Maureen Benson (she/her)

Educator, Accomplice, Visionary. Podcast: Eyes On Whiteness

[Jemele Hill @jemelehill]

As fun as it would be to pile on Kevin McCarthy for being so thirsty for power that he bent the knee to the delusional extremists in his own party and stupidly thought that same group wouldn't eventually pile drive him into political ruin, it's just the latest example that Republicans prefer chaos and dysfunction to actual governance. Unfortunately we're the ones who ultimately pay for this unabashed stupidity.

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

No no no, Republicans. You gotta carry this speaker for a full term.

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

@jsmooth995 Look at the power of compassion and grace.

[Ayohollywood @Ayhollywoood]

BONGOS IN COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 🔥🤩 #medellin #comuna13 #CardiB @iamcardib @theestallion #BONGOS

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

A white supremacist just used an AR15 to kill three Black people. Absolutely disgusting, even for the NRA.

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

@mobrowne Enjoy every moment. Every step. Every breath. You continue to amaze me. Find the joy, sis. I love you.

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

@nhannahjones In Oakland, OPD spends more than half their time on non-criminal calls. It took forever to get the data and we now see how they spend their time. 👀

[Anti Police-Terror Project @APTPaction]

We are deeply saddened by the recent assault of an Asian elder in SF, allegedly by James Ramsey, a Black disabled man with a history of mental illness. We are praying for her full recovery.

This is a systemic failure - all violence is state violence. Read our full statement:

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

@SF_Contrarian @SimonYoung76 @sfstandard you mean fundraise for a severely mentally ill person that the state wouldn’t provide any care or housing for so we put him up in hotel rooms and provided advocacy for to get the proper care and treatment so he’s not on the street? Yeah, I support APTP all day every day.

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

This unhealthy dynamic was definitely a part of why I walked away before my term was up. That and the tendrils of the mayors office being wrapped around the politics of this commission.

[Jaime Omar Yassin @hyphy_republic]

Jordan has been told he's being overlooked for an interview for reappointment because his his application is too brief. He says that's a smokescreen. Instead, he says, CPA members are working behind scenes with the panel to appoint candidates sympathetic to CPA

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

You can't square John Roberts 2023 ruling that POTUS cannot authorize student debt relief with his 2018 ruling that POTUS can ban Muslims from entering the country, unless you account for the fact that Roberts is a partisan plant.
My latest in @thenation
https://t.co/92gC9Az2e3

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

I have yet to hear a real explanation from any official hesitating to condemn the killing of Jordan Neely about what makes condemning this violence so “complicated.”

Killing is wrong. Killing the poor is wrong. Killing the mentally ill is wrong. Why is that so hard to say?

[AERA @AERA_EdResearch]

Dr. Cornel West - @CornelWest responding to an audience question:

“In the end we're going to be measured by the scope and breadth of the love and compassion we showed for others.”

#aera23

[Maureen Benson (she/her) @yesmsbenson]

I hate it here.

[Jaime Omar Yassin @hyphy_republic]

Literally salivating that someone has been shot, because its new fuel for their hatred of Pamela Price. This is the audience that Lim has cultivated

[Kamau Franklin @kamaufranklin]

Breaking News: The official autopsy is released showing Tortuguita the forest defender didn't have gunpowder residue on their hands and had at least 57 gunshot wounds in their body, including the hands, torso, legs and head. This is Murder. #StopCopCity
https://t.co/HZ3g2Sjxzm

[Jaime Omar Yassin @hyphy_republic]

The silence from landlord orgs may be that the real issue for them is the substantial damage issue, which they currently have won. Bas/Kalb's original amendments, the ones tenant groups want back, would make it harder to evict tenants on bs. Obviously, landlords want that option.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

One cannot be pro-life or support so-called parents rights and yet do nothing about this. Exceptional nation, indeed.