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[Jess @theeeJT]

I stopped using this platform in 2016. It's essentially the ghost of my citygov femme life. Catch me in these streets (trans af) organizing the masses since. Only remaining m.o. is how hard I fag out re: Mariska Hargitay. Highkey abolitionist praxis but that's my grrl, idgaf. 🤷🏽

[Jess @theeeJT]

While sweeping survivors up into these harmful systems that punish us for our own victimization after everything we have already endured. Upset that we are STILL choosing to invest in criminalization vs protective resources at the community level. Got me hyped! Ugh, OUTTIEEE frfr

[Jess @theeeJT]

Beyond that, Three Strikes law adds over $19 billion to the state’s prison budget (instead of idk TREATMENT, LIVING WAGES, FREE HEALTH CARE / CHILDCARE/ HIGHER EDUCATION, HOUSING, COMMUNITY BUILDING, PREVENTION PROGRAMS???) SB14 is weaponized feel good bs.

[Jess @theeeJT]

Quoted in the Sac Bee…

Legislation that address the societal conditions that create vulnerability are what is needed.

Could California child sex trafficking bill hurt victims? Why some advocates are against it https://t.co/j7DdKyiKhj

[Jess @theeeJT]

Yes, a bitch knows they got issues. Anyway idek how to use twitter anymore. So um, hasta luego, see y’all in 5 yrs or whenever the next rando insta story links me to the twitterverse. Where I feel like an elder who is simultaneously hatefollowing & doesn’t understand anything. 👵🏼

[Jess @theeeJT]

This is top secret shit tho - I legitimately hide this from every human I know & will most likely deny ever revealing this. But it’s the consistency & volume of the yelling you guys & the occasional throwing of things. It’s a soothing chaos that brings me back to childhood. 🤣

[Jess @theeeJT]

Idk why I am on here at all let alone @ 6:24 AM. Ok, TBH, I am hella embarrassed to admit this but I got on a Jersey Housewives binge (I don’t watch any other housewives, reality shows, or tv for that matter) yet I am oddly compelled to watch all the nj seasons every 5 yrs or so.

[Immigrant Justice Network @ImmJustice]

27 yrs after the signing of the “Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA)”, the law continues to harm immigrant communities.

Join us for an IG live about the dark legacy of IIRIRA and the need to finally repeal it.

#EndIIRIRA #NewWayForward

[Jess @theeeJT]

@rgay Support actual survivors financially and socially so we can afford basic needs and if we’re lucky find pathways to treatment (which is hella expensive) or offer opportunities that help us rebuild our lives. These sick savior fkers are literally making $ off of other ppls trauma.

[CARECEN LA @Carecen_LA]

The L.A. Welcomes Collective confirms the arrival Tuesday of 40 asylum-seekers from Texas.  There were 12 families in the bus, including 14 children.   Migrants come from El Salvador and Venezuela.  Bus arrived at Union Station at 9:15 a.m

[Bay Area Workers Support @BAWSupport]

Our merch looks great with leather!

You've got a couple chances to snag some and support local workers while you celebrate this week! 😘

[SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective @SisterSong_WOC]

This Mother’s Day, National Bail Out will be freeing as many Black Mamas and caregivers as possible so that they can come home to their families and communities. You can help #FreeBlackMamas! Give what you can to get mamas home: https://t.co/O0iYZsazdy.

[Anna-Laura @annalaura_art]

abundance !!!

[Native Organizers Alliance @NativeOrganizer]

May 5 has officially been declared National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Awareness Day. Here are some events occurring to help honor victims and spread awareness:
https://t.co/qiriKOG4Jw

[Joél Leon. @JoelakaMaG]

big on love. big on purpose. big on defying odds. big on chasing dreams. big on stillness. big on compassion. big on transparency. big on fluidity.

big on living a life worth remembering.

[United Farm Workers @UFWupdates]

Carlos has been working in the strawberries in Watsonville CA for for 14 years. He shares, "This is my first box of this season. We started very late because our work was delayed due to the rains. The delay affected our salary a lot and has made things very hard." #WeFeedYou

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

“We can’t afford to pay our writers more.”

Meanwhile, media company CEO pay is through the roof:

Netflix CEOs: $51M & $50M
Nexstar CEO: $39M
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO: $39M
Comcast CEO: $32M
Paramount CEO: $32M
Walt Disney CEO : $24M
AMC: $24M
Fox Corp CEO : $22M

Hello?

[Naomi Simmons-Thorne @_naomisimmons]

Black trans folks, be sure to apply for the Black Trans Joy Fund. Application process is seamless. 5 minutes tops. All questions are demographic and funds are distributed at random.

Tomorrow is the deadline, 5/5! 🥳
@OpenYourWallett @BlkTransTravel

https://t.co/xX2thY4X48

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

More & more people are seeing that policing is looting our communities of all the money and resources we need to survive & that could actually support conditions for greater safety. From Cop City to Milwaukee to NYC, people are organizing & pushing back! ➡️https://t.co/WE60iXmycg

[CNN @CNN]

Two 10-year-old children were found working at a Louisville McDonald's restaurant -- sometimes until 2 a.m. -- the US Department of Labor said. https://t.co/5o5Fxd3xm8

[Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim]

The media and politicians continuing to use fearmongering and distorted, false information around supposed "crime" waves to create a culture of punishment and disregard and disposability for anyone viewed as undesirable, are all complicit. Copaganda and policing everywhere.