Tish Gotell Faulks (she/her/hers)

Retweeting does not represent agreement, and any agreement is in my personal, not official, capacity.

[Tish Gotell Faulks (she/her/hers) @BadWolfFanEsq]

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[JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig]

wHy sHoUld wE cArE aBOut tHe reSt of THe wOrlD?

Example 678969: The USA has been dumping hundreds of millions of sterile flies out of airplanes onto Panama for the past 80 years. Specifially to keep a flesh eating parasites called the screwworm under control. These parasites can kill a full-size cow in less than 2 weeks. (Eating it alive) This practice has saved the US beef industry an estimated 900 million dollars over its history.

Yeah so Anyway... the parasites are headed our way again. 👍

https://t.co/aH83Vml6SR

[Beth Shelburne @bshelburne]

Talked to a man who spent 15 years in Alabama prisons. He told me he spent the majority of his time sitting on his bed because there wasn't anything else to do, no programs, no job, no classes. Bored out of his mind. He said that's a big reason drugs are so bad. Sheer boredom.

[Tish Gotell Faulks (she/her/hers) @BadWolfFanEsq]

I'll be attending the amazing Endgame: Relentless Power Policy Summit and Power Brunch. Let me know if you're planning to attend so that we can say Hi! 👋
Or register now and join me at the event! https://t.co/MJbtsQUaUw

#PolicySummit2025 #ILBCF2025 https://t.co/MJbtsQUaUw

[Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong]

Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.

One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.

Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)

[The Appeal @theappeal]

A report published by the DOJ last year found that more than 5,000 deaths in the criminal legal system had gone uncounted over the previous three years. Fifteen states failed to report any arrest-related deaths in that period. https://t.co/YPRVedhP0y

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

When someone dies of an overdose in jail, it's typically after just one day of incarceration. Intoxication deaths in jails increased 381% between 2000-2018.

Jails are no place to recover from a substance use disorder. States should invest in community health centers instead.

[Equal Justice Initiative @eji_org]

On this day in 1960, hundreds of white people armed with baseball bats and ax handles attacked Black activists for staging a peaceful sit-in at a "whites only" restaurant in Jacksonville, FL. To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. https://t.co/JdRl1YC9n3

[Udi Ofer @udiofer_]

Homicide rates did go up significantly in 2020. It's true. But where were the highest rates in the nation? Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina. See below. Truth is that red states and blue states both have higher & lower homicide rates. #GOPDebate

[Shane Dixon Kavanaugh @shanedkavanaugh]

News:

The frequency with which Portland cops tell city residents that their crime-fighting hands are tied by MultCo DA Mike Schmidt is apparently so high that Chief Chuck Lovell sent an email to the entire police bureau telling them to stop doing so.
https://t.co/6YO9gZ5eRf

[Rep. Terri A. Sewell @RepTerriSewell]

John Lewis' life reminds us that while the arc of the moral universe does bend toward justice, it doesn't bend by itself.

Thanks to @nowthisnews for shining a light on his critical work. May John's legacy continue to strengthen our resolve and propel us forward. #GoodTrouble

[❤️ @umairh]

Remember when Covid hit, and “we were all in it together"?

Now? Covid isn't gone. But if you do take precautions, people will insult, mock, even harass you.

We learned something grim from the pandemic: People won't change a thing about their lives, even for their own good. 1/6

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

More than half of U.S. states have seen a decline in the number of licensed foster homes since 2021.

So what’s happening?

Child welfare authorities are placing foster youth in juvenile detention facilities instead. I’m glad more attention is being paid to this.

[Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @SenatorWarnock]

I think when the history of this period is written, our children and our grandchildren will ask us: "What were you doing when our house of democracy was on fire?"

All of us need to stand up and fight for our democracy in this moment.
https://t.co/Yt2jD4TNgi

[Steve Vladeck @steve_vladeck]

The full Fifth Circuit will soon decide whether state prisoners must demonstrate innocence to obtain federal post-conviction relief.

I'm pleased to be part of this amicus brief on how such a rule is inconsistent with both the history & purpose of habeas:

https://t.co/pewEr5rVsz

[Taniel @Taniel]

Big blow to voting rights: Tennessee greatly narrowed when people can regain voting rights.

It's now fully up to state officials whether you do. And you need more money just to apply to vote!

Context: 21% of Black adults barred from vote.

NEW from me: https://t.co/ogedv2jcmN

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

“Neither John Lauro, in his five Sunday morning appearances, nor Trump, going back to his initial response to the indictment, has actually rebutted the charges.”

Exactly. The reason?

They can’t. 
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[Sheila Jackson Lee @JacksonLeeTX18]

We are seeing clearly what Abbott’s Operation Lone Star program is doing to women and children. The inhumane treatment from this program is not solving our immigration problem but is causing a spectacle at the border.

[Rachel Maddow @maddow]

"What’s more, the two vacancies are poised to become three: Navy Adm. Michael Gilday is stepping down this month, during Congress’ summer break. The Senate could’ve confirmed his successor, but Tuberville, again, wouldn’t let that happen."
https://t.co/fVzIMOhXG8

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

If I had to pick one thing journalists miss in police reporting, it's that cops have tried to surveil, infiltrate, and violently crush every major social, economic, labor, environmental, and racial justice movement since 1900. It's what they spent their budgets on in every city.