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Corey Loftus retweeted
Tom Hiddleston says happiness is overrated and spending your life chasing it can actually make you unhappy
"Happiness is overrated. Meaning is underrated. Happiness is like a sunrise or a sunset. Bear with me"
"You're there. It's lovely. You're present with it. The sun's rising or the sun is setting. It's perfect. After 15 minutes, the moment is over and it's gone. Trying to sustain it is impossible because it's over"
"And a life spent chasing the permanence of that feeling will make you unhappy because you can't hold on to it. The moment you try to hold on to it, it slips through your fingers and is lost"
"Meaning is a structure that only you create in your own life, an architecture with your own particular spiritual fingerprint, whereby if you're going through a hard time, if you're going through challenge, struggle, obstacles, suffering or pain, only you know why you're going through it"
"You might know, this is hard now. I'm doing it for my kids. I'm doing it for my mom. I'm doing it for my future"
"And then it makes enduring the hard times bearable because you know what it means"
"And meaning - this is the take - meaning yields joy. Joy is deeper than happiness"
Corey Loftus retweeted
Democratic Socialists say #ITrustBernie to fight for Medicare for All because he has spent his entire life fighting for a health care system driven by patient needs, not private profits.
Corey Loftus retweeted
Hillary strongly implies that Tulsi Gabbard is a Russian asset who will act to serve the Kremlin's interest. Also says there's no doubt Jill Stein is. Does she have evidence for these grave accusations? Of course not. None is needed in Dem Party discourse. It's gutter trash.
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Corey Loftus retweeted
I’m not a conspiracy theorist but how do you explain a headline/tweet that reveals a new poll showing Trump beating Warren and Biden in Iowa but *not mention* that the same poll shows Sanders *beating* Trump there? How do you explain that? How? How? No, seriously, how?
Corey Loftus retweeted
If we do not pass a Green New Deal, Mr. Trump's resort is likely to be swallowed by sea-level rise before the century ends because of catastrophic climate change.
Maybe when it is underwater he'll have a harder time calling global warming a "hoax."
"Climate change will not be on the agenda," Mick Mulvaney says when asked if the topic will be a part of next year's G-7 Summit at the president's Trump National Doral Miami resort: abcn.ws/35EfWzb
Corey Loftus retweeted
Congratulations to our neighbors to the north on completing their first year of marijuana legalization! Vermont shares a border with Canada, and as far as I can tell, the sky has not fallen and the cities have not plunged into anarchy on the other side.
Corey Loftus retweeted
500,000 Americans will go bankrupt this year from medical bills.
They didn't go to Las Vegas and blow their money at a casino.
Their crime was that they got sick.
How barbaric is a system that says, "I'm going to destroy your family's finances because you had cancer"?
Corey Loftus retweeted
We have got to make it clear that when this country drifts toward oligarchy, there is no “middle ground.” Large profitable corporations like Amazon will pay their fair share of taxes. #NoMiddleGround
Corey Loftus retweeted
"We must understand that unfettered capitalism and the greed of corporate America are destroying the moral and economic fabric of this country" -@BernieSanders
#NoMiddleGround
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Corey Loftus retweeted
Soon we will send soldiers to Afghanistan who weren't even born yet on September 11, 2001.
We've spent $5 trillion dollars on wars since 9/11.
And now some of the same people that got us into Iraq are trying to start a war with Iran.
We must end our endless wars. – at Washington, DC
Corey Loftus retweeted
If you believe in God you must try to live justly with everyone, according to the golden rule: “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you” (Mt 7,12).
Corey Loftus retweeted
Thank you @amazonnews for your response to our video. I remain deeply concerned about Amazon, an enormously profitable corporation, paying workers wages that are so low that they are forced to depend on federal programs like Medicaid, food stamps and public housing for survival.
Corey Loftus retweeted
Gov. Cuomo calls himself progressive now that it's popular, but for 8 years he's undermined progressives at every turn. He even said "I've governed the state in a way that would make any Republican proud." We need a true Democrat as Governor, not a phony one. #CuomoTheRepublican
Corey Loftus retweeted
Tonight at 7pm ET: Join me, @MMFlint and @SenWarren for a conversation about a topic too often ignored by the corporate media – wealth and income inequality. #InequalityTownHall
Corey Loftus retweeted
Unbelievably, Congress right now wants to deregulate some of the same banks that helped cause the 2008 financial disaster. That is really unacceptable.
Corey Loftus retweeted
Charles Koch to Paul Ryan: Here's $500K for giving me a massive tax cut at working families' expense.
Also Charles Koch: “When large companies can pressure politicians to force everyday Americans to fork over unearned millions, we should all question the fairness of the system.”
Corey Loftus retweeted
Why is Congress busy worrying about the needs of huge financial institutions, but ignores the concerns of ordinary Americans? The answer is simple. Follow the money.