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@maxberger

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Off this fascist website until Elon is forced to sell. Find me on Bluesky or Threads with the same @. Please boycott X!

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@maxberger
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Elon Musk is really doing an incredible job educating the public about how capitalists end up aligning with fascists to maintain their wealth and limit the power of the working classes.
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I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won’t tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 🥰
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I'm not sure most American voters realize the heroic Ukrainian president everyone is praising is the exact same guy Donald Trump was impeached for trying to extort.
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Little known fact, but the Democratic Party currently controls Congress and the Presidency and could pass a law that enshrined a woman’s right to choose.
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A declining empire, in two headlines
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@maxberger
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You ever think about how the people complaining about cancel culture tried to cancel the votes of 81,283,485 people?
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It's 63 degrees out on December 16th, but the world's largest economy can't pass climate legislation because a coal millionaire who lives on a yacht doesn't support it. 😎😎😎
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@maxberger
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The most surreal part of living through a fascist coup is that we're not even talking about it as such.
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@maxberger
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To review, @elonmusk ’s last 24 hrs @Twitter : - Chiefs of Info Sec, Privacy, and Compliance quit - Head of Legal warns employees to call out sick and use whistleblower service to avoid breaking the law - Warns Musk only cares about monetizing users - On brink of bankruptcy
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@maxberger
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Solidarity with the anti-war protestors in Russia. This takes incredible bravery.
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Look at the size of anti-war protestors in St Petersburg, Russia. Wow
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I think this election result feels so surprising and buoying because it's one of the first times in my adult life that Republicans seem to have paid a significant electoral cost for their extremism.
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@maxberger
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It really seems like the growing epidemic of white men massacring large groups of people and the rise of fascist politics are pretty deeply intertwined.
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@maxberger
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Is anyone else cripplingly depressed about the imminent collapse of American democracy and the ecosystem that sustains human life, or is that just a me-thing?
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@maxberger
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If a former president can go to jail for committing crimes, who is next? Bankers who cause the financial crisis? Politicians who lied us into the Iraq War? I mean, where does it end?
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@maxberger
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This #COVID19 proposal out of the house financial committee is really good: - 2k/month per person every month of the crisis - suspension of all mortgages, student loans, credit card and loan payments - prohibit debt collection and repossession - $5b in homeless assistance
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@maxberger
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This is still a good idea.
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@maxberger
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I love paying TurboTax a few hundred bucks every year to figure out how much money I owe the government, which the government already knows, but won’t tell me because TurboTax pays legislators to keep the government from telling me. 🥰
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NEW: Tax filing could be free right now. The IRS already has the authority to create a free, easy-to-use online tax filing tool, as @EWarren explains. Instead, Americans will spend $31 billion this year for the privilege of paying services like TurboTax to file for them.
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@maxberger
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France has federally administered elections with automatic voter registration. Their elections are held on the weekends, so more workers can vote. The GOP opposes each of these measures.
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I have a buddy in France, and they just had an election there. Polls closed a few hours ago and they already know who the winners are. Must be nice to live in a first world country.
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@maxberger
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Every empirical study of Twitter has shown a right-wing bias: "Our results reveal a remarkably consistent trend: In 6 out of 7 countries studied, the mainstream political right enjoys higher algorithmic amplification than the mainstream political left."
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@Cernovich Twitter obv has a strong left wing bias
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This is a little bit of a goofy analogy, but Elon Musk’s failed tenure at Twitter is a good example of how to repel authoritarian attempts. He lost critical support he needed from pillars of support (advertisers, workers, users). He tried to centralize control, but couldn’t.
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@maxberger
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We don't need unity with fascists. We need unity against fascists.
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If you think we should listen to John Kasich instead of AOC, you’re actually a Republican.
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@maxberger
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If Fetterman pulls it out in Pa, the lesson is clear: every Democratic senate candidate should be at least 6’5”
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@maxberger
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You know who wouldn't have allowed a document written by political elites hundreds of years before they were born to limit their pursuit of freedom and justice? The founders.
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His union
Homer Simpson was a true baller because HOW did he afford 3 children, a detached suburban house, 2 cars, a stay at home wife and extra change for his drinking problem with absolutely NO side hustles 🤔
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@maxberger
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I’m afraid that Josh Hawley is the more strategic fascist we’ve been warned about.
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@maxberger
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Free speech champion @elonmusk fires employees who complained about Elon Musk.
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SpaceX fires employees who wrote open letter complaining about Elon Musk: report
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There is no socially beneficially use for crypto. It has no intrinsic value and is useless as a currency. Private money is an anti-government, right-wing project which, ironically, only has value through an implicit guarantee from the state. The sooner it crumbles the better.
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@maxberger
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“Abortion” isn’t in the constitution, but neither is “filibuster.”
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Tell me you live in a capitalist dystopia without telling me you live in a capitalist dystopia
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If a coal baron who lives on a yacht and received 290,510 in his last election can cripple an agenda that 65% of voters support, then you don’t live in a real democracy.
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@maxberger
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I am afraid that Kyle Rittenhouse and Madison Cawthorn are the future of the Republican Party. I am afraid that most Democrats and Republicans are not prepared to deal with what that means.
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@maxberger
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I'm not sure people understand how enormous of an upset it is for @CoriBush to defeat Lacy Clay. She's a nurse who's never held elective office. She doesn't know rich people she can call for big checks. She didn't moderate her stances to accommodate the status quo. It's huge.
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@maxberger
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When given the choice between their workers having a union and paying more in taxes OR supporting authoritarianism, many American oligarchs will choose tyranny to protect their profits.
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“Twitter should be a public good, so I gave control of it to the wealthiest man in the world” is a pretty good summation of the philosophy that fucked up the entire world.
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In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter. It wants to be a public good at a protocol level, not a company. Solving for the problem of it being a company however, Elon is the singular solution I trust. I trust his mission to extend the light of consciousness.
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@maxberger
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When people tell you they’re attempting a fascist takeover of the federal government, believe them the first time.
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@maxberger
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Tonight looked a lot like a national police riot.
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@maxberger
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Here’s the list of what Sinema and Manchin are blocking: - 100% clean energy by 2035 - Home care for the elderly and disabled - Free community college - Lower prescription drug costs - Higher taxes on corporations and wealthy people Can you even imagine?
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@maxberger
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@elonmusk So, freedom of speech ends the minute it hurts your feelings?
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@maxberger
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The Democrats!
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@maxberger
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On July 18, 2019, the Trump administration withheld $250 million of military aid to Ukraine. 7 days later, Trump held a phone call with President Zelensky and asked him to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter. And yet:
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A contrast in leadership.
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I am glad that Putin no longer has an ally in the White House.
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In the last 24 hours, Twitter has lost the Chiefs of Trust & Safety, Sales, Information Security, Compliance, and Privacy. The head of legal is on record warning employees about the risk of legal exposure if they follow Musk’s orders. It’s a total loss of confidence.
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The United States government is an army with a country attached.
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@maxberger
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I didn’t expect Britney Spears to call for a socialist uprising, but here we are.
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@elonmusk Can’t believe you spent $44 billion on showing the world you’re a baby
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It’s amazing that the entire scientific community is basically like, “no amount of $$$ is too much to deal with climate change,” but the scale of our society’s response will be determined by a Senator from a 70% pro-Trump state whose office has daily calls with Exxon lobbyists.
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@maxberger
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It really says a lot about how media works in this country that this shameful incident and the death threats made against Pramila will together receive a tiny fraction of the coverage garnered by Kavanaugh's steak dinner.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Here is a video he posted of the incident. I was actually walking over to deck him because if no one will protect us then I’ll do it myself but I needed to catch a vote more than a case today
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Q: Why are millennials getting into socialism? A:
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While 40 million Americans filed for unemployment during the #coronavirus pandemic, billionaires saw their net worth increase by half a trillion dollars
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Democratic elected officials keep asking voters to act as if our democracy is on the line in every election. It's time for them to act like it.
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The CEO to worker pay ratio at @Tesla is 18,000 - 1.
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Elon Musk
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@abledoc @scottfarkas @Tesla @JoeJustice Everyone eats same food, uses same restrooms, etc – no executive chef or other ivory tower stuff. There shouldn’t be this workers vs management two-class system. Everyone is a worker.
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How countries are responding to the Coronavirus: - England: Paying 80% of people's salary - Denmark: Paying 75% of people's salary, and setting up a fund for freelancers - Canada: Sending everyone $2k/month - US: Sending some people a one time $1,200 check $1,200 is not enough.
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$1,200 is not enough.
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@maxberger
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If we are talking about abolishing things that were created to defend slavery, we should also talk about the Senate and electoral college.
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The only workplace in America where you can repeatedly threaten to kill your coworkers and still keep your job is the United States Congress.
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@maxberger
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On the one hand, it’s great news that @Twitter has decided to suspend Trump’s account. On the other hand, it’s probably not a great system if two billionaires can unilaterally decide whether political actors can reach the masses.
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Yeah, sex is great, but have you ever said “Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.”
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Vibe check
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Yesterday, Musk went to Brazil to meet with Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro, who defends Brazil’s military dictatorship, says Musk buying Twitter is a “breath of hope.” Musk is openly aligning with the authoritarian right.
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@elonmusk Hey remember two days ago when you posted an conspiracy theory about how the guy who tried to murder the speaker of the house from an alien news website? Maybe advertisers just don’t want to be associated with a business run by a guy like that.
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Things the GOP has done during the Covid-19 outbreak: - Illegally traded stocks - Called it a hoax - Blamed it on China - Tried to bailout big business without conditions What they haven’t done: - Help workers - Help small businesses - Produced enough tests or ventilators
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Local Princeton and Harvard Law School graduate, who’s wife works for Goldman Sachs, pretends to be man of the people.
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Charming, civil, educated response. ⁦ @Sethrogen ⁩ If you’re a rich, angry Hollywood celebrity, today’s Dems are the party for you. If you’re blue-collar, if you’re a union member, if you work in energy or manufacturing...not so much. #JobsMatter
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If establishment Democrats were smart, they'd be talking about how they won the popular vote in 7 out of the last 8 presidential elections and we need to reform our system so the majority - which they represent - can govern. Instead, they're blaming the left for their losses.
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What if it’s time to listen to the POC organizers who delivered GA, AZ, PA, WI and MI to Biden — instead of the formerly GOP politicians or pundits who got the past 4 years so wrong?
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I want to live in a world where bartenders, principals and nurses represent us, instead of lobbyists, lawyers, and CEOs.
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New office, who dis?
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Trump: Elections are fraudulent, anti-fascism is a crime, my supporters kill protesters, federal officials should suppress my political opponents, and I plan to stay in office indefinitely. The Press: "In a series of unusual moves, President Trump has broken the model..."
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If the shots were given away for free because they’re life-saving, why isn’t insulin free? Chemotherapy? Epipens?
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pretty weird how the "pro-life" people who say All Lives Matter don't care about 180,000 deaths
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but the Republicans are a fascist party that’s trying to end democracy in America.
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Hell yeah to Americans finally destroying the British monarchy.
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Musk fired the entire board and the executive team. He fired the leaders of the teams that would have limited his freedom to act. And then, people started pushing back, internally and externally. He is going to lose control because enough people said no.
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I actually don’t think Twitter will shutdown, because the value derives from the people who are on it. Someone will buy the thing for prestige, even if it’s never that profitable. But, I bet Musk is out by the end of next year.
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In my opinion, this is the biggest, most important story of the transition. Team Biden is going to make a forceful defense of Keynesian counter-cyclical spending and won't be cowed by the bad faith deficit scolds. That's a big win for the progressive movement and the left.
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Biden and his team over the last few weeks have increasingly leaned into the argument that running higher deficits now will produce a more stable debt situation later (via faster growth).
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65 Republicans voted to remove Liz Cheney from leadership for voting to impeach Trump. 0 Republicans voted to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her committee assignments for supporting QAnon. Tells you everything we need to know about the future of the GOP.
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Democrats don't have a message because it's impossible to simultaneously represent the interests of workers and capital.
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Capitalism is responsible for everything conservatives claim socialism has done. Who do you think owns the dishwasher company? The state? The workers? This is not even remotely serious.
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Our dishwasher broke yesterday. I was informed that a replacement will take over a year. I barely remember the Carter years. No one will ever forget the Biden years. A year to wait on a common appliance. Socialists have made building things in America a Green Nightmare.
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There is more to being on the left than “America bad.”
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"We must deescalate the rhetoric," says the guy who put out a video 3 weeks in which he physically assaults an antifascist after parachuting into Georgia in military gear.
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Dan Crenshaw
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We can’t ignore the President’s behavior leading up to the violence in the Capitol last week. He bears enormous responsibility for it. But impeachment is not the answer. We all need to deescalate, lower the temperature, and move forward together as a country. My statement:
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I don't think most Americans - even the political elite - have wrapped their heads around the current constitutional crisis. Our constitution is incapable of fixing itself. Once Republicans take back power, it's over. What comes next will not be like what came before.
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Imagine how differently the last 20 years would have gone if Ralph Nader hadn't campaigned in swing states during the 2000 presidential election.
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We started @IfNotNowOrg as a proudly and explicitly Jewish organization because we love our community and speak on behalf of our Jewish values. To say we're not actual Jewish because we oppose unending occupation and collective punishment is a shanda based on a series of lies.
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This was one of the most painful things I've ever written, but these are things that have to be said. We can no longer consider Jews who align themselves with the murderers of Jewish babies part of the Jewish people. My latest @Jerusalem_Post column:
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My unpopular opinion is that AOC, Bernie, and Warren are all good. Each of them is trying to do something different (and necessary). I wish we were all part of the American Social Democratic Party competing with the Liberal Dems to be the senior partner in the coalition.
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Biden getting FDR-pilled is one of the most unexpectedly positive developments I’ve ever seen in my life. I didn’t expect he would be so willing to evolve from where he was for 30 years. Realignment relies upon shifts from longtime party leaders. It means we’re winning.
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The Senator who stands between working people and paid leave, lower prescription drug prices, and 100% clean energy is a coal company owner who drives a Maserati and lives on a yacht. Perfect stuff. No notes.
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Jennifer Bendery
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Activists with Sunrise Movement confronted Joe Manchin this morning outside of his yacht on his way to the Capitol, in protest of his opposition to the Build Back Better social spending bill. They followed him to his car, and then surrounded his car too. Some images:
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The problem did not begin or end with Netanyahu.
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian
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Far-right nationalists chant "death to Arabs" at the Jerusalem flag parade near the Old City's Damascus Gate.
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There is no one who could possibly listen to @AOC 's story on IG and think her life - and the lives of other members of Congress - weren't threatened by the insurrection. It's unconscionable that none of the Republicans who incited or planned it have been held to account.
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@NickAdamsinUSA lmao this should be tagged for misinformation
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I am once against asking the Democratic Party establishment to fight fascists harder than progressives.
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Grace Panetta
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👀 "A new PAC endorsed by Bakari Sellers says it’s going to spend upward of $1 million to support one of the candidates trying to unseat progressive firebrand Rashida Tlaib" —that being Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey
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I would like to means test my support for the Democratic Party.
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<taps sign>
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@JimVandeHei
Jim VandeHei
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🚨 🚨 Squad politics backfire: The push to defund the police, rename schools and tear down statues has created a significant obstacle to Democrats keeping control of the House, the Senate and the party’s overall image.
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who are these two? wrong answers only
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The biggest threat to freedom of speech in America is billionaires suppressing the voices of working people. Elon has a history of retaliation against workers who dare to defy him. There is no reason to suspect he’ll tolerate free speech that threatens his material interests.
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This is still a good idea.
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If MAGA Republicans significantly underperform regular Republicans, it vastly improves the prospects of defeating fascism electorally. The results in Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin governor races are huge cause for optimism.
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There was a candidate in TX-28, @JCisnerosTX , who inspired young people around the country to make over 1 million voter contacts on her behalf. But, Pelosi and Clyburn joined billionaires and AIPAC to defeat that candidate in favor of the guy under investigation for corruption.
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Gorbachev's Pizza Hut commercial
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I’m excited for the new Matrix movie
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Trump is blatantly threatening to use the military to put down a popular uprising after he ignores the results of the election. Sounds a lot like something a fascist would do! It would be great for journalists to say so.
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Aaron Rupar
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Trump threatens military force against rioters on election night: "We will put it down very, very quickly if there is. And I think the American public wants to see that."
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