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@LizaBrings

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Retired data cruncher, grandma, Parkinsonโ€™s warrior. BIDEN Democrat ๐Ÿ’ฏ%, ๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿด๐Ÿพ DMs without asking = instant block, Bl** sky @Lizabelle .Bsky.net ๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŒŠ

Joined December 2007
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@lisastark351 My granddaughter
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@AKAanAngryMom I would love to be boosted. I volunteer in a very red county in Virginia.
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@rach262003 Thatโ€™s a tough one. Sorry to hear it. Did you see it coming ?
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@RNSuperHero So she decided to make a ๐Ÿคก out of herself. Weird way to start a new family relationship.
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@DrAnnaPease @LEMacKz This is going to be in her PhD dissertation.
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@JerzyOrsel @nakedcapsid Unless you can demonstrate how representing a different demographic conflicts with acceptable lab protocols, Iโ€™ll just infer you have not-so-implicit biases regarding people who are different from you.
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WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
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Nature is Amazing โ˜˜๏ธ
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What is going on here? ๐Ÿ˜‚
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I wondered why I hadnโ€™t seen any bluebirds flying in & out of their favorite nesting box latelyโ€ฆ @AlongsideWild
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@MacFarlaneNews When Martha Stewart went to do her time, she didnโ€™t whine like a spoiled brat, she did it , came out to make her business even better (and taught dozens of fellow prisoners to arrange flowers and stuff).
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@IanFortey I did not know this story because I was too busy working for another self-immolating company at the time (Circuit City).
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@ChrisMartin1961 Btw protesting works. Hub has RA, his dr is retiring. Practice group sends out letter, adding โ€œthose of you who get opioids now will be transitioned to non opioid.โ€ 1 week passed. Another letter arrives โ€œwe have reconsidered our policy & will continue to Rx opioids!โ€ ๐Ÿ‘Š
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I am the older female who is taking a college R programming course. Iโ€™m here to share my most perplexing experience as it is happening. A thread. 1/x
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@SteamboatUSA Did pilot have enough nerve to join the flight exit crew as passengers departed?
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@icelandturbine I canโ€™t imagine the courage it took you to post this. Iโ€™m so sorry for what happened to you and Iโ€™m in awe of your determination to prevent it happening to anyone else.
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@uche_blackstock Here is a portrait of Henrietta Lacks, from the National Portrait Gallery. Her cancer cells were taken from her in 1952 without her knowledge or permission, and continue to be used for research today.
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@mollyemakeup This affects me, too. Iโ€™m an elderly student and even though I appear healthy, I struggle with everything from finding and getting to the class, to taking notes and more. Young students wonโ€™t sit anywhere near me, much lass befriend. Keep up the fight!
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@rach262003 Must feel like a gut punch.
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@andizeisler @ilovaussiesheps Ooh! Ooh! Is this the part where we get to bring up the 50 year old birth control pill designed to force women to have a (completely medically unnecessary) monthly period, just to make the Pope happy?
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All you blues buried in red counties! We need to stick together! Give a follow to Rainy here!
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@AKAanAngryMom @LizaBrings Good job, Liza! Iโ€™m doing the same in a red county in SE Colorado. (Lauren Boebertโ€™s soon to be former district.) I would much appreciate a boost as well. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™
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I need to write down what this guy says word for word cause he utterly nailed it.
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I donโ€™t know who this man is but protect him at all costs!! He finally broke it down. So much she had no come back! See the God yall worshipping is yourself and your opinions!! I love how he use the word, the one she claims to know in his argument! Sadly they still wonโ€™t get it.
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@DylanFedericoWX Jim Cantori would have already gotten the kitten, given It a tetanus shot, and tucked it in a little box with food inside the building.
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@AVindman @natsechobbyist Yeah, yeah, we preordered the book and all that, but what we really want to know is WILL @natsechobbyist BE COMING ON BOOK TOUR WITH YOU?
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@AmaMB My lab group
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@mattbc @POTUS @WHCOS @CDCDirector When I catch myself feeling dorky because Iโ€™m the only one in the store wearing a mask, I think, โ€œI bet Matthew would be wearing one and wouldnโ€™t give af what people think.โ€ So thank you for that.
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A notable experience regarding the perceived worthlessness of older women. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. 10/10
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Do yโ€™all remember when Biden ran for president in the pre-Obama days? He was known for making cringe worthy gaffes. Not a serious candidate. That Biden metamorphosed over the Obama years. Heโ€™s now the shrewdest, most thoughtful & humane statesman in the world. His time came.
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@uche_blackstock This is better. Notice the missing buttons on her dress, representing the cells taken from her.
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@PeterHotez @TexasChildrens Dr Hotez, how do you do it? Every single day for YEARS you come to this hellsite to share knowledge & dispel disinformation. People are dangerously rude to you but you donโ€™t let them stop you. Thank you. I and my family owe you so much!
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@JillFilipovic @jaketapper โ€œWelcome to Hacienda Healthcare. Where youโ€™re cared for so thoroughly, we donโ€™t even know youโ€™re pregnant until labor pains startโ€. I like it. Pithy. Will it fit on brochure?
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Itโ€™s a beautiful blue morning! Hello to all my new followers! If I havenโ€™t followed you back yet, itโ€™s because Xitter has some stupid rule about limiting the number of follows in a day. I will keep on it daily until weโ€™re all connected!
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Close-up shots of spider eyes captured by Spanish macro photographer Javier Rupรฉrez
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@388shark โ€œUnskilled โ€œ Agricultural workers.
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@brookevitti Thank you Brooke. I decided not to โ€œpop inโ€ to a store Friday, thinking of you. Small gesture, I know.
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Iโ€™m not a TS music fan because boomer but listening to her โ€ฆ she is prepared to put herself in physical danger to be on the right side of history. Iโ€™m now a member of Taylor Nation.
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This moment of Taylor Swift choosing what side of history she wanted to be on is when I became a member of Taylor Nation. Do you support her decision?
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Itโ€™s a bad time to be a confederate statue in Richmond, VA #GeorgeFloydProtests #richmondprotest #RVA
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@brookevitti I appreciate your tweet. My husband receives infusions of a biologic inflammation reducer for his rheumatoid arthritis that pretty much wipe out his immune system. Iโ€™ve been plotting strategies to minimize our exposure and ... it ainโ€™t easy.
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@KlasfeldReports I guess the campaign finally picked up on the obv that the ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿคก had no supportive family members in attendance.
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@DoYouEvenLif Iโ€™d love a boost! Hereโ€™s a pic of the table covers Iโ€™m making for the polling place booths my Dem club is hosting in deep red rural Virginia!
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Lol Turkey article achieves the polar opposite of the intention. You mean you had to go back 3 generations to find the remotest hint of vice in the family of this decent, honorable president? There arenโ€™t many people (zero Repugs) whoโ€™d do as well. ๐Ÿ˜‚
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@LenaEarth Assuming the old guy was the elevator mechanic...?
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@AuthorJFuller Iโ€™ve dropped half a dress size just reading your posts! Really, you have a rare combination of physical vigor, acute intellect and deep humanity, I canโ€™t imagine a better person for your role.
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Meanwhile, my quiet friend has powered through the assignment, figured out the methodology required, specs and loads names and data and explains it to the rest of us. So... can anyone guess who Iโ€™ll be assisting with her job hunt in a few months? 9/x
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Spring has sprung! Photo by Cindy Newsome Holley
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@drskyskull A good example of this is your FICO score that predicts the likelihood youโ€™ll pay back a loan. Because race (through redlining) covaried so neatly with income and wealth, it was used for years as the predominant variable. Now, lenders are prohibited 1/2
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Shoutout to grandson finding a way to amuse himself quietly while daughter WFH.
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@AshleyGWinter To quote my late mother: โ€œDonโ€™t make me worry about you!โ€ Srsly hope youโ€™re getting the care you need and are on the mend ๐ŸŒท
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@RachelBitecofer @FourthAngie And McConnell didnโ€™t have the power to illegitimately deny a SCOTUS appointment for Obama. Until he did.
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Not if heโ€™s still holding my granddaughter
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Would You Shake President Obamaโ€™s Hand If you Met Him in Person?
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Another great day to be a Democrat! But not an X user, apparently. X has decided my punishment for following people is to limit my ability to follow back even more. So if it takes me a while to do so, thatโ€™s why. I will follow everyone back - it may just take a little longer.โ˜น๏ธ
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I just booked a trip to Toronto in a few weeks to say my last goodbyes to the adult family member who has meant more to me than any of the rest. I named my daughter after her. Trying my best to make this about her, not me. ๐Ÿ˜ข
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@FoucaultFanatic @ShowUsYourData Yes the burden falls on us to coddle them so they donโ€™t get angry and kill us.
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@davidevelasqu @harvardmed @Kennedy_School @HBSAlumni @Harvard @Univision @Telemundo @UniNoticias We are so fortunate to have you choose this country as your home. We honestly donโ€™t deserve any of you. Thank you for showing us what America is supposed to look like.
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@ScottGottliebMD Thank you for your efforts. Gotta keep this guy around.
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Actual footage of me navigating a class whose prerequisites I didnโ€™t take, but talked my way into anyway.
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@gretchemaben Holy moly that stuff costs like ten cents to make. Tbh I hate it here sometimes.
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When the ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿคก loses again , do yโ€™all think heโ€™ll force his way onto the 2028 ticket or will the Repugs find another less repulsive but still abhorrent candidate?
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Theyโ€™ve made science mad and itโ€™s sending out the model organisms again.
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Omg! Is this the same fly! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‰
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@DrAshleyCureton @OpenAcademics I was knocking doors for a political candidate last year in a posh neighborhood A woman gestured me in while she was on the phone. She was dressed in grimy work clothes, carrying a wet mop in other hand & oh, she was Black. So I treated her like the homeowner. Which she was.
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The Pyramids of Giza as seen from a street in Cairo, Egypt.
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Very true! Not just bad feelings - bad times, bad jobs, bad friends, etc.
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my favorite thing about getting older is being less afraid of bad feelings bc you have now survived so many of them that you know you will not feel like that forever.
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@Notintheface1 To people who say, congrats and welcome to your $12 hamburger, I say, why should someone live in poverty so you can dine out?
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I would vote for Biden no matter who the Republican candidate was.
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@tomiahonen These acts appear so brazen! What were the co-conspirators thinking? They must have been so deeply immersed in the widespread criminality that they never thought theyโ€™d be caught. They acted in broad daylight, with impunity , and around so many witnesses !
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@florian_krammer @Guha_Arunkumar Go, Guha! This is what youโ€™re working to save:
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@DrPalmquist @LaurieLuckritz From the point of view of someone who invariably gets into the car before folding the wet umbrella, you are correct.
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Brandy is totally blind from birth and has been sending postcards in braille to blind voters for 4 years! Itโ€™s the Brandys of this country who are going to save democracy!
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๐ŸŒŠSandy ๐Ÿชถ#GunReformNOW #HarrisWalz2024 ๐Ÿ‘ 
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Meet my daughter Brandy, she announced shes starting her 4th year sending postcards to blind voters. Brandy s totally blind from birth a brilliant young lady with an in-depth "sight" that's incomparable! Join me in thanking Brandy! #MyCherokeeGirl #BraillePostCardsToBlindVoters
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@PeterHotez @wolfblitzer @CNNSitRoom Your humanity gives life to your science. Thank you for representing the ๐Ÿง  and the โค๏ธ!
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@MacFarlaneNews @chrislongview As shocking as the backward-looking videos might be, nothing can diminish the sense of dread I felt while watching it play out in real time, not knowing what was going to happen. It was truly terrifying.
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@jverona77 My favorite neighbors are a couple who call themselves the โ€œfuncles,โ€ because they bring so much joy and life enhancements to their nieces & nephews. Iโ€™ve borrowed their tips โ€˜nโ€™ tricks for dozens of fun things for my own grandkids!
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@ToddFellbaum @SaacksAttack @semafor Take him, heโ€™s yours! Signed, Virginia
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I donโ€™t know who needs to hear this, but just because youโ€™re smart, doesnโ€™t mean youโ€™re right.
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Well my husband & I are dieting together, which means he loses a pound a day from leaving sour cream off his baked potato, while I gain 1/2 lb from spraying baked broccoli with too much olive oil.
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Try to watch this without crying. I dare you.
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This guy gets it too.
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@Marmel @DevinCow This newspaper article could not have been written by anyone who talked to a single Floridian.
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@Dumfukdetector Damn you know how much I love โ€œpaternity testing,โ€ but โ€œthe vagina is outside the body?!?โ€ Gonna stick with โ€œpaternity testing.โ€ The conspiracy angle elevates it into the next level.
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@AngryBlackLady @BassoonYsu It doesnโ€™t work this way. Not even remotely.
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I always wait too long to call the knife sharpening guy. My knives have gone from cutting to sawing to squashing to talking to the chicken sternly and asking the asparagus where it envisions itself in 5 years.
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@AKAanAngryMom Thank you! Iโ€™m a tough old bird!
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@pallbro Worst. Non-apology. Ever. SMH
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@LindaColumbus Mine is phrasing comments precisely so they will be deeply & completely misinterpreted.
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@Brooke_LaFlamme I put the periodic table of elements in my boobs so brain has more room. Try it!
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@girlziplocked Most grandmas use store-bought cookie dough to bake cookies.
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@jverona77 Polish vs polish
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@AdrianoAguzzi TWiV - This Week in Virology, hosted by Dr Vincent Racinello and a 4 or 5 PhD co-hosts. They discuss papers (in depth), new SC2 findings, and interview the most knowledgeable ppl on the planet.
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Brought tears to my callous Tuesday morning eyes.
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We love our women. We must fight for them.
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@baddestmamajama I took a graduate level cell biology course at my local university just so I could have substantive discussions with my doctors about my disease. Made an A, too, after being out of college for 45 years.
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@gretchemaben @ETSshow Jeezus Gretchen I was going to say blackberries
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@EpiEllie Covid fatigue reminds me of traveling through Europe in my youth, standing in another train station in another country trying to figure out which platform my train was leaving from for the umpteenth time, exhausted, and wishing it were in English.
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@ClutchScience @sciencemarchnyc @ScienceMarchDC Cross generational girl science warriors
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Guess Iโ€™m the last person to notice how cool 2022 is in Roman numerals: MMXXII
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@KBrizl @IanFortey Oh yes, appliances were so popular, we had the most knowledgeable sales staff, competitive pricing, and excellent cross traffic with electronics. So TPTB decided to axe both the appliances AND the expert staff. Geniuses! ๐Ÿ™„
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@C_Stroop I used to donate to their Christmas Shoebox program but then found out a little more about them and stopped. I now donate to kinder, less bigoted organizations.
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@selectttt @RonBrownstein @joncoopertweets Miami Cubans will not believe they would be subject to this kind of action. Convincing them could swing Florida to Biden.
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Ok gonna pull out my favorite President with my favorite granddaughter today!
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@MimZWay More comfortable seats! Please!
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@vikasreddy @JaedynRuli The 28 hours between the debate and de diagnosis.
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Good morning new friends! Xwitter is being its normal annoying self and capping the number of people I can follow back per day. I promise I will do so as soon as possible! Iโ€™m sorry for the delay!
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