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Ron Placone
4 months
Bar scene! @reynoldsgareth @SaraKayGodot ! Upcoming Left At Wall screenings/events: March 18 - DC, free screening with WPFS. March 22 - Pgh, PA show/screening/Q&A April 14 - LA, CA show/screening/Q&A June 8 - Idyllwild, CA show/screening/Q&A. Tix/info!
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Ron Placone
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Y’all. Seriously. They’re scared. It’s time. #GeneralStrike
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Roe v Wade going away while there’s a massive baby formula shortage adds a level of cruelty that can only be described as American.
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USA: Please don’t protest in front of somebody’s house, even if they are horrible and insanely powerful. France: We cover houses in shit and today we’re burning down a bank. This part’s called find out. One has the best healthcare in the world and the other doesn’t…
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Ron Placone
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If I could nominate a Supreme Court Justice I’d pick that dude who threw the shoe at George W. Bush.
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The United States is like if a hidden transaction fee was a country.
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I’m not voting for Biden and I’m not voting for Trump. I have a cat, I already spend enough time checking a box for a piece of shit.
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@TomiLahren @AOC I figured your costume was just “Tomi Lahren with dark hair and glasses holding two things that it would benefit her to actually read”
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Ron Placone
4 years
Hey @AndrewYang , you were a smug douche to me in The Jimmy Dore Show studio, but I gave you the benefit of the doubt and figured you were a principled dude I just had strategic disagreements with. Shoulda went with my gut instincts, you’re a fraud.
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Christians, I read your book. Cover to cover. Your dude was, quite literally, against public prayer.
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The fact that religious chauvinist, Tim Tebow, gets another shot at the NFL before Colin Kaepernick does proves once and for all it's not about talent and never was.
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I feel like this Biden guy might not be all that great. I wish we could’ve known this somehow during the primary. If only he’d have left 40 years worth of clues or something...
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The only time Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama weigh in on elections is when there's a chance a progressive candidate might win and they need to stop it.
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Ron Placone
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MySpace was, by far, the best platform. We didn't know how good we had it. I know they ruined it, I wish we could've saved it.
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The fact that they're currently price-gouging N95 masks instead of sending them to every person for free tells you everything about what kind of country the United States is. In that it isn't one.
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Ron Placone
4 years
Scott Walker's nose is so brown a cop tried to arrest it on his walk home
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Scott Walker
4 years
Hard to imagine any other @POTUS having the guts to walk out of the White House like this: @realDonaldTrump
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Donald Trump will win. I take no joy in this prediction. Neolibs, we pleaded with you, we told you that you can't beat Trump with nothing, we told you populism could win in the heartland. You ignored us, when we were cheated again, you mocked us, and in November, you'll blame us.
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Only in the United States will people think human beings don’t have the right to healthcare, water, housing or an education, but a capitalist not paying living wages has the right to an employee.
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Ron Placone
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What do you call a Government that votes on bills where nobody knows what's in them but won't vote on bills that 70% of the country wants?
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Ron Placone
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The US killed 6 children and they’re proud of it. This should offend you infinitely more than a podcaster or musician does.
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Ron Placone
2 years
Quiet everybody! The person who couldn’t beat a racist game show host has some words of wisdom…
@nypost
New York Post
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Hillary Clinton warns Democrats against far-left turn before 2022 midterms
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Yes. The water’s not safe. The air’s not safe. The future’s not safe. Nailed it.
@PplsCityCouncil
People's City Council - Los Angeles
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Yes.
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Any country that's about to get their first trillionaire while simultaneously having people lined up for food a la the Great Depression is a failed state.
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Ron Placone
4 years
It is seriously unbelievable how stupid this fucking country is.
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Ron Placone
3 years
I was wrong about Tulsi Gabbard. I was wrong about Bernie/The Squad/AOC. I was wrong to think our electoral system could somehow be the solution. I know now it never will be. #GeneralStrike
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Ron Placone
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Jill Stein is on more ballots than RFK is, why aren’t there tons of headlines about her being in the debates?
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Ron Placone
4 years
This is what a President sounds like and maybe someday in my lifetime we’ll have one. I’ll be honest, I’m doubtful.
@KyleKulinski
Secular Talk🎙
4 years
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Ron Placone
5 years
Saying Bernie took a page from Elizabeth Warren's book is like saying the Beatles took a page from Oasis' book
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Ron Placone
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Totally normal society
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3 years
I do not believe the police are telling the truth but even if they are: If you can't tell the difference between a gun and a taser you should have neither.
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3 years
If you watched the #ForceTheVote Townhall last night and your only thought was “let me cut out a small segment and shit on Jimmy Dore for yelling,” something is seriously wrong with you.
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During the pandemic the United States didn’t even consider Universal healthcare but came up with a program to help pay for funerals. We’re like if a rejected dystopian novel manuscript was a country.
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I'm glad Joe Biden is looking to speed up the process of getting Harriet Tubman on the $14 bill.
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Ron Placone
2 years
Bernie Sanders is far from perfect and, yes, he has frustrated me immensely the past couple years. But not a day goes by where I don’t wish he was President.
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Ron Placone
5 years
She compared herself to Cersei Lannister...seriously...the character obsessed with power and greed, who doesn't care about anybody but herself. I applaud Hillary Clinton...this is the most honest thing she's ever said.
@thehill
The Hill
5 years
Hillary Clinton reveals which TV show best describes life in politics
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The Democrats are, quite literally, the only institution on the planet capable of losing to an institution as repulsive as the Republicans, and we’re supposed to believe it’s not by design?
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Ron Placone
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In the State of New York, they killed a bill for Single Payer Healthcare and passed one making baseball the state's official sport. If somebody said "describe American politics in one sentence" I can think of no better way to do so.
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Ron Placone
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Calling the United States a failed state isn’t being cynical, it’s being accurate.
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Ron Placone
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Who knew asking politicians who campaigned on getting everyone healthcare to do something that would help give everyone healthcare was controversial?
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Ron Placone
4 years
This happened to somebody on Facebook who tried to share a @jimmy_dore show video. The video is critical of Pete Buttigieg. Pete Buttigieg and Mark Zuckerberg are buds. This is why the solution to misinformation online is not to let Silicon Valley decide what is/isn't real news.
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4 years
Ask yourself this: would he have any empathy for you?
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Ron Placone
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Canada ain’t perfect, nowhere is, but you feel it right away when you’re in a country that doesn’t constantly exhaust its citizens every moment of every day like the United States does.
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Ron Placone
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I know it's concerning Pete Buttigieg is meeting with Superdelegates but did you know he can say "help me cheat" in 7 different languages???
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Ron Placone
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Remember when Alyssa Milano was the hip crush from the Blink 182 video and not someone who hates the idea of everyone having healthcare so much that she re-tweets right-wing hate propaganda? Good times...
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All teachers should be on strike. Everywhere in the US. It’s criminal how they’re treated.
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Who. The. Fuck. Cares?
@BuzzFeedUK
BuzzFeed UK
4 years
Celebrities have been self-isolating for days now, and it's safe to say some are coping better than others
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Should Bernie run 3rd party if he doesn’t get the nom? Let’s playout the scenarios: -If Bernie doesn’t run 3rd party: we get four more years of Trump. -If Bernie does run 3rd party: Bernie makes history and wins, or we get four more years of Trump. Yes. He should.
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I can't believe the "shoot 'em in the leg" guy isn't doing anything about police brutality. Who could've seen this coming?
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Ron Placone
5 years
“Smile if ya love Wall Street”
@josecanyousee
José
5 years
Caption this.
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Ron Placone
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They shot down $15/hr and they did it with a voice vote.
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Ron Placone
4 years
It's so painfully condescending and straight up Orwellian listening to elected officials tell us to "do our part" when it's so blatantly obvious they're not doing theirs and have no intention of changing.
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Ron Placone
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@StephenKing Your next book should be about a really rich author who’s completely disconnected from regular people and subjects his victims to shitty takes.
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Ron Placone
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Biggest winners tonight: 1. The American people 2. Bernie Sanders 3. Chris Matthews' bartender
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Ron Placone
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The voting age should be 16. They should have a say in who's gonna try to send them to war in 2 years.
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I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again: I fully retract anything positive I’ve ever said about Tulsi Gabbard.
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Ron Placone
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Seeing all the faux outrage about Joe Rogan...I wish centrists were as angry about war as they are about comedians giving an opinion
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Ron Placone
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Falling asleep while Hillary Clinton speaks is the most relatable thing Joe Biden has ever done
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Ron Placone
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The US wants you obedient or broken.
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Seriously, who in the world would look at this and go, “yup, things are fine.”?
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Too bad bombs aren’t student loans cuz then Joe Biden wouldn’t know what authority he had to use them.
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Ron Placone
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Since some of y'all libs are doing "unconditional compassion and empathy" flexes: Julian Assange has been tortured for years for publishing things powerful people didn't want seen. You have compassion for him, right? Or does he not count cuz he made your beloved party mad?
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Ron Placone
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We should at least add “LOL” to the end of the national anthem at this point
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Ron Placone
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Nancy Pelosi is an Ayn Rand Republican.
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Ron Placone
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I have plenty of friends who don't share my political views, if any of them started an illegal war I think it would compromise our friendship a little bit tho...
@EllenDeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres
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Yes, that was me at the Cowboys game with George W. Bush over the weekend. Here’s the whole story.
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The United States isn’t really a country more a corporation with residency status.
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Ron Placone
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If the police do nothing when kids are being shot in school what is the point in having them? They don’t solve crime, they don’t prevent crime, they’re worthless except as killing machines for the powerful. I’m not saying no law & order, but police as we know it shouldn’t exist.
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Ron Placone
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Joe Biden is like if a parking ticket was a person
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Ron Placone
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We’re such a failed state police pepper sprayed a 9-year-old and it barely made headlines.
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Ron Placone
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So, over the past two years I did A TON of online sleuthing about different ways to leave the country and where to go. I’ve been toying with the idea about doing a podcast series on what I’ve learned. Update: I’m going to.
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Mike Bloomberg has revealed just how toxic Bernie supporters are online...they’re so toxic that to show a 20-second collage of them on Twitter he had to use the same account multiple times
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Ron Placone
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We are on path to get a $15 minimum wage by the time it’ll be the equivalent of $7.75. U!S!A!
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Ron Placone
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The reason the so-called “socialism capitalism hybrid” countries have a better quality of life is because of the socialism part.
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Ron Placone
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The fact that they're ending unemployment benefits during a pandemic and on Labor Day should dispel any doubts that our government is anything more than a corporate coup sponsored by Wall Street.
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Ron Placone
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The WHO recommended everywhere in the world immediately develop a Universal healthcare system and the richest country in the world won’t even talk about it. U!S!A!
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Ron Placone
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Presidents in the United States can only raise body counts, not minimum wages. Tell me again how we’re a force for good around the world?
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Ron Placone
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I’m so sick of politicians virtue signaling about getting relief to people when there’s no plan to make it happen that at this point I want a UBI to be funded from their salaries.
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Whine Cave
@thehill
The Hill
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Buttigieg launches his own podcast
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Ron Placone
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A bridge that my mom uses almost daily collapsed just as Biden is on his way to town to talk about infrastructure. Fortunately, she was not there today and it looks like everybody who was is going to be OK. I’m just furious at this point. We all should be.
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Ron Placone
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Hillary Clinton: “Everybody who doesn’t vote for me is sexist!” Also Hillary Clinton: “Every woman who runs against me or I disagree with is a Russian asset!” Still Hillary Clinton: “Why don’t people like me?”
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Ron Placone
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I can’t believe the Bernie campaign is being so dishonest by showing videos of Biden saying things he actually said when they could take the high road and make things up about what he said in a private conversation. SMH.
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Ron Placone
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The Bernie campaign is having an ice cream social today. The Harris campaign will be having an “access to ice cream” social where folks will be given a spoon and then upon arrival told the campaign misunderstood the concept of having ice cream
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@RonPlacone
Ron Placone
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@johncusack John, that’s absolutely not true and you should know better. He didn’t side with anyone, he did his job as a publisher. You’re really off on this one.
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@RonPlacone
Ron Placone
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What’s happening to AOC on Twitter this weekend should be happening to every single politician whenever they post a tweet. They should also all have 0 followers.
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Ron Placone
4 years
Ok. Seriously. What’s happening in Portland is beyond terrifying.
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Ron Placone
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JFC...Biden was just asked about Trump’s foreign policy and he attacked it from the right...this country’s a psychotic empire.
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@RonPlacone
Ron Placone
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The General Strike of 2022 has a beautiful ring to it.
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Ron Placone
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The US went from “Free Speech, even for nazis.” To “Free Speech, only for nazis.”
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@RonPlacone
Ron Placone
5 years
I donated to @MikeGravel today. If the establishment is gonna shove Joe Biden down our throats I at least want to see a progressive who gives zero fucks mop the floor with him on the debate stage.
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I’ll be honest I think this whole UFO info dump is just gonna be a sales pitch for a bigger military budget and a bone to the cable news industry whose numbers are plummeting. It’ll mostly just be a repackaging of stuff already available. Just a guess.
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Ron Placone
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Bannon gets pardoned Julian Assange does not This is a sick world #haiku
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Ron Placone
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Nice to see all the politicians who crushed a rail strike tell us how much they care about Labor. Neat story.
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@RonPlacone
Ron Placone
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Cornel West is a public intellectual and educator who has impacted millions and at 70 is just getting started. You are a rage-porn peddler pushing half-baked politics grasping for relevance because you’re only insightful or edgy to people who are stuck in 1996. Look in the mirror
@KeithOlbermann
Keith Olbermann
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@Skelly4Liberty @CornelWest He's undone his entire career by getting manipulated into helping Trump. He can completely fuck off. You too.
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Ron Placone
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When I first saw Susan Sarandon trending on Twitter I assumed neoliberals were blaming her for the hurricane
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Ron Placone
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If Susan Sarandon was half as powerful as some people make her out to be the Time Warp would be the National Anthem by now
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Ron Placone
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Ted Cruz is so pathetic I bet Beto O'Rourke would lose to him by an even smaller margin.
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Ron Placone
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An Open Letter To Every US Politician: Fuck your prayers. Fuck your platitudes. End the fucking war economy. Now and forever. #NoWarWithlran
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Ron Placone
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Imagine the world we'd live in if corporate media shed tears for the results of war the same way they shed tears for the people who supported them.
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Ron Placone
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Joe Biden is currently one of the most powerful people in the world. And he's currently trying to make rail workers accept a contract with ZERO sick days. And he's considered the 'working class' option. The US is warped beyond recognition.
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I don't like to speak in superlatives, but I think @ninaturner just kind of won Twitter forever.
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Ron Placone
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Our society is literally collapsing you human parking ticket
@POTUS
President Biden
2 years
Here’s the deal: America is the only leading economy in the world where the economy as a whole is stronger than before the pandemic. Our economic plans are working.
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