Wednesday, March 04, 2020

Some Tweets from Rebecca Traister


  •  Pinned Tweet
     15 Sep 2019
    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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  •  2 hours ago
    This Katie Hill profile by is simultaneously thoughtful, tough and compassionate toward its subject. It's such a strong piece of journalism:
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  •   Retweeted
     14 hours ago
    Four states moved from caucuses to primaries this year. CO participation is up 517% from 2016 and still counting ME is up 304% and still counting MN is up 264% UT is up 120% and still counting Democracy is stronger when more people are able to participate.
    513 replies11,386 retweets52,144 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     9 hours ago
    We are also compounding the misery there with our current sanctions regime, which we should alter immediately to allow for free flow of medicine and equipment. It's insane to punish Iranian people and also accelerate the spread of the virus as some kind of twisted policy tool.
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  •   Retweeted
     11 hours ago
    Five years ago, (R) was the 2nd most popular senator. Today, according to the Morning Consult, she is now the least popular. How and why did that transformation take place? joined on to explain. 👂 here:
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  •   Retweeted
     14 hours ago
    Abortion is healthcare
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  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    The first thing we had to defeat was the culture of fear — and our movement was victorious in proving we're within striking distance of bringing fundamental change to South Texas.
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  •   Retweeted
     13 hours ago
    This fight was an opportunity to prove that a brown girl from the border with a whole community behind her could take on the machine and bring hope to South Texans. This is just the beginning in .
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  •   Retweeted
     15 hours ago
    You can feel whatever you need to feel about Super Tuesday. At the same time, 1). Joe Biden’s sweep happened because people voted for him. There is no conspiracy. 2) Elizabeth Warrens votes would not automatically go to Sanders. She is not why he lost big in Southern States.
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  •   Retweeted
     15 hours ago
    The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office says a man who has been on death row for 23 years is “likely innocent.” He was convicted with the help of “testimony from jailhouse informants whom prosecutors no longer find credible.”
    3 replies59 retweets129 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     16 hours ago
    American democracy
    The last voter at Texas Southern University has walked out of the voting booth. It took Hervis Rogers nearly 7 hours to vote tonight.
    10 replies240 retweets901 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    San Diego City Council pres., backed by state/local parties, local unions & progressive groups, will face frmer advisor to Hillary Clinton who’s spent $5mill of her own $ in 2 runs thus far, +$1.5mill from a her grandparents’ Super PAC, in CA-53 general
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  •   Retweeted
     17 hours ago
    Lots on the line in this case. Here's me and
    Good morning happy June Medical Services day!
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  •   Retweeted
     18 hours ago
    Just a friendly reminder that, in a 5-4 vote in 2013’s Shelby County v. Holder, SCOTUS decimated 2 key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.
    2 replies138 retweets293 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Mar 3
    . is up to speak, says while its too close to call, the movement is victorious. They were not expecting this, she says: a movement scared a machine
    23 replies236 retweets1,817 likes
     
     
  •   Retweeted
     Mar 3
    Democrats just flipped a state house seat in Maine by 15 points tonight that Trump previously carried by 8 points. Terrible news for Susan Collins.
    2,510 replies15,044 retweets80,925 likes
     
     
  •  Mar 3
    “It sucks in our country that it’s so hard to vote...sometimes that’s on purpose and that is evil” says Maddow, correctly.
    19 replies779 retweets4,438 likes
     
     
  •  Mar 3
    This is so f**king grotesque.
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    “Joe Biden appeals to people who pay their cable bills on the day they arrive. Bernie Sanders appeals to people who may forget to pay their cable bill entirely.... the first group is more reliable.”…
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