Weekend Quotables
Bernie's statement on 'Moderation'...Pritzker calls for mass protests & 'disruption.'
Sen. Bernie Sanders
According to these leaders of the Democratic Establishment, the path forward is to continue doing exactly what they have been doing for the last 10 years. In other words, tell the world how bad Donald Trump is while continuing to defend a rigged and corrupt economic and political system that makes the rich richer, while working families fall further and further behind. — Statement on “Moderation”
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (IL)
Pritzker told the Democrats that he had never called for protests before but that he was now calling for “mass protests,” “mobilization,” and “disruption.” — NBC News
Rania Khalek, journalist
On CNN just now, Dana Bash and Chuck Schumer were complaining about antisemitism on the left and college campuses. They specifically framed criticism of Israel and Zionism as antisemitic with zero explanation; it just is. At the same time, they said Trump is weaponizing the fight against antisemitism to attack universities and judges.
How do they not recognize they’re doing the same exact thing and actually helping Trump by promoting this manufactured moral panic to run cover for Israel’s genocide? — X
Sara Nelson, International President of the Association of Flight Attendants
This is the biggest attack on the labor movement in history. We should already be striking, and there should already be a consciousness. We’re not there. We’re going to have to build to that. — SLATE
Stephanie R. Toliver, University of Illinois assistant professor
People are not objects, and their rights are not negotiable. We must reject the language of dehumanization because, in doing so, we protect the very essence of what it means to be human. — Sun-Times Op-ed
Ken Griffin, MAGA billionaire hedge-fund manager
Republican mega-donor Ken Griffin says Trump’s economic chaos made America “20% poorer” in a month, warned the U.S. brand is badly tarnished, and said it could take a lifetime to fix the damage. Griffin voted for Trump in the 2020 election. He says the word “brand” 19 times here. — Observer
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