Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
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What’s the main difference between a military agenda & a peace-building agenda? That a military agenda creates corporate profits & a peace-building agenda does not. This is a primary example of why corporate profits shouldn’t be the guiding principle of domestic & foreign policy.
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The US military has not been the single thing keeping peace since WW2! Given Vietnam & Iraq wars that’s a preposterous comment. Having said that I’m not suggesting we don’t need a strong military -only that we spend hundreds of billions of $ above what our military even asks for.
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Ah, but in order for that to happen bourgeois males - as well as women who have internalized their patriarchal prejudices – would have to stop laughing at the idea.
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Happening right in front of our eyes…
In the last 24 hours, the Secretary of Defense (SecDef), the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD-P), and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intell (OUSD-I) have been sacked. Trump loyalist now sit in the 1, 3, and 4 slots at DOD. Kash Patel is DOD Chief of Staff. Why?
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3/ The Senate panel mentioned in that article is not responding to the needs of the military as suggested by military leaders, so much as they are responding to the short term profit motive of the defense contractors who are their donor class.
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2/ 1. Expansion of economic opportunities for women. 2. Expansion of educational opportunities for children. 3. Reduction of violence against women. 4.Amelioration of unnecessary human despair. Those are the pillars of an agenda to wage peace.
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1/ Every time they want to throw another $6B or $7B onto the Pentagon budget, remember this: there are four factors that statistically indicate there will be a greater incidence of peace and a lower incidence of conflict:
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Lack of peace-building, climate change, lack of health care, lack of education and lack of economic opportunity are the biggest risks to our national security - but hey guys, you do you.
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I had it three months ago. DM if you would like to. Postop is no small deal. “More comfortable the first few nights” doesn’t even begin to cover it.
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On tomorrow’s podcast, I talk with my friend @AndrewYang about Biden’s win, the work ahead and the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. Fun fact: the photo below was taken the first time we met back in 2019! Subscribe below so you don’t miss it.
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You’re being neither selfish nor divisive. You’re being a truth-teller and that’s exactly what we need right now.
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This is turning out to be an extremely dangerous moment.
Q: Is the State Department currently preparing to engage with the Biden transition team, and if not, at what point does a delay hamper a smooth transition proposal risk to national security?
POMPEO: There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.
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