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Dean Preston
@deanpreston.bsky.social
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Former legislator, democratic socialist, housing advocate, founder of Tenants Together. He/Him. Opinions my own, reposts not endorsements.
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Clearing encampments and throwing people in jail does NOTHING to actually get Americans off the streets.
Homelessness is not a personal failure, it’s a policy failure. Congress must pass my Housing Not Handcuffs Act with @frost.house.gov.
A New Study Proves Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Reduce Homelessness
"The deterrence logic doesn’t hold": A recent analysis finds that encampments bans and other local ordinances aimed at unhoused populations don't actually lead to decreased homelessness.
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Pundit brain is very US focused: the points of reference are US left/right, and the Smart Take is always saying the right has a point that the left refuses to acknowledge. This is a huge blindspoint when "the point" is a is a bad-faith misdirection to justify authoritarianism.
Oh my fucking god has anyone in the national media ever read a single book about authoritarianism
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what donald trump wants more than anything is video of american soldiers gunning down american citizens
This could end up very badly given what we know of Rules on Use of Force (RUF) for Guard in DC. And very different training regimens compared to local police.
Wall Street Journal reporting:
"National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days."
Exclusive | National Guard Soldiers Prepare to Carry Weapons in Washington, D.C.
The shift comes after defense officials said the soldiers deployed to the capital wouldn’t be armed.
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While masked agents were violently attacking a delivery worker this morning, bystanders repeatedly asked to see their badge numbers but they refused.
Bystander: You guys are ruining this country, you know that, right?
Agent: Liberals already ruined it.
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I have lost all patience with the apparently unshakeable conviction that striking a reasonable, moderate pose means assuming the sincerity of transparently pretextual horseshit. Donald Trump does not care about reducing crime in DC. He is testing and normalizing paramilitary deployments in cities.
Is that what he is doing? Fighting crime? Phew. I thought he was using federal power to assert power over the country’s capital
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Under pressure to do more to help immigrants in SF, the Mayor apparently issued a press release claiming credit for funds that had already been granted to Public Defender from a foundation. Kudos to @missionlocal.org for reporting on this. Press release mayors have been gaming media for far too long
Mayor Lurie takes credit for immigrant legal funding he had little to do with
San Francisco Mayor Lurie’s office touted a private philanthropic grant as its doing. But in reality, his role was minor.
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In a victory for free speech, Media Matters won a preliminary injunction against the retaliatory FTC investigation.
Below are a statement from @goangelo.bsky.social and some key excerpts from the ruling.
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Heavily Armed Officers Sub-Due DC Sandwich Thrower For Assault With Deli Weapon www.wonkette.com/p/heavily-ar...
By Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social
Heavily Armed Officers Sub-Due DC Sandwich Thrower For Assault With Deli Weapon
Fuck you Pam and Judge Boxwine. Fuck you.
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