Love with me the soldiers are the top people in the pentagon probably arent because they want to do nothing but fight wars so that all of those Wonderful Companies that make the bombs and make the planes and make Everything Else stay happy but despite Donald Trumps apparent aversion to conflict he certainly loves the toys that go with it we have called it the super duper missile and i heard the other night 17 times faster d than what they have right now then you take the fast as a missile we have heard donald trump has repeatedly bragged about multibillion dollar weapons sales agreements to saudi arabia and other allies saying they bring money into the country and provide jobs but now Donald Trumps rival joe biden wants to portray himself as the candidate that will finally end it for ever warse its long past time were in the forever war. Which of cost us untold blood and treasure but joe biden is just a bit more hypocritical on this issue than donald trump the objective is to compel or
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People of all races, religions, creeds, sexuality, building power. I believe that we will win. This movement is not about saving the Democratic Party or criticizing the republican party. This is about saving the soul of this nation. Fightare rising up to poverty. We must do more, organizing, organizing. Educating. Vote. Who stand that i claim to be a follower of jesus christ and be silent about the moral outrage going on in our country. We are not afraid. Any nation is in a moral and economic crisis. There will be a movement. Bring people together. Thisthe heart and soul of democracy. Almost 57 years ago my father , reverend dr. Martin luther king jr. Reminded america of the fierce urgency of now. Now is not the time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real, the promises of this democracy. He was working with poor people of every race from every corner of this nation to build a Poor Peoples Campaign when he was as
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Conscience, advocates to see the interlocking injustices of systemic racism, systemic poverty, militarism and the war economy, and this distorted world narrative eating away at our society, saying we can do , what are the roots of so let this economic and racial injustice. We live in a nation that has 140 Million People who are poor. White americans who make up 67 million poor and lowincome people. We are living in a time when we have the capacity to actually address these issues, but right lack the political will. Country was founded on and we stillice need to overcome these injustices and in equities and in equities and we need to build a movement from the bottom up. We spend very little on education and health care and a living wage for anyone, especially people of color. Host what changes are you calling for . Guest we are putting forth a moral agenda. Universal singlepayer health that talks about public free, college education, ending the resegregation of school. We are talking ab