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Sign our Senate petition to reauthorize the VIolence Against Women Act. Protect survivors of domestic & sexual violence. actionnetwork.org/petitions/…

Sign the Petition: Urge Senators to Co-Sponsor the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) ran out of authorization Oct. 1, 2018, although funding for its many critical programs continues. However, VAWA’s future is precarious, subject to the whims of...

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Raped. The word you're looking for is raped.
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@nypost28 Jul 2019
Florida trooper had sex with 14-year-old girl in the back of his car: authorities trib.al/Tk1RXNZ
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Do you have white teenage sons? Listen up. I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists. Here's how:
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“Tianna deserved to be treated with dignity and she wasn’t.” -@GretchenRaffa, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for @PPSNE ctmirror.org/2019/07/18/advo…

Advocates decry inquiry in prison birth case

The request for admissions, a standard filing in a federal court case, asks the 19-year-old who gave birth in her prison cell a series of combative and peculiar questions.

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NowThis Impact
@nowthisimpact12 Jul 2019
‘I ask you—beg you—not to look away.’ — @RashidaTlaib gave a vivid and emotional account of what she saw at the migrant detention camps

Rep. Rashida Tlaib On The Border Crisis

‘I ask you—beg you—not to look away.’ — @RashidaTlaib gave a vivid and emotional account of what she saw at the migrant detention camps

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NowThis Impact
@nowthisimpact12 Jul 2019
‘We don’t need new laws. We need morality.’ — Rep @RashidaTlaib spoke through tears about a mother who lost her daughter in ICE custody

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Wept For A Mother Whose Baby Died In ICE Custody

‘We don’t need new laws. We need morality.’ — Rep @RashidaTlaib spoke through tears about a mother who lost her daughter in ICE custody

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Shannon Watts
@shannonrwatts13 Jul 2019
This image will go down in history. New video shows shows Mike Pence callously observing and turning his back on severe overcrowding of men in cages at a detainment facility in Texas.
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John Lewis
@repjohnlewis12 Jul 2019
There is no such thing as an illegal human being. We may have all come here on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
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ABC News
@ABC12 Jul 2019
“I believed them. I believe these women,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testifies on conditions she witnessed during her visit to a border detention facility. “This is a manufactured crisis because there is no need for us to do this.” abcn.ws/32qqNe7
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ACLU
@ACLU12 Jul 2019
Asked about Amazon's meeting with ICE to sell face recognition technology, an Amazon exec said: "We believe the government should have the best available technology." No technology — best or worst — should be used to fuel Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. aclu.org/blog/privacy-techno…

Amazon Met With ICE Officials to Market Its Facial Recognition Product | ACLU

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We attended many of the @Lights4Liberty events tonight across CT. If you did, too, share photos in the replies. Heartfelt thanks to all the vigil organizers. #DontLookAway #Lights4Liberty #CloseTheCamps #LoveTrumpsHate
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VICE News
@VICENews12 Jul 2019
The Never Again movement was inspired by a Facebook post by Serena Adlerstein, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. “What would I have done if I were alive during the Holocaust?” bit.ly/2SeOuBr
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#FridayFeeling #equalpay #payup
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The Abuse of Pardon Prevention Act ensures transparency in the pardon process, codifying a strong deterrent against the president weaponizing the pardon power to protect himself or his allies. The pardon power isn’t a political weapon or a license to obstruct justice.
Senator Cortez Masto
@SenCortezMasto11 Jul 2019
Replying to @SenCortezMasto
My new bill with @SenBlumenthal, the Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act, will ensure transparency and accountability in the pardon process in cases involving investigations of the President or his relatives. nevadacurrent.com/blog/trump…

Trump says he can pardon himself. Cortez Masto isn't having that. • Nevada Current

Bill sponsored by Democratic U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada, and Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut, takes aim at Trump's pardoning power.

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HuffPost
@HuffPost12 Jul 2019
Does your kid's skin freak out when you apply sunscreen? Here's what you need to know. huffp.st/DvJOjOr
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ICYMI: Trump's domestic gag rule—which would prevent clinics funded by the nation's family-planning program from referring their patients to abortion providers—can go into effect. #ProtectX theslot.jezebel.com/trumps-d…
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Everytown@Everytown12 Jul 2019
Another day, another blow to a weakened NRA. The DC attorney general joins New York in issuing subpoenas to NRA and its foundation. washingtonpost.com/national/…

D.C. attorney general issues subpoenas to NRA, its charitable foundation

Attorney General Karl A. Racine is seeking financial records, payments to officers and vendors.

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Young Female Rocket Scientist Launches Nation’s First Print Magazine For Girls In STEM: womenyoushouldknow.net/femal… - via:@WomenYSK
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Today, Black women earn about 63 cents for every dollar earned by white men; Latinas earn about 54 cents; and white women earn about 78 cents. It’s more important than ever before that we address the wage gap. #DemDebate
Planned Parenthood Minnesota Advocate@ppmn27 Jun 2019
Candidates participating in tonight's #DemDebate were just asked how they would address #EqualPay for women. Here's how the 2020 candidates plan to fix the gender pay gap: bit.ly/2XdmOCP
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USA TODAY
@USATODAY26 Jun 2019
U.S. women's soccer star Ali Krieger says President Trump is angered by women he 'cannot control or grope' usatoday.com/story/sports/so…

USWNT's Ali Krieger says Donald Trump is angered by women he 'cannot control or grope'

USWNT's Ali Krieger responded to Donald Trump's tweets about Megan Rapinoe by saying Trump is angered by women he "cannot control or grope."

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