#COVID19 is going to change everything in unimaginable ways in the months and years to come.
I no longer take seriously any predictions about election, including Biden's inevitability.
The best political work to do now is directly responding to this crisis.
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I no longer take seriously any predictions about election, including Biden's inevitability.
The best political work to do now is directly responding to this crisis.
1/10
This pandemic like a slow motion 9/11.
That event was like a gunshot wound. Localized and instantaneous. We reacted horrifically.
#COVID19 is like getting diagnosed with cancer.
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That event was like a gunshot wound. Localized and instantaneous. We reacted horrifically.
#COVID19 is like getting diagnosed with cancer.
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We haven't even begun to feel the full effects of it, we certainly haven't begun treatment, hell we aren't even fully diagnosed.
If we survive, we will be fundamentally different.
Will we react as horrifically?
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If we survive, we will be fundamentally different.
Will we react as horrifically?
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More than anything right now, we all need to re-connect with our neighbors, friends, and family.
We need to be checking in with each other, and offering to help when we see a need.
Support orgs that are providing direct relief. Anticipate the systemic failures to come.
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We need to be checking in with each other, and offering to help when we see a need.
Support orgs that are providing direct relief. Anticipate the systemic failures to come.
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When I speak about issues to my friends and neighbors:
Healthcare as a human right,
A living wage for all
Mass Incarceration
Crippling Debt
Cost of Living
Ending Endless wars
We all largely agree.
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Healthcare as a human right,
A living wage for all
Mass Incarceration
Crippling Debt
Cost of Living
Ending Endless wars
We all largely agree.
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When we start focusing on politicians:
All
Hell
Breaks
Lose
The solidarity is shattered.
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All
Hell
Breaks
Lose
The solidarity is shattered.
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Make no mistake, we are nowhere near the peak of this thing.
At this point I'm pretty sure more than a few of us know some people who have caught #COVID19, but have not been officially tested. It's not unreasonable to multiply the official case number by 10.
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At this point I'm pretty sure more than a few of us know some people who have caught #COVID19, but have not been officially tested. It's not unreasonable to multiply the official case number by 10.
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So let's just stop arguing about who we want to win and agree that the platform is the thing.
The need for universal healthcare is unassailable now. Not access, not affordable.
Healthcare unimpeded by money, stripped of the corporate profit prioritization model entirely.
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The need for universal healthcare is unassailable now. Not access, not affordable.
Healthcare unimpeded by money, stripped of the corporate profit prioritization model entirely.
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This may well be the event that precipitates the end of the American empire.
The problem we will face is how people who *need* America to be great are going to deal with an America on it's fucking knees.
How will our defense industry and it's hawkish enablers react?
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The problem we will face is how people who *need* America to be great are going to deal with an America on it's fucking knees.
How will our defense industry and it's hawkish enablers react?
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I've been called a bot & a bro for supporting Bernie. A Putin-supporter for defending @theintercept. A Trump supporter for saying #NeverBiden.
I'm a father, a web developer, an artist, and a citizen who is disgusted with how my gov has acted for my entire my adult life.
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I'm a father, a web developer, an artist, and a citizen who is disgusted with how my gov has acted for my entire my adult life.
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