I’ve been talking about #DirectCashRelief from the beginning. But I also realize - take BLM protests as an example - that we’re living at a time when it doesn’t seem to matter much to our Congress what’s happening on the streets. #StimulusChecksNOW
If I remember correctly, we’re the ones who destroyed that. Often when the US says we want democracy, what we’ve really meant is that we want democracies where people who we like are the ones who are democratically elected. Iran, Chile, etc.
Some SCOTUS decisions are looked back on as having been mistakes. Ironically, 2000 was clearly the “judicial activism” that conservatives decry. The Constitution is clear that states determine their own elections, which is why Scotus decided the way it did today.
2/ In fact that’s exactly what they did in 2000 when SCOTUS overrode ruling of the Florida Supreme Court that they would re-count all their votes.(On later recount, Gore won) Then retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said later she regretted her vote. The Iraq War was a result.
You showed up for him beautifully, Kim, and it’s good to see you using your platform for these kinds of causes. As tragic as it is that he died, the incident has moved many more people in the direction of #AbolishTheDeathPenalty. The cause goes on.
“You don’t like what I said? Let me say it again. Medicare for All. You didn’t like that? Let me say it again… We just need to start yelling and not shut up.”
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Our Declaration of Independence says we were given by our Creator “unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”That governments are “instituted among men to secure those rights.” How can hungry people pursue happiness? #DirectCashRelief
We can’t hold Trump responsible for the fact that Congress hasn’t appropriated #DirectCashRelief. That one’s on Mitch McConnell and others in Congress.