Johnny Townsend

Saying billionaires create wealth is like saying ticks manufacture blood. No, asshole. They're just exceptionally good at extracting it.

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To everybody’s dad who’s been watching those TV ads about me 👇🏾 I don’t have big money for ads, so let me talk to you directly. I’m going to protect your Social Security. I’m going to protect your Medicare. I’m going to make billionaires pay what they owe.

A Florida police officer is facing criminal charges after allegedly using a routine welfare check to steal a man who passed away, house and identity.

With friends like these, who needs enemies? Worse than collaborators. Actively, eagerly oppressing the marginalized instead of protecting. Iowa Dem Josh Turek Releases Anti-trans Ad Calling For A Federal Funding Ban On Trans Care open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

"Healing cannot mean asking injured people to make peace with everyone else’s comfort." www.laprogressive.com/racism/ameri...

There are people, even some trans people, who think that we can give up sports to appease bigots. That if we give up on sports, this all goes away. That is a lie. I have reported on this for years, and EVERY state that passed a sports ban as a moderate compromise has gone on to pass worse.

AOC Rebukes Anti-Trans Democrats, Calling Them “Shameful” And “Wrong” For “Scaring So Easily” open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

In the U.S., we long for "Medicare for All," but even our Medicare and "supplement" system is terribly flawed. We can and must do better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDg...

Exactly

Desperate to cast a do-nothing, pro-oligarch agenda as good politics, Democratic elites pretend the key swing vote is country-club Republicans rather than enraged working-class voters. www.levernews.com/rahm-emanuel...

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Me: "What does it say for your credibility on foreign policy issues, if you've gotten the two biggest foreign policy issues of our lifetime, Iraq and Gaza, both wrong?" Matthew Yglesias: "I don't know, what does it mean to get Gaza right?" New clip below. Full interview: zeteo.com/p/matt-ygles...

Some much needed humor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRK...

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Class solidarity is one helluva drug among Democratic tycoons-turned-governors. www.levernews.com/the-blue-sta...

The Biggest Scandal Today in One Headline open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...

Security and witness footage revealed shocking details after 40-year-old Ricardo Gonzalez was struck by an unmarked federal SUV while riding his e-bike on October 17th. Despite shouting that his arm was broken, bystanders say Gonzalez was tased twice and pinned face-down on the pavement.

When your party platform is, "We hate fascists, so vote for us because we're only fascists some of the time, toward some people," you instantly lose all credibility. Do they WANT to lose? DCCC Releases Its First Anti-Trans Ad, Supporting SC Democrat Nancy Lacore open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

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Learning to say no years ago after saying yes too many times has greatly improved my life. It's important to not ONLY say no, but being able to say it when that's the best answer is vital. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOKB...

I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world. This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵

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We cannot accept corporate rule by Democrats as the "kinder, gentler oppressors." Universal healthcare. Tuition-free college and trade school. Subsidized childcare. Universal basic income. And more. www.patreon.com/jessiegender...

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I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.

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It’s certainly debatable whether one can justify voting for the lesser evil. But I don’t think one can ever justify eagerly voting for the greater evil.

Weeks before the midterms, the Democratic establishment is insisting their party must stand against the public’s policy demands. www.levernews.com/medicare-for...

“Let's Make Sure You're Really A Girl": Dem PAC's Latest Ad Eviscerates The GOP's Bathroom Obsession open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

An explosive scandal in Charlotte, NC has exposed CMPD officers sending deeply disturbing racist texts, allegedly competing over targeting Black residents. With officers resigning and the NAACP calling for absolute accountability, federal investigators are now stepping in.

"I Believed American Healthcare Was the Best in the World. Then I Did the Math" Yale epidemiologist @Alison_Galvani anticipated a hefty price tag for Medicare for All. But she found that we are already paying more than enough right now to cover the cost of universal healthcare.

You know, Elon, if you just paid your taxes, we could give those kids food and healthcare, things far more valuable than stock in a government-welfare-dependent company that is bound to go bankrupt eventually.

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It's the stupidity, stupid. Shut up and go away.

Tommy was a paid radical agitator bused in from out state

This is indistinguishable from the Nazis of the 1940s. We see. We understand. We are angry. We will never forgive or forget. And we will impose what JUSTICE requires. Nazis can never be allowed to feel safe. They have engineered their own doom.

The Labour Government are still continuing to arm a genocide. They're still locking up pensioners who hold up cardboard signs. And Palestinians are still being murdered every single day. The Green Party will always unapologetically speak the truth. youtu.be/BKC9mSBFpBA?...

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

LA No Kings ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽

Republican politicians are *obsessed* with schoolchildren coming home a different gender because of pro-trans teachers, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS. But they are completely indifferent to schoolchildren not coming home *at all* because of guns, WHICH HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!

IA-01 Dem Candidate Christina Bohannan Answers Anti-Trans Ad Without Throwing Trans People Under The Bus open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

Oligarchs also control many of our weather and communications satellites. www.huffpost.com/entry/starsh...

Stating that you'll protect immigrants from deportation, according to Commissioner Geoff Landward, is "inherently political." So is staying "neutral" in the face of fascism and kidnapping. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...

My name is not the reason we're paying $5/gallon for gas. My name is not the reason you can't afford your groceries. My name is not the reason you can't afford your mortgage or rent. My name is not the reason you can't see a doctor. Their policies are the reason.

this video is incredible