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Dennis Donovan

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Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:30 AM Mar 30

Dworkin Report: Sunday's Great News That's Awful For Musk and Trump [View all]

Dworkin Report - Sunday’s Great News That’s Awful For Musk and Trump

Onward!
Scott Dworkin
Mar 30, 2025

Before we start another week of Musk and Trump’s constant madness, I’m happy to be able to share more good news today. I hope it gives you at least a bit of relief in these trying times, and proves there are brave folks everywhere fighting alongside us against this tyranny.

Hundreds of peaceful “Tesla Takedown” protests took place worldwide yesterday. Dem Rep. Pramila Jayapal joined an event in Seattle, where she gave a fiery speech. Jayapal called Elon Musk an “unelected billionaire who is destroying our country,” and said, “Musk and the Department Of Greed and Evil—that’s what DOGE is … have got to go.”

In Greenwich, CT, there was an incredibly touching moment at Dem Sen. Chris Murphy’s town hall. Seven-year-old Charlotte Paone bravely took the mic to advocate for “free lunch for all” in schools, saying: “I don't want my friends to go hungry in school, or have to be embarrassed by telling their teacher or the lunch lady.”

Murphy then invited Charlotte to the front, where he sat down to meet her at eye level. “We exist in this world to help other people,” Murphy told her. “To help people who are less fortunate … That's why all these people are here today, because they want to live in a world where we have a government that looks out for everybody.”

Applauding Charlotte for speaking out, Murphy said: “I bet you, because of your question … everybody in this room is gonna work a little bit harder to make that kind of world.”

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kr New Breed Leader Mar 30 #1
Wonderful experience for Charlotte, Bumbles Mar 30 #2
Kick SheltieLover Mar 30 #3
I really like Chris Murphy Beckett Mar 30 #4
Being a decent human these days is an act of heroism. BattleRow Mar 30 #5
"...and the children shall lead." calimary Mar 30 #6
From the mouths of babes... nt GiqueCee Mar 30 #7
exactly bdamomma Mar 31 #12
Chris Murphy LessAspin Mar 30 #8
The video: Charlotte and Chis Murphy in Stamford 3/28 pat_k Mar 30 #9
Am I the only one that doesn't see "Tesla protests" as helpful? AllyCat Mar 31 #10
It's leverage. EndlessWire Mar 31 #13
Please don't increase property taxes Tickle Mar 31 #11
Hey, who knows? calimary Mar 31 #14
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