Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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The Muslim Ban was upheld by SCOTUS in a 5-4 decision, squelching the dreams of 150 million people. And their dreams are more important than yours or mine, why exactly...? That is the essential question. If there's any danger here it's the moral danger of a cold, closed heart.
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We can't afford to indulge too much anger when there's so much work to do. MLK Jr. said: "We have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel our underlying contempt."
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Replace personal displays of anger with elegant recitation of facts, superb non-violent communication skills, and a passionate commitment to participating in a large scale, soulful American renewal for as long as it takes to make it happen.
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If anyone asks you, "But what would YOU do about the immigration crisis?" respond: "THERE IS NO CRISIS!" This is an entirely made-up scapegoating effort. Know your facts: washingtonpost.com/news/wonk…
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This moment a tremendous wake up call for many who didn’t vote or didn’t vote w/ Sumpreme Court in mind. Current Court just ok’d heinous Muslim ban; with conservative replacing Kennedy, it will overturn Roe v. Wade. Lots of girls turned into women this week & boys turned into men
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Right, because no amount of charity can compensate for a basic lack of social justice. We need both.
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We don’t just need random acts of kindness; we need massive, strategized, economic and political acts of kindness. Love should be the ultimate goal and strategy of all human interaction. We need an entirely new bottom line.
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I’m speaking in Seattle tonight edmondscenterforthearts.org/…
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Today we stand: for those in Guatemala, Honduras etc whose babies were snatched away. For those in Somalia, Yemen etc whose dreams are squelched by Muslim ban. For world threatened by military & environmental irresponsibility on part of unwise, unconscious leaders. Today we stand
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“Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.” — Elif Shafak, “The Forty Rules of Love”
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The younger you are the more you know some things, and the older you are the more you know other things. No generation has a monopoly on truth, so much as each has its own unique insight into it.
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I spoke in San Mateo recently. Please join my e-list at marianne.com and we'll let you know when I'm back. Or let me know what situation you think would be a good venue. Thanks. (marianne@marianne.com)
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Jon Stewart, we need you. thedailybeast.com/jon-stewar… #jonstewart
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Oh. My. God. nitter.vloup.ch/ShaunKing/status…
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