifying.
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ICYMI: The Senate today voted 52-48 to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule limiting overdraft fees to $5. Score one for those plucky big banks and predatory fees!
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
Senate votes to overturn CFPB overdraft rule, in new blow for agency
The vote comes as the consumer bureau, long a target of Republicans’ ire, is facing dramatic cuts by the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
ICYMI: The Senate today voted 52-48 to overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule limiting overdraft fees to $5. Score one for those plucky big banks and predatory fees!
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
All Democrats and Josh Hawley voted no.
Bill headed to the House. @5calls.org script @ 5calls.org/issue/overdr...
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
March 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Did your Democratic senator betray you yesterday by voting to give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government? Let them know you’re outraged by their decision to cave to extreme GOP demands, and that they’ve got some work to do to win back your trust: indivisible.org/resource/tel...
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Rollover and play dead wins. I'm honestly really sorry everyone. This is a bad, depressing outcome. We tried our best, and we didn't succeed. We're circling up with Indivisible group leaders over the next day to plan for what accountability will look like. Stay tuned.
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Rollover and play dead wins. I'm honestly really sorry everyone. This is a bad, depressing outcome. We tried our best, and we didn't succeed. We're circling up with Indivisible group leaders over the next day to plan for what accountability will look like. Stay tuned.
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She doesn't mention cloture specifically. But I think it's clear what Pelosi is saying here. And I think her saying it is a pretty big deal.
March 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
She doesn't mention cloture specifically. But I think it's clear what Pelosi is saying here. And I think her saying it is a pretty big deal.
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What if running a constitutional republic by executive order turns out... To be illegal?
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law.
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.”
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 14, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What if running a constitutional republic by executive order turns out... To be illegal?
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🚨 We need you to call your Democratic senator ASAP if their name is on this list.
Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
March 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🚨 We need you to call your Democratic senator ASAP if their name is on this list.
Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Tell your senator you will have their back if they do the right thing and vote NO on the extreme MAGA spending bill that would give Trump more power to dismantle the federal government: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
There's a bizarre "I want you to feel my pain" element to the federal layoffs. Struggling rural towns who once relied on industry jobs are cheering on the doge cuts. Ironically these folks will also suffer the most as federal dollars are frozen. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
NEW: The biggest DOGE-related layoffs are in and around Washington, D.C.
In the week ending Feb. 22, unemployment claims in D.C. rose 25% from the week prior and were four times as high as one year earlier — and that’s only the beginning.
In the week ending Feb. 22, unemployment claims in D.C. rose 25% from the week prior and were four times as high as one year earlier — and that’s only the beginning.
Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future
For years, Washington, D.C., was insulated from many of the economic forces that decimated many older U.S. cities. Now, as Elon Musk’s mass layoffs shake everything from employment to real estate,…
propub.li
March 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There's a bizarre "I want you to feel my pain" element to the federal layoffs. Struggling rural towns who once relied on industry jobs are cheering on the doge cuts. Ironically these folks will also suffer the most as federal dollars are frozen. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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BTW we’re closing in on total trade war retaliation against the US hitting $200B in American exports
(Retaliatory tariffs against roughly $30B from China & $20B from Canada are already already imposed, $110B is scheduled from Canada & $30B is scheduled from the EU)
(Retaliatory tariffs against roughly $30B from China & $20B from Canada are already already imposed, $110B is scheduled from Canada & $30B is scheduled from the EU)
March 12, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BTW we’re closing in on total trade war retaliation against the US hitting $200B in American exports
(Retaliatory tariffs against roughly $30B from China & $20B from Canada are already already imposed, $110B is scheduled from Canada & $30B is scheduled from the EU)
(Retaliatory tariffs against roughly $30B from China & $20B from Canada are already already imposed, $110B is scheduled from Canada & $30B is scheduled from the EU)
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The Senate thinks its voting to avoid a government shutdown. The shutdown is already happening, and it is permanent.
Per a source with knowledge, external access to NIH's Enterprise Directory, which includes names and work contact info for NIH staff and contractors, may be shut off by tomorrow night. It is working as of now.
ned.nih.gov/search/
ned.nih.gov/search/
March 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Senate thinks its voting to avoid a government shutdown. The shutdown is already happening, and it is permanent.
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House Democrats held strong against the Musk-Takeover Spending Bill Yesterday. We need your help to ensure that the Senate Democrats do the same. Follow the link and script below to make calls. This vote happens TODAY!
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
CALL NOW: Tell Senate Democrats to Hold the Line Against the Extreme MAGA Continuing Resolution
indivisible.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
House Democrats held strong against the Musk-Takeover Spending Bill Yesterday. We need your help to ensure that the Senate Democrats do the same. Follow the link and script below to make calls. This vote happens TODAY!
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Senator John Fetterman claims voting NO to the GOP's budget is voting for "chaos." Have you been conscious the past 6 weeks? We are already in chaos. @fetterman.senate.gov
New, from me: Trump and Musk are engaged in a broad-based downsizing of government, using that downsizing to selectively target their enemies, while expanding their political power by trading exceptions to the downsizing.
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
It's a new spoils systems. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
donmoynihan.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Senator John Fetterman claims voting NO to the GOP's budget is voting for "chaos." Have you been conscious the past 6 weeks? We are already in chaos. @fetterman.senate.gov
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At the Capitol today to speak with House GOP members to explain how their proposed CR will hurt DC police funding, teachers, firefighters - all of which we pay for with our own DC dollars.
youtube.com/shorts/Q7WQL...
youtube.com/shorts/Q7WQL...
At the Capitol to fight for DC's budget
YouTube video by Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau
youtube.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
At the Capitol today to speak with House GOP members to explain how their proposed CR will hurt DC police funding, teachers, firefighters - all of which we pay for with our own DC dollars.
youtube.com/shorts/Q7WQL...
youtube.com/shorts/Q7WQL...
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.