Saturday, November 23, 2019

Some Tweets from Ann Garrison




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    BREAKING: Over 150 Yale + Harvard students, alumni, faculty stormed the field at to demand DIVESTMENT from fossil fuels & cancel holdings in Puerto Rican debt. When it comes to the status quo, .
  • Human Rights Watch supports US-backed far-right coup in Bolivia, whitewashes massacre of indigenous protesters via
  • A Sanders v. Trump race is unlikely, but it's fun to imagine the corporate press trying to cover one. 🤣🤣🤣
  • People often say that Julian Assange has never been in the US, but that's not true. He spoke at UC-Berkeley in 2010, for one. This interesting 5-minute clip survives but I can't find a record of the whole forum.
  • Kamala's never represented a special interest? I guess Steven Mnuchin and his foreclosure empire don't count.
  • I haven't heard any debaters calling for hand counted paper ballots nationwide. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won 65% of the vote in states with no paper trails, Bernie 35%. In precincts with paper trails, Bernie Sanders won 51%, Clinton 49%.
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    In the critical state of Wisconsin, ⁦⁩ is sadly the only Democrat to crack 45%. I signed up for ⁦⁩ b/c I honestly believe this will be a tough, nasty race and he has the best chance to win WI, PA, MI which we need!
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    How are you going to pay for that?

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    Replying to  
    The EU has done far more than endorse the right wing coup in Bolivia. They supported military intervention in Iraq, Lybia and Syria and endorsed Guaido in Venezuela.
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    Near the Plaza San Francisco in La Paz, a peaceful march of at least 10,000 working people--miners, farmers, teachers, & more--has flooded the streets demanding justice for the 24 Morales supporters killed by Bolivian police and military this week & demanding Jeanine Añez resign.