Lula's victory in Brazil means leftists now lead Latin America's seven largest nations by population and six largest by GDP.
#PatriaGrande
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America never had "low-skilled" workers, just essential workers paid low wages.
The grocery store cashier - essential.
The janitor - essential.
The delivery worker - essential.
Every American worker deserves a living wage. Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.
Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post, the paper that holds the record for publishing 16 anti-Bernie articles in 16 hours.
Bezos asked Mike Bloomberg to run. Billionaires Bezos, Bloomberg, and Trump are all a threat to our democracy. And Bernie correctly calls out WaPo here:
@realDonaldTrump
You're threatening to use the military against the American people? You're a traitor to our nation and the U.S. Constitution. Resign now - you are a danger to the American people.
Trump's served 1,447 days as president. His term ends in 13 days.
Lindsey Graham should get no applause for deciding today is the day he's had enough.
Republicans like Graham enabled Trump and Trumpism every step of the way.
As Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel's big transportation idea was to give Elon Musk public resources to put a car in an over-priced and unnecessary tunnel from downtown to O'Hare Airport. The thought of Emanuel as Biden's Secretary of Transportation is asinine.
This is how newspapers depicted Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement.
As Malcolm X said: "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."
#BlackLivesMatter
Repeat after me:
Bernie Sanders did more campaign events for Hillary Clinton in 2016 than Hillary Clinton did for Barack Obama in 2008.
Bernie ๐๐ฝ did ๐๐ฝ more ๐๐ฝ events ๐๐ฝ for ๐๐ฝ Hillary ๐๐ฝ in ๐๐ฝ 2016 ๐๐ฝ than ๐๐ฝ Hillary ๐๐ฝ did ๐๐ฝ for ๐๐ฝ Obama ๐๐ฝ in ๐๐ฝ 2008 ๐๐ฝ!
Facts matter.
Bernie won the most votes in Iowa.
Bernie won the most votes in New Hampshire.
Bernie won, Bernie is winning, and together our multi-racial working class movement is going to beat Trump, elect Sanders and win the health care, education, housing, and prosperity we deserve.
I was at Occupy Chi in 2011. I was at the Chicago NATO protests in 2012. I was arrested blocking a deportation bus in 2014. I've been part of countless protests in our struggle for justice. What I witnessed in Chicago today was different, it's nothing short of a genuine uprising.
Pete Buttigieg wouldn't be able to run for president as an openly gay man but for the "revolutionary politics of the 60s."
I'm an openly gay elected, and I thank Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson for the revolutionary politics they put into action in June 1969.
#DemDebate
@JoeBiden
Joe, please drop out. You went missing for 5 days during a national crisis. Then you re-emerge in a 60 second pre-recorded video that you're clearly struggling to get through. We don't know what's going on behind the scenes, but something is clearly not right.
In 2008, Barack Obama won nonwhite voters & young voters in Iowa. In 2020, Pete Buttigieg lost nonwhite voters & young voters by 30 points. Pete can't beat Trump. And given Pete's racist record as mayor it is insulting that he & his campaign have insinuated that he's
#WhiteObama
.
House music was born in Chicago. I've met many tourists who are shocked to learn Chicago has no late-night House music clubs. We should consider allowing two 24-hour nightclubs (one downtown/northside, one southside) to tap into the international market for Chicago House music.
If you believe $95M should go to West Side schools, programs for youth, jobs, health, and NOT a new swimming pool for cops, now is the time to call/email your Aldermen. We will likely vote in an hour or so.
#NoCopAcademy
.
@BernieSanders
is leading the way in putting forward a national coronavirus response that protects and prioritizes the most vulnerable working people. In Chicago, I am working with my progressive colleagues to look at ways we can legislate these policies.
#IDoNotLikeJoeBiden
because he voted against marriage equality and my right to marry who I love.๐ณ๏ธโ๐
When Biden was asked about his vote, Biden justified it by saying 15 years ago in San Francisco "it was all about gay bathhouses & 'round the clock sex."
CNN talking head declares that the "Democratic establishment" gave "us" civil rights and "voting rights." Did I miss the part in US History where Martin Luther King and the murdered Freedom Riders were part of the Democratic establishment?
Bernie Sanders won another caucus satellite location - this one in Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids is Iowa's second largest city, and was by far the hardest turf I hit while canvassing for Bernie.
The margin of victory is too big to steal the election. Rightwing coup president Jeanine Aรฑez concedes that the Bolivian rightwing had been routed and the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has won.
Democracy has won! The Indigenous people of Bolivia have won! Pachamama has won!
Aรบn no tenemos cรณmputo oficial, pero por los datos con los que contamos, el Sr. Arce y el Sr. Choquehuanca han ganado la elecciรณn. Felicito a los ganadores y les pido gobernar pensando en Bolivia y en la democracia.
The poll has Bernie at 30% (up from 26%) and Buttigieg and Biden in the mid teens. Corporate-owned news media is destroying our country and our democracy.
.
@BernieSanders
isn't physically on tonight's
#DemDebate
stage, but his moral clarity, his policies, and his progressive leadership are on full display, with many candidates adopting his policies and rhetoric. Great reminder that our nominee should be the real deal, not copycats.
@realDonaldTrump
The president wants the army to shoot this woman because she stole a couple lamps from Target. If you think this is okay please stop calling yourself a supporter of our U.S. Constitution. You worship a dangerous tyrant and a demagogue.
Dick Cheneyย was just 37 years old when he suffered hisย first heart attack, and three decades and multiple heart problems and surgeries later he went on to serve two terms as president.
#DemDebate
@iamchanteezy
Whoopi Goldberg claiming she and Joe Biden ended apartheid is ridiculous and offensive to the memory of Nelson Mandela and all the ANC freedom fighters.
I'm hitting Spanish speakers doors in Muscatine, Iowa today. The open rate is abysmal, but the spread is amazing. Of the voters I've spoken with today:
66% committed to caucus for
@BernieSanders
33% lean Bernie
#Bernie2020
Bernie Sanders has the least white base of the Democratic front-runners.
Bernie Sanders has the least white base of the Democratic front-runners.
Bernie Sanders has the least white base of the Democratic front-runners.
@nhannahjones
You need to reflect on your privileged position within the American workforce. Working class moms in my community have been the most vocal in demanding a temporary return to remote learning. They've lost many people to COVID. And they know the impact of unsafe working conditions.
I support
@BernieSanders
because we can trust him to take on the corporate elite & win transformational change for us. Bernie has the most consistent & progressive track record of any candidate, and he's the only one building a multiracial working class movement to defeat Trump.
.
@BernieSanders
has the longest track record fighting for our working families, the boldest plans to uplift our working families, and the biggest base of support among working families across the US. Bernie is the strongest candidate for working families, and he has my support.
WGN used to be Chicago's feel-good station โ tuning in felt like home. Now their coverage feels like hyperbole from clueless suburbanites that hate the city and her people. Just negative vibes.
SOCIALISM is spelled Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Congratulations to my
@DemSocialists
comrade, my Latinx millenial sister
@Ocasio2018
on tonight's historic primary win!
ยกSi se puede! ยกSi se pudo! ยกPa'lante to a government for the many, not the few!
As Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel promoted policies that displaced record numbers of working poor Chicagoans. The thought of Emanuel as Biden's Secretary of Housing is insulting to the mostly Black and Brown Chicagoans harmed by Emanuel's racist housing policies.
.
@chancetherapper
is on
#SNL
supporting
@CTULocal1
. As Chance performs, CTU bargaining committee still at the table working on a contract at 10:50pm. That's how committed our educators are to winning a
#FairContractNow
that will improve our city and our public schools.
.
@BernieSanders
' campaign was the only one to turnout thousands of non-white & immigrant voters to the
#IowaCaucus
. Throughout this
#IowaFiasco
, our candidate has shown honesty, integrity & leadership. I'm so proud to be part of our multi-racial working class movement.
#NotMeUs
Capitalism -
#TenYearChallenge
.
Top: Trift Glacier in 2006 (left) and 2015 (right). Bottom: Cost of NovoLog insulin in 2009 (left) and 2019 (right).
Another world is possible.
If you're a Democratic consultant or pundit asking: "why is
@BernieSanders
yelling?" You are why our party is losing, you are out of touch with the great mass of American people who are suffering, who are living paycheck to paycheck, who want a champion for the working class.
Who is making these decisions? Our families rely on this food. The food distribution at Nixon Elementary in 60639 (one of the ZIP codes hardest hit by COVID-19) runs out of meals every day. What even is the rationale here?
NEW: Chicago Public Schools has suspended its meal distribution program "based on the evolving nature of activity across the city." The district has given out more than 12.5 million meals since start of the coronavirus pandemic. Remote learning continues, though. Story tk.
On this day:
๐ด In 1869, anarchist Emma Goldman was born;
๐ฉ In 1880, socialist Helen Keller was born;
๐ฉ In 1905, the Industrial Workers of the World was founded in Chicago; and
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ In 1969, the first night of the Stonewall Uprising erupted in New York City.
Happy June 27!
I love love love Kamala Harris' rhetoric on this stage, but let's not forget that just a few years ago she was laughing about locking up poor kids' parents.
#DemDebate
To the people currently not speaking out for the people of Gaza: have you all lost your minds? What is wrong with you? Where is your humanity? 2 million people, half of them kids, are being attacked by a powerful army. Calls for genocide. Calls for ethnic cleansing. It must stop.
@soledadobrien
Your oversimplified approach to identity politics is tired. That said, this gay, Latino, son of an immigrant trusts
@SusanSarandon
to fight for social and economic justice. I don't trust you to be an ally to BIPoC. You throw working people & their movements under the bus daily.
Mayor Lightfoot: It's unsafe for me and aldermen to meet with Ms. Anjanette Young in a 1,500 seat church, with masks, and ample distancing.
Also Mayor Lightfoot: CPS teachers and students must return to poorly ventilated and overcrowded classrooms next week. It's super safe!
God bless
@BernieSanders
who is fighting to make sure the $2.5 trillion coronavirus bill includes gig and tipped workers.
So many gig and tip workers in Chicago need unemployment insurance right now, Bernie will not allow Senate Republicans to leave them out of the bill.
Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson won't take office for another 28 days, but that didn't stop the right-wing editorial boards at Crain's and the Tribune from criticizing him for violence in the Loop over the weekend. Sheesh.
@nhannahjones
You get to work from home. You're not being forced into a poorly ventilated and overcrowded room with possibly dozens of unvaccinated people.
My office has only heard from parents in support of remote learning during this surge. In my ward, working class moms in Hermosa have been most vocal on this issue. They've seen their friends, family & coworkers die of COVID. They know the risks. They're choosing safety & life.
Bernie Sanders won the first Iowa caucus held today - a union hall satellite location set up so second and third shift meatpackers could caucus.
Bernie's resounding victory was delivered by Black and Latinx meatpacking workers. This is our movement, this is our moment.
As Congressman, I won't just fight to reinstate
#netneutrality
, I'll fight to nationalize the internet as a public good, not a commodity controlled by big corporations.
#Carlos4Congress
Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of the City of Chicago. This is a great victory for ALL the people of our great city. I know many voted against
@Brandon4Chicago
based upon the far-right opposition's misinformation and fear campaign, but I am confident... (1/2)
Pete Buttigieg, in South Carolina, ridiculing the freedom movements of the 1960s.
Pete Buttigieg is the "white moderate" Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. warned us about.
#DemDebate
CPS announced their police in schools budget will be cut from $33MM to $15MM. This is a victory for Chicagoans working for true public safety investment. But this cut is not enough. We must terminate the CPD-CPS contract & reinvest the savings in counselors & restorative justice.
History repeats. Once again, a multi-racial, citywide coalition is called upon to defeat the reactionary, right-wing politics of old and usher in a better, stronger, and safer Chicago. We got our work cut out, but we can do this, together.
.
@ricardorossello
, the racist, classist, sexist, homophobic, and rightwing governor of Puerto Rico has resigned. This is how the Puerto Rican diaspora in Chicago reacted to the news tonight.
#RickyRenuncia
@micahuetricht
I heard the board got a signal from big donors that those donors would only fund a WFP IE if it was for Warren. It is what it is, we know Bernie continues to have the biggest base of support among working families, and that he is the best for our working families.
Bernie's stents are just 2 of the more than 1.8 million stents implanted in the United States annually, but they are the most important and talked about stents in America, loved by the working class, despised by the billionaires.
@marcorubio
A government of, for, and by the people ensuring all Americans have high speed internet, healthcare as a human right, education, and a affordable energy bill that doesn't destroy the environment for future generations?
Yes! Sign me up!
Good morning from the seventh story roof of
#LoganSquare
's first equitable transit-oriented development.
Millionaires and billionaires won't be able to buy this view - all of the 100 units will be for our community's poor and working class families.
Bernie is in 1st place nationally and up 2 points after CNN
#DemDebate
in new national Reuters/Ipsos poll of registered Dems, conducted 1/15-1/16.
@BernieSanders
and our multiracial working class movement won Tuesday's debate, and we're on our way to win in November!
#NotMeUs
Here's Joe Biden praising China's communist party leader. Joe Biden is a liar, and will say whatever he thinks sounds best in the moment. Reminds me of somebody already in the White House.
#DemDebate
Not my colleague at this Budget Committe hearing saying we need "clear rules" for Chicago's UBI pilot so people don't "misuse" the money. What do they think this program is? ๐คฆ๐ฝโโ๏ธ
UBI pilot participants will use the $500/month on whatever they want/need. That's the point.
Chicago police plan to arrest teens on โdrug cornersโ this week to help reduce an expected spike in gun violence during the July 4th weekend. Critics say the preemptive move will only worsen relations with police in some areas of the city.
@HRC
@LoriLightfoot
As mayor, Lori Lightfoot has perpetuated racial violence. Lightfoot has maligned, criminalized, and attempted to silence Black, brown, and Indigenous Chicagoans fighting for social and economic justice through an intersectional lens.
We're going to get CPD out of CPS. We're going to end the school to prison pipeline. Mayor Lightfoot can decide to be part of the solution and a progressive tomorrow, or she can get out of the way.
Joe Biden says he was arrested in Soweto, South Africa "trying to get to see [Nelson Mandela]" on Robben Island.
The only problem? Soweto is 872 miles from Robben Island and THIS NEVER HAPPENED. It's a complete fabrication by the former Vice President.
@joelockhart
It's Black History Month, yet here you are erasing the Black leaders and Black martyrs who fought for and won civil rights and voting rights. You're sick.
Paul Vallas was the architect of our current CPS. He caused significant havoc in our schools & then left a path of destruction at other public school systems across the nation. Paul Vallas has been a disaster in every role he's been entrusted. He'd be a disaster as mayor.
Silky Johnson Playa Hater Says Free Palestine๐ต๐ธ
Iโm so confused at people who vilify Brandon Johnson for the current state of CPS bc he is a former CPS teacher and CTU organizer while ignoring that Paul Vallas was literally the CEO of CPS
@GoyaFoods
How dare your CEO get rich off our Latino and immigrant families and then turn around and support the president terrorizing our Latino and immigrant families. I guess his tax cut was more important than his customers. Vayanse a la mierda!
#BoycottGoya
Looks like 1,000+ Chicagoans have surrounded the Grant Park Columbus Statue.
@Chicago_Police
should stand down. Our city should value life (and not being sued for misconduct) more than a racist statue.
#DecolonizeZhigaagoong