2. There were 2 major stories today that could capture their attention: one about a monstrous tax plan, and the other about Hillary.
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1. You know, this is a moment for the so-called political revolution.
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3. An actual, forward-looking revolution, trying to build on those bread and butter issues, would have focused on the tax plan.
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4. A real revolution would have made Twitter light up with all the ways it would hurt American families.
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5. This political revolution that can unite across race and class? It would have had a banner day today.
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6. It wouldn't have become obsessed with political losses from two years ago. It simply would have done the hard work of moving forward.
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7. A real revolution would prove haters wrong by simply doing what it promised to do, and stepping up in the moment.
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8. This *is* the wheelhouse of the movement, right? Income inequality? Economic justice? Then why is my TL silent on the GOP tax plan?
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9. Why is it full of accusations and recriminations? How does a political revolution get distracted by some old debunked gossip?
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10. Why is a political revolution so focused on what it didn't get, rather than what it can do now?
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11. Maybe because it's actually a cult of personality? Maybe because it's not revolutionary? Maybe cause it's full of misogyny and racism?
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12. I dunno. All I know is that I've watched a candidate I believed in lose and I went to work on making the world better as they'd want it.
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13. But maybe some people aren't in this for a better world. Maybe they're in this for their feelings. Some revolution, huh?
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14. All I'm saying is that I'm collecting receipts on who is actually interested in building a better America, and you ain't printing none.
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