Thursday, February 06, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.



  •  Pinned Tweet
     Jan 31
    If at the end of my life I am remembered as one of the people who intently and obsessively worked to help focus public attention on Social Security during the 2020 election, I’m good with that.
    41 replies404 retweets2,105 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    an image that didn't age well
    188 replies547 retweets4,600 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
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  •   Retweeted
     5 hours ago
    Opinion: doesn't think you should write off Joe Biden just yet
    172 replies65 retweets248 likes
     
     
  •  4 hours ago
    You don't even really need to read the books -- and hell, they probably aren't all that widely available anymore. It's just truly weird to have reported/predicted so much of this and get berated for it -- only to watch it all pour out into public view in such a blatant way.
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  •  5 hours ago
    During the last few weeks, it has been very surreal to see all the taboo truths many of us were excoriated for saying for so many years now just blast out into the open to the point where it's completely & utterly undeniable on every single level
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  •  7 hours ago
    For 20 years, so many of us were berated, belittled, insulted, ostracized and blacklisted for making this kind of argument for accountability -- so it is very enjoyable to watch it get a fleeting & momentary airing on television. Thanks to -- good work.
    0:49
    ., you call this an ad hominem attack. But as your former fact-checker intern, I’d red-pen that. You have a record of predicting exactly the opposite of…
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  •  7 hours ago
    The Democratic primary contest is this: vs
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  •   Retweeted
     9 hours ago
    lol destroys Jonathan Chait after he says Bernie can’t win: “John predicted the Iraq war would go well. John predicted Donald Trump would lose decisively to Hillary Clinton... I think we should be humble when we have those kinds of records.”
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  •  9 hours ago
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  •   Retweeted
     12 hours ago
    I wonder if can go on and show us a chart of how much money has stashed in tax havens.
    "Bloomberg's charitable foundation shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in assets into offshore accounts, many of them in reputed tax havens...The transfers began after management (was) turned over to Steve Rattner, a financier now under investigation"
    4 replies105 retweets279 likes
     
     
  •  17 hours ago
    >
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  •  17 hours ago
    Narrator: the show goes on
    26 replies107 retweets694 likes
     
     
  •  18 hours ago
    Mood
    22 replies33 retweets480 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     18 hours ago
    Replying to 
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  •  18 hours ago
    Bernie broke the needle
     
    what the NYT iowa prediction looked like for the past 48 hours and what it looks like now lmaaaaoooooooo
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    192 replies1,772 retweets12,264 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Feb 5
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  •  19 hours ago
    Less than a year ago: "Industry titans Michael Bloomberg and Brian Duperreault highlighted Bermuda’s value to global business" Bermuda:
    5 replies70 retweets171 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    tbh, versus a wine cave, a billionaire media mogul and a reality TV star is kinda perfect
    27 replies249 retweets1,331 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    Non-oligarch Michael Bloomberg: ✅ "Part time resident" of offshore tax haven, hasnt released tax returns: ✅ "shifted assets into offshore accounts, many of them in reputed tax havens" ✅ Buys elections:
    35 replies391 retweets823 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    Somewhere in a mahogany file cabinet in a Manhattan office, there's definitely a McKinsey guidebook that explains how candidates behind in the vote tally can try to shift attention away from actual votes and toward something called "state delegate equivalents"
    33 replies394 retweets1,643 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    But you know...we're not allowed to say the word "oligarch"
    "Bloomberg's charitable foundation shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in assets into offshore accounts, many of them in reputed tax havens...The transfers began after management (was) turned over to Steve Rattner, a financier now under investigation"
    16 replies121 retweets536 likes
     
     
  •  19 hours ago
    "Bloomberg's charitable foundation shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in assets into offshore accounts, many of them in reputed tax havens...The transfers began after management (was) turned over to Steve Rattner, a financier now under investigation"
    47 replies688 retweets1,582 likes
     
     
  •  20 hours ago
    Looking forward to seeing what kind of McKinsey-speak will be used to pretend these results mean Bernie didn't win
    The NEW raw vote totals are: Sanders – 42,027 – 26.1% Buttigieg – 40,823 – 25.4%…
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  •  21 hours ago
    I think this deserves a bit more attention
    To review: hasn't released his tax returns and lives part-time in an offshore tax haven. He also publicly touts that tax haven even as it has long been criticized for being a place where American corporations can use shady schemes to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
    33 replies308 retweets1,089 likes
     
     
  •  21 hours ago
    Protect Social Security
    14 replies200 retweets650 likes
     
     
  •  21 hours ago
    Bernie is still winning — pass it on
    The NEW raw vote totals are: Sanders – 42,027 – 26.1% Buttigieg – 40,823 – 25.4%…
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    53 replies1,262 retweets5,963 likes
     
     
  •  21 hours ago
    After getting crushed in Iowa on the Social Security issue, Biden is somehow still trying to erase 40 years of his own record trying to cut benefits & freeze funding for the program. His tactics won’t work, because the facts are the facts right here:
    0:44
    Biden at tonight’s CNN town hall accused Bernie supporters of “misrepresenting” his record on social security & lied by saying he’s been a “strong supporter of social security“ his whole career. No pushback from…
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    42 replies433 retweets1,329 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     22 hours ago
    I just heard someone on CNN talk about his record on Social Security. If you want to compare the records of Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders on Social Security, please watch this video:
    5:21
    For my entire career I have fought to protect and expand Social Security. After we defeat Donald Trump, together, that is exactly what we will do.
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