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Sharon Sokol

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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
2 years
@WonderKing82 Heartbreaking to hear about fires burning in Mississippi, and members of the two churches must be devasted. We've been here before, but I never thought we'd be here on Election Day in 2022. They have a suspect:
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
3 years
@TheePurity @AnnieLinskey Even if you didn't know he goes to visit family graves, it's way beyond the pale.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
4 years
@marceelias Thank you for sharing, Marc! A lot of us have been wondering when, not if, Judge Brann would decimate the President's elite legal team.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
4 months
It’s been shared before, but I always love this picture. Isn’t it glorious?
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
2 years
@afrosabi You've taken this with such good grace. I hope you've enjoyed your moment with Irish Twitter. Long may you bake.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
4 years
@murray_nyc @JoeBiden He did. He canceled a rally because of the wind.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@cbr_OLU She devoted an entire chapter of her book to a term she can't define.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
2 years
Your periodic reminder that Jews don’t share a single race or ethnicity. Please listen to and amplify the voices of Black Jews. You’re hurting our family:
@KosherSoul
Michael W. Twitty
2 years
The #KanyeWest controversy stings so much because it hits me at every angle. Its so disheartening to listen to these interviews and know much baseless hatred has been stirred up to the point where everyone has weapons drawn&people at the intersections are hurting the most.
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Sharon Sokol
11 months
@HowardA_AtLaw @MelissaMahler50 @Lee_in_Iowa If you mean Ebbit Systems, this was N.H. but there was a previous attack five days earlier in Cambridge, MA. Two of the three people charged are from MA. Yesterday, there were widespread bomb threats in MA. Canine units searched my congregations and others.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
5 years
@NYinLA2121 John Lewis managed to make it to Selma this year. It's a shame Bernie couldn't fit that into his schedule. #wherewasbernie
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
4 years
@hminton @wiczipedia Thank you for serving as a manager in a pandemic. Not all of us can volunteer and we appreciate your commitment.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@ChristianneQ @KlasfeldReports You either object to WEC guidance authorized by statute and adhered to throughout the state or you don't. Statewide practices can't be incompatible with the law only in two counties where it has a disproportionate impact based on race.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@MoalusiVictor @Snapandbud There's a great PBS documentary about her, but it shouldn't come as a surprise. A man driven out of his own country for belonging to an "inferior race" opened his home to others who weren't welcomed at local establishments.
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@sasaokol
Sharon Sokol
4 years
@ericared66 @JoshMalina @KamalaHarris I like the Oxford comma enough to pinch its little cheek.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@groove_sdc No one who voted for President Obama considers him a failure or mistakes the America that was for the one that is. The "old white guy" didn't just stumble around learning from his boss, either. There's no one else President Obama would have wanted on that ticket.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@seanherrala The reporters have a hard time keeping up. I’m not worried about President Biden’s stamina. You can’t slow him down any more than you can speed him up. He likes to take his time talking to people, and he’ll leave when he’s good and ready.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@BeauTFC That's a spooky thought, if true. This administration's been crushing it. Maybe the Fourth Estate should stop running entertainment pieces and cover actual news.
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Sharon Sokol
6 months
@388shark I truly don’t care. Younger people, older people, and those with serious health problems all had to deal with COVID, some dying for lack of a hospital bed. Nothing makes these students special.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@DJoftheOri @WonderKing82 The fires were set in the very early morning. I haven't heard that anyone was in the buildings, but one of the churches burned for hours. 😢
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@WPaulSnead @DanteAtkins He loses talking points. President Biden was mocked for touting bipartisanship over all-or-nothing demands. We now have four pieces of bipartisan legislation (not perfect) and more progress than we've seen in the last 50 years. We could have a fifth through reconciliation.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@funder @realDonaldTrump It's not even the correct Nobel. This medal is awarded for scientific and medical advances, and literature. It's also a flagrant violation of intellectual property, absent express permission to use the image (unlikely, as Trump never won this or any other Nobel.)
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@LeeMES123 @groove_sdc Oh, is she back? Color me shocked that she's who she's always been.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@zachwolfelaw @PaulDDullea It's clearer, but I'd still say if a bartender/waitstaff acted in reasonable reliance upon the first statement, the establishment is no less out of pocket. Sticking with promissory estoppel. When you order a meal in a restaurant, you don't specify that you intend to pay for it.
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Sharon Sokol
11 months
@JuliaCarmel__ @Elijah4Senate If you don’t know the history of past ceasefires, or even Hamas violations of this truce, it’s beyond time for you to zipper it.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@nannburke @RepRashida On 9/11, our allies conveyed sympathy. That was not a day to criticize our domestic policy or foreign policy, saying that we deserved it, or that it was about time. International tragedy calls for sympathy or silence, not personal agendas or campaigning. Tlaib's a disgrace.
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Sharon Sokol
7 months
@MalcolmNance @sunphish99 Geography and history don’t seem to be prerequisites for opining on the Middle East.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@NButkis51 @Jeffdc5 @JuddLegum For 20 years, they've been covering people screaming we needed to get out of Afghanistan or should never have gone in. They're left with one story: Biden didn't pass the buck.
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Sharon Sokol
7 months
@kilday_morgan Don’t know about the comedian, but Massachusetts is a deep blue state. Biden wins. It’s not clear to me if the Vanderbrats intend to vote at all, or if they’ve given that any more thought than their laughable protest.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@LakotaMan1 That's wonderful. It may not be enough, but it's a real commitment to Native Americans that's long overdue.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
I hate to break it to you guys, but I have no influence or control over Jews anywhere, other than participating as a lay leader or committee member at my small congregation. I'm friends with this midwestern, Muslim mom and we stand up for and support each other.
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Hannah ☪️
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I hate to break it to you guys, but I don’t have to influence or control all Muslims in the US, and I don’t have any control or influence over Hamas. Shocker, I know. I’m just a mom in the midwest trying to take care of my friends and family 🤷🏻‍♀️.
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Sharon Sokol
5 years
@geohpman @ABC She also needs better aides. I have personally called her office offering to make a constituent statement as to why my coverage is better than Medicare.
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Sharon Sokol
5 years
@davematt88 @HowardA_Esq Thanks, Dave, for making me laugh. Brilliant reply.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@michelle_byoung Have a problem? Deal with it. Don't know how? Figure it out. Locked out? Break in. Under no circumstances did you run whining to anyone.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@ItsNotYouItsMia @00daddydrew @FBINewark @SpiroAgnewGhost @GOP Our Muslim friends are always the first to reach out when we’re targeted for hate crimes. We have each other’s backs.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@bradheath Utah's Governor and Deputy did the same, yesterday. The most disturbing element of this scenario is that Rep. Mike Johnson (LA) wrote to his Republican colleagues on his personal email account to solicit House members to sign on to a flawed amicus brief.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@MattEric1219 @TerryWatkinsJr1 It's being ignored by everyone but Jews. The most jaw-dropping "random shooting" tweet added that the shooter was white." What part of white supremacist is hard to understand?
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@david_darmofal When Whip Clyburn said, "We know Joe," he was speaking for everyone who knew that no one in this country, including former presidents, had comparable foreign policy experience to repair what TFG left in tatters. You saw that on Super Tuesday, and so did the rest of the field.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@patkatj @SamRamani2 Russia violated its ceasefire to allow for evacuation and humanitarian aid.
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Sharon Sokol
10 months
@tify330 This war’s being covered in Arabic, Hebrew, and English by people who really are knowledgeable but Shaun King is considered “the most important voice on Gaza in North America”? 😂😂😂
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@Needle_of_Arya Thrilled to see someone who looked like her while "growing up," she opposes little girls seeing someone who looks like them. Irony died; narcissism lives on.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@Popeye1961666 @duty2warn He isn't not playing games with Team Trump and neither is the DOJ; it never was. Trump asked for and was allowed a Special Master at his own expense. A judge whose name he forwarded is taking the job seriously.
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Sharon Sokol
2 months
@Rude95Virgo He impaneled a different grand jury, presented no evidence that could be construed official acts, and the jury returned an indictment for the same four crimes alleged. This will replace the original indictment and should resolve immunity issues.
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Sharon Sokol
3 months
@josecanyousee It is good interview, but left out something critical. He repaired our foreign alliances when they were in tatters. It mattered then and it matters now.
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Sharon Sokol
9 months
@Jessa_McLean That isn’t what the Court said at all. It stated that it would exercise jurisdiction exercise jurisdiction, defined the narrow area in which will consider plausibility, and will require a written report from Israel in six months. It also said Hamas must release the hostages.
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Sharon Sokol
5 years
@MeetThePress @BetoORourke Thank you, Beto. You were being baited, didn't fall for it, and we need to see more of that.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@judith_duffy @tribelaw That would be the memo reminding J. Barrett that she isn't a doctor. She blithely assumes that no pregnancies are life-threatening, that all fetuses are viable, and that no one makes heart-wrenching decisions.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@reesetheone1 @SpryOld He actively undermines Democrats every time he changes his party affiliation. He’s a professional obstructionist.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@cbouzy Which is a huge relief. “David Duke without the baggage” isn’t a winning slogan.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@HotlineJosh I'd like Juanita Brent, who made the statement, to explain how Sen. Sanders has First Amendment rights that don't apply to Whip Clyburn.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@CoriBush @clairecmc Disingenuous is claiming you need to consult your constituents in November about a bill that passed the Senate in August. Failing to know that STL city alone had estimated infrastructure needs of 4.28m. Failing to know that there are hundreds of thousands of lead pipes in MO.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@JoshMalina He issued a gracious apology, and intended it to mean “fake friend.” I believe him, as I saw Black users on Twitter who understood it the same way.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@Chiangel1984 It could. He failed to define "large scale." The man needs lawyers.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@ThomB01 @TerryWatkinsJr1 @BernieSanders So are DSA, Women's March, and JVP. They're all incorporated as 501(c)(4)s, and that is dark money.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
An enjoyable, quick read in which the Third Circuit denies injunctive relief in MI. You know you're in trouble when the order states: 1) you have no evidence 2) You failed to state a cause of action (!)
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@msacadien No need to rub it in. She's managed to back herself into a corner with some of her followers at a Town Hall and couldn't handle the hecklers. In contrast, Madame Speaker is the GOAT. She can do whatever it takes calmly, backward, and in heels.
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Sharon Sokol
4 months
@aziz0nomics Please stay out of American politics.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@SawnyaA @Phil_Lewis_ No consequences!?!?! The teacher needs to go — and stay away from other schools, too.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@jorymicah You think that 0.2% of the world’s population is capable of doing that? Henry Ford exceeded his wildest dreams.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@BrendanKeefe @realDonaldTrump @GaSecofState @Brendan - Pak's resignation is where the First Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kurt Erskine, would ordinarily take over on an acting basis. Any word as to why the POTUS got involved or appointed Christine from the Southern District? Like so many things, it makes no sense at all.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@SueBursztynski @rivkisilver @oliviamdh I saw a special about the universality of "Fiddler" and heard much the same. People of all cultures and backgrounds find the story relatable.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@7Veritas4 @Grace_n_Grit88 Yet previously on TS, he named Geoff Duncan as witness, stating he “shouldn’t testify.” Looks remarkably like an attempt to influence a witness in violation of state law and Judge Chutkan’s conditions for release. Any likely changes in the terms of set for his federal case?
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@ehs06702 @Jeffdc5 @MichaellaScarn @Welsh_Buwch @cmclymer @elonmusk Not only is it not malicious, it’s essential to your mental wellbeing to block or mute harmful or abusive tweets.
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Sharon Sokol
3 months
@lil_whip @brat2381 It was the name of Drop Out Dean’s SuperPAC, which was Steve Schmidt. I don’t believe in that much of a coincidence.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@myronjclifton Good! GM already said it would suspend ads temporarily to evaluate. Every vile tweet I reported yesterday was either racist and specifically anti-Black, anti-Semitic, or both.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@thedailybeast A *child* was trying to protect trees and plants from spotted lanternflies. She might even have told the man that, but children know better than to speak to strangers.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@brent_peabody How is inclusion a “major blow”? Caucuses exclude too many people to be representative.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@Brought_popcorn @BanquoDyar An activist does more than talk. I’d say she’s positioned herself as more of a personality with an enormous social media following and that she’s a good fundraiser — but what has she done?
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@harrylitman And Trump is now whining, as is his right, on Truth Social about how he has been silenced. If irony weren't already dead, it is now.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@myronjclifton Driving to Providence or Newport there are highway exits, so I’m pretty sure it’s populated. We know a fair bit about stations for the Underground Railroad in Providence. The tunnel built under the Touro Synagogue remained a secret until then:
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Sharon Sokol
10 months
@nantienomi Thank you for stopping to check if the guy was OK and respecting his request his request not to call the cops.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@AaronBlake True. The "dozens" of police officers in MA amounts to one official resignation:
Tweet media one
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@theodorateresa @NikkiNikkinow2 The explanation was clear. MVP Harris was there in her official capacity and greeted by state officials. To appear with Judge Beasley could be construed as a violation of the Hatch Act, much abused under the previous administration.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@HowardA_Esq Imagine a leader who spent yesterday listening to protesters at a responsible social distance, then masked up to enter a real church to address the concerns of community leaders. Oh, wait. No need to imagine Joe Biden; he already exists.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@HowardA_Esq @marceelias No idea, but this complaint didn't pass the laugh test. Each filing seems to be worse than the last, and that's a hard bar to lower.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@HowardA_Esq @Redpainter1 @FLOTUS @WhiteHouse The Rose Garden's not so much "renovated" as desecrated. It's just so terribly sad to see what had been a lovely bit of color and grace destroyed.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@TheePurity Thanks for sharing. I knew Bush had founded a church, but not that she'd studied with a pastor who claims to have resurrected the dead. I try not to be harder on her than other members of the Squad, but her ever-changing stories make that a challenge.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@marcyrw @msacadien I despise him for being Bernie's surrogate and cheerleader -- and keep him blocked.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@Bellyup50 @afrosabi Please delete your tweet and don’t police a Black woman’s words. Thank you.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@hisdemonbride @carly_dani_ It’s all I’ve been seeing from Black Twitter and I can’t tell you how much it’s appreciated. Thank you for speaking up.
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Sharon Sokol
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@academic_la It wasn’t an offer, and no reasonable per would expect any country to accept those terms.
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Sharon Sokol
2 months
@afrosabi Anti-black racism tends to go with antisemitism. You can try to “justify” hatred but it’s still hate.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@bradheath Should any member of the House have personal knowledge pertinent to a frivolous case, they are free to file affidavits with their respective state AGs, and sign under pains and penalities of perjury.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@SavagetheBones1 @FountainPenDiva More than kinda. He is amazing!
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@RitchieTorres He also agreed to put more members of the Freedom Caucus in senior leadership. The anti-vax, anti-mask folks who didn't vote to certify the 2020 election are a bigger problem.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@mommamia1217 @LindseyGrahamSC I’ve always thought Trump did have something on Lindsey. There’s no other explanation for his loyalty to the person he warned us about. He’s terrified, and with good reason.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@QueenMab87 None of these existed but it sounds like the newest incarnation of “all the other kids are doing it.” That wasn’t convincing “back in the day” and it hasn’t improved with age.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@mistergeezy @SpryOld Especially if you set up a 501(c)(4) to support third party candidates. I’d love to hear him explain how that isn’t dark money.😏
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@CharlesASumpter @msacadien The optics would be terrible if we didn't appoint a special counsel. That the DOJ was notified by Biden's team, there's been no refusal to cooperate, and no probable cause shown to secure a warrant suggests that it might be a quick investigation.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@NikkiNikkinow2 I reported her Nikki. Taking her butthurt to PayPal, when you have a business, is targeted harassment intended to suppress sales by a Black businesswoman.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@myronjclifton The so-called Budget Chair/junior Senator from VT failed to negotiate a reconciliation bill. Majority Leader Schumer stepped in and succeeded where Bernie failed, without including him.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@mkraju It's a shame there wasn't more than a month to negotiate terms in good faith. Oh, wait. There was.
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Sharon Sokol
3 months
@TerryWatkinsJr1 @TommyInPA You should, and this should also be reported to the FBI. The reason I haven’t posted about federal hate crimes at the homes of her constituents or shared articles by Jewish clergy about their failed attempts to reach Cori Bush is that I was afraid people I know would be doxxed.
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Sharon Sokol
1 year
@harrylitman It was a perfect indictment.
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Sharon Sokol
4 years
@CarmenTS Yes! May I please add: Where are the articles featuring the youngest Black woman ever elected to the House? Where are the high profile interviews? Why is anyone debating healthcare by the decibel without the views of an actual expert?
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Sharon Sokol
9 months
@Jessa_McLean It’s readily available online, and has been since Friday. Surely, you can manage a simple search on your own. Enjoy your mute.
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Sharon Sokol
2 years
@salstrange @pineywoozle It's worse: He didn't prevent people from early voting on a Saturday in their own ward and precinct. He didn't strand thousands with a motorcade that would have shut down 1-95 and the entire route from D.C. to Wilmington. He voted as if every election were consequential.
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Sharon Sokol
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@skbird50 @afrosabi I wish these stories were told together to some extent, because they teach about racism and privilege.
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Sharon Sokol
3 years
@KMC4wauk @TheePurity @JuneSummer1 I can't imagine anyone, let alone a reporter, could be so heartless. We needed Cory Booker at that moment, just as we need Judge Jackson on the SCOTUS.
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Sharon Sokol
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@AnneFulenwider @JoeBiden Thank you for sharing your personal connection with AIS. I hope your son continues to receive all the encouragement and support he deserves to use his voice and share his thoughts.
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