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8 May, 7 tweets, 3 min read
My Turn: An optimistic view of Biden's endorsement of vaccine waivers recorder.com/my-turn-wilson…
1/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson , “Biden has long been excoriated in progressive circles as a tool of corporate masters and a soulless career politician-utterly beholden to large donors. But Biden's support for the WTO waiver challenges progressive orthodoxy.
2/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson,“Whether or not Biden is raptly reading the tea leaves of this historic moment, or resonating with the few progressive voices in the Democratic caucus — a group of ten senators, including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren...
3/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson , “...and Edward Markey had recently written a letter to Biden urging his support for the waiver —...
4/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson , “...the news of his decision to endorse the waiver is, at least tentatively, a reason to optimistically consider that Joe Biden is a better person than many have believed.
5/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson , “Interestingly, the issue of the vaccine waiver had been almost exclusively covered in left wing media like The Intercept, or by various progressive podcasts such as "Democracy, Now."
6/ Per bit.ly/3hcCL4T By Phil Wilson via Greenfield Recorder @TheRecorderNews , “ It[the issue of the vaccine waiver] had been crickets regarding this topic at the large cable networks — MSNBC, CNN.

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1/ Per Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE @canilor People Before Profits, " The Wall Street Journal lead editorial of today’s (5/7/21) levels a harsh critique of the Biden administration “bewildering” decision to endorse a patent waiver for Covid vaccines and therapies.
2/ Per Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE @canilor People Before Profits, " They[Wall Street Journal Editorial] also add “this may be the single worst presidential economic decision since Nixon’s wage-and-price controls.”
3/ Per Lorenzo Canizares bit.ly/34IaPfE @canilor People Before Profits, "Unbridled Greed is a malignant disease when allowed to run rampant. Not only is a justification for placing profits over people, but also eventually harms the self-interest of the afflicted.
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Hillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a global reckoning with disinformation’ theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
1/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “ The press cannot be expected to restore a common baseline of truth on its own, however.
2/ Per bit.ly/3unLjd2 by David Smith @SmithInAmerica via @GuardianUS , “The technology platforms are so much more powerful than any organ of the so-called mainstream press,...[Clinton said]
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@nikkifried @GovRonDeSantis @FLDEPNews 1/ Per bit.ly/3uAF71h Richard Luscombe @richlusc via @guardianUS ,”Scott Hopes [ @ScottHopes ] , the acting county administrator, warned that despite a low population density, the nearby area could be overwhelmed by a sudden collapse of the 77-acre pond,
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@GuardianUS 1/ Per bit.ly/39cQjt2 by Ed Pilkington @edpilkington via @guardianus ,”At the center of this new domestic terrorism threat is the seed of doubt that Trump has implanted in the minds of millions of Americans that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged”.
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3/ Per bit.ly/39cQjt2 by Ed Pilkington @edpilkington via @guardianus ,”Trump’s campaign to overturn the results of the presidential election amounted to a “big lie” familiar to those who study demagogic propaganda.
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1/ We need to bring back the Fairness Doctrine bit.ly/2LyrBZo . The Fairness Doctrine will allow the Public to hear both sides of a Story. Then you can make up your mind what you want to believe to be the Truth. #FairnessDoctine
2/ Per bit.ly/2LyrBZo ,”Congress has regularly tried to bring the doctrine back ever since. Reagan and George H.W. Bush both quashed Congressional initiatives by threatening vetoes,a 2005 attempt to reinstate the doctrine didn't make it out of committee. #FairnessDoctine
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3/ bit.ly/3o83gIF by @Reuters via @GuardianUS , “The White House statement said Biden acknowledged “Trudeau’s disappointment regarding the decision to rescind the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline,
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