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Parents won't.
BUT we have to MOBILIZE. We have to VOTE, and we have to DONATE to candidates who will ACT.
Let me explain a little...
W/my campaign, I have been calling large donors (R). These are the people who fund elections, who vote. You should be TERRIFIED.
Parents won't.
BUT we have to MOBILIZE. We have to VOTE, and we have to DONATE to candidates who will ACT.
Let me explain a little...
W/my campaign, I have been calling large donors (R). These are the people who fund elections, who vote. You should be TERRIFIED.
https://twitter.com/Allie_RD/status/1458975407638781952
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These people, the establishment (R or D) have felt NOTHING over the past year. They don't care that your kids haven't been in school. They don't have them, or theirs were. Their net worth's have doubled. They like the masks--it makes them feel safe, secure, superior.
These people, the establishment (R or D) have felt NOTHING over the past year. They don't care that your kids haven't been in school. They don't have them, or theirs were. Their net worth's have doubled. They like the masks--it makes them feel safe, secure, superior.
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I asked a man today if he had any concerns. He had none (he was a large R donor). Asked if it concerned him that MA kids had access to 1/4 the # of in-person schooling as FL or other red-state kids, he said "it's a shame for the low-income kids, but it was necessary."
I asked a man today if he had any concerns. He had none (he was a large R donor). Asked if it concerned him that MA kids had access to 1/4 the # of in-person schooling as FL or other red-state kids, he said "it's a shame for the low-income kids, but it was necessary."
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He wasn't concerned about the unemployment rate, or businesses not being able to find people to work, b/c he felt they were right to stay home and stay scared. The problem is, the 1% has done insanely well this past year. I'm one, I know.
He wasn't concerned about the unemployment rate, or businesses not being able to find people to work, b/c he felt they were right to stay home and stay scared. The problem is, the 1% has done insanely well this past year. I'm one, I know.
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He told me about how the CDC's data showed that schools were THE major driver of infection, and for that reason, it was NECESSARY that kids not be in school. And OF COURSE that they remain masked now. He wore a mask everywhere (triple-vaxed, of course--not a doc).
He told me about how the CDC's data showed that schools were THE major driver of infection, and for that reason, it was NECESSARY that kids not be in school. And OF COURSE that they remain masked now. He wore a mask everywhere (triple-vaxed, of course--not a doc).
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He talked about how R's weren't real R's b/c DeSantis wanted to infringe on local rights, by stopping districts from mask mandates. We talked about the tension b/n individual rights, and collective. You can imagine where he fell.
He talked about how R's weren't real R's b/c DeSantis wanted to infringe on local rights, by stopping districts from mask mandates. We talked about the tension b/n individual rights, and collective. You can imagine where he fell.
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This was a disheartening day for me. The elite (regardless of party) are naturally authoritarian and dictatorial. They believe 100% that they are superior, and deserve to control others, that others are simply below the threshold that deserves self-determination.
This was a disheartening day for me. The elite (regardless of party) are naturally authoritarian and dictatorial. They believe 100% that they are superior, and deserve to control others, that others are simply below the threshold that deserves self-determination.
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I texted gato to bitch. He suggested we set up a summer camp: 1%-ers who hate 1%-ers.
The tension we have in this country isn't actually about class. It's those who want to control others, and those who don't. We need to vote out the former. ALL OF THEM. Regardless of party.
I texted gato to bitch. He suggested we set up a summer camp: 1%-ers who hate 1%-ers.
The tension we have in this country isn't actually about class. It's those who want to control others, and those who don't. We need to vote out the former. ALL OF THEM. Regardless of party.
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The frustrating thing for me is, I'm running as an R. Fine. I believe in small gov't. But a dem could just as easily embrace much of this. This is about civil rights, education, all the things they supposedly care about. Why don't they? B/c that's not who they serve.
The frustrating thing for me is, I'm running as an R. Fine. I believe in small gov't. But a dem could just as easily embrace much of this. This is about civil rights, education, all the things they supposedly care about. Why don't they? B/c that's not who they serve.
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Pols serve their donors. NOT their constituents. This is what I'm finding--and vice versa.
If PARENTS want to be a voice that can off-set the teachers' unions, they are going to have to support and vote people OUT who don't support their wishes--no matter the party.
Pols serve their donors. NOT their constituents. This is what I'm finding--and vice versa.
If PARENTS want to be a voice that can off-set the teachers' unions, they are going to have to support and vote people OUT who don't support their wishes--no matter the party.
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