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Steadfast Democrat who loves the Cubs (THE GOAT IS DEAD)&Western Illinois University #RESISTANCE
Born/Illinois Retired/Virginia
Joined February 2017
Here are the top recipients of campaign contributions from the for-profit prison industry: -Henry Cuellar: $146,740 -Bob Corker: $101,858 -Marsha Blackburn: $101,250 -Marco Rubio: $92,050 -Charlie Crist: $86,450 -Mitch McConnell: $84,900 Spread their shame.
Reminder: Caging kids is a for-profit enterprise, & the people who profit off camps finance the political campaigns of those who legislate more caging. If you want to follow the money: GEO Group & CoreCivic are big ones. Look at the lenders & private equity grps they deal with.
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The problem with public hearings is that while Mueller will pretty much just be reiterating what he already put in the report, the GOP reps will be putting on a grandstanding parade of paranoid accusations and tinfoil hattery to deflect. Dems better be prepared.
MEADOWS sends a warning shot on Fox: "Bob Mueller better be prepared, because I can tell you he will be cross examined ... and the American people will start to see the flaws in his report"
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Monopolies are driving up prescription drug prices and keeping them high. Tell @SenatorBurr to #BLOCK205 – which takes away the best tool possible to break up monopolies and bring down drug prices for patients.
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Heartbreaking thread of the children our government has let die in its custody in recent months. Before this period, no child had died in USG custody in a DECADE. It doesn’t have to be his way—our government is choosing for it to be this way:
1/ Darlyn Cristabel Cordova-Valle hadn’t seen her mom in 9 years. She came here to see her mom. She was hospitalized soon after she got here. Her mom asked for Darlyn to be released to her. The government refused. She died on September 29 in our government’s custody. She was 10.
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One of those great allies hacked a columnist for a US newspaper to death.
I’m heading out today. Our first stops will be in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia & the UAE, two great allies in the challenge that Iran presents, and we’ll be talking with them about how to make sure that we are all strategically aligned and how we can build out a global coalition.
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Lindsey Graham is the most powerful and glorified golf caddy in America. ⛳️ It's been a long time since we've had a Senator who's fighting on behalf of the working people of South Carolina. #AMJoy Help #SendLindseyHome: https://t.co/Q9kA21suFq
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[BREAKING] 52% of people think it’s time to REPLACE Lindsey Graham! This is our ONE CHANCE to defeat Lindsey Graham and flip this crucial Senate seat BLUE! But it’s going to take a HUGE wave of support -- are you in? Add your name if you’re ready to DEFEAT Lindsey Graham →
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Dotard Donny, turd bird Trump, lying lunatic, f*cking idiot, orange💩, fat ass fool, draft dodger Don, bankruptcy boy, rapist, adulterer, low I.Q. dunce, Wrinkled white supremacist, twitter twit, fake POTUS, maniacal moron,Demon Don, fast food flunky, putrid pervert! VOTE 💙 DEM!
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Need 2 spend time & effort on protecting ports (a recent bust of biggest load ever of cocaine coming into USA!) What actually gets thru via ports & air? We NEED immigrants 2 work in fields, sea food indust.,etc. Americans 2 lazy & 2 much pride 2 do back breaking work 4 low wages!
We’ve been waiting for six weeks for Democrats to get serious about the crisis on our southern border. The entire country can see the need for more resources, but House Democrats are more focused on picking fights with the president. So Senate Republicans are going to take action
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When Democratic voters were asked about the issues they felt candidates couldn't compromise on, their #1 response was climate. Candidates should show they hear their voters. We need to tell the debate moderators - we want to hear from our candidates about climate change.
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Joe Biden touching a woman on the shoulder got more coverage then a credible rape accusation against the president.
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With US-Iran tensions soaring, anti-war activists with @codepink and @answercoalition are outside the White House demanding Trump step away from a confrontation by 1) ending sanctions and 2) reviving the nuclear deal.
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Need 2 spend time & effort on protecting ports (a recent bust of biggest load ever of cocaine coming into USA!) What actually gets thru via ports & air? We NEED immigrants 2 work in fields, sea food indust.,etc. Americans 2 lazy & 2 much pride 2 do back breaking work 4 low wages!
We’ve been waiting for six weeks for Democrats to get serious about the crisis on our southern border. The entire country can see the need for more resources, but House Democrats are more focused on picking fights with the president. So Senate Republicans are going to take action
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As president, @realDonaldTrump has made 126 trips to his own clubs. But he's not just visiting. He's creating revenue -- at least $1.6M so far, for his own private businesses. Some of that $ came from the GOP. Some of it came from...you. https://t.co/CLtJlLf4Ga
washingtonpost.com
Trump’s trips have brought his businesses at least $1.6 million in revenue, according to a Washington Post analysis.
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‘This is going to kill us’: Trump-backing farmers reel at trade war and signal openness to voting Dem in 2020 -
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Some farmers in South Dakota who backed President Donald Trump in 2016 say they're at the breaking point when it comes to suffering under the financial damage that's being caused by his trade...
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BREAKING: Writer E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of violently sexually assaulting her in the mid-'90s. Her description of the incident meets the legal definition of rape
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1/ As a debate rages over calling migrant detention centers “concentration camps,” it is worth revisiting reporting and writing about the conditions at these facilities. Follow this thread for more.
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