Propane Jane: Trump is only saying not to politicize the virus because he's getting the blame for how poorly he's handled the virus. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: In the first month or two, they were still saying to give him a chance, but this many months into it, it's clear he's botching the response & doing so arrogantly. He says he won't take responsibility for it--or for anything. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: Republicans at least had a plan for 9/11 & the Iraq War. The plan may not have worked out too well but at least they had a plan & Bush pretended to take it seriously. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: Biden will be picking a woman for VP, and she may have a chance to become President, & they're saying that's emasculating, yet Pence is submissive to Trump & he's not being called emasculated. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: The sociopathic behavior Trump has shown as President doesn't even begin to touch what he's shown as just Trump. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: The GOP doesn't know how to run a gov't properly, and they don't want to know how to. They just want to obstruct. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: Even though 2008 was a huge crisis, this is a way bigger crisis now. The detriment that will have been done by the time the new gov't takes over, there will be fallout for years & years to come. We'll have to shore up healthcare, for example. @docrocktex26
Propane Jane: The gamble the GOP is making is that enough of their voters won't die or get severely ill by November. It's a gamble b/c while you let it fester, you don't know at what point it becomes a breaking point. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: When the schools reopen, what will it look like in communities that have claimed the virus is a hoax, yet a teacher dies, or a student, or a student's parent dies? @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: We don't have immunity, we don't have a vaccine, and we haven't slowed down the transmission of the virus. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: In Trump's world, he'll always make room for a delusion that makes him look better. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: The "tell" will be told in the obituaries, in the morgues, in the cemeteries, in the hospitals. Rick, you tweeted out that obit a couple of weeks ago from that family in TX. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: Our votes are not protected. All the GOP has done since 2016 is allow our system to be vulnerable, both to GOP manipulation & to manipulation from other countries. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: There's a dark horse possibility that a lot of the voters Trump thinks are in his corner will defect. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: We had new voting machines this summer with a paper printout that we put into a locked box after voting. These were the most secure machines I've used in some time. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: The unrest is not going to calm down. No justice, no peace. In a situation with the pandemic, people out of work, police brutality is percolating right along, violence is going to go up. This is the civil unrest we're seeing going on around the world @docrocktex26
Propane Jane: I think Biden's not agitating the situation helps immensely. Everyone in Trump's admin is an idiot, a lackey. They're there b/c they paid Trump a favor or were put there by a foreign adversary. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: Diversity in the Biden admin will be key, including women, immigrants. Put people in charge who understand the situations, what's going on. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
Propane Jane: We need the police, but I think they should be used more carefully. I think we should reappropriate some of the police funding. We can't get caught up in a sound-bite culture. @docrocktex26#InstabilityInChief
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Will Bunch: On 9/11 I was the writer for the Philly Daily News who covered anything big that happened. When the 2nd tower was hit, I was watching the Today Show, which I rarely did. (con't)
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Will Bunch: (con't) I'd taken my new puppy outside & it was a gorgeous day, blue sky & 85*, completely different from the horror on TV. Then I had to go in to work to write about 9/11; I'd said that America would never be the same again. I was right.
@Will_Bunch
@Will_Bunch Will Bunch: The way everyone responded, from first responders to everyday people, was amazing. Then we ruined it by using it as an excuse to go into Iraq for 20 yrs. We used Homeland Security & other powers to go after dissent.
@Will_Bunch
Jim Williams, Jr.: The administration is trying to label Bidenomics as the new policy as opposed to Reaganomics. Part of this is reinstating parts of the Davis-Bacon Act.
@Jimmy_iupat @GoIUPAT
Jim Williams, Jr.: In the Depression, we had the most public works ever b/c the gov't wanted to put people back to work in good paying jobs. They came up with prevailing wage laws through the Davis-Bacon Act. (con't)
@Jimmy_iupat @GoIUPAT
@Jimmy_iupat @GoIUPAT Jim Williams, Jr.: Employers in an area would be asked what wages they paid, & prevailing wage was determined from that. The average wage wouldn't take into effect collective bargaining increases.
@Jimmy_iupat @GoIUPAT
Jeff Bryant: People other than teachers' unions need to be talking about this--public schools are foundational to democracy. Once they're privatized, the most vulnerable kids are screwed.
@jeffbcdm #NN23
Jeff Bryant: School vouchers are sold as a ticket out of poverty for poor kids but 3/4 of the people who use vouchers never had their kids enrolled in public schools to begin with. (con't)
@jeffbcdm #NN23
@jeffbcdm Jeff Bryant: (con't) Their kids were either already in private schools or were homeschooled. The voucher then becomes a coupon for those families not using public schools.
@jeffbcdm #NN23
Erica Chomsky: SHIRE is a digital campaign office lobby. It's bringing volunteering home. Too many times when we try to volunteer, we get asked for money instead, but sometimes all we can afford is our time. In our world, every voice has a home & will be heard.
@getshire #NN23
Erica Chomsky: Shire helps us reach rural voters & it lets people volunteer for as little as 20 min/day instead of making an 8 hr/day commitment.
@getshire #NN23
@getshire Erica Chomsky: There are millions of people who want a better world & Shire allows them to help from the safety & comfort of your home, when & how you're able to help. Some people don't want their neighbors to see them walk into a Dem. campaign ofc; Shire avoids that.
@getshire
Lee Saunders: People don't want us to understand our history or the importance of our history. To get to where you want to go, you have to understand where you've come from. @AFSCME
Lee Saunders: The history of civil rights is so important. The "I Am" story goes back to 1968 when sanitation workers weren't treated well despite providing a necessary service to the people of Memphis. (con't) @AFSCME
Lee Saunders: (con't) The city blocked sanitation workers' efforts to organize. Things came to a breaking point when two sanitation workers were crushed in the back of the truck when the crusher malfunctioned & crashed down on them, killing them. (con't) @AFSCME
Amy Hanauer: Taxes are how we make the decision about who gets what in this country. Inequality has been growing & soaring for decades now, with incredibly concentrated wealth. @amyhanauer@iteptweets@taxjustice
Amy Hanauer: Compared to other countries, we don't make it easier on working people to raise families. If we want kids to thrive in America, we need to start with fair taxes. It's the way we can deliver the essentials to children & families. @amyhanauer@iteptweets@taxjustice
Amy Hanauer: How are we supposed to afford childcare? Good quality childcare can cost as much as $10,000/yr but who can afford to pay that? @amyhanauer@iteptweets@taxjustice