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James Garland

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Scum, I’m told. Poet, Disgusted, Angry, Pessimistic, Glad to be Aging Out, Loaded with Regret, Overwhelmed by Idiocy, deep long blue. Not looking for a date. Not buying anything. Here to help, support, and vent my spleen, rage, and despair. 💙

  1. Thank you Senator. I wish I could share your optimism. But over the last six plus decades of my life I’ve repeatedly seen democracy not work. JFK, Bobby, MLK, Malcolm X, RMN, the list goes on and on and brings us to this. There are a lot of people in this country who are ready to throw it away.

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  2. My optimism about our ability to save our democracy comes from my experience. No matter how broken or bruised our democracy is today, I have seen it work and I know it can work again. I have seen the power of collective action. I know it can save us now.

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  3. It's the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and two things are true at once: The law has never been more under threat, and it's more important than ever to fight for its promise of an equal voice for every citizen.

    Hillary Clinton in a crowd marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, flanked by Cory Booker and Jesse Jackson
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