🎤NEW POD ALERT 🎤
We kept it B-L-A-C-K with Maraky Alemseged from Black Alliance for Just Immigration to cover some of the groundbreaking reports from
@BAJItweet
on CBP’s policing of the George Floyd uprising and the Darien Gap.
Listen here:
.
@KimKardashian
endorsed LA mayoral candidate
@RickCarusoLA
in an enthusiastic pitch to her 313 million Instagram followers, saying he would help with crime and homelessness.
30k votes… not bad for $45k raised. No campaign manager. No paid PR/comms. Entered on the last day. Locked out of the two main debates (the only 2
@RickCarusoLA
attended - b/c he was scared). NOT BAD.
You know what it shows? We were full of people power and love 🧡🧡🧡
In 2021 the city and county of la spent 22 BILLION dollars on homelessness. Adding up each and every line item attributed to homelessness equaled enough to house everyone forced to live on the streets 22 times. It’s true and
I am the only candidate running for mayor of Los Angeles endorsed by the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Project LA County Action Fund.
The women of Los Angeles deserve a mayor we can trust to always fight to protect our rights.
Thank you
@PPAPLAC
for your support.
Our campaign was a very small part of a much larger movement, and that movement continues. We will be humbled and forever grateful for the support and commitment to see Los Angeles be a city of shared prosperity and power.
We cracked the top 4, and we did it with a message of…
I see folks are starting to talk about community policing as a solution to the troubles with law enforcement. Please follow this thread to learn about the Myth of Community Policing:
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Los Angeles - do you know where I was during the 2020 uprisings? In the streets demanding racial justice and to defund the police!
This campaign is 100% authentically me. I’m an abolitionist and I’m not afraid to discuss the issues.
Read more about me:
Classic example of media manipulation 📺
@CBSLA
chose to show Joe Buscaino in the LA Mayoral Poll graphic even tho he's polling BELOW
@GinaForLA
& referred to these candidates as the 'top 5'
Buckets ain't top 5 anymore - we will not stand for Gina erasure!
#LA4All
Cops do not stop crime and they do not solve crime.
We must think of solutions beyond policing! We need to reinvest into our communities! Well funded communities don’t need cops!
“Fuck that guy… He’s with the Blacks.”
LA City Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León and LA Labor Federation President Ron Herrera making racist comments and discuss redistricting.
Listen to the audio:
For those watching the super bowl - think about the displacement that comes with these mega sports events. Think about the militarization and over-policing of our communities. It’s more than a game.
The first amendment is an important right to us right now, Karen. LAPD was out beating protestors, journalists, legal observers last night.
Will you fight for our right to free speech and to not get assaulted by the police?
I’m running for mayor of Los Angeles because I am invested in my community. I want to end homelessness & fix the conditions that create crime. Join me in making
#LAforAll
Listen as I explain my vision for Los Angeles:
Los Angeles folks: I believe that we all need to be a LOT more worried about Rick Caruso's candidacy. We're on the verge of allowing a Trumpian, anti-abortion billionaire to buy our city government. And he can do it this June, in the primary, if we don't stop him. Thread:
THREAD:
In just 8 weeks, with only $45k raised, we have come together to show a vision of the city that has never once been presented on this scale.
We sent a message to the establishment. Our door is open,
@KarenBassLA
. But we can't force you to walk through it.
The statements “fund the police” and “Black lives matter” are antithetical. An elected official cannot say both and mean both. More funding for the police is more funding for an anti-Black system.
I will never be afraid to say
#DefundThePolice
cops at my high school today! started by “all i demand is your respect, regardless of how you feel about the police department.” this is one of the only times i have felt legitimately unsafe in my school.
An article published today has called into question my use of "fascist" in reference to two city council candidates, Sam Yebri and Traci Park.
I feel like it's my responsibility to explain why we use the word "fascist" and why it's time for all of us to pick a side. THREAD:
Sam Yebri in CD5 and Traci Park in CD11 are full blown fascists. Please tell your friends and family to not vote for them. They want to continue the practice of giving LAPD 50% of our city's budget.
Do
@AnaKasparian
and
@cenkuygur
even live in LA? The fear mongering anti-Black rhetoric displayed on their show is troubling. No progressives should deal with
@TheYoungTurks
anymore. Shameful.
While other candidates be fearmongering like it's 1992, we have data.
Crime trends 1985 to 2020 (hint, it is historically low)
A thread, facts take threads:
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Los Angeles folks: I believe that we all need to be a LOT more worried about Rick Caruso's candidacy. We're on the verge of allowing a Trumpian, anti-abortion billionaire to buy our city government. And he can do it this June, in the primary, if we don't stop him. Thread:
“Anyone who knew Keenan is aware how much he loved his son. Keenan was adamant about raising a well rounded & properly educated young man. Any donation you can provide towards our goal to help w/ Syncere’s current ed & future college”
Please share&donate:
🚨 LOCKED OUT!! 🚨
They won’t let me into city hall for today’s city council meeting. I am here to give public comment about council’s plans to expand their anti-unhoused laws under municipal code 41.18.
REPEAL 41.18!!!
#Repeal4118
One of the youth volunteers on my campaign just messaged me and said “wow Gina this is an extremely based headline!”
Not entirely sure what that means but I do think it’s great that
@kcrw
@TheMadBrand
gave me the opportunity to talk about one of my favorite subjects: DEFUND LAPD
I attended the Los Angeles mayoral debate at LMU last night even though I was not invited to be on stage.
Each candidate laughed at the Black & brown community members voicing their opinions. I know that folks arent being heard, not being seen. I am here for you.
Please listen:
Who
@latimes
calls Idiot Protesters, I call constituents who have been denied resources, oppressed and robbed of their labor by a culture of political betrayal. We are running a campaign of integrity, love for community and transparency.
#LAForAll
I want to thank
@LACProbation
and the Superintendent for having me and to the staff I met - who really believe in redemption and were constantly guiding these young men towards a positive path.
Also true that our newly elected leaders are engaging in the exact same motions leaders took in 2021 to appease the HOUSED in Los Angeles. Housed humans want to see encampments disappear. Where the folks living in them go is of no regard to the housed.
Councilman Joe Buscaino and City Atty. Mike Feuer, who were both at 4% in the February survey, are now at 1% and 2%, respectively. Meanwhile, community activist Gina Viola, who has called for the abolition of the LAPD, now shows 2%
@boreskes
love, hope, care and joy. If we had more time, we know that more folks would have come out to vote. This is our task at hand – to reach out to the overwhelming majority of Angelenos who have been disenfranchised for far too long. We will get there, block by block.
Stay tuned…
An hour and a half ago I woke up to choppers circling my house. They have not yet gone away. This is the new normal in Los Angeles— Criminals run this city
NEW: former city controller Laura Chick wrote a scathing open letter warning that frontrunner Kenneth Mejia could "destroy the office" if elected in Nov.
Mejia says campaign is a "threat to the status quo and to what City Hall has been for decades."
More:
DID YOU KNOW:
The City of LA collected $137M in cannabis business tax receipts this past fiscal year. We're estimated to collect $133M this fiscal year. 🌳
Thanks to
@kennethmejiaLA
we know that to 40% of cannabis business tax receipts go to the LAPD! Ridiculous.
All of those outlets that put LAPD officer Buscaino on stage for mayoral debates and kept me out… He didn’t even make it to Election Day! Was it worth it?
CANT PAY, WONT PAY! We're going on a debt strike!
Student loan payments are set to resume next week. Funny enough, it's never been easier to not make a payment.
We talked w/
@Braxtonbrew96
from
@StrikeDebt
about how to leverage our collective power:
It is clear after tonight’s mayoral debates that all the candidates are in support for increasing the police budget in Los Angeles, disregarding tens of thousands of Angelenos who have taken the
#PeoplesBudgetLA
survey and their wishes to
#DefundThePolice
Yesterday we witnessed a nationwide outcry as the supreme court intends to limit our bodily agency by overturning Roe V Wade. The limiting of bodily agency is being practiced in our own city with the enforcement of the unconstitutional 41.18.
Thank you
@CBSLATom
@CBSLA
for having me on & allowing me to talk about my platform!
I’m running for mayor of Los Angeles because I am invested in my community. I want to end homelessness & fix the conditions that create crime. Join me in making
#LAforAll
GUESS WHAT YALL!!!
Just got news that we will be on the ballot for the mayoral primary in June! Another win For The People.
Who is ready to make an
#LAforAll
?
Karen Bass is going to continue in making public statements and tweeting about how she will fight for women’s rights, yet, she still has not condemned LAPD for brutalizing women in Los Angeles over this past weekend.
It’s starting to feel like gaslighting,
@KarenBassLA
.
To find out what someone will do in the future, look at what they've done in the past.
I have always fought for women's rights and will always fight for women's rights.
We cannot allow our city to move backwards -- too much is at stake.
An absolute unreasonable amount of force shown by LAPD tonight. A complete waste of the public’s money.
LA - did you know that LAPD gets $8 million a day??? Why!?
#DefundThePolice
KDL says he will not resign. He’s the only person the racist leaked tapes who has his job.
His staffers are running cover for a disgraced racist. This is gross.
It is now 2022. Our newly elected mayor said in our KCRW debate that housing is a human right. Being swept off the street by strangers with most of your belongings destroyed by sanitation while police are within eyesight is not housing. It will never be housing
Rick Caruso spent $40 million of his own money on this election. That’s equal to about $211 for each vote.
Me on the other hand? Right around $1 per vote. LOS ANGELES IS NOT FOR SALE
@RickCarusoLA
(shoutout my “ardent twitter following” 😉)
Good morning, good morning. BIG NEWS!!!
Because of recent polling - I have just received an invitation to be a part of
@SCANPH
’s mayoral candidate forum on 4/20! I’m excited to talk about the issues & how I am committed to ending homelessness in Los Angeles. Let’s make
#LAforAll
Followers of nazi propagandist Andy Ngo, whose followers have committed two deadly mass shootings in recent months, are graphically fantasizing about shooting yet more people, this time a Black activist in Los Angeles
And I think a lot of people will say “keep the account for the next time you seek office” and like, no! I belong in the streets, with the people. This campaign was a small reflection of all of the work that happens here in Los Angeles.
ELECTORAL POLITICS WONT SAVE US!!!
Liberals believe you can only be either liberal or conservative, no in between. And if you don’t say you’re a “liberal” then they call you an idiot. No wonder young people hate the Democratic Party. This kind of condescending behavior will turn people off.
@GinaForLA
@jefftimmer
So...you're not a liberal?
You're a conservative?
If you think "liberal" is a dirty word, no decent human being should have anything to do with you. The (academic) question about your intentions is 1. secret Republican or 2. useful idiot.
I'll go with
#2
here.
City council is currently locking us out! They said Council chambers is at capacity but people inside say there is plenty of open room!
LET US IN!!
#ResignKDL
Violent racist Kevin de Leon has appeared at today's city council meeting.
He has worked a backroom deal with council president
@PaulKrekorian
that allows him to appear "present" without actually being in the room.
This is WRONG
@nithyavraman
@EunissesH
@nithyavraman
The head of the LAPPL, Jamie McBride, is an actual skinhead neo-nazi. Receiving support & being affiliated w/ McBride & LAPD is picking a side. That side is fascism
I'm not on that side. I ask that you reject anyone that does support the white supremacist institution of policing
THREAD, Exposing the McBrides:
LOS ANGELES- you've likely seen this skinhead pop up on your screen a few times over the past week. His name is Jamie McBride, head of LAPD "union" & father of killer cop, Toni McBride.
Jamie has shot 6 people himself. He is not a credible source.
While I appreciate
@latimes
intro today, am I an alienated activist or a candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles who represents the Angelenos who have been left out in the cold? We've been actively prevented from participating in our government at every turn. We're taking our lane!
As Villanueva walked out of the event, he was embraced by mayoral candidate
@kdeleon
. It was nice to see these two frauds together. The people see right through their shit.
Los Angeles - it is our duty to call these people out when we see them in public!
This campaign is unapologetically abolitionist - and it’s important that people understand that this means we are dedicated to directing our city’s vast resources into solving the homelessness crisis & fixing the conditions that cause crime to occur in the first place.
Join us.
Hi, mother of two young students here - I do not support municipal code 41.18 or it's expansion to make it unlawful for a person to sit, lie, sleep near schools/daycare centers.
There are 50k+ unhoused LAUSD students - criminalizing their existence is cruel & evil.
#Repeal4118
The Pentagon itself will take in a staggering $860 BILLION, or 53% of the omnibus bill’s total funding. However, all told when you account for DHS, ICE, FBI, etc., the omnibus bill contains $1.1 TRILLION for programs related to the Pentagon, police, and prisons.
Priorities.
.
@KrisMeshelski
is currently spearheading a hostile & illegitimate takeover of
@StreetWatchLA
(including soc media) on behalf of
@DSA_LosAngeles
, bypassing SW bylaws & relying on ‘authority’ as housing & homelessness co-chair (a DSA position, not SW) to force alignment w/ DSA.
Women on the frontlines in Los Angeles were brutalized by LAPD last weekend. You’ve yet to make a comment on that
@KarenBassLA
.
We are begging you to care, Karen.
City government is on the frontlines of fighting these Supreme Court rulings.
As mayor, I will ensure that women in LA have the right to choose, I will fight to get guns off of our streets, and I will do everything we can to meet our emissions goals to combat climate change.
The media intentionally excluded me from multiple platforms. I still got 6% of the vote. Can you imagine if they actually informed the public about their options?
Can you imagine if they let
@GinaForLA
on stage for the USC & CSULA mayoral debate? The only two debates
@RickCarusoLA
attended…
So many things worked together and needed to. Gina supported us every step of the way. She wasn’t fucking around when she was given the platform.