In 2023 and 2024, Lerner worked as senior advisor to #California Democratic Senator #LaphonzaButler. Butler is a past president of #SEIU California, and close supporter and confidant of #KamalaHarris. ...
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Laphonza Butler Joins Actum LLC as Partner, Pledges to Advance Equity and Strategic Innovation https://shinemycrown.com/laphonza-butler-joins-actum-llc-as-partner-pledges-to-advance-equity-and-strategic-innovation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LaphonzaButler #ActumLLC #Equity #StrategicInnovation #Leadership
Lawmaker Tapped to Replace Sen. Laphonza Butler After Her Decision to Resign https://shinemycrown.com/lawmaker-tapped-to-replace-sen-laphonza-butler-after-her-decision-to-resign/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CaliforniaPolitics #AdamSchiff #LaphonzaButler #USSenate #GavinNewsom
Laphonza Butler: First LGBTQ+ Black U.S. Senator Exits Office https://shinemycrown.com/laphonza-butler-first-lgbtq-black-u-s-senator-exits-office/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #LaphonzaButler #LGBTQ #BlackHistory #USPolitics #California
Not like she’s on here or will see this, but I just want to take a moment in appreciation of #LaphonzaButler
When Newsom nominated her to take Feinstein’s Senate seat I was not on board, but she did the right thing not using it as an opportunity to run herself. And she’s been a great Senator for #California, responsive and progressive (well, as much as a Senator can be)
I really hope she gets a big role in the Harris administration
Lotta great quotes from #LaphonzaButler !
#DNC #HarrisWalz2024
#LaphonzaButler #JoeBiden #potus #uspoli
(Postcard edited to support #KamalaHarris before mailing.)
Proposed Amendment to the US Constitution: No office holder in the United States Government, or any State, or Lower Government is immune or exempt from the rule of law, nor from any common ethical expectation of their office. This includes all office holders up to and including the Presidency and Justices of the Supreme Court. #potus #supremecourt #RoKhanna #GavinNewsom #AlexPadilla #LaphonzaButler
(In the above quotes, he's talking about where his 2022 primary opponent (who isn't Jewish) got her cash: AIPAC & corporate PACs who fund Republicans. Speaker Pelosi, Schumer, Whip Clyburn & Emily's List (run by #LaphonzaButler) sided with AIPAC against him. AIPAC won. His constituents lost.)
Levin is Jewish, former president of his synagogue & a abortion rights champion.
He served in the House until 2022, when with Nancy Pelosi's blessing, AIPAC spent over $4 million on his non-Jewish primary opponent to unseat him.
Pelosi joined AIPAC against a Jewish incumbent, endorsing his more conservative opponent.
Emily's List - headed by #LaphonzaButler, whose appt to Feinstein's Senate seat was engineered by Pelosi last year - partnered with AIPAC against him.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/7/29/rep_andy_levin_aipac_democratic_primaries
Decision not to run
Senatorial path now clear
Laphonza moves on
#california #senate #elections #laphonzabutler #haiku #poetry
Laphonza Butler Declines Campaign for California Senate Seat in 2024
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/laphonza-butler-ca-senate-campaign #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Senate #California #LaphonzaButler #Democrat #Democrats
#LaphonzaButler has decided not to run for the U.S #Senate seat vacated when #DianneFeinstein died. She will complete the term to which she was appointed by #GavinNewsom. https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-10-19/laphonza-butler-senate-race-2024-schiff-porter-lee-feinstein-garvey #California
Laphonza Butler Says She Will Not Seek Senate Seat In 2024
#BreakingNews #News #Politics #AdamSchiff #Katieporter #LaphonzaButler #USSenate
https://deadline.com/2023/10/laphonza-butler-senate-california-1235578551/
Senator Laphonza Butler to Fill Feinstein’s Judiciary Committee Seat
Dianne Feinstein's replacement as California Senator, Laphonza Butler, will fill the empty seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, as announced by Democratic leadership on Tuesday.
Democrats are anxious to quickly confirm the White House’s court nominees, which have b
https://newsviews.online/2023/10/18/senator-laphonza-butler-to-fill-feinsteins-judiciary-committee-seat/
#Justice #JudiciaryCommittee #LaphonzaButler
Laphonza Butler to Fill Feinstein's Vacancy on the Senate Judiciary Committee
https://criticalreport.substack.com/p/laphonza-butler-judiciary-committee #USPolitics #Politics #USNews #Senate #SenateJudiciaryCommittee #LaphonzaButler #California #Democrat #Democrats
Representation matters!
"This week, history was made when Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) became the third Black woman ever sworn into the U.S. Senate.
Now more than ever, we urgently need Black women's representation in both chambers of Congress to address our top concerns."
#BlackWomenLead #blackwomen #representationmatters #senate #laphonzabutler #KamalaHarris #VPHarris
It seems like some shadiness went down at #EMILYsList, even beyond malapportioning its resources primarily to white candidates with access to funding networks, vs. helping more working class/WOC get elected.
Remember:
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That's what EMILY means. The founding goal of the org was to get as many pro-choice women elected as possible.
But as President of #EMILYsList, #LaphonzaButler shut down Run to Win & channeled resources to VP #Harris.
Interesting article about #LaphonzaButler's priorities at EMILY's List. https://theintercept.com/2023/10/04/laphonza-butler-kamala-harris-emilys-list/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
ICYMI: Kamala Harris Backs First Black Lesbian Senator, Laphonza Butler https://shinemycrown.com/kamala-harris-backs-first-black-lesbian-senator-laphonza-butler-takes-office-as-senator/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #KamalaHarris #LaphonzaButler #USSenate
