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I'm proud of my fellow comrades. I stated my intent to vote for Biden and don't feel like I've been "shamed." Most have been pretty understanding, but one thing stood out to me that I want to address: I can afford to vote for Biden because of my "privilege."

1/x I hate Joe Biden and know he'll require nonstop scrutiny. But there are key differences between him and Trump that make this a no brainer, and my decision to vote Biden was partially *based* on me acknowledging how privileged I am in this situation.

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You're not helping.

My mom is a nonvoter that registered for the first time in 2016 to vote for Bernie. When he lost she planned to go back to being apolitical because she felt like politicians didn't care about her and had no intention of voting in the general...

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https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1309641368424402945

I begged her to vote by telling her about Jill Stein's platform and how similar it was to Bernie's. She liked Jill Stein and voted for her. Since she was already voting for Jill Stein, she also voted for Democrats down the ballot.

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I get the sense that liberals think fascism is going to just vanish once Donald Trump is out of office and that’s really worrying to me. They don’t understand the nature of the beast they’re trying to slay.

https://twitter.com/marcformarc/status/1305682975217025024

Millions of Americans have become radicalized and a more competent fascist can easily harness that energy and turn it into something horrific. Defeating fascism requires more than just voting Trump out of office.

Update: We're now at 460.

https://twitter.com/HumanistReport/status/1304692627527229441

One hour later and we’re at 493.

This is infuriating. Multi-millionaire YouTubers took money intended for small businesses when their entire "brand" is built on flashing their wealth. Fuck these entitled pieces of shit.

mashable.com/article/mrbeas… This dickhead @MrBeastYT just gave away an entire fucking island as a "prize" for ONE video. What the actual fuck?

Here's my prediction for the trajectory of Dave Rubin's grift:

- Renounce his homosexuality entirely.
- We will be introduced to his "wife" and cohost, "Alice."
- Alice will leave him. He'll go off the grid for months.
- Relaunch Rubin Report with a video "Why I left the right." - He'll leave Blaze TV.
- He'll "reconnect" with his current husband, who's been there all along. Alice was a character played by a talented actress. The left has speculated about this for a while.
- He'll ideologically move left in a strikingly fast way.

I low-key regret making a video about "cancel culture" because I just don't give enough of a shit about it to even have the same rehashed and rebranded conversation we keep having, but I will clarify a few things here:

1/9 - I don't think "cancel culture" is really a thing overall, but I'm not suggesting instances of misplaced outrage don't occur. My critique centers on the alarmist and hysterical nature of cancel culture discourse. It's just a rehash of the PC/SJW debate

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No, @esaagar the Equality Act isn't going to suppress the religious "liberty" of business owners. This is disingenuous. This is about stopping discrimination. You don't have to care about it, but you shouldn't pretend it's a nefarious anti-religious plot.
I will say there are other pro-LGBTQ measures higher on my list of priorities, but this is still important; and I don't necessarily disagree with the overarching point about this being the ONE thing Biden can push to seem woke while not simultaneously pissing off his donors.

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I've changed my mind about progressive politicians appearing on independent news shows like mine. Let me explain why.

A thread:

I once thought our shows were just echo chambers that wouldn't help politicians reach the broad audience that MSM has/it didn't matter, but...

1/9 Our platforms provide a direct line to activists and the communities that support them the most. We'll be fair, but still hold politicians accountable, and they'll know our criticisms are coming from a good place. Them being accountable to us is important.

Also...

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The debate between @Styx666Official and I will not be happening. Let’s recap:

Attempt 1: He cancels one day before our scheduled debate on @DrunkenPeasants. I still appear on their show and politely tell him I’m down to reschedule whenever. I never heard back from him. Attempt 2: He tweets about how lefties won’t debate him. I remind him I was willing to debate, but he never reached out to reschedule our last debate. I get him a new date in November, he gives me a load of excuses, I try to work around his schedule. I never heard back from him.

To recap 2020 so far:

- In early 2019 we find out Buttigieg is attending "what to do about Bernie" meetings with Pelosi, Schumer, and Tanden.

- Pete declares victory in Iowa with no results in. - 62% randomly released, showing Pete in the lead. Media reports he's likely to win, narrative spreads.

- App that caused delay was created by former Hillary alum.

- Shadow's parent company Acronym has connections to Pete's campaign. Acronym CEO a fan of Pete, cozy with dems.

A quick thread on Elizabeth Warren:

I've been oddly criticized for being both "too soft" and "too hard" on Elizabeth Warren. Let me respond to the latter complaint first. This is a primary, and highlighting key differences between Warren and Sanders was inevitable. Elizabeth Warren is no Hillary, but she's also no Bernie. I think Bernie can put us on the trajectory towards social democracy because he fundamentally understands how corrosive capitalism has been on BOTH parties. Warren's cozying up with Democratic elites tells me she won't