Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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1/ A political prisoner is someone whose personal beliefs or activism - not necessarily any actual criminal activity, except what is drummed up by those who seek to persecute them - lands them in prison.
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2/and with Assange, it’s not hyperbole to say that all freedom of the press in the United States is on the line in his case. In both instances, the true criminals are those who committed the crimes, not those who exposed them for it.mariannewilliamson.substack.…
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1/ In Donziger’s case, all human rights and environmental activists are imperiled by Chevron’s ability to use a US courtroom to deal harshly with those who seek to hold it accountable;
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Stop. Extraction. Now. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
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Because his prosecution is unjust amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2…
Join us Thursday night 7:30-10:30PM ET for a special livestream. #FreeAssange! @krystalball, @kthalps, @KyleKulinski and guests! youtube.com/8DRVDq8cicg
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The bigger problem is not how we exited Afghanistan. The real problem is who we were and how we acted while we were there. mariannewilliamson.substack.…
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Capitalism isn't a light switch you can just turn off. I'm for transformation of the American economic system into a hybrid European type model.
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This is so sad. Teachers having to scramble for dollar bills to buy classroom supplies, while we throw money at defense contractors and the ultra rich. What a perversion of our values... youtube.com/oGiF30dJg4M via @YouTube
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The inflection point will be when enough workers on the right and workers on the left begin to realize they’re being oppressed by the same group of people.
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It's happening already. Is anybody going to, like, do anything? @POTUS youtube.com/watch?v=ECSyemZi…
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Infants who have enough time to bond with their parents in the weeks after birth are likely to develop fewer behavioral problems later on. If we want to repair America, we can begin by taking better care of our children.
New moms in Denmark are guaranteed 126 days of paid leave to spend with their newborn.
New moms in Canada are guaranteed 119 days.
New moms in France are guaranteed 112 days.
New moms in the United States are guaranteed ZERO days.
Let's end this international embarrassment.
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People trying to get an education should never have been turned into a profit center to begin with.
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“Tweaking by economists” is how we got here. Depends on which economists you’re talking to. We know for instants that the 2017 tax cut will never pay for itself; it wasn’t an economic uplift for anyone except a small percentage of people.
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Good interview with @kthalps and @mtaibbi. Reacting To Assange Verdict With UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils M... youtube.com/jiWVtYwmVNw via @YouTube
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