Brooke Peery

TX Native | Civil rights analyst @ U.S. Commission on Civil Rights | Views are my own

[USCCR @USCCRgov]

The #Texas Advisory Committee to the @USCCRgov report found that in 2021, 69 % of youth who enter @TexasJJD facilities were identified at intake as having moderate to severe mental health needs. #MentalHealth #JuvenileJustice

Read Report Findings: https://t.co/YavXOiN3gf

[Lorenzo Green 〰️ @mrgreen]

9. Professor Dumbledore:

[USCCR @USCCRgov]

Join the #Texas Advisory Committee to @USCCRgov virtual public briefing on #MentalHealthcare in the #JuvenileJusticeSystem. #CivilRights

WHEN:
Wednesday 2/15/23
12pm-2pm CT

Online registration:https://t.co/hwGtDdg9Zl
LEARN MORE: https://t.co/UxvVHIshKT
https://t.co/kCb0T3CRG0

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Thanks in part to the NDRC, states that were once gerrymandered by Republicans—Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Colorado, Minnesota—are now highly competitive. And that’s how it should be—voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

One reason the balance of power in the House of Representatives is so close is because, for the first time in a decade, there were enough competitive districts at play. Thanks to the work of @DemRedistrict, Americans voted on the fairest congressional map of the last 40 years.

[USCCR @USCCRgov]

(1/5) #OTD 65 years ago the #1957CivilRightsAct established @USCCRgov. Established as an independent, bipartisan, fact-finding federal agency, our mission is to inform the development of national #civilrights policy & enhance enforcement of federal civil rights laws. #USCCR65

[Brooke Peery @b_peery]

This + the option for forgiveness after 10 years of payments (previously 20 years) is actually pretty huge and not getting enough attention. $10,000 is a bandaid but these changes can hopefully bring lasting relief to the system.

[Innocenthea @Eclipness]

That moment when Troy Kotsur won and the voice of the interpreter is breaking down into tears while translating #Oscars

[Alexis Benveniste @apbenven]

Please enjoy this video of a baby eating queso for the first time

[Brooke Peery @b_peery]

The Tragedy of Macbeth + The Bachelor double feature. It’s called balance ✌🏻

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

Before Shelby County, the Justice Department blocked over 3,000 voter suppression laws using the VRA, 60% of which had evidence of intentional discrimination.

Preclearance is a powerful tool to protect voting rights. We need to pass the John Lewis VRAA and #RestoreTheVRA.

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

Filibuster is blocking legislation on voting rights, immigration, reproductive rights, raising minimum wage, criminal justice reform, combating climate change, Jan 6 commission, etc etc. Entire Democratic agenda at risk because of Jim Crow relic that’s not even in Constitution

[Natalie Montelongo @natimontelongo]

🚨Biden administration is extending pandemic relief for student debt through January 31, 2022.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

91% of the Navajo Nation is fully vaccinated. If the Navajo Nation were another country—it’d be the most vaccinated in the world.

[Brooke Peery @b_peery]

Idk if the rest of the country understands what no AC in Texas in June really means. People are gonna die. And TX Leg did nothing.

[Julián Castro @JulianCastro]

“Everything that needed to be done was done to fix the power grid in Texas.” - @GregAbbott_TX, last week.

[Brooke Peery @b_peery]

@acpeery Mom.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD: There are 9,000 people caged in the downtown Houston jail, most of them solely because they can't pay cash. The situation is getting dire: "We don't have any running water anymore." (1)

[Brooke Peery @b_peery]

Damn. After the Britney doc I’m rethinking a lot of our classic “messes.” Lindsay showed so much grace and lightheartedness. And she shouldn’t have had to.

[Sarah Smith 🦙 @sarahesmith23]

𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 — 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 — a state of being in which you are employed and healthy during a pandemic but you're also tired and depressed and feel like trash all the time