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"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin
Joined January 2007
Hi @IDoTheThinking--Thank you for your substack about the education gap for young black people in SF. Would love to talk with you about this subject area if possible? (I DM'd you but my msgs all bounce) Let me know (DM) and I can share details. Thank you!
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It’s time for Democrats to fear their own voters | David Sirota | The Guardian
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Republican politicians fear their base, while Democratic politicians don’t. That’s why we are in this mess
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Imagine a world in which the establishment had chosen not to support a man who is anti-choice, voted against the PRO Act, has been dubbed "Big Oil's Favorite Democrat," and helped sabotage the President's agenda for working families and to combat climate change.
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Noam Chomsky: US Military Escalation Against Russia Would Have No Victors
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Russia’s invasion is a war crime, Chomsky says, but the U.S. shouldn’t escalate this conflict between nuclear powers.
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I wrote a prayer for the survival of the Ukrainian president—and all the he has come to represent.
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History has found the Ukrainian president, and his courage is remarkable to witness.
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“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country.” —Dr. King, 1960
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“Trust me, I’m against states passing voting laws simply because they have a majority. But if the Senate passes this voting law by a simple majority, lawmakers will be able to pass laws in the future with nothing but a simple majority! That would be chaos!” - Kyrsten Sinema
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man, we suck
For those saying "there isn't much more the US government can do," look at what someone in Japan gets sent when they test positive for COVID so that they can recover and isolate. We need to push our leaders to do more, and stop excusing their inaction.
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NEW: The FEC has ruled foreign donors can finance U.S. referendum campaigns, opening the door to foreign spending on fights over high-profile policy issues, Axios has learned. https://t.co/8caIIpWYyx
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The U.S. is planning to spend 4% as much on climate efforts as on the military (the world’s largest polluter) over the next 10 years.
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Losing the community college part sucks. Mainstream Democrats want to make education "accessible" around the margins... until threatens the usage of expensive education, and the debt it accrues, as a disciplinary tool to coerce people into the workforce as currently constructed.
New - Biden told House progressives tuition-free community college is out of package, per multiple sources. Child tax credit won’t go as far as some would like — likely a 1-yr extension. Home health care likely less than $250B. Dems had wanted $400B. Climate change still a debate
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NEW: Richard Neal, the top House recipient of insurance industry cash, rewrote the Democrats' family leave proposal so insurance companies can keep skimming profits. https://t.co/AYVCimnIkj
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Richard Neal, the top House recipient of insurance industry cash, rewrote the Democrats' family leave proposal so insurance companies can keep skimming profits.
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NEW: The workers who make Rice Krispies & Froot Loops are on strike at all Kellogg's U.S. cereal plants. They work 16-hour forced overtime shifts and 7-day work weeks, sometimes up to 120 days straight. Now, amid record profits, Kellogg's wants to cut their pay & benefits.
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