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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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I've seen a couple people today express doubts that even huge protests like No Kings really matter. After all, we're dealing with a regime that has shown it is all too happy to subvert the will of the people. So what's the point?
Two thoughts in response:
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Two thoughts in response:
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October 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've seen a couple people today express doubts that even huge protests like No Kings really matter. After all, we're dealing with a regime that has shown it is all too happy to subvert the will of the people. So what's the point?
Two thoughts in response:
🧵1/6
Two thoughts in response:
🧵1/6
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Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
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Don’t let someone’s refusal to soften their heart harden yours.
July 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Don’t let someone’s refusal to soften their heart harden yours.
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If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you
July 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you're reading this, whoever you are & whatever you're doing to try to make this world better, whether it's calling, protesting, providing mutual aid, making art, raising awareness, training & teaching people new concepts & skills, journalism, surviving through it all, or whatever else: thank you
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The main issue that bothers me about immigrants working in this country is that we continue to support a two-tier system of wages that creates an underpaid foreign underclass because we don’t force corporations and billionaires to pay their fair share into our economy
June 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The most inspiring chapters in our nation's history came when Americans faced down some of our country's darkest demons.
Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.
Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.
June 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The most inspiring chapters in our nation's history came when Americans faced down some of our country's darkest demons.
Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.
Those moments, like our own, were difficult to live through but also brought the chance to bring out the best in us, with enduring consequences.
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