Carrie Firestone @CLLFirestone Twitter profile

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Carrie Firestone

8 years

"Treat ppl kindly,be useful,use your time well,but remember u r part of the larger sweep of this big story that brings us all together"OBAMA

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

4 years

@MavenofHonor Adam Sandler dropped a $20 bill in front of me in a movie concession line. I pointed it out and he insisted I was “the dropper.” I didn’t have $20 to my name in 1996 so I graciously accepted the money. Thanks @AdamSandler 💗

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

I feel like buying ALL my gifts at Patagonia this year. #ForwardCT

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This is the largest elimination of protected land in American history. Take Action: #BearsEars

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

If you're planning to adopt a dog today, please don't rule out pit bulls. Our happy, snuggly, loving rescue Roxie is the heart of our family 💗 #ClearTheShelters

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

#IAmASuburbanMom who brought the protest to the suburbs.

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6 years

@PhilipRucker CHECK and BALANCE him now. He's threatening to use the military. He's threatening to consolidate power and go against the will of the American people.

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1 year

@msgrumpybunny @Imposter_Edits It also teaches them if this woman, who they may care about, doesn’t heal, it’s their fault for not praying hard enough.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

I just donated to @JayInslee in honor of the huge chunk of Greenland’s ice sheet that just slid into the sea. Consider donating to the candidate who will keep #climatechange center stage🌎

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@Newsweek Another article backing up my suspicion: Trump is possessed by the spirit of Andrew Jackson. We don't need an impeachment. We need an exorcism

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

If you don’t know about #clearthelists it’s a way to help #teachertwitter get the supplies they need for the coming year. It’s basically playing Santa’s elves in #summer . Go to #clearthelist , pick a list, shop, and help an educator!💕

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

@BarlowAdams My 3 yo asked if she could get a canopy to protect her from the horned lady. The picture she drew of her was terrifying.

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

Give teachers and librarians a “choose any book you want” giveaway and they ALWAYS choose for their students. That’s dedication. 💕💕💕

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

7 years

Writers: #MargaretAtwood published the Handmaid's Tale when she was 46 (31 years ago) and here she is at the #Emmys ! Don't stop writing!!

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@Tha_Drofessor @TheRickyDavila @VP Shame

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@ClintSmithIII Volunteer for a campaign. Donate to candidates. Fight every single day to elect true public servants. 265 days until November 6th. We can do better, America.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@UnfollowTrump Thanks for mansplaining what we want. Yay! Now I know.

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6 years

@Tha_Drofessor @TheRickyDavila @VP It's a very appropriate word!!

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@Celeste_pewter When we knock doors we hear so many say, "I vote for the person who knocks on my door." Canvassing is SO important

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

@MikeSegalov Adam Sandler was in front of me in a movie concession line in the 90’s. We both spotted a $20 bill on the floor. He insisted I was the “dropper” and I gratefully accepted because I remember I only had $11 in my bank account at the time.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

In honor of @MrsHornick and #BookPosse ’s giveaways, I’m giving away 5 copies of my new Dress Coded companion book The First Rule of Climate Club! Retweet by 5 pm EST 7/24 to enter. And remember to help #clearthelist 💕

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

1 year

The paperback edition of my #middlegrade novel THE FIRST RULE OF CLIMATE CLUB releases July 4th! To celebrate, I’m giving away an ENTIRE CLASS SET(25 copies)! Retweet to enter (U.S. only). I’ll draw a winner at 10 pm on the 4th💙❤️💙 #teachertwitter

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@Toonamette @Tha_Drofessor @TheRickyDavila @VP Shame is very Game of Thrones. Pence deserves to be shamed everywhere he goes

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4 years

@anartsyhuman @your_goblin_mom @wonderbooze @NefariousNautil @BarlowAdams

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Carrie Firestone

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1 year

@lyzl I’m happy to send a copy of my book DRESS CODED to your daughter and the administration. DM addresses if you’re interested. #DressInPeace

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Carrie Firestone

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5 years

@barsisanaz @NightlyPolitics @rise_alien I scream this very thing into the void every day.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@60Minutes Thank you for shedding light on the remarkable ineptitude and cluelessness of this fraud. Your questions were on point and well crafted. Great interview

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Carrie Firestone

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3 years

@LillyMSantiago Yes! Printed and in binder. Then I retype entire manuscript, revising/tightening. Highly recommend.

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

@wonderbooze @NefariousNautil @BarlowAdams

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

In honor of tomorrow’s THE FIRST RULE OF CLIMATE CLUB release, I’m giving away 10 copies of #ClimateClub AND a second book of your choice. Retweet to enter. Will draw names tomorrow 7/5 at 8pm💕

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

I just discovered this #MGBookChat ! I’m very excited to share the climate justice follow up to my novel Dress Coded. Coming July 5th.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

@Tom_Winter Let’s keep in mind most of these places involve horrific sex trafficking and abuse of women and girls. But then again, so does the Super Bowl.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

3 years

@clhubes I couldn’t write for years.I was an unshowered mess and felt perpetually hungover because babies never slept.When they were 5 and 7, I went to bookstore 3 hours a week to write. Now they are teens, I’m 50, and on 4th book. Hold on. Creativity doesn’t expire.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@JoyAnnReid I'm going to sob a few more minutes and then get back to door knocking on behalf of candidates working to better this world. We can do this.

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@RonanFarrow @NBCNews The pharma settlement money should go to innovative long-term recovery facilities that truly heal

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

@BarlowAdams I think I saved it! She’s 16 now and still swears it was real. Will look.

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@realDonaldTrump Child's response to this tweet: uncontrollable laughter. Scientist husband's response: God save us. Appropriate response: A mix of both

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

7 years

To all the people disappointed in #GirlsHBO finale: Pretend last week was finale. Re-watch this week when you're a mom. #RealityBites

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

1 year

Thank you to @PamGiarrizzo for generously offering to donate an entire #BacktoSchool2023 CLASS SET of The First Rule of Climate Club (I'll throw in a virtual author visit) -Retweet to enter -I'll draw a #teacher name Sunday (8/20) at 8 EST #teachertwitter #Giveaway #librarian

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

6 years

@AndrewFeinberg @RBReich @PressSec @realDonaldTrump @stevenportnoy Every day I wonder, will this be the day of his Reichstag fire? Every single day.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

@JoeNBC @PeteButtigieg @BarackObama When intelligence meets empathy, magic happens (the good kind of magic).

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

7 years

@ChrisMurphyCT @POTUS People are desperately looking for leadership. Things are falling fast, Chris.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

4 years

@wonderbooze @NefariousNautil @BarlowAdams Okay I’m going to get my lazy butt out of bed and go searching the kid bins!

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

3 years

A very happy Dress Coded announcement. Let’s keep having conversations. #DressInPeace

CT Center for the Book

@CTBookCTH

3 years

Congratulations to Carrie Firestone! Dress Coded wins the 2021 Connecticut Book Award for Young Readers | Fiction #ctlit #ctpoetry #ctbook #ctauthor #literature #poetry #ctbookawards2021

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Carrie Firestone

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3 years

Social justice, climate activism at the community level, friendship, and hope. Dress Coded is getting a companion #CliFi #MG novel. Stay tuned for details!💕

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

1 year

In honor of today’s paperback release of THE FIRST RULE OF CLIMATE CLUB, I’m giving away an ENTIRE CLASS SET (25 copies) and I’m adding a FREE VIRTUAL AUTHOR VISIT. Retweet to enter. Drawing tonight at 10 EST. 💙 #teachertwitter #TeachersChoose #teacherwishlist

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

Let’s support Harriett’s Bookshop. You can order online.

Harriett’s Bookshop

@harriettsbooks

2 years

We’ve only had a few customers the last few weeks. Thankful for those who are helping to keep us afloat.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@JacksonCTodd @hueychou @ClintSmithIII No time for Eeyores.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

Let’s help our friends in the Deep South flip some seats! Please follow Heidi Campbell and support her campaign.💙

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2 years

Labor Day is a time to celebrate the American labor movement and recognize the effort and sacrifices of those who fought and won worker protections, workplace safety, and worker’s rights. 1/x #LaborDay #NoOnOneTN

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@nytimes We need you in the Senate, Senator. Please focus your time and energy on the legislative branch. President is not in the cards for you.

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

#DressCoded releases tomorrow. I’m hoping this book starts conversations. #DressInPeace

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

This man never fails to inspire me. Amazing.

John Smith (son of Harry Leslie Smith)

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7 years

I'm spending the last years of my life touring #refugee hot spots of the world to find a solution to this crisis.

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

@RaquelLaneri All of this was recently fictionalized in the show The Gilded Age. Alva became a huge suffragist and contributed time and treasure to the suffrage movement of the 1910’s

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@votevets @GOP #BoycottMemorialDaySales . Companies should not exploit our fallen Americans for profit. This is pure greed and evil. We will #REMEMBER , GOP

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

6 years

@omzmusic It’s not about intelligence. It’s about empathy. These are the marauders. They were the audience for lions ripping apart people, public executions, and bullies beating people on the playground. They don’t have souls.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

3 years

Exciting news💕

Project LIT Community

@ProjectLITComm

3 years

We’re thrilled to announce that DRESS CODED by @CLLFirestone is a 2021 #ProjectLITBookClub selection! 📚❤️

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

WOW! If I reached out to you, giveaway books are on the way. If not, I hope to do a giveaway again soon. Two takeaways from looking at educator wishlists: 1. Educators are committed to sharing diverse books. Yay! 2. WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS DURING THIS STRESSFUL TIME!

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Carrie Firestone

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3 years

@kellyyanghk My organization partners with Greater Hartford schools and non-profits. In honor of this bs email, I’m sending 10 copies of each of your beautiful books to our community partners.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

4 years

@wonderbooze @NefariousNautil @BarlowAdams And here’s how she said she appeared at end of bed

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

@jwjunker @muranofiction Many people learn best when they’re doodling at the same time. I’ve sat next to professional illustrators at conferences. Their notes are images.

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

@MarvinDunn4 So sorry they did this to you. Glad you’re okay.

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

The Dress Coded kids are back! #ClimateClub is a #ClimateJustice call to action for kids of every age. Available now for preorder.💕

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@UnfollowTrump I welcomed him into the authoritarian thug club and we complained about poor people, tree huggers, the press, and other buzz kills. "You hang up first," I said. "No you," he said. We giggled and hung up at the same time.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@girlsreallyrule The Kardashians made millions exploiting the untreated suffering of Lamar Odom, Scott Disick, and their own brother Rob. Punishing and ridiculing is more entertaining than encouraging sound treatment.

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6 years

@shannonrwatts I grew up in Ilion, NY, home of Remington. They contaminated the village for a century. It is a cess pool of cancer and toxic waste. They held good families hostage with threats and intimidation. They are murderers in so many ways.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@ClimateHuman I like simplicity:

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@AP i wish Trump's mom had used birth control.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

I'm calling this one "Prelude to an Election" #MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesCT

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

DRESS CODED is out in paperback today. #DressInPeace 💕

Penguin Young Readers School & Library

@PenguinClass

2 years

An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion. Happy paperback #BookBirthday to @CLLFirestone 's DRESS CODED.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@UnfollowTrump This is very concerning. He's fomenting fear, pulling pages out of the authoritarian playbook. People are going to get hurt.

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@AdyBarkan @JeffFlake I guarantee he had the mug made himself

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

@CynthiaSchwind giveaway has inspired me to pay it forward! I’ll donate #DressCoded and one other book to the first 10 educators who share their book wishlists on this thread💜

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@BarackObama YES!!! I'm offering FIVE $1,000 seed money grants (and mentorship) to teens with service project proposals aimed at improving their communities. Let's inspire our kids to move forward with hope and purpose. Go to (for details). Proposal deadline:1/30

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@funder She drank the snake oil a long time ago. Now let's focus on November 6

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

@brianklaas @NehaGoel14 Your local elections on November 5th also matter! Volunteer and canvass if you can.

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

@ctnewsjunkie Ask him his opinions on Roe v Wade, LGBTQ+ issues, and his climate change plan.

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Carrie Firestone

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4 years

@ProjectLincoln I look forward to these ads the way some people look forward to Star Wars movies.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

5 years

I wrote a book about how it feels to be thirteen and picked apart by school officials who think dress codes are more important than learning. Inspired by real teen stories and the fierce women in my life, DRESS CODED releases Summer, 2020. Thank you, @saraagent @stephpittsbooks

Children's Bookshelf

@PWKidsBookshelf

5 years

New deals announced for @FuseEight , @dsantat , @CLLFirestone , @beth_vrabel + more

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Carrie Firestone

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8 years

@Pamela_Moore13 This is awesome! I have contacts with veterans groups who can match you with ten.SO needed.Please let me know how u can help

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@ClintSmithIII I think he was born with a personality disorder.I know his former neighbor (she's 99 now and was an adult when he was a boy). Says he bullied everyone,tortured animals. His parents sent him to special school because they couldn't handle him.

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Carrie Firestone

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5 years

@Chas10Buttigieg Don’t use the passive voice.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@thehill They're shipping these kids across the country????

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Carrie Firestone

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5 years

West Hartford, CT #Lights4Liberty #LightsforLiberty

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

@emorut_olinga So sorry you’re going through this. 🙏

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Carrie Firestone

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5 years

@fras99 That a cold day doesn’t negate the legitimacy of climate change

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@ChrisMurphyCT @SenBlumenthal Puerto Rico can be a model for regenerative communities and renewable energy grids. Innovative businesses should be using PR as a pilot and rebuilding with future impact in mind (as well as clean energy and regenerative agriculture)!

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Carrie Firestone

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2 years

@CTGOP Who comes up with these nonsense Tweets?

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

3 years

#DressCoded is a year old! To celebrate, I’m sending 10 copies to administrators who WON’T STOP dress coding, even during a pandemic. Email me your administrator’s school address (clenarcic @aol .com) to enter the drawing. #DressInPeace 💕

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

8 years

#Gaycation is on! Profound, world-changing TV. Thank you @EllenPage , @ianjdaniel and the brave people you interview

AfterEllen.com

@afterellen

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. @Ellenpage and @ianjdaniel travel to Ukraine in the #Gaycation season 2 premiere.

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

Six women stepped up to run in our town! So much energy! @runforsomething

ForwardCT

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7 years

Canvassing in Avon, CT for the Municipal Elections in November is already underway! #AvonDems #getoutthevote #GOTV

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6 years

@JoyAnnReid 227 days until November 6th. Our democracy needs all hands on deck.

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6 years

@Newsweek

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8 years

@Evan_McMullin Spreading the word to my progressive dem friends to support you and your efforts. Thank you for your brave stance.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@NicolleDWallace Pour thing.

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Carrie Firestone

@CLLFirestone

2 years

Thanks to an anonymous book fairy I got to draw more winners of The First Rule of Climate Club! DM your address @kelleemoye @SawyersShari @erinbookdragon @AmberTurley18 @ElizabeSage @karlkidd22 @CEstradaReads

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6 years

@ChelseaClinton This dude doesn't "understand" climate change and will not be addressing it here in CT. Vote for @NedLamont !!!!!

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@thehill What's next? Jeffrey Dahmer Lane?

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

@realDonaldTrump And unto us an authoritarian theocracy was born.

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Carrie Firestone

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7 years

I think of all these journalists, especially @arwaCNN who is so courageous and who fights to save the lives of children.

Christiane Amanpour

@amanpour

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@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews If President Trump knew the facts, he would never have sent that tweet. Here is my (late) camerawoman Margaret Moth, who took a bullet in the face covering the facts and truth in Bosnia. #FactsFirst 🍎

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2 years

@jesseRscott It is very nice to plug in every night and never stop for gas again.

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Carrie Firestone

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6 years

@benwikler Until it's been verified that every last parent and child are reunited.

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