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The centrists determined to claim Obama's message when he spoke out clearly for progressive change somehow missed this key passage about moving forward and capturing the moment to do so:
Obama's message was NOT, as some have asserted, to throw shade at progressive politics, but to get donors to stop searching for a savior. Obama emphasised that there were fine candidates running now--refuting claims he was dissatisfied with the field.
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Also this: "I don't take it as a criticism when people say they want to do more [than Obama]--that's the whole point."
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We lost my mentor, #AudreLorde, OTD in 1992. She would be 85 now.
I wrote this piece about our first meeting, our first dance and how she changed my young life and propelled me forward. She was extraordinary and the blessing of knowing her remains with me.
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PSA: If you have a loved one who has been paralyzed, advocate for them for pain management. In one of the freakish horrors of paralysis, your paralyzed parts are in pain 24/7.
And no one believes it.
My dad had a stroke and complained all the time about the pain and I wish I could go back and buttonhole his [expletive] doctor and demand pain meds for him.
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Reminder that the first candidates to announce their presidential runs were all highly qualified women and if Democratic men had been committed to a female president, they would have stayed out of the race.
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Now that one of those women candidates has worked her way up to poll in 1st or 2nd place after nearly a year of campaigning, men suddenly see "no viable frontrunner."
The zenith of misogyny.
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