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4 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Hi Left media: a lot of us disagree on stuff & have been fighting with each other but I think we can all either pause that or, if necessary, do that while talking about Julian Assange being given what amounts to a death sentence right now. Because that's really not civil.
#FreeAssange. Who's with me? Speaking of which, shout out to the literal handful of journalists who have been covering this story. I had excellent journalists on my show to talk about this but I should have had an update on the case every week, honestly, looking back. Please...
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5 Jan
dangerous. And there are times for lines in the sand. And different people play different roles and have different lanes. And there has been demonization, mischaracterization and divisiveness that we really can't afford right now. I know I'm supposed to craft the perfect tweet...
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Thanks! This sounds like something that needs to be pushed for at the same time. But in the midst of a pandemic #MedicareForAll is uniquely useful as a tool of political theater. People dismiss #ForceTheVote as 'performative' as if that's a weakness...
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17 Dec 20
This is such an important point & it needs to be said again & again because it applies especially to people who aren't already in the movement. Many people who already are in the movement either professionally or out of political commitment may not need the enjoyment factor as...
much bc they they're already involved. Enjoyable tactics does prevent burnout among organizers and activists so it's important for them too. Ironically, there's a lot of self-indulgent scolding of people who aren't "doing the work," or knocking on doors or keeping their eyes...
on the prize. But people have different roles, obviously. I need to have Jane McAlevey @rsgexp & @joshkahnrussell on ASAP i guess.
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16 Dec 20
Here's a list of phrases or words, which are either utterly irrelevant or actual lies, which centrists use against people on the Left bc they can't engage in any substantive critique:
"You're a trust fund kid"
"You're MAGA"
"You throw People of Color Under The Bus" (which...
... they absolutely never have single thing to point to.)
"You went to private school!"
"You're a failed [insert job or hobby]"
"you're a white Bernie Bro"
if pointed out that the person isn't even white or a man, the response will be either silence or some weird...
quasi-eugenicist classification like "you're white adjacent Bro fodder."
"You wanted to Trump to win."
"You like Trump."
"This was always about Trump for you."
"Bernie voted for the Crime Bill!" [there are honest arguments to be made against Bernie. Pretending that 1. writing...
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26 Nov 20
Because I don’t lie about Selena, I don’t have to block her but we were indeed at a baby shower for a mutual friend. We had a nice chat & I, bc I’m a sentient human being, was aware we had been in twitter fights over politics. I assumed she knew that too & during the convo...
I made some conciliatory off hand comment along the lines of “it’s nice that two people can fight online but get a long in person. Online can be so toxic.” But she didn’t realize who I was, which is fine, I just wished I hadn’t wasted time referring to our twitter beefs. I...
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25 Nov 20
You work for Scooter Libby, former Dick Cheney advisor, who went to jail for outing a CIA agent to get back at her husband for saying Saddam Hussein didn't have WMDs. He was pardoned by Trump. The think tank you work at was founded by the inspiration for Dr. StrangeLove...
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Here's more info about the founder of your thinktank. Something I really like about Scooter Libby is that he also dabbles in erotica. Here are some gems. wired.com/2018/03/geeks-… ImageImageImageImage
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