"I will never back down in speaking truth to power," says @RashidaTlaib in protest of Netanyahu's address to Congress. "The apartheid government of Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians."
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- "If everyone could see what I see coming," said scientist Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), "society would switch into climate emergency mode and end fossil fuels in just a few years." cdreams.news/3DRTuny
- "It is a sad day for our democracy when my colleagues will smile for a photo op with a man who is actively committing genocide," says @RepRashida ahead of Netanyahu's address to Congress.
- "Today, I watched as armed terrorists stormed the United States Capitol," @Ilhan wrote. "We should not mince words about what this was: a coup attempt." cdreams.news/3hQCZ0b
- The U.S. will be at risk of throwing away its "biggest chance to combat climate change" if conservative Democrats tank the reconciliation bill, said Rep. @AOC. cdreams.news/3qiG7rB
- "We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this planet to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure," said @IlhanMN on Saturday after speaking with #StopLine3 organizers. cdreams.news/3j3NSfv
- "Yes. Dr. King was right," says @BernieSanders "We have socialism for the rich, rugged capitalism for the rest." cdreams.news/3Z4lRcs
- The media’s reporting on the debt ceiling "is inexcusable," says @RBReich. Enough with the both-siderism. "Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster."
- As Examples Mount, Sanders Campaign Accuses Corporate Media of 'Deliberate Attempt to Erase Bernie' go.shr.lc/2JRzLJI "All of these examples are no accident."
- "Since Democrats believe that it’s the popular vote that matters, this means Bernie is winning, right?"
- Ilhan Omar Warns Progressives Will Revolt If Dems 'Poison' Relief Bill by Curbing Eligibility for $1,400 Checks cdreams.news/2Lv6Krr "Democrats with a slim majority in the Congress can't pass this bill without progressives."
- Masked, Socially Distanced & Mad as Hell—Global Youth Take to the Streets for 3,200 #ClimateStrike Events: "The #climatecrisis is our reality, we're striking for our survival." #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #FaceTheClimateEmergency @GretaThunberg
- "Let this serve as a reminder that poverty is a policy choice," said @RBReich. "In the richest country in the world, it is absolutely inexcusable that millions of our children go to school hungry because they are living in poverty."
- "Other major countries cover all their people and pay half of what we do. Don't tell me we can't afford #MedicareForAll," says @SenSanders after @nytimes details the insanely higher costs of U.S. #healthcare:
