Received this e-mail today from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Two days after promising a special session to address police brutality and racial injustice, Speaker Turzai announced today that he'll leave office on June 15th. He did not say whether his pledge to allow votes on police reform will be fulfilled. And just like that, Pennsylvanians'…
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NJ-Sen: DFA Builds Momentum For Booker (D) & Harris's (D. CA) Plan To Reform Policing In America
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America: Yesterday, Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, in conjunction with the Congressional Black Caucus, announced sweeping legislation to reform policing in America. The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 is an important step forward in re-imagining policing and holding law enforcement accountable nationwide. The key reforms in…
MN-Sen: Sen. Tina Smith (D) Mounts Pressure On McConnell To Hold A Vote On Police Policy Reform
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaign: Friend — This morning, House and Senate Democrats announced a new bill that could bring transformative change in policing. I am proud to join the Congressional Black Caucus, the House Judiciary Committee, and Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris in helping introduce…
Don’t Confuse De-Fund with Reform
I have taken a position that is not the most popular amongst my friends, but I believe it is a better alternative. We need a viable, honest, and most importantly a justice-based police department. Calls for defunding police departments have been reprised all over America since the murder of George Floyd. There seems to be…
Bernie Sanders Helps These Pro-Criminal Justice Reform Candidates Become District Attorneys
Received this e-mail today from former Presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT), in support of these progressive candidates running to become District Attorneys and Prosecutors: As you read this, tens of thousands of people are marching coast to coast for racial justice and to express their disgust at the torture and murder of…
In response to the NYT's congressional reform proposal, here's my own proposal to reform Congress
In response to soon-to-be-former U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) losing re-election to U.S. Rep.-elect Max Rose (D-NY), The New York Times (the NYT) editorial board issued a pair of editorials: the first editorial recommended expanding the total number of members of the U.S. House to the cube root of the total population of all 50…
