Gary Murphy

(Mostly) retired educator...still committed to kids and to the people/organizations that serve them. #WeAreNotGoingBack

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Delaney Hall must close. This nightmare needs to end now.

I’ve seen it with my own eyes — a prison profiting off human pain while ripping mothers from their American newborn babies and denying them basic medical care.

This is a moral stain on our community and our nation.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Frankel to Rubio: "It is crazy that you want to let people in from South Africa because they can assimilate, while you're throwing out hundreds of thousands of people who have already assimilated and that are important parts of our economy and family life."

[Acyn @Acyn]

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

My heart broke to see Americans fighting Americans in our streets yesterday. As I saw ICE agents tackling civilians and firing pepper balls into the crowd, I was overwhelmed by how broken we’ve become. We cannot normalize this violence. Here’s what happened at Delaney Hall: THREAD

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

if concluded, trump-iran deal arguably the least worst outcome available to president trump.

except for:

1) agreeing to those terms months ago.

2) not having gone to war in the first place.

or

3) not having withdrawn from the iranian nuclear deal.

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Immigrants at Delaney Hall are on a hunger strike because they are fighting for their human rights. The conditions there are deplorable.

We’re working with our partners in the state to bring an end to this nightmare and I’ll be going to Delaney Hall again to conduct oversight.

Enough is enough - not in New Jersey, not anywhere.

[JB Pritzker @JBPritzker]

When Democrats take back the White House, two things are non-negotiable:

Raising the minimum wage.
Universal healthcare.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

ICE has violated almost 100 court orders.

Let me say that another way. 100 times ICE was caught brazenly ignoring the law. 100 times a court told them to immediately stop. And 100 times they ignored the order.

That's an out of control agency that shouldn't get another dime.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

I’m leaving the Capitol at 4am after Republicans rammed through a vote paving a path for $70B to fund ICE for years without any reforms/accountability. They rejected all Dem proposals to lower your healthcare costs, housing, and gas prices. Spread the word. We need to stop this.

[NJ Working Families Party @NJWFP]

We're proud to endorse Bill O’Dea for Hudson County Commissioner in District 2!

As a Jersey City native and the current County Commissioner, Bill has been dedicated to standing up for what’s right and fighting for the working people of Jersey City.

[The Political HQ @ThePoliticalHQ]

Thank you @SenLouiseLucas

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

THIS VIRGINIA VOTER NAILS IT 💥
#VoteYesVirginiaToday

“Unfortunately, we’ve been pushed into the position where two wrongs will make a right, and as Democrats, we simply can’t come to a boxing match when the person brings a knife.

We’re just not going to be able to survive that. So that’s the position we’ve been forced into.”

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores after a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

TWEEPS: Virginia voters: April 21 is HUGE. This redistricting ballot initiative is a game changer, just like Prop 50 in CA, and it puts power back in YOUR hands.

I need 1,000 fast RTs and replies using #VoteYesForVirginiaLive

Please and thank you! 🙏💪

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Zohran on CBS: " I think what we can see is that a democratic socialist politics is one that should be judged on its delivery, like any ideology ...  I think that this is a politics that can flourish anywhere because, frankly, there is only one majority in this country — that's the working class and it's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what it is that we're pursuing and not as part of the appendix."

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

We are spending at least $500 million a day to bomb Iran.

Imagine how many teachers we could hire, how many public housing units we could build, how many bridges and roads we could fix, if we spent that kind of money on improving life for working people?

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat, was elected to a New Jersey House seat vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill. https://t.co/TZaMS0NCb5

[Michael Lange @MichaelLangeNYC]

One of the 13 New Yorkers interviewed by the NYT for Mayor Mamdani's first 100 Days:

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

"Cushy." Heard that one before, from every bigwig who thinks dignity and fair pay for the people actually doing the work is somehow too much to ask. It's not.

The bosses don't have to like it — they just have to sign it. With @NYHTC all the way. When workers fight, we win.

[Andy Kim @AndyKimNJ]

There was a lot of craziness today, but let it not be lost that the Vice President of America spoke in person at a political rally for a brutal autocrat and said “I love Viktor.” Trump and Vance want to do to America what Orbán has done to dismantle democracy in Hungary.