Valerie W

research. writing. politics. organizing.

[Valerie W @valocipede]

Can't get over how stupid this on a pure political level, like as someone who did for a living this is not how you release or use oppo

[Alex Koma @AlexKomaDC]

Campaigns compile these reports all the time, but rare to see a candidate just outright post one on their website like this.

Even rarer to see them scouring the Pinterest pages of their opponent's dad...

[Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless @WashLegalClinic]

Urgent: We have learned that Trump is planning "7 nights of action," rounding up homeless people and attempting civil commitment or arrests for as many as possible. There is no space in shelter right now.

[Stop Police Terror Project DC @StopCopTerrorDC]

"For first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza"

"Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI), announced it was joining B’Tselem in calling Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide.”

https://t.co/I9zJOpMqE8

[Farnaz Fassihi @farnazfassihi]

6/ In the video you can see paramedics getting out of the car. You hear their exchange with IDF. They were alive. Days later, they were found with bullet shots in their heads and bodies- some at close range- and buried in mass graves. One had his hands and feet tied.

[Farnaz Fassihi @farnazfassihi]

SCOOP: We obtained video footage showing Israel attacked the convoy of aid workers in Gaza with a barrage of bullets, a paramedic frantically says his prayers of death. The ambulances had lights on & were marked refuting Israel's claim. w/ @ckoettl

https://t.co/9ONnjHE8L2

[The People's Forum @PeoplesForumNYC]

‼️HAPPENING NOW: Protesters fill the streets in historic march on Washington, D.C. for Palestine

People from around the entire country are here to demand an immediate arms embargo, the freedom of Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Badar Khan Suri, and an end to the genocide in Palestine!

🔗Watch the livestream via @BTnewsroom at https://t.co/ots0frj5ZX

[Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם @yuval_abraham]

A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co director of our film no other land. They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.

[Variety @Variety]

"No Other Land" Oscar winner Yuval Abraham says his co-director Hamdan Ballal has been beaten and attacked.

“A group of settlers just lynched Hamdan Ballal, co-director of our film ‘No Other Land,'” Abraham posted on X. “They beat him and he has injuries in his head and stomach, bleeding. Soldiers invaded the ambulance he called, and took him. No sign of him since.”

The alleged attack comes just three weeks after “No Other Land” won the Academy Award for best documentary. On stage, directors Abraham, Ballal, Basel Adra and Rachel Szor took the opportunity to call attention to the destruction happening in Gaza.

Read more here: https://t.co/nlvgj3ONBf

[Valerie W @valocipede]

Hey @MayorBowser so does the @DCPoliceDept just work for DOGE now

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

New latest update:

Number of people killed is now at 120.

[Stop Police Terror Project DC @StopCopTerrorDC]

The mayor clearly doesn't plan to defend DC so we're gonna have to

[Jesse Rabinowitz 🔥🌹@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social @jesserbnwtz]

This will help nobody. This will make homelessness worse. This will waste money.

I'm extra terrified for my DC neighbors who live outside.

I used to do street outreach at these specific encampments. I know the ppl this will impact.

https://t.co/qpU5gNSjIT

[Valerie W @valocipede]

I didn't know Kiah well but I worked with her in organizing spaces, including on this campaign, and what little I did get to know I truly admired. What an inexpressible loss.

[Civil Rights Corps @CivRightsCorps]

CRC is at the Wilson Building today opposing the Secure DC Omnibus bill!  Attorney Kiah Duggins shares why this misguided and dangerous legislation will only harm our communities: "We care about public safety, and this bill does nothing to keep us safe." #UsNotCrimnibus

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier https://t.co/FCrxLYWvHx

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Forcibly displaced Palestinians return to what’s left of their homes across Gaza after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire comes into effect.

— in pictures https://t.co/lcwMLNoDbv

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

D.C. spent $1.5 million to build a heated viewing stand for the inaugural parade that won't be happening anymore https://t.co/0s6aFD14Wd

[Annemarie Cuccia @annemariecuccia]

🧵Here’s how people experiencing homelessness in D.C. will be impacted by the upcoming inauguration weekend, according to information circulated by the D.C. government. Follow @streetsensedc for updates, and please share any other impacts you hear of.

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

12/ Look at what happened after a 15-year-old Palestinian boy said he was raped in custody: Israel raided the nonprofit that first collected his testimony and labeled it a terrorist org. That move effectively froze State.

[Brett Murphy @BrettMmurphy]

4/ “This is the human rights atrocity of our time,” one senior official at State told me. “I work for the department that’s responsible for this policy. I signed up for this. … I don’t deserve sympathy for it.”