Human rights lawyer & advocate | Progressive Strategist | DNC Committeewoman (2016-20) | 2019 candidate for State Senate | Political Director
@mpower_change
All eyes are on Virginia tomorrow.
As someone who fled war and grew up undocumented, there is only one candidate I trust to fight for a Green New Deal, end endless wars, and guarantee healthcare as a human right.
That's why I'm proud to endorse
@BernieSanders
for President.
I'm boycotting the White House's Eid event today and calling on all my brothers and sisters to do the same.
The WH response to the crisis in Palestine has been absolutely unacceptable. We need to send a clear message that we won't sell out our Palestinian brethren for access.
"We've been called radicals, terrorists, we've been dismissed as an impossible fringe movement -- that's what they called us,"
@CoriBush
said in her victory speech. "But now, we are a multiracial, multiethnic, multigenerational, mass movement united in demanding change."
With all due respect, Warren hasn’t won a single state while
@BernieSanders
has the most pledged delegates.
We cant let
@JoeBiden
override the grassroots at a contested convention.
That’s why I joined my progressive colleagues on the DNC to unite behind Bernie.
#NotMeUs
95% of delegates are still up for grabs.
Looks like Biden will pick up endorsements from Pete and Amy. Progressives’ best hope to win this primary is
@ewarren
. She can turn out progressives and attract more moderates from Biden than Bernie can.
#ChooseWarren
@SenSanders
With respect Senator, Israel has zero authority under International law to wage war against a population it *illegally* occupies. And the US is not simply complicit but an active participant in Israel's genocidal campaign on Gaza. We need you to call for a lasting ceasefire.
Superdelegates should not exist.
Out of nearly 100 who spoke to the
@NYTimes
, I was one of only NINE who believe that we need to respect the will of the grassroots. The Democratic nominee should be the candidate who heads into the convention with the most pledged delegates.
If you’re wondering whether (1) there is a Dem establishment or (2) it is leery of
@BernieSanders
: Only 9 of 93 superdelegates interviewed said Bernie should become the nominee purely on the basis of arriving at the convention with a plurality.
This is absolutely disqualifying.
@MikeBloomberg
's response that Muslims needed to be surveilled because the 9/11 terrorists were also Muslim is the definition of profiling — which is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Outrageous that he refuses to acknowledge the unlawful nature of this program.
.
@JudyWoodruff
pushes Bloomberg on surveillance of Muslims during Bloomberg's mayoralty
JW: But it wasn't a religion who killed them
MB: No but all of the people came from the same place and all that came were from a place they happened to be one religion.... [cont. in vid]
@JoelMartinRubin
It's nonviolent civil disobedience - an effective form of demonstration in achieving social change. Perhaps you should learn about it given you are running for Congress? It's being done all across the country, but capitol police CHOSE to respond w/violence & used pepper spray.
.
@BernieSanders
: “I want to convert the Democratic Party, to break its dependency on big money and corporate interests, and make it a party of working-class people, of young people, of all people who believe in justice."
@JoelMartinRubin
Joel, this was a peaceful demonstration that the police responded to with VIOLENCE. Period. Jewish advocates and allies were locking arms at the DNC entrance and singing, calling for a ceasefire to end the slaughter of thousands of children in Gaza.
BREAKING: Police are being extremely violent outside
@TheDemocrats
headquarters.
We are linking arms, threatening no one, and begging our politicians to support an end to the killing and the suffering in Gaza. Begging, peacefully, for a ceasefire.
And this is the response.
Shame on you,
@realDonaldTrump
. Issuing an EO that instead of separating children and parents who are seeking asylum, you will detain them together indefinitely is NOT a solution. This is despicable especially doing so on
#WorldRefugeeDay2018
.
#FamiliesBelongTogether
The House just passed H.Res. 894, a dangerous resolution that would equate any criticism of the Israeli government to antisemitism. 95 Dems voted YES.
This is what the House is spending its time on while Palestinians in Gaza are being massacred. Shameful.
@ChrisMurphyCT
Senator, I respect your leadership on many issues but it’s unacceptable for you to refer to a country of 80+ million people, which includes my entire extended family, this way. Iranians have been demonized by the U.S. since 1979 and this disgusting dehumanization needs to stop.
Democrats can do so much better than callously defending this blackface and Klan picture, Dick Saslaw. This kind of mentality is exactly why I’m running for office. It’s time for a change.
I have never been as disappointed with my senator
@MarkWarner
as I am today. I join countless Virginians in their outrage that he decided not to join
@timkaine
&
@SenJohnMcCain
and chose to support Gina Haspel for CIA director. A vote for Haspel is a vote for torture
#BlockHaspel
@peterbakernyt
@Peggynoonannyc
This is a silly tweet. There is nothing out of the ordinary for students who hesitate or decline to speak to a random reporter they don’t know or trust who shows up at their demonstration. And there’s always designated folks to talk to press-at campuses or other organized actions
@allinwithchris
@chrislhayes
Thank you. Yes, we must stop it. No more US funding and arms for Israel’s genocidal campaign on Gaza. It’s horrific and an absolute disgrace that Biden is still supporting this carnage. The vast majority of Americans support a ceasefire. Our leaders need to listen!
Today, I am announcing my candidacy to represent Virginia’s 35th Senate District!
I'm running because--as a former refugee--we have to fight harder than ever to defend our diversity and the working people of Northern Virginia.
#VA35
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Many of the women who ran and got elected this year were told “wait your turn.” Dont ever let anyone dictate when its the right time for you to run for office. We need more women, millennials & people of color to run for office now more than ever.
#NationalRunforOfficeDay
We did it.
Progressives just FLIPPED the Virginia House AND Senate.
This is a win for:
✅ The
#GreenNewDeal
,
✅ A living wage,
✅ Getting money out of politics,
✅ Ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment,
✅ Passing gun safety legislation + more
Let’s get to work. 💪
"On Friday, nearly 150 prominent liberal advocacy organizations issued a joint statement calling for 'solidarity with the Palestinian residents' and condemning 'Israeli state violence' and 'supremacy' in Jerusalem."
DNC Chair is supporting the removal of Resolution 4 from adopted resolutions which allowed for a multi-candidate climate forum. This is a slap in the face of the grassroots & thousands of
@sunrisemvmt
activists organizing across the country. Just spoke in support of resolution.
Wow. The DNC is fundraising off of the
#ClimateCrisis
but didn’t think it was an important enough issue to allow presidential candidates to be able to at least discuss the
#ClimateCrisis
on stage together at a climate-specific forum?
Relieved watching
#VA10
results come in & voters reject the two most ardent pro-Israel candidates (Eileen Filler-Corn who launched her candidacy claiming Congress isn't sufficiently pro-Israel & Dan Helmer who supported the invasion of Rafah). Opposing genocide is both good
@lalarian
@CNN
I saw this and was so disgusted and knew it was about your mom. I'm so sorry your family has to go through this while grieving and heartbroken over the loss of so many family members. 💔
Great piece by
@mehdirhasan
:
“The reason ‘43’ should be treated as a pariah is not because he is a Republican or a conservative, but because he caused the deaths of thousands of innocent people and tortured hundreds of others.”
Can we finally put to rest this notion that Biden is the most electable? Can we simply support the most inspiring candidate running on a bold, progressive agenda that will get everyone out to the polls including the youth, people of color, working families, immigrants etc?
Congratulations to
@BernieSanders
for earning
@CASAinAction
’s endorsement. They’re fighting on the frontlines for our immigrant brothers and sisters every day here in Virginia.
Pro-Immigrant Electoral Organization CASA in Action Endorses Bernie Sanders for President
MD, PA, VA – After an extensive candidate engagement process, the Board of Directors of CASA in Action voted this weekend to endorse Bernie Sanders for President.
@BernieSanders
Congrats to Rep.
@SummerForPA
for a huge primary win tonight!
"There were a lot of people who were convinced we couldn't be pro-peace and win in this district."
Great video by
@imeupolicy
on Rep. Summer Lee's consistent record on human rights, fighting for Palestinian rights
As a graduate of Stoneman Douglas HS, I lost a former classmate at the site of last year's mass shooting. Combating gun violence is incredibly important to me which is why I'm proud to serve as a Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate & committed to making our communities safer.
Give me your best Tulsi Gabbard impression. Quote tweet this with a "yes or no" question that's best paired with "present" in response.
#VotePresentLikeTulsi
.
@BernieSanders
will be helping to
#FlipVABlue
! Please join us Monday as he campaigns in Manassas w/
@carterforva
. Sign up here:
Thank you, Sen. Sanders for your commitment to help elect progressives up and down the ballot!
Sen.
@EdMarkey
is a progressive who fights for our working families, supports our unions, is a
#GreenNewDeal
champion, is fighting to preserve our refugee resettlement program, supports ending endless wars + endorsed by progressive leaders
@aoc
&
@ewarren
.
Congressman Steve King tries to make a joke about China's alleged treatment of Muslims. He said the Chinese are sterilizing Muslim women and making them eat pork.
"That's the only part of that I agree with," King said. "Everyone should eat pork."
@sahilkapur
Huh? Her role was to serve as one of two nominators for Sen. Bernie Sanders. There was no expectation for her to mention Biden in her one minute nomination of Sanders.
Hell yeah.
@carterforva
is a champion for Virginia’s working class.
So proud that he’s heading back to Richmond to lead the fight to repeal VA’s anti-union right-to-work law and wage war against corporate greed.
#FlipVABlue
This is what a group of 7th graders who go to school thirty minutes away from Stoneman Douglas did today -- they're done thinking & praying. I want to know what Members of Congress did today to respond to yesterday's mass shooting at the high school I attended.
#MSDStrong
I met some wonderful voters & supporters at the Falls Church Market today, some of whom just finished voting for me! Today is the last day to vote absentee in-person so find your location below. Polls are open until 5pm!
#YasmineforVA
"In a blow to demilitarization advocates, 22 House Democrats on Thursday joined nearly all of the chamber's Republicans in voting down an amendment that would have curtailed the flow of military weapons to police departments across the United States."
The agenda is to paint
@JamaalBowmanNY
as anti-Israel and also anti-Semitic. I'm absolutely sick of DEMS using these disgusting tactics to attack progressives that are simply calling on the U.S. to uphold a human rights-centered approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It hasn’t been 100% clear what the agenda is of two dark money groups blasting
@JamaalBowmanNY
.
This mailer from one of them, Avacy Initiatives, seems to indicate it’s an Israel hawk front group? cc
@ryangrim
Hundreds of days of campaigning, 40,000+ doors knocked, dozens of neighborhood events, and one steadfast mission: ensuring that our community’s representation in Richmond reflects the progressive, inclusive values we hold so dear.
We're becoming a full-on blue state. My opponent has been the top obstacle to achieving a progressive agenda. I will fight to raise wages, get corporate money out of politics, fight climate change, protect a woman's right to choose & tackle gun violence.
.
@BernieSanders
&
@ninaturner
were in Manassas stumping for VA Dems and predict progressives will win big today in the Commonwealth. I agree!
Go VOTE so we could raise the minimum wage to a living wage, ratify the ERA, and get the NRA & Dominion’s influence out of Richmond.
@AJentleson
Thank you so much, Adam for all that you and your boss are doing; please let Sen. Fetterman know he's in our thoughts and prayers and we're sending him strength
In moments like these, we need to center the voices of racial justice groups. I stand with the NAACP — and I, for one, think Justin Fairfax would make a great governor.
Black face in any manner is always racist and never okay. No matter the party affiliation, we can not stand for such behavior, which is why the
@NAACP
is calling for the resignation of Virginia Governor
@RalphNortham
@SenWarren
Indeed. But the majority of Americans support a ceasefire and NOT continuing to fund Israel's atrocities regardless of whether *additional* conditions on military aid are imposed (there's already human rights conditions on military aid).
"The perverse system that treats two protesters of color demanding racial justice more punitively for an alleged property crime than it treats a white police officer charged with murder of a Black man is precisely the injustice animating the calls of BLM.”
WaPo is right—history is going to judge Dick Saslaw for siding with Richmond's old boys' club. Northam must resign & Saslaw should step aside as Senate leader. To begin the healing process, we need new leadership.
#ResignNortham
#NewVAWay
#StepAsideSaslaw
@EdMarkey
@AOC
@ewarren
“I don’t understand how anyone wants to run against him—I mean he is the progressive leader on climate in the United States Congress,” Rep.
@RoKhanna
told Politico about Markey. “The progressive base is 100% for Markey—it’s 110% for Markey.”
Happy Birthday,
@BernieSanders
! You’re a guiding light to the progressive movement which has never been stronger. We’re just getting started and will continue the fight for racial, economic, social, and environmental justice.
Today marked 2yrs since the
#MuslimBan
was first issued. No family should be separated because of their faith or where they come from—but that’s exactly what Trump’s
#MuslimBan
is doing to countless families, including mine. Two years later, we demand Congress act &
#RepealTheBan
This is truly unprecedented. While reluctantly dismissing
@theccr
's case against Biden on jurisdictional grounds, Judge White said:
"The undisputed evidence before this Court comports with the finding of the ICJ and indicates that the current treatment of the Palestinians in the
In the historic lawsuit brought by Palestinians against Biden, a U.S. federal court finds that Israel’s assault & siege on Gaza plausibly constitutes genocide and “implores” Biden admin to examine its unwavering support of Israel, determining it lacks power to resolve the case.
I came to the country as a refugee, grew up undocumented, became a lawyer, the first Muslim woman elected to the DNC & have been active in NoVa politics for 10+ yrs. This sort of anti-immigrant bigotry has no place in our Party. We must fight for a more inclusive & equitable VA.
Wow! The Iranian-American community loves
@BernieSanders
— because he’s always stood with us.
Anytime our community has been under attack, he’s been there for us. He’s committed to repealing Trump’s Muslim ban in his first executive orders & is a strong proponent of diplomacy.
The results are in & it was a landslide!
With over 75% of the vote,
@BernieSanders
is the winner of the NIAC Action straw poll, followed by
@ewarren
in second with 9.4% and
@JoeBiden
with 6.5% for third place.
Thanks to all who took part!
Dabke dancers performed at Bernie’s rally today in Michigan. This is an absolutely incredible picture and a simple reminder why our communities overwhelmingly support
@BernieSanders
. Because he’s home to us. He sees and values us, a rarity in politicians. (Via
@AbdulElSayed
)
As we begin this new chapter, we should be centering the voices of people of color, who for too long have been shut out by the Richmond old boys club. We’re demanding a new Virginia way—an inclusive, progressive Commonwealth.
#NorthamResign
Community activist Art Burton speaking in front of the Governor’s Mansion in Virginia: “We are here today because the history of Jim Crow is still alive and living in the Governor’s Mansion.”
We're proud to join nearly two dozen progressive groups including
@justicedems
@IfNotNowOrg
@WorkingFamilies
in launching today a "Reject AIPAC" coalition that includes a seven-figure electoral defense campaign to protect our pro-Palestinian champions in Congress and calls on the
@SenPeterWelch
Thank you so much,
@SenPeterWelch
for your leadership and for listening to your constituents and the majority of Americans calling for a ceasefire and an end to the ethnic cleansing and genocidal attacks on Gaza.
.
@QasimRashid
opening for
@BernieSanders
, discussing his immigrant story & people-powered campaign that’s fighting for our working families and the most vulnerable in our communities.
#FlipVABlue
"Which side are you on? We’re on the side of radical change, not retrenchment and retreat. We are proud to endorse
@BernieSanders
, a democratic socialist with a program realistic and radical enough to meet the test of our time."
Thanks to
@JoeBiden
, we can finally say goodbye to the
#MuslimBan
next week! To my family and countless others impacted, this means finally reuniting with our grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.
Thank you,
@JoeBiden
&
@KamalaHarris
!
Incredible turnout here at Reagan National Airport with
@unitehere
and allies demanding a living wage & decent health insurance for airline catering workers.
Enough is Enough!
One Job!
Should Be Enough!
#1job
#AirportStrikeAlert
We gave it our all and we came up a bit short this time. But I want every person who believed in us—every volunteer who made phone calls and knocked doors, every progressive group who stuck their neck out for us, every neighbor who took time on a hot day to vote for change
Strategizing w/some of my favorite DNC members. We’ll keep fighting for the grassroots b/c that’s why we’re here.
We also know too much is at stake & we cannot afford to alienate young voters— a key group that Democrats need in order to win in 2019, 2020 & beyond
#ClimateDebate
Military equipment should never be used against Americans exercising their First Amendment right to peaceful protest.
We can ban police from using military equipment from the 1033 program against peaceful demonstrators with 60 votes in the Senate next week
#DemilitarizeThePolice