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New Yorker. Non-denominational lefty. Backer of progressive primary challengers. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” He/him #NotMeUs #LGM

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@EricShapiro3

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2 years

Sending cops to remove unhoused people with mental illness from public spaces is a recipe for disaster. Without a doubt, cops will inflict needless violence and trauma on innocent New Yorkers. More Eric Adams cruelty.

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The New York Times

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Breaking News: New York City will hospitalize more mentally ill people involuntarily, in a push to remove them from streets and subways, Mayor Eric Adams said.

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@EricShapiro3

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4 months

Does Chick-fil-A not have the same anti-LGBTQ reputation anymore? Anecdotally, young people (Gen Z) keep casually announcing that they eat there and it’s jarring to my aging millennial ears.

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I keep hearing: if Donald Trump gets a second term, protests will be banned and democracy will be replaced with authoritarianism. What do you call what’s happening at Columbia University now?

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UPDATE: NYPD have entered the Columbia Palestine solidarity encampment and are threatening to arrest the protesters.

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If Bernie Sanders was the extreme, uncompromising saboteur Democrats say he is, he wouldn’t propose amendments to the Inflation Reduction Act; he would withhold his support and demand concessions like Manchin and Sinema.

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@fred_guttenberg @JerrySeinfeld Jerry Seinfeld has spent the last few weeks aggressively defending Israel’s Gaza POLICY. If you disagree with a walkout, you can express that without cheapening antisemitism accusations by throwing them out so casually and dishonestly.

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Chick-fil-A was THE culture war issue at a time when the term “culture war” was employed a lot less frequently (or at least I heard it less). Hard to believe the stigma is gone among presumably pro-LGBTQIA+ young people. 🤷‍♂️

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@nidula_b @AOC Do you not realize that anyone remotely progressive and/or concerned with reproductive rights is ALREADY angry at Biden. Biden inaction, not a mildly critical AOC Tweet, is creating the “division.” Pressure him, not her.

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There is no ethical consumption, but when a corporation becomes publicly associated with bigotry, mistreating workers, other social/environmental ills, I’ll boycott in solidarity + to send a message. But seems like, eventually, people forget.

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@GeauxGabrielle The real “crime” in your story is the crime our society commits by forcing young people to experience poverty and hunger. Poverty is a policy choice and those who resort to desperate measure to survive are not to blame for it.

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Using migrants as pawns to humiliate VP Kamala Harris and “own the libs” represents the kind of dehumanization that has been the prelude to numerous historical atrocities. Fascism 101.

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@BernieSwagders I’m just curious from a cultural/generational perspective. I patronize some bad corporations, so I’m not holier-than-thou about it.

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Some 20-something at work just asked me where to find a Chick-fil-A (I didn’t know, but others have asked me the same question). That’s what inspired this…

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Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian’s heel turns are emblematic of the right pull of YouTube. There are strong algorithmic incentives to court a right-wing audience. TYT is not the first and won’t be the last to move right until progressives find a better model.

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This batsh*t reaction to Jon Stewart’s mild criticism of Joe Biden AND Donald Trump’s age (most Americans agree!) is alarming. Last time Dems lived in a bubble of cultish denial like this, Hillary Clinton lost.

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Keith Olbermann

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Well after nine years away, there's nothing else to say to the bothsidesist fraud Jon Stewart bashing Biden, except: Please make it another nine years

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Elon Musk stabbing Matt Taibbi in the back should serve as a warning to left or “post-left” journalists who ally with right-wing billionaires: YOU don’t use them; THEY use you. And when they’re done, they cast you aside like trash.

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@EoinHiggins_ If George Carlin was still alive, many of the reactionary fans and comedians constantly citing him as influence would call him “too woke.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders has kept progressive values & policies alive, carrying the torch of FDR while most Democrats sold their souls to the neoliberal consensus. He is a better Democrat than most Democrats and he would make a great POTUS. #Bernie2020 #p2

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@Esqueer_ @YouTube If Jews “control everything,” why do we lack the power to stop some of the most famous and influential people in the world from spewing dangerous antisemitism to an audience of millions?

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I am overwhelmed (in a good way!) by all of the in-depth, thoughtful answers to my question. I did not expect many responses at all tbh, just tweeted when it popped into my head at work b/c people ask me for directions to a nearby Chick-fil-A.

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Boycotts can be an effective tool, but it seems like there is more awareness now than ever that systemic, radical change is necessary to address root causes of corporate greed/abuses (including capitalism itself). Consumer choices only go so far.

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AIPAC does not represent most American Jews. It is a right-wing organization that functions as an arm of Likud/Netanyahu government & relies on the support of pro-settler evangelicals seeking to bring about an end times prophecy.

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I’m not just talking about Chick-fil-A in last few tweets; they’re just a useful example and launching of point for a larger conversation.

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@theintercept @natashalennard NYU classifying all criticism of Zionism as antisemitic is an assault on free speech and de facto censorship. It will worsen antisemitism by associating all Jews/Judaism with Israel’s genocidal campaign.

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As a lifelong Democrat, I recognise that Sen. Bernie Sanders has done more good for our party in the past couple of years than most card-carrying Dems have done in decades. He will be an excellent addition to the race. #Bernie2020 #p2

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@davenewworld_2 Krystal Ball has the tremendous advantage of actually knowing what she’s talking about. Bill Maher is clearly adrift when forced to move beyond his shallow culture war talking points.

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@Turbosloth3 Can get that in a lot of places, no?

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I don’t support Tulsi Gabbard, but the idea that her anti-interventionist views, widely shared by many Americans, make her a “Russian asset” is profoundly dumb & dangerous. Accusing political opponents of treason reflects a Trump-like attitude. #LetTulsiSpeak

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I didn’t support Bernie Sanders in 2016. It was the biggest political error of my life. I agreed with him on policy, but I was cynical about politics & had internalized neoliberal assumptions about “electability” & incremental change. #BernieSanders2020

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@RepDWStweets @RashidaTlaib What gives you the right to decide political opinions held by many Dems (including Jews) are “antisemitic?” You can disagree with @RashidaTlaib without demonizing someone who frequently gets death threats just for who she is. YOUR words are shameful and dangerous.

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Bernie Sanders has never tried to go viral. The bird, the shoulder pat, the mittens, the mask etc were not staged. Just existing as a regular, decent human being in government (NOT Kyrsten Sinema) is enough to stand out.

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Nina Turner is right. Liberals who claim the residents of East Palestine deserve to be poisoned because of who they voted for are partisan to the point of cruelty. Know who would say something like that? Donald Trump.

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After being rejected by black and jewish voters in Ohio twice, Nina Turner has gone full MAGA.

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@benshapiro Speak for yourself. If we’re going to celebrate MLK, we must celebrate him for what he believed, not the fantasy conservative version of MLK that consists of a couple of out-of-context quotes.

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Bernie Sanders is my first choice for POTUS, but I am consistently impressed by Elizabeth Warren’s bold, detailed progressive policies & leadership. She deserves far more support than Biden, Harris, Beto & Mayor Pete. Truly impressive for so many reasons.

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@YNB You can waste time shaming people for voting third party or staying home because they didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton in the past. Or you can pressure the Biden administration to codify Roe and/or expand the Supreme Court NOW.

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If Kamala Harris picks Josh Shapiro for VP after he compared pro-Palestine protestors to the KKK, any chance of winning back key “uncommitted” voters Joe Biden alienated may be lost.

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Action News on 6abc

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JUST IN: Josh Shapiro and Mark Kelly are said to be leading VP candidates for Harris, a senior administration official told ABC News

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Depression isn’t sadness; it is numbness. It is the absence of feeling & the inability to fathom that it will ever return. Depression is drifting, ghost-like, through life, bereft of purpose & stranded in a prison of profound isolation. #depressionfeelslike

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Elizabeth Warren can’t credibly claim to be a “unifying” candidate after alienating the left with a dirty trick worthy of Karl Rove. She threw a grenade at Bernie & set our movement on fire. All for some praise from CNN & Van Jones. #NeverWarren #LyingLiz

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@AOC Ever notice how @AOC is always framed as an instigator hurting party “unity” when, in reality, she is RESPONDING to a constant barrage of vicious, personal attacks from powerful establishment politicians who can’t take responsibility for their own failures?

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Billionaires like Michael Bloomberg & Tom Steyer are not running for president because they are afraid a progressive will lose to Trump. They are running because they are afraid a progressive will WIN and threaten their fortunes/class interests. #Bernie2020

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@DrJenIzaakson @BernieSwagders Not sure how you personally define “wokeness,” but Gen Z is extremely concerned about LGBTQ+ rights according to available data (regardless of whether they connect it with a specific chicken place).

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. @MSNBC is a DNC propaganda platform that presents politics as a bad spy novel, amplifies the voices of unrepentant neocons and reflexively attacks the left while ignoring the candidacies of @BernieSanders , @AndrewYang and @TulsiGabbard . #BoycottMSNBC

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@CoriBush If it hurts Republicans’ feelings to be called racist, maybe they can try being less racist?

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Bernie Sanders is describing what happened in a fairly neutral way. It’s fine to disagree with his framing, but I’m suspicious of anyone who claims to be extremely offended by this excerpt.

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Bernie on the 2020 dropout of Buttigieg and Klobuchar, and Warren’s decision not to concede.

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Paul Ryan routinely tried to pass austerity budgets that would have eviscerated the social safety net and immiserated millions of Americans. He is every bit as sociopathic as Donald Trump and deserves zero sympathy.

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Paul Ryan "found himself sobbing" during Jan. 6 attack: book

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Some leftists no doubt wish Bernie Sanders would do this. But that’s not the kind of politician he is. For better or for worse, Bernie is not willing to engage in the kind of brinksmanship that risks derailing a bill key to Dems’ 2022 chances.

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@AOC @mehdirhasan I’ve defended you, Bernie Sanders and the Squad from bad faith attacks many times, but IMO it’s time to call a press conference and justify, in detail, your votes to fund Ukraine. You won’t please everyone, but this needs to be addressed head-on.

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@PoliticusSarah Democratic primary voters never had a real choice to begin with - or a real primary - party insiders made sure of that. Ironic to start talking about what we want now after all those polls saying DEMS think Biden is too old to run again.

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Whatever happens to Twitter, its employees did the right thing defying Elon Musk. His sense of entitlement to their labor is unacceptable and no one should have to put up with his manipulative, exploitative BS. I only wish they’d unionized! #RIPTwitter

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Kamala Harris’ record on criminal justice is rightfully under fire, but let’s not forget that she spent her entire campaign claiming to support #MedicareForAll only to ditch it out of political convenience. No compassion AND no courage. #kamaladestroyed

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@JohnFetterman Congrats! Among other things, this is a victory against ableism. Those who assumed the worst of the PA electorate were wrong. Dr. Oz’s bullying didn’t work; John Fetterman is MORE than qualified to be a senator and Pennsylvanians knew it.

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Rashida Tlaib is called a Jew hater and equated with Hamas even though she’s NEVER advocated for terrorism or said anything antisemitic. Sarah Silverman openly embraces collective punishment of Palestinians and 🦗 🦗

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The civil rights movement isn’t history; it is an ongoing struggle for justice, equality & dignity. #MLKDay #PeoplesOath

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@benshapiro Donald Trump dining with Nick Fuentes, a Neo-Nazi, is the INEVITABLE culmination of the fascist, deeply antisemitic MAGA movement Ben Shapiro has championed for years; he bears responsibility.

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@AOC @politico Thank you @AOC . I’ve been dragged on Twitter & condemned IRL for defending @IlhanMN ’s right to criticize the Israeli government, but when I called out @politico for antisemitic @BernieSanders hit piece, I was accused by centrists of a “victimhood narrative.”

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@yuval_abraham Will the IDF continue to cynically cast doubt on the Gaza Health Ministry’s numbers to avoid having to take responsibility? Probably.

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It’s not Jon Stewart’s job to be a spokesman for the Democratic Party. A comedian SHOULD make fun of “both sides” (thought it’s 100% clear Stewart opposes Donald Trump).

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Commentary: Is Jon Stewart Still the Right Person to Host ‘The Daily Show?’ The comedy vet makes his return to the desk he left in 2015 this evening, but his “both sides are equally bad” approach may not translate to 2024. More:

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@joshruebner @SenSanders Disgraceful. Every single senator who voted against this BARE MINIMUM resolution to protect the human rights of Palestinians is unfit to hold office and should be primaried.

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I was forced to endure Bill Maher this week and with almost no exceptions, everything he said was a MAGA or libertarian talking point phrased in a way that would appeal to liberals/“centrists.” A new low.

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Unlike Kanye West, Ilhan Omar did NOT make an antisemitic comment. She made a valid point about the role of money/AIPAC lobbying in U.S. politics (a view held by most progressives) that many were predisposed to view as antisemitic due to their own biases.

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Like Barbara Lee, Rashida Tlaib is the rare pol willing to do what’s right even when it means acting alone and being shamed/vilified. History will vindicate her.

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What’s your opinion on Rashida Tlaib?

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@_bradc_ @IbrahimAS97 The baby boomers took over for the greatest generation & ultimately moved the U.S. right. It is not youth alone, but youth fighting for the right policies & ideology that brings about positive change. That’s why so many millennials support Bernie Sanders over younger centrists.

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#BecauseOfBernie , millions of people have awakened to the possibility of fundamental change from the bottom up. The future is ours if we keep organizing and keep fighting for people we don’t know. #NotMeUs

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Rashida Tlaib is using her platform to push for a policy that a majority of Americans support (ceasefire in Gaza). THAT is what democracy looks like; “fascism” is caving to AIPAC.

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Tlaib continues to boost fascism in this country, threatening her own constituency with authoritarian rule. It's shocking.

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@AOC The AOC we have seen over the past few days is what got her elected. Sharp, scathing, empathetic, substantive, unafraid to speak truth to power and, CRUCIALLY, able to convey progressive values/policies in a way that appeals to normies. A leader.

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Joe Lieberman is a major reason the ACA contains no public option. How many lives could have been saved or improved if he chose differently?

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BREAKING NEWS: Former Sen. Joe Lieberman has died at 82. The Stamford, Conn., native died from complications from a fall, his family said.

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Republicans are freaking out over David Hogg’s Tweet because deep down they know it’s true.

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Good Christians don’t use immigrants as political pawns and oppress them.

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Critics of defund the police don’t, fundamentally, have a problem with a “slogan.” They have a problem with a social movement that demands fundamental change outside the political comfort zone of the Democratic establishment.

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Nancy Pelosi’s announcement of Hakeem Jeffries as her successor is a declaration of war on the progressive wing of the party. He is not just “centrist;” he is anti-progressive. The question is, will the institutional left fight back?

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Tara Palmeri

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NEW: On the House floor at noon, Pelosi will say in a speech crafted in part by Jon Meacham that she intends to pass the torch to the next generation of leadership but will stay on as a backbencher to help guide future leader Hakeem Jeffries

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So in other words, Charlie Kirk is a sociopath. Explains a lot.

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Charlie Kirk: "I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage"

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Dems trashing Nate Silver for stating the obvious about Joe Biden’s campaign gives me 2016 deja vu. This EXACTLY how they reacted to anyone who dared doubt Hillary Clinton.

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If Biden is still struggling in August he needs to consider stepping aside. It's not a great situation for Ds either way, but you have to do due diligence on the question. It's an important election, obviously. It shouldn't be taboo to talk about.

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Revealing that so many Democrats grudgingly accept Manchin and Sinema sabotaging/whittling down Joe Biden’s agenda but throw a tantrum when Bernie Sanders fights to salvage it; an assertive left is not part of their West Wing script.

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Mike Memoli

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Debate on reconciliation bill begins with @SenSanders calling it the “so-called Inflation Reduction Act,” because “according to the CBO and other economic organizations who have studied this bill, it will in fact have a minimal impact on inflation.”

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My fellow Bernie Sanders supporters who insist that Elizabeth Warren is “not a progressive” either don’t understand the meaning of the word or are holding a grudge that it’s time to get over. She is not the enemy. #WarrenTownHall #CNNTownHall

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How is it that the resurgence of child labor, leading to deaths/injuries of kids, is not a major scandal? Why so little outrage? How have we become so numb to horror?

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A 16-year-old boy died working at a Wisconsin saw mill. Then, federal investigators found that three children aged 15 and 16 were hurt at the sawmill over the last two years. Now the company is being fined just $191,000. They also have to stop hiring kids under 16.

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I’m sick of SSRIs being used as a punching bag. Antidepressants aren’t a stand-in for Big Pharma. We can and must fight Big Pharma greed WITHOUT demonizing/stigmatizing SSRIs that are life-saving tools for some people.

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What is it about Nina Turner that some Democrats find so threatening? They just can’t seem to stop talking about her. They may actually hate her more than Donald Trump. Very revealing.

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The DNC is considering rigging the primary to “stop” @BernieSanders , a PAC has spent $800,000 on anti-Bernie negative ads & Hillary Clinton is launching deeply personal attacks on Bernie. Crickets from centrists. But #BooHillary is an outrage? #Bernie2020

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Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib booed Hillary Clinton during a campaign event for Sen. Bernie Sanders in a moment that highlighted the raw feelings still present from the 2016 primary campaign

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Rashida Tlaib supports a one-state solution with equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians (a view increasingly held by progressive Jews like @PeterBeinart ). There is NOTHING “genocidal” about a bi-national state.

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Rashida Tlaib

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From the river to the sea is an aspirational call for freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence, not death, destruction, or hate. My work and advocacy is always centered in justice and dignity for all people no matter faith or ethnicity.

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Comparing Bernie to Trump is an act of desperation on the part of the Dem establishment & their puppet-of-the-hour, @PeteButtigieg . Even those who don’t support Bernie Sanders should condemn this cheap, divisive attack. What happened to “civility” & “unity?”

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@KamalaHarris @JoeBiden Most Democrats clearly didn’t embrace $2000 checks as anything more than a political necessity before the election and now that they’ve won, they’re breaking the spirit of their grudging promise based on a $600 technicality. Disgraceful.

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Strikes aren’t supposed to be convenient. If you only support strikes when you are not personally inconvenienced, you don’t really support strikes at all. #GeneralStrike #RailroadStrike

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@JoshuaPotash Even if you buy the false premise of this article that cis women are in any way threatened by more inclusive language, the notion that this is comparable to forced birth is absurd and offensive.

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I thought the left had to settle for less. But Bernie Sanders proved that we could, that we MUST strive for more. He moved the Overton Window left & inspired millions to believe in a political revolution. This time, Bernie has my full support. #BernieSanders2020

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

@Yankees As a Mets fan, it’s very hard for me to give the Yankees credit for this Tweet. But a Major League Baseball team taking even a vaguely positive stance on a political issue isn’t nothing, especially given the conservative culture of the sport.

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

@Redistrict @ryangrim KHive will be KHive. But many establishment Dems will try to rationalize John Fetterman’s win by claiming he was a moderate the whole time. No. He endorsed Bernie Sanders and won a tough, statewide Senate race w/ a populist, progressive message. Big deal!

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LeftOfTheDial

4 years

@AOC I guess AOC is just supposed to sit back, smile politely and meekly apologize as arrogant white men make her and progressives in general scapegoats for everything that went wrong and lecture us on the folly of fighting for Black lives, universal health care and a livable planet.

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

Time will tell if Bernie Sanders’ characteristic restraint, likely stemming from a real fear of whet it would mean for a fascist GOP to take power, was the right approach. IMO sometimes yes, sometimes no.

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LeftOfTheDial

5 years

I remember in high school, before I followed politics, seeing Michael Bloomberg’s racist stop-and-frisk up close. I saw my friends harassed by cops because of the color of their skin. The cruelty, violence & degradation is seared into my mind. #Bloomberg2020

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

Bill Maher is a cautionary tale for atheists. Rather than embracing skepticism and humanism, he is dogmatic and Islamophobic. He is not so different from the fundamentalists he condemns.

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

No one talks much about the speech Bernie Sanders gave at the 2020 convention. Aside for some obligatory kind words about Joe Biden, he focused on GOP authoritarianism. I recall him yelling: “this is not normal!” It sounded personal, like “I know where I come from!”

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LeftOfTheDial

5 years

Regardless of what you think of the movement, Antifa makes up a tiny sliver of the left. The right sent fascists thugs who put kids in concentration camps to the White House. There is no equivalence, morally or ideologically.

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LeftOfTheDial

6 years

@wopat7 @Ocasio2018 Occasio-Cortez ran for the House as an activist and was elected to continue her activism in Congress. That is her mandate, that is what her constituents expect her to do. Being outspoken and diligently learning the job are not mutually exclusive.

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LeftOfTheDial

1 year

Kevin McCarthy WON. GOP should have gotten NOTHING using the debt ceiling to extort “concessions” from spineless/complicit corporate Dems. Instead, they get AT LEAST SNAP cuts and help for rich tax cheats. By all means, vote no.

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LeftOfTheDial

1 year

Brandon Johnson didn’t just defeat Paul Vallas. He defeated a false narrative propagated by the corporate media and the establishment that Chicagoans and Americans are pining for “law and order.” Apparently not.

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Dave Wasserman

1 year

I've seen enough: Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the Chicago mayoral runoff.

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LeftOfTheDial

5 months

@SxarletRed The “ancient desire” to kill Jews that Joe Biden invokes to justify Gaza genocide is an overwhelmingly European phenomenon. Palestinians should not have to pay the price for pogroms and a Holocaust that they had nothing to do with.

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LeftOfTheDial

5 years

American Jews like myself will oppose an undemocratic, Islamophobic, apartheid Israel that sucks up to Trump & other right-wing authoritarian leaders whose racist ideology echos the fascists who exterminated 6 million of us. #IfNotNow

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

@ryangrim @elonmusk @MazMHussain Elon Musk’s version of “free speech” seems an awful lot like a narcissistic, fascistic oligarch doing whatever suits his interests. I’m sure Musk cultists have an excuse prepared for why it’s ok that Narendra Modi compelled their leader to censor.

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LeftOfTheDial

8 years

Dear John Kasich: depriving women of choice isn't "compassionate conservatism." It is deplorable sexism. #ProChoice #p2

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LeftOfTheDial

2 years

Some lefties say we should exit and/or destroys the Democratic Party. I suspect (although I can’t know) that for Bernie Sanders, the threat of the fascist GOP is real and personal. He is only willing to go so far because the alternative is, indeed, “not normal.”

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LeftOfTheDial

6 years

@SenSanders The only reason so many Americans consider universal healthcare crazy is because our country has moved so far to the right that we’ve lost all perspective

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@EricShapiro3

LeftOfTheDial

2 years

Bernie Sanders did not spark a movement by being charismatic. He did so by being honest, authentic and decent. How rare is that in U.S. politics?

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