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@VanJones68
United Statesmagiclabsmedia.comBorn September 20Joined April 2010

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When Black people and Jewish people get divided, democracy falters. When Black people and Jewish people come together, democracy advances. (That’s practically the ONLY time democracy advances.)
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ā€œThe reason this country is a democracy at all is because Black and Jewish people have loved each other, and helped each other, and supported each other, and stood up for each other.ā€ —@VanJones68, our Wall Street Dinner keynote speaker. Watch just part of his incredible speech:
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Van Jones was dragged over a misquote. There was no apology, except for this one from the journalist whose tweet sparked the debates. Here's the full story and Jones' response: theshaderoom.com/twitter-slams-
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Scoured ’s speech looking for when he apologized for the ā€˜silence of the [Black] community’ concerning Ye’s antisemitism— ready to be indignant. It’s not there. It never happened. The person that claimed he did has since retracted this claim.
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Thanks for the apology & correction, . If I HAD said Black folks weren’t holding Kanye/Ye accountable, that woulda been a lie—coz zillions of us HAVE condemned Ye. Let’s stick together and get louder vs hate.
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CLARIFICATION: @vanjones68 did not apologize for alleged Black silence about Kanye. To the contrary: he stressed that many in his community are speaking out forcefully. In speech, he said he was sorry that he + others didn’t do more before Kanye. Apologies for any confusion.
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The journalist who originally said Van Jones apologized on behalf of his ā€œcommunityā€ has issued an apology for misquoting Jones.
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CLARIFICATION: @vanjones68 did not apologize for alleged Black silence about Kanye. To the contrary: he stressed that many in his community are speaking out forcefully. In speech, he said he was sorry that he + others didn’t do more before Kanye. Apologies for any confusion.
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If Raphael Warnock wins the Georgia runoff and Democrats have 51 Senate seats, President Biden will have far more room to fill his government with his choices for executive branch positions.
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Funny you should suggest that – some of ' first Courage & Civility grant to DID make it to North Philly. My team & I were able to start #BeatTheBlock because of it.
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One day I hope somebody could donate millions to ā€œblack on black gun violenceā€ or to fix poverty in one poverty stricken area as a experiment … because it’s really fixable stuff and it’s more people losing lives then the wars they show on the news to guns and fentanyl
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My man doing big things for the people and the planet! Congratulations !!!
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Humbled. Deeply proud of the work done with ⁦@TheNormanLear⁩ and the team ⁦@peoplefor⁩. Excited to make this pivot and start working full time to protect wild places, win justice for poisoned communities, and save the planet! sierraclub.org/press-releases
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Please take a few minutes to hear words of a world class leader. told us again & again that the Democrats would prevail. Many dismissed her. But she knew what she was talking about. Next time, we should listen to her — one of the 2-3 best Speakers of House EVER.
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House Democrats NEVER accepted the ā€œconventional wisdomā€ from Washington pundits who said we couldn’t win. We always intended to win and our candidates and grassroots volunteers organized with purpose and courage for Democracy, for our freedoms and for People Over Politics. -NP
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