esmie in ks voted no

(she/her) views are mine & don't represent any org I do or don't work for. INACTIVE - THIS PLATFORM IS ILLEGITIMATE

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

we're collectively joking about a year of quarantine ruining our social skills and ability to function in the regular world -- but we just can't understand how people come out of prison after 5 or 10 or 20 years maladapted / how incarceration only continues cycles of harm.

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

@AndrewBahl @CapTimes What a loss for Kansas -- we will miss your tireless work here. Congrats and wishing you well in your next chapter!

[Sherman Smith @sherman_news]

The #ksleg banned transgender athletes under the pretense that lawmakers care about fairness in women's sports. In an in-depth story, @SamarahBailey explores real inequities for female athletes https://t.co/xyBXXWHMR9

[Jennifer Roth @JenniferRothKS]

Up late working. Don’t let anyone tell you that people don’t go to prison in KS for weed possession. My client is doing 7 years in a cage at a cost of over $260,000 to taxpayers. If he had had the means to drive 175 to 250 miles either direction on I-70 he’d be free. #ksleg

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

@CindyHoedel @aclukansas oh Cindy, wow. This is shocking and disappointing to hear from you of all people in this space.

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

One year ago today, on August 2nd, democracy and reproductive freedom won in Kansas—and won big.

[Isidro Marino @theisidromarino]

Undocumented youth are some of the most vulnerable populations in our country. Often these undocumented youth are being put into dangerous situations such as this. These companies have a long record of neglecting, abusing, and exploiting workers. #ksleg

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

It's unsurprising Mr. Kobach is asking the court to adopt his flawed, unconstitutional view of an anti-trans law without hearing from the very people who would be harmed: transgender Kansans.

Why is he so afraid of our clients having their voices heard?

https://t.co/1bp3khj8dz

[John Hanna @APjdhanna]

That approach, ACLU of KS legal director Sharon Brett argues, ignores "the reality that transgender Kansans are going to face every single day in this state." #ksleg

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

@vigneshr4m i like this worldview

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

In its Gideon ruling, the Supreme Court said it's an "obvious truth" that a defendant cannot adequately defend themself without counsel.

To most Kansans & Americans, this IS an obvious truth. Justice shouldn't depend on what you can or can't afford.

https://t.co/LScumzlZhu

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

@eeeiiieeeiiiooo @Ho8Go8L1N @Davis_Hammet if you were genuinely interested in a good-faith discussion about the constitution, you'd have gone and read the filings by now instead of tweeting

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

It really feels like Kansas needs trans joy today. Appropriately, here's the second installment of our video series, Trans Joy in the Sunflower State. In the face of nastiness from elected officials, we want trans Kansans to remember that we see you, and you are valuable.

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

It's insulting to all Kansans that Kobach and other extremists who propped up the anti-trans law SB 180 claim to be helping women, but have not actually done so. They have instead weaponized women’s rights and re-entrenched oppressive gender stereotypes that hurt all of us.

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

@MsKellyMHayes Go outside. Take an afternoon and just sit on a park bench or near some water. Feel small.

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

I'm not sure who should die, just that SOMEONE should, so let's get on with it" --@GovParsonMO

in any other context this would be malicious intent

https://t.co/33ZwtN0akd

[esmie in ks voted no @esmietee]

absolutely unconscionable. @GovParsonMO has blood on his hands.

https://t.co/ZCiqrXkFsd

[RailroadedUnderground @RailroadUnderg1]

The same way slavery evolved to Jim Crow then mass incarceration, the new evolution of oppression is “rehabilitative centers” or high tech prisons. Don’t be fooled.

[ACLU of Kansas @aclukansas]

Attorney General Kris Kobach issued an extremely flawed “advisory opinion” today about SB 180, the new law passed by #ksleg codifying scientifically inaccurate and underinclusive definitions of sex into state statute.

It's just that—his opinion. It's little more than bluster.