Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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For 40 years, at the behest of its corporate masters, the political establishment has waged a war against the middle class and poor in America. Time to stop the war and begin the repair.
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When we're not allowed to seriously consider a 3 percent wealth tax on billionaires, yet cannot raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, the American people have a problem. Their needs are not being ignored; they are being assaulted. newsweek.com/united-states-o…
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I’ve read his books. And I’ve read Malcolm. No movement is ever defined by one man, but it’s interesting how many people are trying to devalue both King & Gandhi now. Makes me wonder who’s behind that...
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Everyone is influenced by everyone. Gandhi also said he was deeply influenced by Thoreau and the American Transcendentalists. But he articulated it as a political philosophy in a way no one else had done before.
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Philosophy of non-violence first articulated by Gandhi in struggle for Indian independence from Britain. MLK travelled to India, applied non-violence to struggle for civil rights in American South. Best text on n-v is King’s collected speeches & writings: thriftbooks.com/w/a-testamen…
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This has nothing to do with abortion. This is about funding for non-abortion related medical care - which, by the way, is the majority of what Planned Parenthood provides.
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2% on assets of $50M or more, plus an additional 1% on assets of $1B or more (Elizabeth Warren’s plan). It is obscene that they do not pay more. #WealthTax
US billionaires’ wealth grew $1.3 trillion during the last year of the pandemic.
We can afford a wealth tax.
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The two most successful revolutionary movements of the 20th century were non-violent ones: Gandhi and the Indian Independence Movement; and MLK Jr. and the American civil Rights movement. Non-violence does not mean non- strength.
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This is disgusting.
Low-income patients will no longer be able to use Medicaid to get nonabortion health services at Planned Parenthood.
A Wednesday court decision said Texas can move forward with kicking the health provider out of its Medicaid program. bit.ly/3teyrVQ
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This one can only be proven by experience. If you’re so sure it won’t work, why don’t do it for a few days just to prove it to yourself?.
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