He/Him. Chair, MDC DSA. Tweets are my opinion and don't reflect opinions of any org
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I wrote about a glaring issue with I83. Are @DCDemocrats aware that their voters will not have a voice in the second At-Large seat? I'm not against rank choice, but this impl is bad washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.o…
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AOC is on the ballot when you vote for NYC-DSA delegate. Vote the Socialist Must Lead slate #1 by Sunday Oct 25th at 11:59 pm to ensure DSA is laying the groundwork for an AOC presidential campaign!
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If we want to fix this issue, we need to get serious about enforcing fair housing laws, coming down on slumlords who warehouse voucherholders, and cleaning up the mess that is DCHA. We shouldn't start by making life harder on people already struggling to make ends meet.
Finally an actually good and informed take on housing in DC
Underlying this article is a basic misunderstanding of how the voucher program actually works, the history of the payment standard, and a hostility toward voucherholders that harkens back to 1990's "welfare queen" fear mongering.
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Underlying this article is a basic misunderstanding of how the voucher program actually works, the history of the payment standard, and a hostility toward voucherholders that harkens back to 1990's "welfare queen" fear mongering.
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As the Council thinks about spending tax dollars more efficiently in our current budget context, here’s one place to start. The city could help far more residents with housing if it had a reasonable payment standard. capitalcommonsense.com/p/dc-…
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Raising revenue and using our dollars effectively aren't mutually exclusive things - in fact, we need both.
We've seen over a decade of mismanaged contracts and patronage by the Bowser admin, and I'm looking forward to working with our new mayor on where we can save costs.
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Chris Rabb: “I’m a decarceration person, I believe the country that represents 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the people put in cages is morally wrong, but I will make an exception for all of those fuckers who are lawless MAGA thugs who have destroyed lives and communities. Lock all of those fuckers up. If there are moms who are going to jail because they changed what school district they are so their kids could get a better education, you better believe a Jared Kushner should be experiencing some jail time”
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Trump has ordered the National Guard to occupy DC through the next presidential transition. His federal agents have detained political dissidents and murdered people in broad daylight.
Going after political opponents is the next escalation in his abuse of state power.
BREAKING: Federal agents searched Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say. apnews.com/article/ilhan-oma…
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Interested in working in the Ward 1 DC Council office?
While our focus right now is the general election, we're also gauging interest from people dedicated to fighting for a better Ward 1 in the Council office.
Fill out this form by November 8: airtable.com/app5UvQUZgEwGHB…
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This fundamental difference in values was the core of the election.
How does DC respond to economic downturns? After historic layoffs, immigrants afraid to go to work, & ERAP falling short, do we try to address why people can’t pay rent or just take an axe to tenant protections?
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Full TOPA restoration means people have a say in what happens to their home.
Pathways to homeownership, forming a co-op, or even just getting necessary fixes and agreements from a future landlord.
We had universal TOPA until 2018 and periods of development booms with it!
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The Kennedy Center discourse from non-DC Twitter is frustrating. Y’all are quick to criticize people being angry about our theatre being destroyed, but it’s crickets when it comes to the fact that DC has been under MILITARY OCCUPATION for over a year.
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This is one of those issues that shows how much political discourse is controlled by conservatives because there is really no good argument for why hundreds of thousands of American citizens shouldn't have any political representation except "they probably wouldn't vote for GOP."
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The Art All Night scene in Mt. Pleasant tonight is the perfect case for shutting down the street to cars for the night. Huge crowds, very cool scene, lots of crowding on sidewalks.
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We're building Oye's team at the Wilson Building, and we want you on it.
Because Oye is our Democratic nominee, not yet elected to the Council, this is about planting seeds for when Oye becomes council-member elect in November.
Hiring for: Chief of Staff · Deputy Chief of Staff · Legislative Director · Communications Director · Constituent Services Coordinator
If you've been in this fight with us, or you know DC and want to help deliver for it, apply. Takes about 10 minutes.
Applications due September 21. Link in below-
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This application and interview process in October is the start of a conversation, not a promise or offer of employment for any government position.
#TeamOye #DCCouncil #WashingtonDC #DCPolitics #NowHiring
Objectively insane take. Someone /thinks/ you committed a crime, you deserve to be bounced. That's leaving aside the unethical opps landlords have to evict whoever they don't like for any reason (I've seen landlords do some crazy shit, having a friend fake a call is nothing)
Advocates again the RENTAL Act pointed out that this would be an issue. As imperfect as our system is, it is at least ostensibly based on the principle of innocent until proven guilty. This guy may have been violent, but what if he isn't and was kicked out for nothing?
Great piece on the importance of avoiding calling the DC Council the "DC City Council" and the importance of words in the fight for autonomy washingtonsocialist.mdcdsa.o…. @tomsherwood you might like this!
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Johan Sebastián Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should be alive today. Tonight, I joined a vigil for them in Columbia Heights.
Abolish ICE.
ALT Photo from above of an ofrenda for Johanna’s Lorenzo
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ALT Photo of a woman holding a banner that reads “Everybody vs ICE”
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