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@MikeGravel

Former senator (D-AK). Read the Pentagon Papers. Candidate for president. Tweets by staff. Push the debates left 👉

San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2008

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 18

    Here's the official Mike Gravel 2020 Campaign Launch Ad - "Rock 2.0" Join the to push American politics to the left and speak truth to power, send Mike $1 to get him on the debate stage: .

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  2. 4 hours ago

    you know just because we don't speak negatively about candidates doesn't mean that other people can't find out the bad things they did. just means they won't be battle-tested

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  3. 6 hours ago

    The man who made it OK for Democrats to oppose integration is running for President with the exact same strategy that lost to Trump in 2016. If Jailin' is the frontrunner, we need to do better. Get Mike to the debates:

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  4. Apr 26

    Opposing war is a noble and courageous act, and there will always be smears. Opposing war isn’t supporting dictators; it's opposing death and destruction in the service of the wealthy. Never believe what they tell you about why they’re sending your kids to die. Never.

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  5. Apr 26

    America will always pick and choose the leaders it props up and tears down. It never was and never will be for humanitarian reasons—that is a clever veil. We denounce ethnic cleansing and then fund it. We call for free elections and then support Pinochet, Stroessner, and Videla.

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  6. Apr 26

    Why have we supported Nguema, Karimov, and Kagame but not the ones who are thorns in our sides? The reasons are obvious. It's not the lives of their citizens - it's power for the elite class. We intervene abroad because we want to further the interest of the wealthy.

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  7. Apr 26

    Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has been involved in the assassination of political opponents, perpetrated obvious election fraud, and had his term extended until 2034. This is him with Barack and Michelle Obama.

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  8. Apr 26

    Islam Karimov, the president of Uzbekistan, was said to have boiled political prisoners to death, massacred hundreds of prisoners, and made torture an institution. This is him with John Kerry.

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  9. Apr 26

    Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the president of Equatorial Guinea, is a kleptocrat, murderer, and alleged cannibal. This is him and his wife with Barack and Michelle Obama.

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  10. Apr 26

    Those who buy the elite class's foreign policy BS, about the Emmanuel Goldsteins they conjure up every three years, are fools. Obviously Hussein and Milošević were bad; but “government bad” does not mean we must invade. Wars occur for economic, not humanitarian, reasons.

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  11. Apr 26

    The vision of our leaders as bunglers, while more accurate than the image of them as valiant public servants, is less accurate and more rose-tinted than the closest approximation of the truth, which is that they are servants of their class interest. That is why we go to war.

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  12. Apr 26

    To quote Michael Parenti: “US policy is not filled with contradictions and inconsistencies. It has performed brilliantly and steadily in the service of those who own most of the world and who want to own all of it.”

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  13. Apr 26

    American foreign policy is not a failure. To comfort themselves, observers often say that our leaders—presidents, advisors, generals—don’t know what they’re doing. They do know. Their agenda just isn’t what we like to imagine it is.

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  14. Apr 26

    An update - since a few colleges are out of session in May, we'll also be doing county Democratic events and DSA events. Email speaking@mikegravel.org to set it up!

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  15. Apr 26

    The two teens who run the Twitter account are going to be conduct a tour of college campuses in mid-May to rally support for Sen. Gravel. If you're interested, shoot us an email at speaking@mikegravel.org.

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  16. Apr 26

    Every war the oligarchs lie us into will seem justified on humanitarian grounds. Don't let them and their pet media outfits concoct reasons for you to die. As A.J.P. Taylor said - "No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic."

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  17. Apr 26

    Life is so inherently important that it must be the central concern of the state. Anything else is inexcusable. A state so preoccupied with death - executing prisoners, murdering foreigners - is a monstrosity, and must be fundamentally refigured. That is the only option.

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  18. Apr 26
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  19. Apr 26

    Mike was honored to be interviewed by . Listen to a snippet here, on America's spending priorities. Full interview is here:

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  20. Retweeted
    Apr 25

    I just donated to + I hope you do too- just $1 from a few thousand of us will be enough to get his message of sex work decriminalization and rolling back SESTA/FOSTA on the debate stage!

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  21. Apr 25

    We're honored to have Sydney's endorsement. We need a president who recognizes sex work as work just like any other work, and doesn't draw arbitrary lines. We need to recognize the humanity of all people, no matter their occupation.

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