I rarely bring it up anymore (IDK why, it feels weird to promote??) but feels sadly/newly relevant again: If you're thinking about running for office, I wrote a book for you. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Run-for-Something/Amanda-Litman/9781501180446
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I made a lot of mistakes when I was young.
Silly me, I thought they would stop once I left office 12.31.2023 🤦♀️
Related: I ran into L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge, a year or so before his death. He was in Griffith Park, tending the public garden at Dante's View, as he did most every day. I'll never forget his advice for young people wanting to get into politics. "Start by helping people."
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*I think most of us would know them when we saw them - exploiting someone's misfortune, maybe?
It’s vacuous and has no reality in anyone’s lives.
People need to mind their own fucking business
i spent too much of my 20's blacked out for that to be a good idea. & the stories i've heard? 🫣 pretty sure they're a guarantee i'd never get elected for anything. anywhere.
self-medicated myself out of ever holding office when i was too young to get it 🤦🏻♀️
Does he give a crap for the same little kids who are psych scarred re REAL THREATS? School mass shootings??
Bigots Joe . That’s the problem
https://healing-politics.org
https://bsky.app/profile/moved2italy.bsky.social/post/3laudu7wer22z
and the branches of our government.
That really does Help A Lot.
#lol
(the details I left out about these civic activities were: time consuming, boring, often inaccessible for working people)
I guess civilization is work then