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@lillyslolly

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Retired lawyer. Former conservative, now progressive Democrat. U of Arkansas alum. Go Hogs! And I’m “Lolly” to two perfect grandgirls and a Springer Spaniel.

Fayetteville, AR
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@lillyslolly
Tonia Jones
2 years
Walkout at LRCHS today. My grand took this. Ominous sky is kind of metaphorical.
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@sandibachom @WhirledCitizen_ It was interesting to me how sparse the Butler crowd was.
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5 years
Love the Pelosi clap!
@RandyRainbow
Randy Rainbow
5 years
🎶Who can cheat like The Don, Who can eat like The Don, Who might start World War III with a tweet like The Don..🎶 #ThatDon #IMPOTUS #ImpeachmentHoax #KeepAmericaDisney 🍻🌈🙄🇺🇸
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2 years
@bigsiha I’m sure this isn’t true in your case, but I’ve found people who “set boundaries” are basically saying, “I will accept no criticism.”
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Tonia Jones
8 months
Arkansas could have had this man as our Governor.
@JonesForAR
Chris Jones
8 months
Exactly 23 years ago I talked about the “Beloved Community” that Dr. King envisioned. As we celebrate his legacy, let’s remember that while the journey is not over and the work is hard, we must stay the course. Now is the time to double down and create the community we deserve.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Now do Tom Cotton
@highbrow_nobrow
The Intellectualist
1 year
🚨Property records suggest that Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has actually lived in Florida for almost two decades, according to a Washington Post report. @TheMessenger .
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Tonia Jones
10 months
Re-upping this story when Huckabeast lied about tRUmp firing James Comey.
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POLITICO
5 years
Mueller's report said Sarah Huckabee Sanders told investigators she made comments to reporters that were "not founded on anything." Here's that moment 👇
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@DavidKi73473192 @briantylercohen @AOC They are here seeking asylum from evils in their country. It is absolutely legal, and there is a process in place for it.
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Tonia Jones
4 months
Raise your hand if you know why people in Arkansas are Cardinals fans.
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5 years
@blakesmustache Also makes Hyde’s freaking that someone is going to kill him seem not so crazy.
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7 months
Is our governor doing anything about the water crisis in Helena? Does she care anything about the humans who live in Arkansas?
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shelby
7 months
Just a shoutout because Sarah Sanders is Trumping it up in Vegas rn. She doesn’t give a fuck.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Bobby Petrino didn’t get fired for cheating on his wife. He got fired for paying his side-chick w taxpayer $ and lying about it. Just sayin’
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Tom Mars
11 months
Nothing suspicious about this. 🙄
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Tonia Jones
1 year
So, it appears that our own SHS was present one time when tRUmp showed classified documents to reporters.
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Tonia Jones
6 months
Wouldn’t it be a good thing if Arkansas got rid of Tom Cotton?
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Mar-a-Hell-No!!
6 months
"Nothing's more condescending than getting votes and doing nothing in return. J.D. Vance, Elise Stefanik and Tom Cotton: All these people were educated at Harvard and Yale. They frankly laugh behind the backs of their own voters."
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Tonia Jones
1 year
This is Arkansas.
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@ByPatForde Made me want to vomit.
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Tonia Jones
8 months
@jtfdenver @ExpatintheUK I was in Dublin March 2017. Waiting for dinner reservation in line, some locals asked our opinion of the new US President. When they learned we hated him, they invited us to join them. It was wonderful.
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Tonia Jones
7 years
@TeaPainUSA @karenmoss3 Get it to @maddow She is great at explaining to regular people.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Me and the hubs at U of A 51 years ago. #WPS .
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Little Rock Central High School is a shining example of not only owning our dark history, but embracing it. And using it as a foundation for diversity and inclusion. LRCHS has strong community support and is now an outstanding example of public education.
@fstuart2
Frank Stuart
1 year
@JuddLegum Maybe they’re worried students could find out about this.
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@_jgoody My town isn’t small, 80K, but we are a Blue dot in a very Red state (Arkansas). This was Tuesday night. About 4,000 people. No violence. At the end, police there knelt with the protestors for 8 minutes in honor/remembrance of George Floyd.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
How many humans had to see this sign,from manufacture to installation, and nobody said anything?
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@TomScelfo @SenBlumenthal No. He is criticizing Barr for giving names of defendant in one of those cases to WH, when the American public has not seen it. Major difference.
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@evanmcmurry He gave him the kind of funeral he wanted by not being there.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@HailStateFB Hog nation is rooting for you, coach.
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Tonia Jones
10 months
I double-dog dare @SarahHuckabee to hold a “capital for a day”in Eureka Springs.
@joshtigerhill
Josh 🐯 Hill 🪷🇺🇸🦅
10 months
Hot Springs is 16.4% Black - pretty much the same as ARKANSAS as a whole - how about that! Progress! Too bad this 'Capital for the Day' announcement only came because the governor got caught trying to visit Langston Elementary "under wraps"... I cannot wait to find out what for!
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Tonia Jones
6 years
@Claryse2 @JuddLegum @Purina @TysonFoods I didn’t know that. I live in the town where their headquarters is. Friends work there. I know people on the Board pls send a verification and I will get on this.
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Tonia Jones
6 months
A side note from the article: SHS also wouldn’t even reveal identity of new chef at Gov’s Mansion. Says it comes under “working papers” exception to FOIA.
@ArkTimes
Arkansas Times
6 months
Sanders won’t spill who paid for her Super Bowl trip, TPM reports. Zero Arkansas journalists are surprised. via @arktimes
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@susan_vinci @YamatoForever @mkraju Always remember and never forget: Manafort picked Pence. For a reason.
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Tonia Jones
7 months
I don’t care what that dude on the Progressive ads says. I’m not giving up my Kleenex box covers. My Grannie made this.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Who thinks SHS and the GOP #arleg would sell out to destroy one of the best things in our state?
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ArkieMiasma
11 months
Would be hard to overstate how catastrophic this would be for the Buffalo National River and the Ozarks.
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Tonia Jones
7 months
Can we get a line item receipt?
@thetrueshelby
shelby
7 months
How do you spend $1.4M in 6 months for security??? We’d all like to know. @SarahHuckabee @alexahenning @AR_Gretchen
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Tonia Jones
8 years
These are. @LouiseMensch doing this on her own time for no pay.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
So it was really a Mean Girls meeting in Paris. Did @alexahenning get to go, too?
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Jay Orsi
1 year
@TomMarsLaw Part Deux: The French Connection Virginia Beckett and Hanna Stone were hanging out in Paris in June when the Governor was there for her "trade mission". That was about a week after payment for the podium was made using a state credit card.
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Tonia Jones
7 months
On taxpayer’s dime?
@mcbakerar
MC Baker
7 months
Guess who went to the Super Bowl? Our Governor and her entire family, in a suite. @BlueHogReport #arpx
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@soychicka This sort of supports your theory that maybe those calls we learned of yesterday were not about Stormy/McDougal.
@maggieNYT
Maggie Haberman
5 years
Statement from Hicks lawyer Bob Trout after yesterday’s disclosures in the interacted Cohen search warrants.
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@Buddha23Fett @briantylercohen @AOC The beds had already been sold. My question? Where are those beds now?
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@JoyceWhiteVance This is actually a paraphrased quote from Edmund Burke.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@JuddPDeere Teachers have “personal days” they can use however they want. Much respect for those who chose to use theirs to advocate for Arkansas students.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Mandate?? Seriously? Alexa still thinks we are dumb. Arkansas has 1,790,000 registered voters, half of whom didn’t care enough about SHS to even vote at all. She got 571,105 votes. So 32% of Arkansans voted for her. (I bet that’s going down)
@alexahenning
Alexa Henning
1 year
“In true Regnat Populus tradition, she was given the largest mandate as a first-time governor in four decades by the people of Arkansas. She deserves the chance to lead. She earned it more than any recent predecessors.”
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Tonia Jones
6 years
@dankthemanc @ann32409 @ShimonPro Not true. SDNY is a federal court.
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Tonia Jones
6 years
@Claryse2 @JuddLegum @Purina @TysonFoods Thanks. For those who don’t know, @TysonFoods owns Hillshire Farms, and Hillshire people are pretty much running the company now.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@EthWestNWA Looked like he and Sam had a nice convo on the filed afterwards.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Imagine if Razorback football, basketball, baseball, were consistently ranked at the bottom in the country…No, you can’t imagine because it WOULD NOT HAPPEN. People would be fired and heads would be rolling before it got that bad. 1/2
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Will Watson
1 year
The craziest thing about all this podium drama is did you know there are 118 state legislative seats on the ballot in Arkansas next year and we have to identify a candidate for each one in the next six weeks?
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Tonia Jones
6 years
@alley167 @FLOTUS @MELANIATRUMP We’ve yet to see any documentation that Melanie was a legal immigrant. One of tRUmp’s “We will show that later..,” (which never happens.)
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Tonia Jones
11 months
People thinking Jim Jordan is a leader is what’s wrong with this country right now.
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Rep. Rick Crawford
11 months
I look forward to voting for Jim Jordan to be our next speaker tomorrow. I hope this brings stability and lets us refocus on reducing government spending, securing the border, and supporting Israel against Hamas terrorists.
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Tonia Jones
10 years
Ole Miss been spaighted, philoned, and flowered. #WPS
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Tonia Jones
1 year
“That’s how things are done.” As in, behind closed doors.
@ArkDems
Democratic Party of Arkansas
1 year
Sen. Blake Johnson shows OPEN CONTEMPT to the President of the Saline County Republican women for DARING to speak out against the GOP attacks on transparency 😳 “You can call it behind closed doors, whatever you wanna call it. That’s how things ARE DONE.”
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@xjelliott @JuanitaIguana1 My granddaughter texted it to me. She was there this afternoon. (tall one holding the sign). So proud of her.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
I’m not up on my details of SEC basketball. Is Brandon Miller a shooter or is he best at “assists.” #WPS
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@AJentleson @KellyannePolls Yes. Anybody who has dealt with school boards and administration, especially in those times, will find this a totally plausible explanation. When that board voted to renew her contract in April, they probably didn’t even know she was pregnant.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
I do not understand this, but I don’t think it’s a good thing. Maybe our competent and efficient AR govt can look into it.
@allenanalysis
Brian Allen
11 months
PAY ATTENTION: The New York Times has identified Chinese-owned or operated Bitcoin mines in at least 12 states, such as Arkansas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming, collectively consuming as much energy as 1.5 million households. First, it was Saudi Arabia, and now
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11 months
I am terrified that we are going to end up with bitcoin mining in the Ozarks. Stay vigilant!
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The Shumater
11 months
Great story in @ArkTimes about efforts to change designation of Buffalo River. Public outcry seems to have forced Runway Group to back off for time being; Yoko Sanders's fingerprints all over it. #Arkansas #arpx
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Tonia Jones
1 year
I’m going through I really bad time. Could use some virtual hugs.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Who thinks Huckabeast should hold the next “capital for a day” at the Alma Sonic?
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Thanks to @maddow and @msnbc for letting people know that all Arkansans aren’t sheep, and our schools will offer AP AffAm studies despite the current governor.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Yeah. So they can run the Buffalo like they did War Memorial.
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shelby
11 months
This is not good y’all ⚠️⚠️⚠️
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@samkj27 @notcapnamerica The little girl isn’t old enough to remember Obama herself. Her admiration for him had to come from somewhere. I bet it was her parents/mom.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
This is Arkansas.
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Tonia Jones
3 years
Need some good vibes here. Thoughts, prayers, whatever is your thing. The hubs has Covid. TIA
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@waterbug721 @davidmweissman @enigmatica @ChelseaClinton “Lightening speed?” Please watch and respond:
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@Ganryu8282 @mercerarts @puroDylPickle @RockDots @SteveSchmidtSES Finish the quote. Then he says, “but...” and refers to all the indirect evidence. Also, I don’t believe he was part of the Mueller investigation.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@FrankMikeDavis1 Two classics, from 1939: “Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
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Tonia Jones
3 years
@DeborahGreat1 @ElyseBurden @MacFarlaneNews Actually, it means Brooks loses the case. It’s dismissed and there’s a judgment against him for the relief the plaintiff (Swalwell) asked for.
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@atrupar It is pretty offensive to me that this not-very- accomplished liar wears that cross necklace all the time.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
We all deserve so much more. Arkansans are a hearty, stubborn bunch, and I think we could turn this state around if more people would just pay attention.
@RhondaVDaniels
Rhonda Daniels #NoDemUnder1K
1 year
As a retired educator who taught all over the state, I heartily concur with every word. What would it take to have elected officials who listen to Mr. Kurrus and others who KNOW? I want to believe it can happen here for our students who deserve so much more.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
I’m not into conspiracy theories, but is there any chance the GOP keeps tabs on perverts and blackmails them into running for public office?
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Why am I automatically skeptical of SHS’ new State Parks deal? Is there something in there that lets her hubs do some grifting in the job she gave him.?? #arpx . Oh, wait, that makes me wonder….
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Tonia Jones
2 years
AR has one of the lowest rates of eligible voter participation. 60% don’t care enough to vote. Yes, Huckette did get 65% of votes cast. So she can only claim real support of 26% of Arkansans. (Pls check my math😁
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@alexahenning @SarahHuckabee But we won’t accept aid from the feds, correct? That stopped at the Mississippi River!
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@celtics Just a heads up, Boston. Jordan has medical condition called alopecia. Don’t dis his appearance or let opposing fans get away with it, either.
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Exactly. If this was on the up-and-up, then why doesn’t Alexa just tell us?
@Pandwerp
Panderp
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@meiselasb @ArkansasBlog Apparently, there is a $3.8 million ranch, outside of Eureka Springs we should not talk about either.
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@mkraju Kind of like “good people on both sides.”
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4 years
@ScionFaerie @AngrierWHStaff @Bayl3rat If we don’t do mammograms, breast cancer will go away.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@JayOrsi @TomMarsLaw So the podium $$ was actually spent on a trip to Paris for SHS family and friends?
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Absolutely NO JOKES or remarks this week about Kent State this week Those of us of a certain age will never forget this. 🎶Tin soldiers and Nixon coming We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming 🎵Four dead in Ohio 🎵
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2 years
Groundbreaker. RIP
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Tonia Jones
11 months
Maybe the dam will break. Do we have a Cassidy Hutchinson in Arkansas government?
@ArkTimes
Arkansas Times
11 months
The latest turn in #podiumgate : An anonymous former state employee, represented by @TomMarsLaw , claims to have evidence Gov. Sarah Sanders' office unlawfully altered documents and withheld records that should have been made public under the FOIA.
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5 years
@nobrtshnyobjs @TheRickWilson @JuleannaGlover @POLITICOMag This. All his life, tRUmp has wriggled out of punishment for his crimes/misdeeds by “settling.” Housing discrimination, casino money laundering, Trump University, and most recently the Trump Foundation. No more.
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@grant4arkansas Who is this guy, and where does he teach? I bet he’s excellent and his students are lucky to have him.
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Tonia Jones
4 years
@BarryGoldberg7 @ndrew_lawrence @ArgoJournal Let’s talk about those looters who instigated the Boston Tea Party.
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@ArkTimes Didn’t Leslie have a “do not rehire” in her file from when she worked for some state agency?
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Tonia Jones
1 year
Phantom podium. I don’t think the thing exists.
@TomMarsLaw
Tom Mars
1 year
@alexahenning : I’ve been consulting with a retired senior Arkansas fiscal officer who knows more about state purchasing rules than you, me, or anyone else who’s commented on #podiumgate . He has some questions:
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1 year
Whatcha wanna bet that LRCHS is not gonna take this lying down?
@twooldridge
Turnt Wooldridge
1 year
The fact of the matter is this: There is AP curriculum for both European History and African American History. The State of Arkansas will pay for a student to take the European History test. But not the African American History test.
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Tonia Jones
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@ArtemisBSG @JaredEMoskowitz I think the golfing video has been shown to be before the “assassination attempt.” You are spot on with the rest of it. I would add: Why did Pence refuse to get in car w USSS on J6? And why did they delete texts from that day?
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@ddbecker5454 @Fernand46357857 I would like to know if that’s the SS detail he’s had for a while. (Why wouldn’t Pence get in the car on 1/6?)
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Tonia Jones
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@ContextSoftball @CupcakeManny This one is hilarious, but the graphics folks make mistakes all the time. Drives me nuts.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
👇Love that kiddo.
@will_watson
Will Watson
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SUPPORT GROWN MEN CRYING ON TV DEVO GOT ME CRYING IN THE LIVING ROOM
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Tonia Jones
10 months
@RadioFreeTom All the drug ads drive me crazy with the “don’t take if you are allergic…” How TF do I know if I’m allergic before I take it?”
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Tonia Jones
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@DaddyWri @Fernand46357857 Staged by trumpsters? That’s the only reason SS would let him stand up for that photo op. They already knew he was safe?
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Tonia Jones
2 years
@blakezeff My son borrowed $75K for law school. He has been paying for 14 years. He now owes over $80K.
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Tonia Jones
1 year
@SarahHuckabee This is not “your” state. Under 30% of registered voters in Arkansas voted for you. And LOTS of them who voted for you are now PISSED, bigly. As in, literally everyone I’ve talked to these past 2 weeks. Maybe 20 people or so. I don’t even have to bring it up.
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Tonia Jones
8 months
An unforgivable screw up. How can people be this incompetent???
@ArkansasBlog
Arkansas Blog
8 months
Wowzer. Another ham-handed ef-up by Sarah and her Florida man. Lied about responsibility for survey on blind and deaf schools (not formatted for blind and deaf). Appears likely detrimental decisions already made. Refuses to talk about town hall.
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Tonia Jones
5 years
@JamesDaniel80
Daniel Robertson
5 years
This is what it’s all about!!! Too loud for you young man?
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Tonia Jones
1 year
The idea of AR state government getting access to personal medical records is revolting. Who elects these people?
@GregLeding
Greg Leding
1 year
Our attorney general joined 18 other state attorneys general on a letter opposing a federal rule change that would keep states from being able to get their hands on medical records for people who travel out of state for abortion care *and* gender-affirming care. #ARlegAMA (1/2)
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Tonia Jones
6 years
@davidschroff @kylegriffin1 No, he’s a fucking moron.
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