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"It is our time. We're not the first generation to be facing assaults... let us not be the first ones to wimp out to get this country back on track. We need to have a very real and serious conversation... We are ready for this." @marwilliamson

Need to help kids in America's "domestic war zones"/violence in schools/communities/homes/these kids live in a state of trauma. Soldiers w/ PTSD is post traumatic/these kids suffer from present traumatic/We should be rescuing children/as if they're victims of a natural disaster.

We cap people's dreams. America is about unleashing people's dreams. Too much worrying now - what if I get sick? How am I going to pay for college? It is not supposed to be this way. It did not used to be this way. Bad policies made it this way & good policies can take it back.

"I feel most American's are not racist, but vastly uneducated on race"

The US is slipping backwards/racial disparity,voter suppression,crim justice/this is a character defect w/ the US since the beginning. It is time to put this horrific chapter to bed/We need a holistic approach to politics/We need to pay reparations (crowd gives standing ovation)

We need to have a serious conversation about: expanded economic opportunities for women/expanded education opportunities for children/reduction in violence against women/the amelioration of human suffering wherever possible.

For every $1 we spend for peace, we spend $1K for war. This is not a criticism of the military/These are political decisions/this is about $ for the sake of a few people/That has nothing to do with an agenda with peace/just an agenda of billions of dollars for defense contractors

That's how our country runs today <speaking on the military industrial complex>. This is not something to hate our country for. Whining is not an option. What is an option, is to rise up.