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38,000 gun deaths a year in US: who needs gun control?
2 cases of voter fraud in 2020: let’s pass 253 new voter suppression laws
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Eleven years ago today, #CitizensUnited opened the floodgates for unlimited dark money in our politics. Since then, corporations have doubled down on trying to drown out the voices of everyday people. To put families first, we need campaign finance reform.
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Wow it’s almost like police forces in the US exist primarily to enforce the race/class divide & not actually to protect public safety
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“Defund the police” freaks people out because it actually addresses structural racism in a concrete way. Anything that addresses systemic racism or economic inequality beyond shallow symbolism & gestures will be met with resistance. No different from the fight to end segregation.
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Getting a new president is one thing but have you ever been hyped about getting a new Secretary of Education
Trying to recover from this week like... We have a lot of work to do, let's get started 🙌 @DanRather #WhatUnitesUs – at San Diego, CA
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I think the pain in my chest is less about the election and more about the reality of how many people really do love white supremacy
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We won’t know the results of the election tonight, but we do know one thing:
We hoped for a complete and overwhelming repudiation of this monster and everything he stands for—and that does not appear to be happening.
And it’s fucking heartbreaking.
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Just so we’re clear, there is no way to have an honest conversation about immigration from Central America without talking both about the impact of climate change and about a history of US intervention that politically and economically destabilized many of these countries.
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Our Constitution is a living document because it requires real people to interpret laws written in a living language.
If it were self-evident, judges would be unnecessary.
Interpretation matters.
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Don’t wait—complete the Census today. From funding for education, health care, and infrastructure in your community to the way you’re represented in government, getting counted matters. Take a minute to call 844-330-2020 or visit my2020census.gov.
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Elect Joe Biden so you can read books at night again rather than endlessly doomscrolling twitter.
