Megan Kaplinsky

Professor of Education and Reading. Social justice-minded progressive. She/her. #DisruptTheStatusQuo

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

We are already seeing the rationalizing of how we got here and the blaming of the political party that, though flawed, actually reflects multiracial democracy. We must resist this. Voters knew exactly who Trump was and chose him anyway. This is not about the so-called excesses of the left. As the NYT editorial board writes, Trump ran the "most racist, sexist, and xenophobic campaign in modern history." As NYT reporter Lisa Lerer wrote today, "This was a conquering of the nation not by force but with a permission slip. Now, America stands on the precipice of an authoritarian style of governance never before seen in its 248-year history." This is the unsparing truth that we must confront.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

We must not delude ourselves in this moment. Multiracial democracy in the United States is less than 60 years old. It has always been contested, often violently so. It has always been fragile. Since this nation's inception large swaths of white Americans -- including white women -- have claimed a belief in democracy while actually enforcing a white ethnocracy. In the face of shifting demographics where white Americans will lose their numeric majority, we see a growing embrace of autocracy to keep the "legitimate" rulers of this country in power. History teaches us that we are in a perilous moment.

[Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere]

Saw my neighbor get his mail with a beer in his hand this morning and if that’s not the vibe today I don’t know what is

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

“I don’t do politics”

Baby, politics is gonna do you, even if you don’t vote.

So vote. Have a voice. Have a say.

[Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere]

Hey guys remember to set your clocks back an hour and your seasonal affective disorder to “on” this weekend

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

If you were going to choose a metaphor for the 2024 Republican Party, a garbage truck chauffeuring around a billionaire traveling around in circles and going nowhere, all for a photo op, is pretty spot on.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

This is the most consequential election in our lifetimes.

Many of you have differences of opinion with @KamalaHarris on Gaza. So do I.

But we cannot sit this election out. Trump has got to be defeated.

https://t.co/RU9vzQygJw

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

It’s wild that being in favor of higher wages, healthcare for all, and college for all is somehow deemed radical.

It’s not radical.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

To all those saying we shouldn’t be sending money to help Ukraine when we could be helping victims of Helene, I ask this:

Why are we giving trillions in breaks to the wealthy and to corporations when just a fraction of that could help *everyone* in need?

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

The top 1% own more than twice as much wealth as the rest of humanity combined.

We live in a world where a handful of billionaires have extraordinary control over the economic and political life of the global community.

I don't think that's the world we should be living in.

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

It's time public school teachers got a raise.

[Rep. Ilhan Omar @Ilhan]

$51.5 billion.

That’s the amount we spent on nuclear weapons last year.

Imagine if we stopped spending billions on nuclear weapons and spent it on ending homelessness in our country.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

We continue to bankroll the very fossil fuel companies responsible for the climate crisis.

Let’s finally end taxpayer subsidies to fossil-fuel companies.

@BernieSanders and I have a bill to do just that. Let’s get it done.

[Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders]

Abolish Super PACs.

Overturn Citizens United.

End the practice of billionaires buying elections.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

The issue is money in politics.

They’re allowing children to die because of the gun lobby.

They’re allowing the planet to die because of Big Oil.

They’re allowing people to go without healthcare and die because of the insurance lobby.

Inaction is bought.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Reminder: neofascism kills us quick, neoliberalism kills us slow.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

If you’re reading this, remember that your bank account does not determine your value to this world.

You matter. You matter. You matter.

[March For Our Lives @AMarch4OurLives]

GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.
GUN VIOLENCE IS PREVENTABLE.

Don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

At a time when there are those who seek to ban books and bury history, let me be crystal clear:

Darkness and denialism can hide much, but they erase nothing. We should know everything: the good, the bad, and the truth of who we are as a nation.

That’s what great nations do.