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Jesse Rabinowitz

@jesserbnwtz.bsky.social
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Comms & campaigns @homeless_law. Jewish justice seeker. Howard MSW, guitarist, veggie lover. Tweets, mine. Alum: @miriamskitchen @weareavodah @ajws. He/him

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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is damning. 450+ criminal charges for folks sleeping outside. Arrests don't solve homelessness. Jail doesn't make rent cheaper. Fines don't get folks services. Housing does. We need housing and support, not handcuffs and surveillance.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
As I told @nytimes.com “He’s using the homelessness crisis to deflect attention from the broken economic system that both causes homelessness and enables people like him to become billionaires in the first place”
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As I told the @washingtonpost.com, "I just can’t imagine having that much wealth & power & using it to kick people when they are down instead of lifting them up"
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Alliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 25/08/2026
“He’s using the #homelessness crisis to deflect attention from the broken economic system that both causes homelessness and enables people like him to become billionaires in the first place,” - @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social, @homelesslaw.bsky.social
Preview card for an article from The New York Times (nytimes.com), by Ellen Barry and Jason DeParle. The publication’s logo is shown. Headline: “How a Billionaire Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy”. Subhead: "A co-founder of Palantir, the data-mining firm, Mr. Lonsdale, 43, is an unlikely force in homelessness policy.
 Article description: "As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale."  The card is set over the article’s featured image, which shows: Close-up photo of Joe Lonsdale, founder of the Cicero Institute
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We've wasted $600 mil so far. That could have solved homelessness for 15,000 ppl for a year. We have the $. But our priorities are backward. It doesn't have to be this way. There is more than enough to go around We need a new politics, one that puts ppl over profit. #FreeDC
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest in @therootdotcom.bsky.social .bsky.social examines the disastrous impacts of #Trump's anti- #homeless order, issued one year ago. Let's be clear: this is authoritarianism. But we can stop it, together. www.theroot.com/opinion-trum...
theroot.com
Opinion: Trump’s Homelessness Executive Order Is Making Homelessness Worse – The Root
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Shabbat shalom. We won. Again.
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District Court judge stops Trump’s attacks on homelessness programs, for third time - National Homelessness Law Center
Hours ago, a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled, for the third time, that the Trump administration’s ideologically driven funding changes to vital homelessness programs are unlawful. The most rec...
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Tomorrow night: Come hang out with @maxwellfrost.bsky.social, @ramirez.house.gov @marktakano.bsky.social , @bazeloncenter.bsky.social , @drugpolicy.org, @naehomelessness.bsky.social, @miriamskitchen.bsky.social and more!
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So you mean the government can just find money to house people? Because they always tell me that’s impossible. www.notus.org/defense/nati...
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National Guard Signs $292M Housing Contract for Troops in Washington, D.C.
The deal would provide 2,000 “apartment-style lodging units” for service members deployed in the city.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One year ago today Trump signed his anti-homeless order. "This order did not emerge in a vacuum. It is just one part of Trump's extensive racist and authoritarian agenda, targeting and dehumanizing people whom he mistakenly thinks are disposable."
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Join us next week to hear from experts at @drugpolicyorg.bsky.social , @bazeloncenter.bsky.social @naehomelessness.bsky.social , and many more about the ways Trump's anti-homeless EO is harming people across the country and making homelessness worse.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Two homeless folks in Tennessee were charged with felonies for sleeping outside. This is Joseph's story. After he was released from jail, Joe went back to the park because he still doesn't have a place to live. Powerful reporting from @marissajae.bsky.social
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The smoke polluting the air across much of the US reminds us that homeless folks are among those most impacted by climate change. You can't have environmental justice w.o solving homelessness. Just like you can't have housing justice or address the housing crisis w.o solving homelessness.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Voters: We want housing, healthcare, and food that doesn't break the bank Congress: Best we can do is time changes Those in power have real tools to make rent, care, and food cheaper. This isn't one of them. www.cnn.com/2026/07/14/p...
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House passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent | CNN Politics
The US House voted Tuesday to pass a measure to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country, springing Congress forward into an issue that has long stumped lawmakers and spurred impassion...
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A quick shoutout to all the homeless street outreach workers, mutual aid folks, and kind-hearted people doing their best to keep our homeless neighbors in this deadly heat. Laws that make it a crime to be homeless make people even more susceptible to illness due to heat.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My latest for @slate.com Two years ago today, SCOTUS made it a crime to sleep outside. In this OpEd for Slate.com, I discuss the disastrous ramifications, how this is part of a broader authoritarian power grab, and how we can stop it and ensure housing for all.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
This is vile. Rest assured, these attacks will start with homeless folks, Black ppl, Brown ppl, and queer ppl. This is textbook authoritarianism. But together, we can defeat them. www.npr.org/2026/06/20/n...
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DOJ memo stokes fear among disability advocates of a return to institutionalization
The Justice Department's opinion challenges civil rights protections that have long treated the institutionalization of disabled Americans as a last resort.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
McDuffie conceded. Mayor-elect @janeese4dc.bsky.social Lewis George.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Instead of pushing people into jails, forced treatment facilities, and unpaid labor, our politicians should focus on ensuring everyone has the housing they can afford and the healthcare they need."
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
NEW RESEARCH shows Palantir co-founder and his tech bro allies at the Cicero Institute – the right-wing think tank pushing laws that make it a crime to be homeless across the country – have deep financial connections to industries set to profit from its anti-homeless policies.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"This administration has made their priorities clear: they are more interested in slow-walking vital data and wasting time removing words that don’t align with narrow views than they are in addressing the dire lack of housing and care for everyone in this country."
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It passed.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Louisiana House expected to take final vote on this awful bill in the next hour or so. Follow @homelesslaw.bsky.social for more
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is vile, racist, and shameful. This will make homelessness worse.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
NEWS: A judge struck down Kentucky's draconion anti homeless law! This bill was backed by the Cicero Institute, a right-wing think tank powered by Palantir money. When we fight, we win! www.lpm.org/news/2026-05...
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Jefferson County judge's ruling challenges constitutionality of unlawful camping ban
The ruling questions whether Kentucky’s unlawful camping ban punishes homelessness.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Supremacist Court of the United States.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Heading to a #mayday action this Friday? Do you know that housing justice is crucial for racial & economic justice? Want to show up and show your support for solving homelessness? Print & share signs w. your networks!! #MayDayStrong @moveon.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We stand in solidarity with our partners and colleagues at SPLC today and every day.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
“This bill forces homeless people charged with a crime to make the false choice between jail or at least one year of forced treatment. Louisiana has a long history—and present—of chain gangs, prison labor, and entrenched white supremacy" says @homelesslaw.bsky.social
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Read that again. This Louisiana bill forces homeless people to choose between jail and "treatment"—and if they can't pay for the latter, they will be forced to perform unpaid labor. The historical precedents are clear: convict leasing, Black Codes, debtor's prison.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Homeless debtors' prisons? Homeless convict leasing? Homeless chain gangs? That is what Louisiana is one step closer to after yesterday's vote.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Somebody should ask the Pope about Trump's plan to cut housing support, make more people homeless, and build government-run homeless detention camps. I'm serious. Somebody should ask him. How do we ask the Pope a question?
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A thought before #NoKingsDay. I'm going. These moments and movements to fight for Democracy are vital. AND ALSO: I wish the Democracy movement understood Trump's attacks on homelessness as part of his authoritarian power-grab.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The idea that homeless people are more dangerous than anybody else is just racist garbage.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"Recently, Trump told reporters, "Nobody gives a s*** about housing." Nothing could be further from the truth, especially for the hundreds of thousands of people who sleep outside each night, and the millions of people who are one missed paycheck away from losing their home."
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
"Let us be clear: fewer rights do not solve homelessness – the only real solutions are housing and supportive services. Notably, today's gimmick does nothing to expand the very rental assistance and supportive services that have already reduced veteran homelessness."
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
What a holy honor to be with 500+ Jews against ICE today. Let me be clear: ICE and its brutal policies are counter to the Torah. If you are Jewish, you have a moral obligation to fight this, in your own unique way. #JewsAgainstICE @bendthearc.bsky.social @truahrabbis.bsky.social
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
At least 4 homeless folks froze to death in DC during the recent winter storm. In the capital of the richest country in the world. Where we're spending $1.65 million a day to pay for the Nat'l guard to do nothing. It does not have to be this way.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
DC local news is vital, no matter what billionares think. We just became financial donors to @51st.news, DC's worker-led, nonprofit newsroom. Let's help them get enough money to hire some of the brilliant #washingtonpost reporters Bezos fired. Join us, if you're able?
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
My feed is full of reporters and friends who Bezos fired from the @washingtonpost.com This is devastating. Join me in donating to these smart folks who were fired so a billionaire can further consolidate his power. gofund.me/57e6c54c7
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
🚨🚨DC residents + ppl w. members of Congress- ACTION ALERT: Trump Republicans in Congress are trying to mess with DC's budget. This is an attack on DC's autonomy & would impact DC's poorest kids and families. @freedcproject.bsky.social Make calls now! Script below docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Free DC // SJ 102/HJ 142 Congress Call Campaign
Tell Congress: DC’s money belongs to DC January 30, 2026 Quick Links: Overview Call List Call Script for DC residents Call script for allies Overview Last year, Congress froze $1.1 billion of DC’...
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Trump's deployment of the Nat'l Guard to DC Cost DC taxpayers $223 million. That money could have just about solved street homelessness in DC for a year. Reminder: this isn't about safety or helping ppl, it's about power, control, and enacting a Christian nationalist agenda.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Reminder: Anne Frank died of typhus at a Nazi concentration camp. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dil...
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ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
The measles​ cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
TODAY AT 4:30 ET Join us, @maxwellfrost.bsky.social, @ramirez.house.gov , lots of Utah-based advocates, and more for tonight's campaign launch! No Federal Funds for Homeless Detention Camps in Utah or anywhere else!
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
.@maxwellfrost.bsky.social got punched in the face the same week that @ilhanmn.bsky.social got attacked, the same week ICE shot & killed more ppl. If folks on the right cared abt political violence, they'd be mad as hell. But they're not/ B/c they only care about power & white Christian supremacy.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Sending extra love and warmth to homeless street outreach workers + mutual aid folks busting their butts to make sure folks stay safe ahead of the snow. Nobody should live or die outside in the richest country in the world. We need housing, not handcuffs.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If you don't want your federal tax dollars to be used to fund Utah's Trump-inspired homeless detention camp, this call is for you. See you on 1/29! It's wild we have to say this, but forcing anybody into detention camps is and always will be bad.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Two videos, ten minutes apart. This is what the federal occupation of DC looks like. They let them off with a citation. This is not normal. This is fascism. This is authoritarianism. Do not look away. @freedcproject.bsky.social @washprobs.bsky.social @dearwhitestaffers.bsky.social
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Only 1 candidate in the DC Mayor's race has continually shown up for homeless folks. Her name is @janeese4dc.bsky.social We need a mayor who will fight for all DC residents, not back down in the face of a bully or cater to the needs of the ultra-rich. janeesefordc.com
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Janeese Lewis George for DC Mayor | Official Campaign Website
Janeese fights for working families in DC because she knows firsthand what working people in DC are up against. As Mayor, Janeese will side with the people to make DC safe and affordable.
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Jesse Rabinowitz @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
This is horrendous, even for Trump. This needs to be a bigger story. Housing ends homelessness. Solidarity ends authoritarianism. We need both.
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