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[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

To everyone who is afraid of what happens next, I share your fears. But what we do next is important.

We have to learn from what happened. And then, make a plan. As we confront a second Trump presidency, here’s a path forward: 🧵

[Julie Johnson for Congress @juliejohnsonTX]

Grateful that Texans like you are paying attention, Jim. The extremists can’t win this election so they are going to try and take it by force. When we fight, we WIN like @KamalaHarris says

[𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕔𝕒𝕝𝕝 𝕞𝕖 𝔸l 🌐 𝕏 @ShitzN_Giggles]

This, on behalf of VP Harris and women in general. Watch till the end because it’s hilarious.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

He’s so good at this.

[AbeOudshoorn @AbeOudshoorn]

I don't want cheap beer. I want affordable housing and a family doctor or nurse practitioner. #onpoli

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

Gouging you at the grocery till wasn't enough for Galen Weston — now he's teamed up with Manulife to monopolize life-saving medication.

This must be stopped.

I will always stand against corporate greed.

We're calling for an investigation into this shady deal.

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

Donald Trump represents the worst of the billionaire elites.

He ignores the struggles of working people while pursuing personal vendettas.

His goal is not to help people - but to fuel hate.

Working people will suffer under him, the ultra-rich will rejoice.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

If turning #OntarioPlace into a luxury mega spa and moving the #ScienceCentre to Ontario Place was such a great idea, why did the Ford government work so hard to hide it from the public?

I don't buy it. Ontarians aren't buying it. This deal is dirty.

#ONpoli

[Jennifer Keesmaat @jen_keesmaat]

The war on the bike is over in Toronto.

Time to ramp up the war on the car to truly deliver on the liveable city promise: a simple 7 step plan....

1. increase the price of parking to discourage driving
2. radically increase *frequency* of bus service
3. halt regional sprawl and new highways
4. fill in the urban fabric with missing middle housing
5. narrow Avenues + major streets with wide sidewalks
6. design housing around public spaces, not parking
7. allow small-scale retail on neighbourhood corners

These seven steps alone could transform the city.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

India's Gulabi Gang, all female vigilante group created in response to a lack of state action against male violence, corruption & human rights violations. Aged 18-60 yrs, members are trained in self defence & are known for their pink attire #WomensArt

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on...

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

For decades, Narges Mohammadi has been a vocal advocate for women and girls in Iran. This @NobelPrize is a well-deserved recognition of her courage, and the hope that she represents—not only for the women in Iran, but for women fighting repression and violence around the world.

[Elizabeth Jackson @LizJackson104]

@JenGommerman @uoftmedicine @UofT Congratulations! And best of luck!

[Elizabeth Jackson @LizJackson104]

@TTCnotices maybe one of the 10 shuttle buses going by could pick us up?

[Elizabeth Jackson @LizJackson104]

@TTCnotices any news on the last 2 number 90?

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

British woman asked how much Americans are forced to pay for drugs.

Watch her 🤯

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Reminder that before 1982, stock buybacks were considered stock manipulation. Reagan's SEC opened the floodgates to their abuse.

Stock buybacks don’t create more jobs. They don't increase wages. They don’t grow the economy.

They do one thing: Make corporate execs richer.

[Jagmeet Singh @theJagmeetSingh]

Doug Ford’s housing scandal is just a reminder of what Conservatives will always do – make the rich, richer. Pierre Poilievre is no different.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Clarence Thomas ruled in favor of Citizens United.

Harlan Crow and his family's political contributions then went up 862%.

Then we later find out Thomas let Crow take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house, and help fund his wife's conservative nonprofit.

See how this works?