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The GOP has to suffer an election defeat so historic that, for all intents and purposes, it ceases to exist after November 8, 2022. It's up to us, the people, to save ourselves. Let's make that happen.
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@mehdirhasan
The GOP has to suffer an election defeat so historic that, for all intents and purposes, it ceases to exist after November 8, 2022. It's up to us, the people, to save ourselves. Let's make that happen.
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@sandibachom
People have no idea of the intensity and breadth of predatory and sexist talk and behavior, nor of how many women's careers and lives were derailed by sexual harassment and assault. Most men are unfit to hold power. They've always been, only now we're seeing how it's always been.
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This tells you everything you need to know about Loeffler. She thinks she can silence the truth with legal action as much as she thinks she can buy her Senate seat. She is not a person who believes in free speech or protecting the interests of her constituents. Vote her out.
Kelly Loeffler’s lawyers have sent this letter to Georgia Station Managers demanding they stop airing our
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@DoomScroling
What republicans are doing to women is a form of torture, a grave violation of human rights. They should be removed from office, and tried in the Hague.
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@maddow
What's next? Kristallnacht? Wake up, America. All decent people need to demand an end to this before it goes any further.
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@ReallyAmerican1
Thank you for speaking truth to power, making good trouble, refusing to back off. Trump has opened a seam of of hatred and ugliness that seems to grow larger by the day. Get protection if you must. Stay strong. You have 80 million of us standing with you.
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@mehdirhasan
Musk is the true face of capitalism as it is today; big tech, in particular - a grotesque sinkhole of narcissism, sociopathy, duplicity, cruelty, greed without end, crass arrogance, and extraordinary hubris.
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@KKgonza
Most women, especially young ones just starting out in their adult life, have no idea no idea that so many men are opportunistic predators. We need a curriculum that teaches them how predators operate so they can protect themselves.
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@mommadukes10704
@HarperDJ
@RepNancyMace
@SenKatieBritt
Every woman who has ever been raped remembers every damn second of what happened, and its aftermath. And each harbors a deep, abiding, volcanic rage. It's beyond time to unleash that rage to end the oppression.
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@joclyborne
Thank you, Major General Jo Clyborne. Men have always covered for each other, had the backs of their cronies. It's time to use your power to stand up and protect women victimized by men, and against the complicity that enables abuse.
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@PappyParki
As you try to leave Texas to visit your mother in Vermont: Show me your papers. Now step this way. You're required by law to take a pregnancy test before you can leave the state.
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@ArtIsMyPorn
Guy hit me, knocked me off my feet. Outside the courthouse, he comes up to us smiling, hand out, let's shake and be friends again. She slapped his hand away so hard, it was the end. Forever.
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@RBReich
Hubris and cruelty are the true face of capitalism. We see it in big tech, big pharma, oil and gas, and other industries. See it for what it is. Don't look away. We need legislation to control and end the excesses of capitalism.
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#ArrestThemNow
. Those who make a mockery of the rule of law, must be held to account or justice itself becomes meaningless.
Amigos: Can we get 500 quick replies with the hashtag
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@SibelOktay
Or as LinkedIn used to say in its nauseating emails: It's not what you know, it's who you know. The vast majority of Americans, especially women and POC, have been screwed out of fair pay and equitable salaries by corporate overlords since day one of American history.
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@YongKhor1
Meanwhile, President Biden has cut the deficit by a stunningly high amount in 17 months. Not that the corporate-owned, white male-dominated media would ever give him credit for that.
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@PeterHotez
@WhiteHouse
@VP
Thank you, Dr. Hotez. I feel this even though I've never stepped foot in the White House. Kindness, compassion, humility, competence, and a devotion to public service radiate from this administration. It gives me hope.
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@NoLieWithBTC
Of course they did. This is something a majority of men are vehemently opposed to; they believe it infringes on their right to prey on women in the workplace, or anywhere else for that matter.
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@LincolnsBible
The deliberate, long-standing, well-financed corruption of justice should be a criminal offense, and all who plotted, planned, and executed it should be arrested, indicted, and brought to account under the law. The right-wing, religious extremist network needs to be abolished.
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@libbage55
It's 1976. I graduate from college summa cum laude in 2.5 years, and go for an MBA. I'm one of two women in the class. My 45-year old statistics professor rapes me by force in my second semester. My parents say it'll be worse if I take it to court. They'll believe him over me.
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@SonnyKnuckles
@susieoftraken
The whole notion of teaching for tests is subversive if you want a population capable of critical thinking and inspired by curiosity and the love of learning. Corporations and the wealthy don't want that. They want a easily manipulated, docile workforce.
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@lindyli
At another time in history, people like Jones would be consigned to ranting to themselves on sidewalks, with people crossing the street to get away from them.
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@MalcolmNance
So many white men, especially wealthy ones, seem to have zero ability to discern the character or integrity of other men. Or maybe they themselves have no character or integrity, and so fail to see the lack of it in others.
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@JoyceWhiteVance
Ossified heart; narrow, rigid views; a religious extremist ideologue; takes pleasure in cruelty. Manifestly unfit to be on the Supreme Court. Vote all democrats so we can expand the court or impeach its lying, corrupt judges.
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@JoyAnnReid
It's clear that the republicans think the idea of men taking any responsibility for the pregnancies they cause is so far-fetched, it's laughable. That's why we'll deliver a crushing electoral defeat to the GOP in November. Their ideas are archaic, their misogyny grotesque.
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@MSNBC
The richest country in the world with an epidemic of illiteracy. It doesn't get more shameful than that.
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@donwinslow
Republican stonewalling and inaction is the problem. It's paralyzed the government as Mitch McConnell boasts that he's the grim reaper of legislation. Let's put the blame where it belongs.
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@Tom_Winter
And if you think the Russian-owned GOP had nothing to do with this, I have bridge to sell you in NJ.
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@monaeltahawy
Patriarchal misogyny is a public health threat to women. We need to change the culture in the same ways we did with smoking. We need to make misogyny odious and unacceptable, something shameful, to be shunned and rejected by all. We need to start doing that now.
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@donwinslow
Men protect men no matter what. They sympathize with and identify with perverts and predators. This is the patriarchy at work. We see it every level of society, time and again. This is not just a fact. It's a war.
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@Out5p0ken
@ArchCordileone
Just drives home the point that many men are unfit to run anything, especially churches, governments, universities, and corporations. They have too many issues.
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@shanlonwu
@nytimes
That major media don't see this as a political hit job, and frame it as such, is a sure sign of just how far corporate-owned journalism has fallen.
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@emrazz
I'm a boomer who has to work to survive. Many of us are. We understand your frustration with the system as it exists today.
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@NoLieWithBTC
@lee_moran
The GOP is a confederacy of the worst white men in a America - power-hungry, cruel, aggressive, emotionally-stunted, vicious, greedy, mediocre in every way, out to force their will on every American. Do not vote for any republican. Save democracy. Vote Blue all the way.
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@lafabulous_
I never take Uber or Lyft. The risk of running into wacko drivers is much too high. Taxi companies are far more careful. They have to be licensed and abide by regulations. They stand to lose it all if they hire dangerous drivers.
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@MollyJongFast
So middle-aged and older, so white. CPAC and the GOP love dictators, racists, antisemites, misogynists, oppression, subversion, and violence. They love hate, but remember - they are a small, but loud minority of the country. Let's wipe them off the political map in November.
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@AyannaPressley
And vote out republicans. Elect a supermajority of Democrats in the House and Senate so that we can finally, finally address the issues that affect the lives of every American.
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@BradBeauregardJ
I was embarrassed to be an American when trump was president, felt the need to apologize for his bombastic ignorance, and insults when I traveled to the nations he targeted. Today, I'm so proud to be an American, proud of our President - his wisdom, compassion, and leadership.
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@TinResistAgain
@AOC
@GOPLeader
@ruthbenghiat
Everywhere else in the world, the use of violence, threats, and intimidation is called fascism. It's the work in trade of authoritarian regimes.
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@Lons
There are millions of men in this country who viscerally hate women and the progress they've achieved. They don't want them to succeed, to be appointed to positions of power, to be role models for those who follow. The patriarchal backlash is ferocious and obvious.
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@emrazz
They simply live in fear of a beautiful young woman who could slice their balls off so fast, they wouldn't even know they were gone until she was a few miles away.
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@JessicaValenti
Reagan unleashed deregulated capitalism on us 40 years ago, and it's been downhill ever since.
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@BharatRamamurti
Late-stage, predatory capitalism isn't even hiding its inherent greed and sense of impunity anymore. It's time for the government to break up concentrated corporate power for the good of the country.
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@washingtonpost
He committed a crime. Period. One of a multitude of a crimes. This reporting is pitiful. The billionaire-owned media is worse than useless. It's so biased, it's nothing more than right-wing propaganda.
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@highbrow_nobrow
@atrupar
Republican white men are functionally obsolete. Their me-centered narrow mindset, lack of empathy, and inability to see the world through the eyes of diverse others makes them wholly unsuited to serve in any public role.
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@LqLana
Republicans hate everyone who isn't white, Christian, male, privileged, and rich.
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@SenateDems
@SenatorTester
I think most Americans at a point of disgust with the republican mindset that politics is some kind point-scoring, winner take all blood sport. Governance is not some kind of frat boy game. It's a sacred responsibility to serve the interests of Americans and this nation.
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@hvogell
Read the Mother Jones series on private equity and its malign effects on American businesses and consumers. It's excellent reporting.
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@RBReich
This is what happens when we hand power to stubborn old white men who can never admit they might be wrong, never consider advice from diverse counsel, never change course once they decide to act. And here we are. Senator Warren called it right on this, and again, wasn't heard.
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@TheRickWilson
DeSantis is a sadist and a fascist, corrupt to the core. He'll never be ready, and should be barred from holding public office ever again.
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@GaetaAmy
My love of 14 years dropped me after I had breast cancer, took up with someone else. If I wanted to see him after that, he told me to call and make an appointment. I'm so done with men. Never again.
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@della_morte_
Now way am I going to lose out on my $7.25/hour shift because of a wildly contagious and potentially deadly disease. The millionaires and billionaires are depending on me, and I'll be damned if I let them down. Long live predatory capitalism.
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@shannonrwatts
Misogyny runs deep and wide in this country. So many boys and men learn to define themselves in opposition to women and girls, to loathe the "other," and bury their feelings. This wipes out the capacity to feel any emotion but rage, and encourages predatory and cruel behavior.
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@MeidasTouch
We really have to rid our judiciary of troglodyte trump judges. Most of his appointments weren't even qualified for their jobs.
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@ChelseaClinton
This culture has until relentlessly dehumanized, marginalized, silenced, and preyed on women, especially the best and brightest among us. Too many white men wield power like a cudgel, dig in their heels, act like they're at war. They have no idea how to use power for good.
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@KeneAkers
And mediocre white men say with pride, "We built the world." Indeed, you did - this predatory, violent, cruel, racist, rapey, misogynist, utterly unjust world. They must live in fear that what they've done to everyone else will come back on them someday. I truly hope so.
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@marceelias
That's reprehensible. You're a hero, Marc. Keep fighting. Millions of us are grateful for your service to democracy. We applaud your work.
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@AP
High-risk babysitting. We have to keep feeding working parents into the maw of capitalism. What could be more American?
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@momandburied1
The unwillingness or inability to switch to remote learning until we get a handle on the omicron surge, says the world about priorities. Clearly, the health and well-being of students, teachers, and others who work in the schools are not the highest concern, or any concern.
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@the_meghaning
In whitemanistan, there's a heavy price to be paid breaking the rules of patriarchy.
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@AriBerman
@TheDemCoalition
McConnell is an enemy of the people. He's obstructed so much, the government doesn't function at all. All he wants to do is cater to the wealthy and big business, but most important, engineer a conservative takeover of the judiciary by appointing right-wing judges. He has to go.
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@DailyJulianne
Young women, just starting their adult lives, are still seen as prey by men. Until we dilute and destroy male-dominated systems, I doubt that'll change. Men are incapable of taking responsibility for the harm they inflict, and most really don't care who they hurt.
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@NoelleDLilley
You handled it very well, avoided escalation. I've noticed when a man gets touched by another man, they bristle and immediately say don't touch me. Yet men have loose hands with women, feel free to touch them in ways they never would a man. It's insane.
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@AdamParkhomenko
I love Beto. He's the real deal, a man who's proven his love and commitment to the people of Texas. He cares with a passion that's rare in any arena, especially politics.
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@DenaSimmons
Many in academia, white men in particular, are takers and users, more than happy to take all the credit regardless of who does the work. As a former ghost/medical writer I can attest to this.
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@robreiner
I'm really curious about what the real story is about trump, why he's yet to be prosecuted for a raft of criminal offenses plus an overt attempt to overthrow our government. There's something deeply foul about it all.
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@jennycohn1
The question is: when are we going to take legal action against Leonard Leo and his network of Christian extremists who have been working for decades in a systematic conspiracy to subvert justice and democracy in America?
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@SenBlumenthal
We've heard enough. Please take substantive action on predatory industries and business practices. Antitrust laws might be a good place to start.
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@_SJPeace_
The justice system works to protect the interests of white men, especially rich ones. They are the only ones it shields from the consequences of their own actions. Everyone else is subject to brutal "justice" under the law.
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@ememess
@elonmusk
@ggreenwald
@MollyJongFast
Do most men remain vicious children all their lives? Just asking.
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The GOP has to suffer an election defeat so historic that, for all intents and purposes, it ceases to exist after November 8, 2022. It's up to us, the people, to save ourselves. Let's make that happen.
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@jimstewartson
Mike Flynn is diabolical, an traitor and enemy to this nation. He should be in prison for the rest of his miserable life.
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@Sifill_LDF
This is really disheartening. It's hard to believe that so many people vote for a party that shits all over them all the time, every time. It's almost like they want life to be hard, short, and brutal. They roar their approval of those who'd make it so.
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@Reuters
Good. This makes it loud and clear that dangerous lunacy is a no go in New Zealand.
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@MacFarlaneNews
We need to do what Canada did. Impound their trucks, seize their bank accounts, arrest the ringleaders. I think the majority of Americans are real tired of this crap.
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@joncoopertweets
I agree. This seems bigger than that, something even more egregious than what trump has done and continues to do to our country. I'm looking forward to learning more about the legally executed search warrant on the criminal ex-president. Viva the rule of law in America.
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@lindyli
How can anyone believe in the myth of equal justice under the law in the face of blatant lawlessness in the republican party, a corrupt Supreme Court, murderous cops who walk free, and blatant failures to prosecute high-profile wealthy white men for evident criminality?
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@JudiciaryDems
I'm not a lawyer, but Leo's decades long billionaire-funded conspiracy network to subvert and corrupt the judicial branch of our government sound like a massive RICO case.
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@maddow
Just imagine how the economy will roar back to life, beyond anything we've ever known, if we pass Build Back Better. It'll be amazing, will improve life for all Americans.
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When your 93-year old mother, your greatest advocate, who you've loved and relied on all your life, is kicked off Medicare and has a medical emergency, what will you do? Avoid this nightmare scenario. Vote blue for every office on your ballot.
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@Tazerface16
When Floridians finally wake up to the widespread mismanagement, perversity, and corruption throughout their republican-led government, they'll probably be some kind of pissed off. At least, I'd hope they'll be.
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@thejackhopkins
The other sure-fire test is how someone uses power. GOP use it like a cudgel. Democrats use it to resolve differences, collaborate, and uplift others.
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@BeschlossDC
This is so alarming. We're seeing it happen in real time, spurred on by religious extremists, corporate billionaires, and the entire republican party. If we don't hold the House and expand our majority in the Senate in November, it might well be the end of democracy in America.
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@elizaorlins
Equal justice under the law is just another myth we've been sold in this country. The whole system is designed to spare rich white men from accountability under the law. The rest of us get justice without mercy, the letter of the law.
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@imillhiser
All because they couldn't stomach the thought of having a woman, any woman, lead this country. Their campaign of vilification went on for years, and she still won the popular vote by three million.
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@BwanaChris
@gtconway3d
@madrid_mike
Civilized human society rests on two pillars - truth and justice. Trump and his nauseating allies have worked like hell to destroy the foundations of our democracy.
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@OccupyDemocrats
And he used, and continues to use, our taxpayer money to build his obscene wealth. The subsidies and tax breaks need to end.
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@MaryLTrump
We need this in every state. So many women raped years ago have been doubly traumatized by the systemic apathy and disregard of our so-called justice system.
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@CommentOnTWLB
@RBReich
And here we are with the oligarchs and billionaires out to privatize or eliminate all government functions and oversight, to consolidate power on all fronts and reap unlimited wealth at the expense of the people.
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@CREWcrew
Kind of like the FBI not taking tips on Kavanough seriously, or dismissing complaints against rabid pedophile Larry Nassar. I see a pattern here.
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@TheBlackLayers
@chick_in_kiev
Give these people housing in therapeutic communities with the support services they need to get back on their feet. Other countries have wiped out homelessness with this approach. Why is so hard to help those in desperate need in this country?
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@YongKhor1
We need to demolish the republican party in November, consign it to the dustbin of history. If we don't, the November midterms will be the last free and fair election we'll have in this country. America will be unrecognizable if the GOP ever takes power again.
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@GregAFish
@emily_neiland
In other words, the best and brightest minds of the white, male-dominated world of economic theory wound up screwing everyone but the wealthy. Their theories led to policies that hoovered money and resources away from everyone but big corporations and the rich.
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@washingtonpost
Control of labor is the highest priority of capitalism. In comparison, getting the job done right and on time is incidental.
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