Shawn Olson 🔥
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Former Minnesota State Senate candidate. Progressive. Medicare For All, Green New Deal, Tax The Rich, Equality For All, $20 Minimum Wage, Peace.
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Rest in peace to my mother: Kay Grayson Olson. She passed last night with me by her side. She was comfortable, and will be strongly missed.
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@JoshuaPotash
This is literally the very first time I've seen conservative protesters having to deal with cops, and the cops aren't even wearing their riot gear, using stormtrooper tactics, or inciting a riot yet.
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@briebriejoy
@SavageJoyMarie1
I crunched the numbers, it's even worse than that. 85% of Dems support it and only 40% of Congressional Dems. GOP support is 52-0%, and Americans 70% support, but only 20% of Congress.
We live in an Oligarchy.
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@brikeilarcnn
When Bernie's right, he's right. The media loves saying "$3.5 trillion spending bill", but never says "$7.8 trillion war bill", and never explains what's in the Human Infrastructure Bill. Your job is to report on what's in there you know.
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I can't believe Susan Sarandon promised a public option, $15 minimum wage, student debt cancelation, action against the Climate Crisis, BBB, and to cure cancer and didn't deliver it!
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@realDonaldTrump
@LouisianaBernie
Biden either loses in the primary or the general election. But Bernie beats Trump.
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Here we go again. For the umpteenth time this year, neoliberals and neocons are trending 'Susan Sarandon' to scapegoat their failures. They are as bad at accepting the reality of their mistakes as the Trump cult is.
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@davidsirota
It wasn't your fault. Or Bernie's. Or ours. The establishment tilted the scales with backroom deals, a stacked field, a billionaire "former" Republican, a tilted schedule, and the entire corporate media literally brainwashing voters.
We didn't get the fair play we demanded.
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@BernieSanders
Bernie's plan to Legalize Marijuana:
•Legalize in first 100 days with executive action
•Vacate and expunge all past marijuana-related convictions
•Revenue reinvested in communities hit hardest by the Drug War
•Ensure this does not turn into big tobacco
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Elizabeth Warren has pledged to vote for Bernie's
#MedicareForAll
bill.
@BernieSanders
has pledged to vote for Elizabeth's
#reparations
bill.
#ADOS
#MFA
#ProgressiveUnity
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@Sen_JoeManchin
For the record, The Hill reported that you were fine with $3.5t provided the anti-abortion Hyde Amendment was added as an unrelated rider. And you once said you wanted 'only' $4t when the $6t compromise was floated. So clearly you are not being honest here.
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@BernieSanders
Legalize Marijuana:
•Legalize in first 100 days with executive action
•Vacate and expunge all past marijuana-related convictions
•Revenue reinvested in communities of color hit hardest by the Drug War
•Ensure this does not turn into big tobacco
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@jmartNYT
@BarackObama
Jonathan, I fought my A** off for Obama, trying to give him space to push through progressive policies. He had a clear popular mandate to do so. But he didn't even try, he shot straight for the center, then the GOP moved him more to the right.
That's why ppl sat out 2010
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@GaryGrumbach
@BernieSanders
Remember when the billionaire Oligarch Mike Bloomberg promised to keep ALL of his staff on the payroll until November regardless of how his campaign went, then fired them all when he dropped out?
Contrast that with Bernie who is keeping healthcare for his staffers.
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Perhaps because I'm such a strong supporter of
@BernieSanders
I have more sympathy to the corporate media blackout of Tulsi and Yang than others. We got hit with the same thing in 2015.
#DemDebate
talk times do not match polling numbers, not fair.
#LetTulsiSpeak
#LetYangSpeak
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@BernieSanders
Thank you Bernie. This is a right wing coup, and it reeks like what the CIA has done in Latin America for decades.
Watch: Evo Morales supporters are marching in the city of El Alto
Bolivia | Thousands of Evo Morales supporters are marching in the city of El Alto as they refuse to accept the president’s resignation amid the right-wing coup.
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Every time alt-centrists and neoliberals turn their rage on Susan Sarandon and get her to trend on Twitter (which is over 50 times this year so far), I get closer to finding this meme a reality.
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Bands that support
@BernieSanders
:
Rage Against The Machine
System of a Down
White Stripes
Foo Fighters
Pearl Jam
RHCP
Phish
Simon/Garfunkel
Ariana Grande
Cardi B
T.I.
Brother Ali
Lil Yachty
Miley Cyrus
New Power Gen
Resīdεntә
Brandi Carlile
Pussy Riot
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Bernie Sanders to Release Tax Returns by Monday. The big question however: will those harassing Bernie move on to the other 20 Dem candidates that haven't released their tax returns, or will they just find something new to attack Bernie on?
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@aishaismad
I defended Warren for a year, but these attacks not only divide progressives, they damage our entire cause as a whole and open the door for corporate centrists to come back and even try to win at a brokered convention. I dislike her more every day as a human being.
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Nazi Germany, at least in the early days of fascism, has a LOT of parallels to America today. Same with Italian and Spanish versions of fascism. Recognize the warning signs:
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@flippantflaneur
@BernieSanders
As a former Field Archaeologist, I can tell you that while cliff drives may have produced more meat and materials than were able to be utilized before spoilage in some instances, Native Americans used every thing they possibly could and wasted as little as possible.
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I wonder if Susan Sarandon trending almost every other day is because corporate Dem bots are already trying to blame midterm losses on her. Or David Hogg, or anyone else who has ever pointed out how my party has or is failing to fight for real change and reform.
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@CANCEL_SAM
Resistance is not futile people. The Establishment and corporate media are trying to steamroll us. Acts of civil disobedience are greatly appreciated.
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Bernie won 50% more of the vote than the next leading candidate in the Colorado Primary, yet more delegates are going for Biden. Democracy is dying in America.
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@BernieSanders
Amazing how a line on a map can have this much of an impact! Healthcare IS a human right. Time for Medicare For All, like 70% of Americans want!
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If you loved
@0rf
's recent video, you'll like this fan created on too: Bernie's Closing Argument
cc
@shaunking
@ninaturner
@RoKhanna
@KyleKulinski
@HumanistReport
@krystalball
@TheYoungTurks
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Reminder that if
@BernieSanders
more than DOUBLES the minimum wage to $15 per hour, and 100% of the costs were passe onto customers instead of taken out of record corporate profits, a
#QuarterPounder
would only cost 68 cents more
#FightFor15
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@BernieSanders
Every major candidate has a SuperPAC except Bernie.
Every major candidate has billionaire donors except Bernie.
Bernie has US. Donate.
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@washingtonpost
Let's just ignore the human rights violations by the US against Native American Water Protectors at Standing Rock and Line 3, or Black Lives Matter demonstrators, or a dozen other peaceful causes.
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#5Million4Bernie
- and not a single billionaire among them! This is a movement of regular working folks.
And we're going to win.
#Bernie2020
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@BernieSanders
I don't care if Bernie had a Myocardial Infarction. The blockage was fixed with 2 stents, and he's back, better, stronger, and faster. He's also still our best bet for REAL change and reform to happen in America.
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@BernieSanders
This is why we NEED to make sure
@BernieSanders
is our next
#DemPrimary
nominee. He can fix this, but we need to do this together!
Volunteer
Call for Bernie
Phone Bank with the Bernie Dialer
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@Alyssa_Milano
Just remember though, Bernie had to almost give himself another heart attack just getting the corporate Congressmen to give us that. This is literally what happens when Democrats attack progressives, they then side with Republicans (incl. that $750b war bill)
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@ryanstruyk
@BernieSanders
has more support with voters under 35 years old than all the other
#DemPrimary
candidates combined. Text Bank for
#Bernie2020
:
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@Bidar411
@amyklobuchar
and THIS is why I think we need to primary Klobuchar in her next election. I'm a former volunteer of hers, and spoke on the same stage in the past, but selling out very reasonable progressive reforms with conservative rhetoric like this is unacceptable.
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@politicususa
Just like in 2016, WE are not the worst ones, we are the victims of far more aggressive behavior by Bernie-haters.
Also, The corporate media is toxic against Bernie. Examples
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@shaunking
@BetoORourke
@JoeBiden
I'm happy that some key supporters of Beto's Senate run joined us in supporting
@BernieSanders
last year! Bernie's going to WIN the
#TXprimary
tomorrow thanks to dedicated progressives like these two:
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@TeenVogue
So proud that
@BernieSanders
has stood against the wars in the past. That consistent track record may have earned him some enemies, but it was the right thing to do then, and shows us he'll do the right thing when he becomes President.
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Just for the record, if
@BernieSanders
was our candidate, he wouldn't have won the election today. He would have won it early Wednesday morning by a landslide (and that wave would have prevented Dems from losing seats in Congress and the states).
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@AshleeMPreston
Your tweets in the past are a problem, but your tweets just YESTERDAY were too, and demonstrate a real problem. As long as the Warren campaign tolerates this type of behavior from an official surrogate, they will get criticized for it, as will any media outlet that hires you.
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@_waleedshahid
@AOC
Progressives are the center now. Our policies are popular, and we're on the verge of a genuine paradigm shift in American politics. In fact, the ONLY thing we have to fear, is fear itself.
I stand with Ilhan, AOC, and other progressive women who stand with us
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#WeLoveYouBeto
? Not any more. I was a strong supporter of his when he ran against Ted Cruz. But when he betrayed his own view that Biden was the failed Old Way by endorsing him on the eve of Super Tuesday, that love vanished. He joined the failed old way, sold us out.
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@POTUS
If you really want to be financially responsible, don't dump $70 billion more into wars and the police state. In fact, cut the war budget in half and bring back that 90% top marginal tax rate that Eisenhower had (with no loopholes and all income included).
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I'm not anti-Warren, but let's get real, the corporate media bias against Bernie and in favor of Warren should concern us all. This is your must read of the day (long, but comprehensive and very well written):
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@MeetThePress
@JonahNRO
No candidate... EXCEPT
@BERNIESANDERS
!
This is part of the reason why we won't accept anyone else.
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A few of us that braved the Minnesota
#blizzard
to
#VoteEarlyForBernie
today in Douglas County. Straight line winds, 0 degree wind chill, and 18 inch snow drifts! THIS is what democracy looks like!
#Bernie2020
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Unpopular opinion, but needs to be said: Pelosi tearing up Trump's speech or giving him a sarcastic clap last year are just show. If you really oppose Trump, you have to fight every nominee and bill he wants. Resistance is more than a buzzword or viral moment.
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@Amy_Siskind
Because apparently Democrats and Republicans both agree that a bloated $740 BILLION war budget is more important than $2,000 checks for people. Great job Congress, way to stick it to us.
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@chrislhayes
@BernieSanders
has been ahead of the pack on virtually every issue and policy from the start. Thank you for highlighting this
@ChrisLHayes
.
Good video for folks: Biden Vs. Bernie: Who's On The Correct Side Of History?
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@Politics_Polls
@Reuters
@Ipsos
@BernieSanders
up 2% today from the previous Reuter's Ipsos poll to 18.4%, just 4 points behind Biden. Also tied for the most support with PoC at 23%, so Bernie has way more support from people of color than whites, debunking another false narrative
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@PriscillaWT
He's wrong on many levels. And I say this as someone who actually donated to his campaign in the early days. Tuition free college for all is absolutely the best path forward. No need to do means testing with a ton of red tape and complicated financial forms, which costs more.
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@JennElizabethJ
@BernieSanders
There's a reason why
@BernieSanders
is now favored to win EVERY remaining Early and SuperTuesday state save 2! Let's put him over the top and finish this primary early! Volunteer
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@tuszyb
Polls consistently show that younger voters overwhelmingly want
@BernieSanders
. They
#FeelTheBern
. His policies speak directly to them, and that's our best bet to motivate them to not only vote, but volunteer and donate.
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@TheRightMelissa
@RandPaul
@DCPoliceDept
You DO realize that it's your conservatives that are FOR those billionaire 'puppet masters', right? Progressives want to curb wealth inequality, tax the rich, adequately regulate big corporations.
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Once again,
@BernieSanders
is the most favorable candidate in the
#DemPrimary
in today's big
@MorningConsult
poll. 75% approve, 19% disapprove for a net approval rating of +56%, the highest of anyone by far.
#Bernie2020
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Check this out, Trump gets booed at Game 5 of the World Series when he's put up on the Jumbotron:
#WorldSeries
#DumpTrump
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Just a reminder that Hillary Clinton bragged about having the support of Henry Kissinger.
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@davidsirota
Every Biden primary voter has to either hold his feet to the fire over this (and the environment in general) or admit they lied to us about his supposed commitment to the environment during the primaries.
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@AnnieGrayerCNN
@BernieSanders
Bernie’s Media Beef Is Legitimate, But the Press Can’t Admit It. Media companies run by the country’s richest people can’t help but project the mindset of their owners
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@Roots_Action
@neeratanden
There's dozens of solid reasons why Tanden must be opposed for this powerful position. Here's one of the main ones:
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@KamalaHarris
@JoeBiden
That's a BAD fact! Fracking is a horribly destructive practice, and is killing our planet with Climate Disruption.
Stop running from the Green New Deal, it's what the world NEEDS, and the only plan to meet scientific IPCC targets.
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@PpollingNumbers
@CNN
@BernieSanders
has the most:
Money Raised: $46 million
Money f/Individual Contributors: $36m
Money f/Small Donors: $28m
Cash On Hand: $27m
% From Small Donors: 76.8%
Total Donors: 1,000,000+
Most Favorable Ratings: 76%
Most Volunteers: 1,100,000
Biggest Crowds: 182,000
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@AndrewYang
@MSNBC
This is why supporters of Yang, Bernie, Tulsi, and a couple others need to stick together. The corporate media is screwing ALL of us, while pushing more corporate candidates to manufacture consent.
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I STAND with
@IlhanMN
and every freedom loving patriot needs to as well, and not just because she helped me a bit with my own campaign. The open racism, xenophobia, and religiously bigotry being used to attack her is un-American.
#IStandWithIlhan
#Stribpol
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@donwinslow
@BernieSanders
Bull. This isn't even halfway over and Biden has dementia. Hasn't even been a 1:1 debate yet.
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These 3 big things happened today:
1.
@BernieSanders
knocked the Fox
#BernieTownHall
out of the park
2. Bernie released 10 years of tax returns
3. Bernie became the national front runner in Emerson's poll
Exciting time to be alive!
#Bernie2020
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@BernieSanders
The best political ad of all time: I am Human | Native Americans for Bernie Sanders
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@krystalball
I like Warren, but am 100% with Bernie. He has the capacity to TRULY and fundamentally transform America with the scale of progressive reforms we need. Not sure Elizabeth has can get it done.
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@CNNPolitics
CNN and MSNBC are acting like Fox "News" with their attacks on Bernie. That was one quick question that Bernie chuckled at at the very end of a very long, very good interview that has 6.5 million views:
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@abbydphillip
This is the 'Nevada Surprise' we were waiting for. Of course it's timed the way it is, on the eve of the NV caucus. Doesn't take a rocket scientists to recognize a hit job.
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@BernieSanders
Event Map
Download the BERN App
Donate
Call for Bernie
Text For Bernie
Door knock
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Remember when Susan Sarandon tipped the election to an anti-choice, NRA-loving, corrupt DINO under FBI investigation? Oh wait, that was Pelosi and Clyburn, and neoliberals cheered.
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@Culinary226
@BernieSanders
@SenSanders
Your push-poll mailed to workers is flagrantly deceptive though. Not only does it falsely claim that people would lose their healthcare with Bernie (scare tactics), but it pretends all the candidates are the same on immigration and union rights. We STAND with Culinary Workers
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@People4Bernie
#PeopleForBernie
are the most fun, creative people on the internet! I love you all, and feel so honored to be a part of this movement!
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@POTUS
These macroeconomic trends are misleading however, as the lion's share are going to the rich. Real working class people in the real world are suffering immensely, and desperately need the government to DO something about it (like a $15 minimum wage for starters).
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To all my friends of
@BernieSanders
, a bit of advice heading into the final stretch. Things are going to start getting wild. They always do heading into the home stretch. Here is some advice on how we handle it stay on track from someone who's been in many campaigns. Thread 1/
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@BernieSanders
@BetoORourke
I donated to Beto's Senate campaign last year (even though I live half a country away), and made a small donation to his Presidential campaign earlier this year. Beto supporters, please join us in the
#Bernie2020
movement for some real change and reform!
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@BernieSanders
@ewarren
No candidates in modern history have had closer issue stances than Bernie and Liz. Both are bold progressives. If you want REAL change and reform, we need to unite immediately.
Thank you Elizabeth for fighting the good fight.
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@kellyfphares
@BernieSanders
@ninaturner
A poll released today shows
@BernieSanders
DOUBLING his support in Texas, up to 26%, and only 2 points behind Biden! 50% more Latino support too! We're surging everywhere!
#Bernie2020
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@fshakir
@TwinklingTania
@BernieSanders
Correct. Most military members and most total donations by a long shot. More than twice what Buttigieg has, and nearly triple as much as Trump.
#SOT
#TVOT
#Bernie2020
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@keithellison
@BernieSanders
4 of us voted for
@BernieSanders
in Douglas County today! We were the only 4 people in the entire county that braved the severe blizzard we're in to vote, so Bernie's got the early lead here!
#VoteEarlyForBernie
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@thehill
As someone who worked for the Forest Service in the Black Hills, the type of ignorance Trump displays regularly is truly dangerous. When The Hills spark there's so much dry ground-fall tinder that it makes firefighting extremely tough.
Maybe we should bring our rakes!
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@BBCSport
While it was an accident, it doesn't matter. All tennis players have a responsibility for those working the floor. If they let him off the hook, then others could use that as an example for why their behavior should be excused too, which wouldn't good for the sport.
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@CBSThisMorning
@tonydokoupil
These dangerous levels of Wealth Inequality that we allow to fester are not just bad for 90% of people, they are bad for the overall economy. We
#FightFor15
with
#Bernie2020
to fix this!
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@soledadobrien
It's not BS to accurately point out the corporate media bias when they falsely insinuate Bernie's campaign is over. He's in 2nd in 2 recent polls, got endorsed by 2 Squad members, had the biggest rally, has the most money, most donors, most volunteers, etc.
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