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Senior National Reporter @TheAdvocateMag Love sushi. Cilantro = yum. Opinions correct. DM news tips! ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ•ทhe/him

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1 year
I recently had the opportunity to go on two trips with the @VP . I also sat down with @KamalaHarris for an interview during which we discussed the political moment weโ€™re in, the right-wing attack on bodily autonomy, and her support for the LGBTQ+ community.
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โ€œHeโ€™s more worried about Bud Light or Disney or whatever,โ€ @PeteButtigieg said. @SecretaryPete has tried to speak with Floridaโ€™s Gov. Ron DeSantis about transportation projects, but the anti-LGBTQ+ GOP presidential hopeful wonโ€™t take his calls.
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At first I was dubious of @MSNBC for inviting a Heritage Foundation person on to spout lies. Then I saw this interview and recognized that the best way to highlight the insanity thatโ€™s afoot is to put examples of it on television for all to see.
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@Esqueer_ Sometimes the universe delivers
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@davenewworld_2 Thankfully everyone is okay, but this just shows how incredibly fragile life is, because one moment you can be enjoying yourself in a quiet cafe preparing to do a podcast, and the next you can be dead from an out-of-control car crashing through the window as youโ€™re oblivious.
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@elonmusk Oh FFS. Youโ€™re going to do it anyways, so why tease us with the possibility that youโ€™re actually trying to be a good steward of this platform?
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Her name is Jessee Graham. Sheโ€™s a hero without a cape. Sheโ€™s an LGBTQ+ ally. This video is everything. This is at Maury County Library Board meeting in Tennessee, where the director quit over ant-LGBTQ+ community book banning pressure.
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@Al_Drago @sahilkapur A+ for this photo. Really awesome job.
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@elonmusk Dude, you couldnโ€™t even stand the democratization of a joke
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@PeteButtigieg Absolutely this. Donโ€™t send your faux thoughts and prayers now when a week ago you were calling us groomers. No.
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@BNONews @lookner Lol @GretaThunberg definitely is getting the last laugh
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Over the weekend, @TaylorLorenz broke the internet with her masterful interview of Libs of TikTokโ€™s Chaya Raichik, revealing that Raichik knows no LGBTQ+ people, doesnโ€™t understand the issues she rages against, and is incredibly inarticulate.
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โ€ฆalso, given the evidence that he said actual lies, Iโ€™m going to need proof that he couldnโ€™t hear @AliciaMenendez , because everyone elseโ€™s IFB seemed to work just fine. ๐Ÿง
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While appearing on @FoxNews Thursday, Transportation @SecretaryPete Buttigieg shut down @BretBaier 's line of questioning and highlighted the host's hypocrisy when it comes to same-sex couples.
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@mattxiv everything about this is so gross. ugh. makes me sick.
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@ZoeSchiffer Please none of you talk, meanwhile I, Elon of Musk, shall spew forth every thought I have.
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@ShimonPro Wow, these people really are just enjoying effing this up more and more.
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Did Biden just deftly turn the cackling and screeching of @repmtg and other Republicans into a commitment for the @GOP to commit to keep its hands off Medicare and Social Security?
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@iggy1991 @reedgalen @MSNBC I think thereโ€™s an argument to be made that it did reach people who needed to see it. Granted, folks who watch MSNBC are probably more politically aware than most, but I think showing viewers what the far-right extremists are up to isnโ€™t a waste of time.
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โ€œI need people to understand that Floridaโ€™s problem now can become the countryโ€™s problem in a year, and everyone should know that,โ€ @MaxwellFrostFL says.
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โ€œI just want to take a step back a moment and really call out the shameful, hateful, and dangerous attacks that we have been seeing on the LGBTQI community as weโ€™ve seen this week and also last week,โ€ @PressSec @K_JeanPierre said.
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@ShimonPro I guess the first amendment doesnโ€™t matter so long as you hold on to the second for dear life.
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@elonmusk Like spreading the false conspiracy theory about Nancy Pelosiโ€™s husband, right? Thatโ€™ll be a super accurate platform.
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3 years
Breaking: VIDEO The suspect, Ray Roseberry, has been live streaming the bomb threat at the Library of Congress on Facebook. He is demanding to talk to Joe Biden on the phone.
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White House @PressSec @K_JeanPierre on the @HRC blue carpet for tonightโ€™s National Dinner.
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This weekend, CBS aired an emotional interview with @PeteButtigieg and @Chasten , during which the couple described their relationship, raising kids, and working for the American people.
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@Acyn Ok, so at first I thought he was talking about himself in the third person. then I realized that whatโ€™s wrong is that there are never several hundred people in a diner. Either way, itโ€™s Oz and not the yellow brick road, but just as crazy.
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@Samuelnk20 @Acyn he stumbled through that non-answer like no other.
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@atrupar Again. It's the cruelty that's the point. It's just going to get worse.
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@Acyn This is why dems should just continue to stand aside and allow this clown show to proceed until its inevitable conclusion
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@Esqueer_ Lol because Chick-fil-A is famously so woke about lgbtq+ people.
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@lavern_spicer @Santos4Congress oh this is really funny
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@mschlapp @SpeakerMcCarthy Matt since youโ€™re back on Twitter today, if youโ€™re willing to comment about the accusation that you groped a male staffer on the Herschel Walker campaign, my DMs are open.
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Last night, I was invited exclusively into the room for @TheAdvocateMag when @VP Harris and @SecondGentleman Emhoff had a touching personal moment with Brittney Griner and her wife Cherelle, before the WNBA game.
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Congrats to @GioBenitez whose elevation to co-anchor of @GMA on weekends increases representation for the LGBTQ+ community in media. Kids will see themselves in Gio and feel they can also become successful journalists.
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Paul Stanley has spent the better part of his 71 years on Earth wearing makeup and high heels, but the KISS co-founder believes that affirming childrenโ€™s gender identity is a โ€œdangerous fad.โ€
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Could you imagine if all the LGBTQ+ business owners in the U.S. said, โ€œI refuse to serve Christians because itโ€™s my free speech right?โ€ This ruling gives a license to do that.
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Following the enactment of several bills barring transgender children from exercising their rights nationwide, the @WhiteHouse is emphasizing the existence of a hotline that young LGBTQ+ people can call if they feel overwhelmed.
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News: @VP Kamala Harris and @SecondGentleman met with the Phoenix Murcury ahead of their game. It's Brittney Griner's first game back this season since she was held wrongfully in Russia.
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@ABC So this is terrifying and certainly not the way anyone should be handling their discontent with SCOTUS justices or anyone. But, isnโ€™t it ironic that the justice that would strike down gun restrictions is being protected by gun laws?
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@Tim_Tweeted oh i think @NYPDnews and @NYPDPC have a lot of explaining to do. These people are just conducting First Amendment-protected activity.
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Talking about her new piece, just now on @Morning_Joe , @MollyJongFast said it best. Kevin McCarthy is MAGA but โ€œnot MAGA enough for MAGA because you can never be MAGA enough for MAGA.โ€
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@ElieNYC @AOC And they are PROUD of themselves for doing the racism too. They canโ€™t be shamed.
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It is quite bizarre that @CapitolPolice chief Manger went out of his way to mention to the assembled world media that the would-be Library of Congress bomber, Floyd Ray Roseberry, had 'just lost his mother and has some other issues.'
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@CWNewser @CapitolPolice Can you imagine if the State Dept came out on 9/12/2001 and said โ€œGuys I know this looks bad but Osama had a really shitty day at work this week so letโ€™s not rush to judgementโ€ ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ
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@LMPD Weird wordingโ€ฆthe person is shooting, right?
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2 years
Trump on Ivanka:
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Trump on his daughter Ivanka: "She had long since checked out." ๐Ÿ˜ณ
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@Esqueer_ Would the right wear masks if becoming "one of us" were airborne? Nah. Or, hmmm...
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I spoke today with Stevi Hubbard, the Front Royal, Virginia, mom who gave this passionate speech against the far-right push to remove LGBTQ+ books from the Samuels Library on Tuesday.
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Breaking: Newport News Police are conducting an aggressive assault and sweep of Heritage High School, many students have come running from buildings. Radio traffic indicates there are at least several patients with gunshot wounds. Including one to the head.
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JUST IN: Newport News police have responded to an incident at Heritage High School.
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@shaqbrewster Don't eff with Shaq!
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"They want to make us feel like we are the minority again; that we should go right back into the closet; that we should stop living our lives openly; that we should stop celebrating our love and our existence,โ€ @Chasten said.
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@MikeSington Wait where was the aggressive yelling of โ€œget on the groundโ€ and tackling of the threat in advance of figuring out whatโ€™s going on?
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@mayawiley I'm going to need clarification on "finally"
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@JennaEllisEsq This is a really long tweet to deny something thatโ€™s true. Lol
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breaking: Mass shooting - Heavy police presence at Six Flags in Gurnee IL after reports of active shooter at the theme park. Multiple victims reported.
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He called off stimulus funding 6hrs ago and is now negotiating with himself on stimulus funding! I think someone's dexamethasone has worn off and then been redispensed... Donald Trump is a hot mess, in a dumpster fire, in a shitshow. #stimulus #TrumpHasCovid #TrumpIsNotWell
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Now: @POTUS and @FLOTUS received a minute-long raucous welcome and standing ovation with shouts of โ€œfour more years!โ€ at the @HRC National Dinner.
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"You are not the problem," @Chasten said to teachers who find themselves in classrooms of school districts where anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment has taken hold during a back-to-school event at @HRC headquarters.
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@davenewworld_2 How were the officers not immediately doing anything to stop the obvious dangerous situation?
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@davenewworld_2 Insane people
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@mmpadellan Can confirm this confirmation. My relatives in Germany look at this and shake their heads and every time we talk we discuss how itโ€™s pure insanity that Americans CHOOSE to allow this to continue.
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@NBCNews Social media companies are just rich people playthings now. Great.
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Moments ago Stonewall Inn owner Kurt Kelly and entertainer @andy Cohen walked @vp @KamalaHarris through the legendary LGBTQ+ bar in Manhattan.
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Watch @TaylorLorenz masterfully prove why sheโ€™s a professional journalist and Chaya Raichik of Libs of TikTok is just a sad right-wing troll. Taylor makes Chaya glitch out; leading her into a corner of rank hypocrisy which Chaya of course falls right into. Embarrassing.
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@maxpcohen @frankthorp But thatโ€™s still not an apology, so for the record itโ€™s nothing at all.
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@ReutersZengerle @maggieNYT Of all the states in this country that should not be touching this topicโ€ฆ
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I bet a bunch of other kids in TX who are outa school this week due to statewide disaster would also love to have been in Cancun with friends. But, Ted Cruz (with 2 bags in tow) would have us believe that his wife can't handle flying with 2 tweens, and needs Teddy to supervise.
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Breaking: In Coer Dโ€™Alene, Idaho members of the white supremacist group โ€˜Patriot Frontโ€™ were arrested after being piled into a U-Haul. They were on their way to disrupt a LGBTQ+ #Pride event.
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@Eugene_Scott This reaction is really good
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@notcapnamerica โ€ฆomg, an actual groomer. Church not drag.
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Breaking: Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect Floyd Ray Roseberry has surrendered to police and is in custody.
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The vibe here at the @WhiteHouse is overwhelmingly positive as thousands of people from the LGBTQ+ community and allies are enjoying a fabulous day on the South Lawn with drinks, ice cream and pizza. @POTUS and @FLOTUS will be here soon to welcome the crowd.
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It was a matter of time, but @RandyRainbow did it again. This time the gay musical maven aimed his song parody at New Yorkโ€™s notorious fabulist congressman, Rep. George Santos.
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News: Global music sensation group BTS to deliver remarks at todayโ€˜s White House press briefing with @PressSec .
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JUST IN: White House announces global pop sensation #BTS will join Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at the top of todayโ€™s Press Briefing, where the Grammy-nominated group will deliver brief remarks (!!!!) ๐Ÿ’œ #ARMY @BTS_twt
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Captured a moment of pure joy today when Montana's Rep. Zooey Zephyr was grooving to @BettyWho 's performance of "Somebody Loves You" at the @WhiteHouse #LGBTQ #Pride2023 celebration on the South Lawn this afternoon. @ZoAndBehold has moves!
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@RexChapman When the first amendment intimidates you into clinging to the second, despite the death of kids, thereโ€™s a level of warped I canโ€™t comprehend.
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@atrupar But they agreed with Biden at the SOTU to not do that, so this is Republican take-backsies again.
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@Shayan86 Keep in mind, this is the same billionaire who endorsed the conspiracy theory that Paul Pelosi was having a gay quarrel when he was violently attacked.
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@patriottakes Why is he sitting like that?
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@Santos4Congress pretty rich that a liar who's achieved nothing he can confirm having done is calling a military veteran a liar.
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Update: The @FBI is at the home of the Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect, Floyd Ray Roseberry, in Grover, NC. Agents are interviewing his wife.
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๐ŸšจNEW๐Ÿšจ A law enforcement source in North Carolina says agents from the FBI and Homeland Security are currently at the Grover, NC home of Floyd Ray Roseberry interviewing his wife #Capitol @wusa9
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Once again, @MollyJongFast with her finger on the exact pulse of the issue.
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@mtaibbi Please stop. The secondhand embarrassment is almost impossible to handle.
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@AriDrennen it would be awful if a bunch of drag queens went there to protest
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He immigrated to the United States as a 5-year-old from Peru and subsequently earned his U.S. citizenship. @RobertGarcia 's election is significant since he is the first immigrant who is also an out member of the LGBTQ+ community to join Congress.
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Internet: Who is this man? Make him famous. This is the crazy white guy who attacked and physically assaulted MSNBC correspondent Shaq Brewster live on the air in Gulfport, MS during hurricane coverage a short while ago. @shaqbrewster @msnbc #idahurricane #HurricaneIda
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@SteveSchmidtSES @DanielDefense Looks like theyโ€™re hiding for some reasonโ€ฆ
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Prominent commentators like @karaswisher and @RexChapman called out those who made fun of the attack when it happened, particularly Republicans and @elonmusk .
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It's okay. The driver in Waukesha was afraid for his life and defending himself from the unarmed holiday crowd. That's Wisconsin law now.
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Multiple people were injured when a vehicle ran through a holiday parade in Wisconsin, according to a witness
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Library of Congress bomb suspect says he is one of 5 "southern Patriots" who are already in the area and that he's just the beginning.
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You should read what the brilliant @juliettekayyem wrote about Trumpโ€™s push of the โ€œtrying to assassinate me lie,โ€ for @TheAtlantic .
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Meanwhile, in a nearby Senate Hearing Room
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@atrupar @RonFilipkowski but then again, everything he does is pretty dumb
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@elonmusk Thanks, dad. Now let @kathygriffin back on. And then start following your own rules. And then maybe we will take you seriously.
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@davenewworld_2 oh i think @NYPDnews and @NYPDPC have a lot of explaining to do. These people are just conducting First Amendment-protected activity.
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@MollyJongFast The same people who believe displaying a rainbow flag is indoctrination.
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Just now: @KamalaHarris made a stop at the historic Stonewall Inn, one day before the 54th anniversary of the uprising that sparked Pride. The @VP noted how important it is to stick together for equal rights of all.
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