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Georgetown Law graduate. Still resisting attempts by my little bros to teach me to say pants instead of trousers. Thames River Rat. Undercover Anthropologist.

Washington, DC
Joined August 2011
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What can leaders who believe in structural racism do when the government has just rejected it? @anita_kirpal gives tips here ourglobalfuture.com/2021/04/…
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‘Words alone will not heal America. Nor will the law, or logical analysis of the constitution. What is desperately required is empathy’: @GillianTett on the US’s crisis of thought on.ft.com/2LUbR4j
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Ed Miliband says call the cops on your neighbours for hosting an afters, but commits a murder live on television? Truly, a land of contrasts!
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My useless opinion is that we have wonderful people w/ good intentions joining police departments but being police in America is not about wonderful people w/ good intentions. We need to change what is means to be police in this country. And to call the police. We need to change
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If anyone is wondering whether and why it actually matters that the UK is committed to the rule of international law and the binding force of that law, here are just a few recent examples.
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Awesome celebration of our members 🙌 #loveyourlocalarches 🤝 with TfL
Arch spotlight 💡 @berberandq During lockdown, they kept the fires burning at their Haggerston Grill House arch and raised £42,000 to deliver over 12,000 meals to NHS hospital and mental health unit workers 💙 #LoveYourLocalArches madeby.tfl.gov.uk/2020/08/20…
We condemn a Home Office video referring to immigration lawyers who provide legal advice to migrants as ‘activist lawyers’. Solicitors advise their clients on *their rights under the laws created by parliament* lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or…
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This campaign to replace a Democratic Senator with a Democrat is a waste of over $20 million in Democratic campaign $ that could've been used to defeat Trump & Trump supporting senators.
Kennedy, Markey unveil new TV ads in final stretch of Sept. 1 primary bos.gl/igWoG7u
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👇 – at Washington, DC
We’ve made the decision to stop all political advertising on Twitter globally. We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought. Why? A few reasons…🧵
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this is what knighthoods *should* be for
Interesting detail in today’s Grenfell inquiry report about one man: an engineer called Jason Allday who worked for gas supplier Cadent. He is singled out for praise. 1/5
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“In a world where actions to preserve forests and fight climate change find resistance in the old ideas of new governments, the Wampis are hoping their new identity as a free territory will help change the conversation.” pulitzercenter.org/reporting…
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16 years ago today, the invasion of my home country Iraq 🇮🇶 changed my life and everyone else's living there forever. I remember that night vividly like it is just happening. [THREAD]
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My huge family has a very annoying Whatsapp chat that blinks the whole freaking day. Over 30 people typing nonstop monologues. I haven't had news from them in 5 hours thanks to the blackout in Venezuela. Not as pleasant as I thought it would be.
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Many thanks to @WCKitchen for connecting our family with Desde Mi Huerto for a morning of volunteer work at their amazing seed farm in #PuertoRico. Their work to foster sustainability is both noble and necessary. Mil gracias! #ChefsforPuertoRico #ChefsforthePeople – at Isabela, Puerto Rico
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Them: today is the 245th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party Us: don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it don’t say it Us: This isn’t how you make tea
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So excited to have a partner in the House in @Ocasio2018 who is ready to work on the bold, transformational action on #ClimateChange and #CleanEnergy we need. America needs a #GreenNewDeal, and we have the Congressional leadership to do it.
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Whenever someone claims The Thick of It is not a documentary, show them this:
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Harry said to me some time ago, "If you saw thousands of refugees wearily dragging their feet along the dusty roads of war, in your youth & now in your old age you see the same thing happening again to innocent people and do not raise your voice against it you've got no humanity"
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In the icu waiting room, I watch this, tears running down my face. It's beautiful. #istandwithharry
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