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@ProPublica, ex-BaltSun, WaPo, TNR. Author of The Cynic. "Like Lead Belly says, no use for the bourgeois towns." alec.macgillis@propublica.org

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    Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis 14 Jan 2019

    "If the US has someone whom historians will look back on as the gravedigger of American democracy, it is Mitch McConnell." Provocative essay by major historian of Third Reich:https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/10/25/suffocation-of-democracy/ …

    2:35 PM - 14 Jan 2019
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    • tRump failed America I'm Blue Pavel A. Samsonov K Lowgren Stay Informed 🆘 Siobhan Moon Shadow Donna Joy Usher The Curious Lion
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      2. Rich Velay  🍁‏ @skeptik_59 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis

        McConnell is working to fulfill a plan that has been implicit in GOP policy since the Reagan Revolution [destroy govt]. While Trump may be the useful idiot of the moment, it is still McConnell's agenda that is being fulfilled - oftentimes w/ little or no MSM reporting/analysis.

        34 replies 397 retweets 1,251 likes
      3. Jim Brown‏ @KCJiminDC 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @skeptik_59 @margaritateresa @AlecMacGillis

        Democrats’ laser focus on Trump will allow the GOP to claim he is an aberration when in actuality he is the epitome of what it means to be a Republican. We need to tie him to McConnell, Ryan and the rest of these vandals.

        11 replies 209 retweets 936 likes
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      2. Heidi Cuda‏ @Heidi_Cuda 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis

        Heidi Cuda Retweeted Millennial Politics

        Mr. McConnell is mutating our courts in a hurry.https://twitter.com/millenpolitics/status/1054920718415097856?s=21 …

        Heidi Cuda added,

        Millennial Politics @MillenPolitics
        Why is “Mutating Mitch” arguably the most dangerous man in America? Senior political reporter @foxycuda explains, in our first in a series with Prof. Ken Levy @tardigrade18. https://millennialpolitics.co/judgment-day-the-dangers-of-mitch-mcconnell/ …
        3 replies 63 retweets 158 likes
      3. Heidi Cuda‏ @Heidi_Cuda 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @Heidi_Cuda @AlecMacGillis

        It’s been 35 years since an obscure failing candidate hired Roger Ailes to create a clever ad, taking the once-blue Kentucky and a nation down a perilous path. https://wfpl.org/how-roger-ailes-helped-launch-mitch-mcconnells-senate-career/ … @WFPLNews

        6 replies 118 retweets 200 likes
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      2. VentaDarling‏ @VentaDarling 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis

        No one can claim to want to keep the USA safe and Not pay the FDA and Not Pay the TSA etc etc- Mitch is corrupt >https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns …

        9 replies 194 retweets 573 likes
      3. believe in & lead yourself. I’m ridin with Biden.‏ @ae4ca 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @VentaDarling @ArtistsPo @AlecMacGillis

        #DitchMitch

        0 replies 3 retweets 49 likes
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      2. Meg‏ @Enigma462003 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis @AndreaChalupa

        we need to really open up an investigation of Mitch McConnell...someone needs to do a thorough timeline investigation on this man, who votes for him in Kentucky and why he keeps getting reelected, where he gets his money....what makes him so important to our Democracy

        14 replies 96 retweets 302 likes
      3. Seat Belt‏ @KarlzbadTavern 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @Enigma462003 @AlecMacGillis @AndreaChalupa

        My friend @KateZimm found that @SenMajLdr was elected with only 25% of the electorate. Evidently KY has low voter turnout.

        5 replies 17 retweets 42 likes
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      2. Erik Lundegaard‏ @ErikLundegaard 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis

        I wonder how Kentucky feels about electing and re-electing "The Gravedigger of American democracy"? They've been the weak link this entire time. Whoever runs against him in '20 better use that phrase over and over again. Because that's exactly what he is.

        7 replies 52 retweets 167 likes
      3. Nathan Riggs‏ @natriggs 14 Jan 2019
        Replying to @ErikLundegaard @AlecMacGillis

        As a Kentuckian I’m constantly disappointed in my state.

        2 replies 5 retweets 39 likes
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