This pandemic has taken the lives of nearly 16,000 Michiganders with 25 percent of the deaths from Wayne County and the city of Detroit. Our communities are forever changed. The U.S. is on a course to reach 500,000 deaths by February 20…
Rashida Tlaib
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Rashida Tlaib is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Tlaib is known for her progressive policies and advocacy for social justice. She is one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress and has been a vocal advocate for issues such as affordable housing, environmental justice, and healthcare reform. Tlaib has also been involved in efforts to address systemic racism and economic inequality.
Every single day that goes by without outright condemnation from every single one of her Republican colleagues, without consequences for her extremist views is an outright endorsement of white supremacy.
Including 11 babies who were taken away from the only family they have ever known. In Detroit, we call that inexcusable cruelty.
In Michigan's 13th, we proudly speak truth to power, even in the face of a racist in chief. Those who incited an attack on the people's House do not get to talk about healing and unity. They have torn this country apart. They have stoked…
I fully believe you would not be settling these cases out of court unless you were in the wrongdoing.
I think you need to pay up, and you need to really be held accountable for the fact that you all turned a blind eye.
People at the top of this company, including those testifying today, should pay billions in compensation to families they devastated.
I mean, the only good reason I can think of is FERC doesn't really want to make a good-faith effort to make the process smoother.
This is an extraordinary burden, y'all, like, on landowners, on people, regular folks.
It seems to me that if FERC wanted to protect landowners, it could, by default, make all the affected landowners parties to the case by default.





