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I see and say things that need seeing and saying. See also: @shoq @mastodon .social • @shoq .bsky.social • shoqvalue @threads .net

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He’s just magic. @barackObama is our comfort zone. He’s got the perfect tone. For the kids, for the country, and for me.
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BREAKING: @MSNBC reports that Britain's anti-Trump protest was the largest against any foreign leader, ever in the country's history. #WellPlayedChapsAndChapettes
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Now that Jennifer Crumbley is going to jail, Kyle Rittenhouse's mother should be next. #LockHerUp
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The other big takeaway? The Democratic party is not, and never has been Shaun King, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, Cenk Uygur, Nina Turner, or Glenn Greenwald. They’re all dedicated to destroying it, and should never be allowed near its primaries again.
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. @lheron They have a diversity problem at Huffpo?:)
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Notice anything about this @HuffingtonPost editors meeting? 💃💃💪🏼💪🏼
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@torriangray This is the best thread I have read in years. It should be a movie. I have always believed these seditionist yokels and ding-dongs wouldn’t survive a day without a cable remote and a lot of canned mac and cheese. I still can’t believe we’ve turned Congress over to them.
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@renato_mariotti @HowardSchultz Co-sign. Mr Schultz, you have no chance of doing anything but distracting us and costing us votes. If you're serious about politics, this is the absolute wrong way to get in. You'll be hated and repudiated by all, and a consumer backlash will punish @starbucks . Think carefully.
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@THEHermanCain Just in case you thought a Republican couldn't sink any lower than bottom sludge, here ya go. Using a dead man's Twitter account to attack @potus 's opponents. A man @potus killed with his super-spreader event in Tulsa. America, put a bag over your head.
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Reporters are doing fine work, but it's @Maddow 's team that threads #TrumpRussia together for the whole planet. They deserve a Pulitzer.
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Today, @Chucktodd suggested that the democrats had to choose between a progressive "far left" agenda of Medicare for all, Green New deals, and higher taxes, and appealing to "working class voters." See the hackery at work there? These fake journalists are killing us
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@DWUhlfelderLaw @SarahBurris @Acosta “America’s Governor” is starting to feel a lot like “America’s Mayor.”
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@MikevWUSA @wusa9 @CBSEveningNews Unthinkable? Each day, Trump and his cabal take us 1 step closer to completely unhinging this country. You think Germany just woke up 1 day and decided to kill 10+ million Jews, gays, blacks, and the disabled? Hate evolves. If you don't see the danger, you're a fool.
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My 93 yo old mom should be cloned. She just finished her 325th phone bank call for @joebiden . An actual call, not an attempt. She's done almost nothing else for 2 weeks. Yo Joe, when you win, I'd like you to give her the Medal of Freedom.
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@MikevWUSA @wusa9 @CBSEveningNews As a Jew, I tremble at history doing a lot more than rhyming.This insanity is probably going to mushroom—and soon. Meanwhile, the press continues to pretend there are two sides to everything. And that is why the press is the bigger problem.
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Yes, there really is a term for that vulgar tactic all Trump surrogates use each day. It's called the " #GishGallop "
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Trumphobia (n) — A paralyzing fear of turning on any television because Trump or any of his monstrously stupid surrogates might be on.
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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! This has always been our way forward. Creative, tactical efforts that need a fraction of what we squander on elections, but which will yield BIG social returns on investment.
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Report for America, a nonprofit organization modeled after AmeriCorps, aims to install 1,000 journalists in understaffed newsrooms by 2022
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. @maddow has just exposed @JohnCornyn as the most despicable person in America, opposing Vanita Gupta’s nomination because she exposed the ludicrous Tulia case and the preposterous award he gave to the crooked cop later convicted of perjury. Republicans are just scum.
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@MSNBC Most patriotic Americans who aren't dumber than a deceased pet rock are cheering a foreign country holding record-setting protests against their corrupt and sociopathic President. Let that sink in. #StopTrumpism
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Forgive me for shouting, but… WHY CAN'T AMERICAN JOURNALISTS DO INTERVIEWS LIKE THIS? IT WOULD SEEM TO REQUIRE ONLY 1) PREPARATION, AND 2) THE WILL. cc @jayrosen_nyu @farhip @GoAngelo @maddow @Mr_Electrico @bluegal @Jaketapper @andersoncooper @RadioFreeTom
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I’m old enough to remember when the only thing more important to Republicans than fake Jesus worship was national security,
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Don't think of it as four years with Trump. Think of it as four years of employment security for @alecbaldwin .
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. @alivelshi You’re looking tired. No doubt because of how hard you’re working for us. This viewer appreciates it.
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Donald Trump doesn't scare me. Donald Trump's supporters scare me.
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. @BetsyDeVos You're worth 5.1 billion dollars and you just bought a government agency. Buy it a fucking pen.
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Day 1 on the job is done, but we’re only getting started. Now where do I find the pencils? :)
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I don’t know who the toughest prosecutor in America is right now, but I sure would like to see him or her as the next Attorney General. I can’t speak for you, but I’m feeling far more than bloodthirsty. I want to see shrunken fucking heads on pikes.
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Can you imagine Trump waking up on January 21st and realizing for the first time that he has armies of lawyers, accountants, journalists and prosecutors chasing him, and no more power to lie his way out of everything? That’s going to be a hella moment.
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@AndrewFeinberg @Forbes @kayleighmcenany NOW THAT’S WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT We don’t have to rely on elections to force changes in cultural norms and behaviors. If a capitalist tool like @Forbes can do this, anyone can.
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#TrumpSacrifices He manned-up, did the right thing, and let his daughter date other men.
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@Cleavon_MD @SpeakerPelosi @FBI This dope is basically 2 out of 3 trump voters I’ve ever talked to. Everything about them that isn’t a slogan is a knee-slappin joke riot. They know nothing. They think nothing. They mean nothing. Crass proles making a lifestyle choice by bonding with Trump. That’s all.
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I am really fed-up living in Trump world. When does this nightmare end?
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“White women have always been more Phyllis Schlafly than @GloriaSteinem .” - @MollyJongFast (via @amjoyshow )
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Believe it or not, Millennials, before Ronald Reagan: • Everyone, especially the rich paid taxes • An American education was the best in the world—and totally affordable. • The arts and humanities thrived in America. • We were the envy of the world. Now look at us.
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@realDonaldTrump Oh look, the fat-fingered vulgarian finally admitted it. And he doesn't even realize it.
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While the media was busy echoing right-wing blither about polls and “Biden failing,” Biden was busy doing something they just didn’t have much experience with: governing.
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Manafort, Stone & Atwater. Four decades of professional scumbaggery and ratfuckery in American politics. All coming of age right now #vf !
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Who says you can’t find good ideas on Twitter? I really like that one, @marmel . Puts a whole new spin on “Parent night,” eh?
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Every parent should be forced to attend "shooter drills" at their kid's school. So they understand the pressures being put on their children. Even playing out the fantasy that cops, or any other "Good guy with a gun" will save the day... ...bet their attitude changes.
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@LindseyGrahamSC @BarackObama @HillaryClinton You just can’t stop being small, can you, Senator? And don’t pretend Trump brought it out in you. You’ve always been a miserable, petty little creep. And when Trump’s teflon is gone, so is your career. You’re manifestly disgusting.
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LOL As of 5 minutes ago, my 89 year old mother has made her 400th call canvasing for @hillaryclinton . #goMom ! #ImWithHer
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And remember, all of you staying your parent's health plan until your 26. That goes out the window with ACA too. Oh, that's right; you don't get sick. Or old. You have iPhones. Never mind.
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New: The Trump Justice Department now says the courts should strike down the entire Affordable Care Act — not just its protections for pre-existing conditions. The Trump admin wants to strike down the entire law.
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@NormOrnstein I saw him several years later at Cafe Milano schmoozing (or flirting with) Ron Fournier, and I recounted that "interest" story to a woman at the bar. The bartender overheard this and says "Roger buys it, sells it, fucks it, then fucks it over." Never forgot it.
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There Will Be Blood… From Wherever #TrumpsFinalDaysMovieTitle
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We knew no masks would be a disaster - and it was We said not shutting down would be a disaster - and it was We said reopening too early would be a disaster - and it was We know reopening schools will be a disaster. I wonder how Republicans think that will work out?
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To all you @NancyPelosi haters on the Left. Please sit down. We're in a war, and she's a master tactician. And she's just proved that she helps us go where the people want to go. So let's not waste energy carping about very different times and politics. Let's pull us all forward.
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#TrumpIsWithYou As long as you are white, selfish, and kinda stupid.
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. @joebiden is bringing the fire like no Democratic @potus in my lifetime. He’s saying things never said before. Things that had to be said if this nation is to survive.
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I feel like @MalcolmNance and I are running down the hall with our hair on fire, and everyone is like, “We’ll just have to vote.” Huh? WTF? Really? With a president & Senate that is now legally allowed to rig the election in plain sight? WTF is everyone smoking?
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@nytimes Oh dear. When your own accountants throw you under the bus in the middle of an investigation about your accounting, you got some serious shit comin’ down.
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Former Police Chief Ramsey tells @NBCnews that cops are fed-up with open carry. As I've said. it's time for cops to join the struggle.
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Please stop calling Kelly Anne Conway "brilliant" at what she does. She's a sociopathic liar who represents the absolute nadir of humanity.
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An old DC friend who went to Georgetown Prep in '80s is one of the most aggressive lotharios I've ever known. I asked him how many of these ( #Kavanaugh exploits) were plausible. "All of them, especially what @MichaelAvenatti (on @maddow right now) is now onto." Strap in.
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Holy shit! @SRuhle just closed @11thHour with an epic video rant from @IAmPoliticsGirl . Has she done this before? (I rarely watch this show). I’ve wondered why MSNBC didn’t snap her up long ago. Is it about to happen? I’m not sure it should. They’d just constrain her.
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. @JoyAnnReid I hate the term "Alt Right" because it suggests some distinction between them and the rest of the Right. It's a very thin line.
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I thought @RadioFreeTom tweeted a profoundly efficient history of just what went wrong with the founder’s model. I thought I’d model what his words will look like on America’s headstone.
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Air Force General Passes Out at Podium. IS HE FIT TO SERVE?
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STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING and watch this @LastWeekTonight . @Iamjohnoliver unpacks basic facts of the Iran Nuclear Deal (and why it's vital that fake- @potus not break it) like no in American media has done…EVER! #LeaveJournalismToTheComedians
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I'm not sure I can watch @AliVelshi 's rundown on the massacre at the Post Office. I can't take the stress. Some of @sarahkendzior 's worst-case scenarios are looking all the more prescient with each passing day. I cannot believe Congress isn't setting the House on fire over this.
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@JoJoFromJerz @mtgreenee Great tweet, but some three-toed species deserve and apology for associating them with such a loathsome critter.
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@justfara “Millions of women are striking.” “Millions of women are striking.” “Millions of women are striking.” What a concept!
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#WhitePrivilegeMeans raping a woman beside a dumpster, then getting only 6 months in jail so it won't negatively impact your life.
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DEAR @SenateMajLdr & @SpeakerRyan . Since you're so arrogant and disinterested in what Americans actually want, let me make it clear what Alabama meant. It meant fuck you. Now, tomorrow, and on election day, 2018. We're coming for you traitorous assholes. And there's no escape.
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In my entire life, I never imagined any American president making such a spectacle of himself, the press, and America in a press conference.
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I haven't heard a speech this inspiring since OJ told us he was going to find the real killer.
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I don’t think there is ever been video like that in the history of government, anywhere. Pelosi and Schumer did everything but strap on six-shooters and blast their way out. It was epic. It will live forever.
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BREAKING/ @MSNBC - Library of Congress incident is over. Cranky white asshole claiming to have a bomb has surrendered to police. Now waiting for Trump to invite him to Mar-A-Lago.
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Dear American rich people: If you think taxes on excessive wealth is a bad thing, remember that the country you take for granted was built with a 91% tax rate on your bracket. Was it okay for your parents or grandparent's day, but not for yours? Why?
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Obama gave away the Panama canal that Ronald Reagan built with his own two hands. #katrinaPiersonHistory
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@RepMarkMeadows If this were still a real country, with laws that had any teeth when Republicans simply ignore them, you, your entire Freedumb caucus, and that disgusting POS @potus would all be in prison. But not to worry, weasel. We’ll get there.
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Dare I say it? "Bigly."
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The Senate GOP's effort to shut Sen. Elizabeth Warren up backfires
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I’m so fired-up and ready to ignore @AndrewYang this cycle. I hope you’ll join me.
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• ONE DEAD • ONE DOWN • ONE IN JAIL In some respects, this is the last legacy of Richard Nixon about to be sucked into the cesspool of history. Good riddance.
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Manafort, Stone & Atwater. Four decades of professional scumbaggery and ratfuckery in American politics. All coming of age right now #vf !
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@BarackObama I’m not nostalgic sort, but I’d give a testicle to have @barackobama as @potus again. After 4 years of a raging sociopath likely to kill millions of us, we’re going to need such a paragon of humanity to restore any sense of normalcy and aspiration to this broken country.
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@realDonaldTrump You get mild case of Covid, recover from it with the best medical care in the universe, then tell people not to fear something that has killed 210,000 of them. You're not just stupid, mean-spirited, and evil; you're magnificently stupid, mean-spirited and evil.
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IF DONALD TRUMP IS INVALIDATED AS A PRESIDENT, THEN NEIL GORSUCH SHOULD BE INVALIDATED AS A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
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Dear America Media: Please stop helping this regime to mislead our nation about matters of public record. It's your country too.
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@NormOrnstein "Point her out to me. I'll have her thrown out of here and we can have some fun." He didn't smile, or blink. He was dead-eyed serious. I left & told my date, "that's a very dangerous man. " She said, "Richard orders us to always be nice, but never leave him alone in the office.
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@Cleavon_MD @SpeakerPelosi @FBI I’m not a lawyer, but I’ve heard that juries really appreciate videos this clearly self-incriminating. It saves so much time and money. JFC, these people are stupid.
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AFTER ANY MASS SHOOTING: Normal People: OMG, not again! Foxpublicans: Obummer wants to take away mah guns! #SanBernadino @GoAngelo
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We will probably never have a president like this again in our lifetimes. Dumb-asses that we are, we took him for granted. #DallasMemorial
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@LindseyGrahamSC @BarackObama @HillaryClinton I don’t want to just see @LindseyGrahamS lose. I want to see him crushed and ruined; humiliated like no Senator has ever been humiliated in the history of the Republic. There is something dark and hidden in that hideous gargoyle’s past. I want it all to come out.
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@LadyThriller69 @tkarmadragon I know many of those people. And none of them would or has made such threats. I don't know what your game is, here, but you need to either stop making these specious allegations, or start documenting them.
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So, walked into a @BurgerKing and said "Who needs information about voting?" I answered simple questions like "how do I do it?" and "why should I?" for 4 patrons & 2 employees. It took 10 whole minutes to help (and nudge) 6 people. Imagine if we all did that for next 3 weeks.
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The Change the Electoral College petition is taking off. Over 2.5 million signatures. We need 50 million. SIGN IT
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I've changed my view: This Russian admission + the other curiosities DEMANDS an investigation before the Electoral College votes on Dec 19th
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#TrumpSacrifices He passed up a chance to go bankrupt in Las Vegas, just so he could help destroy Atlantic City.
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@AndrewFeinberg @Forbes @kayleighmcenany The Right has created an industry based on lying. It was comical seeing @amandacarpenter telling @erinburnett “that’s not the @TedCruz I worked for.” Of course it was. She’s from the earlier rounds of young gun liars hired for their looks and willingness to say anything.
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My 93 yo mother has just logged her 1450th call since she started phone banking for @joebiden in Sept. That's completed calls; not attempts. It's almost all that she's done for 7 straight weeks, except stress, barely eat, and watch @JoyAnnReid and @maddow obsessively.
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This issue with @JoyAnnReid is a perfect storm of media haters, divisiveness bots, and typical twitter trolls who just love a chance to kick a black woman. I hope you #Reiders step up and start pushing back on this smear. And that's what it is. #AMJOY
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Typically, a man gets the glory. But McCain's vote wouldn't have mattered without the courageous resolve of @SenatorCollins @lisamurkowski .
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@NormOrnstein I have one. I met Stone the night of Clinton's first inauguration. My best friend was a stealth liberal aide of Richard Viguerie. He asked me if I was gay. I said no. He said, "wanna be for 15 minutes?" I said "nah, my GF wouldn't approve." Stone says… 1/2
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Reminder: My likely Biden win never included: TX, OH, FL, NC or AZ.
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. @JoyAnnReid just reminded everyone that the Proud Boys are in control of the Republican party in Miami. Do not mock these monsters. Destroy them.
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Mueller's Crossing #TrumpsFinalDaysMovieTitle (I win :)
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. @KamalaHarris is kickin' it @Maddow . I have no idea if she's my choice, but she's wicked smart, passionately assertive, and comfortably confident. I like all of that. Trolls will now insist I'm missing the fact that she sold out grandmothers, kittens and sunsets, in 3…2…1
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Notice how the Arkansas police beating feels so routine already? It’s barely discussed, and yet it was one of the most horrific and flagrant police beatings ever recorded. This is normalization at work.
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100 bills moving thru GOP state legislatures to restrict voting. Because they only win when they cheat. And where’s the resistance to that going to come from? The GOP plays the long game. We’d better start playing or in 2 years we’ll be nearly back where we started.
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He's a discredited psychopath who couldn't work anywhere except @FoxNews , who just 5 weeks ago argued a 1st strike against N. Korea was legal began Reagan extended our territorial waters. You reckless fools are going to get us all killed.
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DEAR STUPID PEOPLE: The @NYTimes has laid out Trump's lies in a very graphic and stupid-friendly way. Even Republicans can get it.
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@JenniferJJacobs Someone must have recorded it. I will personally write a check for $1 million Trump-dollars to the person who steps up with the evidence.
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