Brendan McPhillips
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Gritty Fanatic, Campaigner, Notre Dame Sports Victim
Philadelphia
Joined March 2009
So proud of @JohnFetterman who stood up tonight to do something incredibly hard under the best of circumstances, but did it only 5 months into his recovery. What we saw was a brave fighter going to bat for every Pennsylvanian who's been knocked down and tried to get back up.
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NEWS: Our campaign has raised $500k since the debate. Keep it rolling
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I can’t emphasize enough what a hero @Bob_Casey is. He went above and beyond to help John win, doing anything our team asked of him. Beyond that, he’s just such a genuinely nice person. I love this man, and I’m so proud he & John are PA’s two senators.
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Good morning! If you were an “unnamed Democrat” who wet the bed to the press after the debate, I hope you stub your toe on the corner of your bed frame this morning, spill coffee on your shirt and then lock your keys in your car. But mostly, I hope you know you’re a fucking loser.
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It's really unfortunate that I had to call these two remarkable men on our team today and apologize for what was coming their way. But it was also a clear example of the difference between the kind of man that John is, and the truly soulless immorality of our opponent & his staff.
Today in PA Sen news. Oz attacked Fetterman for having two convicted murderers on his staff, calling for him to fire them. They are Lee and Dennis Horton, brothers whose convictions were widely criticized and who ultimately were granted clemency by the Board of Pardons 5-0.
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Hi, I'm @JohnFetterman's campaign manager – this org and actblue page do NOTHING to support our campaign. If you'd like to see John win and Dems hold the senate, please give to
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One funny bit of karma related to this Menendez news… I can think of one particular Republican who might have been a viable challenger had he not just spent two years trying to convince America that he was not actually a resident of New Jersey….
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I also want to thank @malcolmkenyatta & @ValArkooshPA, two of John’s primary opponents who ran spirited campaigns of their own, but when the dust settled they hit the trail & did whatever they could to help John win. They’re both truly kind and gracious people. Proud to know them.
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The @AP tried to find an enthusiastic Oz supporter but could only get a paid staffer from his campaign – yet framed it to their readers as if she was an average voter. Why is the AP giving no scrutiny to a candidate who has been a professional liar on TV for over a decade?
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Thinking about how you don't need to be a member of Congress to be Speaker of the House
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“I nEvEr EvEn MeT wItH tHe LaDy!”. *narrator* .This was actually second time the esteemed chairman met the VP during the campaign 🙃
Incredible. Bob Brady, chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Party since 1986, says he was completely ignored by the Harris campaign -- unlike any Dem nominee in decades. Says he never once spoke to Kamala. This guy runs the Dem machine in the most critical city in the country!
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While many accolades and hot takes keep pouring in, it should be said that the answer to "how we did it" is who we did it for – @JohnFetterman. Authenticity is more than just a buzz word. John is at his core, just a good dude trying to serve his community. People knew that.
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In 2017, hours after Trump instituted his Muslim ban, hundreds of people rushed to @PHLAirport to fight to keep our neighbors from being turned away and separated from their families. One of those people was @Bob_Casey. Today we need to have his back and count every vote 1/
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No one in Philadelphia wants to watch this game tonight. We’re just tuning in out of some sick collective obligation to feel pain.
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I'm fortunate to call @JohnFetterman a friend, and I'm damn proud of him for having the courage to rebuke the stigma around mental health & do right by himself to seek treatment. He's no doubt helping other people make that same decision & I'm proud as ever to call him my Senator.
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NEWS: @JohnFetterman has now raised $1 million since tonight’s debate #PASenateDebate.
NEWS: Our campaign has raised $500k since the debate. Keep it rolling
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I watched @JoeBiden display a stronger grasp of nuanced foreign policy tonight than any other president, or any elected official for that matter, that I can remember since I’ve been old enough to vote. A clear, stark contrast between Biden and the convicted felon wannabe dictator.
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Over 3,000 people came out to today’s Women for Fetterman rally in Montco today… during the Eagles opener… and in the rain #Fettermania
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John Fetterman is the next U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania. Rock N Roll, Baby!!! 🤘😎🤘.
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NEW 📺 today: Philly vs. Trump: He doesn't like us – We. Don't. Care. Catch it during the Eagles game today. Go Birds. #FlyEaglesFly
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Hit some doors for @KamalaHarris with Baby S, armed with animal crackers and a vintage Biden T in South Philly today. The @KamalaforPA organizer said it was the best turnout of the year - LFG!!!#100DaysWOA
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NEWS: Since last night’s debate @JohnFetterman has raised over $2 million from small dollar grassroots supporters. With your support we will be airing this new TV ad showing Oz’s extreme views on abortion in his own words.
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I don't believe in "hot takes" just days after an election. BUT – when the elderly white man who has run the Philadelphia Democratic Party since I was in kindergarten refers to the sitting Vice President as "that lady," and lies about never meeting her. well, we got receipts.
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This Pittsburgh crowd is electric. Oz’s name was mentioned and people started a “jag-off” chant. Love me some yinzers!.
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Any of our Dem candidates can beat the Republicans in the fall, and this is not a dig at Conor – but I am *BEGGING* the establishment (Inqy ed board, influential/donor Dems, etc) to start seriously questioning their assumed definition of who/what is "electable".
Conor Lamb is the best choice Dems have to flip a Senate seat. | Endorsement
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I'm legitimately moved by the outpouring of support for @JohnFetterman after yesterday's news. Sometimes the world actually restores my hope for humanity.
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Something is happening in PA… there are *A LOT* of people here in Blue Bell for the Women for @JohnFetterman rally.
The line to get into the Women for Fetterman event today in Montgomery County.
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Gosh, I wonder why the candidate who had over $100M in brutal attack ads against him won by less than the candidate who had virtually $0 in attacks against him?.
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Somebody leak the Gaetz ethics report so we can all be real clear on what kind of crimes the Republicans were happy to cover up.
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The nation's oldest continuously published Black newspaper, @PhillyTrib, endorses @JohnFetterman for Senate.
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God damn right he did.
Fetterman Campaign spokesman "for a guy who's just been in the hospital months ago, he took it to Dr. Oz pretty fucking hard tonight.".
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Readers, and Pennsylvanians with their lives on the line in this election deserve much better, @AP. Looking forward to a retraction.
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What if… and hear me out… they’re both great people? 😂.
One funny thing is how people on this site get these ideas of like, the "good-people campaigns like John Fetterman's" vs. "the bad-people campaigns like Pete Buttigieg's", and if you actually look, the same guy ran both.
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There are at least 100k votes left to count, and the race is in automatic recount territory. This is irresponsible reporting.
David McCormick has been elected to the U.S. Senate after winning a pivotal race in swing-state Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press.
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FOLKS! I’ve been informed that due to the tireless efforts of @RepBrendanBoyle our beloved clickety-clack sign will be returning to 30th St upon completion of the remodel. Digital billboards will also remain to better support our ADA community. That’s constituent services, folks!.
I’m still bitter over the boneheaded decision someone at @Amtrak made a few years ago to replace our old fashioned clickety-clack board at 30th Street Station with this piece of shit
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Well, look who’s fucked now!.
McElwee told @bterris that he'd placed bets against JOHN FETTERMAN, whom he was working for, saying "I think he's fucked." McElwee showed Ben a spreadsheet of bets he'd made on the midterm --most AGAINST Dems. “I think I’m going to make a lot of money on election night,” he said.
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We're putting the band back together. LFG #TeamFetterman.
New: Fetterman's campaign has hired a new manager for the general election. Brendan McPhillips ran Fetterman's 2016 campaign and was also PA state director for Biden.
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Don’t know how Yass floating Trump billions of dollars right after Trump acted on Yass’s behalf to rally Republicans in support of TikTok isn’t setting off 1,000 legal alarm bells.
Based on active users and revenue, Truth Social is not worth $3billion. This is a political donation from Yass to Trump. Trump still has one hurdle to cash the money, a lock out clause where he has to hold his shareholding for 6 months!
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What Philly dive bar should we pull the Fetterbus up to at the end of this final voyage? 🚌.
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My Op-Ed in today's @PhillyInquirer: Under Brady's failed leadership the city's Democratic Party resembles more of a social club for political has-beens than a functioning organization designed to build power for working people. He should step aside. 🎁🔗
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We had an office pool going for how long it would take to melt the brains of the right wing when John made this joke. We all won.
John Fetterman calls himself “John FetterWOMAN” as crowd sits in utter bewilderment. The CRINGE will melt your face off.
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Maybe your Republican controlled legislatures shouldn’t be passing laws intentionally designed to delay the counting of votes, ya whiney loser.
Americans shouldn’t be waiting days after an election to know the results. We have to do better.
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Popped into one of our @KamalaHarris field offices this afternoon to make some calls with the crew. First connect was a 25 year old woman who signed up online and has never volunteered on a campaign before. She’ll be knocking doors with our Harrisburg team this weekend!
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Allegheny County turnout: 74.8%.Philadelphia turnout: 64.5%. Brady isn't wrong: the party did the best it could – under his leadership. It's not his fault the Harris campaign lost. It *is* his fault that the Philly Dems continue to atrophy cycle after cycle. Pass the torch.
The election results and Democratic reckoning has reignited a conversation about Bob Brady and the future of the Philly Democratic party. Critics say it’s time for new leadership and ideas to energize voters. He says the party did the best it could.
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Had to miss today because covid finally got our household. But this is still cool to watch from afar. Congratulations to @JohnFetterman & everyone on the entire #TeamFetterman crew!
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I was the State Director for Joe Biden here in PA, so I am intimately familiar with the 80,555 margin, nor can I be written off as some fringe lefty. PA & Nat'l Dems must be much more creative, bold, and dare I say inspired about how & why we campaign, and what we're fighting for.
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Classless losers all the way til the end.
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We did it, John!.
My break up letter with Pennsylvania. You threw me over for the Braddock reject. We’re done.
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Right out of the gate @JohnFetterman addresses Oz’s lies and vile attacks on his stroke recovery, says he was knocked down & got back up – and is in this race to fight for PA’s forgotten communities who’ve also been knocked down and need a fighter #PASenateDebate.
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Can confirm @BarackObama was playing air guitar to "Back in Black" when it was playing during @JohnFetterman's walk off. That is some November energy, baby! LFG!!!.
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Thanks for all the likes/retweets. Again, please contribute to #Fetterman's direct actblue page if you can. We are extremely grateful for your support 🙏.
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Dr. Oz just doubled down on his support for the overturn of Roe v. Wade. He is an extremist who wants to let people like @dougmastriano decide what women should do with their bodies #PASenateDebate.
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It's now mainstream among national Republicans that seniors should work until they drop dead. Probably shouldn't vote these people into office.
Ben Shapiro on Medicare and Social Security: "No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem."
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I don't know why every company I've ever purchased a product from in the last few years thinks I want them to email me every day now. Who do they think they are, a Democrat running for Congress in a district I've never lived near?.
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Oz has not held a public event in over a month.
Honest Question: Did Oz hold any events this weekend, the penultimate one before the election?.
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Pennsylvania was lucky to have a senator like Bob Casey. He’s one of the best public servants our country had – deeply interested and responsive to the needs of his constituents, and just a genuinely nice person in a world where that is decidedly not the norm. Thank you, Senator.
During my time in office, I have been guided by an inscription on the Finance Building in Harrisburg: “All public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.”. Thank you for your trust in me for all these years, Pennsylvania. It has been the honor of my lifetime.
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Lindy Li was an advisor to the Harris campaign in the same way I am an advisor to Notre Dame Football – in that we are not at all those things, but both give money to those respective orgs to get tickets to cool shit – and apparently also *lose our fucking minds* when they lose
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Today is a great day to knock some doors (or make some calls) to voters whose mail ballots had an error that they can still fix so that their vote is counted for @Bob_Casey! . Sign up to help TODAY: 🗳️🔗
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Okaaayyy… I guess I’ll take the heat for the decision to never put out a werewolf platform.
Herschel Walker ran a much better campaign than John Fetterman and you know it.
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Notre Dame fans, contemplating playoff scenarios.
Let us be fearless amid the messy situations all around us, because that is where the Lord is, in our midst; God continues to perform his miracle of bringing forth good fruit (Jn 15:5). Christian joy is born precisely of this certainty.
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How are we feeling? This is how we're feeling. One of our staging locations in the burbs at 12pm on a Monday. RUN THROUGH THE TAPE ✊🚪🗳️
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And Casey’s team, led by @BuffaloKEG are always amazing to work with. Kristen would pick up the phone at any time to answer any question and was always willing to be a resource for us. Y’all are some real ones 👊.
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Shapiro’s team ran a great race. This is a knock on Matt. Never underestimate the ability of a national pundit to completely miss the mark.
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Finally home after 3 weeks of our adorable kiddo living at CHOP recovering from a heart issue we didn’t know she had. Baby S2 took her first all-staff call from the cardiac unit & was always all smiles despite everything. Forever grateful for the docs, nurses & staff at CHOP ❤️❤️
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Word on the street is people are excited to vote.
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I haven’t been able to just chill with my fam on a Saturday and watch our baby rock out to my records in way too long… to do that today while reading news about John’s lead growing to roughly 5pts is a damn fine Saturday morning. I’ll take it.
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I do this work for this little nugget. Baby McSluss wants you to go vote for @JohnFetterman and call 3 of your friends to do the same. Apparently she has chocolate for you when you do
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This is what a full Liacouras Center looks like
Before the Pledge of Allegience and National Anthem, a speaker says the country was “founded on the principles that are found in all Judeo-Christian writings.” Trump is expected to arrive in about 1.5 hr.
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Important reminder that thanks to many of you, your newest U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is *not* a Giants fan. Cheers, and Go Birds! 🦅 🇺🇸 🔔.
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When Team PA says "run through the tape" this is what we're fucking talking about 💪💪💪. Huge shoutout to the excellent work of our Organizing & GOTV teams led by @aqfriedman & Divya K 👏👏👏. All gas, no brakes!.
A Harris campaign official in Pennsylvania says their volunteer team is averaging 2,000 door-knocks per minute across the state on Saturday as of 12:54 pm . (Average during typical door-knocking hours).
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They aren't "offering" $35/mo caps - they are required to do it because @JoeBiden is getting shit done to make people's lives better and made it the law. Meanwhile, Trump and the Republican primary field are competing with each other in the extremism olympics.
Starting today, all three major insulin manufacturers are offering $35/mo caps on out-of-pocket costs. Also today, they’re cutting list prices by 70% or more - a move that’s expected to *save* them hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
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@iamsharpe They must have the same digital staff that worked for Dr. Oz and tried to out meme Fetterman.
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We're at a time in this country when one of the two major parties is a well organized & highly effective modern Fascist movement, and the other is a hodgepodge of everyone to the left of Liz Cheney, so it's unsurprising that we're often distracted chasing our own tails. .
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This is exactly how I would envision the Mayor of Wildwood to look.
Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron sentenced to probation in federal tax fraud case
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Nice of them to make the trip all the way from Connecticut.
Dave McCormick greets his family moments after being sworn in as a senator.
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As someone who worked to win the presidency in 2020 and save the senate in 2022, I can say the level of hubris and complete lack of self awareness displayed by @BobBradyPHL and @PHLDems in this statement is embarrassing to the entire city and actively harmful to growing the party.
@BobBradyPHL, Chairman of the @PHLDems released this statement following Tuesday’s Primary Election:
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ANOTHER NEW 📺: "He ain't me" – For our friends out west who bleed Black & Yellow and know @KamalaHarris will be a president who fights for yinz. Catch it tonight when the Steelers take on Trump's hometown Giants on Monday Night Football. #HereWeGo
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Buddy, I would like a choice to live in a modern scientifically sound society that protects my babies from getting fucking polio and measles.
I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking up HHS and FDA. I hope he leans into personal choice on vaccines rather than
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🥹🥹🥹.
Pennsylvania Senator-Elect John Fetterman has arrived at the Capitol for new member orientation wearing a suit and tie.
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Not gonna lie, I’m particularly proud of today’s rally banner
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✨ Something is happening in Pennsylvania ✨.
Im in Northampton County, a bellwether county in Pennsylvania, for a Tim Walz rally at Freedom High School. There are hundreds in line and it doesn't start until 10:30
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Proud to team up with this talented group to deliver PA for the President once again, and secure our Democracy for many years to come. Nothing less is at stake. LFG!.
Biden's campaign has hired three staffers to lead the Pennsylvania reelection campaign: @NikkiliaLu will be state campaign manager and @BrendanMcP and @KellanWhite will be senior advisors.
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Something special is happening in Pennsylvania (Bucks County edition)
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This was a 5 point win that almost no poll was tracking. Knock more doors – and run through the tape 🚪🏃
If Bob Casey is really in a squeaker, that doesn’t bode well for Harris in PA. Casey has historically run ahead of his party’s presidential nominee.
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I’m still bitter over the boneheaded decision someone at @Amtrak made a few years ago to replace our old fashioned clickety-clack board at 30th Street Station with this piece of shit
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Going out like the bigoted asshole we all knew him to be. What a difference it will be to have a genuinely good person taking over this seat. Thank you, Pennsylvania.
PAs Pat Toomey votes NO on the Respect for Marriage Act.
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Back at King George’s mansion in north Jersey, Dr. Oz is sipping a glass of Pinot Grigio, watching his two favorite football teams play and thinking back on all those times he tried to pretend to be an Eagles fan, muttering to himself “fuck them birds.” Happy Thanksgiving to all!.
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Spotted in South Philly *not* SoUtH oF pHiLaDeLpHiA
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A reporter recently asked me why the GOP has to recruit out of state carpetbaggers like Dave McCormick to run for senate here, and my answer was basically “well, have you met Pennsylvania Republicans?”.
No threesomes, at least not in the charging documents, but new evidence of intergenerational ferality in school board anti-woke mom world
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Instead of learning to use power to deliver for the people whose lives depend on us delivering bold change to a broken system - we miss a lot of that work, grasping at what feels familiar, safe and comfortable: the lure of bipartisanship, stale talking points, normie policy.
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Candidate quality matters so much. Then you have to figure out how to build and run a campaign operation that embodies the spirit of that candidate, not make the candidate fit into a standard playbook. Sounds simple, but that often doesn't happen.
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With how fed up with MAGA nonsense voters in Bucks County have become, PA-1 will be a race to watch as Dems have a real patriot & public servant making her second run at Fitzpatrick who has completely sold his soul to the far-right whack jobs who have eroded the Republican Party.
Aaaaaand Fitzpatrick just voted to impeach Sec. Mayorkas, with no evidence, for a second time. Still disappointed. Still not surprised.
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