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Jun

We The People

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I can’t wait for you all to see We The People! This Higher Ground project is filled with the songs and the heart of so many of our favorite artists—but even more, it’s a rallying cry for a rising generation that’s ready to take on the world. Watch it on @Netflix on July 4! 🇺🇸 https://t.co/c8N7nb01n8
— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 2, 2021

Michelle and I are excited to share our latest show from Higher Ground: We The People. Some of our favorite artists got together with amazing animators to remix civics—and the result is a lot better than what we had in school. Check it out on @Netflix this July 4. pic.twitter.com/PlsSyq5pgk
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 2, 2021

Jan

Changes, They Are Aaah-Coming

By Nerdy Wonka 121 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Joe 'Big Deal' Biden
Tags: #ActOnClimate, #DefendDACA, #ImmigrationAction, #MuslimBan, #RaiseTheWage, Biden, border, Border Wall, census, children, climate, Climate Change, Coronavirus, COVID-19, DACA, economy, Evictions, immigrants, immigration, Immigration Reform, jobs, Joe, Joe Biden, kamala, Kamala Harris, Living Wage, Minimum Wage, Muslim Ban, Pandemic, Paris Agreement, President, Rent, restaurant, small business, stimulus, Student Loans, tweets, vp, wage

Direct cash payments.
Extended unemployment.
Rent relief.
Food assistance.
Aid to small businesses.
Keeping essential frontline workers on the job.

Those are the key elements of my American Rescue Plan.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 15, 2021

Biden including a $15 minimum wage in his stimulus plan is huge

Biden moving to abolish the tipped minimum wage and sub-minimum wage for people with disabilities in his stimulus package is even bigger IMO
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

The bar and restaurant industry has been gutted this last year. Making it so that when its safe for those people to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

Honestly, I don’t know how anyone can know someone who’s been on waitstaff or bar staff and NOT be in favor of gett… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

Also: if you’re a person who tips now and say you will stop once people make the actual minimum wage even without t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) January 15, 2021

On 1st day, Biden will rescind travel ban on several Muslim countries, rejoin Paris climate accord, extend pandemic limits on evictions and student loan payments, and order agencies to figure out how to reunite children separated from families at border. https://t.co/bPj007bw2w
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 16, 2021

A special edition of The Washington Post was on my doorstep this morning. I’m framing this. 💙💙💙 #InaugurationDay pic.twitter.com/oZofqyzyhq
— Brad Beauregard Jr 🇺🇸 (@BradBeauregardJ) January 20, 2021

I’m here today because of the women who came before me. pic.twitter.com/ctB9qGJqqp
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 20, 2021

Welp. https://t.co/HMXbMI0bP0
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) January 20, 2021

Biden Day One executive actions:

Re-engage WHO
Unified fed COVID response
Extend eviction & foreclosure moratoriums
Extend student loan pause
Rejoin Paris Agreement
Roll back Trump environmental actions
Reverse Trump census order
Reverse Muslim ban
Stop border wall construction
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 20, 2021

Jun

Defend DREAMERS

By Nerdy Wonka 178 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #DefendDACA, #DefendDREAMers, #ImmigrationAction, DACA, dreamers, immigrants, immigration, Immigration Reform, Obama, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, tweets

Eight years ago this week, we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportatio… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 18, 2020

...and now to stand up for those ideals, we have to move forward and elect @JoeBiden and a Democratic Congress that… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 18, 2020

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“It makes you feel like a human being." In 2012 President Obama implemented DACA, which was the subject of a rulin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) June 18, 2020

Jun

DACA: Americans In Every Way

By Nerdy Wonka 108 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #DefendDACA, #DefendDREAMers, #ImmigrationAction, Barack Obama, DACA, Dream Act, dreamers, immigrants, immigration, Immigration Reform, Obama, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, trump, tweets

BREAKING: US Supreme Court rules Trump admin. cannot end DACA. nbcnews.to/3hHh8Yw
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NBC News (@NBCNews) June 18, 2020

From 2015, President Obama shows a group of #Dreamers the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. #YesWeCan https://t.co/1Q24vFtgUm
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meta (@metaquest) June 18, 2020

Apr

Americans In Every Way

By Nerdy Wonka 118 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #DefendDREAMers, #ImmigrationAction, Barack Obama, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dream Act, dreamers, Essential Workers, Healthcare Workers, immigration, Immigration Reform, Obama, Political And Funny Tweets, President, workers

Dreamers have contributed so much to our country, and they are risking their lives fighting on the frontlines of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Barack Obama (@BarackObama) April 13, 2020

Jul

It’s Our America

By Nerdy Wonka 115 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: america, diversity, immigrants, immigration, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, racism, trump, tweets

What truly makes our country great is its diversity. I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) July 19, 2019

Jun

How We Can Help

By Nerdy Wonka 147 Comments

Categories: All Photos
Tags: #DefendDACA, #ImmigrationAction, aclu, Asylum, babies, border, Border Crisis, children, Congress, DACA, dreamers, families, family, immigrants, immigration, Immigration Reform, kids, Phone Numbers, Political And Funny Tweets, RAICES, texas, trump, tweets

I'm on a plane, so might as well do this. Feeling helpless about the family separations at the border? Guess what,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Once parents are separated and prosecuted some move back over into DHS custody and get moved around to other detent… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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One organization that works with parents in detention centers in Texas is @RAICESTEXAS - they have a bond fund to h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

So far more than 62,000 people have contributed nearly $2.6 million to a fundraiser to benefit RAICES, a Texas nonp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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KENS 5 (@KENS5) June 19, 2018

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Call Senators: Stop Homeland Security from Separating Children from their Parents at the Border aclu.org/issues/call-se… via @aclu
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Donna NoShock (@NoShock) June 20, 2018

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Let's start w/ Texas: One organization that could use your help is @netargv - who are they? Well, they are some of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Here's @netargv's fundraiser to help volunteers who go to Mexico to assist these families outside. My friend… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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But if you think border voices and what's happening in the region are important to be amplified during this time, p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Reason why "the RGV sector" is so important is that the volume of prosecutions of parents being separated in McAlle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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Organized local power to build accountability & organizing around these systems & services. 1 of the most powerful… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

& of course we can create more accountability if immigrant-supporting civil rights impact litigators have the resou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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The Texas Civil Rights Project has been able to try to bring some oversight into the separations/prosecutions in th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

...proceedings in more courthouses so that litigators trying to stop this have a better sense as to what is happeni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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Okay let's pivot to state & local advocacy a bit - because enforcement is increasing and the system is being jammed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

What u actually can do is run campaigns in your cities, counties & states demanding your government(s) fund legal s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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It's like the general concept of access to counsel, and due process, & trying to be a good locality that doesn't wa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

And let's pivot to Congress - while these bills don't necessarily provide vehicles for easy passage, they help crea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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Okay sorry plane was landing, So, Bill #1: Fair Day In Court for Kids Act! Please see if your 2 senators are on it!… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Here’s a fact sheet, but basically 85% of kids not represented by counsel are deported....because kids should have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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Okay next bill to make sure your 2 Senators and house member are on: The Help Separated Children Act - this is spon… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Next bill - hot off the presses yesterday from Senator Feinstein - the Keep Families Together Act, this would defin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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& then very wonky, but a very defined group of people to influence is to financially starve the beast that is causi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Decisions like this are negotiated within the Homeland Security subcommittees of both chambers who negotiate how mu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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Everything I said in Texas is needed basically everywhere else right now, so check out InformedImmigrant.com plug… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

Sorry I’m back one more really important tangible TX thing - you can raid your closet & supplie cabinets and send t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 09, 2018

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My friend @tramontela just sent me this - for those who are interested in helping the children & families separated… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) June 11, 2018

Jun

When Truth Transcends Party

By Nerdy Wonka 143 Comments

Categories: All Photos and Michelle Obama
Tags: Border Patrol, bush, families, ice, immigration, laura, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, policy, Political And Funny Tweets, trump, tweets

Sometimes truth transcends party. twitter.com/laurawbush/sta…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 18, 2018

I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Laura Bush (@laurawbush) June 18, 2018

Jul