Thomas Day
@ThomasLDay
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Candidate, CPS Board, District 4 | Co-founder, @ILVetsForChange
Chicago, Ill.
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Let me be clear to Chicagoans: That CPS is maxing out property taxes year after year is not some unfortunate fact of life. It’s the result of financial management passed onto working families. And the hundreds of millions of dollars in wasted spending can be stopped.
#twill
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My view right now. Thanks,
@cubs
and
@MikeMontgum22
for the tickets. Mike donated a bunch of tickets for
#veterans
; myself,
@PeteKalenik
, and 15 other vets thank you, sir.
#EverybodyIn
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After rallying around a burned American flag, Byron Sigcho-Lopez shouldn't be in a City Council leadership role. After calling for abolishing the police, Kennedy Bartley shouldn't be advising the mayor. We have a real problem in Chicago. I'm standing up for mainstream Democrats.
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Stacy Davis Gates insulted me on Twitter this week.
I knew when I ran for the CPS Board that the powerful would look down on me. I didn't go to a private high school. I’m a proud product of the public school system. That’s why I’m out fighting to strengthen CPS.
#twill
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My opinion means no more or less than any other American, but count me in as one of the
#VetsForImpeachment
. We are truly a long way from the time when I served, when loyalty to country was a core Army value, not to be sacrificed to win an election.
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The Chicago Public Schools system is managing almost $9 billion in debt, paying $785 million in annual debt service, and has a $505 million structural deficit. We will not be able to provide the services families should expect from CPS without first fixing our budget.
#twill
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Haven't read Ackerman's book yet -- very much look forward to doing so -- but have two others I highly recommend: "The Generals" by Tom Ricks about enforcing accountability in the military, and this:
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@FoxNews
I felt physically threatened when I was their age. Because I was in Iraq. They'll be aight. ;)
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The CPS Board should summon the political courage to address the long-term drivers of our deficit. We should also be providing more integrated and supportive environments for kids to grow. Both of these challenges have the same solution: Consolidate empty schools.
#twill
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@LSUfootball
We should note that
@lsu
can, yes *can*, transfer money from the athletic department to the university's general fund to do things like reduce tuition.
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Absolutely precious moment from
@profgalloway
, pointing out that since
#Amazon
announced it was going to pull out of New York, it has in fact hired 1,500 people. This is on track to match the hiring if it located
#HQ2
there with $3 billion in subsidies.
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I did not vote for Brandon Johnson and I certainly didn't organize volunteers for him. Send me to the CPS board to represent District 4 and I'll fight this fiscal mismanagement.
#twill
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been asking CPS to take out a short-term, high-interest loan to prevent cuts and pay for a new CTU contract,
@Suntimes
reports. What happens with CPS is most consequential ongoing storyline in city government
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No feeling like waking up on Christmas morning with the light of my life! Merry Christmas! Cc:
@renato_mariotti
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This is not ok and progressives (like myself) shouldn’t hesitate to say so. There’s nothing conflicting with holding our police to account while respecting and defending our police.
This was the scene at Irving Park/Milwaukee/Cicero
An officer was standing at the light when he was attacked.
Cement bags and other objects were thrown at the car. A firework was thrown into the car after the doors were opened by the savages.
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I’m pro-Chicago teachers. I am one!
I’m against those who exploit and inflame grievance to divide people and delay or stop obvious policies to respond to urgent challenges — all for the sake of power and even financial gain.
#twill
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Amazon emerges from COVID-19 as a $2 trillion company and more heartwarming news from
@profgalloway
:
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@EliseStefanik
@realDonaldTrump
Is this worth it? Turning over your dignity and self respect for the approval of a criminal?
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If my political opponents had no problem attacking a symbol of our democracy and burning an American flag, they'll have no problem attacking me. Thanks,
@votevets
, for having my back.
#votevetsel
#twill
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Enrollment 📉80,000 students in 10 years.
Schools on average 84 years old.
12 high schools with <20% utilization.
The trends lead to one logical conclusion.
And yet, I am the only candidate running in District 4 that favors consolidating *any* Chicago Public Schools.
#twill
The CPS Board should summon the political courage to address the long-term drivers of our deficit. We should also be providing more integrated and supportive environments for kids to grow. Both of these challenges have the same solution: Consolidate empty schools.
#twill
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@RonBrownstein
This is a trade that will hand the Dems a permanent majority after 2020, 2024 at the latest. When Texas falls -- and it will -- there is no path to 270 for the GOP. Especially when Georgia, the Carolinas, Arizona, and even Mississippi fall with it.
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1/ Renato tweeted this thread as we hang at the bachelor party for our buddy
@OJ4Progress
. (He's a teetotaler tonight. Nothing tweeted under the influence of liquor.)
1/ Today
@nytmike
and
@maggieNYT
of
@nytimes
reported that White House Counsel Don McGahn is “cooperating” with Mueller’s investigation. He has sat for 30 hours of interviews and has revealed extensive information about the firing of Comey and more.
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@penn_state
What value did you think having a Proud Boy on campus would provide students? I’m sure the
@penn_state
administration is familiar with the “Chicago Principles” of free expression on college campuses — and I support it. But challenging views need not invite, ya know, hate groups!
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@BillClinton
I proudly served as an assistant to
@qendrimrgashi
, then the foreign affairs advisor to the President of Kosovo, as a master's student at
@HarrisPolicy
. Quendrim, congrats to you and your country.
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@KristenOrthman
@CillizzaCNN
@KristenOrthman
, your second tweet really resonates with this former reporter. You have a bunch of reporters following
@ewarren
, busting their asses, making considerably less $, while this guy provides nothing but amateurish and false analysis. Shameful stuff.
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I grew up in State College, Pa., and
@JakeCorman
's father Doyle represented my family in Harrisburg when I was a kid. My family respects women, and I hope enough other families in State College do to and are calling to demand
#JakeCormanResign
.
GOP State Senator in PA
@JakeCorman
is one of the worst legislators in the country. Here’s video of him losing his mind and trying to scream over
@SenatorMuth
while she reads a nice letter from a homeless man. She didn’t stop speaking. 🇺🇸
#JakeCormanResign
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Who among the candidates running for the CPS Board will stand up against Brandon Johnson, Stacy Davis Gates, and Jackson Potter and fight for fiscal sanity, limiting property taxes, and supporting student outcomes? Who will fight against extremism?
Send me. 🙋♂️
#twill
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@RachelBitecofer
And Gen Z voters ID with the Democratic Party 54-30 (including leaners), according to the Democracy Fund/UCLA. Some dark, dark days ahead for the
@GOP
.
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Not sure why the hate us and why they insist on a culture war against us, but I’m sure Darren Bailey will lose by 15+ points, and I know my city is no hellhole.
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@colbertlateshow
@BillGates
@melindagates
"Philanthropy can never make up for taxes." That needs to be said more. Good on
@melindagates
.
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#Kaepernick
has made us question everything we thought we knew about patriotism, sports, and authority. He's a truly great man, I don't say that lightly, and I need to go buy Nikes.
#VetsForKaepernick
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@suntimes_sports
@Suntimes
Well I'd say the Cubs hosting Trump fundraisers in Wrigley last year was a very poor business decision.
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It appears that Ms. Davis Gates and I both share a desire to help spread the news that she does not support my candidacy. So let's all knock doors this weekend and get the word out.
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@SInow
Totally crazy. The man led a top 25 team with a true freshman quarterback. People need to chill with college football. Your team isn't going to go 14-0 every season.
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@bubbaprog
Nothing that makes this Penn State alum prouder than seeing the Nittany Lion logo with all that Trump hate.
#WeAre
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From
@DianeCoyle1859
: "To build 'back,' even if 'better' than before, is no ambition at all. If even longstanding progress such as the advance of women at work has gone into reverse, it is time to think about building in a different way in the future."
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It begins with chips, beer, and lots of love for
@ewarren
in Logan Square.
#WinWithWarren
#ChicagoForWarren
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@chicagobulls
@ZachLaVine
Maybe that split second is the difference that gets us the No. 1 pick.
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Extraordinary times call for extraordinary leaders. Introducing one: Dr. Emily Landon of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Her inspirational words start at 17:00. Will help save the world watching Netflix tonight.
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@NateSilver538
Worse than a Paterno/Sandusky truther,
@NateSilver538
. He has harassed victims and named them in print. Yet he is accepted in the mainstream press.
@nypost
publishes his opinions,
@jaketapper
retweets him, and
@Gladwell
uses him as a source for his book.
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When it was convenient, Paul and Ellen Rosenfeld supported Brandon Johnson. I never did because I stand for good governance, balanced budgets, civility, and reason.
Mayor Johnson's remarks, including a comparison between slavery and fiscal responsibility, were disturbing.
#twill
This November, Chicago voters need answer one simple question: Are you for or against Mayor Johnson's agenda to squeeze funding out of our best performing and selective enrollment schools?
@Fightin47th
has stood with Mayor Johnson since Day 1.
@EllenNetwork1
, you too?
#twill
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For the past decade, after the IL Supreme Court struck down pension reform and with the backlash to CPS school closures, a culture of fiscal lunacy has reigned in Chicago. The nadir came Friday.
Now begins a new movement of good governance. I’m trying to lead the way.
#twill
NEW: The CTU-DSA alderman Sigcho Lopez is blasting progressives who use "very corporate language like fiscally responsible" 😆 😆 😆
... And Mayor Johnson and the city council are about to give Byron a $1 billion TIF slush fund.
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I'm the only candidate in the 4th District (perhaps any CPS district) to state what I think is obvious: We need to consolidate disenrolled schools. Yet I owe an explanation to CPS families, teachers, and community members of how that should be done.
#twill
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@SInow
My condolences to
#OhioState
fans, who I know were itching for one last score so they could go for two and make it an even 70.
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@FoxNews
@foxandfriends
@DiamondandSilk
@NFL
I don't speak for all vets and neither does anyone else. But this vet stands in awe of
@Kaepernick7
and the
#TakeAKnee
movement. I think most of us understand the values our military fights for, and they aren't represented by the images of innocent children taken from their moms.
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Witness the smiles of one overjoyed family. (At least I'm smiling.) Hope you are spending this moment with your loved ones too.
#BidenWins
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Ellen Rosenfeld wants to max property taxes to pay for a school that’s 96% empty.
Her husband lobbied for Brandon Johnson’s political coalition as the “CORE” took power.
The Rosenfelds organized volunteers Johnson’s mayoral race.
She’ll work for him again on the CPS Board.
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Since I began my campaign for the CPS Board, I have made clear that my first order of business is to fix the CPS budget. Others may choose to duck fights with the mayor and Stacy Davis Gates. I won’t.
#twill
From
@CSTopinion
:
"Chicago Public Schools is in dire financial straits. A state bailout is highly unlikely," the CST Editorial Board writes.
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“A balanced treatment of an unbalanced phenomenon is a distortion of reality and a disservice..."
Column: For years it was easy to cover “both sides”—Rs & Ds—as equally worthy, & blameworthy, partners in democracy. With Newt, that began changing.
Now, when reporters or pundits use the words “both sides” re some pol problem, I stop reading or listening.
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@alex_mallin
The VFW members at that conference *do not* represent the views of the current generation of veterans. There are a number of organizations emerging, including
@TheBunkerLabs
and
@veteranslc
, that much more closely represent our goals, views, and respect for institutions.
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Let’s be clear: Public records show Paul Rosenfeld was a registered lobbyist for “CORE” when they took power in 2010.
His wife Ellen told the Sun-Times she doesn’t “see how they can not” max out property taxes.
I do. We deal with the structural drivers of our deficits.
#twill
Let’s be clear Chicagoans: CPS is admittedly underfunded by the state. Pedro Martinez was CFO of CPS ‘03-‘09 and Paul Vallas, Juan Rangel, & Rahm Emanuel worked to further underfund and privatize & close our public schools. And here you are arguing our students aren’t worth it.
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@RachelBitecofer
@GOP
It's the same reason that
@ewarren
,
@JoeBiden
, or
@BernieSanders
should make granting citizenship to the 11-13 million undocumented residents the very first order of business in 2021, no filibuster.
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1/ Today
@CrainsChicago
ran an opinion I authored proposing that
#Chicago
support a
#UniversalBasicIncome
for
#entrepreneurs
to leave unsatisfying jobs to lead new ventures locally, with guarantees that they will hire Chicagoans. Please read and share:
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@NateSilver538
I don't want to hear it. Approval should be ~0%. I normally love
@NateSilver538
's takes, but this is not one of them.
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Three years ago today,
@TheBunkerLabs
launched. Cheers to my friends
@ToddConnor
,
@BTBodor
, and the entire team.
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@PhilipRucker
@mviser
The DNA test fiasco was a mistake, but a minor one that should be kept in perspective. (Like
@NateSilver538
said, no repeat of the fixation on Hillary's emails.) This is one of the sharpest public policy minds to ever serve in the US Senate.
@SenWarren
, please drive on.
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Last year I met Ms. Debra Liu's
@ChiPubSchools
' Solomon Elementary's 7th grade class through the Constitutional Rights Foundation's ABC Project. They were raising money for vets living on
#Chicago
's streets. Today they told me they've raised $500 for Hope Manor II apartments!
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#Chicago
, tune in this Friday at 1:00 p.m. to 105.5 FM
@LumpenRadio
and
@TechSceneChi
. I'll be talking
#ChicagoTech
and about
@invent2026
.
@melanie_adcock
, thanks for having me on.
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The talking point that tech companies are moving to Texas for low taxes is as devoid of reality as it is predictable. Please read:
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@LightfootForChi
@tedcruz
@senatemajldr
@GOP
3) I'm gd tired of these intellectually lazy arguments from Republicans. Here are the cities with the highest murder rates, per 100k residents, in 2018, as complied by
@teamtrace
. Notice our rate is a third of St. Louis; Missouri is an open-carry state.
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I was profiled by
@medillreports
, a publication by the
@MedillSchool
MSJ program. (Full disclosure: I'm an alum)
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5/ And finally, no conversation about business incentives is complete without reflecting on the
#HQ2
selection process. Here is a video of
@profgalloway
's prediction of where HQ2 would and ultimately did go:
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Paul Rosenfeld was a lobbyist for Brandon Johnson’s political coalition in 2010 when the “CORE” gained power. He and his wife Ellen organized volunteers for his campaign. And now Ellen wants to join the CPS Board.
My statement on the mayor’s push to fire the CPS CEO.
#twill
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Congrats to my Twitter friend
@RachelBitecofer
for receiving the recognition you deserve! Proud to have been your "follower of the day" months back for trolling Chris Cillizza. Inspiring story of how you got to where you are.
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My phone has been blowing up this a.m. That's what a shout out from
@ShiaKapos
can do.
We'll be continuing the momentum for Illinois Veterans for Change tonight. If you're in Springfield, come join us at the AFL-CIO HQ at 5:30.
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@RexChapman
@NedStaebler
@HartmannDude
@monicaspalmer
Can someone take this video and add an Eminem tune or "Hail to the Victors" or something Michigan-ee?
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@LionelBarrow
To note the unacceptable levels of segregation at these schools. I will add that only one of these schools served even one white student in the previous academic year.
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@PennStateFball
I have been watching Penn State football for 35 years. I have never seen a game we've been so thoroughly dominated and still be ahead on the scoreboard. Expectations real low rn, but I'll enjoy this very moment.
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Press reports suggest Brandon Johnson will successfully purge the CPS Board of opponents to make way for a catastrophic and massive payday loan.
First, let’s not elect long-time allies like Ellen Rosenfeld.
Then, let’s get to work establishing fiscal sanity.
#twill
I'm the only candidate in the 4th District (perhaps any CPS district) to state what I think is obvious: We need to consolidate disenrolled schools. Yet I owe an explanation to CPS families, teachers, and community members of how that should be done.
#twill
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Special thanks to my friend Emilia DiMenco, CEO of the
@WBDC
. Emilia agreed to work with Alex and I to support the
#InventIllinois
program, and tonight we showcased 14 startups the WBDC and
@invent2026
have supported to go after
#SBIR
funding. She's kept my head up through a lot.
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Big congrats to the
@HarrisPolicy
Class of 2021. Have a great weekend! To the 20 students I had the pleasure of teaching last fall and all the other grads, I'm invested in your future success and happy to be a resource for you.
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Tomorrow is the
@WBDC
and
@invent2026
's showcase event at
@mHUBChicago
. Details and registration here:
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@SportsCenter
@espn
Disappointed in DeAndre Ayton. Future number 1 overall should hold out for way more than $100k.
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We have a mayor led by a political coalition that:
*Burns American flags at City Hall
*Wants to abolish the police
*Is out to max out property taxes to fund 96% empty schools
I’ll fight their agenda on the CPS Board. Please help get me there tonight:
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It seems Team Brandon Johnson wants to abolish the Chicago Police Department. I’m against that. Our police officers aren’t “f—king pigs.”
Paul and Ellen Rosenfeld organized volunteers for Brandon Johnson when it was convenient. Now it’s, uh, not.
#twill
This November, Chicago voters need answer one simple question: Are you for or against Mayor Johnson's agenda to squeeze funding out of our best performing and selective enrollment schools?
@Fightin47th
has stood with Mayor Johnson since Day 1.
@EllenNetwork1
, you too?
#twill
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A vote for Ellen Rosenfeld is a vote to max out property taxes to fund empty schools. Don't take my word for it. Take hers!
All candidates were asked by the Sun-Times: "Should the board continue to raise the levy to the maximum?"
Ellen's answer: "Yes. Yes..."
My answer:
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@AlecJRoss
@BenJealous
Alec, I was deeply impressed by your book and was excited to see you got into politics. I too was an unsuccessful candidate. My advice: have a cocktail and take the rest of week off, but run again. The country needs candidates with your vision and understanding of innovation.
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I will have the great honor on Friday of receiving the
@WBDC
's Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year at their Connect & Celebrate conference. Please join us!
#ConnectandCelebrateWBDC
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@nomadj1s
Note that Professor Jones tweeted this at 12:19 Central (I'm in Chicago too). Some of you were cheating.
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