Three hours and no questions tonight about climate, housing, or immigration.
Climate change is an existential threat. America has a housing crisis. Children are still in cages at our border.
But you know, Ellen.
#DemocraticDebate
Sorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the crimes of the Iraq War, (including American-lead torture, Iraqi deaths & displacement, and the deep scars—emotional & otherwise—inflicted on our military that served his folly), we can’t even begin to talk about kindness.
"Dear Ellen: The Problem with George W. Bush Is Not His Beliefs — It’s His War Crimes" - my latest piece for @theintercept, going back to Iraq, Afghanistan, drone strikes, black sites, Gitmo, New Orleans, Texas executions, & more.
Have a read and share:
https://t.co/65cBjKWqER
If you’re reading this and you’re thinking that the ICE raid in Mississippi was justified because the 680 men and women apprehended are undocumented, and therefore in your eyes they are here “illegally” and we “have the right to enforce our laws,” you should know the following:
The House passed HR8, a Bipartisan Background Checks Act, *5 months ago* and the Senate has yet to vote on it.
It was one of our 1st major priorities after ending the gov shutdown.
You’ve been sitting on it since February giving bogus excuses.
Care to explain the people why?
Immigration policy isn’t about “containing a problem.”
It’s about realizing the opportunity & value inherent in all people.
Also, for the last time: 🗣 people who are undocumented pay taxes!
Public goods aren’t “gifts” to immigrants - they pay for your kids’ schooling too.
Quite the ad from Nike: "I believe that ... a whole generation of girls and boys will go out and play and say things like, 'I want to be like Megan Rapinoe when I grow up.' And that they'll be inspired to talk and win."
BREAKING: New video shows a deranged cop threatening to shoot a Black mother dead because her 4-year-old toddler "stole" a 99 cent Barbie from a dollar store. UNBELIEVABLE! THIS IS AMERICA... #Racism#PhoenixPD#BlackLivesMAtter#ThisIsAmerica
So much of our healthcare is needlessly expensive.
When people vote for another military budget increase & then ask, “How are you going to pay for Medicare for All?”
What they actually mean is, “How are you going to keep Big Pharma profits high if we can’t price gouge anymore?”