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1. The cypto industry is spending an absolutely INSANE amount of money on the 2024 election
Its main Super PAC, Fairshake, has raised $202 MILLION this cycle
That's more than the primary Super PACs supporting Trump or Harris
The strategy appears to be working
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1. Nex Benedict matters
Nex was a 16-year-old and non-binary
Nex was brutally beaten a high school bathroom in Oklahoma
The school did not call an ambulance or the police
Instead, Nex was suspended
Nex died the next day
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No one gets credit for finding their conscience with 325 hours left in Trump's presidency
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I think it's because 17 people in a high school were just murdered with an AR-15
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IMPORTANT:
@elonmusk
's new policy preventing linking to competitors is in DIRECT VIOLATION of European Union rules.
Penalty can be a fine of up to 20% of Twitter's annual revenue
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The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES went on the national TV tonight and bragged that he was so smart he could remember five words in order, and he was not joking even a little bit
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Nancy Pelosi just did something that not a single Republican has had the guts to do in 2 years.
Stand up to Trump, in public, to his face.
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Hannity assembles a diverse panel of experts to discuss racism
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The comparison of white supremacists (whites are master race) to Black Lives Matter (stop murdering black people) is absurd and slanderous
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Coronavirus exposes all of Trump’s biggest weaknesses:
1. Incompetence
2. Rejection of scientific facts
3. Distrust of expertise
4. Disinterest in long-term planning
5. Embrace of conspiracy theories
6. Paranoia
7. Inability to learn from mistakes
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Shut down due to illegal activity:
1. Trump University
2. Trump Foundation
Under criminal investigation:
1. Trump campaign
2. Trump transition
3. Trump inauguration
4. Trump administration
5. Trump Organization
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Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 2018.
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Reportedly the NFL nixed Dre saying “still don’t love the police” and Eminem kneeling but both things happened
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UPDATE: The tweets by
@TwitterSupport
this morning, announcing a new policy banning linking to competing websites, have been deleted.
The policy itself was deleted from Twitter’s website.
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I still can't get over the fact that 2 weeks ago Trump's longtime personal lawyer stood up in a federal courtroom and, under oath, said he COMMITTED TWO FELONIES WITH TRUMP and absolutely nothing changed.
Nothing changed for Republicans or Democrats. It's like it never happened
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Just a reminder that someone stole George W. Bush's debate prep book (and videotapes!) and sent it to the Gore campaign and they immediately turned all the materials over to the FBI
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I refuse to discuss Obamagate because 83,491 have died since March and also Obamagate doesn't exist
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TRUMP: Creates fake university to scam students, pays $25 million fine for fraud
LEBRON: Creates top-notch public high school for low-income students, pays college tuition for every graduate
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Can someone explain to me why Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native American heritage warrants continued, obsessive coverage by the political media but the fact that at least 12 women accused Trump of sexual assault was forgotten as soon as he was elected?
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One way you know Stormy Daniels is a serious threat to Trump:
He has never once tweeted her name
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The NFL is an entire league that iced out a talented quarterback because he protested racism
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THERE IS LITERALLY AN EMAIL WHERE RUSSIA OFFERS TO COLLUDE WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND TRUMP JR SAYS ABSOLUTELY LETS SET UP A MEETING
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Roy Moore denies that he lost the U.S. Senate election, even after Alabama's Republican Secretary of State certified his opponent as the winner.
Kind of puts his other denials in perspective.
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1. With the coronavirus killing thousands and threatening to tank the global economy, I feel like more people should be talking about the fact that Trump fired the entire pandemic response team two years ago and then didn't replace them
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A few days ago Trump said he didn't know Lev Parnas and now there is a 90 MINUTE TAPE of Trump talking with Parnas over dinner
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FACT: None of the journalists who were suspended did this.
He's lying.
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Imagine, for a moment, what Trump would be saying right now if Biden contracted COVID-19 and then checked into the hospital
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Donald Trump wrote off $70,000 on his taxes FOR HAIR STYLING
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Somehow the government can produce a virtually unlimited amount of bombs for every possible situation but everyone has to make their own mask out of a t-shirt
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1. This is Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman
On March 31, she was killed when an alleged white nationalist ran her over on the side of a highway
Her killer is not currently facing any charges for killing Mika
Mika matters
This is her story
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BREAKING: Migrants flown to Massachusetts file class action lawsuit against DeSantis and other Florida officials in federal court
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A self-described white supremecist traveled to a black neighborhood and murdered 10 people today, leaving behind a manifesto on the Great Replacement theory — a racist conspiracy theory endorsed repeatedly by Tucker Carlson, the nation’s most-watched political pundit
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BREAKING:
@Hallmark
, which donated $3,000 to
@HawleyMO
and $5,000 to
@RogerMarshallMD
is demanding its money back.
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Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 2018
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If the President of the United States suggests shooting political protesters and you decide to keep it secret for two years to help you sell a book, you are part of the problem
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BREAKING: The CDC has stopped disclosing the number of Americans tested for coronavirus.
On the left is how the website looked last night. On the right is what it looks like now, with the testing info removed.
The lack of testing is a scandal.
This is the coverup.
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1. When Trump became president, people stopped talking much about the numerous women who alleged he sexually assaulted them.
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1. This photo is fake (photoshopped)
2. The man on the left is Hassan Rouhani, who is still President of Iran
3. It's embarrassing that you are a United States Congressman
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Remember when Trump was elected and there were people who were like: Relax, how bad can get it?
This how bad.
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Before anyone votes on this tax bill, Trump should release his 2016 taxes so the public can know how much this bill will personally benefit the president.
This is a basic requirement of a functioning democracy.
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Everyone working at a supermarket right now is a fucking hero
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Trump has done everything possible to repeal Obamacare including 5 visits to Mar-a-lago, 9 trips to the golf course & sitting in a big truck
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A 10-year-old girl was raped in
@Jim_Jordan
's home state of Ohio.
Jordan publicly called the story a lie.
Then, after the rapist was arrested and confessed, Jordan deleted the tweet without any acknowledgment or apology.
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1. TRUMP ATTACKED CONGRESS FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND THANKED RUSSIA FOR IMPOSING SANCTION ON THE UNITED STATES
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She actually went to the U.N. to call for action against genocide and mass rape
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Maybe it’s just me but I can’t get past the fact that the FBI Director set up a phony tip line for people to report information about Brett Kavanaugh, then secretly funneled the “relevant” info to the White House, then covered it up for two years AND HE’S STILL THE FBI DIRECTOR
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WORTH REPEATING: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team.
These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in today.
Trump did not replace them.
He eliminated the positions.
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Last night on Fox News, President Trump said that Saudi Arabia deposited $1 billion in a bank account in exchange for assistance from the U.S. military.
Trump needs to say exactly where this money is and what it’s paying for or admit he was lying.
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Sorry, but I'm still not over the fact that three days ago Trump said that Saudi Arabia deposited $1 billion in a bank account in exchange for assistance from the U.S. military
We need to know exactly where the money is or Trump needs to admit he was lying
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Is
@Jim_Jordan
going to apologize for linking the murder of an officer in Oakland to Black Lives Matter "rioters" when the man charged is part of the right-wing Boogaloo movement or is he just going to pretend it never happened?
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Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 2018
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TRUMP: I did it
PELOSI: These troubling allegations must be investigated
TRUMP: No, it was me
PELOSI: This raises more questions and I won't rest until we get to the bottom of it
TRUMP: I broke the law
PELOSI: We will collect all the facts and determine if any law was broken
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned of a "new stage of investigation" if President Trump refused to hand over a whistle-blower complaint reportedly related to whether he pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's son. She didn't use the word “impeachment."
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I still care about the fact that Trump falsified his medical records by dictating a letter to his doctor, even though we learned about it 8 days ago
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There is a bill in the Senate that would stop Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border.
There are currently 43 Democratic co-sponsors and ZERO Republicans.
Every single Senator who is not a sponsor needs to confronted about it
Let's go
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I still don't understand exactly what Peter Strzok did wrong.
The best I can tell, he doesn't like Trump and said so in private texts.
Is that illegal or unethical?
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Warren's dismantling of Bloomberg over his treatment of women was one of the most precise and devastating political attacks I have witnessed in twenty years of following this stuff
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Accused sex criminals who Trump has defended:
1. Roy Moore
2. Brett Kavanaugh
3. Bob Kraft
4. Roger Ailes
5. Himself
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Trump is not, in fact, working to increase payments to Americans from $600 to $2000.
If he was, he’d be one the phone with Republicans, demanding that they amend the bill.
Instead, he’s golfing.
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Dear Senator Graham:
This is your official government account.
Why are you using it to promote the for-profit business of the President?
Didn’t you swear to preserve and protect the Constitution? Please review Article I, Section 9.
Best,
Judd
Trump International Golf Club is a spectacular golf course.
Great day of fun playing with
@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump
.
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Counter-point: This poll does not exist
New Fox Poll shows a “40% Approval Rating by African Americans for President Trump, a record for Republicans.” Thank you, a great honor!
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Harvey Weinstein is no longer an alleged rapist.
Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist.
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1. This is a clarifying moment.
It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is
Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation
Zuckerberg's response was to go on Fox News and defend Trump's right to undermine the integrity of the election
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REMINDER: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team.
These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in today.
Trump did not replace them.
He eliminated the positions.
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Gayle King, CBS: Why do you allow politicians to lie in ads?
Zuckerberg: I believe, in a democracy, people have a right to know what politicians are saying so they can make their own judgments
King: OK, what did you talk about with Trump at the White House
Zuck: That’s private
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1. This will be a thread of corporations that plastered their social media accounts with rainbows for Pride Month
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How much those corporations donated to anti-LGBTQ politicians since 2021
Follow along if interested.
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1.
@elonmusk
told his 175 million followers on this platform that Biden committed "treason" by "secretly" chartering flights to bring 320K "illegal immigrants" to the United States
Let's be clear: EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CLAIM IS A BRAZEN LIE
Follow along for receipts
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NOTE: Rand Paul voted for a $1 trillion tax cut for corporations without any spending offsets
BREAKING: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has blocked an attempt to pass an extension of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, pointing to the country's growing debt and arguing that any new spending should be offset by cuts to other spending. (via
@thehill
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OLD: Kids these days are lazy and apathetic and should stop staring at their phones all day
NEW: Kids these days are loud and arrogant and should stop organizing millions of people demanding change on gun policy
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1. There were 19 hijackers, not 12
2. There is no evidence tying Soleimani to 9/11
3. Soleimani is a Shiite & the hijackers were Sunnis
4. After 9/11, Soleimani cooperated w/US, providing intelligence against the Taliban
5. Soleimani was a bad guy; Pence's tweet is garbage
Assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.
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Trump’s campaign strategy is accusing Biden of doing things that Trump actually did
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Trump falsified his medical report by dictating a letter describing his health to his doctor
This, under normal circumstances, would be a massive scandal that would dominate the political discussion for months
In the Trump era, it faded from public consciousness within hours
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Today, Trump retweeted:
1. A Pizzagate conspiracy theorist
2. A Qanon conspiracy theorist
3. A conspiracy theorist who believes the New Zealand massacre was a plot to limit gun rights
He's elevating the most unhinged, deranged voices
By tomorrow we'll forget it even happened
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In America, you can be teargassed and shot with rubber bullets for peacefully protesting in front of a church.
But you can literally bust down the doors to the United States Capitol and stroll around while police officers watch.
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To review:
1. Kavanaugh's accuser is now on the record: Her name is Christine Blasey Ford
2. Ford has offered a detailed account of sexual assault by Kavanaugh
3. Ford's account corroborated by therapists notes from 2012
4. Ford passed a polygraph test by former FBI agent
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JIMMY KIMMEL IS NOT AN EXPERT scream the people who let Hannity talk about public policy for an hour every night
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This might be controversial but I do not believe a human being should get sick or die so you can eat a hamburger
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Joe Biden won't say whether he will support expanding the Supreme Court and it would be great to know his position but did you know Trump has released NO POLICIES WHATSOEVER FOR HIS 2ND TERM?
Trump's website doesn't have a policy section!
The GOP didn't bother making a platform
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BREAKING:
A Florida teacher who worked as a permanent substitute since October was FIRED for posting a video of empty bookshelves at his middle school
He was fired the day after
@RonDeSantisFL
was asked about the viral video by the media and called it a "false narrative"
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There is strong evidence emerging that Republicans stole a Congressional seat in North Carolina by destroying, falsifying, and manipulating absentee ballots.
This is an affront to democracy.
They can’t be allowed to get away with it.
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Let me just say that suspending travel from Europe for 30 days makes very little sense.
The issue is that the virus is spreading WITHIN THE US, undetected, because we have not created a functional testing system
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WHY IS EVERYONE ON TV TALKING ABOUT A REPUBLICAN SENATE LIKE DEMOCRATS CANT WIN IN GEORGIA?
JOE BIDEN JUST WON GEORGIA.
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1. Not a First Amendment issue: A private company deciding to cancel a TV show
2. A First Amendment issue: The President of the United States pressuring a private company to fire someone because he doesn’t like what she said
Why aren’t they firing no talent Samantha Bee for the horrible language used on her low ratings show? A total double standard but that’s O.K., we are Winning, and will be doing so for a long time to come!
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Kavanaugh dug up his calendar from 1982 and insisted it proved he only drank beer on the weekends & there is literally an entry showing him drinking beer, on a weekday, w/the same people Ford said were there when she was sexually assaulted
Not sure why this isn’t a bigger deal
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12 people were massacred in a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks California on Wednesday.
It was 96 hours ago.
It seems to have been completely disappeared from the public discourse.
That's seriously screwed up.
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UPDATE:
@HomeDepot
, one of the largest corporate donors to Republican candidates, is suspending donations to Republicans who objected to the electoral college.
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What’s happening in American right now is not a lack of civility but a lack of courage.
All it would take is two Republican Senators to say we aren’t confirming a single judge or passing a single bill until every child is reunited with their parents.
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DESANTIS: "There has not been a single book banned in Florida."
MUSK: Oh, thanks informing me
FACT: There are hundreds of books banned in Florida schools and hundreds of thousands unavailable to students pending review
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UPDATE: Dow (
@DowNewsroom
), the massive chemical company, tells me it will not donate to any member of Congress that objected to the certification of the presidential vote
This is not a pause. The company won't donate to these Republicans ever again.
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"Cancel culture" is something that does not exist but is a very popular concept among people who do terrible things and don't like being held accountable
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Congress should immediately convene and pass a resolution condemning Trump's use of military force against peaceful protesters.
Every Democrat and Republican needs to be on record.
The Executive Branch is out of control. This is why Congress exists.
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Trump campaign had NO CONTACT with Russia.
OK, Flynn had contact with Russia.
Flynn and Sessions had contact with Russia.
Flynn and Sessions. Also, Don Jr., Manafort and Kushner.
OK: Flynn, Sessions, Don Jr., Manafort, Kushner, Page and Papadopoulos. But THAT'S IT!
(Maybe.)
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@AOC
media savvy actually makes her a better Congresswoman. She understands how information moves. She doesn't waste her time with bloviating and boilerplate. She digs in and tries to undercover new information.
And she succeeded.
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Trump currently on his way to golf course in New Jersey.
WOW. San Juan mayor: "I am going to do what I never thought I would do. I am begging, begging anyone who can hear us to save us from dying.
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This is pretty clever.
Elizabeth Warren is now running FB ads with a false statement about Mark Zuckerberg and FB endorsing Trump for president, to draw attention to FB's controversial policy allowing politicians to make false statements in ads.
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That Republicans are bribing Murkowski by letting Alaska KEEP OBAMACARE pretty much destroys the idea that this is better than Obamacare
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Under what theory of journalism is it acceptable to counter public testimony delivered under oath with a single anonymous source?
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