2 verified quotes on the
record, July 28, 2026 to August 5, 2026. Every one is a
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“What do you tell your child about a future you can't see? My parents always knew what they were preparing me for — even when the obstacles were real, even when the system wasn't fair. They could name the world and teach me how to face it. I don't have that certainty for my kids. Every parent wants the same thing. Give your child a better life than you had. Work harder. Open more doors. Love them past every limit you ever hit yourself. My parents did that for me. I am who I am because of what they gave up. But I'm standing at the edge of something none of us were prepared for. A new world is being built. I’m scared that the people building it aren't asking whether our children will have a place in it. Will it be a world of human flourishing — where all of this technology lifts people up? Or a world where the ones who build the future forget to include the rest of us in it? We are building a new civilization. The question is: will it be human? @TEDTalks”
“If the Democratic Party is Blockbuster, this insurgency is Netflix. There’s a great poem by Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." He was wrong. The revolution IS being televised TONIGHT. How did the Democratic Party establishment candidate Haley Stevens spend $60 million in Michigan and get whooped? Because the old model was simple — whoever has the biggest donors, biggest consultants and biggest ad budget wins. But just like Mamdani’s movement in NYC last year showed, a new politics is possible. Insurgents can go straight to the people through TikTok and grassroots outreach. And win. This is a revolution. And people who don’t like it are going to have to make big changes in their approach if they want to head it off.”
on an insurgent Democrat beating establishment favorite Haley Stevens in Michigan
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