John Nichols
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John Nichols
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@TheNation. @CapTimes. @freepress. @theprogressive. Tom Paine. Quaker. Latest book (w/Sen. Bernie Sanders): NYT bestseller It’s OK to be Angry About Capitalism.
- An estimated 1.7 million people are marching in Hong Kong for democracy. This should inspire Americans to step up!
- They travelled to D.C. They slept outside in wheelchairs. They were arrested. They never lost faith. They saved Medicaid. @NationalADAPT
- No president has ever lived so long, or used his years so honorably, as Jimmy Carter, who today turns 96.
- The new prime minister of Iceland is Katrín Jakobsdóttir: a 41-year-old democratic socialist, feminist, anti-militarist who says Iceland will expand its health-care system, "go farther than the Paris Accord" in fighting climate change and strive for increased gender equality.
- Turns out that Tim Walz is kinda popular in Wisconsin.
00:00 - Coup plotters came to Mike Pence with a plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He did not go public to expose the scheme. He did not alert the FBI or other authorities. He called Dan Quayle for advice on whether he could go along with the coup.
- Not Gonna Be Senator, with Not Gonna Be Governor and Not Gonna Be President.
- California Gov. Jerry Brown took office in 2011 with a $27 billion deficit. He won voter support for huge tax hikes on the rich in 2012, and voters reauthorized them in 2016. Brown leaves office w/a $6.1 billion surplus. Take a note: Taxing the rich works.
- Huge round of applause in Dubuque Precinct 9A as @AndrewYang backers move as a group to caucus with @BernieSanders group. @thenation
- Here is Governor Tim Walz after he signed the 2023 state law guaranteeing universal free breakfast and lunch for all students in Minnesota.
- The first great quote of the #coronavirus era comes from @BernieSanders: “I’m dealing with a fucking global crisis.”
