Lauratellsjokes

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Standup comic, mom, not a third thing.

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

Where is the DNC leadership right now? We need to be running ads about the ballroom, the Argentina bailout, the SNAP funding…we’re just going to say “oh well?” And twiddle our thumbs while democracy continues to die and children are days away from starving???

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

“We must always be wary of those who with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the "ism" of appeasement. We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests” FDR state of the union, 1941

I have no difficulty saying Trump and Musk caused the deaths of some of the 50+ people who died in the floods in Texas. And here's why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut—and were told people would die if they did. Then people died.

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