Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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The extradition of Julian Assange to the US has been approved. Any serious journalist not queasy about this is in denial. amp.theguardian.com/media/20…
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If Bernie were president right now Democrats would be experiencing an historic rise in popularity. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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The slide from government of the people, by the people and for the people to a government of multi national corporations, by multinational corporations, and for multinational corporations is something only the people can push back.
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If we made it our goal to give every child from birth to 10 yrs old every possible educational, cultural and physical opportunity to thrive, we would have a radically different country in 15 years.
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If we were to make love for people, animals and earth the guiding principle of human civilization, honestly could we do any worse than we are doing now?
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Our country has lost its power to respond to an emergency & we're dealing with multiple ones.
The govt doesn't respond effectively because the corporations-1st mentality that dominates govt (both parties) IS the emergency. A perspective that creates a problem can't solve it.
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1. The whole point of a free society is to build an empowered citizenry.
2. A ruling class deplores an empowered citizenry.
3. There should be no ruling class in a free society.
#WealthTax
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At a time when the majority of people in US would need a 77% pay raise to make a living wage, the Fed thinks what we need to do is to try to “get wages down.”
NEWS: As workers are getting crushed, Biden’s Fed Chair Jerome Powell just said his goal is to “get wages down.”
Powell is a former private equity mogul. levernews.com/the-fed-declar…
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It is so time. #Medicare4All
A recent study found that universal health care could have saved 338,000 lives from Covid. Also $105 billion... "on top of the estimated $438 billion that could be saved in a nonpandemic year." scientificamerican.com/artic…
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Why is Flint such a continuous and neglected disaster?
"When Does it End?" -Virginia Murphy on #FlintWaterCrisis
She just died—the 3rd poisoned resident from this July 2021 interview to die in less than a year. Virginia lost nearly 100 pounds after water switch. Meanwhile, MI Supreme Ct considering tossing Gov Rick Snyder's charges
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Most Americans don't realize how far down on the scale we are in comparison to other nations in how we treat our children. thehill.com/opinion/congress…
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