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@TedSpencer

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Husband, Dad, Navy Veteran, Engineer, and Policy Nerd. Architect of the Woke US Military @CommonDefense

Raleigh, NC
Joined March 2009
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I spent nine years as a #NavyNuke , and my last job on my ship was in charge of all the classified documents related to the nuclear propulsion plants. #AileenCannon dismissing the #ClassifiedDocuments case is aiding and abetting #Trump in a disqualifying crime. A 🧵
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It's really sad and incredibly pathetic that so many veterans are attacking the honorable service of @Tim_Walz . Especially @JDVance being so weird attempting to smear an honorable man. This nine year Navy veteran is proud to be part of #VetsForWalz #vetsforvpwalz
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@nils_gilman I'm guessing your friends in academia aren't women or people of color. Because those groups have been seeing his playbook prototyped in real time over the last two years under the guise of attacks on "DEI."
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@ProfessaJay I've been dreading this decision the most since the beginning of the year. I seriously wonder how the court thinks they know better than federal experts with years of experience when they can't even tell the difference between nitrous oxide and nitrogen oxides.
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@bxlewi1 @ProfessaJay No it's really not. It's mostly economics and a bit of technological limits. And we definitely, definitely don't want to curtail the oversight of the NRC. Speaking as a former Navy Nuke, an engineer, and an expert in energy policy.
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@YNB If you read anything at all about Peter Thiel, this quickly becomes much more horrifying.
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@benbbaldwin Me after watching that clip:
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Arlington National Cemetery is a place for reverence, not cheap campaign commercials. #notasucker
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Veterans For Responsible Leadership
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Veterans represent the best of America. Trump doesn’t have our back. 🇺🇸 Do you?
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@nils_gilman I agree that it's bigger, but these attacks have already started for quite a while; and it's been women, people of color, and LGBTQ identifying individuals who have been the target for years already. Case in point: why @nhannahjones refused the position at @unc
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@VFWHQ Hi @VFWHQ , nice of you to finally take notice of what's been going on and find your morals.
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This is my grandfather. Section 67 at Arlington. How dare Trump desecrate his final resting place for such a disgusting campaign stunt. #VeteransAgainstTrump #notsuckersandlosers #VetsForHarrisWalz
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From NPR’s ⁦ @QuilLawrence :⁩ Arlington National Cemetery officials say Trump campaign staff verbally abused and pushed aside cemetery official who objected to filming and photography at gravesites More below and to follow on NPR
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My grandfather is buried there. I know he's not there to honor his service or his sacrifices. #VeteransForHarrisWalz
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Real veterans know what Trump is doing.
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@JoeBrunoWSOC9 The only university he could visit in North Carolina and not get booed out of town.
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Twenty years ago we were too busy fighting to be able to stand up to a coordinated smear campaign against a decorated veteran who served his country honorably. Not this time, and never again. #VetsForHarris #VetsForWalz
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The guy who spread pizzagate lies has a new one. “His buddy at a veterans event…” Bullshit, Mike @Cernovich ⁩. Real vets hate swiftboaters like you. And we’re going to vote for the side that believes in us and America. 🇺🇸
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The Supreme Court overturning #ChevronDeference is nothing more than a power grab by the court and their corporate benefactors, essentially telling scores of government policy experts and professionals they don't know how to do their jobs. No standing policies are safe now.
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@il2bos What about all the previous posts over the last three months?
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Really, really looking forward to the video of @VanLathan and @TheRachLindsay on their interview with Larry Elder. Politics demands serious people who are willing to address facts to address serious problems that affect constituents, and he is the opposite of that. 🤡
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@notrunning2020 @michaelharriot Ohz I know you not gonna say Dangerous Minds. That was all White Savior.
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@drvolts Navy veterans right now:
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@MS072920 @TLCplMax Somebody sounds offended.
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@kat_brown Did they miss the part where he and his ex-wife very publicly left the CMA because of the organization's refusal to acknowledge COVID was a thing?
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@roguesnradvisor Because of capitol police is full of personnel who are more loyal to the terrorists than their charges.
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@TLCplMax Yep, apparently he was PAO for 2nd MAW. I was mostly being tongue in cheek, especially given, you know, everything else. *gestures broadly* Sounds like he just looked pretty in front of cameras, according to his terrible book (yours is better).
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@michaelharriot South Carolina plantation owners specifically had slavers kidnap Mandi people from west Africa because they were known as skilled farmers who had been cultivating rice in such systems for centuries. They also introduced barbecue sauce to the American south.
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@bxlewi1 @ArthurT274 @ProfessaJay What experience are you speaking from here?
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@TLCplMax The fact that Vance was literally Private Joker doesn't count?
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@JoeBrunoWSOC9 @wsoctv A thug and criminal talking to thugs and criminals. Got it.
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@LorenCrowe @JimLaPorta Thank you for this. My grandfather retired from the Army as a CSM, with most of his time in Artillery. The respect he was afforded after he retired, especially at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, and when he was buried in Arlington, are testament to what that rank means.
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@AttilatheD @AaronKatersky @TxDPS @ABC @JoshMargolin Breonna Taylor was that case study. And Freddie Gray. And the LAPD CRASH team. And all the departments that brutalized protesters going back to the 60s. This is just another in a long, long line of examples.
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Trump refuses to say whether or not he'll accept the results of the election. Because he doesn't believe in democracy or free and fair elections. He's why the oath to join the military is to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. #veteransfordemocracy #Debates2024
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We really need to call these terror attacks what they are, and always have been.
The FBI and major media outlets may not be willing to call the Moore County power grid attack the act of domestic terror it so clearly is. You know who is only too happy to call it terror and attempt to incite copycat violence, though? Nazis on Telegram. (cw: slurs, terrorism)
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@roguesnradvisor We're not there yet- there's still a LOT of damage to undo, that's going to take decades to fully repair.
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@waitmanb There are Air Force members stationed on Army or Navy posts and the galley is serving substandard food. Emergency drop of steak and lobster for the suffering Airmen.
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@EODHappyCaptain Nah, Gandalf is a Warrant Officer.
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If any service member holding any level of security clearance had held even a fraction of the #maralagodocuments possessed by #Trump , they'd be facing a serious court-martial. Not in the running to be the next #commanderinchief #TrumpIsNotFitToBePresident
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@QasimRashid @BostonGlobe I mean, we're talking about the city where white parents LITERALLY RIOTED to keep from integrating their schools. There's a reason we call Boston a "hard R" city.
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A reminder that accelerating #lng exports over the last three years have raised utility prices for Americans by an average of 20%. If @VP wants to protect and grow the middle class, she MUST uphold and extend the #LNG export expansion ban.
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@drvolts And this is why pushing so very, very hard for union protections is so urgently vital. Saying this as somebody who lives in the state that's ranked dead last for workers (because "right to work").
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@HRCFanGal @votevets @commondefense There's a lot of veteran groups out there, because much like the rest of the American population, we're a diverse group representing broad spectrums of interests and beliefs.
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@stevevance Don't forget the lady in the Cyber truck clips has already had to get hers towed back to the dealership after it just suddenly refused to start.
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@BJames7th What information am I missing, and what "propaganda" am I falling for? Please cite your sources.
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@ClevelandFree @Tim_Walz @JDVance This picture was taken on CVN-76, fall of '05. Not sure if we ever crossed paths. I loved the M-div folks, provided they weren't trying to troubleshoot my gear with sledgehammers. It took a few years, but civilian life has been very very good so far.
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@politico Hey @politico , why are you sitting on the leaked Trump campaign docs now, instead of leaking them like you did in 2016?
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@Cpl_Dont_Know @TLCplMax I was good friends with the PAO/ Media folks on my carrier, but then none of them are traitorous shitbirds.
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@VetsForRL It starts in the active-duty ranks. I have several stories about this. From 20+ years ago.
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The fact that he refuses to even talk about #January6Insurrection is telling. Only President in history to create an insurrection. #Debates2024 #presidentialdebate2024
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In 2016 former #NavyNuke sailor Kristian Saucier was sentenced to a year in prison for a SINGLE count of"Unauthorized Possession and Retention of National Defense Information." #Trump was charged with 37 counts of the same thing.
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This is a great thread that clears up a lot of misunderstandings for the armchair military experts who have suddenly popped up over the last 48 hours. #VetsForVPWalz #VetsForHarris #VetsForHarrisWalz2024
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Okay, let’s do this. I happened to be in the National Guard in 2005 and in Iraq for the first few months of that year. 🧵
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@KEICalifornia @Acyn "even engineering" Uh, FUCK no. -an engineer
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@Keefer1958 @JoeBrunoWSOC9 Military personnel may not be able to legally participate in the election and your reply is "too bad"?! Why do you hate America, Democracy, and the troops?
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@drvolts For the record, there's more than enough of us pissed off veterans to keep this from going away that soon.
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Every #NavyNuke who's ever served has known of somebody who's gotten into trouble for mishandling the classified material we handle every day. There have even been fairly high profile court cases around this.
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@clhubes I'm convinced that somewhere, a Department of Defense dark project is underway attempting to harness the sheer chaotic destructive power of 2 year olds for use in a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
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@drvolts "guys, gals, and non-binary pals"
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I held at least a Secret security clearance my entire time aboard the ship, because of the work I did and the documents I handled on a daily basis. For #nukes in the @USNavy , one of our evaluation marks is literally about how we handle classified materials.
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This is great information. @commondefense has #Veterans actively working on helping promote siting of solar and other renewable projects, but I've worried for a while now that selling the benefits of transmission infrastructure was going to be an insurmountable challenge.
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Claire Wayner
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Really enjoyed reading this @UtilityDive op-ed on "A YIMBY approach to the transmission buildout" from Robin Allen @NiskanenCenter . Great ideas on how to give stakeholders tangible benefits from transmission lines.
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For somebody who claims he wants to be the President of the United States, he sure does talk a lot of shit about the country. Doesn't seem like he even really likes America. #Debate2024 #VeteransForHarrisWalz
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@PhilKlay @TheAtlantic This should've been the cover story this month.
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Trump attempted a quid pro quo deal with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is the reason Trump was impeached the first time. #Debates2024
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@VetsForRL @drvolts @commondefense @votevets @AmericanLegion @VFWHQ The silence from @AmericanLegion and @VFWHQ about all of this, and #Project2025 has been absolutely deafening. Also, welcome, to #energytwitter ! This is my usual day job. Looking forward to our next opportunity to collaborate, friends!
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I'll be working on fact-checking as much of the issues as my sanity will handle for tonight's #DebatePresidencial2024 as part of coverage for @commondefense . Pray for me. #Debates2024
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@CantSayItOnTV @ProfessaJay Project 2025 has even worse things in store for what he'd do to the EPA if he ends up back in office. And that's not counting the executive orders Chevron and Exxon are writing for him to implement on day one if he returns to office. .
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@HarleyKHolley @PrincessBravato @Tim_Walz @JDVance He wanted to play a bard, but took charisma as his dump stat.
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We need this as the campaign ad for the next four months.
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please drop out @JoeBiden there is so much content waiting just around the riverbed
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@RandiLittle20 @JoeBrunoWSOC9 It's Greenville. Very conservative, old boy network eastern NC. I have friends who work there, and I've done work myself at the university and within the region.
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Trump was convicted of 34 felonies because of attempting to cover up the fact he had sex with a porn star. #Debates2024
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@LCpl_X @TheJoshBallard @TLCplMax Only to their own people, with super cringe videos and PSAs on AFN.
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@deejaygeejaygee I didn't know this was a thing, and I love every bit of it. Thank you for bringing this bit of joy to my life today.
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@danielmurraydc @RealMoMontalvo @commondefense What do you mean? Asking as a Navy vet.
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@drvolts And this is why I've had to work so hard explaining to coworkers why we don't need to worry about attracting media attention as we're doing our jobs; quite the opposite really.
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@isaiah_p_taylor I'm familiar with the term- just odd to adjust for 14 years ago. Also, there is better, more recent reporting about this that's not 8 years old. Also your trendline doesn't work. There's also some serious issues with your source.
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In all this conversation about @JDVance attacking @Tim_Walz on his service, I think we need to remember that Vance is on the record saying he would've gone along with aiding and abetting overturning a fair and legal election.
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@moogrogue @yashar @JBPritzker Especially if saying it IMMEDIATELY after that speech from @SenSanders
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The Trump tax cuts have spawned massive waves of stock buybacks by corporations who benefited from the $1.1 trillion cut. It's not benefiting American citizens, and is raising costs for the middle class. #Debates2024
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As if I needed another reason to absolutely hate crypto mining.
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This example from @TheEconomist 's latest article on crypto mining in Texas is crazy.
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@isaiah_p_taylor And nobody analyzing large capital construction costs and market trends like overnight construction costs because they don't account for interest costs or market volatilities; things that absolutely need to be accounted for. Speaking as an engineer and energy policy expert.
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@LaSquiss @politico Politico was bought by a German far-right wing billionaire a couple of years ago.
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@suziAnalog This you?
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@roywoodjr Bold of you to assume she's not already been to Roscoe's with him.
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As a parent of two children adopted out of the foster care system, this is what I've been struggling to put into words for the last day.
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Vance's comment that Americans "without children" don't have a stake in our country is sexist, disgusting and disparages the millions of adoptive and step-parents raising kids in loving homes. These include Vets that suffered war wounds that limited their reproductive choices.
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@Clurin5841 @nils_gilman That's already been happening. Just mostly to minority/ underrepresented groups in academia/ higher education. Source: living in North Carolina and seeing how the legislature weaponized the board of governors years ago for just this reason.
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@notcapnamerica Biracial guy here with a white stepmom. Lord do I have some stories about this.
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@JimLaPorta Let's be honest, saying the @newyorkpost has a newsroom is gonna be a bit of a stretch.
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@bestfoodalex @JasonSCampbell And also wants folks to know that raisins don't belong in potato salad.
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@abreezeclayton reminding me of everything that makes me proud to be from North Carolina during the #DNC2024 rollcall. #VeteransForHarrisWalz
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@ProfessaJay And don't forget those two are less qualified than at least a quarter of the other 98.
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As a reminder, #Project2025 calls for plans to target and fire career government workers, many of whom are likely military veterans, who would prevent the Trump administration from executing their extremist agenda and plans. #Debates2024
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Governor Cooper gets it.
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I want to remind everyone of something vitally important. We cannot focus so much on the property damage that we forget why people are in the streets.
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Trump famously called Veterans "suckers and losers" for serving, and skipped Memorial Day events at Arlington- where my own grandparents are buried. #PresidentialDebate2024
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@notcapnamerica Remember the Fraternal Order of Police, who endorsed Trump a couple weeks ago? That's how.
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If anybody was thinking of going to the NC Zoo on Wednesday, maybe wait a day. The kinds of folks who travel to these rallies aren't what I'd call family friendly at all. Speaking from experience protesting two of his previous rallies in the Carolinas.
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Former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance will deliver remarks on national security in Asheboro on Wednesday at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame
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@drvolts From the veteran community: Shitbag Soup sandwich Corporal Creeper
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@isaiah_p_taylor Where is this graph from? Because I tend to be very skeptical of graphs with horrible spelling errors on an axis, as well as out of date units of measurement (2010 $/kW? Seriously?).
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"We have nothing" Except for over 330,000 new jobs created as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act. #Debate2024 #VeteransForHarrisWalz
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@WajahatAli All this talk about securing the futures for children, but no mention of all the refugee children he purposely separated from their parents and put in literal cages. He should be in prison for that alone.
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