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@hughlaurie @jan_murray @unherd Kind response to a silly person

[Blinkityblankblank @MasknVax]

@JamieMetzl @joncoopertweets Really, he had "to go"

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Yes. We have the strongest military in the world. We can dominate other countries and steal their resources. But is that the kind of imperialist country that the American people want us to be? I don’t think so.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Our health care system is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable. 60% of people are living paycheck to paycheck.

Instead of trying to "run" Venezuela, Trump might try to do a better job running the United States.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.

The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Health care costs are soaring. Housing costs are soaring. Grocery costs are soaring.

NO. We do not need Trump to take us into an illegal and unconstitutional war with Venezuela to deflect attention away from the crises our country faces.

What happened to “America First?”

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.

In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.

Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Over 15,000 people came out in Republican districts in Michigan and Wisconsin this weekend to say NO to oligarchy, NO to authoritarianism, NO to Medicaid cuts, NO to huge tax breaks for billionaires.

If we stand together we can defeat Trumpism.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Real social movements for change always take place from the bottom on up, when working people stand up and fight back against greed and power.

We are building that movement.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Totally insane. First, a gym full of people. Then an overflow crowd. Then an overflow-overflow crowd, and an overflow-overflow-overflow crowd.

More than 9,000 people came out in Warren, MI to say NO to oligarchy & NO cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and VA programs.

[Josh Miller-Lewis @jmillerlewis]

This is a bigger crowd than most presidential candidates get. It’s March of an off year.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

The humiliating failure & decline of "pro-Palestine" activism: For over a year, I warned time and again about the dangers of the neo “pro-Palestine” movement, which, in the aftermath of October 7, has devolved in alarmingly extreme and detrimental ways. I was hounded even by friends and allies, who kept asking why I “felt it was my job to demonize the pro-Palestine movement.” It was shocking how so many journalists, activists, academics, advocates, and observers didn’t see the obvious, the five-alarm fire that was threatening the very future of Palestinian advocacy in the diaspora. The rot and decay within this so-called movement was unlike anything I had ever seen before – and I used to be involved in it ten years ago.

After 10/7, the “movement” refused to acknowledge the criminality of hostage-taking & killing innocent Israeli civilians, condemn Hamas’s actions including against Gazans, call for the terror group to step down, or engage in pragmatic activism and targeted demands for specific outcomes that actually help Palestinians. Now, the “activists” are tone-deaf to the disaster that Gazans face after Hamas’s shameful and embarrassing display of barbarism with the Bibas & Lifshitz bodies’ return fiasco, doubling and tripling down on their fascism, evil rhetoric, lack of basic intelligence, and demonstratively ineffective speech and language that further demonize Palestinians.

I said that student activism was worthless and futile, calls for supporting the “resistance” amounted to endorsing terrorism, real antisemitism was actually growing out of control, and the interests of Palestinians were being harmed. I pleaded with the so-called “allies” of Palestine to correct the horrendous digressions of their partners but was regularly told, “Oh, we can’t tell Palestinians how to resist.” There was plenty of space for authentic pro-Palestine activism, but that required a focus on a radically different outcome that doesn’t entail Hamas, sloganeering, hatred, ignorance, stupidity, or letting ill-informed young people destroy an entire movement. Accepting Israel’s right to safety, embracing the concept of two nations, rejecting violence, and calling for Palestinian rights, while displaying a capacity for empathy, accountability, and agency would have won over vital new partners for peace and justice, especially in Israel.

Rashid Khalidi, Rashida Tlaib, CAIR, Mehdi Hasan, Marc Lamont Hill, and a whole host of intellectuals and journalists sat back and let the movement be taken over by fascists, imbeciles, far-left and far-right personalities, Islamists, and a cocktail of losers who have no business speaking about Palestine, especially the Intifadists and Hamasniks – and don’t you dare tell me these groups are just the minority in the Western diaspora-based movement, for they are an absolutely massive element of what remains of the “pro-Palestine movement.”

Well, congratulations, for Palestine is in ruins, Gaza’s destroyed, none of you have said a word about Hamas, and this movement will forever be looked at as the pinnacle of embarrassment, failure, and wasted opportunities – all while the people of Gaza suffer horrendously, especially for what’s coming next.

And for the record, and to be crystal clear, I want nothing more than to see a rejuvenated, successful, effective, prosperous pro-Palestine movement that can actually do something and leverage Western privilege to be a helping hand for the Palestinian people in the land. But for now, it’s time to get back to the drawing board and start from scratch.

[The BERN Identity @bern_identity]

Senator @SenSanders is doing what the Dem party leadership needs to be doing, going on the road and meeting working people where they are and framing the real fight.

We're in a class war 👉🏽 oligarchs + billionaires versus the working people. There is MORE of us than them.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: New York Attorney General Letitia James has won her federal lawsuit against Elon Musk, blocking DOGE from accessing American's private data.

RETWEET if you stand with @TishJames against Elon Musk!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Maine Governor Janet Mills against Donald Trump!

[Blinkityblankblank @MasknVax]

@DavidLiberty311 @JessChe45160069 @huuman1985 @HenMazzig Most useful thread here

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Today, nearly 50% of older Americans have no retirement savings – ZERO.

Meanwhile, 2,000 top executives have amassed over $13 BILLION in retirement savings thanks to special tax advantaged plans.

Absurd. We need a retirement system for working people, not just the wealthy.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

When big banks are able to borrow money from the Fed at less than 5.5% interest while charging the American people a median credit card interest rate of over 24% that's not the business of making credit available. That's extortion. We need a 15% cap on credit card interest rates.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

This piece by @DaraHorn is really worth reading: https://t.co/ktl0qKF8gx