Sunday, March 15, 2020

Some Tweets from David Sirota

David Sirota is the speechwriter for candidate Bernie Sanders.


It's time for ' Medicare for All plan -- pass it on
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David Sirota
@davidsirota
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"Unlike the United States, where a top health official told Congress the rollout of testing was 'failing,' the single-payer countries have been especially nimble at making free, or low-cost, virus screening widely available" washingtonpost.com/world/europe/m

"Unlike the United States, where a top health official told Congress the rollout of testing was 'failing,' the single-payer countries have been especially nimble at making free, or low-cost, virus screening widely available"

Ohio has 37 confirmed cases; DeWine has ordered — not just suggested — statewide school closures, bans on gatherings of 100+ people, and now this. Colorado has 100+ confirmed cases and hasn’t taken any of those steps.
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Jeremy Pelzer
@jpelzer
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BREAKING: Ohio to close all restaurants and bars effective 9 pm tonight, Gov. @MikeDeWine says
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is shutting down the state's bars and restaurants effective at 9 p.m. Takeout and delivery ok. "Delay means more people will die," he said.
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A robust Medicare for All system would put us in a much stronger position to deal with a pandemic. Our current for-profit system will price people out of testing and treatment, meaning faster spread and more deaths. Continuing to deny this obvious fact is a recipe for a disaster.
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Josh Lucudzo
@yoooodles
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Replying to @davidsirota
M4A wouldn’t prevent a pandemic. Really dumb tweet.
I mean, seriously: any person in public life who used their platform to focus the media discourse on the civility of emojis or the tone of tweets to C-Span videos even as a lethal pandemic spread across the world -- you should be ashamed, and history will never, ever forget.
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David Sirota
@davidsirota
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History will not look kindly on politicians, journalists, pundits, think tankers and political operatives who obsessed over the tone of mean tweets - rather than, say, passing Medicare for All - in the lead up to a lethal pandemic that threatens to kill millions of human beings.


History will not look kindly on politicians, journalists, pundits, think tankers and political operatives who obsessed over the tone of mean tweets - rather than, say, passing Medicare for All - in the lead up to a lethal pandemic that threatens to kill millions of human beings.



Gonna repeat it: Democrats fully control 7 state governments that have not passed paid sick leave legislation. The Republican Party is an absolute abomination -- but the Democratic Party's elected officials could pass this legislation right now to protect 50 million people.
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David Sirota
@davidsirota
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50 million people live in 7 states whose governments are controlled by Dems but whose governments dont have paid sick leave laws. This is unacceptable. These laws should be passed immediately in EVERY state. The Democratic Party has the power to help 50 million people right now. twitter.com/davidsirota/st

"We must finally do what every other major country does & guarantee health care to all our people...During the coronavirus outbreak, the lack of health care threatens all of us, showing that we are only as safe as the least insured person in America."

Now would be a very good time to pass ' bill to expand Social Security



Reminder: cast one of the key votes to help Republicans narrowly defeat legislation by and Paul Wellstone designed to stop pharmaceutical price gouging. Pass it on.
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Bryon D Bothun
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@Inchhighprivate
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Reminder: @JoeBiden cast one of the key votes to help Republicans narrowly defeat legislation by @BernieSanders and Paul Wellstone designed to stop pharmaceutical price gouging. Pass it on. twitter.com/niktaylorde/st