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Brett Wilkins

1 month

It's gratifying when my work contributes to the cause of justice. This filing in the historic International Court of Justice case on Israel's illegal apartheid occupation cites my article on Benjamin Netanyahu's eliminationist language on Palestine. 🇺🇳⚖️🇵🇸

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

Not a lot of queer folks ripping on the anti-genocide bridge-blockers. Maybe it's because Stop AIDS, Act Up, and others staged similar protests back in the day. And now those activists are lionized as heroes. Just like those who resist Israel's Gaza genocide will be one day.

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Brett Wilkins

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3 years

@georgesoros @OpenSociety A "true champion of freedom" who said half a million dead Iraqi kids was "worth it"

Madeleine Albright - 60 Minutes

Albright makes statement that ultimately led to 9/11.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

The Dixie Fire is now the largest single-source wildfire in California history. Most corporate media aren't reporting the destruction of Greenville Rancheria, built as a "safe zone" for Maidu and other Indigenous peoples during the California genocide.

'We Lost Everything': Greenville Residents Reel as California's Dixie Fire Grows to Historic...

Supercharged by heatwaves and drought—both fueled by climate change—wildfires in California this year have incinerated three times as much territory as in the same period of last year's record fire...

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@tommycapitol @kenklippenstein I'm 48. I see "based" thrown around quite a bit these days and I still have no idea what it means.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 months

SF DA @BrookeJenkinsSF ' public affairs director @LillyRapson has demonized pro-Palestine, anti-genocide protesters on X. Could it be because she worked 6 years at anti-Palestine, pro-genocide @AIPAC ? 🤔🧵

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 years

@marwilliamson @iamchanteezy @KamalaHarris In the "Worst People on Twitter" Olympics, it's a tie for the gold between the MAGA mob and KHive.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 year

I am Black. I live in @LondonBreed 's neighborhood. Her policies harm people in my community. @DeanPreston 's policies uplift people in my community. The Black political class in this country largely harms Black people; its master$ are our oppressor$. Skinfolk ain't always kinfolk.

Diane Yap

@RealDianeYap

1 year

"Here we go, another white man talking about Black and Brown people as if you’re the savior of these people” - Mayor Breed to Supervisor Preston Amazing. Tell him!

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

8 months

IDF officers brought Israeli civilians into detention centers and allowed them to gleefully watch and film Palestinian prisoners being tortured, according to prisoners' testimonies to @EuroMedHR . By @BrettWilkinsSF for @commondreams .

IDF Let Israeli Civilians Film Torture of Palestinian Detainees: Report | Common Dreams

"This is beyond military occupation, apartheid, economic exploitation, and all the rest," asserted one journalist. "There is something extremely sickening happening here."

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

Happening now: ⁦ @usfca ⁩ students have set up a Gaza solidarity/anti-Israeli genocide encampment smack dab in the middle of campus. Inspiring to see such action—especially at a private Christian school!

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

@AIPAC Joe Lieberman was a war criminal, mass surveillance advocate, and whistleblower persecutor. He was also a staunch apologist for Israeli crimes. He should be lambasted, not lauded.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 year

. @LondonBreed , the fact that you rose from the 'hood but now pursue policies that harm BIPOC & poor ppl makes you and your attack on @DeanPreston —who's spent thousands of his own $$ to house the unhoused while you tank housing efforts—even more shameful.

Breed Has Had It With Preston as the Two Square Off Over Drug User Arrests

Mayor London Breed's controversial new "Intoxication Detention program" was the subject of some back-and-forth at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, with Supervisor Dean Preston asking some...

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@BarackObama Is saying half a million dead Iraqi children was "worth it" being a "champion for democratic values?"

Madeleine Albright - 60 Minutes

Albright makes statement that ultimately led to 9/11.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 months

Why say "transient?" Do you ID all crime suspects by their residency status?

Sergio Quintana

@svqjournalist

4 months

The SF Medical Examiner has identified the 74 year old who died after being pushed into a BART train last night. Corazon Dandan died from head injuries when she hit the train and fell onto the platform. Police say transient Trevor Belmont, 49, was arrested after the attack.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@AviKaner As if Israelis don't do it too...

Israelis gather on hillsides to watch and cheer as military drops bombs on Gaza

Harriet Sherwood: People drink, snack and pose for selfies against a background of explosions as Palestinian death toll mounts in ongoing offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 years

“Even the least invasive, most benign seeming means-testing are deterrents for people... a way of making poor people dance for a service that they need... Profoundly humiliating." - @cmkshama

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

"If your response to Israel murdering kids with U.S. weapons is only to express 'hope is that this will be closing down sooner rather than later,' you're telling Israel to keep murdering kids," said @aaronjmate @commondreams

As Biden Blasted for 'Green Light' to Israel's Gaza Slaughter, House Dems Praised for Urging US...

"If your response to Israel murdering kids with U.S. weapons is only to express 'hope is that this will be closing down sooner rather than later,' you're telling Israel to keep murdering kids."

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

A "family meeting?" Who the hell do you think you are? Also, witness the soft fascism of the so-called SF "moderates" who, if they could, might like a pogrom to rid the city of leftists, LGBTQ+, working-class, and people of color, who predominate the "objectionable" areas.

Nick Berg 盧柏格

@NickBergSF

7 months

There's an L-shaped corridor of San Francisco voters who want criminals to escape, taxpayers to fund street drugs, and our brightest children held back from reaching their full potential. At some point, we need to have a family meeting about this.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 year

Definitely one of the biggest protests I’ve seen in my nearly 20 years in SF! At least tens of thousands marching for a CEASEFIRE NOW and an end to US complicity in Israel’s genocide, apartheid, occupation, and colonization. FREE PALESTINE!! 🇵🇸✊🏽

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 months

My car was stolen while I was out of town! I blame @BrookeJenkinsSF !! I mean, isn’t that what the so-called “moderates” did to Chesa when he was DA? Now do you see how inane y’all sounded?😂🤦🏽‍♂️

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 month

Lovely day to be out knocking doors for @AaronPeskin —THE progressive choice for San Francisco mayor!

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

@yashar @ronenbergman @PatrickKingsley Now do the Palestinian women raped and executed by Israeli troops.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@keithedwards Neither of these photos depict anything pride-worthy. One shows a servant of empire committing the crime of illegal invasion and occupation of a sovereign nation. The other shows George Santos 🙄

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 months

Look at all the people who turned out for Seneca Scott ( @SenecaSpeaks21 ) Sheng Thao recall "rally" 😂🤣🤦🏾‍♂️🤡

Philip Bank$

@PhilDeezNuts

2 months

@SenecaReeks21 🤣🤣🤣

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 year

This sounds *precisely* like self-described SF "moderates" like @JoelEngardio , @mattdorsey , @Stefani4CA , and @GrowSF , and racists like @RealDianeYap and @annhsu25 —who used the same "riff-raff" slur. If it quacks like a right-winger and acts like a right-winger...

Ron DeSantis

@RonDeSantis

1 year

Leadership matters. Cities like San Francisco that have embraced leftist policies have destroyed the quality of life of their citizens and sparked an exodus of productive people to greener pastures. We need to restore sanity across this country.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

I support SF District Attorney @chesaboudin because he holds criminal cops accountable. #NoOnH #NoRecall

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 months

Great fundraiser for Alameda County DA Pamela Price’s anti-recall campaign tonight in Oakland! Thrilled to meet the iconic Angela Davis, whose words and deeds significantly influenced my evolution from right-wing youth to radical adulthood. ✊🏾

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

1 month

“I am actually the best candidate on this stage to build the affordable housing that San Francisco needs.” - @AaronPeskin

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

Look at the angry white men harassing an elected woman of color with contrived concern for the "strong Black woman" in the mayor's office. 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

Conor Johnston

@conorj_SF

7 months

What's funny here is 1) Connie actually started yelling at me 1st (as the @sfstandard confirms), and 2) then she tried to call me racist for pointing out the racist thing she said. Yeah, I won't be buying that one.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

8 months

Seneca Scott ( @SenecaSpeaks21 ) is a bigot and a menace!

care4community

@care4community1

8 months

Share this video if you agree there is no room for violence in Oakland politics. #UnitedAgainstHate #Oakland

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

.⁦ @DeanPreston ⁩ breaks down why haters like ⁦ @elonmusk ⁩ and @garrytan gonna hate.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@ellenbennion @hansmollman The "god" part, the "king" part—or both?

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

16 days

@RoofTopKrn @RealDianeYap Speak for yourself. I find men hate feminism for the same reasons many hate "political correctness"—because it means they can't say or do bad things they used to be able to say or do without repercussions.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 months

Makes you wonder how many more of these SF "moderates" are in fact fascist sympathizers—or worse?

David Sacks

@DavidSacks

3 months

France shows that no election is certain. Macron and the far-left used every trick in the book to deny Marine Le Pen her victory. Republicans shouldn’t get complacent.

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Brett Wilkins

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1 year

🚨🚨📣At least tens of thousands rallied and marched in San Fransico today for a cease-fire in Gaza NOW, an end to US complicity in Israel's genocidal war, the downfall of Israeli apartheid/occupation/colonization, and a FREE PALESTINE!!! 🇵🇸✊🏾

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

Seneca Scott ( @SenecaSpeaks21 ) is a bigot and a menace. Thanks to @markmisoshnik of @LCRWnews for this comprehensive review of his increasingly unhinged history.

AN OAKLAND NONPROFIT FOUNDER’S HISTORY OF FAR-RIGHT ALIGNMENT | Left Coast Right Watch

Profile of Seneca Scott, head of Neighbors Together Oakland, who has a history of transphobic and antisemitic statements and flirtations with the far right.

leftcoastrightwatch.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 months

While AIPAC alum like @TyeGregory and Lilly Rapson, and genocide boosters like @Scott_Wiener , amplify baseless claims about Palestinians including "beheaded Jewish babies," their bigotry is belied by their utter silence in the face of Israel's *actual* beheading of Gaza babies.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 years

"No amount of saber-rattling in the final days of the #Trump administration is going to change the fact that Arctic drilling is a risky investment that any savvy financial institution would stay far away from." —Ben Cushing, @SierraClub

Trump Administration Accused of Trying to Bully Banks Into Financing Arctic Fossil Fuel Extraction...

"Contrary to the claims of oil-backed politicians, banks don't want to finance more drilling in the Arctic not because of some vast liberal conspiracy, but because it's bad business," said a Sierra...

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 years

$15/hr minimum wage, free City College — Why wouldn't I vote for @JaneKim for #SF mayor? @sfberniecrats @fightfor15

$15/hr minimum wage, free City College — Why wouldn't I vote for Jane Kim for SF mayor?

On Tuesday, San Franciscans will head to the polls to vote for their next mayor in a special election following the sudden death of Ed Lee last December. In a city that hasn’t elected a Republican...

www.dailykos.com

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

A lovely day for canvassing Bernal Heights with @JackieFielder_ 's campaign for D9 supervisor! Lots of friendly neighbors and fantastic views.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 months

. @sfberniecrats —and a couple of our great endorsed candidates, @DeanPreston and @AaronPeskin —at the @harveymilkclub 48th Gayla! 🏳️‍🌈🎉✊🏾

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

San Francisco regresses again under DA @BrookeJenkinsSF . Juveniles—children—should never be charged as adults, no matter what they do, because they're not adults. Duh. SF needs a district attorney who understands this. SF needs @HamasakiLaw for DA.

Jenkins may charge juveniles as adults for these crimes

In another undoing of the reforms made by her predecessor, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Tuesday a list of crimes for which her attorneys would seek to prosecute

www.sfexaminer.com

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

"It's one thing to do your job," says @madanboukman , "but why abuse, humiliate, and dehumanize them?" via @commondreams

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

17 days

@danheld Also, we absolutely need unions because of ppl like you. I see Uber in your bio. Before I made it as a writer, I drove Uber for 5 yrs and saw firsthand how Uber screwed over drivers, the most important ppl in the company. It was the ultimate case of ever-diminishing returns.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@RightWingWatch Someone once said that when fascism comes to the US, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@AssalRad Somebody forgot to tell the Syrian family nearly blown to bits earlier this week in a US drone strike that we're not at war anymore!

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@liftgolfzen Are you aware that Haiti was the first truly free nation in the hemisphere and the only successful example of national self-emancipation from slavery? And that while its government is corrupt, many of Haiti's woes are the result of 200+ years of Western economic strangulation?

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@aaronjmate Yet the civilian casualty count is beginning to resemble an Israeli operation in Gaza. I don't understand the quasi-pathological apologia. This is one of the world's greatest human rights crimes.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

8 months

It's going to take a unified left to stem the rising tide of "moderate" and right-wing attacks on progressive policies and practices in our city. That means defeating Mayor Breed's agenda. I'll be part of tonight's conversation on how we do it. 7pm; SF LGBT Center, 1800 Market St

Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club

@harveymilkclub

8 months

Join us at the next Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club meeting 🏳️‍🌈 focusing on defeating London Breed's harmful ballot propositions & standing against her agenda. Speakers from @COHSF , @EFF , @Berniecrats , Phoenix Project, & more will be there to discuss ways we can work together.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

It's not about what you've got. It's about who you're fighting for. I have the utmost respect for wealthier politicians who pursue policies and practices that help the most vulnerable among us, when doing so often goes against their personal pecuniary interests.

Todd Davis 帅猛男

@96hoya

7 months

I have come to the realization that the supporters of @DeanPreston do not care about what he does, he can live in a mansion, invest in tech, build massive amounts of wealth, own properties in a trust. The important thing is that he tries to stop others from doing these things.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@GoldsteinBrooke It's horrific whenever children are killed. According to Israel's @btselem , Israeli forces have killed over 2,200 Palestinian children this century, while Palestinian resistance has claimed the lives of around 140 Israeli children. "A hundred eyes for an eye," writ large.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@angelavixii Down with the US, but come on. I criticize everything the US does for a pretty decent living here. I would be unemployed, in jail, or maybe worse if I were a journalist in Russia writing the kind of articles about it and Putin as I do about Biden, US imperialism, Israel, etc.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

That's because Seneca Scott ( @SenecaSpeaks21 ) is a bigot and a menace who will say anything anywhere to self-aggrandize—even though he can't clear single digits in any election. That's why he's called "Single-Digit Seneca."

care4community

@care4community1

7 months

"NTO is also raising money via GiveSendGo, a Christian supremacist-owned crowdfunding platform popular with neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and Proud Boys, including some who were involved in the January 6 riots at the capitol." Yikes. #OaklandUnitedAgainstHate

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Brett Wilkins

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3 years

@cmkshama @falastiniyat From Vancouver to Seattle to Oakland to Italy, Greece, South Africa, and beyond, #BlockTheBoat human rights defenders say no to Israeli apartheid, ethnic cleansing, settler colonization, invasion, occupation, and oppression of Palestine! @AROCBayArea

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@hey4558 @tlpq1 @militaryenjoyer @richardmcvay @CBSNews Other whaling nations include Canada, Denmark, Iceland, and Norway. Just sayin'...

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

8 months

I'm now co-chair of @sfberniecrats , an @OurRevolution affiliate. Leading our club against a flood of right-wing dark money in this crucial election year won't be easy, but I know we can deliver for our candidates and ballot measures and I'm looking forward to the challenge! ✊🏾

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

5 months

My name is @SusanDReynolds and my right-wing media org took $100K from a self-confessed sex criminal and attempted rapist—and I ain't givin' it back! That's #RapistLife !

Raya

@onlyfanons

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That's Rapistlife! Read the report:

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

5 months

. @SusanDReynolds still won't say when—or if— her media org will return $100K from an admitted sex criminal & attempted rapist. Gonna call her Crickets from now on. Pretty sure Ole' 🦗🦗 won't be pestering @PhoenixProjNow about its backers anymore. Talk about "Hypocrite Hill" 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

Emily Mills

@sf_mills

6 months

Do you think Gotham By the Bay (Susan Reynolds, Erica Sandberg, Lou Barberini, Stanley Roberts) or Mr Badly Productions will return the $100,000 each they received from Jay Cheng and Neighbors for a Better San Francisco? @TheVOSF @MLNow @48hills

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Brett Wilkins

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5 years

@AOC Thank you for having the courage to call this what it is, to not back down under intense pressure, and to invoke history in your argument. The US has been in the concentration camp business since the days of Indian Removal:

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

If I ever filed copy as rife with speculation, libel, attacks on a sex crime victim, and glaring typos as this dreck, my editor would likely fire me. But this is @SusanDReynolds / @TheMarinaTimes , laughingstock of SF media and bedfellow of some of the most vile regressives around.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@AP "Outspoken" in her belief that half a million dead Iraqi children from her government's sanctions policy was "worth it."

Madeleine Albright - 60 Minutes

Albright makes statement that ultimately led to 9/11.

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@BrettWilkinsSF

3 years

@abadji_kofi @GretaThunberg Beware those who are more offended by naughty words than by the problem at hand—which in this case, is an existential planetary emergency.

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

4 years

I support @JackieFielder_ forCA state Senate because she shares my values of peace, justice and equality for all! It's a tough race vs a well-funded corporate canidate, she needs YOUR help today!

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 months

Nice try, @Scott_Wiener . This is a potentially biased prosecution by an office whose leaders—one of whom worked at a pro-genocide org—have publicly demonized anti-genocide activists. Your support for genocide is an eternal bloodstain on your legacy.

Senator Scott Wiener

@Scott_Wiener

2 months

Protesters block Golden Gate Bridge. Protesters get arrested. DA charges protesters. The response? “There’s a pro-Israel Jew behind the curtain controlling the DA!” Criticize the charges all you want. But stop w/ the classic antisemitic trope that Jews control the government.

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Brett Wilkins

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3 years

"No one will be punished for a US drone strike that killed Afghan civilians, including 7 children," says @AssalRad . "But Daniel Hale is in jail for telling us that drones kill civilians & revealing US actions that amount to war crimes." via @commondreams

No Punishment for US Troops Who Slaughtered 10 Afghan Civilians, Says Pentagon Chief | Common Dreams

"U.S. attacks slaughtering civilians have been routine," says Kathy Kelly of Ban Killer Drones. The difference with the August 29 strike, she said, is that the "media exposed the murder of civilians...

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

Because this is a nation built on a foundation of settler-colonial genocide?

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib

@RepRashida

6 months

Sending in militarized police and snipers to stop students from exercising their First Amendment rights is truly disgusting. Why are my colleagues and the mainstream media more outraged over these anti-war protests than they are about the over 35,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza?

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6 months

What's it been, 3 years now since we were first warned about this? So much shame and blame here. Instead of protecting a well-connected political insider, progressives must demand accountability for alleged sex criminals.

Women allege sex crimes, abuse by SF nonprofit housing director

In police reports, three women accused Jon Jacobo—a former rising star in San Francisco politics—of rape, sexual assault and abuse.

sfstandard.com

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

@StopAntisemites That's a stretch... See?

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

2 years

@davantagedupain @hunt4change 1973 called and wants its learning aspersion back.

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Brett Wilkins

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2 years

"As long as the Biden administration continues to deploy tools like the Espionage Act to imprison those who dare to expose war crimes, no publisher and no journalist will be safe," said Belmarsh Tribunal co-chair @HorvatSrecko . By @BrettWilkinsSF .

'Freedom for Assange and Journalism Are at Stake': Belmarsh Tribunal Comes to DC | Common Dreams

As Julian Assange faces imminent extradition to the United States while languishing behind bars in London's notorious Belmarsh Prison, leading left luminaries and free press advocates gathered in...

www.commondreams.org

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

12 days

Some scenes from yesterday's massive march for Gaza. So proud of my @sfberniecrats for always fighting the good fight! ✊🏾🇵🇸

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

6 months

Learned 2 things during last night's @DSA_SF phone bank for @DeanPreston : 1-Prop I, which doubled sales tax on high-end commercial properties, kept 22K San Franciscans in their homes; and 2-DSA SF's got the best phone bank volunteer pizza, hands-down!

DSA San Francisco

@DSA_SF

6 months

The SF Budget and Legislative Analyst just released a report on how our Prop I ballot measure helped keep 20,000 working class people in their homes during the pandemic. We are proud to have worked with our DSA member and endorsed supervisor Dean Preston to achieve this! 🧵1/6

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

7 months

Capitalizing on fear and anti-Blackness... What a grift!

Asian Crime Report

@activeasian

7 months

Our Gofundme page is here

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@BrettWilkinsSF

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By @BrettWilkinsSF : If you won't believe the Palestinians who say they've been tortured and raped by Israeli men, women, and dogs at Sde Teiman, "Israel's Abu Ghraib," then maybe you'll believe the Israelis who served there?

'Insane Torture': Israeli Soldiers Confirm Horrific Abuse of Palestinians at Sde Teiman | Common...

"Teeth were broken, bones were broken," said one soldier. "You notice how easy it is to lose your humanity," said another.

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Brett Wilkins

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SF ranks 66/100 of the most populous US cities in homicide. The following REPUBLICAN-run “top 100” cities have HIGHER per-capita murder rates: Anchorage, Aurora, Bakersfield, Ft. Worth, Fresno, Jacksonville, Lexington, Miami, Mobile, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Stockton, and Tulsa.

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The fatal stabbing of tech executive Bob Lee in downtown SF could have far-ranging implications. Much is unknown about how he was killed, but the city’s politically engaged tech community is furious & demanding action. ✍️ by @MikeEge , @AnnieGaus & me.

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Brett Wilkins

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@Plucille54 @Consortiumnews @DefenseAssange @granmarga @wikileaks @MaxBlumenthal @kgosztola @MElmaazi @aaronjmate @freedomrideblog @LavenderNRed @kthalps @KatieHalperShow @KimberlyHalkett @stevennelson10 @dancohen3000 @wyattreed13 @SabbySabs2 @ChuckModi1 Thanks for the heads-up.

CIA 'Blatantly Violated' Rights of Journalists and Lawyers Visiting Assange: Lawsuit | Common Dreams

"This is not just a violation of our constitutional rights, this is an outrage," said an attorney who is a plaintiff in a case alleging the CIA, former Director Mike Pompeo, and others illegally...

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Brett Wilkins

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3 years

@WrongThink13 @JackPosobiec Can't stand the guy but that's completely out of context.

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Brett Wilkins

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2 years

@emilykschrader Saying they were massacred just for being Jewish is disingenuous. They were killed in a reprehensible act of resistance to apartheid, occupation, ethnic cleansing, and colonization. As Ben-Gurion said, "a people fighting against the usurpation of its land will not tire easily."

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Brett Wilkins

@BrettWilkinsSF

5 months

Turns out people don't like being reminded that AIPAC's their #1 campaign donor (Congressman Torres) or that they should definitely return the $100K their media org took from an admitted sexual assaulter and attempted rapist (Susan Dyer Reynolds/Voice of San Francisco) 🤷🏾‍♂️

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Brett Wilkins

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Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos—part of a group of Shoa survivors protesting Israel's Gaza genocide—says we all share a "historical responsibility" to oppose what Israel is doing, and that those who don't are complicit. By @BrettWilkinsSF

Holocaust Survivor Tells Student Anti-Genocide Protesters: 'Just Keep Doing It' | Common Dreams

"There is a question of historical responsibility towards injustice, genocide, and fascism," said Stephen Kapos. "If you are indifferent, if you do not take a stand, you acquire a degree of guilt."

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Brett Wilkins

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3 years

@Joannacaroll007 @BarackObama Yet the Clinton administration still did it—did she regret DOING it, or just talking about it out loud? How about pushing to remove UN peacekeepers from Rwanda as the genocide began? Or the hundreds of civilians killed in the bombing of Yugoslavia, to name but two things?

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Brett Wilkins

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"You shouldn't be able to breathe, you stupid bastard," one of the officers said to William Jennette, a 48-year-old white father of five, after he pleaded he could not breathe just minutes before his death at the Marshall County Jail last May @AWKWORDrap

'An Absolute Nightmare': Video Shows Tennessee Officers Taunted Hogtied Man Before He Died | Common...

"You shouldn't be able to breathe," one officer replied to William Jennette's plea moments before the man's death at the Marshall County Jail in Lewisburg last May.

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