Erika Uyterhoeven @erika4rep Twitter profile

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Erika Uyterhoeven

19 days

I’m filled with immense joy and gratitude, THANK YOU to the over 100 people who came to my campaign kickoff!!! Each and every one of you drives me to fight fiercely, it’s truly an honor of a lifetime to work shoulder to shoulder with you.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

how it started how it's going

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Just a friendly reminder that if MA were a country, we're the 4th richest country on earth 🧐 1 million ppl don't have enough food 🧐 100Ks households up for eviction 🧐 Worst racial inequities in health & ed Aaaaaaand an 80% D legislature just cannot raise taxes on the rich 🤮

Evan George

@Bostopianews

3 years

Study: A million people in Mass. don’t have enough food Be sure to thank your local @massdems representative for the amazing job they are doing at the state house. #mapoli #bospoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

Some of you may have already seen the news, but we are incredibly excited to share that we won the 27th Middlesex Democratic primary! It was a tough race, but because of your support and hard work, we won with 62% of the vote!

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

Run on issues, not on personality or attacking your opponent, no matter how awful your opponent is. I learned this from my first political job persuading Trump voters to vote Bernie in NH in 2016, we won. On my race, we stuck to the issues, we won. 👏Issues👏are👏everything👏

Nando

@nandorvila

4 years

Florida voters pulled the lever for a a Minimum wage increase. At the same time Biden lost. Think about what that says about The Democrats.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

5 months

Then support ceasefire in Gaza. Count me in among the hundreds of ex-Bernie staffers who are deeply disgusted and disheartened with your lack of action on this @SenSanders

Bernie Sanders

@SenSanders

5 months

It is shocking and deeply upsetting that three young Palestinians were shot here in Burlington, VT. Hate has no place here, or anywhere. I look forward to a full investigation. My thoughts are with them and their families.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

TFW you’re textbanked to email yourself to support #M4A , hell yes! 😍🌹💯

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

I now have 3 hours and 30 minutes to go through 115 pages of the new rules package. Deadline to file amendments is at 5pm. This is exactly how one of the least transparent legislatures in the country operates. (and yes, I'll be filing amendments) #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

What the actual hell is wrong with you @JoeBiden ?

Jennifer Jacobs

@JenniferJJacobs

3 years

“Question is: Was it an accident or intentional? That remains to be determined,” Biden says of Daunte Wright. “In the meantime, I want to make it clear again: there is absolutely no justification—none—for looting. No justification for violence. Peaceful protest? Understandable.”

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Can Massachusetts only elect Republican Governors? #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Mood: 😁

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

First order of business after my swearing in, I will be called on to vote for the Speaker. I will NOT be voting for Ron Mariano and instead plan to vote present. Please read my statement: #mapoli #somerville

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

I don’t have words for what the senate did last night to #NoCostCalls . We failed you, I tried, many of us tried, so many who are directly impacted did everything right, and yet we failed you and your loved ones. “Sorry” doesn’t do justice, and I’m so sorry. #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

The MA House voted down Same Day Voter Registration 139-16, 21 states + DC have it, MA doesn't. Plus our Dem primary is on Sept 1, MOVING DAY. This is voter disenfranchisement & only 16 reps voted to protect your right to vote. Thank you @SabadosaMA for leading on this. #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 months

Somerville City Council votes 9-2 in favor of a ceasefire resolution calling to end the war in Gaza Thank you @BenForWard3 for your courage and leadership drafting and introducing this motion Thank you Somerville for Palestine 🇵🇸, your organizing brought so much hope to us all

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

As a daughter of a flight attendant & single mom who raised me while flying across the world, I teared up hearing our comrade @FlyingWithSara today at Cambridge Common, I felt in every bone of my body why we must fight for labor against capital, why we are in this movement 🌹✊

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

This is deeply disgusting & I faced this same racist trope during my 1st campaign. Not that it should EVER matter but I’m actually the 1st person born & raised in MA serving as State Rep for this seat in 30 years. We are all tired of being asked: “where are you really from?”

Kristen Gonzalez

@Gonzalez4NY

2 years

I want to get personal for a moment. I was born and raised in Queens. I’ve organized here my entire life. But one of my opponents (who ran for Congress in another state) is acting like I’m not from here. She has *twice* sarcastically said to my face, “Welcome to Astoria.”

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Pay attention to which electeds are speaking out against horrific violence, 700+ injured at the 3rd holiest site in Islam right before Eid, 26 Palestinians, 9 children killed in Gaza, dozens of forced evictions in Sheikh Jarrah. MA electeds have to do better than this. #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

1 year

I am a homeowner & I support rent control because I want renters to have the same housing stability I have. My monthly mortgage payments is rent control with a cap of 0% (versus 10% proposed by @wutrain ) but I’ll fully own my house in 30 years. #mapoli

Massachusetts Legislature, hostile to rent control, includes more landlords than renters - The...

As lawmakers mull proposals aimed at addressing the housing crisis, more of them could lose income from the return of rent control than those who would benefit from its protections, a Globe investi...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

1 year

Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan - Thank you to everyone who worked so hard for these systemic changes to remove police from schools ⁦ @ForFlavia ⁩ ⁦ @SarahP02143 ⁩ #somerpoli #mapoli

Police officers will stay out of Somerville schools under new district plan - The Boston Globe

School staff will primarily handle altercations between students in schools, but incidents including “substantial harm” to physical safety, destroying school property, and stealing, would rise to the...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Yesterday I gave my inaugural speech for amendment #8 to: - Make all committee votes public & posted online (just like the Senate already does) - Make all testimony publicly available - Provide 1 week notice for committee hearings

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you all for all you’ve done for my campaign! It’s hard to believe it but I'll be getting sworn in at 12pm today! As much as I want to share this special moment with you in-person, the ceremony will be livestreamed: And I'm off! 🌹

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

C+ in pre-calc vs. stopping the climate crisis When adults get all giddy (or in this case judge-y) about how inspiring youth activism is, don't forget it's us adults that put them in this predicament by failing to stop the climate crisis.

Calla

@CallaWalsh

3 years

Haters stay mad

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Mood after filing over 30 bills for the session 😍🥂🎉 s/o to my aide Lucas Schaber & the over 100 activists, legal volunteers, & fellow tax queens who turned our dreams of the world we all believe in into BILLS @SunriseTufts @SunriseBoston @Boston_DSA @MassBudget & so many more

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

THANK YOU @AyannaPressley and the over 100 #Somervillens who came out for our coffee chat today! #PolicyIsOurLoveLanguage ! Thank you for all your questions and advocacy, so honored to represent our amazing community #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Good morning! The legislature is voting on unemployment insurance tomorrow at 2pm. I just now got the most recent draft released from Ways & Means. I don't know when amendments are due, probably 5pm? I am SO grateful for 7 hours I have to read the bill [/end sarcasm]. #mapoli 1/

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

This is all funny until you remember that the T is managed by a former director of the Pioneer Institue, a Koch brothers funded right-wing libertarian anti-public goods think tank. No, I don’t think they tried and failed. They got what they wanted. #mapoli

Steve H

@just_steve_h

2 years

As @MassGovernor @CharlieBakerMA ’s Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said, the best way to deal with the @MBTA #OrangeLine shutdown is to “avoid the region altogether!” I can’t WAIT until The Tall Governor takes that advice & we can get some competent leadership for the T!

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

This graph shows what cutting services has actually been about, it's about privatizing the T. We couldn't "afford" services but we could afford $935B fare transformation program (so a better Charlie card?). I filed HD.3461 to stop that private contract. We must save the T.

TransitMatters

@transitmatters

3 years

In spite of the House passing a relief bill yesterday with $850M+ for the MBTA, unnecessary service cuts are going into effect this weekend. Essential workers & riders dependent on public transit will bear the brunt of this decision. #TransitIsEssentialMA

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

If you can do more, demand a meeting with him If you can do more, bring 50 people to that meeting If you can do more, bring 100 people Take it from me, Reps are afraid of organized & informed constituents. In a democracy, no one is entitled to their throne. Remind them that.

Lee Nave Jr.

@NaveWaveAB

3 years

Good morning! If you live in #AllstonBrighton please give @staterepmike aka our 'Bernie Bro' a call and ask him why he voted against taxing billionaires when the state is seeing massive revenue losses? His number is: 617-722-2014 His email is: michael.moran @mahouse .gov #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

5 months

I received my FIRST FREE CALL from behind the wall this morning. Thank you to everyone who fought for years for free phone call to keep families and friends connected ❤️❤️❤️ @justicehealing #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Aaaaand this is why I am done with using the word “progressive” These 3 candidates and their respective politics👏are👏not👏the👏same👏 #mapoli #somerville

Adam Reilly

@reillyadam

3 years

In Somerville, three progressives and a former Trump supporter walk into an open mayoral race. What happens next may surprise you-- feat. @MbahCouncilor , @MaryCassesso , @KatjBallantyne , & @wmtauro1 #mapoli via @gbhnews

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

I swear, working on elections, every cycle I am wading through and batting past mediocre white men who think they're qualified to run for office. Thanks to @CallaWalsh we've got screenshots showing that underneath mediocrity is entitlement, misogyny, and superiority. #mapoli

Calla

@CallaWalsh

3 years

He's running, he hasn't deleted any of his tweets (just blocked me), and apparently he's also a Harvard Law student. #SomervilleMA

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Got a super dope pin today from ⁦ @BeaconHillUnion ⁩ ✊ #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

This is truly embarrassing... MA's vaccine rollout is a neoliberal nightmare that depends on private companies, instead we could have supported and worked in partnership with our public health infrastructure. But we didn't. This needs to change now. #mapoli

Lance Harris

@CMassPolitics

3 years

His Excellency, the Great Manager Charlie Baker, has managed a vaccine rollout that has Massachusetts 49th in the nation. Which is just fine with the legislature, which prefers to abdicate its role in governing during a crisis and refuses to perform any oversight. #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

I wanted to file a bill to tax vehicles based on their weight. It’s straightforward, cannot be rigged (remember VW?) & I’m sorry but giant EV pick up trucks defeat the whole point. Alas I wasn’t able to get support on this bill idea but I’m willing to try again next session!

Mike Walsh

@MichaelJayWalsh

2 years

Can @SomervilleCity do this via a revised excise tax? @bgm_ward5 @jake4somerville @katjballantyne

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

What makes this hate crime so painful is how white supremacy works to make anti-Asian racism invisible. Asian women are not invisible Asian workers are not invisible Asian immigrants are not invisible Asian elders are not invisible We are not invisible

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Just filed public committee votes ( #16 ) and adequate time to review bills ( #17 ) @TamiGouveiaMA filed speaker term limits ( #2 ) Please ask your State Rep to vote in favor of all 3 amendments tomorrow at 1pm! #mapoli (Will have bitly links to slides for my speech tomorrow 😁)

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

This this this this THIS! The power of 1 radical legislator and the movement for justice: ❤️ Ernie Chambers

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Good. About damn time.

MBTA is rethinking service cuts and scraps layoffs after criticism from lawmakers - The Boston Globe

The MBTA is backtracking on some of its recent budget cuts in the face of criticism from the state’s congressional delegation over the agency’s decision to reduce service despite $1 billion-plus from...

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

I want to take a moment to thank Denise Provost, my friend, my mentor, my soon to be predecessor, for her decades of dedicated service to Somerville & for holding the State House accountable to our values. She has shown all of us what true leadership in public service looks like.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

This is awful & sick. As someone who has been exploited by a candidate and her campaign, because "it's for the cause," this hits so close to home. The betrayal of "progressive" elected leaders, they've all perfected the craft of values-talk rooted in lies, it runs so deep.

Mayorales Union

@MayoralesUnion

3 years

Our response to the terminations of our union leaders and repeated pattern of harm and disrespect on this campaign.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Knocking on doors for ⁦ @JuanForRep ⁩ in Winthrop after knocking on doors this morning in Revere! Get out the vote! Time to deliver ⁦ @JuanForRep ⁩ to Beacon Hill! #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Some gold nuggets: "Young progressives care more about issues than alliances" 🔥🔥🔥 "They are viewed apprehensively by many in MA's Democratic establishment" 🤣🤣🤣 Attn establishment: this is what happens when you run on issues young people care about 👇

Calla

@CallaWalsh

3 years

Honored to be featured in this story alongside some of my best friends!! Never did a group of scrappy high school & college students think we'd make the NYT 😅 Thank you @EllenBarryNYT for covering some of our organizing & shenanigans of this past year!!

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Exercise your power then. Introduce a bill for free abortions for all. Or just get out of the way, publicly commit to not vetoing pro-choice bills next time. We’ve got a bunch of bills to pass, but your threat of a veto gives 20+ conservative Dems power to block abortion rights

Charlie Baker

@MAGovArchive

2 years

I am proud to support every woman's right to choose and I am proud that MA has and will always protect every woman's right to choose what is best for them. (2/2)

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

I'm standing with #markeyverse to call on @SenMarkey to do the right thing because 1) it's the right thing & 2) I know how it feels to pour your heart, soul, time, energy & creativity into a candidate, & have them turn their back on the values that brought you to believe in them

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

YES ON 1 YES ON 1 YES ON 1 YES ON 1 YES ON 1 and YES ON 4 YES ON 4 YES ON 4 YES ON 4 YES ON 4 CANVASS WITH US!!!!!!!!! 🤜+🚪+🗳️=💰💰💰->🏫🚉+🚗🚗🚗 @senjehlen @WillieBurnleyJr @FairShareMA @yesonfourma @SomervilleDSA @Ward5Dems @massteacher @MTAGrassroots #somerville #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

Erika has the support of EVERY endorsing organization in this race! This massive grassroots support is what makes Erika THE progressive candidate for Somerville! Help her win by encouraging your friends & family to vote - and to vote for Erika - on Sept 1!

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Might I add that my campaign of nearly 400 volunteers won with the largest margin of victory for a competitive open primary election in 2020? The movement is here. 🌹

Nik DeCosta-Klipa

@NikDeCostaKlipa

3 years

Worth mentioning that @erika4rep ran — and won — with a literal red rose in the middle of her campaign logo

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you for the profile spotlight @BostonGlobe ! Proud to be a Democratic Socialist 🌹🌹🌹

Five new lawmakers to watch on Beacon Hill - The Boston Globe

The latest class of new state legislators includes a former boxer, actor, third-grade teacher, and more than one activist.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

DAMN right! Gen Zs aren't your "foot soldiers" who obediently do free grassroots labor when you need them, but then are swiftly scapegoated by people in power who refuse to muster an ounce of courage to fix ANYTHING. Better wording: "Gen Z will take power & unseat you all"

Calla

@CallaWalsh

3 years

I actually hate the “Gen Z is going to save us all” mindset because older generations just embrace it so they can relieve themselves from the responsibility of having to fix the problems that they and other past generations created

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Super useful!

Boycott William 'Billy' Tauro

Billy's regressive policies have no place in Somerville. Vote with your conscience. Vote with your wallet.

boycottbillytauro.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

👇Enough with reform. We need abolition.

“N” in Nicole (she/her) means Not Your Asian Virus

@nicolewhaat

3 years

The people: defund and abolish racist policing! Reinvest in oppressed communities! #mapoli #maLeg : we’ll make a commission to consider if structural racism exists and if we should study it... in 5 years

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

I have so many feeling about this, growing up as biracial kid in these suburbs, I survived an immense amount of bullying both physical and verbal from white kids. It's trauma that never leaves you. It's why I fight to stop white complacency from failing kids of color.

Renée Graham 🏳️‍🌈

@reneeygraham

2 years

In an affluent Boston suburb, a biracial girl was spat upon, kicked, and whipped with a vine by a classmate severely enough to require medical attention. School officials claimed it wasn’t bullying. My latest @GlobeOpinion column.

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@erika4rep

1 year

It’s a beautiful sunny day to vote ⁦ @yesonfourma ⁩ and ⁦ @FairShareMA ⁩!!! Polls open in Somerville from 7am-8pm #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you @GlobeOpinion for your support of @act_on_mass 's demands for a democratic, open, and accountable House of Representatives. #mapoli

It’s time lawmakers support an ‘open’ House - The Boston Globe

Rules reforms can cut through the go-along to get-along complacency in a branch dominated by a network of good ol' boys.

www.bostonglobe.com

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@erika4rep

3 years

"Massachusetts lawmakers are debating their transparency procedures — behind closed doors" Dope title summing up daily life at the State House @emmaplatoff & @BostonGlobe #mapoli

Massachusetts lawmakers are debating their transparency procedures — behind closed doors - The...

Could this be the year Massachusetts state representatives open themselves up to more scrutiny? Advocates are targeting a “culture of secrecy” in a renewed push for transparency on Beacon Hill.

www.bostonglobe.com

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@erika4rep

3 years

“Like most inequities and disparities and injustices, they don’t just happen; they happen because of indifference. They happen because of underinvestment or divestment; they happen because of policy choices, because of budget choices.” - @AyannaPressley

Somerville rally highlights ‘corridor of death’ as Ayanna Pressley and others demand highway justice

"This was one hundred percent preventable."

www.boston.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

My constituents in #Somerville would expect nothing less from me than to hammer the Governor on a tax break for millionaires 🤨

Erin Tiernan

@ErinTiernan

2 years

Baker tells @erika4rep , D-Somerville, who is hammering him on his estate tax proposal, that “there’s a reason” why Sen. @JulianCyr — who is “certainly not anybody's definition of a conservative” — also supports doubling the estate tax threshold to $2M. #mapoli @bostonherald

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Today I visited MCI-Framingham & met with 21 women who are incarcerated w @votelizmiranda @TamiGouveiaMA @Barber4StateRep @MaryKeefeMA I have so much to process but a few asks of you: 1. Ask your Rep to visit a prison 2. Support advocates 3. Educate yourself on prison abolition

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@erika4rep

3 years

This is really lovely 😍 @AOC ❤️🌹

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@erika4rep

4 years

Just made it on the ballot today! Hooray! 🤗🔥🔥🔥

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@erika4rep

3 years

Whoooooooo wants to draft this bill with me? #4dayWorkWeek #mapoli

Greater Boston

@GreaterBoston

3 years

IMHO: There's a clear solution that could alleviate some of the collective burn-out we're experiencing because of the pandemic, says Jim Braude: switching to a 4-day work week.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

I'm so jelly that RI candidates for state-wide office run on "Tax the Rich" while our MA gov. candidate is running an ad with the headline to "cut taxes". ☹️

Cynthia Mendes

@Cynthia_Mendes_

2 years

When our teenage daughters are willing to go on TV because they know we are fighting for the planet, their rights, and a chance for a livable future… I think we are on the right side of history, right @mattbrownRI ? 📺 Watch our new TV spot airing today!

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@erika4rep

2 years

HAVERHILL AND MALDEN ON STRIKE ✊✊✊ Solidarity with our educators, our students, and our schools for a fair contract. #Onedaylongeronedaystronger #mapoli @HaverhillEd @massteacher

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Excited to share the new Mystic River Greenway bike & pedestrian path from Assembly Row to Rt 99 (the roundabout at the Schrafft Center) is OPEN! Thank you ⁦ @MysticMyRWA ⁩ for yr advocacy & raising this issue to ⁦ @MikeConnollyMA ⁩ & I on our bike tour 🚲 #MoreBikeLanes

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Check out this hot pile of trash someone left on my desk at the State House Shame on you ⁦ @Uber ⁩ ⁦ @lyft ⁩ ⁦ @DoorDash ⁩ ⁦⁦ @Instacart ⁩ for attacking social security and fair wages for all workers #mapoli ⁦ @Massnotforsale ⁩ ⁦ @massaflcio ⁩

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

"In the 2½ months since they voted to expand their calendar amid the pandemic, Massachusetts lawmakers have not held a single formal session or roll call vote." 👏This👏has👏to👏change👏now👏 Doing nothing in the midst of a crisis is privilege. #mapoli

‘We should be embarrassed’: In quiet extended session, Legislature’s unfinished work will bleed...

Five major pieces of legislation that could reshape policing, transportation, health care, and more remain locked in secretive, closed-door talks.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Nothing like a night with queens @AyannaPressley @DamaliVidot @wutrain @DimpleJRana @Moon4Pittsfield @RepVannaHoward @GerlyAdrien @calla @miriamsiegel_ @RochaDalida @maia_speaks & our brothers @JamieEldridgeMA @AltherrTerry @JonathanCohn @tylergiles_ coming out for @JuanForRep !!

Juan Pablo Jaramillo

@MAJuanJaramillo

3 years

Fired up from our GOTV rally? Feeling the #Juanmentum ? Ready to hit the doors? Well, @AyannaPressley is joining us AGAIN tomorrow afternoon for a #TeamJuan canvass at 2 pm — RSVP here:

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

All US/MA political discourse: The sole purpose of education is for you to work The sole purpose of healthcare is for you to work The sole purpose of transportation is to get you to work The sole purpose of your life is for you to work Me: General strike, anyone?

Miles Howard

@MilesPerHoward

2 years

This is very bleak

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Who in #somerpoli hasn't been blocked by @JustinKlekota ? 🙋‍♀️ Screenshots of getting blocked has been my Twitter feed for 48+ hours now. Is it my turn yet? I too am scary socialist! rawr. 🌹

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@erika4rep

4 years

BIG NEWS: I've been working closely with State Reps, advocacy organizations, and labor unions to remove a damaging rule that would have threatened our democracy. I'm pleased to announce that we persuaded House Leadership to drop this rule! This is a huge victory!!!🔥🔥🔥

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@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you for sharing this @lilliangibsn ! As excited as I am about the @nytimes article uplifting the work of youth activists in MA, it is very clear how youth activists of color are erased from this story & particularly w/ the headline photo, literally decentered. #mapoli

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@erika4rep

3 years

Words can't describe how proud I am that workers at Darwin's are forming a union. As a Darwin's coffee fan, I hope that Darwin's will swiftly recognize @DarwinsUnited as their employee's union. The community is behind you all in solidarity, thank you for your courage ✊✊✊

Eater Boston

@EaterBoston

3 years

Workers at Darwin’s Ltd., a group of Cambridge cafes, are forming a union, following in the footsteps of Pavement Coffeehouse employees’ successful effort earlier this year

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

To be clear, we haven't voted on this yet, & I am committed to fight against regressive economic policies. This is core to why I ran for State Rep. Enough with austerity, we have the resources for all of us to thrive, now we need the political will & moral clarity. #mapoli

Lisa Kashinsky

@lisakashinsky

2 years

NEW: House and Senate leaders have announced one-time rebates of $250 per taxpayer/$500 for married couples by 9/30 as way of economic relief. Eligibility based on 2021 annual income: min is $38,000, max is $100,000 for individual/$150,000 for joint filers #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

I’m THRILLED to share that I’ve been endorsed by some of Somerville’s amazing elected officials! Looking forward to working in solidarity with these folks to bring progressive change to Massachusetts.

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@erika4rep

3 years

Does anyone know folks who work in or study design? @MBTA is claiming these are here for "older adults and customers with disabilities". TBH, it sounds v disingenuous. Subject matter experts would be greatly appreciated to help make the case.

Lena Webb

@finitealright

3 years

Seriously @MBTA @SomervilleCity ? Davis Square: these are new to me and very ugly in more than one way.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Well, that was an easy 1st vote. 👇👇👇 When (not if) Gov. Baker signs this bill into law, it'll break MA's 13 year hiatus of passing climate legislation. The next climate bill must happen this session, if we believe in science. Keep the pressure on. ✊ #mapoli

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@erika4rep

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There is so much for us in MA to learn from this horrific development. Don’t say it can’t happen here up north, it has and it can, and I want to know why the DOC and DCAMM is meeting with engineering firms on a new women’s prison construction every 2 weeks. 1/🧵

#StopCopCity 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

@micahinATL

11 months

If you find yourself thinking "how could there be so much public opposition to Cop City, and yet the City Council votes it through so easily," this is also a question I've also been thinking through/writing about over the past couple years. From May '23:

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@erika4rep

3 years

Holy smokes, this is next level shitty @Harvard

Mo Torres

@motorresx

3 years

LOL

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@erika4rep

4 years

100K+ families livelihoods are on the line. @MikeConnollyMA shut down session (YES!). We need a discharge petition so we can demand 81 reps to sign it to force a vote on the floor to stop the moratorium expiring NOW. We already have 75 reps co-sponsoring the bill. #mapoli

Mike Connolly

@MikeConnollyMA

4 years

My motion to suspend Rule 24(3) was successful — and the emergency petition was sent to the Senate for concurrence. However, the Senate has already adjourned for the weekend, so I just doubted the presence of a quorum and shut down the House to protest 11 weeks of inaction.

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@erika4rep

3 years

I am over the moon, words can't describe how grateful and honored I feel to play a tiny part of this victory under the leadership of a generation of student activists at @DivestHarvard . $42B endowment divested from fossil fuels!!! #ImNotCryingYoureCrying

Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard 🔶

@DivestHarvard

3 years

BREAKING: After a decade of constant pressure by students, faculty, and alums, @HARVARD IS FINALLY DIVESTING FROM FOSSIL FUELS. It’s a massive victory for our community, the climate movement, and the world — and a strike against the power of the fossil fuel industry. (THREAD)

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

A big congratulations to my colleague @TamiGouveiaMA for launching her campaign for Lieutenant Governor today!

Tami Gouveia

@TamiGouveiaMA

3 years

I’m Dr. Tami Gouveia—I’m a social worker, State Representative, and public health champion. I’m running for Lieutenant Governor to lead an equitable, just recovery from COVID-19 and secure a sustainable future for the people of Massachusetts. Join us:

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

4 years

The day can't come soon enough when I can join the fight to TAX. THE. RICH. #mapoli

Sonia Chang-Díaz

@SoniaChangDiaz

4 years

Since the start of the pandemic in March, 20 billionaires in MA have seen their combined net worth increase by $17.2 BILLION (👀). For context: that's nearly 5x the hole in the state budget right now. #PandemicProfitsTax #investinourrecovery #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Words can't describe how incredibly over the moon I am right now, to see so much hard work by so many dedicated & powerful people materialize into these monumental victories. @justicehealing @PplNotPrisons @BlackAndPinkMA @NEInnocence you're all incredible, thank you ❤️ #mapoli

Matt Stout

@MattPStout

2 years

NEW: The Mass. House is priming a vote this week on a $4.8 billion bond bill that also would set a 5-year moratorium on building any new correctional facilities or expanding any existing facility "beyond its current design" in Massachusetts #mapoli

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

MY FIRST TOMATO!!! 🍅 😍

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 months

Whoooooooooo wants to sign my nomination papers? 🗳️📋😎 Excited to run to continue to serve the 27th Middlesex district. Please support my re-election campaign here 👉

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

I just voted no on Governor's amendment. Next time someone says Baker is a reasonable Republican, remind them about how he held hostage no-cost calls to get his foolish "dangerousness" bill. Sickening. #mapoli

Prisoners' Legal Services of Massachusetts

@PLSMA

2 years

Our statement on Governor Baker's attempt to force his dangerousness bill into law by refusing to sign No Cost Calls and other prison reforms. We urge legislators to do all in their power to pass no-cost calls and reject Gov. Baker's expansion of pretrial detention.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Current mood:

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@erika4rep

3 years

Oh this is why we're voting on legalizing sports betting today, a TOP priority following a traumatic 16+ months of the pandemic </endsarcasm> I'm voting NO ❌ on this race-to-the-bottom bill that helps large near-monopolistic corporations like DraftKings profit off of gambling

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

Thank you @RepPressley for speaking out. It's outrageous for the MA House to dig our heels as the lone elected body trying to keep in place Jim Crow era voting laws, despite 36-3 support in Senate, support of Bill Galvin, support of the AG, and now our US Rep We need SDR #mapoli

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

@RepPressley

2 years

Deeply disappointed that my State House colleagues would consider cutting same-day voter registration from the VOTES Act. With the sacred right to vote under attack nationwide, we should be expanding access to the ballot wherever possible. My statement:

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

No better feeling than reminding ⁦ @JuanForRep ⁩ ‘s supporters to vote tomorrow! #juanmentum #mapoli

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@erika4rep

2 years

5 out of 9 SCOTUS judges were nominated by Presidents who lost the popular vote Our democracy’s legitimacy is in crisis, Democrats can & MUST codify ROE like we did in MA 16 months ago. Dems have limited time to prove to us they didn’t take getting elected for granted #mapoli 1/

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@erika4rep

1 year

The Fair Share Amendment passes with a slim field margin. I can’t express how much every single person who came out to canvass means the world to me, TY for fighting for a fairer MA, for something much bigger than us. Thank you. 🙏❤️✊🌹 1/🧵

Passage of the Mass. ‘millionaires tax’ amends the state’s flat tax rate - The Boston Globe

After a hard-fought campaign, voters approved an extra 4 percent tax on incomes over $1 million.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

I swear, if I hear the phrase: "but he a moderate republican" ......

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

1 year

So much love ❤️ for the incredible organizers of @HAWorkers @UAW @HUCTW @hgsuuaw @UNITEHERE26 for standing up for what's rightfully theirs, the right to unionize. The relentless exploitation of your labor by elite institutions must end. #1u #mapoli @BenForWard3 @MikeConnollyMA

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@erika4rep

3 years

Today is the day!!! Election Day!!! I’m feeling the #juanami and #juanmentum JOIN US, polls are open for another 3.5 hours! Let’s deliver ⁦ @JuanForRep ⁩ to the State House! #mapoli

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@erika4rep

2 years

Hey how about we do this every weekend?

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Hey #somerville ! @or_somerville has a great questionnaire for muni candidates including: 47. Do you support the BDS movement? Thank you @ElectTessa @BeccaForWard7 @WillieBurnleyJr @CKforSomerville @eve_s_dsa @JTforWard2 @BenForWard3 for responding YES

2021 Municipal Endorsements

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you @WillieBurnleyJr @CKforSomerville @eve_s_dsa for speaking out. My thoughts on this: 1. Black, Indigenous, & People of Color (or BIPOC) are not a monolith - narratives that paint BIPOC communities as monoliths are pervasive in Somerville & need to be challenged 1/?

Willie Burnley Jr 🌹

@WillieBurnleyJr

3 years

Recently, a conversation about the treatment of candidates of color in the @or_somerville forum has emerged that has intentionally excluded me & erased my experience. Moreover, it's erased members of color in that group and in groups like @Defund_SPD that submitted questions.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

2 years

This is the first time I’m a delegate for the @massdems . (ex-officio bc I’m a rep) I do not like this experience. Though the convention is like a fun high school reunion of yr activist friends across MA. The dance of courting delegate votes is dripping w privilege & whiteness.

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Erika Uyterhoeven

@erika4rep

3 years

Thank you @CAASomerville , @Defund_SPD , LaCourt Tenants Union ( @BostonTenants ), & @welcome_project for standing in solidarity with fellow #Somerville tenants facing evictions & displacement! We must stop all housing violence NOW. #HousingForAll #HousingIsAHumanRight

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