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1/ XX Movies That Are Better With @AndrewYang’s Hat 🧢
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2/ Bad Boys (1995)
3/ Taken (2008)
I know political commentary is such a polarizing and problematic subject nowadays, especially within a system that has repeatedly failed us so deeply, but when I say I have never felt this type of hope and passion for a candidate before that I now feel for @AndrewYang
I was politically unengaged like most people my age, in a place where I feel that this system is not only not geared for the majority of us, but that we literally had no way to force meaningful change that could dramatically improve the outcome of the pessimistic future I foresaw
Until I came across one of @AndrewYang videos on YouTube, the way he laid out the problems, their root causes and how we go about fixing these issues, I had a euphoria moment. I binged watched every video I could find of him. I couldn't get enough of the substance he was dropping
Thread: YO! I just go polled, sort of! I was at my mom's who obv has a landline, I don't, and we were watching the debates. After the debate we received a call from DC on the caller ID so I answered and it was Franklin Research poll. They listed the candidates in this order:
Press 1 for Biden, 2 for Warren, 3 for Bernie, 4 for Kamala, 5 for Pete and 6 for STEYER! No wonder he is polling so high, then they said press 7 for more candidates. Next group, press 1 for Julian Castro, press 2 for Andrew Yang. Finally I pressed 2 for Yang!
Who is Steyer paying to be listed in that first group, that is so critical to getting people to pick you in a phone poll like that. Steyer shouldn't even be before Booker imo. This made me think about how most people don't have landlines and how others would just ignore the call.
#EndorseAndrewYang
In 1978, I was 5 yrs old. My mom was my hero. She was bold, smart, tough, and I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world! She was my idol and I worshipped her. She was a stay at home mom and she was my best friend. She'd play with me, help me,
In 1978, I was 5 yrs old. My mom was my hero. She was bold, smart, tough, and I thought she was the most beautiful woman in the world! She was my idol and I worshipped her. She was a stay at home mom and she was my best friend. She'd play with me, help me,
console me, you name it.
One day, which I'll never forget, she pulled me and my brothers in for a family meeting and she said with a scared sad face (first time I ever saw that btw), that she was sorry, but that we didn't have enough food to eat until the end of the month, and
One day, which I'll never forget, she pulled me and my brothers in for a family meeting and she said with a scared sad face (first time I ever saw that btw), that she was sorry, but that we didn't have enough food to eat until the end of the month, and
that we had to make a box of spaghetti last for two weeks somehow. She held back tears and I knew that we had to help out and not be greedy with the food. We made it, but that began to open my eyes to the fact that we were rich in spirit, but def not in income.
👋 @AndrewYang‼️Why did you hire Tad Devine who worked with felons Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, Russian spy Kilimnik, and racist far right campaign manager Christian Ferry⁉️#YangGang and #Yang2020 need to do some research... cc @Acosta
@BernieSanders also hired Tad Devine....
🔥You know who else hired a Russian asset to help with their campaign⁉️@TulsiGabbard hired Chris Cooper who was also hired by Natalia Veselnitskaya to smear @Billbrowder hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/t…
Hey #yanggang! See @scottsantens’s shocking thread below, and if you feel like #MSNBC is giving @AndrewYang unfair treatment with its blatant lies of omission, let’s let them know we’re not going to take this anymore! Example letter is in this thread! #YangMediaBlackout #yang2020
You’d be surprised how much impact a written complaint has on network news critters! Compose your own constructively written email or letter (FedEx it for extra impact!) or use this form letter that was so gracefully written by the great @travislambirth:
“Dear Editor-in-Chief,
I believe that the news media plays a vital role in safeguarding our democracy. Right now, it seems clear that presidential candidate Andrew Yang is being unfairly represented in your content.
I believe that the news media plays a vital role in safeguarding our democracy. Right now, it seems clear that presidential candidate Andrew Yang is being unfairly represented in your content.
My #BlacksForYang Series 21-28 October.
Sign up for Notifications each time I post...It will be like one of those Twitter Op Eds I did, helps put everything in one place.
Should @AndrewYang worry about reaching & SECURING the Black Vote? #YangGang
Sign up for Notifications each time I post...It will be like one of those Twitter Op Eds I did, helps put everything in one place.
Should @AndrewYang worry about reaching & SECURING the Black Vote? #YangGang
@AndrewYang Thread 1: Pandering Vs Meaningful Policy
In 2020..Politicians must spend more effort talking to us not at us..".that candidates’ efforts to engage black communities often focus more on symbolic gestures than MEANINGFUL interactions." #BlacksForYang
vox.com/identities/201…
In 2020..Politicians must spend more effort talking to us not at us..".that candidates’ efforts to engage black communities often focus more on symbolic gestures than MEANINGFUL interactions." #BlacksForYang
vox.com/identities/201…
@AndrewYang What I really want the #YangGangFamily to understand ...ANYONE specifically talking to us about our own issues different to yours is NOT PANDERING...It's pandering when it's all about style (sounding cool, playing hiphop, photo ops etc..) and ZERO SUBSTANCE..no fake interest.
CNN: "If you're not going to ignore @AndrewYang's $10 million Q3 fundraising total, MSNBC, we certainly will. And don't you just love how Biden’s total puts him right in the center of the screen? Gosh we love that guy. And Booker too! Bless his $6M."
#YangGang #YangMediaBlackout
#YangGang #YangMediaBlackout
This new graphic isn't an exclusion, but it's an error that was only made with @AndrewYang's numbers. It looks like ABC created a bar for $28M instead of $2.8M in Q2, so visually, it looks like Yang lost instead of gained a lot of support in Q3.
Source: abcnews.go.com/Politics/berni…
Source: abcnews.go.com/Politics/berni…
CNN: "We only have room for one of the three candidates who polled at 2% in this poll. Let's go with Booker again. Sure he's in 8th, while @AndrewYang is in 6th by RCP avg, but we really want that to change. And let's put Booker in the chyron too."
#YangMediaBlackout #YangGang
#YangMediaBlackout #YangGang
1/ Third #TweetAnalysis - Comparative Hashtag Analysis
Hashtags: #Yang2020 and #Bernie2020
I read 151 Bernie2020 tweets and 152 Yang2020 Tweets today, 27th September 2019, to discover what the #YangGang and #BernieBros tweet about.
Hashtags: #Yang2020 and #Bernie2020
I read 151 Bernie2020 tweets and 152 Yang2020 Tweets today, 27th September 2019, to discover what the #YangGang and #BernieBros tweet about.
2/ Method
-Searched hashtags one by one (latest, anyone, anywhere)
-Read tweets to identify themes
-Adjusted and added themes as needed
-1 point for each theme mentioned (tweets mostly contained 1 theme)
-Afterwards, organised themes into more general types
-Searched hashtags one by one (latest, anyone, anywhere)
-Read tweets to identify themes
-Adjusted and added themes as needed
-1 point for each theme mentioned (tweets mostly contained 1 theme)
-Afterwards, organised themes into more general types
3/ Data
The most common theme for both Yang and Bernie supporters was "general positive" (non-specific advocacy).
Looking more widely, "positivity" was the largest type for Yang, whereas more than 50% of Bernie tweets fell into the "negativity" type.
The most common theme for both Yang and Bernie supporters was "general positive" (non-specific advocacy).
Looking more widely, "positivity" was the largest type for Yang, whereas more than 50% of Bernie tweets fell into the "negativity" type.
In East Germany, there was no official unemployment. The government guaranteed everybody a job. There was plenty to do. And who knows better what people should do with their time than the government? So they started to organise it, all done in good intentions.
#YangGang
#YangGang
Turns out it was a disaster to organise. It build a monster of beaurocracy which brought out the worst in people. The abuse of power, the corruption and the arbitrariness was soul crushing.
Nobody should get told their place in society. They should be encouraged to find it.
Nobody should get told their place in society. They should be encouraged to find it.
The fourth industrial revolution is real. And so is the increasing economic pressure it puts on a lot of people. Automation already tilted Americans into opting for radical political change with Trump.
Let's tilt it again. This time in the right direction, forward. #Yang2020
Let's tilt it again. This time in the right direction, forward. #Yang2020
This is Day 2 of my mission to convince Bernie supporters of why an Andrew Yang presidency would be better for them and their families’ wellbeing. Yesterday, I spoke about financial security. Today, I will go at length about education [Thread]
Let’s start by acknowledging the extent of both candidates’ education plans. Bernie’s publicly known plans for education are to introduce universal pre-k, tax-payer funded tuition for public universities, cancelling all student debt, and throwing wads of cash at the k-12 system
Andrew also supports universal pre-K, but is ardently against free college. Instead, he opts to give everyone a Universal Basic Income, drastically lower the cost of college of those who want to go, cancel much of the student debt, and make structural change to the k-12 system
I understand why #YangGang and #Bernie supporters don't get along.
1) @AndrewYang trusts people, whereas @BernieSanders trusts institutions. This is vital. Hence the #FreedomDividend puts $$$ directly into people's hands but #FJG/$15 makes people go through institutions for $$$
1) @AndrewYang trusts people, whereas @BernieSanders trusts institutions. This is vital. Hence the #FreedomDividend puts $$$ directly into people's hands but #FJG/$15 makes people go through institutions for $$$
2) Yang is inherently capitalist, Sanders is inherently socialist. People who support Sanders want to totally upend the system. Us #YangGang want capitalism to work for us.
3) Yang has spent his entire career in the private sector, as opposed to Bernie who only has (extensive) govt experience. So Yang looks at #FightFor15 and thinks "This can hurt small businesses" and Sanders discovers that its hard to run a business. cnbc.com/2019/07/25/for…
Here are just a few reasons why all #blackpeople #Blacktwitter #BlackLivesMatter should #GoogleAndrewYang
1) #FreedomDivided of 1K/mo for all US adults. Could help build black wealth quickly. 3 fam adults living together = $3K/Mo buy a 200K house in 5.5 years #YangGang
1) #FreedomDivided of 1K/mo for all US adults. Could help build black wealth quickly. 3 fam adults living together = $3K/Mo buy a 200K house in 5.5 years #YangGang
2) On top of the #FreedomDividend, he also recognizes the historical injustices done to us through slavery and supports the exploratory bill in Congress to figure out reparations logistics. #Yang2020
3) Our boy @AndrewYang also wants massive criminal justice reform. Every cop gets a camera and turning it off is assumption of guilt, no private prisons, decrim of weed and opiates, and mass pardoning for those in jail for nonviolent drug charges. #GoogleAndrewYang #YangGang
1/ Who is the Asian man running for president who wants to give everyone $1,000 who won't wear a tie?
👇To prepare for @AndrewYang's third qualified debate, like and retweet this thread to share with everyone that doesn't yet know! #Yang2020 #YangGang
👇To prepare for @AndrewYang's third qualified debate, like and retweet this thread to share with everyone that doesn't yet know! #Yang2020 #YangGang
2/ @AndrewYang built nonprofit Venture for America and ran it for 7 years. Trained entrepreneurs to help create jobs in cities like Detroit, Cleveland, St Louis, Birmingham, New Orleans. Was given awards by Obama Administration and had documentary made by Netflix.
3/ Yang discovered there was a deeper problem. Every job he helped create, he realized we lost a thousand. “I saw that we were pouring water into a bathtub that has a giant hole ripped in the bottom.”
The way we get @AndrewYang's #FreedomDividend of $1k/mo for all citizens signed into law is to have a Congress full of reps who will get it through the House + Senate. We need to vote for pro-UBI reps & we need to give the boot to anti-UBI reps. Ask Congress candidates about UBI.
If you live in New York's 13th district, @JFKii is running on UBI. He would sign the Freedom Dividend of $1,000/mo into law.
#UBICongress #BasicIncome #YangGang #Yang2020
#UBICongress #BasicIncome #YangGang #Yang2020
If you live in Massachusetts, @BriannaWu is running for Congress in District 8. She is very pro-UBI, is very informed about technology, and has followed me for years.
briannawuforcongress.com
#UBICongress #BasicIncome #YangGang #Yang2020
briannawuforcongress.com
#UBICongress #BasicIncome #YangGang #Yang2020
Gonna try an experiment. ...
Tulsi Gabbard sucks.
Andrew Yang sucks.
Political rant ahead. Warning: thread ahead! It's sad to me how many people automatically disqualify @AndrewYang just because he is running under the democratic party.
Besides showing ignorance in the political system, this just proves that politicians are not the only ones to blame for the polarization of the United States. Political policies and beliefs differ from one candidate to the next, even within the same party.
It's even more sad to me, however, that the policies that would help the most people are bashed the most by others who claim since they didn't get help, why should others.
Keep in mind as you watch @MSNBC not mention his name again that @AndrewYang is only being out-polled by three of these people on stage with him, and his RCP national average puts him at 8th overall out of the 20 at the debates... /13
#YangGang #Yang2020
#YangGang #Yang2020
MSNBC: "Thanks for accepting our invite to speak to our audience today... lol/jk... here's live footage of Bernie."
#YangGang #Yang2020
#YangGang #Yang2020
MSNBC: "A new qualifying poll came out from Monmouth where 2% is needed to get into the fall debates. Let's exclude @AndrewYang again, despite his getting 2% for the 4th time and becoming the 9th candidate to officially qualify for the fall debates."
#Yang2020 #YangGang
#Yang2020 #YangGang
THREAD: Have a question about the concept of Universal Basic Income (UBI)? Here's a link to my UBI FAQ. In this thread you will find question after question commonly asked, followed by a link from my FAQ that answers that question.
scottsantens.com/basic-income-f… #BasicIncome #YangGang
scottsantens.com/basic-income-f… #BasicIncome #YangGang
Question: "What is UBI and why should I support it?"
Answer:
weforum.org/agenda/2017/01…
#BasicIncome #UBI #YangGang #Yang2020 #FreedomDividend
Answer:
weforum.org/agenda/2017/01…
#BasicIncome #UBI #YangGang #Yang2020 #FreedomDividend
Question: "Wouldn't #UBI just lead to the rising prices of goods and services and rents to the point the amount provided becomes entirely pointless?"
Answer: medium.com/basic-income/w…
#BasicIncome #UBIFAQ #YangGang #Yang2020 #FreedomDividend
Answer: medium.com/basic-income/w…
#BasicIncome #UBIFAQ #YangGang #Yang2020 #FreedomDividend
We started looking at automated activity (and potentially other aspects of) tweets containing various #<candidate first or last name>2020 hashtags (e.g., #Warren2020, #Kamala2020, #Bernie2020, etc.) We examined tweets from Jan 1st - July 3rd, 2019.
cc: @ZellaQuixote
cc: @ZellaQuixote
Looking more closely at the 2020 hashtags that have both a significant percentage (we used 10% as a cutoff, 3%-ish is average) of automated activity and at least 1000 tweets, we see sizable volume for tweets posted via VK (Russian Facebook-esque social network.) What's the deal?
The VK activity in the 2020 hashtags comes from 21 very similarly-named accounts. Account names are the display name with "Im" prepended (e.g., "Alberta Swift" = "@ImAlbertaSwift.) All tweets were posted via VK, and none tweeted before 2018 (despite some being created in 2015.)
Scenario:
You and your partner are completely broke and you're still 5 days away from payday.
Credit cards aren't even an option.
You had 30 dollars left when you checked last night. Just enough to pick up groceries to last you the week. (1/3)
You and your partner are completely broke and you're still 5 days away from payday.
Credit cards aren't even an option.
You had 30 dollars left when you checked last night. Just enough to pick up groceries to last you the week. (1/3)
Your partner checked the account first thing this morning.
30 dollars.
Just enough to get the last few school supplies for your 6, 10 and 13 y/o.
(2/3)
30 dollars.
Just enough to get the last few school supplies for your 6, 10 and 13 y/o.
(2/3)
You find out when you get home you overdrafted.
Fuck.
Screaming, confusion, crying.
Hoping the car doesn't break down. Praying no one gets sick.
What could 2k per month mean for your house? How could it change your course?
(3/3)
#HumanityFirst #Yang2020 #Yang2020
Fuck.
Screaming, confusion, crying.
Hoping the car doesn't break down. Praying no one gets sick.
What could 2k per month mean for your house? How could it change your course?
(3/3)
#HumanityFirst #Yang2020 #Yang2020
Holy shit. They did it. The crazy bastards did it. @MSNBC created a graphic with photos of the 20 candidates to appear in the first debates, and they actually went so far as to remove @AndrewYang and include someone who didn't even qualify. This is shameless in how brazen it is.
Looks like we made enough noise, #YangGang. @AndrewYang has been unerased by @MSNBC (and @marwilliamson too). #Yang2020
Good Lord. @MSNBC just can't help themselves. In the latest example, they include his photo in a list of top 8, and manage to read every name but @AndrewYang's??
v.redd.it/eh9d4aphwh631
#YangGang #Yang2020 #HumanityFirst #FreedomDividend
v.redd.it/eh9d4aphwh631
#YangGang #Yang2020 #HumanityFirst #FreedomDividend
RANT INCOMING
1/11 I’m so over establishment politicians—Republican and Democrat. I want my government officials to have ONE agenda: improving citizens’ lives and making this country the best it can be. @AndrewYang has this agenda and this agenda alone. For our current...
1/11 I’m so over establishment politicians—Republican and Democrat. I want my government officials to have ONE agenda: improving citizens’ lives and making this country the best it can be. @AndrewYang has this agenda and this agenda alone. For our current...
2/11 ...politicians, the goal seems to be to always shame and destroy the other side, regardless of whether or not they have a good idea. And people actually buy into this tribal BS. Tribal republicans: you’re full of shit or just extremely ignorant if you honestly believe...
3/11 ...that Trump and the anchors at @FoxNews’ (who constantly lie and cover for him) goal is to make your lives better. Tribal democrats: you’re full of shit or just extremely ignorant if you honestly believe that Trump supporters are all evil and that establishment...
Many people don't seem to understand that if you install UBI within a conditional benefits system and keep all the conditional benefits without replacing any of them with UBI then all the counterproductive effects are still there. Paid work is still punished. Paternalism remains.
This is a problem mainly among those on the left, who see UBI as just more money where more is always better, when this is about far more than money. It's about unconditionality. Without UBI we need SNAP, but SNAP should be replaced by UBI because SNAP is a paternalistic program.
It also makes no sense to me to look at a group of people equally in poverty & decide that some of them should get more than others if they're already receiving assistance. Our safety net has too many holes. It's unjust to help those in the net more than those who hit the ground.
