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This new strategy fails to rein in abusive counterterrorism tools that have for decades resulted in unfair and unjustified surveillance and targeting of Black and Brown people, particularly Muslims. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the Biden administration released its “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.” It does not include any of the civil rights and liberties safeguards that rights groups and communities of color have long sought. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chasestrangio: Happy Bostock Day! How will you celebrate? — PolitiTweet.org

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If you agree with us that all people deserve an accurate federal ID, tell President Biden to issue an executive order instructing federal agencies to issue accurate IDs. Send a message: https://t.co/NBsbkQC32W — PolitiTweet.org

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Most federal agencies require costly, burdensome, intrusive documentation to update someone’s gender marker on our ID. We are calling on President Biden to issue an executive order that would allow all people to more easily amend our federal ID to accurately reflect who we are. — PolitiTweet.org

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Many transgender, non-binary, and intersex people are not able to have our gender correctly listed on IDs. Without an accurate ID, transgender, non-binary, and intersex people are prevented from safely and easily living our lives — including traveling or applying for jobs. — PolitiTweet.org

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Though we can celebrate that the Biden administration is implementing and upholding the decision and their promise to fight anti-trans laws in court, there is still more that we need from this administration to protect LGBTQ people. — PolitiTweet.org

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Opponents of trans rights brought their fights to the states introducing over 100 anti-trans bills in 2021. Bills attacking trans youth were declared unconstitutional before the Bostock decision and that hasn't changed. (State legislators, you should read this tweet twice.) — PolitiTweet.org

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On the day of President Biden’s inauguration, the president issued an executive order implementing the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County and repealed guidance from the Trump administration related to nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people. — PolitiTweet.org

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While we are sad that Aimee Stephens and Don Zarda — along with countless other LGBTQ people who faced discrimination — did not live to see this moment, we know that their legacy lives on. We will never stop fighting for our communities. — PolitiTweet.org

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One year ago today the Supreme Court affirmed what we've long known: LGBTQ people are protected by our civil rights laws. Since then, courts and government agencies have implemented this decision beyond the workplace discrimination cases our clients brought to the Supreme Court. — PolitiTweet.org

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If you agree with us that it’s time to bring back postal banking, take action now: Tell your senators to support a pilot program⬇️ https://t.co/p2AORv2DSQ — PolitiTweet.org

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59% of zip codes don't have a bank. 100% of zip codes have at least one post office. Postal banking would prevent banking deserts and allow for families to save thousands of dollars from payday lending costs. — PolitiTweet.org

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The end of postal banking in the late 1960s led to the rapid growth of payday lenders, which grew into a $100 billion industry. This coincided with further economic exclusion of poor, rural, and BIPOC communities. — PolitiTweet.org

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Postal banking actually existed for most of the 20th century. At its height, the post office held about 10% of all commercial banking. — PolitiTweet.org

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With postal banking, post offices are authorized to serve many financial services for communities who have limited access to banks, such as: ✔ payroll check cashing ✔ domestic money transfers ✔ bill payments — PolitiTweet.org

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Without access to banks, people rely on payday lenders and other alternatives that have much higher fees and interest rates. Payday lenders are overwhelmingly located in neighborhoods where systemic racism has left banking deserts and concentrated poverty. — PolitiTweet.org

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30% of Black Americans are underbanked, and 17% of Black Americans are unbanked. The average unbanked family spends more on financial transactions each year than on food. Through postal banking, the United States can provide affordable financial solutions for all. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SomilBTrivedi: It took a pandemic and a lawsuit, but the Orange County Jail has cut its population almost in half. And the sky isn't fa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon, Microsoft and other companies that have profited off face recognition tech want weak laws that give them cover if they try to sell it to police again. We need strong federal law that halts law enforcement use of face recognition tech, full stop. https://t.co/jbLfVPi1uR — PolitiTweet.org

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ICE claims that sending teenagers to juvenile jails thousands of miles from their home is a rare practice — but no one can say exactly how many teenagers are being detained this way or why. https://t.co/WuEUxPrJKw — PolitiTweet.org

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People can still be sentenced to 20 years in prison for a sugar packet of crack. The Supreme Court won’t and can’t end the drug war. Congress needs to act. https://t.co/Fb8f2lByYg — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay Congress, where’s the Second Step Act? — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden can and must commute the sentences of the 46 people on the federal death row. — PolitiTweet.org

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As our country begins to heal from the pandemic, we must not forget our incarcerated communities. Continuing to decarcerate is not only possible, it’s critical. — PolitiTweet.org

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A court order to reduce the Orange County jail population by 50% was an important victory in a year where the courts too often let incarcerated people down. https://t.co/nSDidWPx4E — PolitiTweet.org

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We need the Biden administration to cancel up to $50k in student debt per borrower by the end of 2021 – and we need as many people speaking out about it as possible. Add your name urging the administration to cancel student debt now. https://t.co/wlAalQptYk — PolitiTweet.org

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Canceling student debt can help close the racial wealth gap and help secure financial stability and economic mobility for Black and Brown borrowers while addressing the student debt crisis for millions. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, over 44 million Americans carry more than $1.7 trillion of student debt, and Black borrowers, particularly Black women, carry the biggest burden. This crisis is preventing millions from buying homes, starting businesses, saving for retirement, or even starting families. — PolitiTweet.org

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Two decades after starting school, Black borrowers on average still OWED 95% of their debt, while white borrowers on average had PAID OFF 95% of their student debt. — PolitiTweet.org