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Founder @TheNorthStar & @RealJusticePAC & @FlipTheSenate & @TheActionPAC. Host of @TheBreakdown Podcast. Voice of Social Justice @TJMShow. Husband. Father of 5.

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    Shaun King‏Verified account @shaunking 19 Jul 2017
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    Amazing. All my life I hear conservatives scream "States Rights." Now that they have federal powers, they show local control means nothing.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/886615170063241216 …

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    Attorney General Jeff Sessions is leading a federal push to curb the growing industry for legalized marijuana http://nyti.ms/2ushNXx 
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      1. ben‏ @humanbeingbean 19 Jul 2017
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        leave it to republicans to find marijuana more dangerous than guns

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      2. Mama Bear‏ @lil_fierce1 19 Jul 2017
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        "States rights" is code for "in the south institutionalized crimes against poc will be legal"

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      2. Bedford MA Democrats‏ @BedfordMassDems 19 Jul 2017
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        They want control. Period. If the national govt gets in the way then they want local control. If locals get in the way then they want nat'l.

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      3. Michael J. Steudeman‏ @mjsteudeman 19 Jul 2017
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        It's quite disingenuous, how selectively they believe in principle.

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      1. Bwett.‏ @lapdogofficial 19 Jul 2017
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        State's rights, until they start trying to do something that they don't like..

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      1. Serenity Now!‏ @Cpo10za 19 Jul 2017
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        As you know, "States' rights!" was originally just code for southern states wanting segregation/slavery/discrimination. Not much has changed

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      1. Curmudgeon‏ @witnesstoevil 19 Jul 2017
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        You and I both know what "States rights" really stands for...

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      1. Jared Buck‏ @JaredKFan 19 Jul 2017
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        It's because they are not a conservative party. They are an extremist right-wing party. They market themselves as conservative anyway.

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      1. Marc Alan Schelske‏ @schelske 19 Jul 2017
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        Yep. “States rights” has always been a euphemism for something else.

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      2. Devin G.‏ @deving49 19 Jul 2017
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        Even worse, Sessions' undoing of Holder's edict on federal forfeiture law. He did it to use federal power to usurp state law.

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      3. I still hate laundry, OMG make it stop!‏ @suburbanrodeos 20 Jul 2017
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        That's also how they can selectively take the guns of ppl they don't agree with.

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      1. mia‏ @miasrule 19 Jul 2017
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        State rights when those states agree with what Sessions and @GOP deem a "right". So like, racism sexism , homophobia, and lots of guns.

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      1. 1988 Project‏ @sdoerre 19 Jul 2017
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        Watch what is happening in TX, 30 yrs of "local control" talk, now the Rs are pushing hard against local ordinances about bags, trees, LGBTQ

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      1. Fraracci‏ @fraracci 19 Jul 2017
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        A great illustration are all the #cafos here in Iowa. GOP St Leg made sure local protections lax & new ones R okd right quick! @iowacci

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      1. 𝒸𝓇𝒶𝓏𝓎 𝒹𝓊𝒸𝓀-𝓁𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝒹𝑒𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓈‏ @catladydevans 19 Jul 2017
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        States rights only when it comes to what they want. Otherwise, fed gov involvement.

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      1. Peter George‏ @peter314 19 Jul 2017
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        As an Oregonian, I can represent that Sessions will be making a huge miscalculation, stepping in front of this People's corrective movement

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      1. Midlife Crisis Actor‏ @pentag0nal 19 Jul 2017
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        States rights vs federal power is the wrong argument. It's really states rights (supporting racism) or federal drug laws (also racism).

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      1. pabs‏ @picorno49 19 Jul 2017
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        Amazing all this time I thought you could understand the difference between Conservatives and Republicans but apparently you can't....😂

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