Mary Ann Owens 🟧
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"If Donald Trump or a Trump wannabe wins in the next election, it will be the last election we can recognize." @StuartStevens breaks down Trump and the GOP's lasting legacy of degrading our democracy.
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“We are paying far less attention to the long-term deterioration of the right to vote, the essential building block of a democratic republic. It’s easier to overlook because chipping away at access to the ballot has been a subtle, decades-long process.” https://t.co/9q1cinABrw
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Ignoring the ongoing assault to voting rights is a grave mistake.
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It’s Monday, November 27 WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the Russian FSB on March 29, 2023. 243 days ago. His crime was practicing journalism in Russia. если бы Путин действительно был сильным и уверенным в себе лидером, он бы освободил его. #IStandWithEvan
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Recently the washington post revealed donald trump is planning to impose a military dictatorship if he seizes power again. I am going to post this repeatedly so no American can say they haven’t been told.
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Members of the Clemson Marching Band loudly booing Trump as he came on the field during halftime at the South Carolina v. Clemson game
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PLEASE RT: Do you recognize this child? Henrico Police found him in the area of Fairlake Court and Brightway Court in the West End. He is about three years old. Call police at 804-501-5000 with any information.
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Oops! "Falwell Jr. candidly admits that his late father, Jerry Falwell, Sr., founded the university solely to be an institutional arm of the Republican Party and not to be a Christian university aimed at spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ."
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Jerry Falwell Jr., the disgraced former head of Liberty University, is launching a new set of attacks against the institution he once ran.Axios reports that journalist Tim Alberta is coming out with...
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Perhaps we'd do better today, the 60th anniversary of Dallas, to devote more thought to John F. Kennedy's accomplished life than to his awful death. His eloquent words and consequential deeds on peace, space, civil rights, and more, live on and still inspire. #JFKassassination
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DeSantis: I’m the only one running who has laid waste to the left in my state…
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Correction: without clout of check and balance enforcement
@cspanwj @gabe_roth An ethics code is just words on a page with the clout of a check and balance enforcement
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Eddie Gallagher. Just incredible. Buried in the story is that they also have contracts with DOD. I’d like to know more about DOD hiring a war criminal to train our service members.
NEW: To recruit & train members of a civilian force under his control, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ admin has hired a company that specializes in combat training and lists as one of its instructors a former U.S. Navy SEAL accused of war crimes. w/ @lmower3
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Why are judges so scared to enforce the law? First they were scared to impose a gag order. Then they didn’t want to lock him up for violating the gag order. Now they think the law doesn’t apply to him? https://t.co/I7q2vCSBHY
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They call themselves “Moms for Liberty” because “Moms for Burning Books and Threatening Gay Children” didn’t fit on T-shirts.
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Researchers examined 152 brains of contact-sport athletes who died before turning 30. Of the 152 athletes studied, more than 40% had C.T.E. via @NYTimes
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They started playing football as kids, began to suffer mentally and died before 30. Researchers found they had C.T.E., the brain disease linked to hits to the head. If their families could go back,...
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I'm somebody who wants to bring people together to solve problems. Virginians need a Governor focused on strengthening our economy, supporting our schools, protecting our fundamental rights, and keeping our communities safe. We need a Governor focused on getting things done.
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We may have averted a government shutdown for the moment, but the new speaker of the House believes dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark. Pete Wehner joins me for a deep dive on Mike Johnson. Plus, the closing of the American mind on the right.
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Support real reporting. Stop the lies.
“My view is that media owners must not meddle in truthful news coverage, but they must intervene when real reporting is replaced by malicious lying,” longtime media journalist and former CNN host Brian Stelter said in a Q&A about his new book. https://t.co/0ACQmpS8Zc
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I'm starting to believe...and work with me here...that Marge is dumber than a bowl of soup.
FBI Director Wray: "I don't spend a lot of time on twitter." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.): "Oh I'm sure you do. The Department of Homeland Security..." Wray: "I'm not part of the Department of Homeland Security"
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