Molly Shack

Getting a lot of questions asking why Ohio is not performing politically like other Midwestern states like Michigan. The Ohio GOP has been completely rigging the rules, undermining the strength of our votes and systematically suppressing votes since Obama won the state twice. 🧵

🚨 JUST IN: The man who built the ICE-tracking app just dared Trump’s entire administration to come for him. “Go ahead. Demonize me. Demonize the app. It’s called the First Amendment, look it up.” That’s the energy. You don’t need a badge or a bench to defend the Constitution, sometimes all it takes is a server and a spine.

Maybe the old guard Democratic establishment should stop throwing their weight behind candidates that voters keep saying they don’t want? Just an idea

Seems like a good day to remind everyone that Auschwitz — a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps — was not located in Nazi Germany either.

I think today was an inflection point - maybe small, but real. The President, having launched a global trade war, feted in the Oval Office a Central American dictator who runs a mega-prison known for starvation and torture - a prison to which our government has, by its own admission, sent at least one person "in error." They disappeared a man without a single criminal charge who's lived and worked here for 15 years - who was alleged to be a member of a gang based in a state he never lived by one anonymous informant. No other evidence. No trial. No conviction. Nothing but a legal order that he not be deported to El Salvador, where he's now serving a life sentence. The Supreme Court just ruled, without any noted dissent, that the government must facilitate the man's release. But Trump and his dictator friend said no. They laughed. They mocked the journalist who asked whether they'd abide by the Court's order. The Attorney General, the Secretary of State, and the White House Deputy Chief all lied about the facts of the case. Then the President repeated his proposal to send American citizens to the dictator's prison, and asked him to build five more. The same day we found out that the government knowingly disappeared a PhD student for nothing but an op-ed, a man's 19-year old son who agents admitted was the wrong kid, and a visa-holding Russian scientist at Harvard who forgot to declare frog embryos at the border. But: it's all breaking through. It's getting more coverage. More people are paying attention. More elected Democrats are speaking up. More conservative pundits and legal scholars are speaking up. Even Joe Rogan thinks it's bullshit. Now we have to keep pushing. This is much bigger than immigration or deportation policy - this is about whether we live in a free country or a police state. It's the whole ballgame.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope other institutions follow suit.

Bone chilling. A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0. 1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.

The Twitter scene was wrong about 90% during VP debate. Wrong about what voters would think of the debate anyway. 👇🏻👇🏻

Sheriffs are elected officials who have a duty to serve ALL members of their community. They are sworn to protect the public from intimidation and oppression. For the sitting sheriff of Portage County to be engaging in the very type of behavior he’s meant to combat is despicable.

WOW! This is incredible. Parents of the boy who was k*lled in Ohio by an immigrant SLAM Donald Trump for using their son’s name to spread hate. Good for them!!! 💙 "Chip Roy, JD Vance, and Donald Trump, they have spoken my son's name and use his de*th for political gain. They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants, the border crisis, and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio."

“We are not going to let consultants talk us out of what we want to say.” -@brianschatz on CNN at the #DemocraticConvention2024

This is democracy in action! The fight to #EndGerrymandering isn't over yet! The Ohio Statehouse Atrium was filled with passionate voters rallying for change. Rallying to put power back where it belongs - in the hands of the people. #FairMapsNow #CitizensNotPoliticians

NEW: Our poll with @zeteo_news finds 7 in 10 likely voters support the U.S. calling for a permanent ceasefire and a de-escalation of violence in Gaza. This represents a 3-point increase in support from February and a 9-point increase from November. dataforprogress.org/blog/2024/5/8/…

An honor to accept this award on behalf of @OHorganizing and celebrate the efforts of thousands of Ohioans to defend our democracy and restore power to the people.

.@KetteringFdn senior fellow Maureen O’Connor (r) honored for antigerrymandering work at @BrennanCenter Legacy Awards w @mollyshack of Ohio Organizing Collaborative in conversation w @ProfMMurray (l) #Democracy

We will not stand for violence. We need a safe community & safe drinking water! No toleraremos la violencia. ¡Necesitamos una comunidad segura y agua potable! @antonio__sierra opb.org/article/2023/1…

This thread is exactly why we desperately need real redistricting reform. Ohioans overwhelmingly support abortion access. That our legislators do not is a direct result of gerrymandering that undermines our democracy and people power. It’s time for #FairMaps 😤

"No, it’s proof that politicians can’t be trusted to draw fair maps whether they are Republicans or Democrats."

"These politicians are so out of touch that when both parties got together in the dark of night and voted for the latest gerrymandered maps, they laughably said it’s proof that the system worked bc the vote was bipartisan."

Election results show Ohio lawmakers 'insulated from reality,' negligent in serving Ohioans dispatch.com/story/opinion/… via @DispatchAlerts