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BREAKING: We have just filed a lawsuit against Brian Kemp to end
#Georgia
’s exact match law, which has put as many as 53K voter registrations on hold ahead of the
#MidtermElections
.
Joining us in this suit:
@CampaignLegal
@AAAJ_Atlanta
@NAACPGA
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They make up 28% of small business owners and are 2x more likely to become entrepreneurs, Immigrants get the job done.
@Lin_Manuel
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🚨BREAKING: We won! We have fully defeated Brian Kemp in our exact match lawsuit securing ALL relief we sought for voters. We’ll keep fighting to beat back voter suppression in
#Midterms2018
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BREAKING: A Federal court says latest TX
#VoterID
law is INTENTIONALLY DISCRIMINATORY! A VICTORY for
#VotingRights
!
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The secret service is attempting to shut down our RespectMyVote rally against the Trump-Kobach Commission
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Happy Birthday
@staceyabrams
💕
We know she'd want us to tell everyone in
#Georgia
to request an absentee ballot today:
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We partnered with
@KingJames
&
@morethanavote
to raise awareness for the
@866OURVOTE
Election Protection Hotline—a number that anyone, anywhere, can call to report polling site violations.
More from
@voguemagazine
:
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🚨
#BREAKING
: We filed a federal lawsuit in Richmond, Virginia, to hold members of the Patriot Front, an alleged white supremacist group, accountable for a string of vandalism and property destruction of murals honoring Black Americans.
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BREAKING: We just filed a federal suit against the
#Kobach
Commission demanding he halt its July 19 meeting for failure to comply w/ fed law
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.
@ShaunKing
we’ve taken action against ParkwayHS & stand with its student athletes, demanding immediate withdrawal of the principal’s letter
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BREAKING: Today
@SenJeffMerkley
is filing suit against
@realDonaldTrump
& McConnell to stop the unconstitutional
#KavanaughConfirmation
process. This process defies the Advice and Consent obligation that Senators bear under the Constitution.
We represent him in this case!
I’m suing
@realDonaldTrump
&
@senatemajldr
today to stop the unconstitutional
#KavanaughConfirmation
process. They may want to ram through this nomination come hell or high water, but that’s just not how our Constitution works.
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VA VOTERS, if you're receiving robo calls claiming your polling location has changed, IGNORE & call
@866OURVOTE
to confirm.
#ElectionDay
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🚨Breaking:
@SenSchumer
just filed cloture on Kristen Clarke’s nomination – moving forward her assistant AG for civil rights nomination and setting up a final vote as soon as next week.
It’s time for the Senate to
#ConfirmClarke
. Justice can't wait any longer.
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Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old African-American from Chicago, was taken into custody in Texas following the confrontational 2015 traffic stop and was found hanging in a jail cell three days later in what was officially ruled a suicide.
#SayHerName
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🚨BREAKING: The Senate just passed the motion to proceed on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson by a vote of 53-47.
#ConfirmJudgeJackson
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“When I left DOJ, I carried the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall as my guide: ‘Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.'" -Kristen Clarke
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“I am here today to sound an alarm…the voting rights act is a matter of great urgency.”
-
@KristenClarkeJD
#VRANow
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"The 1619 Project curriculum is available. What we're exposing is a true fear of our children learning a more accurate history of the United States." -
@nhannahjones
#Justice2020
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#TodayInHistory
: June, 2 1863: Harriet Tubman freed more than 750 slaves in the Combahee River Raid. With this raid, Tubman became the first woman to lead an armed assault during the Civil War.
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BREAKING: We won
#Georgia
! Federal court finds that Gwinnett County's mass rejection of absentee ballots based on omitted or incorrect birth year violates the Civil Rights Act. Those ballots MUST be counted! We won't stop fighting for voters!
Read More:
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Happy 5th of July. Today, we are confronted with the reality that this administration is rolling back the clock on voting rights, higher education diversity, criminal justice reform, women’s rights, humane immigration enforcement, et al.
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BREAKING: We filed a federal lawsuit arguing 2015 redistricting in Georgia House districts broke federal voting rights law.
#LetGeorgiaVote
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1) Show up 2)
#WearWhite
3) If you run into issues protesting in DC, DIAL
@lawyerscomm
’s EMERGENCY HOTLINE at 1-844-374-4487 (10:30 am-2:30 pm EST). Tell this administration that we won’t stop until every family is free!
#FamiliesBelongTogether
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There should be a vote in the Senate now to confirm Kristen Clarke as the next head of the Civil Rights Division.
This is the “crown jewel of the Justice Dept” because it fulfills the promise of protecting the civil rights of all.”
@JoyceWhiteVance
#Velshi
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BREAKING: A federal Judge in GA declined Sec of State Brian Kemp’s request to pause an injunction she ordered stemming from our absentee ballot litigation against Kemp and lawsuits filed by
@CoalitionGoodGv
+
@ACLU
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Thurgood Marshall was the 1st African-American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court (1967-1991). A true legal giant.
#BlackHistoryMonth
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"I want to talk about what racism cost us. It is not just an individual vote or a few votes, or a lot of votes. Racism cost us our wealth."
-
@DamonTHewitt
on
@cspan
speaking at the March for Voting Rights.
#VotingRightsNow
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“Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.”
― John Lewis
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It's time for the Senate to finally confirm the first Black woman to lead the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
#ConfirmClarke
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We salute Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, powerful women whose stories have finally been told. Hidden Figures
#Oscars
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🚨BREAKING: We sued
#Virginia
and won! The court granted an order to extend Virginia's voter registration deadline to 11:59 p.m. Thursday, 10/15.
We partnered with
@adv_project
,
@NewVAMajority
,
@LWVVA
,
@WeEngageVA
Go to to register NOW!
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Voting rights protects all other rights.
Voting rights protects all other rights.
Voting rights protects all other rights.
Voting rights protects all other rights.
Voting rights protects all other rights.
Voting rights protects all other rights.
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🚨BREAKING: We filed an emergency lawsuit against Mississippi Election Officials to ensure access for absentee voters in runoff election!
The suit seeks emergency relief for absentee voters including an extended deadline for absentee ballots.
Read More:
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BREAKING: We secured an extension of poll hours at 3 sites in Fulton County, Georgia.
Pittman Park Rec. Center NOW OPEN UNTIL 9pm.
Morehouse: Archer & Booker T. Washington poll sites NOW OPEN UNTIL 10pm.
Major victory for voters! Call us at 866-OUR-VOTE for help!
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Lani Guinier was a brilliant legal mind whose visionary thinking made our country better. She was a juggernaut, a big thinker whose insightfulness, love of Black people, and hope for the future inspired many to take up the fight to make our society more just.
#RestInPower
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Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
Local elections are very important.
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"The Election Protection hotline can assist voters at any stage of the process, including registration, absentee and early voting, and casting a vote at the polls. If you find yourself turned away from the polls, call 866-OUR-VOTE" ---> via
@nytimes
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has demonstrated grace, patience, and strength. She deserves respect.
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Ahmaud Arbery would have been 28 years old today. Rest in power.🤍
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Kristen Clarke, Biden’s historic nominee to lead the Civil Righrs Division at the Justice Department, brings expertise on voting rights, criminal justice, hate crimes, disability rights, fair housing and more.
The Senate must
#ConfirmClarke
now.
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🚨UPDATE: We Won! 5th Circuit upholds ruling finding Mississippi’s state map in violation of the Voting Rights Act. This is a huge victory for African American voters in Mississippi.
A new map must be put in place to cure violation before this fall’s election!
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@ShaunKing
We’ve taken action against Parkway HS & stand with its student athletes, demanding immediate withdrawal of the principal’s letter
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A must watch 9 minutes of inspiration from
@CoryBooker
to
#stophate
. "When the commander in chief speaks or refuses to speak, those words don’t just dissipate like mist in the air. They fester. They become poison. They become license to bigotry and hate in our country."
Powerful and deeply important message. Having Sen.
@CoryBooker
on the Senate Judiciary Committee matters.
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#GeorgiaVoters
we did it!!! Court has ordered the Sec. of State to permit eligible voters who registered to vote, but who are inaccurately flagged as non-citizens, to vote with a regular ballot. Now is NOT the time to give up! Your vote matters!
@866OURVOTE
#protectthevote
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The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Kristen Clarke would be the first woman confirmed to lead the Civil Rights Division at DOJ & first Black woman to hold the post. Her lived experiences & deep commitment to civil rights make her uniquely qualified for this role.
#ConfirmClarke
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"I must admit, I didn't have sabotage the
@USPS
to win re-election on my 2020 dystopian bingo card. The post office is grounded in the constitution, so these arguments about profitability are ludicrous. This is the epitome of
#votersuppression
." -
@JoyceWhiteVance
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In 1838, Frederick Douglass escaped slavery by disguising himself as a sailor and traveling from Maryland to New York City
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We won! Silent Sam settlement rendered null and void including the UNC System’s 2.5 million dollar settlement to a neo-Confederate group. This is a major civil rights victory.
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If you are waiting in line to vote because of a broken scanner, malfunctioning machine or other problems,
#StayInLine
! Call 866-OUR-VOTE to speak to a live trained volunteer who can help answer your questions about voting.
#ElectionDay
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#OTD
in 1967 Thurgood Marshall was confirmed by the Senate as the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
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🚨BREAKING: Hate has no place in this country! We're suing the Proud Boys & their members for attacks on Black churches and supporters of the
#BlackLivesMatter
movement.
If you're experiencing hate, you can find resources through our
@jamesbyrdcenter
at:
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📍TODAY: The Senate votes to advance Eunice Lee and the Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Myrna Pérez.
Both are women of color nominated to serve on the 2nd Circuit and have the professional diversity we need on our courts.
Let’s get them confirmed.
#CourtsMatter
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We call on Attorney General Sessions and the DOJ to investigate this violent act as a hate crime and domestic terrorism.
#Charlottesville
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"These conditions include skin lesions, hair loss, chemical-induced hypertension, vision loss and depression."
We can't ignore the state of emergency in Flint, MI.
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BREAKING:
@facebook
just announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.
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We have in this country a history of bipartisanship when it comes to protecting voting rights. Certainly since the civil rights movement. Suddenly all of that has changed. it cannot be that stopping partisan attacks on the vote is somehow a partisan activity. -
@DamonTHewitt
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We Won! 5th Circuit upholds ruling finding Mississippi’s state map in violation of the Voting Rights Act. This is a huge victory for African American voters in Mississippi.
A new map must be put in place to cure violation before this fall’s election!
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When POTUS attacks judges' individual decisions, it threatens the judiciary as a whole.
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#OTD
, in the driveway outside his home in Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was assassinated by white supremacist, Byron De La Beckwith. Today, we honor his life and dedication to the advancement of civil rights in America.
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🚨🚨🚨ALERT: Less than 2 weeks left to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Open enrollment ends December 15th.
Sign up here -->
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Happy Birthday, John Lewis. We're still making good trouble.♥️
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56 years ago, John Lewis & 600 other advocates who marched for voting rights were brutally attacked by police in Selma, AL. Dozens were hospitalized or injured. As we remember
#BloodySunday
, we must honor their legacy by creating a democracy that works for us all.
#RestoreTheVRA
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BREAKING: The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act has just been signed into law by President Joe Biden at the White House.
Read more:
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"Judge Barrett would not say whether voter intimidation is illegal, though explicitly outlawed by Section 11(b) of the Voting Rights Act & federal criminal laws."
@KristenClarkeJD
We deserve Justices who believe in elections free of intimidation.
#SCOTUSHearing
#BlockBarrett
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🚨Today is
#ElectionDay
in
#Georgia
, go make your voice heard. If you experience any issues call
@866OURVOTE
“The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.” -John Lewis
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"Have a plan, stay alert, & make sure you can vote despite the pandemic and any efforts to suppress voting. Be a reliable source of infor for family & friends too. And call
@866OURVOTE
if you run into any problems."
-
@JoyceWhiteVance
More from
@aldotcom
:
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Johnnie Cochran helped diversify the NFL by working with the league to implement the Rooney Rule
#SuperBowl
#BlackHistoryMonth
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"The 1619 Project curriculum is available. What we're exposing is a true fear of our children learning a more accurate history of the United States." -
@nhannahjones
Download the curriculum here:
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📌Check out Kristen Clarke as she is sworn into her new role as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
Watch Here:
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We are proud to honor and celebrate the leadership of Nikole Hannah-Jones.
"I stand on the shoulder of Black women who refused to be silenced... The work only continues."-
@nhannahjones
#1619Project
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#ICYMI
: White men carrying lit torches marched into homes, down streets, burning 1000+ black owned homes, businesses, schools, churches and shooting survivors. May 31, 1921.
Meet The Last Surviving Witness To The Tulsa Race Riot Of 1921
@NPRCodeSwitch
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TODAY 10:30 am: Trump’s so-called Election Integrity Commission meets at the White House. Join us in the
#resistance
#RespectMyVote
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In 1968, the iconic Memphis sanitation strikers held "I Am a Man" signs to represent their dignity in the face of human rights abuses.
Today,
#IAmAChild
reminds us that ALL
#FamiliesBelongTogether
and protecting refugee children is a test of our humanity.
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Hate crimes in the US reportedly increased 17% in 2017 per the FBI
But in US counties where Trump held a campaign rally saw a 226% increase in reported hate crimes.
Read more:
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"You are automatically registered for the draft. You should automatically be registered to vote" -Hilary O. Shelton
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The DOJ is now a more just place for having Kristen Clarke confirmed to serve. Kristen has spent her life and career championing equality under the law and ensuring that the rights guaranteed in the Constitution are fairly applied to everyone.
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Today, we celebrate
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
a holiday that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. We honor their history and legacies.
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Proud to see leaders and advocates committed to racial justice and social justice on
#Time100
.
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Another great victory fighting for justice!
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Kristen Clarke would be the first Black woman confirmed to lead the Civil Rights Division at
@TheJusticeDept
. She is the leader our country needs.
#confirmclarke
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When Coretta Scott King writes 9 page letter on why you threaten MLKs legacy, you have a problem.
#JeffSessions
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New developments in GA paper ballot case: officials accused of destroying evidence.
"Lawyers allege in the brief that evidence was willfully destroyed despite numerous requests, notifications and discussions emphasizing the need for preservation."
More:
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We condemn the DOJ's dangerous attempt to reverse progress that has been made to promote racial diversity on college campuses + universities
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BREAKING: Georgia’s Governor has finally issued a formal order memorializing the extension of the voter registration deadline that we secured for Clay, Turner, Randolph & Grady Counties, Georgia. Register now!!
☎️Call us at 866-OUR-VOTE for help!
🚨Deadline 10/16
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BREAKING: today, we filed our first major federal voting rights suit of 2017 in Jones County, NC under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act
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There is nothing more powerful than the right to vote.
We stand with
#WomensMarch2018
.
#PowerToThePolls
It's simple: when we vote, we win.
WE WILL WIN IN 2018.
#PowerToThePolls
#WomensMarch2018
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"I stand on the shoulders of Ida B. Wells. I stand on the shoulders of a long list of Black women who refused to be silenced."
#Justice2020
-
@nhannahjones
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New York's state Senate on Wednesday approved an automatic voter registration bill, sending the legislation to the full state assembly.
Read more from
@thehill
:
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Lilly Ledbetter closes
#WomenHistoryMonth
calling for confirmation of Kristen Clarke.
She’s “the kind of person we need to stand up for us at the Justice Dept.—someone who will hold her head up, put her shoulders back and march forward to do what’s right.
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!!!MISSISSIPPI VOTERS!!!: Have you requested your absentee ballot yet for the runoff election? Your absentee ballot must be returned in-person by Nov. 24th or received by mail on Nov. 26th.
More information available here:
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"History will judge societies...by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor & helpless."
#CesarChavezDay
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On October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was the first African American appointed to the nation’s highest court.
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80K strong in Raleigh today speaking out against repression. We stand with them!
#moralmarch2017
#moralresistance
#NoBanNoWallNoRaids
#BLM
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Yo
@Lesdoggg
, if any of your followers are having trouble trying to
#Vote
today, have them call our
#ProtectOurVote
hotline: 866 OUR VOTE
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