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Carmen Daugherty

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Abolitionist. Justice Seeker. New Orleans lovin' Kentucky woman with a penchant for bourbon and family.

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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 08/09/2026
The National Guard in DC is out here creating problems that didn’t have to happen. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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National Guardsman Charged With Pointing Gun at Another Soldier on D.C. Patrol (Gift Article)
The office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, charged Zion Mitchell with two felonies.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 08/09/2026
We will continue to flank grassroots groups on the ground to ensure free, fair and accessible elections.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 03/09/2026
Are we suprised? When you take an already depraved agency and then lower the standards, you just invite the worst people imaginable to have access to unfettered powers and abuse at the expense of our communities. #AbolishICE www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says (Gift Article)
An official who oversaw the vetting of ICE recruits cited an “unprecedented lowering of standards” amid a hiring surge.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 27/08/2026
The Trump regime has called all out war on DC youth. They fear the power of young Black and brown people and it's showing. wapo.st/4cfL8IS
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Pirro’s special grand jury probing D.C. schools, city oversight of youth
The unusual investigation appears to have a broad scope. Prosecutors have contacted D.C. Public Schools personnel to question them about truancy and graduation rates.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 28/07/2026
Join @advancementproject.org and friends this Thursday as we discuss all things dissent! Register today.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 14/07/2026
What happens when communities refuse to accept school closures as inevitable? Pittsburgh families are showing us. ✊🏾 Neighborhood schools are worth fighting for. Read how @advancementproject.org is fighting back with @412justice.org! advancementproject.org/perspective/...
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The People vs. School Closures: Pittsburgh - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 13/07/2026
More lies and deceptions to come. Our communities have become more unsafe with ICE and federal law enforcement in our streets. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
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Authorities Investigate Fatal ICE Shooting in Biddeford, Maine (Gift Article)
The killing occurred in Biddeford, about 20 miles south of Portland. The Trump administration has stepped up immigration enforcement nationally in recent weeks.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 09/07/2026
Justice Jackson wrote a 20-page concurrence in the recent birthright citizenship case that eloquently defends the history of the 14th amendment and shames those justices who try to erase that history. Over 150 years later, it still stands.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 08/07/2026
Lives lost. Families torn apart and neighborhoods continue to be terrorized. We will continue to protest, organize, mobilize, and defend our neighbors in the face of authoritarianism and white supremacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/08/u...
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What We Know About Immigration Officers Shooting at People in Vehicles
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 06/07/2026
A threat. A menace.
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Democratic governors have been told their National Guard members are in DC to support the non-partisan "America 250" celebrations. But instead, the Guard is being used to patrol residential neighborhoods nowhere near federal properties. 🧵
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 30/06/2026
SCOTUS ruled 6–3 in Trump v. Barbara that the 14th Amend protects birthright citizenship. A president cannot end it by executive order. Jus. Jackson's concurrence is worth the read as she essentially schools Jus. Thomas on the history of the 14th Amend. advancementproject.org/news/supreme...
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Supreme Court Affirms Birthright Citizenship in Historic Ruling - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 29/06/2026
Today's SCOTUS decision is a victory for voters and for democracy. A ballot cast on time should count. Full stop. The fight for a multiracial democracy continues, but today is worth celebrating. 🗳️ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/u...
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Supreme Court Upholds Mississippi Late-Arriving Mail-In Ballot Law
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 09/06/2026
The explanation is racism.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 04/06/2026
Victory in Virginia! 🎉 For years, election officials rejected student voter registration applications over missing details like a dorm room number. Today, a federal judge put a stop to those rejections. Democracy works best when eligible voters can register and cast a ballot without barriers.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 04/06/2026
@erin.advancementproject.org tells us how @washingtonpost.com gets the story wrong on DC's occupation.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 03/06/2026
Read @advancementproject.org analysis of this post-Callais moment. advancementproject.org/perspective/...
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How The Louisiana v. Callais Ruling Will Impact Black Communities
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 03/06/2026
The Supreme Court just gave Alabama the green light to erase a majority-Black congressional district again.The fight for free, fair, and accessible elections is not abstract. It is about whether Black communities can choose leaders who represent us. Vigilance + movement building at every level now.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 29/05/2026
Cause Flock cameras ARE trash so this seems appropriate. Flock cameras perpetuate police violence, surveillance and are riddled with security breaches. The amount of money communities spend on these weapons of mass surveillance could be used to actually serve the communities.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 28/05/2026
The repeated abuse, harm& neglect in these TX schools didn't have to happen. School police continue to show us who they are by abusing young people and sucking up precious resources for communities. #PoliceFreeSchools interactive-server.newsdev.nytimes.com/share/36804c...
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Texas School Police Pepper-Sprayed, Tackled and Tasered Students
School officers across the state turned to heavy-handed tactics on children, often in response to minor misbehavior, our investigation shows.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 22/05/2026
We must demand an end to the crises-inducing policing, and end a decade of community suffering support by DC Mayor Bowser. Learn where we have won and the work left to do in DC and beyond. Hear from @advancementproject.org and @factsandfire.bsky.social below. advancementproject.org/perspectives/
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Perspectives - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 21/05/2026
More of this, please. When we see our communities being targeted, we rise up. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/07/b...
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Judge tells ‘Broadview Six’ defendants ‘Congratulations’ and dismisses conspiracy count
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining defendants in the “Broadview Six” case, further winnowing a politically charged prosecution that is now down to ...
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 15/05/2026
The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we have unfinished business. This fight is ours — and we are going to finish it. Join us this Saturday in Montgomery to fight for our multiracial democracy. #DayOfAction #VotingRights
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All Roads Lead to the South — National Day of Action for Voting Rights
The voting rights they marched for are being stripped away right now. We're going back. Are you coming?
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 14/05/2026
Yesterday, @advancementproject.org and the NAACP filed an amicus brief standing with the millions of Virginians whose votes are at risk of being erased after the VA Supreme Court nullified the April redistricting referendum. Read the full press release here: advancementproject.org/news/naacp-a...
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NAACP & Advancement Project File Brief in Support of Virginians after State Supreme Court Nullifies Redistricting Referendum - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 11/05/2026
The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we have unfinished business. This fight is ours — and we are going to finish it. Join us. #DayOfAction #VotingRights
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 06/05/2026
A Black female federal judge ruled on the facts she was given while federal officials allegedly withheld key evidence. Then got smeared as “activist” for the result they engineered. You can’t sabotage due process and then attack the judge. We won’t be silenced. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...
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Judge Refers Justice Dept. Lawyer for Possible Discipline, Calling Out ‘Lack of Candor’
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 04/05/2026
It's all part of the white nationalist playbook. Erase our history, erase or vote, erase us. But we remain resilient, loud, and powerful and continue to fight. @advancementproject.org was build for this moment. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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‘We are ON IT!’: Trump DOJ vows to weaponize Supreme Court ruling against minority voters
Voting rights advocates have warned that districts designed to comply with the Voting Rights Act — including majority-Black and Latino districts — could now be challenged as unconstitutional.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 29/04/2026
1/ The Callais decision is more than a court ruling it’s an assault on the hard won power of Black voters. Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act was born from generations of Black struggle against systems designed to dilute our votes and silence our communities.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 22/04/2026
@advancementproject.org is talking about local power and the barriers to achieve it, including state abusive preemption. Take a look below to learn more than you ever knew about preemption and sign up for our blog to get new perspectives on issues that matter to communities of color.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 20/04/2026
Victory! Virginia agreed to stop its illegal voter purge program that disproportionately impacted naturalized citizens on the eve of the 2024 federal election. This agreement marks an important step forward that protects Virginia voters seeking to vote in upcoming elections.
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Victory: Virginia Ends Illegal Voter Purge Program - Advancement Project
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 17/04/2026
We must continue document these acts because we will continue to demand a reckoning and accountability for all involved. #AbolishICE www.propublica.org/article/caug...
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A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force...
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 15/04/2026
“This is an issue of local control and accountability,” he said Tuesday. “When residents show up to their own local meetings and demand their tax dollars stay focused on local priorities, they win.” We must show up and push to end these agreements. #AbolishICE www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...
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More Pennsylvania police agencies are signing up to help ICE enforce immigration laws
Nationally, these types of alliances have helped produce 19,918 arrests since Trump was inaugurated in January 2025.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 13/04/2026
Abolish ICE. There is no other way to stop these types of harms, harrasment and death. apnews.com/article/minn...
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Minnesota authorities investigate arrest by ICE of a Hmong American man as a possible kidnapping
A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest by federal officers of a Hmong American man as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 09/04/2026
Join @advancementproject.org as we re-launch our blog! And we're not like a regular blog, we're a cool blog. IYKYK
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 01/04/2026
1/Today, SCOTUS will hear arguments in Trump v. Barbara challenging birthright citizenship. Let’s be clear, this case is more than just about immigration. The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 specifically to nullify the Dred Scot decision, which denied citizenship to people of African descent.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 17/03/2026
The SAVE Act will disenfranchise Black, brown, low income, and female voters. 21 million of us can't easily access our citizenship documents and 69 million married women who have taken their spouse's name do not have a birth certificate that matches their legal name.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 11/03/2026
Roughly 1,700 transgender Kansans have had their driver’s licenses invalidated. This move strips essential freedoms, jeopardizes safety and livelihoods, and compounds the pain already felt by residents targeted solely for who they are. #TransRights #CivilRights www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Kansas revoked 1,700 transgender drivers' licenses. Some are leaving the state.
The state's move to retroactively cancel licenses and birth certificates is part of a nationwide escalation of restrictions on the legal recognition of transgender people.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 09/03/2026
Billionaires now account for nearly one-fifth of all federal campaign cash thanks to SCOTUS. That kind of concentrated wealth doesn’t just distort policy, it bankrolls voter suppression and racialized attacks on participation. Organize. Mobilize. Protect the vote. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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4 Things Billionaires Are Doing With Their Money to Influence Elections
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 04/03/2026
Communities are shutting down ICE’s attempt to warehouse immigrants in massive detention facilities and we're winning. This is what movement defense looks like: organized people, accountable local power, and a refusal to let our neighbors be disappeared into cages. www.vera.org/news/a-bluep...
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A Blueprint for Resistance: How Residents and Local Governments Are…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons has stated his horrific goal of building a deportation system that treats people…
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 27/02/2026
Pro-Trump administration activists are circulating a draft executive order that would declare a national emergency over U.S. elections and give the president extraordinary control over how Americans vote. It’s being framed as “election security,” wapo.st/400tpi8
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Trump, seeking executive power over elections, is urged to declare emergency
Activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 26/02/2026
Today at Columbia Univ., DHS/ICE allegedly misled campus security by posing as NYPD officers looking for a “missing child” to gain access to a student’s residence to detain them. This isn’t just questionable enforcement, it’s a violation of civil liberties. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Columbia student arrested by DHS agents who posed as police officers
Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential building
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 26/02/2026
Join @advancementproject.org today and learn about the incredible work across time and place to fight back against state power grabs. In the meantime, download a copy here: advancementproject.org/resource/fro...
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From the Roots: A Zine About Preemption and the Fight for Self Determination - Advancement Project
From the Roots is a zine for organizers, students and community members who want to understand how policies like preemption have been used to undermine the self-determination of Black people and other...
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 06/02/2026
Federal immigration agents, including ICE and Border Patrol, have no place in or around our schools. Add your name to our collective call to protect immigrant students and ensure that no student feels unsafe in their own classroom.
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Keep ICE Out of Our Schools - Advancement Project
Add your name to Advancement Project's call to protect immigrant students and keep federal immigration agents away from our schools.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I get tired of saying it, but I’ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people. But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 28/01/2026
Today! Join us.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 22/01/2026
1/ I want to flag the serious implications if the NYT and AP reporting is accurate: ICE leadership allegedly issued guidance saying agents may enter homes without a judicial warrant. This would be a direct threat to constitutional rights. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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ICE Said Agents Can Enter Homes Without Judicial Warrant, Group Claims
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 07/01/2026
1/ Holding deep grief and anger for the woman murdered by ICE in Minnesota. A life was taken, and a community is left demanding answers. Nothing about this is normal or acceptable.
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Advancement Project @advancementproject.org · 18/11/2025
The administration's agenda of mass deportations and racial profiling is directly impacting student safety. When young people don't feel safe at school, immigrant families step back from the school system which is an essential pillar of community support. Schools must remain sanctuaries of learning.
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Carmen Daugherty @carmen.advancementproject.org · 13/11/2025
1/ 🚨 ICE is spending up to $180 million to hire bounty hunters and private investigators to track undocumented people including using physical surveillance. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea. 🧵
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