Laura Pitter
@Laurapitter
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Attorney working on criminal, economic, racial & social justice matters. Ex-Human Rights Watch, public defender, civil litigator, UN staffer, & journalist.
Massachusetts, USA
Joined July 2009
Big tech companies like Amazon and Meta may be passing the costs of building and operating their data centers on to YOU. That’s right. You could be bankrolling the electricity costs of trillion-dollar tech companies. I'm launching an investigation.
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Reminder: right now—on Xmas Eve—tens of thousands of delivery drivers are peeing in bottles to meet brutal quotas for one of the most powerful corporations in the world, so the rest of us can get boxes of stuff that’s shittier than ever and only seems cheap because the same
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State must stop Israel's genocide. Urgently needed ACTIONS: 1. Full arms embargo. 2. Navies carrying aid breaking the blockade. 3. Protection presence authorised under UNGA res. United For Peace entering by sea, Rafah (in Gaza) and Jordan (West Bank/east Jerusalem).
In an urgent letter to the Security Council in regards to the declaration of famine in Gaza, the State of Palestine affirmed:
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“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a
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I have never felt so shaken. Children are dying of hunger. Falling one after another, like petals of a dying flower. Under our watch. How do you sleep, Presidents, Foreign Ministers, political leaders, diplomats, civil servants - doing nothing to stop Israel’s starvation
The sheer intellectual collapse you have to experience to be faced with 122 international aid organisations telling you the same thing... ISRAEL IS STARVING GAZANS... only to decide they are ALL lying & that actually Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial for fraud, is telling the truth.
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It is unbelievable how nonchalantly leaders like @kajakallas and @vonderleyen continue to ignore (and stand against) intl law and the decisions of the highest intl Courts re Israel: among others, I shall remind them, the ICJ ordered Israel to: - withdraw its troops and remove
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible. I spoke again with @gideonsaar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points. All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges
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This is outrageous. So agree with my former @hrw colleague @liz_evenson that this is “actually about silencing a UN expert for doing her job—speaking truth about Israeli violations…and calling on governments and companies to not be complicit.”
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The Trump administration has announced it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories.
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When two countries are bombing each other daily in a hot war, and a third country joins the bombing, that’s an act of war. I’m amazed at the mental gymnastics being undertaken by neocons in DC (and their social media bots) to say we aren’t at war… so they can make war.
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This is not our war. But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution. I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement. I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.
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US President Donald Trump's import tariffs illustrate the danger of pursuing economic reforms without regard for the impact on people’s human rights. Read more on the need for a human rights economy: https://t.co/bgX6vldowl
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Two FTC Commissioners still doing their job after illegally getting their email and offices and resources taken away is pretty inspiring.
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No criminal record No tattoos No due process Father of a 9 year old, loving pet owner Family insistent that he has no gang affiliations Sent to prison camp By @MiamiHerald
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Like university leaders “these executives are ignoring the consequences of their decisions. By caving, Paul, Weiss has increased the chances that Mr. Trump will attack other firms.” https://t.co/P2HoVvJdju via @NYTOpinion
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The president and his allies are encouraging a campaign of menace.
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A good unbiased summary, worth the watch, by the Wall Street Journal: “Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts: Promises vs. Reality.” https://t.co/OUs4CdW197
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“If just two Republicans tell the Speaker we’re not going to vote to make savage cuts to Medicaid in order to provide tax breaks to billionaires that bill will be defeated in the House. I want your Congressman, Mr. Bacon, to be one of those Republicans,” @BernieSanders in Omaha.
Our country is facing the very real existential threat of losing our democracy as we know it and plunging toward authoritarianism. Join our town hall in Omaha, Nebraska now.
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So important. Would love if you could share your posts over at Bluesky too. We all need to migrate over there.
You probably weren't petitioning the FCC to block the owner of half the satellites in the wold from becoming the owner of Twitter on concentrated communications infrastructure grounds, but I hope now you see that when we say antimonopoly is democracy we are deadly serious.
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Since day one, the Trump administration has tried to freeze essential funding, trample on our rights, rewrite the Constitution, and wreak havoc and confusion. My office is cutting through the chaos to uphold the rule of law, defend critical services, and protect our rights. 🧵
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And here’s an updated @Cato report with similar findings. Prior report from 2022, this one from 2023. Don’t believe the Trump/Musk hype. He’s taking you for a ride and ripping you off. https://t.co/3p6wvScVT1
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Instead of attacking immigrants, policymakers should focus on effective solutions that help people at risk of a fentanyl overdose.
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Purported reason for Trump tariffs a sham: See @CatoInstitute report. “Fentanyl Is Smuggled for U.S. Citizens By U.S. Citizens, Not Asylum Seekers” DHS says between Jan-Dec 2024, 88% of all confiscated fentanyl intercepted at US official entry points.
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Reducing deaths requires figuring out the cause, not jumping to blame a group that is not responsible.
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