Thursday, February 27, 2020

Some Tweets from Rebecca Traister



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    A good morning for reading suggestions to help process fury. Because I wrote it, I’ll start with my book, Good and Mad, about the history & political power of women’s anger, now in paperback (& on sale in hardcover). BUT WAIT THERE’S LOTS MORE:
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    Once again Trump shows his contempt for government workers and the severe dangers of a corrupt, incompetent administration. Thankful for this whistleblower.
  • also, just such a lovely thread about the role great teachers can play in our lives,
  • Relevant to my interests/previous reporting:
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    here we have a perfect storm of election year issues: the incompetence and corruption of the administration and the failure of the american health care system. let’s see if house democrats can take the lay up
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    "Here was an extremely bright spotlight shone on the often murky concept of what it means to 'believe women.'" writes on Chris Matthews, Elizabeth Warren, and the latest
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    35+ women whose accounts we reported on extensively beg to differ.
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    Today, Elizabeth Warren adopted 's proposal to create a clemency board that will prioritize cases of older Americans incarcerated for unduly long sentences and establish a presumption of release, unless the board finds a danger to public safety.
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    Whatever risk the dems think they are incurring by nominating Sanders—this would be far, far worse and would validate some of the worst internal and external criticisms of the party
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    You hear a lot about our community on TV. You hear about us, but you never really hear from us. We‘re the border. And we deserve better than Trump’s favorite Democrat. Now let’s make history on March 3:
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    “Many of the country’s largest and most prestigious companies still systematically sideline pregnant women. They pass them over for promotions and raises. They fire them when they complain.” with ⁦
  • Did not see “he doesn’t wear pants!” coming.
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