Waleed Shahid

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@jonlovett @HeerJeet I guess I'm wondering why that is the central question over the question of whether or not health care should be a universal public good like K-12 schools or the fire department? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @justicedems: We won. Organizing works. https://t.co/E0DtMsZTzg — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin yeah. and tlaib/aoc are dsa members. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BenjySarlin It was when The Squad won their primaries. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just finished this novel by @fatimafmirza. It's a great read. Check it out. https://t.co/jtHRS9gNrk — PolitiTweet.org

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This thread, unfortunately, does not fit in the soap opera, celebrity-style framing our media often provides to ideological and political conflict. — PolitiTweet.org

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If they do, they may find that the new progressive agenda is not just another player to triangulate between, but an urgent response to the question: “How will Democrats govern through another era of epochal crises?” — PolitiTweet.org

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The Democratic Party leadership don’t need to join the sit-ins. They need to learn to dance with grassroots movements offering an ideological vision that is increasingly popular with the base of the party. — PolitiTweet.org

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The new leaders aren’t hurting the Democratic Party -- they’re bringing the party into the future, saving it from habits of a bygone era. — PolitiTweet.org

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We are navigating through a crisis that will define the terms of politics for the next generation. 40 years after the Reagan revolution, our nation is riven by skyrocketing inequality, resurgent racism, a worsening climate crisis, and a right-wing that suppresses democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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My generation -- diverse and coming of age during the financial crisis, Katrina, Iraq, and the threat of right-wing authoritarianism -- see that the instincts and ideas of the Democratic establishment cannot fully solve the challenges we face in the 21st century without a push. — PolitiTweet.org

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The tactics of the insurgents may irritate party leaders to no end, but the friction still serves to move politics towards the ideological alignment and the goals of expanded universal social rights for all Americans. — PolitiTweet.org

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Disruptive social movements and leaders like @AOC, @IlhanMN, @RashidaTlaib, @AyannaPressley shine a light on urgent issues, bend the impossible into the inevitable, and create political will, providing potential allies -- like Nancy Pelosi -- with cover to champion bold reforms. — PolitiTweet.org

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An hour before Capitol Police began arrests at the Green new Deal sit-in at Pelosi's office, @AOC joined and said: “Should Leader Pelosi become the next Speaker of the House, we’ve got her back in pursuing the most progressive energy agenda this country has ever seen.” — PolitiTweet.org

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From the abolitionists to labor rights to civil rights, this has always been the tension between social movements and insiders. “You’ve persuaded me. Now make me do it,” FDR famously told A. Philip Randolph as he pushed for labor and civil rights reforms. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pelosi acknowledges that her role is to seek the lowest "common denominator" among House Democrats, essentially unity for unity's sake. AOC and The Squad's role is very different: to shift the political terrain and the place where compromise happens. https://t.co/h7zzwwx2Gc — PolitiTweet.org

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It's also clear that @AOC + @SpeakerPelosi hold different positions on Medicare for All, free college and canceling student debt, taking corporate donations, ICE and border issues, impeachment. Many leading presidential contenders agree with AOC over Pelosi on those issues too. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't understand the aversion to conflict and vague calls for "unity" on the Hill. Of course, there will be conflict between someone who primaried the 4th ranking House Democrat, participated in a sit-in at @SpeakerPelosi's office, & encouraged more people to run in primaries. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonlovett @HeerJeet Agreed! That is the debate that should be happening. But I really don't like seeing Democrats like Joe Biden and others use "protecting Obamacare" and "you will lose your health care" as their lines of attack here. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias are you a dsa member now — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RSanz6: .@SenWarren & @AOC: “After decades of bombing exercises by our military resulted in severe harm to Vieques, we owe it to our fe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_waleedshahid: @AlxThomp Joe Biden’s argument against Medicare for All is not too different from Trump’s. https://t.co/CFoBQFBIQy http… — PolitiTweet.org

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@AlxThomp Joe Biden’s argument against Medicare for All is not too different from Trump’s. https://t.co/CFoBQFBIQy https://t.co/v9OEuLuQMP — PolitiTweet.org

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@jonlovett @HeerJeet It’s deliberately misleading and Trumpian when opponents of Medicare for All falsely claim that single payer will cause people to “lose” their health care. Most other nations have transitioned from private, for-profit insurance corporations to low-cost, single payer. We can too. https://t.co/pecOeMEoi2 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @feinsod: This @IChotiner interview with @yarimarbonilla offers an excellent and serious primer on the current transformations in Puerto… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alexkotch: A majority of Americans have acknowledged Trump is a racist for years, yet many of the biggest publications in the country s… — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/ZHLwqVksRj — PolitiTweet.org

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@iamcardib @BernieSanders https://t.co/ycr5Q16k78 — PolitiTweet.org

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Looks like @iamcardib is feelin the Bern again. https://t.co/G0pxfkj0ak — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dwallacewells: “Even today, with only a few decades left for us to reduce emissions without potentially catastrophic long-term conseque… — PolitiTweet.org