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This is not a confusing time. We see each other well, and we don’t like what we see. Carolina Panthers and Hurricanes fan, yet a realist. #RaiseUp
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Joined May 2020
Early voted in North Raleigh today, and it was a deep line. Do your job, NC. @KamalaHarris @KamalaforNC #KamalaForNC
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@TulsiGabbard Trump said he'd nominate a woman for Supreme Court last year. I'm assuming you've got a tweet or public statement expressing outrage at the identity politics of that also, right? I'll wait.
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@harrysiegel @DougJBalloon I kinda need the NYT explanation of how exactly the Dem argument is hyperbolic. Seems quite realistic and accurate.
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hey @cnn, how in earth did you manage to summarize this by saying Trump "tried to stay on message". ?. My god, have we not accommodated lunacy more than enough at this point?.
it's the second straight day where a sedated-sounding Trump has been ranting incoherently at an event (this time in Howell, Michigan) while people are forced to stand behind him for way too long. Note the complete lack of reaction to everything he says & the fact that he appears
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@2blessed2nv The entire rest of the country, and by that I mean BOTH political parties, have always understood that Trump doesn't give 2 shits about the residents of Dearborn nor their families in the Middle East. And that he's totally fine w/ Bibi turning Gaza into a giant parking lot. Smh.
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@EricBoehlert translation: "My life wasn't personally affected much by Donald Trump being president, therefore I refuse to grapple with my own culpability and will lounge in my philosophical sanctuary".
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@LarrySabato Wonder why our media is busy clutching their pearls about how to cover this rather than being straightforward. Our media paradigm is simply unequipped to handle this level of brazen lying and mendacity.
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@NovusDivus @wolfblitzer @CNNSitRoom Donald Trump refused to visit our troops for nearly 2 years even in safe areas because he was afraid. Y’all didn’t report that or make a segment debating it. But a war zone. Yeah, we send presidents there all the time.
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@DavidCornDC Texas now has more COVID deaths than New York for the duration of the pandemic. NY was hit first and hardest, before we knew anything about the nature of COVID. What's Texas's excuse?.
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@JillDLawrence @djrothkopf @WillHurd Will Hurd would have a much stronger case to make if he’d voted to impeach Trump when he was in congress, and if he’d actually spoken out about Trump’s abuses when he was an elected official. But he stayed silent, capitulated. Regret from a safe bunker is not courage.
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@stuartpstevens Just incredible that they paid $15 million when the facts were on their side. And they’re a damn news organization. I give up.
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@msleen1970 @JRubinBlogger If Pence were courageous he would speak out publicly against Trump. He still seeks his favor even now. And ask yourself: why did Pence have to ask Dan Quayle and Judge Luttig what to do on 1/6? He already knew what the law said. Why was he checking for a back door?.
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@justinbaragona @CNN has seriously lost its damn mind. Between this and constantly platforming that smarmy asshole Scott Jennings…let’s just say if I could decouple CNN from my cable bill and cancel it, I would.
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@SanchezMamacita @VirginiaJeff3 @JoshDaws @StatusOfTheKing For one moment, let's set aside the near-constant geyser of destructive, ungodly lies Trump tells. Show me ONE example of Jesus telling a "good lie" in service to a greater purpose. Jesus had a lot to say about how disciples should act. I don't see this mentioned there, either.
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Look at this nonsense. The Democrats just get dumber and weaker. Yeah. the voters in PA were like, "I could've voted for Kamala, but y'all don't enforce that hard ban on corporate PAC money, so I had to vote for the orange, dictator-loving racist.".
The next DNC Chair should absolutely refuse to take corporate PAC money. If we are the party of the working class - and we are - then let’s raise $$ like we mean it.
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@Fly_Sistah @reesetheone1 It’s a hell of a record. Why aren’t they able to run on it? Because the narratives around the Democratic Party right now are Biden’s age and the insatiable grievances of the Bernie left. Republicans would be in formation, shouting these accomplishments with one voice. Us…nah.
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@david_darmofal Always better when your Secretary of State is on America’s side rather than that of Russia or MBS. You know, America first, right? :).
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@djrothkopf A very intentional and brilliant choice. She’s not asking people to be willing to elect a woman. She just saying “elect me”. Strong.
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When I was a kid, MTV actually played music videos. Lots of them. And when this came out, EVERY time it was on TV, kids ran in from playing outside and gathered in front of TVs to watch it and imitate it (in my case, badly). It was a whole thing.
Michael Jackson's “Thriller” has surpassed 1 BILLION views on YouTube. It‘s his fourth music video to reach this milestone. 🧟♂️
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NC update:. 1. I got polled by Marist 2 days ago via text message. Haven’t seen the results from that one yet, but I’m in it!.2. Wake County (Raleigh) Dem Party canvasser came to my house today. He knew my daughter and I had already voted but my wife hadn’t yet. Impressive.
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@6igyak Note also the patience of Biden, understanding the way the process works, knowing when to call. Thank goodness he’s there.
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@SumbzTX If you don’t vote, then please do not use the twitter handle “StandsWithUvalde”. Because unless you vote for Democrats, you don’t stand with Uvalde. I’m not chasing you, nor do I expect anyone else to chase you.
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I don’t want to hear one fucking word of criticism of Kamala Harris or the Democrats. The legal system, the media, Repubs who know better….everyone who understood the national emergency that Trump represents…they ALL left this entirely on the Dems. And fuck all of you for that.
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@axios @jonathanvswan The single greatest act of cowardice by an American president—ever. Hopefully @ProjectLincoln took notice. What a disgrace. I guess 40% of the country would rather burn it all down than live with ascendant minority populations.
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@NovusDivus @CNN @PaulBegala Every time I watch Andrew Yang on TV or read anything he says, I can’t escape feeling like he is just pissed that Democrats rejected him in 2020 and in NYC. Like there’s really not much else there.
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@sarahchurchwell @BBCNews He admits to receiving a full body massage from a teenage girl and says he wore underwear the whole time. Ask him about that, and he won’t want to come on television anymore.
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@DevinCow @KellyannePolls It is astounding that after all she’s witnessed and the damage this disastrous man has wrought on not just the country, but her own family (!!), KellyAnne is still able to feel pride in Donald Trump.
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@Gardner_LM @VP @AlexThomp My god people. Ok, why the drug isn’t more widely available is a worthy story. But why Kamala got it—that’s not a story. She’s in the national command authority of the United States. Duh. We also don’t ask why she gets secret service protection or top secret clearance. Duh.
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@carmenBwifemom Yes…don’t you remember how the civil rights movement spent all its time in the Northern states hollering at liberals? I mean why confront Bull Connor and George Wallace? John Lewis marched across the Brooklyn Bridge, right? . Smh.
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Now this is journalism.
In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies quietly bought several lots on a residential street in Savannah, GA. The seller? Crow’s friend & travel companion Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. 🧵👇
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@Sha_Elise24 The congressional black caucus supported the crime bill. So did Bernie Sanders. There was a TON of good policy in it. Assault weapons ban, Violence Against Women Act.
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@RadioFreeTom What I’ve struggled to understand, & I’ve lived this w/ co-workers, is how educated people w/ real, hard-won expertise, who understand the importance of data & diligence in info, could be so susceptible to Trump’s bullshit. These are people who insist on truth elsewhere…(?).
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@Halcyon270 @DeadlineWH Nicolle going there is why that’s literally the only cable news show I watch.
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@SanchezMamacita @VirginiaJeff3 @JoshDaws @StatusOfTheKing Actual Jesus:. "For I was hungry & you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger & you invited me in. Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." (Mt 25:35-40).
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@MoneyPuckdotcom Igor was a monster in that NJD series. Criminal that NYR wasted his stellar effort.
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@MalcolmNance @TimKennedyMMA MAGA is very well represented in Congress (sadly). If they wanted supplemental $ for Hawaii, they could’ve proposed it. And of course they didn’t give a shit because Hawaii votes Dem, but now bring it up as a talking point. Always bad faith and lies with these people. Always.
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@Panthers Terrible trade. Not a good quarterback, and holy cow did we overpay. That 2nd rounder is way too steep a price.
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@yuhline Dude just lost his own seat while working his butt off fighting for our majority. Was he perfect? No. But you’re “offended”? Check a mirror on this one.
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@T_R_Sullivan @ChadPergram Mississippi gets 40% of its state budget from the federal govt, which is very disproportionately funded by tax revenues from blue states. Maybe MAGA country is willing to give those federal dollars back? Until then quit the posing.
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@Blake_Allen13 @RedBrickStros Jfc that end was never possible. Taliban ARE the people. It’s like saying you want a “free Texas” by eliminating farmers, oilmen, and Cowboys fans. It’s so American to not know dick about something and then insist it can be exactly how we want it if only our leaders would try.
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@BillKristol You mean the guy who never apologized to congresswoman Frederica Wilson for publicly slandering her as a publicity hound during the row over a soldier’s death? That John Kelly? C’mon. That ain’t happening.
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@darkman1558 As a white man, I am wholly unqualified to accept this apology. But yeah, I get it. Peace.
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@mwolfers @AshleyRParker @tylerpager @ColbyItkowitz The framing of this as Democratic failure, rather than a ghastly tale of endless Republican intransigence, is a case study in media bias.
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@ProjectLincoln “Dad it’s a wonderful facility. Lots of people for you to spend time with, and the staff has promised not to discuss your incontinemce.”.
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@tify330 YES. I am so not here for this "Dems don't understand the country" bullshit. Biden/Harris was the most pro-worker admin since FDR. Ohio voters who make less than 50k just voted out Sherrod Brown, who saved union pensions, in favor of a dude who owns a Mercedes dealership. FOH.
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@CharlieSweeney @jonesview @basturder @Katie300 @flakingbaking @BruceBartlett @Anne_Arbor In 2017 there was a LONG list of things being attacked just because Obama supported them. AT THE TIME, Trump was blowing up the Iran nuclear deal and trying to undo the ACA. you know, stuff that threatens the entire world. A pandemic playbook didn't make the cut at the time.
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@JeremyCapoeira @mehdirhasan Yall some dumbass fools. The Democratic Party is never doing the hard left move that yall want. Never. Because the Democratic Party wants to win elections.
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@RadioFreeTom Kinda not the point. He saw his son being targeted by bloodthirsty nihilistic chaos agents under the imprimatur of “rule of law”, something which MAGA actively makes a mockery of. And he refused to go along with it. Messy and problematic, yes. Unambiguously wrong? Not so fast.
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@sensen2011 @citizengatsby @ninaturner @mehdirhasan What’s amazing is a candidate started with a 35 point lead, then got blown the hell out by 36 (a SEVENTY ONE point swing) and emerges from it without introspection (!!) instead only further convinced of her own righteousness and that something was stolen from her.
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@Katdhairstudio @joncoopertweets @DebraMessing MAGA is literally founded on hatred. How little self awareness does a person have to have to write this tweet. ?.
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@danielsgoldman Two multimillionaire grifters doing coordinated damage control with their rubes. Gotta keep that cash flowing.
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@2blessed2nv This sounds wrong to say. and maybe I am saying this from a position of privilege, but it's hard not to want folks to actually get the full Trumpist government they voted for. At some point people have to own their choices.
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@BillKristol If he’s white and shooting at non-white, the shooter gets maximum benefit of the doubt and we’ll search endlessly to rationalize his actions so as to not confront white toxicity.
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@chrislongview 1. Biden IS running in 2024. 2. Kamala would wipe this guy out in a primary. 3. He Khanna win. I had to--I'm a 51-year old dad.
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@AoDespair @marcorubio Or at least tell Ron DeSantis to answer the damn phone when the president or vice president calls.
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@DailyTrix She was a cute young woman that nerdy older journalists had a crush on. Thats all.
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@david_darmofal @WhipClyburn Clyburn is the guy who shot down Bernie's plane in late February, 2020, when Berners spent a few weeks honestly believing they were getting the nomination and taking over the Democratic Party. Latent hostility towards black voters, and Clyburn in particular, is a real thing.
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@RadioFreeTom It was a gaffe because it was an off schedule comment and not the message they’d carefully crafted. But it was a Kinsley gaffe, because Biden clearly meant it. And he’s not wrong.
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@NicolasEdny (1/2) My hypothesis is that it wasn’t just “a black man” being POTUS. It was this very particular man—smarter than them, more dignified, self-disciplined, & skilled than they. Had Obama been a one term president with a bunch of gaffes & screwups, it would’ve been less unsettling.
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@MollyJongFast Overruling the parliamentarian does not raise the minimum wage. There are not 50 votes in the senate for it. It does not matter what Kamala Harris does. COVID/economy package first, then minimum wage later. Votes aren’t there, so we move on. Lots of urgent stuff can’t wait.
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@jayrosen_nyu BREAKING: NPR cable from Berlin in 1935 -- "In yet another tiresome anti-fascism screed, opposition groups in Germany continue to bore the world with their constant fear-mongering as the new chancellor remains focused on the economic anxieties of Germans.".
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@RobbieGramer hmmm. so Trump's former secretary of state and CIA director. is trying to help a Japanese company buy US Steel?.
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@PettyLupone When Obama won North Carolina in 2008, McCain actually added over 100k to W Bush’s vote total from 2004. Obama’s incredible ground game in NC focused heavily on voter registration. And he added…SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND votes to what Kerry got just 4 years prior—just enough to win.
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@jordanbpeterson @WFP Important to remember that this guy’s expertise is clinical psychology, not climate science nor economics.
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@elisefoley @jaketapper @GOPLeader is well aware of the profound intellectual dishonesty he's committing by making this argument. He's counting on you not calling him out on it, and on the general public not being aware of it. And, as usual, it'll work.
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@therecount Being anti-black as an inroad to the GOP primary electorate. No penalty for that. Heck nobody even acknowledges it. Sometimes GOP racism is such an assumed thing that nobody bothers noticing it anymore.
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@josephperson translation: "Even though I definitely do NOT want Cam back next year, I don't want my fingerprints anywhere near the upcoming exit of the most popular player in the history of the franchise. ".
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@KFILE Now look I'm 54, & sometimes I misremember a few things these days. but I am pretty doggone sure the lockdowns occurred under Trump. As did the bleach, shining a light inside skin, horse paste, lying that it'd be over in 2 weeks, allowing anti-vax sentiment to fester, etc.
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@CharlieSweeney @jonesview @basturder @Katie300 @flakingbaking @BruceBartlett @Anne_Arbor . and of course, if Obama had tried to make a bigger deal about the pandemic playbook in 2017, with no pandemic in sight, but with the ACA in peril, the Iran deal about to be blown up, and Trump's threats against NATO, he'd rightly have been accused of missing the point. .
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@JRubinBlogger The downfall of the court began with Bush v Gore. There was never a reason to overrule the Florida Supreme Court (hello federalism?) and stop the lawful STATE process of ensuring an accurate count. Nakedly partisan and anti-democratic. Just a disastrous action by SCOTUS.
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@RexChapman @realDonaldTrump It was never about principle. It was always about what she thought was the smartest political move. When she thought Trump would lose, she opposed him. When supporting Trump advanced her ambitions, then that’s what she did. No soul.
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@PaulLeeDicks @citizengatsby I kinda thought she went too far when she planted bombs at the Capitol before Jan 6…but ok.
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@NovusDivus @Acyn Conventional wisdom-setting reporters who are led around by Republican-slanted talking points. man I love it when Democrats tell the folks pushing these narratives to sit down and hush, the grownups are talking. Obama was great at this. Good to see Joe doing it.
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Jack Smith:. "Yes, he's guilty as fuck. But Americans decided to elect him president, so that's the ballgame.".
Big note from Jack Smith:. The prohibition on charging sitting presidents "does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the Government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the Government stands fully behind.".
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@Stanton5 @SanchezMamacita @VirginiaJeff3 @JoshDaws @StatusOfTheKing “For there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Uh oh. Sounds like Paul, the main author of the New Testament, is quite “woke” himself…wait until they hear.
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@DougJBalloon 1: Trump says the sky is pink w/ yellow polka dots. 2: Most media ignores it, just Trump being Trump. 3: A few in media say, "well that's wrong". 4: Trump team/Fox: "there goes the liberal media attacking Trump yet again.". 5: NYT: "Sky color debate a hurdle for Harris".
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@JoshKraushaar The Democrats didn’t steal a damn thing @Peggynoonannyc. Man do you ever get bitter when Republicans lose.
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@SarahLongwell25 Throw it on the endlessly long list of stuff that should’ve ended Trump. Nothing matters but the racism, misogyny, paranoia, and fierce hatred of the Democratic voting coalition. You know, Christian stuff.
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@DevinCow @kayleighmcenany @hillsongworship But Ms McEnany, you’ve borne false witness repeatedly, and have helped facilitate a false prophet who has misled thousands of people to their deaths.
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