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what if the real friends are the classified documents we saved along the way
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there’s an easy way to expose the poison at the heart of the NYT story on trans kids in school: replace the word “trans” with the word “gay” and see how it reads discourseblog.com/p/the-new-york
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Just to be clear, when the New York Times reported that the FBI saw “no link between Trump and Russia” — a week before the 2016 election — the FBI agent who was just arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska was heading up the investigation.
Just an absolute scandal.
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Florida teachers told to remove books from classrooms or risk felony prosecution.
One teacher called the directive "a travesty to education" that interfered with efforts to "connect with books and develop [a] love of lifelong learning,” writes
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NYT details how McCarthy has forged a strong friendship and legislative alliance with a prominent white nationalist.
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When you sell out the soul of America to MAGA so they'll put you in power, this is what it looks like.
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Mr. McCarthy’s agenda, Ms. Greene said, “if he sticks to it, will easily vindicate me and prove I moved the conference to the right during my first two years when I served in the minority with no committees.”
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Imagine if the national political media set out to broadly educate Americans about these basic facts.
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What Democrats did when we had power:
rebuilt roads/bridges
cut drug costs
expanded clean energy
tightened gun laws
helped veterans
ended corporate tax avoidance
What GOP wants to do with power:
cut Social Security/Medicare
stop paying America's bills
30% national sales tax
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What are examples in any form of media where a "brilliant song/painting/play/etc" within the story is actually as good as the characters act like it is?
Note: NOT the same as just "I liked it". It needs to actually fully match its fictional reputation
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Super excited to have join the team. She is bringing a lot of talent, experience and skill to our company but it's also clear that she's going to be a strong leader and great fit with our culture.
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BIG NEWS! We are excited to announce @emilyGIT has joined the Uplift team as director! Fresh off leading the digital team for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's decisive 2022 victory, Emily is ready to put her experience to work, pushing the industry forward and winning big campaigns.
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BIG NEWS! We are excited to announce has joined the Uplift team as director! Fresh off leading the digital team for U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet's decisive 2022 victory, Emily is ready to put her experience to work, pushing the industry forward and winning big campaigns.
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Whether it’s Biden voluntarily handing over classified material found in his office or the FBI needing to bust down the doors at Mar-A-Lago due to Trump’s obstruction of justice and refusal to return state secrets, both sides have been equally guilty of sloppy storage practices.
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Complains that “intolerant left” compare those they don’t like to hitler in same tweet he compares people he doesn’t like to hitler
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Missouri Democrats haven’t won a State Senate seat outside of the STL/KC region since 2006.
In 2024 that changes.
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Nothing bad will happen if reporters don’t pretend to believe Republicans when they pretend to believe this is equivalent to Trump stealing thousands of classified documents. In fact, their readers and viewers will be better informed that way!
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"A source familiar told CBS News the documents did not contain nuclear secrets." This is gonna be so dumb. No has to treat the coming bullshit like it's serious, to steal a @brianbeutler point. cbsnews.com/news/biden-cen
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BREAKING: The DC Press Corps gets a test about whether they can distinguish stolen docs from misplaced docs.
Let's see how they do!!!
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Republicans promise to balance the budget but their first bill adds to the deficit. The only option is to cut. With their first bill, they’re pledging to cut social security and Medicare to protect wealthy tax cheats. The only retiree that would benefit from that is Donald Trump.
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CBO estimates that GOP bill to claw back IRS tax enforcement funding adds $114 billion to the defict due to lower revenue. House votes on it tonight
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Every single poll said proxy voting in the US House was the top issue on voters’ minds and it wasn’t even close. Great work, sirs. #PromisesMadePromisesKept
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our long national nightmare is over -- Scalise is delivering a speech on the House floor right now about ending proxy voting
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McGovern: "These rules are not a serious attempt at governing. They're essentially a ransom note to America from the extreme right ... even the new Speaker of the House voted to overturn the 2020 elections ... the insurrectionists are in charge."
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If your property is more important to you than the life of a 13-year-old child, YOU are the example of moral and social decay.
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A child lost to vigilante justice is still just that: a child lost to vigilante justice. There is room for questions about his parents and what he was doing out in the middle of the night, sure. But the answer to violence is not more violence and it’s never been. twitter.com/LindsayAWatts/…
Between Desantis, Trump and Bolsonaro, it’s like a fascist incubator.
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It would be nice if deposed dictators didn't feel comfortable chilling and plotting coups in Florida.
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Karon Blake, 13, was shot & killed by a NE man who tells police he saw him breaking into cars early Sat.
Tonight Karon’s school shared photos of him, describing him as a quiet & inquisitive 6th grader who loved football & fashion. Police have not yet id’d or charged shooter. 1/2
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This reminds me I need to send the FBI a foia re their investigation of Barry Loudermilk and Buddy Carter’s straw donor scheme
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Going to be hearing a lot this Congress about the Linder letter, which set out DOJ’s longstanding refusal in this area, citing previous administrations of both parties and since upheld by administrations of both parties. justice.gov/file/1080046/d
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Why is trump?
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Why is Bolsonaro being given safe haven in Florida as his supporters carry out Brazil’s January 6th? Any comment, @StateDept @KJP46 @nedprice?
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Brazil fbi start checking facebook for selfies
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DEVELOPING; Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have reportedly broken into the National Congress.
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I worry not that the republicans will try to investigate this stuff but that the DOJ will comply. The Trump administration has shown how completely unenforceable congressional subpoenas are. Garland should call them out for what they are and refuse to cooperate in any way.
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Scott Perry on if he'll participate in House GOP's investigation of J6 investigators even though his phone was seized as part of J6 investigation: "Why should anybody be limited just because someone has made an accusation? Everybody in America is innocent until proven otherwise."
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Hmm this story sounds really familiar, Donald
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Trump tries to rewrite the history of Ashli Babbitt's death, which happened after she tried to break through barricaded doors toward members of Congress on January 6
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Many will say Shakespeare’s or the Heidelberg but the real ones know
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Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
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A new painting for the Capitol dome
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Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks away from Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as an altercation with Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) breaks out during a session of the House of Representatives to elect a Speaker of the House. Jack Gruber-USA TODAY @guygruber @usatoday
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Or: Boebert & other extremists who may fold have extracted concessions that help them reach their democracy-wrecking goals. Ideological fanatics don't care about being liked, they care about getting their way.
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Boebert looks that much sillier for all her fiery rhetoric earlier in the week. But I’m not sure she’s smart enough to understand that.
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Lawyers don’t take Venmo
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Just 5 hours before he went on Fox News and talked about "speaker designate McCarthy", Gaetz was still raising money claiming he would never support him. It's all an attention-getting, fundraising scam. twitter.com/Acyn/status/16…
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Wait, they're going to lay out the specific cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid this would require?
And do a non-binding vote on it?
Did the DCCC write this part of the agreement?
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NEW: A key part of this agreement is for House GOP to present a BALANCED budget over 10 years - using the 2022 baseline, per multiple sources
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McCarthy voted to overturn the election two years ago. They are all extreme.
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BACON (R-Neb.), a centrist, tells me: “If this remains the face of the GOP in 2024 we will get pummeled in the Presidential and Congressional elections.
We would have won more seats in 2022 but too many feared the extremes in the GOP even before this.“
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