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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      16. The act of going to protests & town halls makes politics visible, puts people in contact with each other. The seedbed for more activism

      3 replies 43 retweets 195 likes
    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      17. Social media making it easier for newly formed activists to find each other (here the Sanders movement was important pioneer).

      1 reply 17 retweets 135 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      18. Sanders also showed how far you can go with small funding (something Obama also pioneered).

      5 replies 9 retweets 133 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      19. So Resistance, already a formidable force, has potential to be something lasting: an energized base & also counterweight to big donors

      6 replies 30 retweets 175 likes
    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      20. In the short run, resistance runs into the wall of GOP controlling congress. But protests still have a role.

      2 replies 14 retweets 125 likes
    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      21. Protests make politics visible. Much of politics is opaque: lobbying, arcane laws, back-room deals. Protests are politics you can see.

      3 replies 88 retweets 243 likes
    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      22. Protests make politics visible: task for Resistance is to make visible anger over Trumpcare, over Russian story (& cover-up), climate

      2 replies 39 retweets 143 likes
    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      23. Politics makes politics vocal: the 48% who voted for Hillary have no voice in unified GOP gov't, so have to take to streets to be heard

      2 replies 25 retweets 135 likes
    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      24. For more thoughts on the Resistance, its prospects and possible difficulties:https://newrepublic.com/article/142425/path-resistance-promise-perils-democrats-fight-against-trump …

      6 replies 41 retweets 114 likes
    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
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      Jeet Heer Retweeted Ross Douthat

      25. M. Douthat raises interesting question. "Trump is bad" is enough for now. "Medicare for all" might be next step:https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/862702216301481984 …

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      Ross DouthatVerified account @DouthatNYT
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      What's its organizing issue(s) besides, "Trump is bad"
      11 replies 20 retweets 151 likes
      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Rod Adams

      26. Another interesting objection. Suburbs are changing. In 1950s were much whiter & hotbed of the righthttps://twitter.com/Atomicrod/status/862695289580400641 …

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      Rod Adams @Atomicrod
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      As a lifelong suburban resident with a significant collection of Tupperware, I resent the stereotype. Tax revolts funded by very wealthy
      9:29 AM - 11 May 2017
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      6 replies 11 retweets 82 likes
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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 May 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          27. Also, as Skocpol & Williams have shown, Tea Party genuine mass movement, although bolstered by Koch Bros. $$

          6 replies 5 retweets 58 likes
        3. Matt‏ @mistergoat 11 May 2017
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          *Williamson

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        1. Margie DeWind (she, her, hers)  ☮‏ @wind_de 11 May 2017
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          My suburb feels very suburban but it went for Clinton in 2016. Perhaps because it's next to a very liberal state capital?

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        1. Casuistry Belli‏ @Spkr2Managers 11 May 2017
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          I lived in the suburbs in the 1950s & again briefly in the 70s. It was pure white, & significantly more reactionary than moderate Republican

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