Totally agree. And if candidates run only on "the economy to the exclusion of democracy, or freedom, or any of those other "abstract" ideas, they have no mandate to do the hard, radical work that's necessary. People need to understand that stakes and their leaders have to articulate them.
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She USED to be a Republican. Acting like she still is. Working to legitimize crypto - the currency of drug cartels, arms dealers, and dictators - so her family can cash in. Sounds pretty familiar.
SHE’S GOT TO GO.
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Yes. Down to the studs in every institution.
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His Peace & Justice Initiative campus started w/small historical markers in Montgomery, AL. Now, it’s a sweeping, memorial to those who endured thru & died by the hand of white supremacy while striving toward a promise that “all men are created equal”. Go see it.
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Had a few (more) unkind words for the professional strategists who regurgitate the lazy, often self-serving advice that voters don’t care about democracy. www.offmessage.net/p/trump-iran...
In a time when cynicism is easy and division is profitable, Michelle Obama offered a reminder of something more powerful: hope is not passive, and democracy is not automatic.
Michelle Obama’s closing words remind us that democracy begins with a choice, and that choice begins with us.
Vote 💙
Honored and grateful to be included in this pack! Happy Juneteenth, y’all!
Honoring the strength of Black Women and the words of John Lewis - now is the time to get into good trouble.
#RiseUp #NotGoingBack #VOTE
Leading MAGA candidate skips out on $92K court bill: report Law and Crime reports the top contender in the field to win the Republican primary for Minnesota governor is currently fleeing his court costs."Four years have passed since this Court determined Lindell owes monetary sanctions to Smartmatic
Israel targeted and killed the “Turtle lady” in her home in Lebanon.
She spent her life protecting some of the most vulnerable creatures on Earth.
For over 25 years, she protected loggerhead and green sea turtles.
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Law and Crime reports the top contender in the field to win the Republican primary for Minnesota governor is currently fleeing his court costs."Four years have passed since this Court determined Lindell owes monetary sanctions to Smartmatic," claim lawyers for Smartmatic, but the candidate "has yet ...
A 22-year-old just got a $30 million investment valuing his new futures exchange at $300 million.
He graduated Stanford, wrote for Thiel's Stanford Review, interned at Andreessen Horowitz.
His mom? Pro-crypto Sen. Gillibrand, D-NY.
Bipartisan capture in full bloom.
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Karl Kuszaj
Emancipation Day sang & Black America rose
in quiet resolve, a dignity history STILL owes
Civil Rights allowed black voices to shine
Now gerrymandering works to move Black America
back to the back of the line
So we vow through each test & attack
To make some good trouble
'cause we’re not going back
Lux Capital led the investment, which values the Stanford graduate’s exchange at $300 million.
