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Joseph M. Firestone

3 Oct, 11 tweets, 21 min read

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer If you don't say no; you will be swept out of of office, & what is worse the last chance at survival will be gone for us all. The fascists are a death cult, & if you continue to prove you cannot govern, the country will turn to them.

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer There are still things you can do to stop the downward spiral you initiated by trying to be bipartisan. The first thing to do is raise the President's popularity above 60%. This can be done with three EOs: order 1) Treasury to mint The #100T coin & deposit it at the NY Fed; ...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer 2) Activate Section 1881A of the Social Security Act giving free Medicare to all Americans for the duration of the Covid emergency; & 3) forgive all college debt now. It's critical that you do these things; because you need the first to kill debt ceiling crises going forward...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer ... and to end austerity politics (Manchin & Sinema won't be able to whine about fiscal irresponsibility with $100T in the Treasury General Account). You also need the others to get your popularity ratings up high enough to give Manchin, Sinema, & the others who want to kill...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer your agenda something to worry about. Next, turn back around & insist on the corporate Dems sticking to their deal. Tell them, if they don't, all the Party resources will be arrayed against them the next time they run. This may not end the resistance of M & S, but it will do...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer that in the House. If M & S still hold out against the $3.5 T recon bill, then it will be time to go on the road. First to W. VA. You campaign there against Manchin's corruption w/Reverend Barber and you meet with W. VA Party officials making it clear that you will see to it...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer ...That if he doesn't fall in line you will see to it that he is primaried, whether he next runs for Governor or Senator, & that his opponent will have the full support of the national party in bringing out his record of self-dealing & corruption. After that your next trip is...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer to Arizona where you do the same thing to Sinema including meetings with the more progressive Az Party. If the trips don't do the trick of bringing them into line, then have Schumer take away their committee positions in the Senate, & dare them to change parties. If they do...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer Start running against McConnell & the Republicans immediately. Try to pass a clean infrastructure w/ none of the giveaways in the present bill. If you can't pass it, blame the Rs since they control the Senate & run on your record: the ARP, the reduction in the national debt...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer due to using the proceeds from the coin, giving everyone free Medicare coverage, and eliminating student debt. That should be enough to give you a sweep of Congress in 2022 in spite of all the gerrymandering & voter suppression. Then in 2023, you pass an even tighter voting...

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@50linesonly @BernieSanders @USProgressives @HouseDemocrats @VP @POTUS @SpeakerPelosi @SenSchumer rights bill prohibiting gerrymandering & voter suppression throughout the US. Be sure to include jurisdictional stripping in the bill so the Supreme Court is circumvented. Also, get rid of the filibuster so it troubles you again. And then pass your full agenda!

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