Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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Knowing what happened in the past helps us better respond to the present. Government secretiveness - particularly military secretiveness - is a big step on the way to autocracy, and there’s a direct line from Daniel Ellsberg to Julian Assange.
ICYMI. Yesterday, in @jacobin
The Pentagon Papers story "is a warning about how a government willing to lie to its people to foment a war of brutal aggression abroad will not hesitate to eviscerate democracy at home."
jacobinmag.com/2021/06/danie…
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Up for outside-the-box ideas…
To #AbolishTheFilibuster, we need to start thinking outside the box.
We need to start thinking inside the House.
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In a country where we have almost limitless choices in clothing, electronic equipment, food and so much else, it makes no sense that we have such limited choices when it comes to politics. We need to end our codependent relationship with a system that has failed us. That’s Step 1
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4/ G. Washington warned us against political parties. He said they’d form “factions of men” more concerned with their party then with their country. In any other area the utter failure of our 2 party duopoly to “secure the blessings of our liberty” would be seen for what it is.
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3/ That America’s military is a perpetual war machine is an indictment of both political parties. That 35 million Americans are hungry is an indictment of both political parties. That corporations govern our government is an indictment of both political parties. The list goes on.
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2/ That mass shootings have become a common occurrence in America is an indictment of both political parties. That income inequality is a core facet of our economy is an indictment both political parties. That our food and water are so toxic is an indictment of both parties.
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1/ That over half a million people are homeless in America is an indictment of both political parties. That tens of million are medically uninsured or underinsured is an indictment of both parties. That 43 million Americans owe college loan debt is an indictment of both parties.
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How some of the rich get richer while the poor get poorer. nytimes.com/2021/06/12/busin…
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TODAY: Join me in Washington DC at 5pm EDT at @busboysandpoets
I'll be speaking alongside Julian Assange's father John, his brother @GabrielShipton, @ChipGibbons89 and @ryangrim.
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A conversation with @DeepakChopra about love in action on this week's podcast.
Spotify: spoti.fi/3gsnI5j
YouTube: youtube.com/auGM62DqbOc
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