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Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN
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#PAYGO threatens our ability to enact the kind of transformative change we need at this moment in history. Truly undoing its corrosive impact on our democracy requires a change in law, which is why the first bill i'm cosponsoring is for a full repeal of the #PAYGO statute.
The pressure all of you mounted on #PAYGO helped create the space for progressives to win important concessions:
-A hearing for Medicare for All
-Repeal of a rule requiring a supermajority for tax increases
-40% of every committee will be progressive caucus members
For now, Leadership has pledged not to use #PAYGO to obstruct progressive bills, and I know all of you will join me in holding them to that promise.

When I asked you all to join me as I enter the halls of power I meant it, and I thank you for raising your voice on this issue.
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Some people respond to the idea of canceling student debt with the idea that borrowers made a bad choice to take on debt.

No. We forced their hand.

We tell people the only path to success is a degree, that the debt is worth it.

We shame people without degrees.
We treat retail and service workers like they are less than human. We argue that people without degrees don’t deserve a living wage because they are “unskilled.”

We give poor students a choice—take on the debt or be looked down upon.
Until we respect ALL workers...

Until people who work full time can actually afford to support their families...

Until the cost of college stops skyrocketing, we need a solution for those who can’t afford a degree, or we are just increasing the wealth gap.
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Home
no one leaves home unless home chases you
fire under feet
hot blood in your belly
it’s not something you ever thought of doing
until the blade burnt threats into
your neck
and even then you carried the anthem under
your breath

#home #warsanshire #poems
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only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets
sobbing as each mouthful of paper
made it clear that you wouldn’t be going back.

you have to understand,
that no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land
no one burns their palms
under trains
beneath carriages
no one spends days and nights in the stomach of a truck
feeding on newspaper unless the miles travelled
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no one crawls under fences
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#PayGo in simple terms:
Means the government must demonstrate that it will *subtract* a 💵 from the economy for every 💵 it intends to *add*.
Why on 🌎 would we want a rule to prohibit *net* 💵 contributions to the economy?
Without #PAYGO, Congress is free to put more 💵 into the economy than it subtracts away. That money could rebuild infrastructure, fund cancer research, etc. We call it “deficit spending,” which is unfortunate. B/c it all becomes part of the financial surplus *outside* government.
The relevant questions are: (1) Why is that 💵 being spent—i.e. does the spending improve the human condition? & (2) Who ends up with the 💵 surplus—i.e. are you exacerbating or reversing inequality? All deficits improve *someone’s* balance sheet. Ask why and for whom.
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PayGo and the weakened climate crisis committee are both VERY troubling.
Perhaps an explanation for a wider audience would be helpful, Representative @NancyPelosi.

A good primer on #PayGo

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nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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1/#WTOStc/@stuffofwar
The medieval formation & modern history of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, & Lithuania) is a very intricate, difficult topic.
Sadly, key artefacts were deliberately blown up (Boris Stones) stolen (Euphrasia’s Cross) or erased (by propaganda or genocide)
2/#WTOStc
after the 1939 Soviet-Nazi pact such that the 1 artefact unifying the area in #medieval times - the COG ship used by Catholic Crusaders then adopted by Orthodox colonizers & Slavic tribes along the Neman, Daugava, Emmajõgi, Velikaya, & Volkhov Rivers - is terribly rare.
3/#WTOStc
Yet of the COG remains its MOSS - polytrichum commune - flourishing all over the region.
Since Soviet studies had to ignore dendochronology (tree-ring dating) & Chernobyl’s radiation (=false chemical dating) & skirt the limits of KGB monitoring,& since 1992 each free
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1) Starting a data series explaining India's #antiHindu system, 2nd class citizen status of Hindus and need for #HinduCharter (hint: #antiHindu system enjoys multi partisan support of all political parties, all branches of govt & so called pillars of #democracy & #equality)
2) Fountainhead of India's #antiHindu system is article 29&30 of constitution which cleverly denies #equalrights to Hindus allowing govt to enact #discriminatory laws/funding/programs & enables Supreme court to adjudicate contradictory laws in #antiHindu manner. #HinduCharter
3) Indian Govt confiscation of Hindu temples is 1 of the largest #religionfreedom violation in world. ALL political parties&Judiciary mostly support Hindu temple confiscation. For all practical purpose,Constitution right to freedom of religion is for nonHindus only. #HinduCharter
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001/ [article content in this tweet series 001-180 reproduced with permission from Martin Howe QC of Lawyers for Britain @lawyers4britain]
#quote "Leaving the EU on WTO terms: pulling down the barriers to world trade
Introduction: why prices will FALL after Brexit, not rise" /002
002/ #quote "Over the past couple of weeks, the media have been full of lurid scare stories about what will happen if the UK leaves the EU on WTO terms, because negotiations with the EU do not result in a withdrawal agreement." /003
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003/ #quote "One of the most ridiculous and UNJUSTIFIED of these absurd scare stories is that it will lead to higher prices, and even shortages, of foods and medicines." /004
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Because this essay can't be shared enough. The more I think abt the canon, the more I question it. The canon is not fixed. It's not abt more "diverse" texts. It's abt asking ourselves if some texts in the canon should still be there. #DisruptTexts nyti.ms/2H2ahFn
I've seen here on eduTwitter and in other educational spaces some defensive reactions. I would ask those whose gut reaction is to feel defensive to question why and where that reaction is coming from. /2
I'm not convinced that there is any text that has so much cultural or aesthetic value that is MUST be taught. Think of how many books that are out there in the world, and to say this ONE must be taught? Consider how much you haven't read yet... /3
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