Mike Nellis
@MikeNellis
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Democratic strategist. Former Senior Advisor to Kamala Harris. Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at @Authentic_HQ. Long-suffering Notre Dame sports fan.
Chicago, IL
Joined August 2008
Since launching #WhiteDudesforHarris last Friday, I have faced a barrage of right-wing attacks on Twitter, bizarrely focused on my weight rather than the actual message of what we're trying to accomplish. There have been countless posts about my body shape, with people zooming in
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Zelenskyy calling Putin a “fucking terrorist” on live TV is the energy I’m bringing into 2025 and 2026.
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I'm insanely jealous of @KamalaHQ for renting the Vegas dome. I've pitched multiple clients on it. Came close once—so, so cool.
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I just realized that I was so busy on Monday that I forgot to make a donation to @KamalaHarris during the call, so. I'll join in on the trend: . I will donate $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. (30,757 followers at the start).
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We scared @elonmusk and @DonaldJTrumpJr so much tonight they suspended our account and won't let us back in . These guys are running scared of the success we've had tonight, but we're not going to quit. More coming tomorrow (unless they shut down my account too!)
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Kamala Harris is going on Fox News and, potentially, Joe Rogan in the closing weeks. She's fearless. Donald Trump canceled on 60 Minutes and is too afraid to debate Harris again. He's a coward. Vote accordingly, folks.
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I said I would do this one more time before Election Day, so here we go. I will donate to @KamalaHarris and downballot Democrats $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. (73,093 followers at the start) . P.S. I will cut you folks.
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Donald Trump doesn't have the balls to go on MSNBC and do a hostile interview like that. Kamala Harris is fearless. He's a coward.
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Last time I did this I almost went bankrupt. but since I'm close to 60,000 Twitter followers. I will donate to @KamalaHarris and downballot Democrats $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. (59,880 followers at the start).
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JD Vance should never be booked on another cable news show after admitting Trump world completely fabricated the hoax about Haitian migrants in Ohio eating cats and dogs. What a shocking admission on live TV.
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Lloyd Austin was confirmed 93–2. Mark Esper was confirmed 90–8. James Mattis was confirmed 98–1. Ashton Carter was confirmed 93–5. Leon Panetta was confirmed 100–0. Robert Gates was confirmed 95–2. Pete Hegseth will likely be confirmed at 50-50. Most unqualified nominee in.
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Please share this video of @Tim_Walz calling Elon Musk a "dipshit" before Twitter bans it 😆
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You really have to give @PeteButtigieg his flowers. He's made the most of what's not an especially sexy cabinet appointment. Constantly making news. Excellent surrogate for @KamalaHarris. Heck, even my Trump-loving dad has praised Pete a few times. He's an impressive guy.
Great news tonight for workers, shippers, and our economy as ports reopen with an agreement on a major wage raise. I'm thankful to the ILA union & USMX companies for reaching this deal. DOT will continue engaging at every level in the supply chain as operations return to normal.
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Drop a 💙 if you believe @KamalaHarris will win tomorrow. I'll follow back as many of you as I can.
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I'm obsessed with @Tim_Walz singing the Menards theme song and then ranting about keeping your receipts to get the rebate. Incredible content.
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There it is: @KamalaHarris just launched her policy page ahead of the debate. Good stuff, from her housing plan to affordable child care and lowering energy costs. Can't wait for the media to move the goalposts once again for Harris' campaign.
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I've been talked into doing this again before Election Day, so here we go. I will donate to @KamalaHarris and downballot Democrats $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. (84,726 followers at the start). P.S. I will cut you folks.
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Okay, the people have spoken—I will donate to @KamalaHarris and downballot Democrats $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. 💙. I will focus my donations on local Democrats in close races where the money can do the most good. I will.
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UPDATE - . Our tweets are back (@dudes4harris) but our account remains suspended and according to Twitter our account is “permanently in read-only mode.”. We’re asking people to keep donating to @KamalaHarris and to keep sharing our tweets on this and other platforms. Don’t let
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Damn, this is a great ad from @KamalaHarris: "My husband is in the military. He volunteered to serve. We are patriots and we go where he is assigned. What if we end up in a state where IVF is no longer legal?". Really smart way to frame the issue. 👇
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Look, I can only speak for my experience working for @KamalaHarris. She was smart, warm, funny, and yes, at times tough—but in the best way possible. She asked the right questions, cared about getting it right, and listened to the experts in the room. She was great with my
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BREAKING: We have just received a subpoena from Jim Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee. This is yet another abuse of power, aimed at promoting a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory that links our company, Authentic, to Donald Trump’s fraud trial. We are
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Liz Cheney accomplished something most of us could only dream of—convincing our Republican dads to vote for a Democrat 👇
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A lot of right-wing trolls mocking my weight today, throwing hurtful comments my way. Here’s the truth: when you’ve struggled with suicidal ideation and obesity like I have, there’s nothing anybody can say or do that’s worse than what I’ve done to myself. Nobody can hurt me
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I'm getting throttled like crazy again. If you're out there and you voted for Harris, will you do me a favor and respond with a 💙. Trying to unfuck whatever they did to my account. Thanks.
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Wes Moore watching the Army-Navy game in the stands with cadets, while Trump "watches" from a suite with billionaires, perfectly captures the energy Democrats need to bring over the next four years. Wes Moore gets it.
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Can we get 500 retweets today on this video of Kamala Harris saying that Donald Trump is too weak and unstable to lead America?
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🚨 BREAKING - . I am objecting to the subpoena issued by Jim Jordan and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee in its entirety. This subpoena serves no legitimate legislative purpose—making it invalid, unconstitutional, and unenforceable. It relies almost entirely on the
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A friend of mine sent me these photos of the INSANE line to vote early in Omaha right now. Took them four hours to vote, which is wild. LFG! 💙
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If you’re voting for Kamala Harris and you’re still on Twitter, let’s be friends. Respond to this tweet and share it with your friends and I’ll follow you back. We have to stick together to organize on this hell site. Inspired by @karlykingsley.
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🚨 New poll from NYTimes/Siena:. 🔵 Kamala Harris 50%.🔴 Donald Trump 47% . It's just one poll, but it's from an A+ rated pollster. Trump has no path to victory without PA. Let's turn down the bad vibes. It's close, but Harris is going to win. Do the work.
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Folks, ignore the polls. There's no way @KamalaHarris is up 6% in Wisconsin and 5% in Pennsylvania. This race is going to be close. It's always close. We have to keep doing the work and earn every vote. Knock doors, make calls, donate if you can. That's how we win.
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Wow—incredible turnaround for @KamalaHQ on this new ad hitting Trump for secretly sending Putin COVID tests instead of sick and dying Americans who needed them👇
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Keep calm, folks. It's closer than any of us wanted. I'm sad about it, too. But it's not over. Lot of votes left to be counted. 💙.
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Wow, @KamalaHQ just dropped a video of Trump saying: "We have to cherish Mark Robinson." I’ve never seen that clip before—it’s absolutely devastating (especially after today's news.) That needs to be turned into a digital and TV ad immediately. 👇
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Anybody acting like TikTok going offline isn’t a political disaster for Democrats is deeply unserious. Most political issues never touch people’s daily lives—but 170 million Americans just had their favorite social media platform taken away from them. And Trump is going to
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I just listened to the Pod Save America episode with VP Harris' leadership team, reflecting on what went wrong in the 2024 presidential election. Here are some quick thoughts on what stood out to me. 🧵.
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Right-wing trolls—and even Trump campaign staff this morning—love to mock my weight on this platform, as if they could say something that might actually hurt me. But as I’ve said before: when you’ve struggled with suicidal ideation and obesity like I have, there’s nothing
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I had the pleasure of firing Tulsi Gabbard as a client back in 2017 at my old job. She was one of the worst, most selfish clients I've ever had. Didn't listen to anybody. Clearly had an agenda out of sync with reality. Trump can have her.
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Just read @KamalaHarris' housing plan. It's excellent & really simple, too. Democrats usually hurt themselves with complicated plans that are hard to explain. This is easy to sell: .↳I'm going to build millions of new housing units.↳I'm going to take on corporate landlords
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Please drop a 💙 or a comment if you’re still here and ready to keep fighting for our values—I will follow back as many of you today as I can.
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If I were @KamalaHQ, I'd turn this headline into a powerful new ad and get it in front of as many voters as humanly possible. People need to know that major corporations are already planning to hike prices because of Trump's proposed tariffs:
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I’m not fucking going anywhere. I’m not going to panic. I’m not playing the blame game. I’m going to fight. There’s work to do. You in? 💙.
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MAGA world just tried to dox my personal address. It's creepy, gross, and a violation of Twitter's terms of service, not that I expect @elonmusk to do anything about it. They're claiming to post photos of my home, putting my family in danger and trying to intimidate me so they.
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UPDATE —. The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee has no valid legislative purpose for the documents they are requesting from Authentic. Our response to Jim Jordan can be found in full below. We are asking the Republicans to stop wasting taxpayer resources harassing us. We
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She cooked him good here: "Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that." #Debate2024
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My engagement is shit on here now. Not sure if it’s the algo or everybody left for bluer pastures—likely both. Regardless, if you’re still here and voted for @KamalaHarris, respond with a 💙 and I’ll follow you back. I’d like to stay on here if there’s enough of an audience.
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Trolls: "KaMaLa cAn'T HaNdLe a LiVe InTeRviEw.". Harris: Crushes live interview with Charlamagne tha God that's broadcast live on CNN and MSNBC. Here's a great clip from it👇👇👇
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An excellent interview with @KamalaHarris on Philadelphia's local ABC station. She shared her story, talked about supporting the middle class, and offered a new generation of leadership. I especially liked her focus on tackling today’s challenges—helping families afford
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It’s early, folks. I know you’re nervous. I’m with ya. But we’ll be okay. Keep the faith. 💙.
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Bad Bunny endorsing @KamalaHarris and sharing her PR plan feels like the kind of story that won't get enough media attention, but will have a massive impact on the election.
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75,000 people at this Harris rally tonight. That's insane 💙
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Weird how this keeps happening @elonmusk. .
BREAKING -. @ElonMusk and Twitter have once against suspended another group supporting @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz on this cesspool of a website. After @CoachKarl22 announced our "Hoops for Harris" event next month, Twitter is saying the account is "temporarily restricted" and
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Let's get 500 retweets for this video of Colin Allred completely demolishing Ted Cruz at last night's debate:
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Tbh I would be tempted to send Obama and Pete to Iowa on Monday. just for the vibes . They would be off the charts.
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Two quicks things: . 1 - @KamalaHarris is going to get a lot of credit from undecided and moderate voters for being willing and able to take on a hostile interview on Fox News like this one, unlike Trump. 2 - She's doing very well, imho. Pushing back on the gotcha questions and
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BREAKING: We have received yet another letter from the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee as part of their ongoing investigation into Authentic. We are currently reviewing it with our legal team, but want to be clear: we will not be bullied or allow our work and integrity
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I forget who said it but Donald Trump really is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man.
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Trying this again—if you're voting for Kamala Harris and you're still on Twitter, let's be friends. 💙. Respond to this tweet and share it with your friends and I’ll follow you back. Keep in mind, Twitter limits how many people I can follow at a time so I’ll have to do it in.
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Let me get this straight: Either Trump sent ICE agents to an elementary school to search for undocumented immigrants, or the Secret Service was sent to track down "an 11-year-old who posted an anti-Trump video.". Either way, not great.
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MAGA world launched a bizarre oppo dump on me overnight on Twitter, focusing mostly on my mental health struggles. Let’s be clear: I couldn't care less about what right-wing trolls on the internet say about me. I don’t care if they talk about my mental health, my weight, or my
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Wow—@KamalaHarris dropped into the DNC headquarters to phone bank voters and thank staff. I love stuff like this. The other guy would never.
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I voted for @KamalaHarris for many reasons, including ensuring that the woman in my life have the same rights and dignity as I do. But I also voted for Kamala for the men in my life, too—especially my son. He deserves a role model in the White House he can actually look up—a
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Voting for @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz was the easiest decision of my life. I'm a 37 year old white dude, father, husband, and entrepreneur. I want a leader who will keep our country safe against our enemies. A leader my son can look up to when he’s older. A leader who
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Can we get 500 retweets for this really good video of Coach Walz explaining how awful Project 2025 would be for the American people? . The more undecided voters see unique videos like this, the better chance we have at winning in two weeks.
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Twitter is finally letting me follow people back now, so reply here with a 💙 and I'll follow you back until they stop me again. Thanks folks.
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First, they talked about Harris not wanting to differentiate herself from Biden. Her loyalty to him is admirable, and I appreciate it deeply. But in a change election, that likely cost her more voters than it gained.
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MAGA conspiracy theorist and Trump confidant, Laura Loomer, just admitted to coordinating with GOP members of Congress on Jim Jordan's baseless investigation into my firm. Leaders like Lindsey Graham and Marjorie Taylor Greene have been begging Republicans to stop listening to
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I have never spoken publicly about this before, but over the last year and a half, our agency (@Authentic_HQ) has been targeted by a baseless right-wing conspiracy theory that suggests our company is somehow involved in the Donald Trump fraud trial in New York. The accusations
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It’s time to stop playing nice. We need to stretch the limits of what’s possible and be as ruthless as Republicans when it comes to using every tool at our disposal. I love our lawyers, but we need to be more aggressive or we're going to get killed.
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I'm on a Zoom call with Luke Skywalker and Samwise Gamgee. I'd say I could die happy now, but we gotta elect @KamalaHarris first.
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As promised, here’s receipt of my $6,600 contribution to @KamalaHarris. Yesterday’s tweet exploded way more than I ever thought. I intend to donate the rest to local candidates and other groups over the next few weeks. Need to wait for my next paycheck for sure! ❤️
I just realized that I was so busy on Monday that I forgot to make a donation to @KamalaHarris during the call, so. I'll join in on the trend: . I will donate $.10 for every like on this tweet, $0.50 for every retweet, and $1 for every follow. (30,757 followers at the start).
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An elderly Hulk Hogan struggling to rip his shirt off is such a perfect metaphor for the Trump campaign
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And yes, I think Democrats need to look into the abyss and realize that Biden not stepping back in 2023 was a huge unforced error. It would have been messy, but it should have happened. I still see too many people acting like he should have run in the general.
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Here's Jesse Watters saying he thinks his wife voting for @KamalaHarris is the same as having an affair—it "violates the sanctity of our marriage.". I don't care what type of marriage you have—traditional, modern, whatever—that's not healthy. And it's weird.
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Here's Mark Robinson on @CNN claiming he's being framed, insisting that all the bizarre things he wrote on "Nude Africa" were generated by AI. AI is powerful, but it can’t rewrite internet history from 15 years ago. It’s the same nonsense we saw this summer from Laura Loomer
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WOW: Democratic donors have contributed more than $21 million in small dollar contributions via @ActBlue since the end of the debate 🔽
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Wow—@Politico reports @PeteButtigieg has pulled in over $15 million for the Harris campaign in just a few months. He’s been a powerhouse fundraiser and an invaluable surrogate for the party. Over the summer, I was at a packed event in Chicago, and I’ll never forget this neighbor
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I was at this fundraiser where @PeteButtigieg raised $700K+ for @KamalaHarris in Chicago yesterday. The energy was electric. The best part was people sticking their heads of their windows to catch a glimpse of his speech. This woman watched the entire speech like that! . It was
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Finally got some high quality polling from WaPo today, and they're very good for @KamalaHarris: . PA: Harris 49 Trump 47 .WI: Harris 50 Trump 47 .MI: Harris 49 Trump 47 .NV: Harris 48 Trump 48 .AZ: Trump 49 Harris 46 .NC: Trump 50 Harris 47 .GA: Harris 51 Trump 47. That's.
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I am completely and utterly overwhelmed at the response to this tweet. I am without words and I wish I could respond to all 3,000 (!!!) comments, but I need to get offline and rest my eyes for a bit. Please know I love you all. I appreciate you all. Thank you, thank you, thank.
Since launching #WhiteDudesforHarris last Friday, I have faced a barrage of right-wing attacks on Twitter, bizarrely focused on my weight rather than the actual message of what we're trying to accomplish. There have been countless posts about my body shape, with people zooming in
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I’ve seen a lot of questions about why white men—especially young white men—seem so angry, distrustful of the Democratic Party, or drawn to MAGA-ism. I've been studying this issue for awhile now and I wanted to share some thoughts. If we want to make inroads with white dudes, we.
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It looks like my tweets have been getting throttled since midday yesterday—my reach, engagement, and follower growth have dropped significantly. If you’re seeing this, help me out by dropping a 💙 or a quick comment. Let’s see if we can counter whatever change Musk made to the.
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Tim Walz did an excellent job on Fox News this morning. He went against a hostile reporter, but blunted her attacks and got the hits in he needed against Trump and Vance. He’s talking to a small, but important part of the Fox audience and he delivered.
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JD Vance talking about Taylor Swift: “I don't think many people are going to be influenced by a billionaire celebrity who I think is disconnected from the interests and the problems of most Americans.”. Makes ya think 🤔
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I ask this question seriously. are we the first white dudes to ever get suspended by @elonmusk's Twitter?. I think we are.
We scared @elonmusk and @DonaldJTrumpJr so much tonight they suspended our account and won't let us back in . These guys are running scared of the success we've had tonight, but we're not going to quit. More coming tomorrow (unless they shut down my account too!)
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