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[Connecticut NOW @NOW_CT]

Sign our Senate petition to reauthorize the VIolence Against Women Act. Protect survivors of domestic & sexual violence. https://t.co/hTNMciHLSi

[Holly Figueroa O'Reilly @AynRandPaulRyan]

Raped.
The word you're looking for is raped.

[joanna schroeder @iproposethis]

Do you have white teenage sons?

Listen up.

I've been watching my boys' online behavior & noticed that social media and vloggers are actively laying groundwork in white teens to turn them into alt-right/white supremacists.

Here's how:

[PlannedParenthoodVotes!CT @ppvotesct]

“Tianna deserved to be treated with dignity and she wasn’t.” -@GretchenRaffa, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for @PPSNE https://t.co/AB5dN1KcmY

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘I ask you—beg you—not to look away.’ — @RashidaTlaib gave a vivid and emotional account of what she saw at the migrant detention camps

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘We don’t need new laws. We need morality.’ — Rep @RashidaTlaib spoke through tears about a mother who lost her daughter in ICE custody

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

This image will go down in history. New video shows shows Mike Pence callously observing and turning his back on severe overcrowding of men in cages at a detainment facility in Texas.

[John Lewis @repjohnlewis]

There is no such thing as an illegal human being. We may have all come here on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

[ABC News @ABC]

“I believed them. I believe these women,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testifies on conditions she witnessed during her visit to a border detention facility. “This is a manufactured crisis because there is no need for us to do this.” https://t.co/W4Xhplfbhx

[ACLU @ACLU]

Asked about Amazon's meeting with ICE to sell face recognition technology, an Amazon exec said: "We believe the government should have the best available technology."

No technology — best or worst — should be used to fuel Trump's anti-immigrant agenda. https://t.co/JHB4h7s94Z

[Women's March CT @womensmarchct]

We attended many of the @Lights4Liberty events tonight across CT. If you did, too, share photos in the replies. Heartfelt thanks to all the vigil organizers.
#DontLookAway
#Lights4Liberty
#CloseTheCamps
#LoveTrumpsHate

[VICE News @VICENews]

The Never Again movement was inspired by a Facebook post by Serena Adlerstein, a granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.

“What would I have done if I were alive during the Holocaust?” https://t.co/C4AYtgY1kw

[Equal Rights Advocates (Follow us on Threads/IG) @EqualRightsAdv]

#FridayFeeling #equalpay #payup

[Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal]

The Abuse of Pardon Prevention Act ensures transparency in the pardon process, codifying a strong deterrent against the president weaponizing the pardon power to protect himself or his allies. The pardon power isn’t a political weapon or a license to obstruct justice.

[HuffPost @HuffPost]

Does your kid's skin freak out when you apply sunscreen? Here's what you need to know. https://t.co/7Jshzt0Z8N

[Population Institute @PopInstitute]

ICYMI: Trump's domestic gag rule—which would prevent clinics funded by the nation's family-planning program from referring their patients to abortion providers—can go into effect. #ProtectX https://t.co/Cm0YYByz6n

[Everytown @Everytown]

Another day, another blow to a weakened NRA.

The DC attorney general joins New York in issuing subpoenas to NRA and its foundation. https://t.co/VDRNx0lPdz

[Connecticut NOW @NOW_CT]

Young Female Rocket Scientist Launches Nation’s First Print Magazine For Girls In STEM: https://t.co/hm4bNU1R8Y - via:@WomenYSK

[Planned Parenthood Action @PPact]

Today, Black women earn about 63 cents for every dollar earned by white men; Latinas earn about 54 cents; and white women earn about 78 cents.
It’s more important than ever before that we address the wage gap. #DemDebate

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

U.S. women's soccer star Ali Krieger says President Trump is angered by women he 'cannot control or grope' https://t.co/AXBw3bVm3r