At 15 was walking home from buying comic books on Milwaukee Ave and 2 dudes in the Brown’s Chicken parking lot held up a noose, called me the N-word and told me to get in the trunk of their car. #TryItInASmallTown
The next fascist will be smarter and better looking and more polite. Our job is not to wait for them to run for office and beat them, but to enact systemic change that makes them unviable.
I have one message to members of Congress who amplified lies to undermine our democracy, encouraged an attack on our Capitol, and tried to overturn our election:
Resign.
If your lust for power exceeds your dedication to democracy, there is simply no place for you in Congress.
Yes! So many people haven’t gotten this yet.
As wonderful as they are concerts, meme attempts, even the presence of younger politicians alone isn’t what activates young people’s votes.
Policy commitments do. Young voters should be recognized & respected as any other electorate.