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@The_Acumen
Sep 13, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Donald Trump is one of the best things to happen to media. They love what he brings them. Sensational news. Flashy headlines. He’s a cash cow, ethics be damned. It’s a sick and twisted situation. Media holds a lot of the blame for him becoming president.
His entire presidency has been a way for politicians on both sides, media, and the military industrial complex to be craven ghouls. Everyone involved has made bank the past 4yrs and I don’t see any of them wanting to give it up. Which is why we see this sham of an election.
I’ve never seen this level of flagrant unserious presidential campaign and “news reporting” in my life. None of the people in power are concerned with getting Trump out of office and it shows.

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Apr 18
In all seriousness, I don’t think Americans understand what’s happening, or how bad it is. Our politicians on every level (presidents, mayors, governors) universities, businesses, and police forces are ignoring their own citizens in favor of another country (Israel).
Understand how wild it is that Israel controls America the way it does. Our country has been captured by a foreign government. How can we even speak of a democracy when another country can get students expelled from school and people fired from their jobs?
The Supreme Court is openly bought off and corrupt. How many times does Clarence Thomas need to be caught up before he gets removed from the bench? Democrats are getting third parties kicked off of ballots. Trump didn’t do this. America’s problems go beyond him.
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Feb 28
I’m going to say the ugly truth. If Trump were president, this genocide wouldn’t still be going on. Because Democrats would oppose it. Not on any moral grounds, but for political points. Just like they lied and told us if they were in charge things would be different with COVID.
Democrats who were running for president in 2020 ran on platforms of universal health care, stimulus checks, climate change, $15/min wage, housing, etc. How many of these policies came into fruition? They’ve had 3 yrs to show us exactly how “different” things would be.
The actual VP ran on $2k per month stimulus checks until covid was over. Even cosponsored a bill for it! Has she mentioned it once since Jan 2021? They used The Parliamentarian as an excuse for not giving us $15/min wage. That’s when I knew. cnbc.com/2020/05/08/cor…
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Feb 8
Honest answer? They aren’t. It’s theatre. Democrats align with Republicans more often than not, but most people aren’t ready to interrogate that reality. Both parties are pro-war, climate deniers, anti-worker (including and especially anti-sex worker) and put money over people.
The better question is why does this question keep coming up from people such as yourself? Why are we still having this same conversation like there’s some massive difference? Materially, how have Democrats benefited Black people? Working class and poor Black people?
Republicans flat out tell us they don’t give a shit and want to cause harm to our communities. Democrats tell us via policy and capitulation they don’t give a shit. At the end of the day, the end results are similar. Cc: Cop City, funding wars/genocide, and corruption ex: Pelosi.
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Nov 21, 2023
Whenever people like me criticize Democrats, y’all say we need to learn civics. We know how this government works, we just don’t accept what y’all accept and that’s what pisses y’all off. It’s not our ignorance. It’s our unwillingness to fall in line that makes y’all so angry.
We know we have the resources and money to take care of everyone. It’s just that our politicians are owned by billionaires, banks, airlines and other special interets groups. It’s why banks and airlines get bailed out while our homes are foreclosed and we have lead in our water.
American politicians need our votes to maintain power (barely because damn if they aren’t working on taking voting rights away) but they don’t work for us. That’s why Kamala has police outside intimidating protesters while she has a fundraising party with rich donors at her house
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Oct 23, 2023
It’s really disgusting to tell Black people to vote for Biden in 2024 because Trump is going to be worse after they’ve made valid criticisms. It takes incredible amount of privilege to talk down to people who are justifiably upset. Things are materially worse for people.
The cost of living has skyrocketed, there’s an actual housing crisis, student loans are back, and there’s no help in sight. To tell people they need to stand behind and vote for that man is nasty work. Y’all would rather scold voters than demand Biden and Dems do better.
It takes more courage to actually hold Biden accountable, something a lot of people said they were gonna do. Y’all can’t keep sacrificing working class and poor Black people, who’ve been harmed the most by the policies that Joe Biden and Democrats are enacting.
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Sep 22, 2023
It cannot be overstated enough how badly George Bush and Barack Obama destroyed public education. Between Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” and Obama’s Charter School movement, 2 generations have been completely failed and miseducated. What’s worse, is the intention behind it.
It’s only gonna get worse as time goes on because we don’t see the full impact of these policies immediately. It normally takes 10-20 years after it’s been implemented to see the effects, and that’s what we’re seeing now. It’s isn’t a simple fix for parents or teachers to solve.
You can lay the current problems directly at the feet of those two administrations. However, to be honest about the systematic issues, you’d have to look at the history of public education, as far back as Brown v Board, Anti-Communism, The Evangelical Education movement, etc.
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