“You don't give money to the bums On a corner with a sign bleeding from their gums Talking about you don't support a crack head? What you think happens to the money from your taxes? Shit the Government's an addict With a billion dollar a week kill brown people habit And even if you ain't on the front…”— Brother Ali, open.spotify.com
“All horror is political, whether the creators want it to be or not. Before you head straight to the comments with your list of apolitical horror films, let me define my terms. By “political,” I don’t necessarily Republican or Democrat (although it can certainly be that). Rather, I mean political in…”— Joseph George, bloody-disgusting.com
“We need to do a lot of anti-racist, deep canvassing in this country. Because if we keep losing white shares and just allowing Facebook to radicalize more and more elements of white voters and the white electorate, there’s no amount of people of color and young people that you can turn out to offset…”— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, nytimes.com
“But the elected officials who matter most in reforming police departments and the criminal justice system work at the state and local levels.”— Barack Obama, Medium, medium.com
“From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters…”— Jonathan Chait, nymag.com
“What I mean is that it is possible to keep the good sides of capitalism, but nonetheless, through a coordinated state, social effort to mobilize. Not just with coronavirus, this is needed with other ecological crises, refugees and so on.”— Slavoj Žižek, spectator.us
“I found Romney filled with what seemed like righteous indignation about the president’s misconduct—quoting hymns and scripture, expressing dismay at his party, and bracing for the political backlash.”— McKay Coppins, theatlantic.com
“I think my understanding of why politics matters is different. It’s more rooted in everyday life. Part of that’s a mayor’s orientation. Part of it’s my Midwestern orientation. Part of it’s my personal story as somebody who saw, for example, the Afghanistan War, not just in terms of the theoretical d…”— Pete Buttigieg, newyorker.com
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“Both Bloomberg and Patrick staked their runs on the idea that voters would hungrily embrace a fresh face to shake up the 2020 race — but compared to Baby Yoda, they're not exactly capturing the public's imagination.”— Shane Savitsky, axios.com
“In September of 2019, a proposal to install a rainbow crosswalk in the city of Chilliwack, British Columbia was voted down by the city council. Dissenters argued that such a crosswalk would be seen as a 'political statement' and would be 'divisive,' but according to Yahoo! News, that hasn't stopped…”— Annie Reneau, Upworthy, upworthy.com
“'What's giving me hope is knowing that we have undocumented people in this country with no legal status, no driver's license, that leave their homes every day and they go out there and find a way to make a living,' Iowa-based activist and DACA recipient Kenia Calderon, who started the Iowa DREAM Coa…”— Leila Bargouty, Bustle, bustle.com
“You guys don't understand the politics of childhood.”— Mark Levin, Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett, Nick Kroll, Nick Birch, Nick Kroll, imdb.com
“I try to do good things, right? But I'm not a good person. That's my flaw. I'm ambitious. I am political. I'm conniving.”— Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Payton Hobart, Ben Platt, imdb.com
“If politics is like dog years, you know, I’m probably 80 right now. Even though I’m only 44.”— Ayanna Pressley, politico.com
“Politics isn't about policies, a candidate is elected on a story.”— Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan, Payton Hobart, Ben Platt, imdb.com