Amira Hassan @itsAmira_H Twitter profile

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Amira Hassan

8 months

Imagine thinking Ceasefire is a wild left flank position! It’s literally the position of the UN, Amnesty International, UNICEF, Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, Save The Children and hundreds of domestic independent non-profits. The bar is in hell, clear it!

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

5 months

Watching Bisan on TikTok live reporting on the siege of the last functioning hospital in Gaza. She reports that they did not receive an evacuation notice ahead of the siege on the hospital.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

I don’t know anything about the ad world but I hope Cetaphil credits this creator for clearly being the inspiration for these ads. She went viral several times for her Swiftie/NFL crossover convos with her stepdad while doing her skincare. It’s 2024…and during BHM….🙄

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@tayvisnation

4 months

Cetaphil’s super bowl commercial about the taylor swift effect is actually so sweet 🥹

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

They just killed another child. Nobody can sell me this verdict as progress when in the span of 2 weeks 2 children were killed by police. #SayHerName #MakiyahBryant

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

Biden: Vote for me or Trump will bring back the Muslim ban Also Biden: 👇🏾

Camilo Montoya-Galvez

@camiloreports

4 months

NEW tonight — President Biden is debating whether to invoke a sweeping presidential authority that gained infamy during the Trump administration to stage a crackdown on migrants coming to the U.S. southern border. More on @cbsnews :

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Thank you to @CoriBush @MaxineWaters @AOC @AyannaPressley @IlhanMN all these incredible women who didn't stop fighting when it felt impossible.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

I used to walk this hallway almost everyday and despite seeing my face almost every day USCP stationed here would bark at me if they didn’t see my Congressional ID immediately.

Christina Henderson

@chenderson

3 years

As someone who worked in the United States Capitol for the past 4 years, I am stunned by what we are witnessing. Every day I passed USCP with significant weaponry, was questioned multiple times to see my ID, & have seen USCP use more force with protestors in wheelchairs.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

5 months

You can hear how close the shelling and bombings are. Reminder, almost half the population in Gaza is made up of children, and these are the sound’s they’ve been hearing non stop for the past 103 days.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

This entire passage send shivers down my spine

Laila Al-Arian

@LailaAlarian

4 months

From a @washingtonpost story about Israelis blocking aid trucks for Palestinians: Every explosion in Gaza raises a cheer. “Dead, dead, dead Arabs,” one camper shouts at a roaring volley of outgoing fire. Then she notes the presence of a reporter. “Hamas,” she corrects herself.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

The message is clear!

NowThis Impact

@nowthisimpact

4 years

AOC, CORI BUSH OUTSIDE DNC DEMANDING ACTION: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( @AOC ) and Sen. Ed Markey speak at a rally outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee to demand bold action...

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

7 months

I want people to know that members of Congress have a lot of sway over how aggressive Capitol police get with protestors. This violent handling by the police was a choice, one very likely encouraged by @dccc @DNC

IfNotNow🔥✡️

@IfNotNowOrg

7 months

We laid out 11,000 candles to mark 11,000 lives lost in Gaza. Democratic Party leaders want the bombs to keep dropping, ignoring 80% of their voters who want a ceasefire. They wouldn't even let us sing about it. They had us thrown down the stairs.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

7 months

When I toured Hebron, a soldier arbitrarily decided an elderly deaf Palestinian woman wasn’t allowed to cross the street that day to walk 100 feet to her house. It wasn’t until all the Americans (us) with cameras made a scene that his supervisor allowed her to cross the street.

Ussama Makdisi

@UssamaMakdisi

7 months

Hebron/Alkhalil is the town that every single person needs to go visit to see with their own eyes what colonialism, racism, and segregation mean in practice in the 21st century. I wager no person with a conscience of any faith will not leave there shattered by how native…

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“I'm walking in the door as the only person from this movement, with those stripes. I'm walking in the door remembering what it was like when my face was on that cold ground on November 24, 2014, when those police officers were stomping me.” - @CoriBush

Cori Bush Wants to Bring the Movement to Congress

Our January cover star has already left her mark on DC.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

@TheCannabisGeek @JarettSays Beloved did you just enter my comments and call a Black woman angry and bitter?

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

5 months

“We are recording our death, day after day, we are recording it for the brave heart. And with some faith…some faith in humanity and YOU.”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

11 months

Dear AIPAC, Pick me. Choose me. Love me. Sincerely, MJ

Mondaire Jones

@MondaireJones

11 months

I’m glad Rep. Jayapal issued a statement saying she does not believe Israel is a racist state. Let me also say I’m glad Israeli President Herzog is speaking to Congress and I would absolutely be attending if I were in the House. I’m proud of my pro-Israel record in Congress.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

More people should buy this book and read it. White men aren’t alone in upholding white supremacy and they weren’t alone in storming the Capitol.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Hmmmm...and now let’s do a walk through memory lane circa June, 2020 DC

Michael McCaul

@RepMcCaul

3 years

I like many people voted for President Trump in the 2020 election and hoped for a different result. But violence and destruction is not the way to express your grievances. This is disgraceful and has to end.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 months

“Two days after the State Department asked the Israeli government for information about what steps it had taken to hold the perpetrators accountable, Israeli police raided the nonprofit that had originally shared the allegation and later designated it a terrorist organization.”

Eric Umansky

@ericuman

2 months

BREAKING from ProPublica: Blinken Is Sitting on Staff Recommendations to Sanction Israeli Military Units Linked to Killings or Rapes by @BrettMmurphy

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Rep. Bush bringing common sense to the ridiculousness. It’s clear that these Republicans can’t meet the basic requirements of the job. Expel them.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

The whole plan is to run out the clock. That’s the entirety of the Republican game and they aren’t even hiding it. It’s ridiculous that Democrats are continuing to indulge this.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

If “we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win," House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn Joe Biden was at the top of ticket! What House incumbent who lost their seat ran on this message? Whoooooo?

Sarah Ferris

@sarahnferris

4 years

Top Dems are warning their caucus NOT to veer to the left ahead of the ultra-important GA Senate runoffs. House Dem caucus call is two hours and counting... story with @heatherscope

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Deb Haaland per Biden world doesn’t have enough experience. Marcia Fudge doesn’t cut it for USDA. Every Black woman on the comms team is a deputy. White dude who was a small town mayor, has never held federal office and has no discernible experience in this field👇🏾

Axios

@axios

4 years

SCOOP: President-elect Joe Biden is considering a high-profile ambassadorship for Pete Buttigieg, possibly sending him to China, people familiar with the matter tell Axios.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

7 months

It’s maddening to see Biden and Dem leadership double down against a ceasefire—this will not age well the longer it goes on. I know Democrats don’t respect their voters but my god, people don’t want to see kids blown to bits every day for weeks. Look at the damn polling.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

1.) He does have the power to cancel student debt. 2.) Early childhood education is not funded by student debt. 3.) Debt burden is debt burden regardless of the school people attend. I went to a public university and I still walked out with debt because MY FAMILY IS POOR!

Michael Stratford

@mstratford

3 years

New - Biden completely rejects Schumer/Warren proposal to cancel $50K of student loan debt per borrower: “I will not make that happen." Says he doesn't want to forgive debts of borrowers from elite schools -- and money would be better spent on early childhood education.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“A quick strike against the filibuster in January will set Biden up to shepherd his entire agenda through regular order...Every other path leads to needless complications and worse results for the American people.”

Schumer Pushed by Progressives to Defy Republicans on Filibuster

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is under pressure from progressives to eliminate the longstanding filibuster rule that lets the chamber’s minority block legislation, a politically explosive step...

www.bloomberg.com

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

8 months

Trying to politically bury the only Palestinian member of Congress while her people are LITERALLY buried under rubble… DC keeps finding new rock bottoms.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

5 months

^sounds * Anyways, for every politician who is still hasn’t called for a ceasefire. Today is a good day to call for a lasting ceasefire.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

I am slated to become Missouri’s first Black congresswoman....And I am slated to become our nation’s first Black Lives Matter activist in Congress.” - @CoriBush

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

This is violence. This is harassment. Really absolutely bonkers that anybody thinks this is justified vitriol. And yes, I know people are dying from this health care system. And yes, I have lots of personal trauma but I do not use it as a shield to justify shit behavior.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

@justicedems supports badass women and is run by a badass woman. Proud to work with all the incredible humans at this org who put their everything into this work.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

"Justice starts at removing each and every representative who incited this insurrection....We cannot denounce white supremacy and allow its endorsers to continue serving in our government." Powerful op-ed by Rep. Bush.

Congresswoman Cori Bush

@RepCori

3 years

GOP members of Congress incited a white supremacist coup attempt. I wrote this op-ed on my experience during the attack & why accountability means we must dismantle white supremacy—starting with passing my resolution to investigate & expel those members.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

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Please, do say more. Tell us more about “Somalia in Jerusalem”. How is the mob of Israeli citizens stopping trucks in case they carry supplies to starving people in Gaza related to an African nation? We are all ears.

Barak Ravid

@BarakRavid

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סומליה בירושלים

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 months

A foreign nation purposely killed an American citizen (not the first one to be killed) and a sitting US Senator is advocating for continued blind fealty to that foreign nation instead of bare minimum accountability.

Senator John Fetterman

@SenFettermanPA

3 months

In this war against Hamas—no conditions for Israel.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

So happy Pelosi and Dem leadership put time and money into electing this 🤡

Daniella Diaz

@DaniellaMicaela

2 years

CUELLAR to @mkraju : “I’m pro-life." When pointed out that he is in the minority of his caucus on this issue, he replied "in my district I'm not."

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

This is the reality right now. Not a drill. Not hysteria. Not overblown hype. Someone tell us again how Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett have “defied expectations” and how “balanced” SCOTUS has been so far. #ExpandSCOTUS

Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“If the barista at Starbucks overhears you talking about your abortion, and it was performed after six weeks, that barista is authorized to sue the clinic where you obtained the abortion and to sue any other person who helped you…”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

8 months

Every time the chant “let Gaza live” starts at a protest, I start bawling. We are pleading for their lives, I can’t even say it’s a demand anymore. We are begging. But the White House sees hate?! Speaking the names of the murdered babies. But Biden sees hate? Sick.

Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

8 months

The White House just compared “anti-Israel protesters” — the phrase used by the Fox News reporter in his question — to the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

7 months

Bibi’s comments yesterday didn’t go unnoticed…

Senator Peter Welch

@SenPeterWelch

7 months

Today, I am calling for an indefinite extension to the ceasefire in Gaza. My full statement ⬇️

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Some thoughts on how this might play out 1. All of the co-sponsors vote for it but realistically you will have some attrition. The vote fails with a huge margin 2. Every anti-M4A spokesperson will seize on this moment to say it’s not only a bad policy but impossible politically

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@AOC

4 years

@J_ManPrime21 @jimmy_dore Problem w/ this idea is that there isn’t enough thought given to step 2. The Dem votes aren’t there yet, and with a razor-thin margin the Dem NOs are > margin. So you issue threats, hold your vote, and lose. Then what? If you want to know who’s opposed look @ cosponsor list

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

I promise that’s not the problem.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Can't really say $600 was a down payment for the $2000 and then exclude people who received the "down payment" from the additional $1,400. Either it's a new stimulus check and it should be $2000 or it's a down payment from the previous $600 and the same eligibilities apply.

Igor Bobic

@igorbobic

3 years

Jen Psaki confirms Biden admin looking at limiting income eligibility for $1,400 stimulus checks. "Further targeting means not the size of the check, it means the income level of people who receive the check. That's something that is under discussion."

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

"As Cruz and Hawley may learn, to tell the big lie is to be owned by it...To claim that the other side stole an election is to promise to steal one yourself. It is also to claim that the other side deserves to be punished." Impeach. Remove. Expel.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

“She’s a prop,” Mr. Clay said of Ms. Bush. Apparently Black women in politics are either just "props" or "too ambitious”. @CoriBush like so many Black women has been on the frontlines of fighting systemic racism. She is NOBODY’S prop.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

The intensity of the pushback against voting uncommitted is bizarre. This push is still within the confines of ultimately not messing with Biden’s chances in November…it’s a way of registering dissent while keeping people engaged in the voting process. It’s feedback, take it.

Waleed Shahid 🪬

@_waleedshahid

4 months

The Biden campaign is now pushing out Governor Gretchen Whitmer to persuade Michigan Democrats out of voting uncommitted in Tuesday's primary election.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Who are the specific members? Which House Democrats want people to be evicted during the ongoing global pandemic? House moderates think this is a good way to keep the majority? Mass evictions?

Sarah Ferris

@sarahnferris

3 years

NEW: I'm told several Dem moderates have told leadership that they are prepared to *leave* D.C. and not proxy amid gridlock over eviction moratorium. If they leave, it would complicate Dem math on the floor, possibly preventing a floor vote at all.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Low key peaked this week when @AyannaPressley complimented my lipstick color. Lipstick+ Policy = My Love Language

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Here he is in 2018 saying that the deficit is a big issue: “everything should be on the table”. He has to my knowledge not put out a public statement showing that he has evolved on his views. Glad he has a lot of powerful friends but he has not been a friend to working people.

Alexi McCammond

@alexi

4 years

Tom Steyer, who’s worked with Bruce Reed in the past, told @axios that Reed is “thoughtful, open” and “anyone who thinks he’d but budget deficits over the needs of working families struggling to make ends meet during a pandemic simply doesn't know Bruce.”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

I hate that it falls on the shoulders of a few but I’m so glad they are there to #HoldTheLine and fight for working people. So much gratitude for your clear eyed leadership @RashidaTlaib @AOC @CoriBush @IlhanMN I’m sure as the night progresses this list will grow 💜🤲🏾

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

You love to see it. More more more.

Jennifer Epstein

@jeneps

3 years

VP Harris is doing these local interviews today, going after the potentially wobbly D senators from Arizona and WV: ABC15, ABC affiliate in Phoenix, AZ and WSAZ-TV, NBC affiliate in Charleston, WV. Also meeting w AZ Republic & Charleston Gazette editorial boards, per her office.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 months

Students are protesting this…let’s all keep the focus on the WHY …

Jewish Voice for Peace

@jvplive

2 months

Palestinians uncovered a second mass grave in Gaza with over 300 bodies, the majority Palestinian children and the elderly. The Israeli military killed and discarded them during its assault on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. This is a pattern. This is what a well-funded…

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Remember when people were saying McConnell would work with Biden? 😂

Robert Costa

@costareports

4 years

Based on McConnell's remarks, the leadership of the GOP does not view President Trump as defeated and will not address President-elect Biden as president-elect. And the defiant rhetoric of Trumpism infused the majority leader's speech.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Tell me again how useless primaries are?!

Jake Sherman

@JakeSherman

3 years

To review: House rushes to consider eviction moratorium because the WH says its hands were tied. @CoriBush protests for days. Joined by @AOC etc White House does what it said it couldn’t do one of the better examples of a rank and file member absolutely changing a debate

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5 months

A must read!

Adam Johnson

@adamjohnsonCHI

5 months

I wrote about the increasingly ineffective, tedious, and nihilistic practice of voter-scolding those angry at Biden over Gaza. Namely that it shifts the moral burden from the specific and powerful to the abstract and relatively powerless.

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Amira Hassan

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2 months

If only there were signs….

Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney

2 months

JUST IN: Prosecutors have charged Rep. Cuellar and his wife with accepting $600,000 in foreign bribes and money laundering. They face long prison terms if convicted.

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Amira Hassan

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4 years

@JamaalBowmanNY “paraphrased a quotation from the rapper Chuck D: “Every brother ain’t a brother. So it’s not just about being a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, but standing up and fighting for your people.” ✊🏾

Progressive Victories Signal Staying Power for the Movement (Published 2020)

After Bernie Sanders fell to Joe Biden, the young left mourned what could have been. Now, after a series of victories in congressional races, it’s hopeful again.

www.nytimes.com

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Full @justicedems and @sunrisemvmt statement

Justice Democrats

@justicedems

3 years

John Morton is the latest in a list of Biden appointees with a troubling private sector record. It's a concerning sign that the White House is not taking seriously the role that financial regulation must play in ending the climate crisis.

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Amira Hassan

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3 years

Watching @RashidaTlaib right now on the floor and I’m absolutely coming undone. I’m so angry. I’m so sad. Nothing about what she’s experienced is ok.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

6 months

And I know she read White Fragility in 2020 and “listened and learned”. The only person who threatened someone’s well being is Eve Gerber. After 3 students got shot for wearing a keffiyeh, I don’t know how anybody wouldn’t assume the worst when a stranger accost you like this…

The Sparrow Project

@sparrowmedia

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“Thank you for walking through neighborhoods with your terrorist scarf.” A Harvard graduate student wearing a keffiyeh, was subjected to Islamophobic harassment on campus by Eve Gerber, wife of Jason Furman, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School and a former Obama Admin advisor.

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3 years

“The point of winning power is not to stay in power; it is to use it. And if you use it well — if you do what you said you would do — you might actually get to keep it.”

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Amira Hassan

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3 years

Shelving it now spells doom for BBB. Who thinks it will happen during a midterm year? This is exactly why the squad continued to hold the line on BIF—passing it ended any urgency and leverage to make BBB happen.

Jesse Rodriguez

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NBC News: Senate expected to shelve Build Back Better bill, moving forward aggressively now on voting rights

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Bruce Reed has been trying to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for decades now Here he is in 2018 touting the Simpson-Bowles Commission as the goalpost. “Caller is absolutely right that everything should be on the table”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

Ummmm….I’m glad top Democrats are working overtime to elect an anti-choice candidate (see Cuellar) while SCOTUS guts Roe! We really have our priorities lined up as a party. Stop women of color from entering Congress ✅ Protect abortion rights ❌

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Amira Hassan

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3 years

Brooklyn Center be safe out there tonight. Some people think that it’s all over now but police literally killed Daunte Wright 9 days ago. And before that Dolal Idd Justine Damond Philando Castile Jamar Clark So many more lives cut short in Minnesota b/c of police

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Amira Hassan

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4 years

Go buy this book. Read it. Sit with it. Read it again.

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Amira Hassan

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4 years

OG progressive @BLeeForCongress in conversation with @JamaalBowmanNY — it will give you the hope and inspiration to keep doing the work. "We need to truly center human rights in all foreign and domestic policy—truly center people over profit."- JB

Barbara Lee In Conversation With Jamaal Bowman: 'You Can't Start in the Middle When You're Trying...

Rep. Barbara Lee and congressional candidate Jamaal Bowman discuss how public policy can fight systemic oppression

time.com

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

This dude really embodies everything awful about politics. He lies, he cheats, and he sells his constituents out for a few checks. #MA01 has a chance to elect @AlexBMorse who will fight for the people and who won’t be in the pocket of insurance companies and corporations.

Richard Neal

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I'm the only candidate in this race who has a plan to end surprise medical bills, without harming frontline heath care workers. My opponent and the big insurance companies can attack me all they want - but I won't back down.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

Quick reminder…

Congresswoman Cori Bush

@RepCori

3 years

I’m in disbelief that my first bill is a resolution to investigate and expel colleagues who sought to sabotage our democracy. But that’s what this moment calls for, and I’m focused on carrying out the people’s work. Per the House Clerk: my first resolution is H.Res. 25.

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@itsAmira_H

3 years

This is absolutely batshit and there’s no way any other group of protesters could ever do this and not get seriously hurt. Remember when Cap Police dragged protestors out of their wheelchairs?

Matt Laslo

@MattLaslo

3 years

They breached the Capitol

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Correct, the Political Director of Justice Democrats does condemn online harassment and yes, believes that this shit is violent and unhinged af. Really amazing that you think this is a knock on me or the org I work at.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

Dem leadership sleepwalked us into losing ABORTION rights. Dems are hell bent on downplaying the decades long push by the Republican Party to eradicate every right gained post the civil rights movement. Republicans are clear about the future they are building. Believe it.

Chris Hayes

@chrislhayes

2 years

This is something that @jbouie and @rtraister have both been writing about. The gap between the Democratic leadership, and younger progressives on the question of “How Bad Is It?” is just *enormous*.

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@itsAmira_H

2 years

How you feel, how you feel, how you feel ? @SummerForPA 🔥

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“Just do it — reform the filibuster and deliver results to the American people.”

Jeff Stein

@JStein_WaPo

3 years

Hard to see how they get to 60

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

If you don’t know about @justicedems come listen to our fearless campaign director @avabenezra tell you about us!

NBC News NOW

@NBCNewsNow

4 years

Justice Democrats help progressive candidates like @AOC oust long-term incumbents in solid blue districts. @DashaBurns has more on the @justicedems mission and election record. Watch NOW:

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

AOC, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib all fundraise directly for their colleagues. Important to note.

Daniel Marans

@danielmarans

4 years

We know Torres is not as progressive as the Squad, but it's also notable here how he is playing ball with the DCCC. AOC, one of the House's biggest fundraisers, refuses to contribute to the DCCC in protest of its blacklist.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

8 months

Instead of attempting to intimidate the only Palestinian American in Congress, the WH and Dems in Congress could stop funding and supporting the genocide so that “Genocide Joe” doesn’t turn into “One Term Joe”. Nicknames hurt but not as much as bombs and starvation🫶🏾 K, thanks!

The Hill

@thehill

8 months

White House pushes back on Rashida Tlaib suggesting Biden supporting "genocide"

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Bathrobe and house shoes. Bathrobe and house shoes. They slammed her into the ground and arrested her in her bathrobe and house shoes. Minnesota nice baby. Tim Walz just showing us all what kind of leader he is.

Max Nesterak

@maxnesterak

3 years

Samira Hassan was arrested outside her apartment in Brooklyn Center while watching law enforcement disperse protesters. She is being held without bail via @mnreformer

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@itsAmira_H

3 years

She knows the drill.

KSTP

@KSTP

3 years

BREAKING: BCA identifies officer in Daunte Wright shooting

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

Not lost on me and many others that the first thing to get scapegoated is BLM and racial justice work. Centering white backlash is easier than standing in solidarity for something you don’t hold dear—Black lives.

Tom Bonier

@tbonier

4 years

One more note. In May and June, when Dem voter registration had bottomed out due to the pandemic and GOPs were outregistering Dems, it was the George Floyd/BLM demonstrations that created a huge Dem voter reg spike.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

7 months

“Vengeance is not a foreign policy doctrine” 📣📣📣

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

@RepPressley

7 months

We’ve now lost over 11,000 Palestinian and 1,200 Israeli loved ones. I stood with a coalition of rabbis to make it plain: We are one human family, and we have a collective, righteous mandate to save lives. #CeasefireNOW .

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@itsAmira_H

11 months

✨Personal news✨I am transitioning out of my role as political director at @justicedems . I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible work I was able to be a part of and express my deepest gratitude to all the brilliant individuals I got to work with over the years.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

The essence of the ad concept clearly is derived from her original videos. If we just look at these stills…you can’t honestly tell me that the ad storyboard wasn’t just version 2.0 of her video…

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 months

“Elite activist” I’m a Black refugee who actually lived US foreign policy and immigration law…two things you have no idea about but pretend to be able to speak on… Your entire left wing shtick was just a way to shit post and let your misogyny go unchecked…

Adam Jentleson

@AJentleson

3 months

Right, so: elite activists in blue states, insulated from many consequences of a Trump win, are leading and funding an effort to convince people in swing states not to vote for Biden, thus helping Trump. Nevermind that the people they claim to fight for will suffer if Trump wins.

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@itsAmira_H

3 years

Idk who needs to hear this...but nothing was changed by the mod tantrum...we are exactly where we always were.

Erik Wasson

@elwasson

3 years

. @AOC says that regardless of Sept 27 deadline in the rule, she will continue to insist infrastructure and $3.5T reconciliation bill are voted on at same time. “If that is not the case then they shouldn’t count on us “ she says

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

2 years

“Worried about political polarization” and “radical moves” while the rest of us keep waking up with less rights. Y’all these people are not serious. They are not serious about anything except keeping working class women of color out of their DC social club.

Alex Thompson

@AlexThomp

2 years

"Biden and officials are concerned that more radical moves would be politically polarizing ahead of November's midterm elections, undermine public trust in institutions like the Supreme Court or lack strong legal footing, sources inside and outside the White House say."

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

27 days

Bell: Josh Hawley must be defeated. Also Bell: I’m teaming up with Republican mega donors to defeat Cori Bush!

Hannah Rosenthal

@hannahbeila

27 days

“Is Bell an opportunist who shifted his political priorities to appease Bush’s wealthy enemies? He admitted publicly that, 'yes' that was part of his decision to go after Bush’s seat.” Our freedoms, democracy & city are #NotForSale , @WesleyBell4MO .

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

When Democrats hail and celebrate bipartisanship as a worthy end goal this is the party they want me to celebrate as partners. Jan 6. insurrectionists, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Charlottesville is the entirety of the Republican party. There are no outliers. Stop absolving them.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸

@patriottakes

3 years

Madison Cawthorn offers Kyle Rittenhouse “an internship,” says he isn’t guilty, and tells followers to also “be armed and dangerous.”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 years

BlackRock is really winning the game. All they need to keep doing is hiring well-liked dudes from Dem admins and they will skate through with limited scrutiny and more power. Solid strategy.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

4 months

Very reminiscent of the 100 day statement. Palestinians who? Gaza what? Baby killing where?????

Josh Wingrove

@josh_wingrove

4 months

Biden's statement on his victory tonight doesn't mention Gaza or the "uncommitted" effort at all, only alluding to the need for "all of us coming together."

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@itsAmira_H

3 years

“There’s nothing ‘moderate’...about blocking plans to lower drug prices” - @alaw202

Progressives target Auchincloss after criticism of Pelosi drug-pricing bill

The freshman Democrat’s office argues he is seeking to balance cost and innovation.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

To run on health care wins...you have to actually pass meaningful health care policy. For the record, Rep. Stephanie Murphy signed on to a letter that was against lowering drug prescription.🤷🏾‍♀️

House moderates signal concerns with Pelosi drug pricing bill

A group of 10 moderate House Democrats is signaling concerns with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) signature legislation to lower prescription drug prices, raising further doubts about the legisla…

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Elana Schor

@eschor

3 years

A striking number of Dems want to shape a 2022 midterm message similar to 2018 — when they hit the GOP “on health care, rather than Trump, and it worked.” @sarahnferris @MZanona on the party’s ‘Donald who?’ caucus:

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“He was late to the game and is having a hard time realizing CPC leadership outsmarted him,” said one senior member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “We whipped early and had Dem leadership on board with our strategy like 5 months ago.” You love to see it🥰

Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

3 years

NEW, with @saralsirota : Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s rebellion was in trouble from the start, and it's only gone downhill since

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

I want people to remember that there are corporate Dems who do NOT want to extend the eviction moratorium. There are people in the party who would rather put families in the streets than extend a lifeline. I really hope folks on the inside tell reporters who those ppl are.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

8 months

“Human shields” “Self defense” “Price of war” “Ceasefire helps hamas” All of these words only make sense when you fundamentally don’t see Palestinians as full human beings. They are abstract footnotes to political careers and DC consensus.

Elizabeth Warren

@SenWarren

8 months

Horrible. Israel has an obligation to protect civilians under the laws of war. Hamas’s use of innocent Palestinians as human shields does not excuse bombing a location filled with civilians.

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@itsAmira_H

7 months

He just decided for shits and giggles, she wouldn’t be able to go home that day. We sent billions of tax dollars to Israel so they can segregate, occupy, and dehumanize Palestinians every single day of their lives. People lie because the truth is indefensible.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

“They came with guns. They were armed. They were clothed in bulletproof vests; they were shooting towards the chamber in the Capitol... The lack of security at the Capitol is not an accident....”

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

Bush “attacked” him. I just love the framing of a Black woman being the aggressor. Yes, the multi millionaire Senator who is denying millions of Americans pre-k, paid leave, lowered prescription prices, action on the climate crisis IS THE REAL VICTIM in need of defense. 👍🏾

Manu Raju

@mkraju

3 years

New — Inside Manchin outreach. ⁃Manchin thanked Khanna for saying he’s not racist after Bush attacked him ⁃Manchin told Jayapal she has no leverage over him ⁃Tense talks over paid leave ⁃Biden warns progressives the whole agenda could sink.

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@itsAmira_H

4 years

They’ve been running as the anti-squad for 2 years, disparaged their colleagues every chance they got and still have the audacity to blame progressive women of color and policies. You can’t call yourself a leader if you don’t take responsibility for your actions.

David Dayen

@ddayen

4 years

Abigail Spanberger has had like 4 profiles in the Washington Post and was made the face of "natsec Democrats" who forced Pelosi to pursue impeachment. The whining is interminable.

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

3 years

"Constituents deserve to know the truth about how these nine conservative Democrats are blocking urgent action on jobs, climate, and child care" @alexandrasiera

Greg Krieg

@GregJKrieg

3 years

New: Progressive groups launch ads to run in home districts of the 9 Dems threatening to muck up the WH-blessed infra x 2 process Here’s one targeting Gottheimer: ⁦ @ckmarie ⁩ sets the (many) hours’ traffic of our stage:

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

1 year

This moment 🥹😂

Justice Democrats

@justicedems

1 year

We went to DC to see @SummerForPa make history by getting sworn in as the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. Featuring guest appearances by fellow Justice Dems @JamaalBowmanNY , @CoriBush , and @AOC .

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Amira Hassan

@itsAmira_H

8 months

The people of Gaza are not experiencing a drought. Israel is destroying all water systems. The people of Gaza are not experiencing a famine. Israel is starving them. The people of Gaza are not under the rubble because of an earthquake. Israel is bombing them. #CeasefireNOW

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