Haircuts for women cost more than those for men. Also health care, car repairs, etc. That’s reality for the awesome and every other woman. It’s morally wrong and it threatens the economic security of women and everyone who depends on her income. It’s the "pink tax”.
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Minnesota Attorney General | Fighting to help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity
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Whenever a wealthy donor threatens to “cut you off” from their cash unless you comply with their selfish greed-driven agenda, you must cut them off first. Your credibility depends on it. t.co/boIgVnmwUV
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If you see any of these men, contact law enforcement immediately.
It's not just that fired the Attorney General. It's that he fired her for refusing to violate the Constitution.
If you live in Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina or Florida or anywhere. Anywhere at all. Check to see if you’re registered to vote. You might have been purged. Check it now.
I will not celebrate a man who preaches a politics of division and hate. I won't be attending Donald Trump's inauguration.
Trump backed Luther Strange, and he went down; then backed his bird-of-a-feather friend Roy Moore, and he just went down. Don’t fear these people. They are beatable.
The war on drugs didn’t stop drug usage; it just ruined a lot of lives. Jeff Sessions is reviving it because he believes in using the criminal justice system as an instrument of racial and economic control of poor people and brown people.
Anyone who supports a bill allowing ISPs to sell your browsing history ought to release their own browsing history first.
It's only fair.
I have never seen supporters being unusually mean or rude. Can someone send me an example of a “Bernie Bro” being bad. Also, are we holding all candidates responsible for the behavior of some of their supporters? Waiting to hear.
Ok, Dems kicked butt last night; now let’s go defeat the plutocratic Republican tax scam bill and organize in every zip code. Who’s down for it?
Trump is more offended by a black ballplayer peacefully protesting racism than by actual racism.
Trickle down economics is a proven fraud. When you give the wealthiest few a big tax cut, they do 3 things with that money:
1) Give each other bonuses
2) Engage in mega-mergers to concentrate more wealth at the top
3) Spend even more money buying political influence
Go get’m
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The public is acting as early investor, putting tons of money in the development of drugs that then become privatized.
They receive no return on the investment that they have made. - @AOC
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“Kimberly-Clark, maker of paper products like Kleenex, Viva paper towels, Cottonelle bathroom tissue and Huggies diapers, announced earlier this month it would use its tax cut windfall to pay the costs of closing 10 factories and dumping as many as 5,500 workers.”
Yes, we need to protest, sue, etc. but elections are coming soon. If ever voting were a civic duty is it now. Register, organize, right now.
It doesn't matter if it's corruption, stupidity, or incompetence - either way, is a threat to our national security.
Thank you to the dozens of Jewish community leaders who sat-in for a DREAM Act and filled the halls of Capitol Hill singing "We will build this world with love." We reject Trump's cruelty. We stand with the 800,000 DREAMers.
80,000 a year get a diagnosis of brain cancer. How many won't be insured after this vote, next vote? I know of one who will be insured
A candidate for Democratic nomination said slaveholders didn’t know slaveholding was wrong. Absolutely incorrect. In original draft of Declaration of Independence, Jefferson condemned King George for the African slave trade in American colonies. They did it for the money.
Democrats flipped 33 legislative seats from Republican control in 2017. Get ready for 2018.
Congratulations to the people of France for rejecting racism, xenophobia, and the politics of fear!
Do these folks know they’ve stood by a Senate candidate who thinks I shouldn’t be able to serve in Congress, simply because of my faith?
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.@SenToddYoung says he agrees with McConnell, “we do not have religious tests for office in the United States of America. Period.”
The Minneapolis City Council just approved raising the minimum wage to $15!
That's such good news, I had to sing a song to celebrate.
This should not be happening in the richest country in the history of the world. We need to stand up to the greed of Big Pharma, rein in the cost of prescription drugs and implement Medicare for All.
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Alec Raeshawn Smith, age 26, was found dead in his apartment on June 27. He was rationing his insulin after he aged out of his parent’s insurance coverage. bit.ly/2zYQtmi
Caught the tail end of ’s powerpoint presentation, and I have to say, I’m a little concerned.
We are witnessing a Consitutional crisis unfold before our very eyes. My statement on FBI Director Comey's firing here.
Congratulations to my son, Isaiah Ellison, for graduating from Tulane Law School tomorrow. Awesome.
If we have to fight for healthcare, we shouldn't just defend the status quo. Why don't we fight for what we really want: Medicare for All.
Trump is used to getting whatever he wants. Not anymore. Democrats are united.
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The race for DNC Chairman was, of course, totally "rigged." Bernie's guy, like Bernie himself, never had a chance. Clinton demanded Perez!
I spent 12 years in Congress. It’s not divided because people don’t know how to play nice. It’s divided because some think the rich don’t have enough money and everyone else has too much. Candidates who claim that they’re going to walk in and “mediate” are naive or dishonest.
The Pell Grant program, which helps low-income students afford college loses $3.9 billion in funding.
., my latest call? America is coming together like never before; we'll stop your drive to divide us. #libertyjustice4all
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One thing I will say about Rep. Keith Ellison, in his fight to lead the DNC, is that he was the one who predicted early that I would win!
Personally I don't make bets, but if I did I'd bet that GOP is going to replace ObamaCare with the Affordable Care Act.
I just received unanimous consent from my colleagues to assume leadership of former Rep. John Conyers' historic single-payer health care bill. Health care is a human right, and Medicare for All is an idea whose time has come.
“Universal public systems are designed to benefit EVERYBODY! Everyone contributes and everyone enjoys. We don’t ban the rich from public schools, firefighters, or libraries bc they are public goods,” explained.
The money made by the wealthiest few in our society isn't just sitting there. It's being used by billionaires to buy the political process.
This man doesn’t look like any civil rights protestor I have ever seen. Looks like a provocateur. Can anyone ID him? “Suspicious Man Breaks Window & Starts Minneapolis Riots” - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=4vurPR
Kamala, Julien & Pete all did very well. Elizabeth showed why she is a true leader; champion of working families everywhere. But dominated both nights with the force of ideas, which have been consistent throughout his service. I support him - like I did last time.
If it looks like a Muslim Ban
Sounds like a Muslim Ban
And bans Muslims from entering the country…
Shouldn’t we call it a Muslim Ban?
I would not call today’s verdict justice because justice implies restoration. But it is accountability, which is the first step toward justice.
Now, the cause of justice is in your hands.
Opposition to Judge Gorsuch is NOT about revenge. Absolutely not. It's about correcting a wrong and preventing even more harm.
PLEASE WATCH THIS! twitter.com/omanreagan/sta
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When wins the nomination, I have faith that my party will coalesce around him - no matter how contentious it feels now.
Tax breaks to Amazon promised by New Jersey: $7 billion. Tax breaks promised by Illinois: $2 billion. Something is deeply wrong with our economy & democracy when local governments offer up their tax base to a corporation worth over $500 billion.
. is a phony, needed a hostile foreign dictator to help him win, and is selling out the voters who trusted him.
My successor Omar is a target of anti-Muslim hate and violent incitement - at the hands of the President. I condemn it.
When Obama saved Net Neutrality, I had to dance. Now Trump’s FCC wants to destroy it? No way. #KeepKeithDancing
Today I sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking him to investigate the desecration of Jewish cemetaries as a hate crime:
These are the words of an aspiring dictator. Beware.
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Network news has become so partisan, distorted and fake that licenses must be challenged and, if appropriate, revoked. Not fair to public!
., Charles Booker Is the young leader this moment calls for. I support him. Hope you to too.
YOU cancelled DACA! No amount of lyin’ and spinnin’ changes that.
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The Democrats just aren’t calling about DACA. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have to get moving fast, or they’ll disappoint you again. We have a great chance to make a deal or, blame the Dems! March 5th is coming up fast.
Four massive telecom corporations—Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and Charter—control 76% of broadband access, and lobbied heavily to repeal #NetNeutrality. This isn't over. We can't let giant monopolies get away with taking away our freedoms for their own profit.
1st, take Trump at his hate-filled word; 2nd, if his campaign hate was just hype, then that alone is despicable. I wouldn't bet on #2.
Friends who know me, know that I love football. But I won’t be watching this NFL season because of the unfair cowardly and idiotic kneeling ban. #BoycottNFL
I almost cannot fathom anything more abhorrent than giving the wealthiest few a massive tax handout to grease the wheels for cuts to vital programs the sick, the poor, and the elderly desperately need.
This is a time for core beliefs. My heart is with the 800,000 DREAMers whose lives President Trump threw into turmoil in order to manufacture this shutdown crisis. Republicans in Congress have got to stop playing along with his cruel political game and do the right thing.
That’s just about what I’m saying right now.
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Somewhere in Minneapolis, @keithellison says "What was that Roy Moore said about who shouldn't be allowed to serve in Congress?"
Please listen to this. Please. twitter.com/davidsirota/st
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Is on the Hill today fighting for workers? Naw. For good jobs? Nope.
He's here to take away your health insurance.
A frightening truth: Our president has no problem with violence being perpetrated on people who are not in his base.
. has a lot of leakers because he's such a poor leader that he has engendered no loyalty. The problem is at the top.
To my Republican colleagues in Congress: how many more school shootings will it take to awaken your conscience?
Can't understand why some (thank goodness only a few) people have a bigger beef with HRC than Trump. I just don't get it.
Judge Gorsuch should never be seated as a SCOTUS. His legal views disturbing, and McConnell must be shown that 'Justice theft' is NOT ok.
., I am enormously proud of you. You reshaped the Governors race in Michigan; you stood up for the right things.
, congratulations! Of course, I am pulling for you. But no matter what outcome, I’m so proud of the race you have run: leading from the frontline, grassroots, principled, and issue-centered.
Excuse me, , the system you’re describing isn’t “choice.” It’s Jim Crow and segregation.
Ordinarily I wouldn't mention the Dodge Ram's Super Bowl Ad because I wouldn't want to draw attention to it, but exploitation of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech about servant leadership to sell trucks is a new low.
If they can’t get 60 votes, it’s the nominee they need to change, NOT the rules. #NoNuclearOption
Poor choices are not why people are poor.
Poor policy choices (ex. Big tax cuts for rich, discouraging wealth & savings, no consumer protection, privatized health care, monopolization, low investment in housing, broadband, transit, retraining, etc.) are why people are poor.
Regardless of your spin of HRC, she would never cut Meals on Wheels, CDBG, Weatherization Assistance, LIHEAP, Nat'l Endowment Arts, Big Bird
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If only we could have gotten a millionaire former First Lady w/ poor ethics record and a crooked charity foundation to save us… twitter.com/keithellison/s
Smart people listen to those around them. It's the stupid people who think they already know everything.
I am proud to say I do not receive any donations from the NRA & I strongly support a ban on high-capacity magazines, but we must go further. To address the gun violence crisis in this country, we need universal background checks and to reinstate the assault weapons ban.
, brother Bernie, you were there with me every step of the way. I appreciate it. We fight on!
What did the obstruction of Judge Merrick Garland mean? Going against the entire country which elected and re-elected president Obama?
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Elections matter. This obstruction of Judge Gorsuch is expressly going against the will of the voters of Wisconsin. #ConfirmGorsuch
Last year Trump ended protected status for 2,500 Nicaraguans, 60,000 Haitians and 800,000 DREAMers. Now he's pulled the rug out from under 200,000 Salvadorans. We who believe in the United States as a refuge and a beacon of hope must stand against this cruelty.
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The Trump administration will end protected status for 200,000 Salvadorans bit.ly/2D9sKj7
Disappointed many of my libertarian colleagues won't stand for Internet privacy. Sad day.
Al Franken’s grilling of Gorsuch exposes the heartless cruelty behind conservative legal philosophy
“White supremacy is terrorism”. Thank you for saying that Mr. President.
Opponents of immigration use the term “chain migration" to refer to what is actually Family Reunification. They’re trying to turn the public against immigrants re-unifying with their Loved Ones by rebranding it as something something bad.
Look folks, I’m a hopeful person. An optimist. But we are facing climate crisis, historic inequality, Trump promoting racial and ethnic division. Time to elect & re-elect folks who are about real change. Vote for
Why does Trump get to do whatever he wants? Really, why do standards in behavior, personal decorum, etc, not apply to him?
They stood up for justice. And they were killed for it.
Taliesin and Ricky were heroes.
My statement on the tragedy in Portland:
. knows true sacrifice. has no clue. When cluelessness collides with power oppression results. Resistance!
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John Lewis did more to make America great in one day on the Edmund Pettus Bridge than Donald Trump ever will.
Our won. Great news. Now let us pull together and the defeat the opponents of democracy, economic opportunity, and climate action.
Thank you Minnesota, for the great honor of serving you as your Attorney General and for reelecting me last night.
I promise to continue helping you afford your lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect—every day.
We're friends. It's ok.
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I suspect the shutdown is calculated ploy to excite ’s base by agitating anti-immigrant sentiment. Your take?