#Defund

Austin McCoy

AustinMcCoy3

Like I've said and written: radical political demands aren't meant to be "market tested" and analyzing all protests through the lens of two party politics is very myopic when one

James Ellsworth PhD

EINS_Institute

THIS is part of what's behind "Defund the Police." Believe it or not, it--and by extension what some have started invoking as "Defund the MILITARY" has a certain RESONANCE with

Ibraheem Thurial B.

Afghan_Policy

A very good thread.Although it runs counter to the "rentier state" narrative built by Kate Clark arguing that nation building failed because of too many actors with access to "rent".https://twitter.com/jmurtazashvili/sta

a10capital

signalbased

My power has gone out (Tues), the lights are flickering, we pay 60% more for power (hurts poor) - Newsom is creating Venezuela - I wouldn't recommend this.https://twitter.com/DWBerkley/status/1296771407075049472 Lets talk

EngageTheRight

EngageRight

THREAD Do you think BLM is the only group behind the #DefundThePolice campaign sweeping across the country?EXPOSE THEM! We need you to RT & spread the word. The campaign is

John Hayward

Doc_0

In all candor, I don't think the Left sees this as the death of the gun control issue at all. Once they have total power, they'll force gun control on

Plashing Vole

PlashingVole

I see the Universities Minister intends to defund her own degree, History and Politics. It seems to have served her own career quite well.https://twitter.com/michelledonelan/status/1352268481954242560 But perhaps she feels the Humanities

Michael Rosenberg

MJRosenbergDad

A thread that every Dem strategist needs to read. My takeaways:1) Latinos and other minorities predominantly care about the same things as everyone else -- jobs2) Minorities do not care

Julia Clark🇧🇷

jc_1303

Let me speak on what happened in Georgetown tonight. #DCprotest #georgetownkaren Tonight @concernedofdc led a siren/noise pollution protest where we blocked off streets in Georgetown. The police presence was heavy.

Danny Barefoot

dannybarefoot

Okay we are getting started with our focus group. Follow along on this thread. We're opening with COVID and the economy. Every participant here supports a mask mandate. Half said

Jess DeLoach

jessicaxan

Alright. Let's talk about Democrats eating each other. The Republican Party is the primary driver of the idea that the Democratic Party is a party of socialists. Yes, there are

sloane (sipihkopiyesis)

cottoncandaddy

I grew up in a canadian city of ~70k people, and I've been thinking a lot about why and how the police I've encountered here in the usa, and the

Kymberlyn Reed, Faerie Gothmother of Metal😷☃️🎄

FountainPenDiva

With all this discussion about policing - reform vs defund vs abolish - I'm wondering where Black women fit into all of this.Black women deal with high rates of violence

William C.

williamcson

Nobody cares what people who aren't even committed to ending police violence think of “defund the police.” The fact that ending state violence is a PR issue before it's a

Brian Klaas

brianklaas

1. A big problem with modern GOP politics is that it just doesn't revolve around policy or solving problems. On the Democratic side, AOC is further left, sure, but she's

Movement 4 Black Lives

Mvmnt4BlkLives

THREADWhen we say defund the police, our demand is to divest from a body that has never created safety for Black people. Instead, we want to invest in things that

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