“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordAugust 24, 2022
It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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Editor's note · Context

Tlaib reflects on the long struggle to close the harmful Detroit incinerator.

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