Jess Scarane
@JessforDelaware
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I ran for Senate because Delaware needs #MedicareForAll #HousingForAll #GreenNewDeal | Now I'm focused on making our state put people over profits | She/her
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Joe, just do weed now. Everyone who’d be mad is already mad. It’s time.
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He did run the country like a business and put enriching himself and his donor class above all else.
You just expected to be treated like a boss in this metaphor, not the expendable workers.
"He blew it," a 77-year-old retired banker said. "We were so excited in the beginning. A businessman to run our country like a business and it hasn't happened."
The coronavirus surges in Florida — and so does anxiety over Trump's chances with seniors
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I do not understand how you spend $800+ million to win two Georgia Senate races to turn around and offer fewer people less stimulus.
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I don’t think it’s ever been clearer just how much work we have to do to rebuild an actual society.
White House to Congress: We want $106 billion for the wars and the border
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Poverty is a failure of society, not an individual.
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“We’re not going to use your money to take care of you.”
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: "We're not going to use taxpayer money to pay people more to stay home."
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First generation relying on 401(k)s instead of pensions to retire and it’s already failing.
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The amount of money we spend on fossil fuel subsidies in one year could end homelessness.
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I can’t stop thinking about how the only options we have to survive are just companies profiting off our suffering.
GoFundMe makes at least $20M a year processing more than $650M in healthcare donations.
1 in 3 GoFundMe campaigns is now for medical bills. GoFundMe is now one of the largest insurers in the country.
This system is completely broken.
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Today, I'm announcing my candidacy as a Democrat for US Senate. I'm running to fight for:
➡️ Equitable Education
➡️ Medicare for All
➡️ Housing as a Right
➡️ a Green New Deal
➡️ Economic Justice
Lets get to work Delaware 💪
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In Delaware, the minimum wage for tipped workers has not gone up for more than 30 years.
It was $2.23/hr then and it's $2.23/hr now.
🧵👇🏻
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I know a lot of candidates don’t always like to weigh in hot button controversial topics, but I think Tatis swinging on 3-0 was good actually.
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@5h09un
@NathanJRobinson
I know it’s hard for people like you to get your heads around this, but it’s not about the money it’s about trying to be an actual country rather than just a funder of endless war and subjugation.
Fuck out of here with wanting to do both.
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I'm running against the 5th most conservative Democrat in the Senate.
I want
#M4A
.
He tried to use a pandemic to sell insurance.
I want $15/hour.
He thinks it's too high.
I rely on individual donors.
He took $3M from corporate PACs.
Help me reach 10k followers this weekend.
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Do you mean, like, instructions on how to steal an election or what?
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We cannot normalize 1,500 - 2,000 people dying preventable deaths every day.
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Or maybe this economic system is bad for making babies. Just a thought.
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About 33% of people who work in Delaware make less than $15 per hour.
Delaware sticks out here as the only safely Democratic state with a senator who opposed the $15 minimum wage -- let alone TWO (Carper & Coons).
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Weird. You had no problem finding a “pool of Black talent” when you were writing predatory loans and subsequently stealing their homes.
Wells Fargo CEO: "While it might sound like an excuse, the unfortunate reality is that there is a very limited pool of black talent to recruit from."
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Not looking to be unified with these folks, just FYI.
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I just saw my name on a ballot for the first time.
It may be my name, but we’re voting for all of us. The dad who went bankrupt from cancer. The family strangled by student debt. The mom paid wages so low she can’t make rent. The women sick of waiting.
Let’s win this.
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NEW -- Biden will not immediately roll back Trump immigration and border restrictions, Susan Rice and Jake Sullivan tell Spanish news agency EFE, and Title 42, MPP etc will take time to undo, despite campaign promises for "Day One" reversals
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Folks, Joe Manchin was there before they spent the $800+ million sooooooo
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For the record, the Green New Deal (like the New Deal before it) is a jobs program to guarantee everyone in our country a good life.
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My grandfather worked for ConEd and had a pension & fully paid healthcare benefits until he passed away in 2005. My grandmother retained that pension & benefits until her death last year.
Wild to watch capitalism eat everything, even the things that made it tenable for workers.
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𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽 𝒾𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓉 𝓂𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝒶𝓉. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝑔𝒶𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝐼'𝒹 𝒶𝓅𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒷𝓁𝑒𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉.
As Republicans wrap up the Amy Coney Barrett hearing with plans to vote, Dianne Feinstein praises Lindsey Graham: "I just want to thank you. This has been one of the best set of hearings that I've participated in," she tells him. "Thank you so much for your leadership."
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If you’re wondering how the small business loans in the stimulus ran out so quickly, behold the fact that Ruth’s Chris, with 159 restaurants and revenue of $468 million last year, got 2 maximum value loans for a total of $20 million.
While our local restaurants may never reopen.
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The USPS has locations in the smallest of towns and knows how to get things there efficiently when it is adequately funded and not run by the goon you should have fired last month.
The Biden White House says it’s consulting with Amazon and other tech giants with “logistics and technical expertise” to help get the vaccine out to Americans
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I listened to
#TaraReade
tell
@kthalps
her story.
As I listened, the assault I experienced as a teen at my first job came rushing back. She was telling my story, too. Almost word for word.
There are so many of these stories. And they’re far closer to you than you think.
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My uncle is a respiratory therapist at a hospital.
He is now exclusively treating COVID-19 patients, but only gets ONE MASK a week because of supply shortages.
Please, stay home if you can. If you have supplies, donate to a hospital. Lives depend on it.
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Just a reminder that you voted to confirm far-right Trump appointee Kurt Engelhardt, 1 of the 3 judges who is deciding this case.
Just a reminder that right now, tonight, Republicans are supporting a lawsuit that would take away protections for millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions and gut the Affordable Care Act.
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Settlements aren’t justice.
Renaming streets isn’t justice.
Memorials aren’t justice.
Even charging cops isn’t justice.
Justice will only come from real political and structural revolution in this country. Breonna Taylor deserves that.
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I'm proposing medicine not be for profit.
Okay, but what are you proposing? I talk with people in pharma multiple times a week. They're all trying to reduce costs on a daily basis. It's literally not profitable to do new antibiotic research, and that's a big problem. Loosing IP protections makes this much worse.
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If you’re disturbed by what’s going on in Portland, you must now understand the demands to abolish ICE.
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First, thank you to everyone who made this one of the best campaigns this state has seen.
These results sting, because I know just how many people genuinely need the changes we’re fighting for. So many of us can’t wait.
Full video:
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The BIGGEST congratulations to my sister in arms
@CoriBush
!!! I cannot wait to work with you in Congress!
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People should not die because they are poor. If you hold any other position, you are the extremist.
Senator Thom Tillis staffer tells woman with cancer who doesn’t have health care that she’s out of luck.
“Just like if you want to go to the store and buy a new dress shirt, if I can’t afford that dress shirt, I don’t get to get it.”
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You don't actually have to explain the dog who caught the car concept to me.
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There are 24 Democratic governors in our country. They represent 55% of our population.
And it is infuriating that they have yet to come together and use their platforms to continually pressure the federal government to fund programs to save their constituents.
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I’m running for US Senate to fight our broken system of power that rewards an elite few and harms the rest of us. We can build a better world with guaranteed healthcare, housing, living wages, and clean air & water.
But to do it we need reps who will put people over profits.
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Chris Coons thinks we should ration care based on a patient's ability to pay.
I think we should decommodify healthcare.
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I'm a Delawarean, and even I can't parse this quote from the Biden NYT interview.
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“Should we just send them to every American? Then what happens if every American has one test? How much does that cost?”
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The fact that CNN is even giving a platform to a woman who's shown on video violating laws, lying to police, and abusing a dog is indicative of how white privilege permeates every American institution.
Amy Cooper told CNN that since the video was posted, her "entire life is being destroyed right now."
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This is why you can’t just tell people to vote.
Kentucky cutting number of polling places for Tuesday’s primary from 3700 to 200
There will be one polling place for 616,000 registered voters in Louisville’s Jefferson County, where half state’s black voters live
This is going to be a disaster
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Remember they could have done this at any time before this. Even at this price they still have a 90% profit margin.
Drugmaker caps insulin costs at $35 to help diabetes patients during pandemic
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Tara and every woman who’s been violated like this deserve to be heard. We deserve to have our abusers questioned & held accountable.
@ChrisCoons
, in 2018 you said Dr. Ford’s allegations deserved investigation irrespective of party or ideology. Will you stand by your words now?
I am deeply troubled by the assault allegations that have been made by Dr. Ford against Judge Kavanaugh. They should be taken seriously by everyone, irrespective of party and ideology.
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Cancel it to give a stimulus to 45,000,000 people.
Today, the student debt crisis reached $1,748,321,260,804
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I'm married to a lawyer and, while he's thankful for your commitment to his profession, he'd much rather see legislators use their power to end the concept of medical bankruptcy.
Not a single patient should be forced to fight off medical bankruptcy in the midst of a global health pandemic without a lawyer by their side.
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57% of Americans and 78% of Democrats support Medicare for All, but the DNC platform committee voted to oppose it.
A leader’s job is to amplify the will of the people. This is not leadership.
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I, along with 70% of Democratic primary voters, support Medicare for All.
Senator Coons, along with his Big Pharma and insurance donors, does not.
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Shout out open enrollment, the time of year where I get to use my Freedom of Choice™️ to pick one of two pre-selected health insurance plans I don’t understand that invariably cost more than last year.
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Here's what *bipartisanship* has gotten us:
🤝 massive wealth inequality
🤝 a climate crisis
🤝 endless war
🤝 unaffordable healthcare
🤝 resegregated schools
🤝 far-right judges
Please, tell me some *good* things that bipartisanship has accomplished lately?
I'll wait.
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This flattening of feminism to simply be women doing things does real harm to its revolutionary meaning.
It’s devoid of any substance and ignores the impact of the actions of women like Barrett on the lives of women and children around the world.
If the nominee is Barrett, I am struck that her being the mother of seven children, including elementary age ones, is a pretty barrier-breaking women-in-the-workplace moment for the highest echelons of power in the U.S. See ~29 min mark re: motherhood
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Just wanna say, when I'm your Senator you won't have to explain to me what Twitch is.
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In the US, we debate canceling only $10,000 in student debt.
In Denmark, they pay students more than $10,000 a year to attend college.
Don’t know about you, but I stay motivated by remembering none of our demands are impossible.
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White women actually had significant net job gains. They were canceled out by extreme losses of the jobs Black and Latina women were working.
US employers cut 140,000 jobs in December, according to the latest jobs report. Women accounted for all the losses, losing 156,000 jobs, while men gained 16,000.
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Cannot wait to see wins in Massachusetts today for
@EdMarkey
,
@AlexBMorse
, and
@ihssaneleckey
!
Do what you can to help them get out the vote today!
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@kenklippenstein
Alternatively: Here's Why We're Still Kinda Doing That
Bolivians waited nervously for the results of Sunday’s high-stakes presidential election even as Evo Morales pre-empted authorities' slow vote count and declared his hand-picked candidate the victor.
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While Governor of Ohio, John Kasich:
▶️ Signed multiple anti-choice bills
▶️ Attacked public sector unions and collective bargaining
▶️ Cut public school funding
▶️ Became a cheerleader for fracking
This party needs to stand for something more than opposing Donald Trump.
AP: Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and frequent Trump critic, has been approached and is expected to speak at the Democratic National Convention on Biden’s behalf next month
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... I'm sorry was her job interrupting her day or something??
Actual video of Senator Sinema voting no to the minimum wage amendment:
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A 12 year old Black child was thrown to the ground and beaten by a cop for having swisher earlier this week.
These white adults are armed, charging the state house, and receiving a perfectly calm response.
This is white privilege in America and it definitely predates Trump.
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Chris Evans has a both sides website called A Starting Point where he hosts videos of politicians saying life starts at conception and talking about babies “surviving abortion.”
Maybe a starting point would be taking down a page where you allow extremists to debate our rights.
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$15/hr minimum wage in Delaware just passed the House and goes to the Governor to be signed into law.
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I endorse
@MeetMckayla
, because I trust she . . . *checks notes* . . . knows a pandemic is an emergency.
"Absent an emergency, the House is not expected to meet prior to Monday, May 4, 2020." -- Steny Hoyer email
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My advice for anyone who is upset by people standing up for their candidate and calling out the record of others — log off and go canvass for your candidate.
And do it in a neighborhood that isn’t as well off as yours.
You’ll quickly understand why people aren’t playing.
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This is exactly what I'm talking about when I say that Coons habitually compromises with Republicans on the backs of the most vulnerable.
“Coons breaking with Democratic leadership and joining Mitch McConnell to push for liability protections is putting the lives of workers at risk,” said
@JessforDelaware
, who is running a primary campaign against Coons.
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By simply not acknowledging it was a swap, the senator can pretend Israel wasn’t holding Palestinian children as hostages and turn an aggressor into a victim.
Intentional and ghoulish messaging.
During this holiday week, I'm so thankful to hear of the release of the first group of hostages held by Hamas.
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Today I called a woman who relies on social security for income. Her life depends on medication that costs $550 every 2 months. She regularly has to weigh that cost against other her bills.
We do not need to force people to choose between their health and housing or utilities.
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How do we defund police? Perhaps there’s something to learn from how effectively it was done to our schools.
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Last Friday our Democratic senators voted against a $15 federal minimum wage.
Yesterday every single Democratic state senator co-sponsored a $15 state minimum wage.
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Asking these companies to step in and save the day just accelerates exactly what conservatives want. It makes it look like corporate enterprise can succeed where USPS “fails.”
Organize against the sabotage of the USPS instead IMHO.
So...UPS...Fedex...big opportunity here. Just offer to deliver any election ballot for free...or honor the postage on it...and get it there by Election Day. You'll overnight become the most beloved and respected organization in America. Go on...it's the right thing to do.
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I voted for myself and all of us today.
Three weeks left. Let’s win this.
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I mean, I’ve probably had too much Christmas Cheer, but hear me out:
What if we made congresspeople wear body cameras?
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Polls are closing, but if you are in line, STAY IN LINE! Make sure your vote counts🗳️
As we wrap up and wait for results to come in, I just want to extend my gratitude to every single person who has volunteered, supported, and talked with me over the past 10 months. Thank you.
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Federal law to protect abortion when?
Every woman, everywhere has the constitutional and moral right to basic reproductive health care. We will fight SB8 and all immoral and dangerous attacks on women’s health and freedoms with all our strength.
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Chris Coons's confirmation of HHS Sec Alex Azar, along with his lobbying of other Dems on Azar's behalf, was one of the things that drove me to run.
We deserve so much better. We deserve a Senator who will fight for Medicare for All.
Senator Chris Coons is driven by the sincere belief that government and the people exist to serve the interests of Delaware’s big pharmaceutical companies.
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What my opponent fails to mention here is that he has voted to confirm 80+ of these anti-women, anti-civil right judges--often breaking with the majority of Democrats to do so.
Our courts have been the top priority for Leader McConnell, and even a pandemic and economic crisis haven’t changed his focus.
But the fact is, this is nothing new. Mitch McConnell has spent years remaking our courts with partisan nominees.
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Chris Coons wasted no time concern trolling about the deficit when the coronavirus stimulus package passed.
He has previously said "all options are on the table" - including cuts to Social Security.
This is why working people don't trust corporate politicians.
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Change is coming no matter what.
We either make that change ourselves for a future without fossil fuels or we continue to jeopardize our own survival. I know what I choose.
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........
From investing in clean energy to placing a price on carbon, I’ll continue fighting to pass legislation that addresses this crisis. Through our work on the bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus, I know bipartisan action is possible. Congress should act now on climate change.
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Gosh, this woman is obsessed with telling us she doesn’t care about workers.
Growing up in the northeast I will never understand the closing of stores and restaurants when there is barely an inch of snow on the ground yet.
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@ryangrim
I somehow got caught up in this today and, seemingly without knowing much about me or my opponent, people started advocating for me to get "crushed" simply for running in a Dem primary.
It's disheartening how much effort goes into destroying young passion for a better future.
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There sure is a lot of outside spending hitting Delaware for a race people want to say isn't competitive. ☕️
🔽🔽🔽
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Today's the day! Polls are open til 8pm, and we're going to be calling, texting, and greeting voters all day!
We've still got a few thousand dollars to raise to cover the cost of our dials and extra lit. If you're able, can you send us a donation this am?
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We do not have to effing do this.
I’m so tired of offering only punitive “solutions.” We see someone struggling and knock them down further rather than guaranteeing what we all need to thrive. Our survival is interconnected and you��d think a pandemic could finally teach us that.
This is unconscionable. A country that evicts people during a pandemic has failed. An economy in which billionaires are wealthier and workers are poorer or unemployed during a pandemic is criminal.
#COVID19
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We meet people every day who are so tired of the system being rigged against them that they don't believe their vote matters. This is exactly why.
The
#IowaCaucus
is so frustrating because it's reinforcing those feelings of powerlessness we're trying so hard to overcome.
.
@iowademocrats
you can’t make the world wait for days for an accuracy check and then roll out results filled with errors that all go against Sanders. As Joe Biden would say: Come on, man.
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This 6-3 “majority” court seeks to enact the will of an extreme minority. It will rule against civil rights, workers, voting rights, and justice.
The right has been packing the federal courts for years. It is beyond time to respond.
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FREEZE ALL EVICITIONS.
FREEZE ALL FORECLOSURES.
FREEZE ALL UTILITY SHUTOFFS.
My landlord threatened to evict me & my two children.
In the middle of a pandemic.
Because of a $250 repair that wasn't my responsibility. Seriously.
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About this video: it is incredibly gross and racist for our Senator to tell (primarily Black and brown teens) that they have to earn their college opportunity by serving the country that stole that opportunity from them in the first place.
Corporate Democrat
@ChrisCoons
:
“We cannot be the party of free stuff.”
Then why do you give so much “free stuff” to corporations and oligarchs?
Our government should spend money on human welfare, not corporate welfare.
Please support
@JessforDelaware
.
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I would not have sided with Republicans to block this amendment.
By my count, at least 21 Dems voted against Sanders' defense budget cut amendment:
Brown
Carper
Coons
Cortez Masto
Duckworth
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Jones
Kaine
King
Manchin
Menendez
Peters
Reed
Rosen
Shaheen
Sinema
Tester
Warner
Whitehouse
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We have to force thousands of people in the global south to suffer and die so we can unite our country and “beat China” is one of the most grotesque and deranged takes I have ever seen from this man. Straight villain shit.
Quote from Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) on his opposition to vaccine waiver:
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Mitch McConnell is no longer an excuse for refusing to deliver the policy we need and making a country where we can all thrive. I welcome that.
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