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RIFT is a volunteer-run digital publication focused on progressive politics and culture and is a project of Media for Us, a media justice collective.

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We spoke with @Esteen4CA, RN and candidate for CA State Assembly District 20. Esteen shared how her years as a healthcare worker propelled her into politics, and a vision for a universal health care system that prioritizes behavioral health.

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"In fact, part of the original legal push for corporate personhood in the U.S. stems from those early [@nytimes] Mobil campaigns...content that helped the company establish a friendly, responsible reputation..."

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"Outlets including the @nytimes, @WSJ, and @washingtonpost have been allies of the fossil fuel industry for decades, not only running their ads but helping to create them."

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Today, in collaboration with our partners in the @optoutapp independent media network, we are publishing a critical climate statement and video addressing corporate media's fossil fuel ads and their complicity in the climate crisis:

https://t.co/0YJPtPZh8T

[RIFT Magazine @rift_mag]

Today, in collaboration with our partners in the @optoutapp independent media network, we are publishing a critical climate statement and video addressing corporate media's fossil fuel ads and their complicity in the climate crisis:

https://t.co/y8Rz1nb0sR

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@fatima4assembly 💕

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We just spoke with educator, immigrant, and candidate for CA State Assembly, @fatima4assembly. Iqbal-Zubair shared how Bernie Sanders' run and her experience working as an educator in underserved communities of California inspired her run for office.
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"I think that's the effect of the @BernieSanders movement. I would say if you ask most candidates what inspired them, he might be in the answer. Or someone who he informs, like @AOC or @Ilhan."

More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here: https://t.co/74uvV5tvrR

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"If you look at Gipson, he's the biggest corporate Democrat in the assembly, second most for corporate money in the entire Legislature. He's very tied to the corporations, to the police unions."

More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here:https://t.co/74uvV5sXCj

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"What goes through my mind as an educator, as a mom, is that education should be the gateway. It should be the equalizer. It's really not. And in the richest state in the nation, why isn't it?"

More from our interview w/ @fatima4assembly here:https://t.co/74uvV5tvrR

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@optoutapp 💕

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This Union Organizer and RN is Running for CA State Assembly, by Joaquin Romero for @rift_mag.

Link: https://t.co/aeoT1r7Ick

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[Jennifer Esteen, RN 丁秀君 @Esteen4CA]

I loved sitting down and getting real with @rift_mag and you can find more here. We need bold, ambitious solutions to the problems of today, and we're not going to get there with business as usual.

Check it out in the thread below.

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"I think there are enough of us that have been angered and excited and want to see something different...if we can flood this democratic supermajority, and make it into a real, progressive, action-oriented supermajority, then we can have these policies."

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"Because we have such a concentration of wealth in the corporate elite, they don’t care what letter is on your ballot. All they care about is making sure that policy is written, or policy dies if it doesn’t benefit their corporate profits."

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"Here in Alameda county, where I’m running, we’re home to the most 5150s per capita in the state. Our county jail is about to go into receivership because the Department of Justice cited them for not providing behavioral healthcare..."

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"There’s already this hunger, desire and appetite within the state to have attention on behavioral healthcare. And I think because of my 12 years as a psych nurse, I have a different kind of understanding."

https://t.co/kgZ9ULokkG