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Lawyer, DJ, MC, poet, grassroots organizer, won 81k votes in 2020 to serve San Francisco in Congress. https://shahidbuttar.substack.com
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This country picked its sides a long time ago.
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You’re right, but underinclusive. Democrats have been no less willing than the GOP to send servicemembers to die for Wall Street.
Today is a day inviting solidarity with veterans. Real solidarity means taking action to stop war. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/we-the-peo...
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It does reflect corruption, and disregard for the quality of lives enjoyed by ailing public “servants,”, but this analysis downplays the institutional rot enabled by these patterns. shahidbuttar.substack.com/p/neither-mc...
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Yes, but it’s actually even worse than that.
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You’re right, though it’s worth noting MLK’s further critique of political moderation, and how it echoes the view of Frederick Douglass from another era.
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Bravo! Lucas also intended other lessons that most fans overlook.
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On destroying the economy….
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The judges already crushed our federal courts open.substack.com/pub/shahidbu...
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Just published a post exploring that theme among others.
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The sentiment is much appreciated, but I don’t have it in me. I’m still in debt from my last campaign, and the journalists who smeared me after I won the jungle primary in 2020 destroyed my reputation quite effectively. I learned that the hard way when trying to come back in 2022.
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Anyone unwilling to raise their voice should neither hold office nor run for it. This timidity among individuals is what allowed the collapse of institutions that once safeguarded democracy.
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It brings me no joy to observe but that is in fact true.