Saturday, December 22, 2018

Some Tweets from David Sirota


  • It's really funny that Wall Street Democrats are so utterly desperate that they're now trying to ignore the results of their own polling data that show huge majorities of Americans support an expansion of Social Security & a Medicare For All program 👇
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    Beto O'Rourke is the new Obama. And that's the last thing we need | David Sirota
  • Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been maligned for being too "divisive" because she challenges corporate power. She's been maligned by Democratic establishment and legacy media that wants another Obama/Clinton-style presidency that enriches corporate interests.
  • If Democrats use 2020 to elect a president who replicates this record, science is telling us millions of people are going to die. You can tweet-scream at me and insult me as not a "real" journalist, but that doesn't change the science. Deal with it.
  • Very normal, healthy media right here
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    Here’s a radical idea: Instead of denying paychecks to 800,000 federal workers over Christmas, how about taking away the Koch brothers $1.4 billion tax cut, the $670 million tax cut given to Sheldon Adelson and the $2.2 billion given to Walmart as a result of the Trump tax scam?
  • Nope. You should learn to read better. What I wrote was that replicating Obama’s policy of record increases in fossil fuel production will kill a lot of people, according to scientists.
  • Two Things I Learned From Very Emotionally Stable, Extremely Online Twitter People: 1. Nobody is a “real” journalist unless they only publish information that you personally like, and unless they refuse to publish factual information that offends you. 2. War is peace.
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    The trolls trying to de-credential me & claim I'm not a "real journalist" have learned this awesome talking point from a very honest and credible source: Chris Christie
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    Dems have a great chance to win in 2020 — but lots of people will die if they use that chance to replicate another Obama presidency of record oil production, huge profits for private health insurers and giant bailouts for Wall Street. It’s that simple.
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    As an aside: it's truly odd to write a column focused on Obama, contrasting his record with Elizabeth Warren, and making literally no reference to Sanders -- and yet still a mob of people react to it with invective against Sanders. That says something interesting, I think.
  • I don't assume that. I only report what I know -- and the voting record shows Beto has repeatedly voted for GOP bills to boost fossil fuel production, despite Democratic lawmakers warning that such votes would undermine the fight against climate change:
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    Phenomenally good column by
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    .'s description of neoliberal Dems' worldview sounds a lot like the Davos set's "win-win" obsession as described by in his book "Winners Take All." "There is always a policy that can at once serve the people and the powerful."
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    Ten years ago this month, days after the most sweeping left electoral mandate in 40 years, here's who Barack Obama put in charge of the U.S. government: Rahm Emanuel Hillary Clinton Robert Gates Timothy Geithner Larry Summers Eric Holder Arne Duncan
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    "You can't stand with the 1% and the 99%, you have to CHOOSE."
  • An idea: If you're a politician and you took the pledge, and then you broke the pledge, you should explain why you broke the pledge - you shouldnt want your supporters angrily insulting journalists for reporting that you broke the pledge
  • From my column: Establishment voices have slammed for being too "divisive" because she challenges corporate power -- but another Obama presidency of policies that coddle corporate power will mean death & pain for millions of people.
  • I really don’t understand how , the creator of The Wire, has now spent 24 hours obsessively tweeting about the alleged outrage of people pointing out Beto’s fossil fuel donations and him breaking the pledge. Check his timeline - it’s truly weird.
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    Obama recently bragged that he boosted fossil fuel production to record levels - and Beto helped him with votes in Congress. If Dems elect another president who replicates that record, climate science tells us millions will die & suffer. It’s that simple.
  • You’re absolutely right I’m not neutral when it comes to things like climate change — I think we need a lot of accountability reporting on lawmakers who help boost fossil fuel production, and I find it odd that a reporter from is insulting me for that.
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    “Americans deserve to know whether acting EPA head, Andrew Wheeler, nominated to be EPA administrator, disputes that carbon pollution endangers human health and the environment,”