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Mar 13, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
@jonathanchait (1/) Well, as a Berner on the extreme left, I relate to this. Leftist activists, but more so commentators, don't see nuance. They cherry pick the bad. They focus on the glass half empty. What we observe may be true. It's just not helpful or motivating.
@jonathanchait (2/) I must have organized three dozen protests since Occupy against Obama, Clinton, the DNC. I organized the TPP protest on the floor of the 2016 Dem Convention. But protesting is not organizing. Naysaying is not organizing. And only organizing will make change. That said ...
Mar 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
THREAD: More voting problems with the @LACountyRRCC From @marcywinograd: UCLA-2-3 Hr Wait to Vote-I phoned the Registrar’s office to request more poll workers for tomorrow, as there were only 5-6 today and a line that snaked around the student union.
@LACountyRRCC@marcywinograd The staff thanked me 4 alerting them 2 the poll worker shortage there & assured me more poll workers would arrive Tues, when the crowd will only grow larger. Some of the E-poll books were down, one student said a machine kept spitting back the paper ballot, refusing 2 accept it.