Voting out for her leadership during the pandemic is appropriate and logical. She has failed as Speaker of the House.
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Dylan Ratigan
@DylanRatigan
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Huge admiration & respect for . The only non/politician, non/billionaire making the top tier in December — purely on a credible message, infectious enthusiasm and a deep & authentic desire to help America. #YangGang
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According to The Economist's Democratic primary poll average, the only person of color remaining in the top 5 is...Andrew Yang.
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It’s remarkable to see folks who claim to favor #M4A rebut because they don’t want him to get “credit” shows how they advocate as a way to accrue power by projecting hollow virtue
Yep! will go down in history as the man who finally brought the US out of the dark ages on HC and brought honor to garage-bound pot smoking comedians everywhere ) twitter.com/jamenta/status
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What could be more manipulation of the stock market than banning the purchase of specific stocks because institutional forces don’t like the price action? #digitaldictators
If you reject how can you not also reject ?? They both must go. They are both vampires.
We don’t need political parties or identity- we need alignment by Issues. isn’t pushing for political party - he’s pushing an issue! This is the path. Issue-based alignment. Parties disempower ppl and are manipulated by leadership fir power & money.
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I’m a progressive and I agree with this. 
What you are doing is beyond legendary. Every other player is using decades of politicking/$. You EARNED THIS opportunity in 1 year with nothing but a clear vision - an inspiring and brilliant presence - and a method of pure joy. Take it to the next level! #YangGang
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Thank you Dylan 
The US government led by decided to shut down 1/3 of the US economy as a policy and offer effectively zero direct relief. Trump has been fired. must go as well.
I hold the Democrats responsible for . Think about how alienated. How betrayed. How abused the electorate under had to be to allow enough ppl to think a known con-man from NY was preferable?
For who? The democrats who supervise the most expensive least accessible healthcare in the world? Or the democrats who supervise mass wealth transfer? Or the Republicans who do the same thing? Or we are just to vote for the ppl who represent our (hypocritical) moral identity?
We get destroyed financing a govt approved 4 trillion a year “health” system. A single person pays 600/month for what? A family much more. EVERY OTHER COUNTRY WORTH A DAMN HAS NATIONAL HEALTH CARE. USA is disgusting honestly. Utterly disgusting.
. will go down as the Boris Yeltsin of US history. A senile old man saying meaningless nice things while his country is overtaken by foreign powers....
Precisely my friend, what the challenger politicians and process wonks fail to grasp is that idea of withholding on Pelosi unless she brings #M4A BUILDS POLITICAL CAPITAL
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This!
So many commentators I respect are fretting (wrongly imho) about how much political capital this would cost. No no no. I think it BUILDS momentum for #MedicareForAll, BUILDS coalitions, and BUILDS political capital. twitter.com/DylanRatigan/s…
So many commentators I respect are fretting (wrongly imho) about how much political capital this would cost. No no no. I think it BUILDS momentum for #MedicareForAll, BUILDS coalitions, and BUILDS political capital. twitter.com/DylanRatigan/s…This Tweet is unavailable.
Being on the sidelines is no longer an option. I dedicated myself to building Helical Holdings, for veteran-run farms & sustainable agriculture. I live true to values I learned growing up here.
I’m Dylan from Saranac Lake, and I’m running for Congress: dylanratigan.com
The Biden/Harris win is a massive victory for tech, finance and private health insurance monopolies!
Democrats sell a sense emotional superiority in their rhetoric. Beyond that they offer little of value and much of destruction.
1. Ban all semi-automatic assault weapons.
2. Offer buy-back $5000/gun for three months. No questions asked.
3. After 3-months. Possession is a felony. Offer $5000 for anyone who reports possession w/no questions asked.
4. Background checks, mental health & licenses.
Have you read website or heard him speak? He is remarkably coherent and well reasoned. If anything the UBI issue is used to marginalize him by the field/pundits.
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it's sad this is the only platform this guy is running on. sure $1000 sounds nice, but it's got to come from somewhere. then it's let's grab the guns i got kids. or how about, let's keep the guns and arm more ppl and get mandated training so we're all safer?
“Tell the truth” campaign slogan is extremely effective, especially when you review his comments across multiple issues, from the war to the economy.
I will be making a statement regarding a possible run for Congress in NY-21 at 12pm this Wednesday at the Mayor Frank Ratigan Bridge in Saranac Lake: harrietstown.org/index.asp?SEC=
Faux-healthcare/distraction. Obama instead of reforming banks in 09 in the heat of the financial crisis chose to “reform” healthcare by forcing everyone to buy monopoly private employer based health insurance. This postponed bank reform a year and pretended to offer healthcare
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I don't completely disagree with the premise, but what do you mean by cover up and faux health reform?
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is interesting, he knows the government gives away $ - just selectively to favored groups - rather then universally. He also knows that campaign finance & rank voting are key to releasing the grip of the vampire character assasins who current occupy most of our govt.
1. Geoengineer atmospheric cooling
2. Plant billions of trees
3.Convert buildings & transport to zero carbon
4. Issue new data set that distinguishes between creation/destruction and values adaptability/resilience
5. Rank Choice Voting
6. End Gerrymandering
7. Enjoy!
This is worth the time to read. yang2020.com/meet-andrew/ is unconventional in so many good ways. And as a fellow child of upstate NY I know how durable (or at least tolerant of winter :) that background makes you. Deeply impressed by this fellow.
Stop pretending USA is a logical or decent country: it is not. It is the same as every other country. The powerful take care of themselves and leave the rest to die. vaccinating stay-home execs before front lines nurses in ICU. Classic.
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There is an enormous demonstration going on at @Stanford Hospital right now carried out by staff, who are protesting the decision by higher ups to give vaccines to some administrators and physicians who are at home and not in contact with patients INSTEAD of frontline workers.
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WARNING: @AndrewYang is very habit forming. Side effects include increased intelligence, renewed optimism and a nasty twitter habit. 
#Yang2020 #YangGang 
#Yang2020 #YangGang 
Personally I am very happy to see Trump go, as he stole a lot of money from my family in the 80s and is clearly unhinged, lying, thief. But I see this election as a rejection of both Biden/Harris and Trump/Pence. No one wants to be ruled by corporate monopolies.
The root of Trumpism & Bernie’s support is the Clinton financial reforms and trade policies that blow/torched the rural white working class followed by the Obama cover/up during the financial crisis and faux-health reform.
“Russia” was an invention of to distract from the fact that she was exposed for rigging the 2016 primary with . Set the table to question every election going forward. Why do you think republicans are questioning 2020? Clinton invented this in 16 twitter.com/1dale_eth1/sta
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Direct relief is not political issue in a pandemic. It is a critical necessity for targeted segments of our communities forced into closure. This is not political.
I don’t understand how anyone can discuss canceling student debt without capping all university tuition at the same time. Do people think massive tuition cost increases have no relationship with student debt.
D vs R is false premise. It is corporate party vs. left & right populist/progressives
No. But of the field I find & the most intellectually honest and engaged in problem solving from their best interpretations of reality. represents pure denial of why Trump is even President offer key inputs
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Dylan, are you ready to say which candidate running in 2020 seems to have the right strategy?
This is why I had to leave MSNBC. Exactly this, when I realized this I realized US politics is utterly pointless.
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This is absolutely the key lesson of US politics that a Biden win would yet again underscore. It took me years to finally understand & accept this.
Everyone knows what the GOP is. It won’t change. The main obstacle to meaningful progress in US politics is the Dem establishment: twitter.com/nikhil_palsing…
I’m running for Congress, but I’ve never voted in my life. I always thought the choices available didn't reflect the potential leadership for this country. I worked for truth via journalism, and small business via veteran run farms. I thought that was enough. I was wrong.
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So to watch the exact same people, etc now posture to “save” us from is absurd.
US is s country of good people, currently ruled by a corrupt 2-party system with a chokehold on power. US politicians don't equal America
What’s not to love! Thank you for what you are doing. You are running as a deeply intelligent, aware, informed person and doing an incredible job of it. Incredible. You are advancing basic logic from electoral reform to climate & automaton. Thank you.
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Love this.
She really looks like cares about the little guy in her $250,000 dress at her $35k a seat dinner with all her billionaire friends.
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There’s literally nothing rebellious or courageous about wearing a super expensive dress and attending an elite event that costs $30K per ticket while conveying a message of “tax the rich”. Give me a break!
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Trillions spent and a global security and surveillance state installed - and 100 people with a few guns can overtake the Capitol of the United States. We should get a refund. twitter.com/zachdcarter/st
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The populist right is far more real in advocating for actual people than any of the lefts grandstanding.
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When Hawley got into office and started to muse about FB, most liberals said 'yeah well let's see him take on other corporations!' He has, many times. And he's pushed for Denmark-style payroll support. Dems now have competition for economic justice. twitter.com/matthewstoller
. has failed in her job. There is no circumstance where she should be elected speaker after this debacle.
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Yep. We can get #ForceTheVote from anyone. Doesnt have to be Pelosi. Not even a floor vote is enough to save her now. She has to go, vote or no vote.
How is it the must go immediately or even Governor Spitzer and basically covers up negligent homicide during a pandemic with a side dish of #metoo and it’s all good? What is the difference? I’m confused?
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Why @NYGovCuomo should NOT resign. 1. No one should lose position without fair & impartial hearing. 2.Even if charges true, don’t seem to justify career annihilation. 3.Up to voters to decide his fate.4 He should reconsider his support for laws that deny due process to accused.
Iran interfered in the US election in 2020. So did Cuba & Venezuela (interference is defined as “sent email” or “made social media post”) all 3 countries were working for - foreign “interference” is cool if it is for Dems yes?
NY State paid for my Coronavirus test, the results came 15 days later. In order to access my results I had to authorize the lab use all my personal data. The lab was paid for the test, will monetize the data and the test is useless for travel or track & trace. #coronavirus
Both parties understandably prefer to pretend Congressional politics isn’t just a bunch of glorified beggars soliciting $ while avoiding addressing decades of abusive policy made at the expense of Americans on behalf of Pharma, banks & weapons.
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The question is why does Bernie keep encouraging progressives to join a party that has contempt for them & works AGAINST them instead of for them? @TheDemocrats hate progressives more than republicans. twitter.com/ggreenwald/sta
Do you honestly think this all Trumps fault? Or is he just the finishing act to decades of theft and decay that created the willingness to elect trump in the first place?
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In the world's richest nation:
Food lines stretching for miles.
Mass graves.
Homeless sleeping in parking lots on socially-distanced grids.
Nurses without adequate protective gear.
Essential workers without paid sick leave.
Ventilator shortages.
This is unacceptable.
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If you want you soothe and resolve Trumpism you must acknowledge the destruction wrought by Bill and Hillary Clinton and the cover-up of their actions in financial deregulation and trade by Barack Obama, Joe Biden & Hillary Clinton
with the most realistic assessment and a nice shout out for my point of view on Dems.
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Dylan Ratigan: Dems Are Not Solution To Trump vid w/ @miserablelib, @RonPlacone
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I bought a catastrophic health policy for $170/mo when I left MSNBC. Obamacare cancelled the policy. New rate $600/mo. Thnx Mr. President!
You created the most expensive least accessible healthcare system in the modern world. While forcing ppl to get healthcare through employment or forced purchase from private monopolies that pay you off.
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We are not prepared for a pandemic. Trump has rolled back progress President Obama and I made to strengthen global health security. We need leadership that builds public trust, focuses on real threats, and mobilizes the world to stop outbreaks before they reach our shores. twitter.com/washingtonpost…
Hasn’t the Taliban been motivated to kill foreigners and Americans for the last 19 years??? The logic of this escapes me.
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“It did result in coalition casualties.”
New reporting on Russian military payments to Taliban-linked groups to target US and UK troops.
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Let’s assume healthcare is not a moral issue but an economic issue. Why would any country want to prevent itself from having a dynamic creative economy fueled by a mobile educated workforce simply to preserve the narrow economic interests of pharma, insurance and unions?
Student debt bail-out is a taxpayer bailout of bloated university salaries and bank profiteering. Taxpayer relief fir student debt should be tied to capped tuition.
There never was any evidence was a businessman. He just played one on TV. cnn.com/videos/tv/2015 (August 2015)
Join me in supporting Tedra Cobb via secure.actblue.com/donate/social1 I just donated to defeat in #NY21. I ran against in the 2018 primary. She is a formidable candidate and will beat in 2020 with our support!
Connecting health insurance to employment is crippling our workforce at a time when our jobs have to rapidly adapt to the ongoing global shift in the way we live.
The only reason Republicans hold power under the leadership of a self-serving liar is because Democrats refuse to even admit how broken our politics really are. Each side blames the other. Neither side confronts our bought policymaking — or shows leadership on REFORM!
Meanwhile the Democrats pretend is the problem when it’s only arrogance and incompetence that made a leader like Trump remotely viable let alone fueled the rebellion that led to his wayward Presidency. twitter.com/palmerreport/s
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Obama/Biden policy was to force Americans to jack trillions into private monopoly as law. It’s incomprehensible bad. Pure abuse of the entire population financially and overpriced inaccessible healthcare is just unintended consequence. Nice guys though. Obama is super popular! t.co/ympe5InK4f
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It’s not surprising, but it is glaring example of politics and racism bring more important than health even in a pandemic. If health mattered would be available everywhere. But anti-Russian sentiment prevents the best vaccine from being available to millions.
Break-up monopolies. Stop blowtorching small biz while letting chain stores stay open.
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What do “rightwing populists” believe?
Seventeen Years of Failed War Policy. US Weapons cover the Middle East. Meanwhile we fence children and millions of adults into Syria while we bomb them. They are fenced in right now. We are so much better than that. dylanratigan.com/single-post/20
The neo-liberal morphine dealers are the most dangerous. They work to create the feeling or the sensation of “change” as a critical tool to tighten the grip on money and power and consolidate further. Until there is a full rejection of both parties the charade dances on.
This is part of why I believe work to help people understand how damaging Obama’s bank, health and war policies were. The gap between his charisma and the betrayal he perpetuated was the last straw after Bush wars/tax policy and Clinton trade/bank “reform”
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Maybe decades of hypocrisy and abuse from those with a history in “pubic service” is what motivated them to support a known con man from NY as a rebuke to the frustration of being told trade agreements/bank reform/healthcare deals and war were being formulated for them. twitter.com/djrothkopf/sta…
Health Insurance stocks tank when ACA is perceived at risk like today, and soar when ACA is legislated and enforced. Makes me think Obama and Dems wrote ACA to benefit health insurance profits. Not to offer healthcare.
Maybe decades of hypocrisy and abuse from those with a history in “pubic service” is what motivated them to support a known con man from NY as a rebuke to the frustration of being told trade agreements/bank reform/healthcare deals and war were being formulated for them.
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Do you know how many U.S. presidents have had no public service experience prior to entering office? (I'll wait.) That's correct. Just one. Just one time were the American people so stupid as to elect someone who had never done one damn thing for them, had zero gov't experience.
Covid testing with results 5-30 days after the fact only serves to enrich the testing companies and does literally NOTHING for people of community spread. It is medical theater, cash grab, to cover up negligent homicide.
I have been fighting for this country ever since I left CNBC 10 years ago. I want to bring that fight to Congress for #NY21 this year! dylanratigan.com/so/dMDziYln
Taxes have nothing to do with spending at the federal government level. The government spends what it wants and makes tax policy to target social groups it doesn’t like.
The most expensive healthcare system on earth can’t provide cotton swabs or cover ppl and ties access to employment. It’s disgusting.
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Last I checked the abomination that is US healthcare is the concept and execution of Clinton, Obama & Biden. t.co/kzdiv9RKI3
Asians are white?
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Debate so white: candidates of color miss out as Democratic field narrows theguardian.com/us-news/2019/d
Instead of seeking answers to the problem of paying for and providing medicine, we are doing the exact opposite. Taxpayers' money is being played with by politicians who are desperately trying to protect the false security of employer-based health care system and its outdated
Using the Federal Reserve to bail out banks in 09, not homeowners was a policy choice. Using the pandemic to bailout companies but not people is another policy choice. The first choice was made under Democrat’s. The second under Republicans.
Personally I would prioritize taxation in this order; 1. Estate. 2. Consumption. 3. Wealth 4. Income. Our tax policy punishes income first? In the land of the American Dream, equal opportunity etc.? C’mon man!
Globally: direct payments for crisis and deferral of payments with universal healthcare. So many are doing this. The US, however, which can uniquely create infinte money is charging a fortune for private health and offered individuals a 1 time loan against future taxes of 1200.
Agreed. But her refusal to offer any support during a global pandemic is something I consider more than “style” Her refusal to push #m4a is not a stylistic issue and using the pandemic to legislate the destruction of small business has nothing to do with the color or her mask
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How can you impeach Pelosi? She doesn't need to go simply because you don't like her style. twitter.com/DylanRatigan/s…
If people understood how profoundly liberating to business and entrepreneurship #M4A is it might be considered a Republican plan to unleash competition and corral China.
Amazing to me the so-called left is so against the federal invasion of Portland yet so in favor of the Chinese take over of Hong Kong. Meanwhile Portland is actually part of USA and Hong Kong was legally sovereign dating back to mid 19th Century. Go China! Down with USA. Lol.
The American political system continues to reveal itself for the fraud that it is. To think that the US shames & sanctions other nations for their political systems is comical.
You need and deserve $ during any shit down. This isn’t politics. This is logic.
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@DylanRatigan as an independent restaurant owner, your empathy for our plight on @jimmy_dore was a soothing balm on a day when I thought my head would explode with rage against the Washington machine. We are dying here.
If you really want to know how people who have been exposed to Donald Trump feel, look at the voting in Manhattan. This year and last year. He is a disgusting, lying criminal and we all know it. The point is how awful are the Democrats that they can barely beat him!
I chose to resign from well paying, high profile jobs in 2009 and in 2012 because I objected to corruption - both financial and political. I made a hard choice that I believe in. It’s that integrity and willingness to stand up for what I believe in that I’ll take to Washington.
Who decides what who is in the ten percent?
Amazing how true this “rant” is more than 10 years later…
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Dylan Ratigan said it best when he was working at MSNBC in 2011 when he was taking about the then 2008-2012 financial crisis
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