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“They are doing some of the worst things we’ve ever seen, and the government is breaking as a result.”
“There’s suffering on a mass scale in Yemen, and the United States bears tremendous responsibility for that.”
“They’re taking far more sweeping, categorical actions toward people with fewer protections under current law, and it’s harder to talk about those.”
“They are directing the reporters to be careful, because they fear government retribution for their speech.”
“We’ve eliminated the memory of measles. I think people don’t remember how sick that virus can make you.”
“It’s not just one person or two people, it’s thousands of people that oppose these policies, and are trying to fight back.”
“Social Security, and Medicare and Medicaid. In my 50 years working on the programs, this is the most severe threat I’ve ever seen to them.”
“When you start to dig into the most harmful things the Trump administration is doing, I find disability there, again and again and again.”
“The example of the red state strikes are a prime indicator that even when you have very conservative people in power…workers have an ability to use their workplace leverage and their community leverage to win.”
“This is a free speech issue that in normal times would be a no-brainer.”
“It’s these tax-lobbying corporations that have fought so hard to keep taxes complicated and confusing for the rest of us.”
“What we’re talking about is driving out the indigenous population so that settlers can take over their land.”
“If Trump were to put out an executive order today declaring the sky is purple, that doesn’t change the reality that the sky is not purple.”
“Resistance to public health measures often, in my view, reflects unmet need.”
“That’s the real problem here, is that workers pay taxes every two weeks and billionaires can basically never pay taxes.”
“Making conditions for people in the US better…is going to be an important part of our strategy to make the case for immigration.”
“Trump is saying he doesn’t care about whatever agreements we have, including the ones he signed.”
“It’s not as much about likes and clicks and algorithms, as much as it is about actually solving the problem.”
“Journalism is absolutely critical for democracy, and we have to remember that moving forward.”
“Young people in Baltimore…are 5% of arrests..and yet almost 30% of the stories that identified the age of the offenders focused on young people.”
