Saturday, December 22, 2018

Some Tweets from David Sirota


  •  26 minutes ago
    It's really funny that Wall Street Democrats are so utterly desperate that they're now trying to ignore the results of their own polling data that show huge majorities of Americans support an expansion of Social Security & a Medicare For All program 👇
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  •   Retweeted
     38 minutes ago
    Beto O'Rourke is the new Obama. And that's the last thing we need | David Sirota
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  •  58 minutes ago
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been maligned for being too "divisive" because she challenges corporate power. She's been maligned by Democratic establishment and legacy media that wants another Obama/Clinton-style presidency that enriches corporate interests.
    10 replies20 retweets67 likes
     
     
  •  1 hour ago
    If Democrats use 2020 to elect a president who replicates this record, science is telling us millions of people are going to die. You can tweet-scream at me and insult me as not a "real" journalist, but that doesn't change the science. Deal with it.
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  •  1 hour ago
    Very normal, healthy media right here
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  •  1 hour ago
    Same
    David Sirota and David Simon arguing about the meaning of Beto O'Rourke's voting record is like a chemical spray designed to keep me off twitter
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     3 hours ago
    Here’s a radical idea: Instead of denying paychecks to 800,000 federal workers over Christmas, how about taking away the Koch brothers $1.4 billion tax cut, the $670 million tax cut given to Sheldon Adelson and the $2.2 billion given to Walmart as a result of the Trump tax scam?
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  •  2 hours ago
    Nope. You should learn to read better. What I wrote was that replicating Obama’s policy of record increases in fossil fuel production will kill a lot of people, according to scientists.
    Replying to @davidsirota
    I learned that you think being an Obama clone would be a bad thing for a Democrat. Still sorting that one out.
    13 replies20 retweets126 likes
     
     
  •  2 hours ago
    Two Things I Learned From Very Emotionally Stable, Extremely Online Twitter People: 1. Nobody is a “real” journalist unless they only publish information that you personally like, and unless they refuse to publish factual information that offends you. 2. War is peace.
    40 replies144 retweets586 likes
     
     
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     23 hours ago
    The trolls trying to de-credential me & claim I'm not a "real journalist" have learned this awesome talking point from a very honest and credible source: Chris Christie
    63 replies152 retweets611 likes
     
     
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     4 hours ago
    Dems have a great chance to win in 2020 — but lots of people will die if they use that chance to replicate another Obama presidency of record oil production, huge profits for private health insurers and giant bailouts for Wall Street. It’s that simple.
    47 replies301 retweets757 likes
     
     
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     3 hours ago
    As an aside: it's truly odd to write a column focused on Obama, contrasting his record with Elizabeth Warren, and making literally no reference to Sanders -- and yet still a mob of people react to it with invective against Sanders. That says something interesting, I think.
    From my column: Establishment voices have slammed for being too "divisive" because she challenges corporate power -- but another Obama presidency of policies that coddle corporate power will…
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  •  3 hours ago
    I don't assume that. I only report what I know -- and the voting record shows Beto has repeatedly voted for GOP bills to boost fossil fuel production, despite Democratic lawmakers warning that such votes would undermine the fight against climate change:
    Replying to @davidsirota
    You assume Beto won't address climate change.
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  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    Phenomenally good column by
    "You can't stand with the 1% and the 99%, you have to CHOOSE."
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  •   Retweeted
     3 hours ago
    .'s description of neoliberal Dems' worldview sounds a lot like the Davos set's "win-win" obsession as described by in his book "Winners Take All." "There is always a policy that can at once serve the people and the powerful."
    4 replies36 retweets122 likes
     
     
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     3 hours ago
    Ten years ago this month, days after the most sweeping left electoral mandate in 40 years, here's who Barack Obama put in charge of the U.S. government: Rahm Emanuel Hillary Clinton Robert Gates Timothy Geithner Larry Summers Eric Holder Arne Duncan
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     3 hours ago
    "You can't stand with the 1% and the 99%, you have to CHOOSE."
    Dems have a great chance to win in 2020 — but lots of people will die if they use that chance to replicate another Obama presidency of record oil production, huge profits for private health insurers and giant bailouts for Wall Street. It’s that simple.
    7 replies63 retweets275 likes
     
     
  •  3 hours ago
    An idea: If you're a politician and you took the pledge, and then you broke the pledge, you should explain why you broke the pledge - you shouldnt want your supporters angrily insulting journalists for reporting that you broke the pledge
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  •  3 hours ago
    From my column: Establishment voices have slammed for being too "divisive" because she challenges corporate power -- but another Obama presidency of policies that coddle corporate power will mean death & pain for millions of people.
    6 replies44 retweets119 likes
     
     
  •  3 hours ago
    I really don’t understand how , the creator of The Wire, has now spent 24 hours obsessively tweeting about the alleged outrage of people pointing out Beto’s fossil fuel donations and him breaking the pledge. Check his timeline - it’s truly weird.
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     4 hours ago
    Obama recently bragged that he boosted fossil fuel production to record levels - and Beto helped him with votes in Congress. If Dems elect another president who replicates that record, climate science tells us millions will die & suffer. It’s that simple.
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  •  4 hours ago
    You’re absolutely right I’m not neutral when it comes to things like climate change — I think we need a lot of accountability reporting on lawmakers who help boost fossil fuel production, and I find it odd that a reporter from is insulting me for that.
    David got bent out of shape last week when I suggested that maybe he wasn't an entirely neutral journo.
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     4 hours ago
    “Americans deserve to know whether acting EPA head, Andrew Wheeler, nominated to be EPA administrator, disputes that carbon pollution endangers human health and the environment,”
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