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@Oxfam 4. Increase in billionaire wealth, 1987-2022 (in real dollars) https://t.co/qzi6LvkjqB — PolitiTweet.org

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@Oxfam 3. "Food and energy companies more than doubled their profits in 2022" — PolitiTweet.org

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@Oxfam 2. "Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7 billion a day" — PolitiTweet.org

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@Oxfam "Billionaire fortunes are increasing by $2.7bn a day" — PolitiTweet.org

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1. "Since 2020, the richest 1% have captured almost two-thirds of all new wealth – nearly twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population" -- @Oxfam https://t.co/VlNtuVH5Jz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. Pretty much every right-wing politician will mark MLK Day with the same quote, stripped of all context REMINDER: MLK SAI… — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans around the country are banning schools from even discussing systemic racism. In so doing, they are banning students from leaning about the life and beliefs of MLK Jr — PolitiTweet.org

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IMO, we shouldn’t celebrate MLK Jr’s legacy by ignoring his entire life and claiming he supported ideas that he vigorously opposed — PolitiTweet.org

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16. That’s not a quote you’ll see many Republicans quoting on MLK Day. But it is what MLK ACTUALLY BELIEVED — PolitiTweet.org

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15. "It is an unhappy truth that racism is a way of life for the vast majority of white Americans, spoken and unspoken, acknowledged and denied, subtle and sometimes not so subtle -- the disease of racism permeates and poisons the body politic." -- MLK Jr. 3/31/1968 — PolitiTweet.org

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14. Did King reject the concept of "systemic racism," as many modern conservatives claim? He address this on March 31, 1968, four days before his death... — PolitiTweet.org

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13. ..All of America's wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation & humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program... would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest" — PolitiTweet.org

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12. In 1965, Alex Haley asked MLK Jr. if he supported "a multibillion-dollar program of preferential treatment for the Negro." MLK Jr. responded: "I do indeed. Can any fair-minded citizen deny that the Negro has been deprived?... — PolitiTweet.org

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11. The idea that today, MLK would advocate IGNORING racial and economic inequality is absurd — PolitiTweet.org

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10. ... and saw my black brothers and sisters perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity, and saw the nation doing nothing to grapple with the Negroes’ problem of poverty." — PolitiTweet.org

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9. ...and I must confess to you today that not long after talking about that dream I started seeing it turn into a nightmare…I watched that dream turn into a nightmare as I moved through the ghettos of the nation... — PolitiTweet.org

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8. Was MLK Jr.'s "dream" fulfilled by the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? He address that in a 1967 speech, shortly before his assassination: Toward the end of that afternoon, I tried to talk to the nation about a dream that I had had... — PolitiTweet.org

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7. …And so we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice." -- MLK Jr. 1963 — PolitiTweet.org

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6. "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds... — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Let's review some other things MLK Jr. said. He died much too young at 39. But he was able to leave behind a lot more than one sentence. — PolitiTweet.org

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4. To put it simply: King spoke frequently about racial inequality and the obligation to address racial injustice. King's "dream" of a society where people could be judged on the "content of their character" was conditioned on economic justice for Black Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Conservatives today are not required to agree with King and his ideals. But they should not falsify his legacy on the holiday that marks his birth or any other day. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Yes, MLK said "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." But that doesn't mean MLK thought we should IGNORE race, as the modern GOP insists — PolitiTweet.org

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1. Pretty much every right-wing politician will mark MLK Day with the same quote, stripped of all context REMINDER: MLK SAID MORE THAN 35 WORDS — PolitiTweet.org

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There were many politicians, pundits, and media outlets who relentlessly pushed Walgreens false claims. They did so without any supporting evidence. And now that Walgreens is backtracking, SILENCE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. For years, @walgreens and other major retailers have been sounding the alarm about an alleged spike in shoplifting, descr… — PolitiTweet.org

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“A prominent pro-reform law professor in Saudi Arabia is facing the death penalty for alleged crimes including having a Twitter account and using WhatsApp to share news” https://t.co/tB8ZGOdLbY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NiemanLab: Dramatic claims about shoplifting generated a nationwide media frenzy. Now, Walgreens is quietly backtracking. https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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“They’re trying to George Floyd me!” he exclaimed, according to the video, referring to the Minneapolis man who was murdered by then-police officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020. “They’re trying to George Floyd me!” — PolitiTweet.org

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"Video of the 1/3 incident in Venice, CA, shows Anderson being detained by multiple officers as he begs for his life shortly after a traffic collision. Body-cam footage shows an officer appearing to have his elbow on Anderson’s neck as he is detained in the middle of the road." — PolitiTweet.org