"I have 2 cousins in India right now, with Covid, in hospital...Every Indian American I know is sharing stories on Whatsapp...but this story matters to all of us...There's a moral reason for helping...but there's also self interest."
From my monologue:
If Democrats kill the filibuster, pass strong version of HR1, and expand the Supreme Court & lower federal courts, they can save democracy and protect the Biden agenda. Otherwise, Biden agenda is mostly DOA, and US will return to authoritarian trajectory once GOP returns to power
.@JoeBiden: “I want to make it clear again: There is absolutely no justification, none, for looting.”
Then why are you ok with Big Business and the billionaire class looting the poor and the working class?
And why are you ok with the U.S. empire looting third world nations?
In 1970, 3% of former Congress members were registered lobbyists.
Now, 75% of all living ex-members of Congress have been lobbyists.
If they were really in it for "public service," why would they immediately go make millions by helping companies scam the federal government?
“I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence... Ignoring medical need is violence. Contempt for poverty is violence.”
- Coretta Scott King
If you’re enjoying the calls for unity by Republicans who’ve backed Trump to the hilt, just wait till we get to the calls for fiscal austerity by Republicans who spent the Trump years voting for trillions in deficit-financed tax cuts...
It’s Day One, so I’m wearing my “Breonna Taylor” mask.
A few of my Republican colleagues have called me Breonna, assuming that’s my name.
It hurts. But I’m glad they’ll come to know her name & story because of my presence here.
Breonna must be central to our work in Congress.
Having @SpeakerPelosi go unchallenged when Democrats lost seats in the House in election where they should have had many pickups is unacceptable. Only right-wing challenges to her are unacceptable. So I nominate @RashidaTlaib for Speaker! We need a STRONG leader. #RunRashidaRun
No lockdowns without a torrent of relief for the people: cover salaries, stop evictions, cancel debt, bail out gig workers, cover all healthcare costs. He is already making virus control his priority and this is the way to do it. Anything else is mass cruelty.
83% of Trump voters think Biden stole the election despite zero evidence. All but two GOP Senators have failed to acknowledge Biden's win. This is seriously dangerous. We need institutions to speak up now: no airing Trump rallies, civil society statements. Don't be distracted.