Thanks to all the wonderful people I met over the last couple of days in Detroit and Port Huron. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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0n August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.
I was a teenager when my parents took us there, and I will never forget the pictures I saw in the commemorative museum. I remember seeing a picture of someone whose left arm had melted into their right arm. And worse…
Some who contributed to the making of the atomic bomb actually begged that it not be used, and lived the rest of their lives traumatized by the horror of knowing what had been unleashed.
Given the reality at that time, none of us can know what we might’ve done or not done then. The question we need to ask ourselves is not what we think should have happened in the past, but rather what we are doing now, or not doing, to confront the horror of nuclear proliferation in our own time.
The average American probably does not know that the United States has somewhere between 5,000 and 7,000 nuclear bombs in our nuclear arsenal now, and most of those would make the bomb dropped on Hiroshima look like a pin prick.
When I was growing up, we used to do protests holding huge banners that said “Ban the bomb.” Nuclear nonproliferation - and abolition- can and must once more become our most urgent political goal.
If we ever go down that road again - if nuclear war occurs - humanity will be doomed. In the words of Albert Einstein, "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones".
God bless us and forgive us all. 🙏
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This should never, ever happen in the richest country in the world.
Today I met a young 25 year old man. He had a stroke out of the blue. Left side of his body became immobile. He lost his job at a warehouse and was evicted from his apartment for non-payment. He now sleeps in a park in his wheelchair. He's been waiting for disability for 3 years.
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Many thanks to you @KyleKulinski 🙏
Politics 101: take their strength and make it their weakness
@KyleKulinski @marwilliamson
#mariannewilliamson #Marianne2024
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PRIDE in Royal Oak, Michigan! #Marianne2024
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Support for striking baristas: youtube.com/yyMk-dpZ1Jk
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On Monday, August 7th, I'm supporting Starbucks baristas nationwide on the "Adopt-a-Store National Day of Action" as they fight for a $15 minimum wage and workers' rights.
Join me and register to attend the rally at 1327 W. 8 Mile Rd., Detroit, 11Am
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Colorado raises minimum age for gun purchase. Excellent idea. facebook.com/100064869305001…
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This is 2016 all over again. And the same group of people are telling us that they have everything under control!
We must not fall for that again.
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Bidenomics is a Band-Aid on a broken aorta. People who work at the White House seem to have no clue the level of rage and despair that is out there (they call it a mental health crisis and fail to acknowledge its economic underpinnings).
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It tells people they will get more jobs. But it doesn’t tell people they will have healthcare. It doesn’t tell people they will get help with their college loans. It doesn’t tell people they will get free college or tech school. It doesn’t people tell people they will get help with childcare or union organizing or paid family leave or a living wage. It doesn’t tell people that it will save the planet.
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The reason Bidenomics isn’t exciting voters the way the White House expected it to is because it doesn’t stand for any fundamental change in the way our economy works.🧵
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Companies like Norfolk Southern get away with massive crime. There should be a Congressional investigation of every aspect of what went wrong in East Palestine, Ohio, and that company should be banned from lobbying until all investigation and compensation to the citizens of East Palestine has been completed.
It is ridiculous that under a Democratic administration, Norfolk Southeen is hardly even being slapped on the wrist. Unfortunately, right now, East Palestine is an example of the ineptitude of our government and its willingness to do little more than provide cover for the worst actors possible.
in a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people,” the people of East Palestine should be far more protected than the executives at Norfolk Southern.
#EastPalestine
In February, a train derailment exposed the town of East Palestine, Ohio, to toxic vinyl chloride. Since then, the company that made the chemicals has spent millions to stop railway legislation that could help prevent another disaster. jacobin.com/2023/08/east-pal…
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