Waleed Shahid

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RT @nytclimate: Gradually rising temperatures, more extreme weather events and increasingly unpredictable patterns — like rain not falling… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aliciagarza: This response is so milquetoast I fell asleep while reading it. Put some bass in your voice @SpeakerPelosi. The President… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattGrossmann @leedrutman And just like during in those historic periods of realignment, the center-left needs to figure out how to work with the more progressive members in their caucus who are speaking to the base and vigorously fighting for a multiracial social democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattGrossmann @leedrutman Just like in 1860s and 1960s, progressives need a message that fights for the most marginalized members of our society who embody the multiracial democracy we must become. Selling them and their/our communities out is a losing path for Democrats and the nation as a whole. C’mon! — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattGrossmann As @leedrutman points out, US national politics is increasingly divided on lines of race and identity. Republicans foreground identity while Democrats often want to pivot to class. AOC and Ilhan embody both the identity/class aspects and that’s why the GOP attacks them. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianbeutler: It is hard enough to contend with the fire hose of right-wing propaganda and bad faith without Democratic leaders piling… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZahraBilloo: My appearance on @MSNBC this afternoon urging @SpeakerPelosi to condemn @realDonaldTrump’s actions for what they are, an i… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClintSmithIII “Two of the greatest leaders of the ideal, Stevens and Sumner, voluntarily laid down their lives on the altar of democracy and were eventually paid, as they must have anticipated they would be paid, by the widespread contempt of America." - Du Bois, Black Reconstruction — PolitiTweet.org

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@ClintSmithIII Yes! Also — lots of good fight scenes between Douglass and racists. Is @DonCheadle available? — PolitiTweet.org

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We could all have nice things if we didn’t let a few billionaires like Trump divide and conquer America. — PolitiTweet.org

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We could all have nice things if we didn’t let a few billionaires divide and conquer America. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @iSmashFizzle: Imagine what @IlhanMN could do if she could spend all of her working hours actually working for us instead of being inter… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IlhanMN: No one person – no matter how corrupt, inept, or vicious – can threaten my unwavering love for America. I stand undeterred to… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RashidaTlaib: They put us in photos when they want to show our party is diverse. However, when we ask to be at the table, or speak up a… — PolitiTweet.org

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It's a story that @IlhanMN and @RashidaTlaib know firsthand and why the GOP is so afraid of them. They're building a coalition of black, brown, and white people coming together to create an America that finally belongs to all of us, not the wealthy few. It's time we back them up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fox News and Donald Trump won't tell the story about my mom and the two Americas, she witnessed. But Democratic Party leaders should tell the stories of thousands of Muslims who have the exact same story I do. — PolitiTweet.org

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In those moments after 9/11, those tiny American flags held by little black, brown and white kids meant something: solidarity. In the following months, the flag was used for fear and war. When Trump weaponizes 9/11 against @IlhanMN -- let's choose solidarity over fear and hate. — PolitiTweet.org

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When my mom was crying, she was crying for those families who had lost their loved ones. And she was also crying for herself -- an immigrant Muslim woman desperately searching for ways to join a community that had painfully and violently rejected her earlier that same day. — PolitiTweet.org

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Suddenly, a group of little kids started reciting the pledge of allegiance. Everyone joined in. Then someone started singing the national anthem. I watched my immigrant mother join with the crowd. I never even know she knew the words. She held back tears, like everyone else. — PolitiTweet.org

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Everyone showed up. Black, brown, and white families. Little kids carried tiny American flags. I still have no idea where they got them. We stood around awkwardly -- not really knowing how to be together, how to be American together. The adults cried on each other's shoulders. — PolitiTweet.org

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Then my mom helped call the families in our neighborhood and asked if they wanted to participate in a candlelight vigil on our front lawn that evening to remember those who had died that day. — PolitiTweet.org

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A few hours later, my mom said she felt bad for the police officers managing traffic at the intersection outside our house on a hot day. She asked me to go hand them water bottles and soda. I was so confused. They had been so mean to us: why were we helping them? — PolitiTweet.org

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I came home and my mom told me to turn on a movie for us to watch. I went to the kitchen to grab water and saw her crying over the kitchen sink. I didn't know what to say. — PolitiTweet.org

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On September 11, 2001 -- a police officer pulled out his gun and pointed it at my mother for absolutely no reason as she drove us home from school. My siblings and I were in the car with her screaming and crying. She turned the car and we drove away. — PolitiTweet.org

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After the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001, I witnessed two Americas. One was an America of solidarity and coming together across our differences. The other was an America of fear, hatred, and division. Which America will we allow the memory of 9/11 to be used for today? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RebeccaKKatz: Ok, so Pelosi didn’t agree w/ what Omar said and doesn’t want to be talking about it. BUT what kind of leader doesn’t s… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is what it looks like to fight back. The Bodega strikes led by Muslim and Yemeni Americans were among the most beautiful protests in this nation’s history — painting a vision for the America we have yet to become. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AOC: Two years ago, Bodega owners across NYC (& cheered by neighbors)shut their shops citywide to protest Trump’s #MuslimBan. Today, t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gaywonk: The fucked up thing is, Crenshaw got exactly what he wanted: a Fox News cycle spent repeating his name in front of GOP voters,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @feministabulous: Convincing white people that black people are the biggest threat to their safety is the republican party's most effect… — PolitiTweet.org