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Perris Straughter

@perris16

Work in public policy, economic development, planning and land use. Also passionate about LGBT community organizing. Personal account opinions are my own.

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calendar_today30-07-2009 11:29:13

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Council Member Pierina Sanchez(@CMPiSanchez) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This decision is not just a failure of justice; it is an horrific display of a too-powerful institution failing to reign itself in and failing to be reigned in by the Mayor.

My statement on Kawasaki Trawick:

This decision is not just a failure of justice; it is an horrific display of a too-powerful institution failing to reign itself in and failing to be reigned in by the Mayor. My statement on Kawasaki Trawick:
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Democratic Coalition(@TheDemCoalition) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The U.S. economy blew past expectations and added 303,000 jobs in March, marking the 39th straight month of job growth and a huge victory for Biden’s presidency.

The unemployment rate remained virtually unchanged at 3.8%. The rate has now been below 4% for 25 consecutive months…

The U.S. economy blew past expectations and added 303,000 jobs in March, marking the 39th straight month of job growth and a huge victory for Biden’s presidency. The unemployment rate remained virtually unchanged at 3.8%. The rate has now been below 4% for 25 consecutive months…
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ally(@missmayn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

$70k/yr is considered low-income.

$20/hr is only $41,600/yr if you work full-time and never take time off.

$20/hr only sounds high because we’ve been told over and over it’s too high by the same businesses making record profits.

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Brian Krassenstein(@krassenstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hillary Clinton on Voters who are upset about the choices in November:

“Get over yourselves…. One is old and effective and compassionate, has a heart and really cares about people, and one is old and has been charged with 91 felonies… I don’t understand why this is a hard…

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Jon Ossoff(@ossoff) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today I introduced the Right to Vote Act, which will establish for the first time in Federal law an affirmative right to vote for eligible US citizens, and allow any voter to challenge policies in court that make it harder to vote

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George Takei(@GeorgeTakei) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On this day 82 years ago, on February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in the height of insanity of racism after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, signed Executive Order 9066.

It ordered all Japanese Americans on the West Coast to be summarily rounded up and imprisoned…

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New York Daily News(@NYDailyNews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

OPINION | Fixes for NYC’s housing shortage

We must create a new affordable housing tax incentive while bolstering tenant protections, facilitate office conversions for affordable homes, and remove the cap on floor-to-area ratio. Mayor Eric Adams Adrienne Adams
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CALL TO ACTIVISM(@CalltoActivism) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Van Jones: “If Barack Obama sent 10,000 black lives matter people to stop a session of congress, he would be in jail and he couldn’t run for president.”

EXACTLY!!

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Joe Biden(@JoeBiden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Every single Republican in Congress voted against giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices.

Thanks to my Inflation Reduction Act, we’re doing it anyway.

Every single Republican in Congress voted against giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. Thanks to my Inflation Reduction Act, we’re doing it anyway.
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Democratic Coalition(@TheDemCoalition) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This chart is pathetic 👇

We don't know how any American voter can look at this and think returning Republicans to power in the House is a good idea.

This chart is pathetic 👇 We don't know how any American voter can look at this and think returning Republicans to power in the House is a good idea. #FlipTheHouse2024
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Joe Biden(@JoeBiden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve helped create millions of new jobs.

Passed historic legislation to rebuild our infrastructure, with 40,000 projects announced already.

Canceled over $130 billion in student loans for millions of borrowers.

We’re ready to keep it going.

We’ve helped create millions of new jobs. Passed historic legislation to rebuild our infrastructure, with 40,000 projects announced already. Canceled over $130 billion in student loans for millions of borrowers. We’re ready to keep it going.
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Erik Bottcher(@ebottcher) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The NYC we know is slipping away, and it’s because of the housing crisis. Today I joined Mark D. Levine Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal Tony Simone Alex Bores Keith Powers Gale A. Brewer in support of The Universal Affordability Preference, a new tool proposed in the

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Adrienne Adams(@NYCSpeakerAdams) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We have to be honest about reality: one in four stops made by the mayor’s newly reconstituted police unit were found to be unconstitutional by the federal monitor.

97% of these stops were of Black and Latino NYers, despite they make up less than half of NYC’s population.

We have to be honest about reality: one in four stops made by the mayor’s newly reconstituted police unit were found to be unconstitutional by the federal monitor. 97% of these stops were of Black and Latino NYers, despite they make up less than half of NYC’s population.
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The Democrats(@TheDemocrats) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Don’t forget: These Republicans voted against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who protected the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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Cori Bush(@CoriBush) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Suspending a Black student for having locs is anti-Blackness.

Congress must pass the CROWN Act and end race-based hair discrimination. apnews.com/article/hairst…

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