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Senior research engineer at Murmuration. Building CourtDocs and RALF. Consulting through Trailhead Agency.

Oakland, CA
Joined July 2008
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The sad reality is that requiring would-be mass murderers to reload saves lives — permitting people escape time and law enforcement response time. This is why I support legislation to limit magazine capacity. (3/3)
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As a police officer I carry 51 rounds of 9mm. Off duty I carry 6+7rounds with a small pistol. I saw the video of the Buffalo shooting. I shoot. I train. I would have no chance against that firepower.
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Sen. Chris Murphy delivers remarks on Uvalde, Texas elementary school shooting: “What are we doing? What are we doing?…This only happens in this country and nowhere else. Nowhere else do little kids go to school thinking that they might be shot that day." abcn.ws/3sVDH2F
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Kevin Cramer (ND) $13,255 Call to Action: •Find your Senator's name & Tweet them •Call them at (202) 224-3121 •Demand they pass HR8 and pass gun reform •Ask others to repeat Enough is enough. Let's organize, activate, & end this scourge of gun violence. 6/6 #RobbElementary
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Mike Crapo (ID) $55,039 Jerry Moran (KS) $34,718 John Barrasso (WY) $26,989 Lamar Alexander (TN) $25,293 Mike Enzi (WY) $24,722 John Hoeven (ND) $22050 Susan Collins (ME) $19800 Deb Fischer (NE) $19,638 James Lankford (OK) $18,955 Jim Risch (ID) $18,850 Tim Scott (SC) $18,513 /5
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Steve Daines (MT) $123,711 Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS) $109,547 Roger Wicker (MS) $106,680 Rand Paul (KY) $104,456 Mike Rounds (SD) $95,049 John Boozman (AR) $82,35 John Cornyn (TX) $78,945 Ben Sasse (NE) $68,623 Jim Inhofe (OK) $66,758 Lindsey Graham (SC) $55,961 /4
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Mike Braun (IN) $1,249,967 John Thune (SD) $638,942 Shelley Moore Capito (WV) $341,738 Martha McSally (AZ) $303,853 Richard Shelby (AL) $258,514 Chuck Grassley (IA) $226,007 John Neely Kennedy (LA) $215,788 Ted Cruz (TX) $176,274 Lisa Murkowski (AK) $146,262 /3
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Todd C. Young (IN) $2,897,582 Bill Cassidy (LA) $2,867,074 Tom Cotton (AR) $1,968,714 Pat Roberts (KS) $1,581,153 Pat Toomey (PA) $1,475,448 Josh Hawley (MO) $1,391,548 Marsha Blackburn (TN) $1,306,130 Ron Johnson (WI) $1,269,486 Mitch McConnell (KY) $1,267,139 /2
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NRA Contributions to GOP Senators Mitt Romney (UT) $13,647,676 Richard Burr (NC) $6,987,380 Roy Blunt (MO) $4,555,722 Thom Tillis (NC) $4,421,333 Cory Gardner (CO) $3,939,199 Marco Rubio (FL)$3,303,355 Joni Ernst (IA) $3,124,773 Rob Portman (OH) $3,063,327 Thread /1
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Brandon Brown retweeted
We're not asking for you to shoot them like you shoot us. We're asking you to NOT shoot us like you don't shoot them.
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I really wonder if, after this, McConnell is going to be able to hold his caucus together for relentless obstruction. This is an emotional reckoning for some Senate Republicans as they realize what they are part of, what they have permitted.
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There is something achingly on-point about Trump supporters physically, but ineffectually, taking over the Capitol just as Jon Ossoff is declared the winner in Georgia and Republicans officially lose control of both chambers.
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Get police out of sex work. Get police out of COVID-19 enforcement. Get police out of street closures. Get police out of concerts. Get police out of parks. Get police out of sponsoring youth soccer leagues. Get police out of harassing food vendors. Get police out of...
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1/ Those who earned big platforms from #covid19- your silence on racism will be deafening. For those who see #covid19 & the #protests2020 as separate— they are not. They are deeply interlinked Until the deepest inequities are addressed— #racism being at the center of those... – at Boston, MA
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Fascinating case study about an Oakland neighborhood that has seen economic signs of gentrification WITHOUT getting whiter ow.ly/ng1U30jia4j
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.@timkaine to @AliciaMenendez: Rerouting the Dakota Access Pipeline is the ‘right thing to do’. #NoDAPL fus.in/2fwNJAN
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Issa Rae just made sure everyone can watch the first season of 'Insecure' — for free bit.ly/2eBW2MG
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.@TejuCole and DJ Chief Boima showcase West African & Caribbean sounds in a new Africa In Your Earbuds mixtape: bit.ly/2fpPos9
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In my own view, politics - like all of adulthood - is about making the best choice under the circumstances. Abstention is irresponsible
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Electoral Map if only X Voted
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