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Joined February 2008
Born on September 26

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  1. MN gubernatorial candidate doing a Teen Wolf high five run to his first GOTV launch of the day

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    Aug 9

    To be clear, Melania Trump sponsoring her parents is a method many, many Americans use to bring their family to the US. It just happens to be a practice that Melania's husband -- the President -- wants to do away with.

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    Do I ever wonder if by saying “she’s running” and “he’s running” so much I have accidentally uttered a spell that will turn everyone into a presidential candidate? I don’t NOT wonder about it.

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    Meanwhile Swanson’s ad campaign, aimed at stopping Tim Walz from surging past her, says he won’t “fight Trump” because he skipped most of this year’s House votes

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    TV news in the Twin Cities is all over ’s scoop about Lori Swanson’s politicized office. Swanson’s response is literally “this is a discredited publication.” (It is not.)

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    Aug 10

    the sanity expert has spoken

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    There is a striking contrast between the scoldy, condescending tone of coverage of ’s budget hand-waving and the decade of credulous-verging-on-worshipful coverage of the same from Paul Ryan.

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    Aug 10

    I wonder how or why a car did that. Makes you think

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  11. In talk w reporters after his speech, Avenatti tells me he “strongly disagrees with those in my party who want to eliminate ICE.”

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    . at with the mandatory Iowa tie for any presidential hopeful: says he worked on Bonnie Campbell's 1994 campaign for Iowa governor. I hear 's music playing.

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  15. In the room, Avenatti is getting the only hushed reception (with applause when he prompts it) of the speakers tonight; lots of chatter in the room when Delaney et al were talking.

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  16. Avenatti bringing the bio: "I’m not just some TV lawyer. I’ve been fighting for Davids all my life. For 18 years, I have represented people who found themselves on the wrong side of power."

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  17. Avenatti inverting Michelle Obama's 2016 line: "When they go low, I say, we hit harder."

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    Aug 10

    2016 GOP: Ugh, this is an awful awful binary choice. 2018 GOP: We must ensure that 2020 is an awful awful binary choice.

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  19. Some strong "he's running" lines in the Avenatti speech: "I worked at a grocery store stocking produce. I umpired little league baseball games. I drove a Massey Ferguson tractor and a John Deere as well. I was the first in my family to finish college."

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