Josh Moon 🇺🇸
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Reporter, columnist at alreporter(.)com; In all my great and unmatched wisdom.
Joined April 2009
Cops shot and killed a 17-year-old in a school bathroom and justified it by saying he shot a cop. They've now admitted the cop accidentally shot himself and suddenly no one is willing to say exactly what happened.
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Decatur PD had body cam footage it showed at the press conference today. The chief said the store owner - who called them to report a robbery - was reaching for a gun when he was punched. Um.
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Just reading about Calvin Ridley and thinking that NFL players are held to a higher standard than congressmen, who can legally bet through the stock market on every decision they make and all the insider info they receive.
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Pardon me, @staceyabrams, I would like to sign Alabama up for ALL of your classes. Thanks.
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As Republicans turn on people like Mitt Romney & US intelligence agents, I'd like to remind everyone that the crook they're stupidly protecting is banned from operating a charity in all of NY because he and his swindling kids stole from a children's cancer charity.
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If you're wondering about the level of maturity we're dealing with from the right, the governor of Alabama blew off President Biden's visit to the state today because simply greeting the president and being cordial is a step too far for Republican voters.
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In Fla, an 18-yr-old can buy an AR-15 in a private sale w/out a background check & buy 100s of magazines & 1000s of bullets w/o so much as a driver's license. Those are the laws. For when the gun nuts start screaming to enforce the laws we have.
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The "skinny" COVID relief bill that Democrats voted down on Thurs included exactly $0 in direct payments to American workers and $0 for state/city govts. But did manage to squeeze in $161 BILLION for the coal industry. Y'all thank Doug Jones and Dems for voting against that shit.
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The number of people who are surprised to learn tonight from Oprah that Rosa Parks was an NAACP investigator and not just a tired seamstress on a bus says a lot about our whitewashing of history.
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Paula Cobia, attorney for Roy Moore accuser Gloria Deason, has released a new statement challenging Moore's denials. It is STRONG. #alpolitics #ALSEN
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It is also sadly worth noting, again, that Bubba Wallace, like all drivers, never entered the garage area or saw the noose. He was informed of it by NASCAR, after the investigation was under way. Everything he said was genuine and with information from his sport's top officials.
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I have heard a lot of Alabama voters poke fun at Ocasio-Cortez, but let's be real: no one in Congress better represents the interests of average, working-class voters.
In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan. As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I’d pay as a member of Congress. It’s frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll.
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She's right. All of us should use his proper title: Impeached President Trump.
To you, he’s not Trump, he’s PRESIDENT Trump!.
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The Huntsville police chief and Madison County sheriff have now held a press conference saying they used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets against peaceful protesters who "raised the tension level" by having gas masks and first aid kits. Seriously.
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A Dem senator is currently on trial for corruption and not a soul is calling it a sham or threatening the judge. Hell, after hearing the evidence most of us think he's probably guilty. Because that's how you act when you're not in a damn cult.
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Kaepernick took a knee and all the NFL owners decided they'd rather lose billions than hire him. Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jews started forest fires with a space laser & that she wants to murder her co-workers & the GOP put her on the ed committee. Conservative priorities.
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#AndrewLuck has $100+ million and a Stanford degree. He's been injured constantly. And he doesn't owe anyone his health. Wish the man luck and move along. It's a damn game.
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"Gather 'round poor children and let's listen as the son of a TV exec and composer, who never worried a moment that he wasn't attending the absolute best schools, much less about where his next meal would come from, shits on your struggles.".
Ben Shapiro: "If you had to work more than one job to have a roof over your head or food on the table, you probably shouldn't have taken the job that's not paying you enough. That'd be a you problem"
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Wellllll. Let's look at the evidence. 1. She's black.2. She beats a lot of white girls. I think you see their problem.
Serena Williams Gets Drug Tested Far More Than Other Tennis Players. This time, an anti-doping official showed up at her house.
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Just to highlight the stunning hypocrisy, every one of those people trying to storm the capitol thought this protest was too much:
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I know that no one actually cares anymore, but this isn't true. A spokesperson from Planned Parenthood told me it has NOT donated to Jones. It's a straight out lie. If such things bother you. #alpolitics #ALSEN
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Just wanted to remind you that today, almost two full weeks after being CONVICTED OF MURDER, Williams Darby remains employed by the city of Huntsville as a police officer.
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Kid Rock net worth: $50M+/-.Taylor Swift net worth: $400M+/-. One of these people definitely doesn't need to fake a political position to further her career. The other. .
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While ranting like a lunatic and claiming to be a victim because his wife was handed a piece of paper, Mo Brooks accidentally tweeted his Gmail password and pin numbers. He's Mr. Underhill from Fletch.
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BREAKING: There's a Bigfoot in Alabama. Tim James tried to warn us.
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I bet the soldiers - the many, many soldiers - who turned these criminals in, testified against them and found them guilty would also have compelling comments. Active service men should stand up against this BS and not allow it to be viewed as a pro-military act, because it's not.
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It's really hard to believe that a justice on the US Supreme Court would put something this stupid in print. Voting by mail is legal and valid. Which means there isn't an election result to overturn until the valid votes are counted.
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What I'll never understand is how we can watch millions of Americans literally cry because they get to keep their govt health care and then pretend that a govt health care option for everyone would be terrible.
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Alabama ranks nationally:. 3rd in infant mortality.1st in child poverty.2nd in maternal mortality.5th in gun deaths.45th in health care options.9th in prison deaths.2nd in COVID deaths. Custer had a more successful stand.
In Alabama, we stand for life. Always will. Say a prayer for life today.
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Republicans: No Republicans owned slaves!!!!. Also Republicans: Nooo! You can't erase our heritage by removing monuments to our slave-owning ancestors!!!.
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I don't know who's running Frontier, but they need a change. This level of quality duct-taping is clearly worthy of a raise for all staff, not suspensions.
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Jason Whitlock has made an entire career of popping up every three months to say dumb shit that makes racist Fox News viewers more comfortable with their racism.
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He didn't even take the route to see any of this. The ease with which he lies about everything - and the fact that EVERYONE knows he's lying and just brushes past it - remains insane. If Biden said this dumb shit it'd be the lead story for weeks.
Trump: "It was also very sad driving through Washington DC and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings . this is not the place that I left." (WTF is he talking about?)
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I'd just like to remind everyone that Republicans have spent all day making fools of themselves for a guy who has admitted to stealing from a kids cancer charity AND a veterans charity. The end. #TrumpImpeachment.
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Was talking to someone last night about a school board meeting concerning masks. One of the speakers angrily asked how many people in town were in the hospital due to covid. "None," was the reply. "Hospital closed because we didn't expand Medicaid.". That's Republican governance.
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US avg flu deaths: 37,000+/-. Coronavirus deaths in 6 mos: 150,000+. Plus, we're about to have a flu season with no ICU beds and almost no hospital bed availability in many states. But by all means, tell me more about this mask tyranny.
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To be clear about the charges in Louisville: No one was charged for shooting Breonna Taylor. The cop was charged for shooting into the neighboring apartment. Because it's apparently more criminal to shoot into an apartment than into a black person.
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Honestly astounded by the number of people blaming the protesters for not leaving a peaceful protest in Huntsville when unlawfully ordered by police to do so. These are the same people who took their guns to courthouses last month because they couldn't get haircuts.
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Weird how Costco, Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out and all these places that offered above-minimum wage pay and decent benefits aren't having issues with staffing. Wonder why?.
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Nick Saban for US Senate. Save us from Tommy Tuberville one more time.
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So 11 people got sick and now no one is selling romaine lettuce. Meantime, 16 people have died in mass shootings in the last 2 weeks and we're just rolling right along.
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One thing that about this pandemic that I'll remember forever is the way many people got irrationally angry at people who were trying to help them. Angry at scientists. Angry at teachers. Angry at doctors. Angry at anyone who told them helpful info they didn't want to hear.
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As I have said several times now, there is no more dangerous politician in Alabama than Steve Marshall. He has no guiding principles and is unashamed to do literally anything to further his own career. Including attacking free and fair American elections.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall leads the group that helped organize the protest and rally that preceded the riots, attack and attempted insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
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All you need to know about #Obamagate and Obama's super secret espionage work was that Obama straight up told Trump directly that Flynn was compromised. Because he was. So much so that a federal judge wondered why he wasn't charged with treason. The end.
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No doctor said any of that shit, particularly about the different variants. No one said masks would end the pandemic. They said people taking a variety of steps, including masking and distancing, would control the spread. And if you think otherwise, you're watching Fox.
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It's good to see #RightMatters trending. Because that's basically been the point all along. When the children went into cages. When the media was vilified. When lie after lie was told. When Nazis were praised. When racism was excused. It was all wrong. And most of us knew it.
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Y'all, I'm sorry to tell you this, but Tommy Tuberville thinks the three branches of government are the House, the Senate and the executive. And I'm not making that up.
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She admitted murdering the guy. And somehow the cops got a judge to sign a search warrant and they went through the VICTIM'S home. And people wonder why folks are kneeling. .
The mother of Botham Shem Jean says her son has become the target of a smear campaign since an off-duty Dallas police officer killed him in his own apartment more than a week ago
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If people found out that someone was housing thousands of dogs in overstuffed cages, not bathing them and leaving them living in filth, there would be a massive outcry. But tell em it's Hispanic children. .
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Let's be clear about these Native American vets that Trump just insulted: They put aside the near extinction of their tribes to serve America in two World Wars and really save our asses. To now stand in front of a racist and listen to his ignorant horseshit.
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I'd really like it a lot if Democrats who go on national news shows this weekend insisted that topics of discussion be that the former president stole classified secrets and likely sold them, and that 11-year-olds are being forced to have incest babies. Thank you.
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Also, Moore told Hannity, in an oddly specific denial, that he didn't buy alcohol for Deason bc the county was dry. It was not. According to info I have, Etowah Co legalized alcohol sales in 72. Dates were in 79. #alpolitics #ALSEN.
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Gov. Ivey just gave DeSantis and all the other anti-science, anti-voting Republicans around the country the middle finger and extended Ala's mask order and OK'd online poll worker training & increased pay. Everyone in this state should thank her.
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If you thought Tommy Tuberville was going to stop saying dumb things after being elected, I have bad news. His interview with Alabama Daily News is filled with utter nonsense, including this childlike rewrite of the 2000 election.
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Fact: You don't need a permit to peacefully assemble in this country. Not even in Huntsville, Alabama.
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There remains no bigger 2020 election failing than 60% of Alabama voters purposefully casting a ballot for Tommy Tuberville over Doug Jones. I mean. Jesus Christ.
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This is Obama on his 1,062nd day as president back in 2011. Don't know what he was doing, but I know he wasn't being impeached. (via Pete Souza) #Impeached45
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Everyone, take a cue from Naomi Osaka: Block and ignore every single Megyn Kelly you come across. And anyone else you don't like. You don't owe anyone shit and there's not a single opinion on this website that matters in your life. Be happy.
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I keep trying to tell y'all, if you want to know what's coming in the Trump admin, just look to Alabama. It's the Alabamization of America
Good point.
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I didn't know there was a prison in Brooklyn
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A major hurricane is about to hit a major American city. and there isn't an empty icu bed in the state. The selfishness and lunacy that have led us to this catastrophic point should never be forgotten. Or forgiven.
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If you're an Alabama voter with an ounce of decency, you should be asking why there was a chorus of Republican lawmakers in this state denouncing student loan forgiveness, workers' unions and the pardoning of low level drug offenses but zilch for Tommy Tuberville's overt racism.
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I like Alabama's plan for dealing with the coronavirus: Just don't test people. Can't confirm it if you don't test it.
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Hey, funny/weird story: I know this guy who also fired the top cop because he knew too much. Here's that guy one year later #alpolitics
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It's nice that the 2 guys who committed the Georgia lynching have been arrested, but. they hunted down & killed a black man in the middle of a street in broad daylight - ON VIDEO - & it still took 3 DAs & a public outcry to get arrests. That's why Kaepernick was kneeling.
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An extraordinary thing happened at a press conference in Montgomery this afternoon. A city councilman who voted against a mask ordinance last night, stepped up, said he's listened to the people & thought about what docs said, & said he was wrong. Will support an ordinance now.
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I'd just like to remind y'all, before he goes, that Trump once extended a hurricane's projected path by hand with a sharpie. And then held that shit up on live TV as proof he was right about it hitting Alabama. And 74 million people said, yes, four more years of that, please.
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The leaps in logic people will make to justify their ignorant, hurtful beliefs never ceases to amaze or disappoint
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At this moment, workers are removing a confederate monument in Huntsville. Finally.
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Turns out, Gus Malzahn's job at Auburn isn't nearly as safe as once thought. There is a serious movement among high-powered officials at AU to fire him. To the point that a replacement has been identified and initial meetings held to gauge interest. Happy, Monday.
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Alabama Republicans tonight overwhelmingly elected a man who never once discussed in depth any policy about any issue in a campaign that occurred during a global pandemic, national recession and unprecedented civil unrest. And you wonder why this state is in such a shape.
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Alabama the state: 31% vaxx rate. Alabama the football team: 90% vaxx rate. This sums up Alabama.
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New GOP message: we'd win more if we stopped the voting on stuff.
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Look at this shit from huntsville? That's a sniper looking down on a crowd of peacefully protesting Americans. WTF @TommyBattle? I honestly thought Huntsville was better than this.
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If you've spent the last dozen years hating Cam Newton over maybe a little money and a questionable laptop purchase, it's weird that you're now telling people that bringing the gun to the murder was no big deal.
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Allow me to clarify this racist bullshit: Alabama citizens who should never have lost the right to vote are being registered by voter reg workers so that they might have a voice in their government.
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The guy answering the question declared THIS MONTH to be Confederate Memorial Month in his state. Nope. No racism at all.
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TRUTH: the GOP bill gives Americans a loan that's taxed & repaid next year. Meanwhile, it gives a $500B gift to corps with ZERO strings attached. The Dems want an untaxed check that doesn't have to be repaid to go to people, and they want worker protections. That's the holdup.
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It's pretty remarkable that in 2018 the president of the US has attached himself to an ad so racist that every major TV network is refusing to run it. Seriously, think about that.
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Police & school officials in Steubenville, Ohio, had video evidence of the rape, & the rapists bragging on social media. And it took Anonymous hacking police files to expose the coverup and victim shaming. This is why women don't report, and you're an asshole for blaming them.
Why would any reasonable person continue to hang around people like this? . Why would any person continue to put their friends and themselves in danger? . Isn’t there some duty to warn others?.
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All you need to know about Alabama: the majority of voters who have spent the day telling Nick Saban to shut up and stick to football also elected Tommy Tuberville to the US Senate. We do not deserve better than we keep doing to ourselves.
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Now seems like a fine time to remind everyone that the FBI's Russia-Trump investigation documented at least 250 contacts between the Trump staff and Russians, & much of the info gathered was used in the indictments/convictions of 34 people and 3 companies. #SenateHearing.
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I don't know when Democrats became afraid of everything. If you've learned almost nothing since 2016 you should have learned this: Americans are most easily swayed by reality TV drama.
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Pretty hilarious that the entire Republican Party got owned tonight by a guy they've spent the last three years calling weak and claiming has dementia.
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Try imagining what you would have thought had someone told you 10 years ago that Rudy Giuliani was trying to coerce Tommy Tuberville to help with a plot to undermine a US presidential election to keep Donald Trump in power.
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I'll give Ukraine credit. It's putting up more resistance to a Russian invasion than the GOP did.
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While the Moore camp asks people not to trust DC elites & the Washington Post, but rely on Ala people, it's worth remembering that every allegation against Moore was made by Ala people #alpolitics #ALSEN.
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It is funny to listen to Republicans lose their shit whenever people suggest they have to be corrupt to not see what's right in front of them. Because it's true.
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For all the talk of "grooming," the state of Alabama is about to make sure 12-year-olds are forced to carry their rapist's baby to term.
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And perhaps the most infuriating thing about those Tuberville comments: we had Doug Jones sitting right there. Full of competence, reason and intellect. Not insider trading. Caring about people. Treating everyone decently. And Alabama voters chose this buffoon.
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Paula Cobia, attorney for Moore accuser Gloria Deason, says she is preparing lawsuits against Moore and any other individual, including politicians and church leaders, who publicly defamed her client and put Deason in harms way. #ALPolitics #ALSen.
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We're 12 hours into an impeachment trial that Republicans have deemed a sham, but up to this point, not a single person representing the president has disputed the charges against him. #ImpeachmentHearings.
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I wonder if anyone in Alabama who sells heavy equipment or builds bridges & roads or works in defense ever sits around thinking how much money they lost by electing a PE coach who can't name the 3 branches over the guy who'd be casting the deciding vote on literally everything.
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A repeat: No one knew the Parkland shooter had amassed a small arsenal, but the U.S. govt knows how much sinus medicine I purchase. #GunReformNow.
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