Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Some Tweets from Anand Giridharadas



  •  Pinned Tweet
     29 Jan 2019
    We're led by a billionaire crook because, for decades, billionaires ran America like a club for their own benefit; and now billionaires promise us they are the solution. I wrote for all who ask why we're here and how we set ourselves free.
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  •  4 hours ago
    Bravo to for asking the fundamental question: Why does an oligarch who helped cause a problem claim the mantle of leadership on solving it?
    "Mr. Steyer, to clarify, you say you're the climate change candidate, but you made you 1.6 billion dollars in part by investing in coal, oil, and gas. So are you the right messenger on this topic?" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE GOT 'EM LMAOOOOO
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  •  4 hours ago
    Under the Warren and Sanders wealth taxes, Tom Steyer would no longer be able to afford the high-priced consultant who told him voters want you to stare at them.
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  •  4 hours ago
    . and want to end the Second Gilded Age. Most of their rivals want to make this Gilded Age slightly more bearable. That is the fundamental fight here.
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  •   Retweeted
     4 hours ago
    Warren and Sanders correct about taxing huge wealth. Most economic gains since 1980 have gone to the very top. They've been using some of it to buy legislative changes that generate more wealth. We're on the way to becoming (or already are) an oligarchy, not a democracy.
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  •  4 hours ago
    Once more for the people in the back.
    The reason it’s worth paying for millionaires and billionaires to use public goods is because you end up with public goods for everyone so good even millionaires and billionaires use them.
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  •  6 hours ago
    Same
    Klobuchar said "Syria" and my phone woke up because it heard "siri."
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  •  8 hours ago
    The president consorted with scoundrels who seemingly plotted against an ambassador. Billionaires are trying to buy the presidency to replace a billionaire. Other billionaires are trying to boost other candidates as hedges against threats to their clout. That’s the real fight.
    This whole string of messages is stunning actually. Here’s Lutsenko mocking Parnas for not being able to hold up his end of the job and get Yovanovitch fired…
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  •  8 hours ago
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    There was an American plot against the security of a US Ambassador. State must turn over what it has and what steps were taken to protect her AND end the plot. You don’t pull the Ambassador because an American is threatening her. You have the threat arrested.
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  •  8 hours ago
    The Fifth Avenue thing wasn’t a joke.
     
     
     
    Um holy sh*t. This certainly makes it sound like Parnas and co. were actively tracking Yovanovitch's movements. This could explain why Yovanovitch was moved out of Ukraine so quickly.
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  •  8 hours ago
    An immediate classic Trump portrait.
    . reads his phone as he arrives in his SUV to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md. for a campaign trip to Milwaukee, WI.
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  •  12 hours ago
    He is one of the world’s largest managers of fossil fuel stocks.
    3:50
    BlackRock CEO Larry Fink used his annual letter to the world’s biggest companies to warn of the financial risks of climate change. “I do believe many of these problems could be solved. But the actions have to begin now.” …
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  •  13 hours ago
    These are two people who would make America much better for women. Let's keep our eyes on that ball. And try to find it in yourself to be decent to people who want much of what you want, too.
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  •  13 hours ago
    I didn't understand this story in that way until 's breakdown. But it makes so much sense. Part of what is actually positive about the culture now is the growing awareness of the said-vs.-heard divergence. Anyway, I think this is actually a moment worth learning from.
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  •  13 hours ago
    I have an Indian mom. She constantly worries about things I'm about to do. Won't people not like it if I write that? Will I be safe? I sometimes read those worries as a belief that I can't pull off the thing. I'm justified to feel that way, without her necessarily being wrong.
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  •  13 hours ago
    .'s sage take on Sanders and Warren: Worrying women will face special brutality in politics doesn't make Sanders sexist. And hearing such worries, day after day, as discouragement doesn't make Warren a liar. Let's get back to the work.
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  •  15 hours ago
    That private-equity baron who funds your local ballet and says woke things about inequality and the kids on the border may not actually be on your side.
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  •  16 hours ago
    "It used to be that corporate donations were an easy source of good PR. As the backlash against Amazon’s bushfires donation shows, that’s not as true anymore." A smart reflection by .
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  •  16 hours ago
    "Sanders’ positions on many difficult issues are commendable, but his real impact has been as a reaction to the cynical climate which threatens the effectiveness of the democratic system." A stirring tribute to . By -- um -- .
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  •  17 hours ago
    A profound reflection on Sanders, Warren, and the difference between being an active citizen and a stan.
    I rue the day we decided to stan presidential candidates. All of them are imperfect. Not being honest about their growth areas hurts us all. They’re never pushed to be better for *all* of us when we treat…
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  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    Happy birthday to Caterina Valente, born on this day in 1931 in Paris, France. Here she is playing “One Note Samba” on the Dean Martin Show in 1966.
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  •  Jan 13
    I’m not suggesting the issues between them are trivial. But I am suggesting, having witnessed something of both of their orbits, that these are two people, and campaigns, who admire each other and who grasp that their real enemy is not each other but plutocracy.
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