In 1928, former vice presidential nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated NY AG Albert Ottinger for the governorship of New York by 0.62%. Roosevelt faired poorly (as most Dems did back then) in most of central NY but was saved by NYC and Albany. #ElectionTwitter
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Wow, a Biden 9-0 map.
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A 5-year-old girl was killed this week walking through a crosswalk in my hometown. It's one I walked through countless times as a kid and there have always been concerns about its safety. Voters had approved a study to improve its safety just last week.
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Benjamin Butler, brash and unapologetic, a sui generis personality in Massachusetts politics, finally won the governorship on his fourth try in 1882, marking only the second Democratic victory in 30 years. Here's the map of his win and some background on that year's campaign:
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Happy 100th birthday to former AG Frank Bellotti, who was lieutenant governor when John F. Kennedy was president. #mapoli
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Many congratulations to a follower of mine, , on his primary election victory in #10thSuffolk!
I’m sure he’ll represent West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, and Brookline well in the House. #mapoli
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Hey #mapoli, our democracy is looking pretty unimpressive. We've had the least competitive legislative elections in America for 5 of the last 7 cycles. (ht @MASSterList) ballotpedia.org/Annual_State_L
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> member of the New Democrats
> wears a DSA shirt
A man with unmatched range.
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DSA May Day Celebration at Belle Isle, good conversations on issues that matter to working families.
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Funny thing is he’s not even eligible to serve in congress for the next five years
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Enes Kanter Freedom tells Fox he's had conversations with Kevin McCarthy and "my friends in Congress" about running for office.
"I was like, the only place -- please send me somewhere warm."
So he doesn't even know where he'd run for Congress -- he'll just let them pick.
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Why in the world is a justice commenting on an active case?
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"The solicitor general has said that she’s likely to file an application here to stay the Fifth Circuit’s order in the case involving the—mifestiprone? However you pronounce the word.” wsj.com/articles/justi
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TAAF releases the following the statement after the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) voted to move forward the nomination of Julie Su as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor.
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It really is over for the Kennedys
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Fox fires @TuckerCarlson five days after he crosses the red line by acknowledging that the TV networks pushed a deadly and ineffective vaccine to please their Pharma advertisers. Carlson’s breathtakingly courageous April 19 monologue broke TV’s two biggest rules: Tucker told the… Show more
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One of the best posters of the 118th Congress being a 68-year-old Indian American grandfather is objectively hilarious.
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Don't hate the player, hate the game, son. twitter.com/NeilThanedar/s…
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new from me for Derby day is just 2 weeks away, but contenders for Kentucky's Republican nomination for Governor are heading into the homestretch
Place your bets: the hottest primary in the hottest gubernatorial may be a photo finish
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This is just a rerun of Christie’s 2016 argument and it failed spectacularly
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Christie: "Donald Trump is a TV star. Nothing more, nothing less. And let me suggest to you that if we put him back in the White House, the reruns will be worse than the original show."
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I have a message for trans kids.
You belong here: in classrooms, on sports teams, and in the American family.
We are proud of you.
With , we will stand up to the cruel and discriminatory bill being brought to the floor by the GOP tomorrow.
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"I have never seen someone my age with full-blown autism," says Kennedy, "and I've been at the spear-tip of people with intellectual disabilities my whole life."
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Terry McAuliffe’s just doing side quests now?
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After giving a speech, Bill Clinton stopped off for a Guinness
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With new Inflation Reduction Act funding, the IRS was able to provide 87% of customer calls this tax season with live support, up from 15% last year. The average time on hold decreased from 27 minutes to just four.
Gov't works when you let it work.
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Inbox: it looks like Shiva Ayyadurai may run for president in 2024 as an independent. Do what that information what you will
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Massachusetts is terrifying bc one of these guys is protesting a drag event & the other one is supporting his trans kid and there’s literally no way to tell which is which
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., a person of unparalleled moral clarity and fierce eloquence, has just been sentenced to 25 years in jail for "spreading fakes" about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia continues its return to its darkest traditions.
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Today we're keeping Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lu Lingzi, Officer Sean Collier and Officer Dennis Simmonds in our thoughts 💙 #BostonStrong cbsn.ws/3KZSB1A
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Every Kathy Hochul decision sounds like it was made by Republicans to make her look bad.
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Gotham Ghostwriters slogan? “If you can dream it, we can write it.”
For $25,000, it helped Ms. Hochul put together “Achieving the New York Dream,” the 277-page book outlining her agenda and setting the stage for this year's budget fights.
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A breakthrough in our investigation came when the team identified a Steam profile in Airman Teixeira's name that led to an Instagram profile with photos of the exact location where leaked docs were photographed — a kitchen countertop in his childhood home. nytimes.com/live/2023/04/1
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