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Amar Shergill

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Dad. Attorney. Sikh. Punjabi. Chair Emeritus of the California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus. Long suffering fan of the Vancouver Canucks and Sacramento Kings. (he/him)

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Feb 22

Shawn Fain, UAW President: “Trump is president because we have candidates in this party who can’t decide who the fuck they want to represent.”

Democrats need a real leader of working people setting the agenda for the entire Party. A change is coming...and I am here for it!

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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 20h

The nation’s biggest private prison company — accused of human trafficking — is asking the Supreme Court to make it immune from lawsuits.

Their argument? Corporations should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.

The Lever @levernews.com · 20h

The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 5d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 5d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21d

RIP U.S. innovation.
Between gutting the H-1B program, purging US scientists from civil service, slashing research grants, and disappearing international students off the streets, our government has made a conscious decision to kill America's roll as a global leader in science and innovation.

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21d

Hey remember last fall, when members of the press credulously reported that Trump would increase high-skilled immigration?
This will end it pretty much entirely.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb ov...

www.bloomberg.com

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Dr Walsh @laurelwalsh.bsky.social · 20d

Verified in the scholarship on reducing recidivism. Universal basic income makes sense and acts as a deterrence for the least financially able to avoid crime.

pud333.bsky.social @pud333.bsky.social · 21d

I still think about how fraud at my bank basically stopped during Covid lockdown when people were getting stimulus cheques. Every year petty fraud - high risk, low reward fraud like ATM kiting - completely stopped. People stop doing desperation crime when their basic needs are met.

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 22d

There is a straight line between these two things and it starts with a racist narcissist experiencing a public injury.

Ami Berger @amiberger.bsky.social · 22d

2011: President Obama tells jokes about Donald Trump
2025: Donald Trump outlaws jokes

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Sep 4

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Sep 4

The headline says it all.

@Mai_Sacramento for Congress!
#RunMaiRun #SheGotUs #MaiTimeOurTime

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Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · Aug 31

The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.

29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

Tweet from Stuart Stevens:

When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party.
They are a dissident movement.
Act like it.
First day:
- cut off all funding of Exec. Branch
-vote to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX
-defund ICE
That's the first day.
On the second, get more aggressive.
There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 15

Ravi ton Chenab puchda, ki haal e Satluj da.
ਰਵੀ ਤੋਂ ਚਿਨਾਬ ਪੁਛਦਾ, ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਏ ਸਤਿਲੁਜ ਦਾ। 😢

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 15

My deepest gratitude to all of you that made this happen, especially the folks over at @pdnvote.bsky.social and CA Young Dems!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

We have a lot of work to do but it's good to celebrate the wins when we get them. Solidarity! ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼

Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 15

🧵Update!! The author has withdrawn it due to the amazing advocacy efforts of hundreds of people that commented on the official Party form, shared on social media, and reached out directly to Party officials.

(If you shared the original post, please share this, update your people, and thank them.)

WITHDRAWN: Bylaw Amendment: “the California Democratic Party shall not address Foreign Policy issues in the state Platform...shall not support or oppose legislation or adopt any Resolution involving foreign policy”

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 14

a woman holding a microphone and saying i wish that was a joke

ALT: a woman holding a microphone and saying i wish that was a joke

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 12

This Bylaw Amendment is proposed by DNC Member / Dems-for-Israel leader Andrew Lachman and will be discussed at the E-Board Meeting on 8/22.

There has been no opposition from party leaders but a lot of pressure from rank and file members. We must make our voices heard! ✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿

Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 12

The 'Don't Say Genocide' ban will censor the State Party and all County Parties. Party Executive Board meets on August 22nd to discuss it but we need max opposition before then.

Full text of the Amendment ⬇️
drive.google.com/file/d/1Xzb7...

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Aug 12

The California Dem Party is considering a ban on ALL mention of ANY genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crime, famine, or human rights violation AROUND THE WORLD. Tell Party leaders you will not comply & will not be silent.✊🏾✊🏽✊🏿

Register your opposition⬇️
fs3.formsite.com/CADEM2011/Ru...

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Aug 1

I have zero knowledge beyond what is in the press, but at the very least it really *looks* that way.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Aug 1

So Ghislaine Maxwell’s pretty clearly blackmailing Trump, just as much as he’s trying to bribe her, yes?

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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · Aug 1

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · Jul 31

This is my friend.

His name is Christian Smalls.

He founded the Amazon Labor union

Not as a professional activist, but as a worker who decided he’d had enough.

Recently, he was beaten and detained by the IDF

And no one in the MSM is talking about it.

paydayreport.com/amazon-union...

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Jul 30

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Isaac G. Bryan @ib2real.bsky.social · Jul 28

ICE agents lied about LA protestors

Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · Jul 28

NEW: Border patrol made false claims about Los Angeles protesters it jailed, misrepresenting basic facts of events that were filmed. I obtained records of officers acknowledging + "apologizing" for errors

The DOJ is now dismissing cases, an embarrassment for Trump-appointed US attorney Bill Essayli

Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents

Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals

www.theguardian.com

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Jacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · Jul 15

SCOOP by @arnorosenfeld.bsky.social and I: J Street is declining to back the Anti-Defamation League in its battle with the nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association, saying ADL is no longer a reliable arbiter of antisemitism. forward.com/news/755587/...

Exclusive: J Street spurns ADL in teachers union fight, saying its approach ‘demeans the meaning of antisemitism’

J Street’s move comes as progressives show increasing anger at the ADL’s uncompromising defense of Israel.

forward.com

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Jul 10

“It’s a sad day when any member of the Sangat decides that they cannot attend the Gurdwara. That’s the antithesis of the existence of the Gurdwara.” -Amar Shergill

indiacurrents.com/whats-at-sta...

Thank you to @sikhcoalition.bsky.social for their support in the litigation.🙏🏾

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Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Jul 10

Gurdwaras, churches, mosques, and mandirs should be places of peace and sanctuary but Trump and MAGA are changing all that. That’s why I helped lead efforts at Gurdwara Sahib West Sacramento in this legal fight. Encourage your faith allies to join the litigation.

indiacurrents.com/whats-at-sta...

Amar Shergill @amarshergill.com · Jul 10

🧵New original reporting from @indiacurrents.bsky.social! Quoted in the behind the scenes stories of the Sacramento Sangat and why the West Sacramento Gurdwara joined litigation filed by @democracyforward.org and interfaith allies against the Trump administration.

indiacurrents.com/whats-at-sta...

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Jul 8

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders on a charge of gender persecution. #Afghanistan

This could provide victims and their families with an essential pathway to justice.

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