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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

3 years

@AIPAC 👋✌️🏳️‍🌈

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

Outside the postmaster general’s house early this morning!!

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Biden just told CNN he's not concerned about losing the left since he won without supporting Medicare for All anyway. "I didn't support it then and I don't support it now." 12 million people have lost their insurance since March.

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Trump's holding a rally in the Bronx and @AOC 's commentary has 11.5K more viewers than his campaign's official stream lol

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. @AOC is LIVE now with @hasanthehun watching the trump rally in the bronx:

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As Bernie’s 2016 queer outreach coordinator, I wanna deeply thank and congratulate @daniellander74 and @ewarren ’s team for running the most comprehensive LGBTQ outreach effort we’ve ever seen from a presidential campaign. They were always twp steps ahead and redefined the game.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Some seem to believe that @BernieSanders looks down on "identity politics" as if to diminish issues about representation and identity. That couldn't be further from the truth. Just ask activist-scholar @TheBarbaraSmith who coined "identity politics" in the first place. 👇

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

Here's the clip of Biden doubling down on his opposition to Medicare for All and the Green New Deal.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Pelosi and Schumer have never spoken to working-class issues as effectively as Josh Hawley just did. To 3 million viewers. Once again, Sen. Sanders leads political maneuvering on direct payments as Democratic leadership is mute and the GOP takes credit.

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@RobByrneDC

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@johnlegend She couldn’t even shake Bernie’s hand but cool

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@RobByrneDC

4 years

. @AOC on introducing the Green New Deal only to have it tabled in committee indefinitely. 👇

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@RobByrneDC

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New rule: Whenever someone misuses the term "identity politics," they owe @TheBarbaraSmith $10.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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An old friend just said I need to post less Bernie shit so let's be clear: Bernie would have won. He would've won a supermajority. He would've won the White House. He would've won $2000/month retroactively, a $15 minimum wage, and hazard pay. It would have been a blowout.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

5 years

When she was sworn-in, Danica Roem invited trans young people to place their hands on her members' pin and told them, "This is ours too. This is your House of Delegates too." It's #ElectionDay in VA. Let's send @pwcdanica back with a Democratic majority. 🏳️‍🌈 #VoteBlue

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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I’m trapped in an unlikely animal friendships wormhole, send help

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@RobByrneDC

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@elonmusk @RBReich Yeah, an economist who ran the Dept of Labor versus an apartheid profiteer. Go fÆck yourself.

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@EFillerCorn This shadowy dark money group or nah?

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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If you live in a swing state, please vote for Biden. I quite literally want to cut off my own hand for typing that (and no, we cannot move him left), but obviously they are not “the same”

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

2 years

@WashProbs Give us David’s last name.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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More scenes from the #ShutdownDC action outside “Postmaster General” Louis DeJoy’s luxury condo in DC’s Kalorama neighborhood.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Protesters leaving dozens of mock mail-in ballots on his front door

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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WOW. @MayorBowser just reclaimed DC streets by officially renaming a section of 16th Street “Black Lives Matter Plaza.” The massive letters are immediately next to Lafayette Park/the @WhiteHouse . Absolutely stunning. #DCProtest #BlackLivesMatter

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

You mean these big insurance companies? 🧐

Richard Neal

@NealForCongress

4 years

I'm the only candidate in this race who has a plan to end surprise medical bills, without harming frontline heath care workers. My opponent and the big insurance companies can attack me all they want - but I won't back down.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@cmclymer We've found it, the exact opposite of "here's a puppy to cleanse the timeline"

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@RobByrneDC

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@AliMortell @TheDemocrats

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@RobByrneDC

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@wajj2020 @BernieSanders More passed amendments than any other Member, for starters

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

@CollegeDemsofMA What is “in a manner widely understood by our generation to indicate intimacy”?

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@RobByrneDC

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Reminder that Bernie 2020 is being driven by the most badass women in politics. Shout out to: - @ReneDontPlay - @ariannaijones - @briebriejoy - @WaywardWinifred - @mcbyrne - @ShastiConrad - @clairesandberg - @hannahafertig - @Analilia_Mejia - @gardengn0me +So many more. #WomenForBernie

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

@AOC . @AOC : “The swing voter is not red to blue. The swing voter is non-voter to voter. That’s our swing voter.”

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

3 years

Betty White's career can't be reduced to a single job let alone a single episode. Still, the Golden Girls episode "72 Hours" was the first time mainstream TV addressed the AIDS epidemic with the humanity it deserved. Betty's performance changed all of our lives for the better.

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@RobByrneDC

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@briebriejoy Her log will tell you

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@RobByrneDC

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@mtaibbi "I thought a woman could win. Bernie disagreed. I have no interest in discussing this further." = "There's nuance and context to this exchange but I have no interest in undoing my team's smear campaign against a colleague who encouraged me to run in 2015."

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

Same energy.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Alex Morse was elected Mayor of Holyoke when he was 22, and this is how many colleges there are in the immediate area, where gay life would obviously be centered. It's worth keeping that in perspective.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@LADYBUNNY77 @cmclymer @neeratanden Or that she thought invaded countries should "pay us back" w/ oil revenue. Probably my fav deleted tweet:

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Ahh!! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@ChrisBeKing @iamcardib Try again

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@RobByrneDC

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They inspire the youths

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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GOD THEY REALLY ARE THE SAME. They both stick their guns and are pretty solitary by nature.

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@RobByrneDC

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@briebriejoy “We will have a divided government, we will have to talk to each other... The bogeyman of socialism, which was already stopped by Joe Biden in our party.”

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@kyrstensinema @ASU This still you?

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@briebriejoy I mean

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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This is blowing up, so worth noting that 3 nights ago, @DCPoliceDept violently broke up a #BlackLivesMatter protest just 5 blocks from here. 41 arrests made that night, 0 this morning. Please follow @DMVBlackLives or support their organizing work here:

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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And they both roll with ANTIFA and are dapper as hell. </thread>

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

4 years

Enjoy their privacy in the shadows from time to time

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@ggreenwald Hi Glenn, thanks for the RT – huge fan of you and David. Fellow queermos who care about #MedicareForAll and the #GreenNewDeal should donate to Alex and help him overcome this smear campaign. ✊🏳️‍🌈

We deserve bold leadership

Alex Morse is ready to bring a whole new kind of leadership to Massachusetts’ 1st District—one that serves our community over the status quo in Washington. Will you chip in today?

secure.actblue.com

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@RobByrneDC

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@yashar Pelosi also deliberately chose Shalala over committee hearing LEGEND @katieporteroc , who was gunning for the job and (shock) is qualified.

Unsanitized: Donna Shalala Selection Makes a Mockery of Bailout Oversight Panel

Also, another update on banks and the stimulus checks. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 18, 2020.

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@RobByrneDC

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@briebriejoy Respect to @RepMaxineWaters for her early career, but she’s been a “sympathetic ally for Corporate America” for years. This is why people are disgusted by the revolving door.

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@RobByrneDC

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@noelcourage They cancel the guy because he chatted with college students on grindr, so yeah id say 19 colleges in his immediate area are relevant

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@PeteButtigieg @Ko_zub Did #SCOTUS rule that you shouldn't have fired the Black police chief or -- 👀

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@RobByrneDC

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@commieresting @danielmarans @maddow It's been a week and a half since @massdems ' smear campaign became national news and none of the networks have mentioned it once. It's unbelievably glaring.

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@janeosanders I'll never forget meeting him on this day in the Church St. office in 2015. "A little hard to believe millions of people suddenly care about my birthday -- *GRUNT*." Very warm wishes to you and SBS! 🎂🎉

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@RobByrneDC

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@knitvspurl @ezraklein In 2016, he 👏 encouraged 👏 @ewarren 👏 to run.

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@RobByrneDC

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@lavern_spicer @CoriBush Because she's a dedicated nurse, pastor, and hustler for the public good, that's she won her re-election with a whopping 80% of the vote. What have you done?

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@RobByrneDC

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@tmorello Dude shoulda come to the Sep 28th sit-in instead, he'd be a whole lot cooler if he did

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@RobByrneDC

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BIG NEWS!!!

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@RobByrneDC

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@ryangrim "We condemn all homophobic attacks that have followed the publication of the article." @HayleyBFleming , the article WAS the homophobic attack. You need to tell us how many students brought these concerns to you, what the nature of the behavior was, and who advised on language.

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@RobByrneDC

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@realCalebCarter @BernieSanders Cut to 1988 when he first ran for Congress and lost the race because he supported an assault weapons ban.

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@RobByrneDC

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@LADYBUNNY77 @LogoTV Get it together, Bunny! 😘

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@RobByrneDC

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@DebraMessing

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@RobByrneDC

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@mtaibbi Two weaponized leaks in two days. The desperation is cheap and palpable.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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If this isn’t your MO right now, get out of the game. 🌹

Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK

@doctorow

4 years

Dutch resistance members celebrate at the moment they heard of Adolf Hitler’s death over the radio, May 1945. (Colorized)

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@RobByrneDC

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@briebriejoy It’s like suddenly no one in the beltway knows how to read polls.

Political Polls

@Politics_Polls

4 years

Trust more to handle... The economy: Trump 46% (+9) Biden 37% Jobs: Trump 43% (+4) Biden 39% National security: Trump 43% (+4) Biden 39% Immigration: Trump 43% (+3) Biden 40% Gun policy: Trump 40% (+1) Biden 39% @MorningConsult / @politico 5/2-3

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@RobByrneDC

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BRB watching Prince cover “creep” on youtube and both Prince and I are deep in our feelings atm.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@DigestNo @cain_wtf A volcano isn’t loud enough but there’ll be more. Follow @ShutDown_DC

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@RobByrneDC

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Turns out that last-minute "accidental" ad buy against @AlexBMorse was illegally paid for by federal contractors currying favor with the Ways & Means chairman. If our norms hadn't been reduced to ashes, @RepRichardNeal would step down in disgrace.

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@RobByrneDC

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@FlyThaiMMA I worked two desks down from Symone on the 2016 campaign. She only ever cared about two things: the camera and the paycheck.

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@RobByrneDC

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Good news: Gene Sperling, the new frontrunner to head OMB, has never tried to cut social security or out a victim of sexual harassment. This is 100% the better move.

Gene Sperling

@genebsperling

4 years

Thanks for kind words on economic dignity wage @RoKhanna from my book. The combo of $15 min wage, the type of EITC expansion you have proposed and major child care expansion - is a powerful policy threesome for a true economic dignity wage.

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@AOC

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@RobByrneDC

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@WaywardWinifred I was homeless before @BernieSanders hired me in 2016, and full disclosure Burlington's Community Health Center was an absolute *lifeline* – thanks entirely to Bernie's bill funding FQHCs. He's never run on platitudes. This platform is deeply personal bc it's life-saving.

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@BenjaminPDixon Even better when put to song 🎶🎶

UNMASKED & ENTITLED at NORDSTROM RACK!! Please subscribe to my...

5.28.21 NEW LONGER "UNMASKED & ENTITLED" version has been posted! Check it out here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuTeG5fnezoI came across this video poste...

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@benshapiro "If Joe Biden doesn't tweet about D Day every SINGLE year, it's trans people's fault."

Joe Biden

@JoeBiden

4 years

Today, we honor those who answered duty’s call on June 6, 1944, on the beachheads of Normandy. We must be a living memorial to their bravery and sacrifice—and recognize always that our strength is rooted in our fervid and unfailing defense of democratic rights and freedoms. #DDay

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@RobByrneDC

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@kyrstensinema @uarizona Kristen Sinema: tweets anything The voters:

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@RobByrneDC

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@GreenEy3sOpen @AOC This is not a lot of people, friend

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@RobByrneDC

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@justbasedken @yashar “Please shoot peaceful protesters” says everything we need to know

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@RobByrneDC

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Joe Biden believes that #MedicareForAll wouldn't have helped prepare for #coronavirus : "You have a single-payer system in Italy. It doesn't work there," he said. Pandemic expert @Laurie_Garrett 's recent @NewsHour segment undermines that point entirely. (1/3)

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@RobByrneDC

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As a former member of the Annapolis City Democratic Committee, I know John Morse would be an absolute BEAST for MD-03. He’s the only candidate with federal policy experience & his candidacy is the reason AIPAC funneled *$4 million* here in the first place. #RejectAIPAC

AIPAC Tracker

@TrackAIPAC

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In #MD03 , John Morse is calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and conditioning military aid to Israel. He is committed to rejecting Israel lobby money and supports requiring AIPAC and their allies to register under FARA! We recommend @Morse4Maryland to #RejectAIPAC !

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@RobByrneDC

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@preethikrishnan @BernieSanders @TheBarbaraSmith It is, she was co-chair of the lgbtq outreach committee

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@RobByrneDC

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@cmclymer Isn't their airport the best? The lil cafes, the L.L Bean vibe, the city code against price gouging. Then there's this whole contraption. Perfection.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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For Nat'l #OutToWin Day, I'm nominating the inimitable @cmclymer to consider a run for office. Charlotte's life experience and talent are *exactly* what we need from our lawmakers. And America deserves to hear her use "sweetie" in a debate setting, cuz that sucker's going down.

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@RobByrneDC

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If you’ve used ActBlue to donate to @AmyMcGrathKY recently, contact them for a refund and give to @harrisonjaime instead:

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@RobByrneDC

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@washingtonpost

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@RobByrneDC

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@cmclymer I recently heard a Gen Z-er say, “I just *no cap* got a job promotion” — meaning they’re excited but not overly enthusiastic about it WHICH ELUDES ME, AN ANCIENT. Not a sociolinguist but FWIW I blame @billyeichner entirely.

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@RobByrneDC

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Me scrolling grindr at 2am with 0 desire for human contact:

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@RobByrneDC

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@JohnSinovic @LorianaPatterso Here y’go

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@RobByrneDC

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@AOC @nbc One theory: Deliberately to dampen your impact, knowing your reach on social media would blow every other speaker out of the water and that's embarrassing.

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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@LMAO_in_Fla Hey y'all! @VictoryInst is launching #OutToWin Day THIS Tuesday, 4/2! LGBTQ people are 4.5%+ of the population but only 0.1% of all officeholders nationwide. Take the pledge to run or nominate a friend 🌈🌊

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@RobByrneDC

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@BRRubin Here’s your answer

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@RobByrneDC

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@cmclymer The best line is "according to a free beacon cartographical analysis" bruh you just got on streetview

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@RobByrneDC

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RIP Thich Nhat Hanh, a living Buddha and teacher to millions. I don't think anyone has had a more direct impact on my thinking than this beautiful soul. His books were an escape for me as a kid, and time spent at his monasteries is the most alive I've ever felt. This. one's hard.

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@RobByrneDC

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@jackcalifano @EclecticRadical I make fun of this daily and probably will forever.

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@RobByrneDC

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To our friends at @HRC , your candidate Richard Neal is peddling some of the most arcane anti-LGBTQ bull shit ever deployed against a gay candidate. You might as well have endorsed Anita Bryant. Please, please publicly denounce this. @JoDeelive @AlphonsoDavid

Ryan Grim

@ryangrim

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The smearing of Morse continues. Voters are getting robocalls disguised as surveys telling them he sent sexually explicit to college students. Advocates for Neal wouldn't be doing this if they didn't think it was working.

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@cmclymer Thousands of Americans already travel to Molar City, MX for affordable dental care + eyeglasses, plastic surgery, and prescription drugs. Why stop at reproductive health?

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Rob Byrne

@RobByrneDC

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Hold the phone, this is the exact same line Obama used to bump Pete Buttigieg from the primary. Like the exact same line.

Bleacher Report

@BleacherReport

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LeBron, CP3 and a small group of NBA players spoke with former President Barack Obama on Wednesday night, per @ShamsCharania Obama advised them to play and maximize this opportunity to get their desired action items.

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@AIPAC Today is dedicated to THEM and THEIR ultimate sacrifice. How dare you.

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@RobByrneDC

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“We will coup whoever we want!” #Bolivia

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@RobByrneDC

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A "pattern of behavior of" having consensual sex? What decade is this? So the guy messages people on grindr. Who cares. Based on current info, everyone calling on Alex Morse to withdraw should also condemn the DNC for allowing Bill Clinton to speak anywhere, ever.

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@justbasedken @yashar That’s cute youre invoking kent state and u know it

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@RobByrneDC

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LGBTQ people are 4.5%+ of the population but only 0.1% of all officeholders nationwide. That means America needs to elect 22,727 more #LGBTQ people to achieve proportional representation in government. Take the pledge or nominate a friend at ! #OutToWin

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