Former CAP VP for democracy and government reform. Former senior policy advisor in Obama WH: DPC and OMB. Opinions my own.
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Sam Berger retweeted
29 May 2021
Launch of a series on #TulsaRaceMassacre and how it fits into national conversation on racial justice.
Read our Introduction which includes insights, reflections from
@RepHankJohnson
@RepCicilline
@RepValDemings
@RepDeborahRoss
#Tulsa100 #BlackWallStreet
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29 May 2021
My wife put together an amazing series for @just_security for the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. You can read the introduction to the series here! justsecurity.org/76692/intro…
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Sam Berger retweeted
21 May 2021
We made it super easy to get vaccinated.
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7 Apr 2021
"Given the ways in which anti-Asian stereotypes, stigmatizing rhetoric, and caricatures have been culturally tolerated, there is much more that needs to be done to increase cultural competency in hate crimes investigations." justsecurity.org/75654/lack-…
Sam Berger retweeted
15 Jan 2021
In the new Senate key committees will likely be chaired by Wyden, Sanders and Sherrod Brown. In 2009 those slots were held by Max Baucus, Kent Conrad and Chris Dodd.
“Committee chairs are going to be aggressive," Wyden tells me. "The dynamics have changed a lot since 2009."
15 Jan 2021
It's good to see Biden and Dems shedding deficit-phobia. Some reasons for this: They got burned by bad-faith GOP deficit fearmongering under Obama, and Dem Senate committee chairs are more progressive than back then. @RonWyden tells me times are a-changin:
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Sam Berger retweeted
15 Jan 2021
Disbarment of dishonorable attorneys is far from the only type of accountability we need in the wake of the Capitol assault. But the legal profession’s responsibility to help restore confidence in the rule of law is clear. fortune.com/2021/01/14/rudy-…
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Today, in a bipartisan vote, the House voted to impeach and hold President Trump accountable. Now, the process continues to the Senate—and I hope they’ll deal with their Constitutional responsibilities on impeachment while also working on the other urgent business of this nation.
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Sam Berger retweeted
12 Jan 2021
Harvard’s Institute of Politics has removed @RepStefanik from its Senior Advisory Committee.
In a letter to other members of the committee, Dean of the Faculty of the Kennedy School Doug Elmendorf writes...
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Sam Berger retweeted
11 Jan 2021
On January 6, 2021 President Trump incited a seditious, criminal mob to attack the United States Capitol.
CAP is one of 70 organizations calling on Congress to act immediately to impeach President Trump.
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Sam Berger retweeted
7 Jan 2021
The incitement of these extremists must end—immediately—and the enablers of this violence, including President Trump, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Sen. Ted Cruz, and Sen. Josh Hawley, should no longer serve in their offices and should take the responsible action by resigning.
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Sam Berger retweeted
17 Dec 2020
State and federal officials must not be above the law. Lawmakers must act to ensure that government actors who violate ordinary people's civil rights are held fully accountable.
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Sam Berger retweeted
15 Dec 2020
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I wrote an op-ed published today in California's Mercury News, discussing how it's time to stop runaway political spending by foreign-influenced U.S. corporations.
California's Proposition 22, which just passed, is the most recent example why.
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Sam Berger retweeted
24 Nov 2020
NEW: The Biden administration can immediately act to renew the federal government’s work to reform civil and criminal justice systems.
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Sam Berger retweeted
24 Nov 2020
New from @amprog on an important, initial step the Biden administration could take to increase access to justice for those most in need of legal help. americanprogress.org/issues/…
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Sam Berger retweeted
23 Nov 2020
Democracy has prevailed.
Today’s vote of the State Board of Canvassers’ to certify Michigan’s November election confirms the truth: the election was fair and secure, and the results accurately reflect the will of the voters. (1/4)
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Sam Berger retweeted
22 Nov 2020
.@lisamurkowski: “It is time to begin the full and formal transition.”
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Biden chief of staff Ron Klain to @GStephanopoulos: President Trump “has set back the democratic norm here in the United States … a record number of Americans have rejected the Trump presidency and since then, Donald Trump has been rejecting democracy.” abcn.ws/3372mo1
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Sam Berger retweeted
18 Nov 2020
A sample of how judges have reacted to the GOP's wild legal claims:
Out of MI: "...incorrect and not credible."
Out of PA: "I do not understand how the integrity of the election was affected.”
Out of PA again, speaking for all of us: "I’m sorry, then what’s your problem?”
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Biden’s COVID task force just hosted a call where the made clear the inability to do transition work with the Trump team is dire. “We do not have access to official government data,” they explained, saying they’re relying, in part, on public sets, like COVID-19 tracking project
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