THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas

THE PERSUADERS by Anand Giridharadas @AnandWrites

If you think philanthropy is a better way of spending money then taxation, may I introduce you to the roads, the schools, the bridges, teachers, food safety, the courts, Social Security, Medicare, the internet, clean air, running water, and much, much more?https://t.co/VEKGmOGb1r — PolitiTweet.org

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@zaberdasti @CNBC I await it eagerly. People wanna know — PolitiTweet.org

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@zaberdasti @CNBC fascinating — PolitiTweet.org

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@thambinator @CNBC Wrote a book answering your question — PolitiTweet.org

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@zaberdasti @CNBC what — PolitiTweet.org

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@CNBC Full video: https://t.co/SYQUt97YpX — PolitiTweet.org

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Always happy to have incredibly awkward conversations about the wealth tax on @CNBC! https://t.co/VEKGmOGb1r — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarkHarrisNYC: For your consideration: Best Cinematography. https://t.co/8ddRrsmGyp — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @chrisrickett: Piers Morgan just walked off the Good Morning Britain set (!!!) after co-presenter Alex Beresford defended Harry and Megh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarkLevineNYC: BREAKING: Beginning 8 a.m. tomorrow, aged 60+ in NY will be eligible for vaccination. — PolitiTweet.org

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"All the money that goes to the rich is called development. All the money goes to the poor is called government spending." https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZephyrTeachout: One last thing to highlight: antitrust is not just about big tech. It’s ag and hospitals. It’s about democratic /econom… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AJentleson: Big deal. Cortez Masto chaired the DSCC last cycle. https://t.co/do6Ve0Iit1 — PolitiTweet.org

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A special The Ink live chat today on the writing process. Sign up! 1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. the royal family over in London. https://t.co/cBBvTyqNnY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxberger: I've been very skeptical of Biden's willingness to take on corporate power, but appointing @linamkhan and @superwuster to th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks for reading. If you enjoy these interviews, sign up for https://t.co/jnQdjIbDXu to get it in your inbox -- it's free and open to all. And if you want to support our work, keeping it available to all, subscribe. — PolitiTweet.org

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Will he run again? 🤷🏾‍♂️ "I am 75 but I feel that I have the energy of a 30-year-old. And I am as horny as a 21-year-old, so I can say to you that I'm alive, fighting for democracy, and I don't have to run for the presidency to be in politics." https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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@LulaOficial For American progressives, @LulaOficial's example is important. He ran and won -- twice -- on a left-populist platform in a racially diverse country with a powerful ruling class. (Ring a bell?) I asked what advice he has for his American allies. https://t.co/vppe37PCtz https://t.co/fNeZu8t98d — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LulaOficial told me a great story about how he responded to President George W. Bush's invitation to help him invade Iraq. "Mr. President, I am not acquainted with Saddam Hussein," Lula told Bush. https://t.co/vppe37PCtz https://t.co/2Wjah98jzS — PolitiTweet.org

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"I ate my first piece of bread when I was seven...Before that age, I ate a breakfast of flour and black coffee. So I knew that I had to end hunger. "Hunger is not a phenomenon of nature. It is a phenomenon of the lack of responsibility of rich people." https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LulaOficial on his potential opponent next year, @jairbolsonaro: "He is just a copycat of Trump's administration. Trump is his reference, and he salutes Trump and he thinks that everything that Trump did is good. He followed Trump's instructions." https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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"How can someone build a foundation that gives out a little bit of charity, a little bit of money here and there, but then, when it comes to actually solving the problem, they refuse to take responsibility that no one should be so rich?" https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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"How is it possible for someone to be proud to say that they have a hundred hotels, or $1 billion in a bank account?" https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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@LulaOficial I asked @LulaOficial what he thought about while imprisoned on corruption charges (which he denies). His answer was a sentence from Victor Hugo: "The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor." https://t.co/vppe37PCtz https://t.co/baAaEqsHJ4 — PolitiTweet.org

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"There's no room, there's no time, to stay quiet." My interview with @LulaOficial, who was just cleared by Brazil's Supreme Court to run for president once more. https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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“I am 75 but I feel that I have the energy of a 30-year-old. And I am as horny as a 21-year-old, so I can say to you that I'm alive, fighting for democracy” — @LulaOficial in The Ink, with an entry for quote of the day. https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tarapalmeri: FIRST IN PLAYBOOK scoop from @RyanLizza: President JOE BIDEN has decided to nominate LINA KHAN, a Columbia University lega… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZephyrTeachout: Lina Khan going to the FTC and Tim Wu going to the White House are two extraordinary, powerful choices by Biden. It giv… — PolitiTweet.org

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“We have to build a better world, and to fight every day, because if we take a nap, someone would very much like to overthrow democracy,” @LulaOficial told me. https://t.co/vppe37PCtz — PolitiTweet.org

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