Legislation for Equality and Progress. We work for progressive model policy at the state and local level, for shared prosperity and equal justice for all.
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We want to work on a draft of the #GreenNewDeal legislation that is built from the bottom up! We need ordinary citizens to tell us what impacts you the most. Will you join us?
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This resolution criminalizes Cuban doctors who are sent to remote areas in various parts of South America.
These doctors are essential for many of the rural areas that don't have other hospital and medical infrastructure.
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On January 10th, both Senator Robert Menendez (D) and Republican Marco Rubio(R) introduced a measure to affirm that Cuba's medical missions constitute human trafficking
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Coming up: All Hands Meeting
Let's end prisoner disenfranchisement! Come to our 8pm meeting. The url to join is: zoom.us/j/802758120
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Florida just restored its rights to 1.5 million ex-felons. Followed its success, we want to spread it to all 50 states.
Please join us!
RSVP here:
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ALT All hands meeting tuesday november 13, 2018
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America has more people currently imprisoned than both India and China combined.
#MassIncarceration
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Why is it that the council members have the authority to override the will of the people
Someone needs to check their charters
if Democrats wonder why people don't bother to vote, this is why.
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What do you think a voting bill of rights must have?
#MyVotingBillOfRights
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We don't have to have homeless people. Read about these three families' plight.
HERE IT IS! @ProgActNet's first PANcast. @GeoDavenport tells the story of 36 families in @Burien, WA who were thrown into #homelessness by @suhrco Residential Properties' purchase of Fox Cove Apts. Some residents were given just 3-Days' Notice to Vacate. patreon.com/ProgActNet
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Everyone in Texas, please check out mapthevote.io
It maps areas where there are many unregistered voters. You can canvas there and register as many as possible.
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Can we invite the President to the next #mmtconf18?
"We'll get a little more money from China. It will be just fine," Trump says, explaining how the government will fund health care for pre-existing conditions.
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5. He supports torture
6. He wants to dismantle every worker protection.
7. He will gut every environmental protection
8. Absolve the wealthy class from any accountability on crime.
9. Increase mass incarceration
10. Deeply harm women.
I've seen the FBI "report" on Brett Kavanaugh. 4 things are clear:
❌This wasn't a full or fair investigation.
❌ It doesn't exonerate him.
❌ The available documents contradict what he said under oath.
❌ We must #CancelKavanaugh.
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This November, be informed about Ballot Measures. They are equally as important than elections for legislatures and governors.
ALT Ballot initiative.
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Only the states colored in red have a curriculum in school where they teach about consent.
We need to analyze every other state and figure out why kids are not being taught about consent.
ALT consent map
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"Look out the definition of concentration camps. They are putting people like me in there. Just because they call it an immigration detention center, does not mean it is not a concentration camp"
- @RaulACarrillo
#mmtconf18
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We just made a shameless plug for volunteers. If you are interested, please reply to this.
#mmtconf18
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Unemployment is a currency specific phenomenon. Trade is not the source of unemployment. It is conscious choice made by those in power.
#MMTConf18
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