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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

24 days

Republican Party so regressive that a teen movie from the 90s has more compassion.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

The Princess of Wales is missing and the spare Prince is in exile and the King is treating his cancer with herbs. If this were the 1300s France would be looking to invade.

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Stefan Smith

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3 months

Civil Rights Act gone. Roe gone. Now Chevron gone. They’re knocking out, one by one, all of the legal pillars that have supported progress over the last 60 years. Just terrifying.

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Stefan Smith

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26 days

WHO TOLD KAMALA HOW MANY POLISH PEOPLE LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA?!? That’s called debate prep!

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 years

the african american urge to ask who is we?!

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@FrankFigliuzzi1

3 years

What have we become? #Crumbley

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

President Obama said enough is enough, let me go on over there and investigate this myself.

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7 months

Former US President Barack Obama has arrived at 10 Downing Street for a private meeting.

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Stefan Smith

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6 months

an earthqauke followed by an eclipse? 200 years ago this would have been the perfect time to accuse someone you hate of being a witch

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 months

Kamala Harris proclaiming, “SAY IT TO MY FACE!” while laughing at Trump has healed something inside me that broke in 2016.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

I’d like to take this time to remind @MarcoRubio and his staff that Herman Cain and Ben Carson are different people.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

Everything about this PR crisis makes sense when you see how little their communications staffers are paid.

LBC

@LBC

7 months

Buckingham Palace hiring £25k communications assistant as scrutiny continues into royal handling of Kate Middleton rumours

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Stefan Smith

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12 days

she’s killed her own cool factor by responding to this like a Facebook Boomer

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@davejorgenson

12 days

Chappell Roan posted again this morning with the caption: “Im done talking about it. If you dont get what im saying from this, its a lost cause. And im not forcing you to agree with me. This is my statement. Have a good day” (1/2)

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I’m sobbing in my apartment. Kudos @ProjectLincoln .

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

@Rodericka "This doth not resemble the Princess?"

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 years

Has any reporter actually found out why all the Republicans are suddenly deciding that vaccines are a good thing? It's such a jarring about face.

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3 years

"These vacines are saving lives" In his most direct effort to encourage people to get vaccinated, Governor Ron DeSantis said 95% of the new COVID cases are those who are not vaccinated.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

"Now we know that what lies behind that white shirt, dark tie and “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” face is not a policy wonk but a rhetorical assassin. With a loving husband, a really nice kitchen and deadly aim." via @marymacTV

Column: Make way for Slayer Pete. Buttigieg is the Biden campaign's ruthless secret weapon

With viral interviews on Fox News and other outlets, Joe Biden's Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg becomes his presidential campaign's sharpest surrogate.

www.latimes.com

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 months

From the Archive: Pete on Fox News giving one of the best answers I've ever heard on late-term abortion: "That decision is not going to be made any better, medically or morally, because the government is dictating how that decision should be made."

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

It’s not the Biden Administrations job to keep you entertained.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 months

If you are a Democrat in a position of power who has “resigned themselves to a Trump victory,” that’s fine. But you gotta resign & let someone have your job who isn’t a fucking quitter.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

My President

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

I can hear the pearl clutching now. “How could Meghan Markle launch her new brand at a time like this?!” Well, what time is that? The official line is that nothing is amiss and everything’s okay so this should be fine? Right?

Alexis is sowing discord in the West

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7 months

Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex is back on Instagram 🏃🏿‍♀️🏃🏿‍♀️

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Stefan Smith

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2 months

CLYBURN: “Pete Buttigieg! I’ve been working very closely with Pete Buttigieg, he’s been a fantastic Secretary of Transportation. He would make an outstanding VP.”

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 months

Multiple things can be true at once: 1. Princess Kate deserves privacy as she tends to her health and well being. 2. That privacy is not (and was not) extended to other female members of the royal family when they needed it. 3. Her being absent this long is weird.

The Daily Beast

@thedailybeast

5 months

EXCLUSIVE: The Princess of Wales will probably “not appear in public for the rest of the year,” and is being “surrounded” by her birth family as she continues a course of preventive chemotherapy having been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

When I tell YOU that I’m SCREAMING

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 months

Make all the jokes you want, but the first time I saw anyone preaching body positivity and fitness at any level was Richard Simmons. RIP

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 years

I would follow this man through fire. #PeteForAmerica #PeteForever

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

It took over three hours, but I’m excited to have voted for @JoeBiden , @KamalaHarris , and @harrisonjaime here in South Carolina. We can build a better world, but it starts with voting.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

Defund the Police is about to become Medicare for All in terms of short phrases with vastly different meanings depending on audience, speaker.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 years

I got the house; paperwork this week. Y’all—look at the kitchen.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

I’m excited that people are seeing the Pete that I saw during the primary, but I wish it hadn’t taken this long.

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Stefan Smith

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2 months

I’m biased, but the online community around @PeteButtigieg and the sense of belonging he’s fostered online is one of his biggest assets. Proud to be #TeamPete , both then and now!

How Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign built the base driving his VP buzz | CNN Politics

Pete Buttigieg is once again in the running for high office, jostling with other vice presidential contenders to join Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket.

www.cnn.com

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Stefan Smith

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2 months

People know that @PeteButtigieg can deliver a line in a studio or interview, but his ability to feed off a large crowd and channel their energy is incredible! "The point is what lies on the other side of the fight."

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

1 year

Newsom wants to appoint an a) already vetted b) Black woman c) from California d) who doesn’t want to run for a full term Answer is staring us all in the face 🤷🏽‍♂️

Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

1 year

Introducing the next Senator from California

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 years

I don’t care if the Chinese have my data if it means I can watch—for free—a TEN minute deep dive in the Prince William cheating scandal. Like, take all my data!

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Stefan Smith

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2 years

I know, I know, I’m not unbiased. But his ability to cut through the noise is a gift.

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2 years

Buttigieg: "The idea that us being the only developed country where this happens routinely -- especially in terms of the mass shootings -- is somehow a result of the design of the doorways on our school buildings is the definition of insanity, if not the definition of denial."

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

1 month

What the fuck is happening at the Times?

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Stefan Smith

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3 months

It’s always been about Belonging.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 years

I remember being 15 years old and sitting on the edge of my bunk at that Christian camp sobbing—worried that I'd never be accepted. That I'd never succeed. I wish I could go back and tell my 15 year old self about this moment.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 years

!~Personal News~! I am no longer the Deputy Platforms Director for @PeteForAmerica . I’ve been promoted (!!!) and am now the Online Engagement Director, focused on Super Tuesday and beyond. I’ll be working with our grassroots supporters to spread @PeteButtigieg ’s message.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

👏🏽POST 👏🏽THE 👏🏽TAXES 👏🏽STORY 👏🏽ON FACEBOOK We’ve all already seen it—take it to the other platforms and share it there.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

7 months

All the Speaker of the House has to do is really sit there and somehow Mike Johnson is messing it up.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 months

From the Archive: Pete Plays the Classics

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

If someone had told me in 2015 that I'd spend a day watching a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing, I would have laughed. #HighwayHopes #ChastenYourSeatbelt

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

It’s the first day of Early Vote and I’ve never seen a longer line to vote in South Carolina! I’ve canceled my morning meetings.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 months

If you’re in line to drag JD Vance, stay in line

Sam Cornale

@samcornale

2 months

“As Dems treat him like a pinata, the GOP is confronting buyers' remorse.”

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

2 months

From the Archives: Pete and the Bee that launched a thousands memes.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 months

For some reason this became about George Floyd and pictures of poop in the comments 🤷🏽‍♂️ this is your warning not to scroll, it’s super gross down there

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

A lot of Democratic strategists and journalists are nibbling around the edges, but I don't think anyone has fully articulated the Trump campaign's digital strategy—it seems obvious to me that they're building a digital mouse trap for their supporters to live in until November.

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Stefan Smith

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2 years

Barbara Walters was a trailblazing journalist who, over time and on multiple occasions, acted as a booster for the same patriarchal system that she overcame.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

3 months

WHY ARE YOU POSTING THE GAFFE WHAT THE FUCK STAFF WORK IS HAPPENING OVER THERE OMG

Kamala HQ

@KamalaHQ

3 months

President Biden: Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin. President Putin? He’s gonna beat President Putin President Zelenskyy: I’m better President Biden: You’re a hell of a lot better

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

#TeamPete is going to be fine. We’ll have each other—always.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

Secretary Pete.

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Stefan Smith

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3 years

Personal News: Today is my first day with the @ACLU as their first (!!!) Deputy Chief Digital Engagement Officer. I cannot wait to work with @iamdeepa and this incredible team to create content and tell stories that motivate people to take action!

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Stefan Smith

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2 months

There is a light in all of us. Sometimes, we just need someone to bring it out of us.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

**dusts off Pete’s court reform plan**

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I know I’m not a neutral arbitor, but no body was making content like PFA:

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

IT'S HERE AND IT'S SPECTACULAR #BeardEdgeEdge

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

OPERATION BEARD EDGE EDGE IS A GO, #BEARDEDGEEDGE IS LIVE:

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Stefan Smith

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2 years

Before you pester your digital staff, asking them to replicate the Fetterman style—ask yourself if you’ve replicated their content approval process.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

TRUMP LOSING THE ELECTION WHILE AT THE GOLF COURSE IS SO FREAKING PERFECT

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 years

Not gonna lie, this broke me 😢😫

Southwest Virginia for Pete for KAMALA/WALZ 🐝🚖

@SWVAforPete

5 years

For a year and two days, I have known who I would vote for this morning. For 10 months, I've been doing everything in my power to make him president. Today, I cried at my polling place as I did one more thing for him. I voted for someone else. #PeteToBiden #TeamPete

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

Please don’t call it the George Floyd Trial. He is not on trial. Derek Chauvin is.

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Stefan Smith

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2 months

Someone: Are you posting too much about Pete? Me:

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Stefan Smith

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3 years

@kaminskyskittle @BleacherReport She's blind, not immune to chlorine.

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Stefan Smith

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3 months

I’m worried that we are making the same mistake around the veepstakes that we were making around the Biden withdrawal: Focusing on the “practical” instead of doing what the Democratic base wants.

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

He called me after my dad died and he had the right thing to say. He's as good as you imagine.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I don’t know what to say—so I’ll just say that this city (and the people who live here) changed my life in ways that I’m only now starting to understand. I am forever blessed to have been here. On to the next adventure!

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

I’ve been telling y’all for months to follow @PeteButtigieg on Instagram. At this point, it’s like 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I cannot believe that I have a published opinion in the @NYTimes , but it's here and it's about one of the most pressing issues of our time. We can defeat Trump online, but it means empowering supporters at every level:

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg. That's the tweet.

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

The stage is set. Are you with us?

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I joined ⁦ @PeteForAmerica ⁩ exactly a year ago today—and it was the best decision of my adult life.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

Reminder to #TeamPete that the Rules of the Road are in effect for tonight. Let’s lift up Pete and ignore any mess.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I’m absolutely done with 🌹Twitter after today—I don’t want to hear a fucking thing about how Biden and Trump are the same and voting doesn’t matter. It’s time to grow up!

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Stefan Smith

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7 months

@PatrickBelongs One day I'll tweet stuff from that abandoned history dissertation!

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Stefan Smith

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2 years

Christian Walker is lighting his father’s campaign on fire—but he’s also speaking his truth about abuse, growing up with a single mom, and having a father that abandoned him. And we can hold space for both.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

5 years

#ThankYouPete

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Kamala HQ

@KamalaHQ

3 months

Then-Attorney General Kamala Harris in 2013 instructs Los Angeles clerk to begin same-sex marriages after a ban on marriage equality was halted: “You must start the marriages immediately”

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

There is already a Stacy Abrams in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana who has spent years trying to organize their communities. Let’s find and lift them up with resources; let’s not parachute into their communities.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

My brother just called for our weekly chat and I told him about the @NYTimes piece and he started shouting so loud the guards came over. He told them and they let him have an extra 15 mins of phone privileges so we could talk and like, I’m basically just openly sobbing now.

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

Some people would rather believe that we are running a Black-people troll farm online with hundreds of fake accounts because admitting that we have real and actual support is too hard.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

Pete Buttigieg is a little bit cringe. And the internet needs to deal with it.

political cringe

or, Why You Don't Like Pete Buttigieg

thestefansmith.substack.com

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Stefan Smith

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. @KalPenn for @Esquire : “Vice President Harris should choose @PeteButtigieg because he raises the bar on the conversations we ought to be having on the direction of our country.…It’s the winning ticket.” #HarrisButtigieg2024 #VPete

Vice President Kamala Harris Should Pick Pete Buttigieg as Her Running Mate

The name of the game with this choice is to expand the electorate. He’s the guy to do it.

www.esquire.com

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

Is mashed potatoes and meatballs a thing? Like, if I make a gravy from the meatball drippings? I feel like this should be a thing if it isn’t already.

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Stefan Smith

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@briebriejoy

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Whomever just sent me an anonymous, 11 page strategy memo making the case for #VPete know that it's really good and that I hope you're already working in politics! But also, how did you get that email address?! 😅

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

I cannot imagine a single person that Biden could pick as VP that would change my vote for him—a lot of y’all are just bored and looking for drama.

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

BEST INFRASTRUCTURE WEEK EVER

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Stefan Smith

@TheStefanSmith

4 years

Racism chips away at you. Until eventually there’s nothing left.

black staffer

or, Anecdotes from a Broken System

thestefansmith.substack.com

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

Biden got more than the Buttigieg endorsement this week, he also got a truly nationwide grassroots org that was capable of pivoting on a dime. And @Samsteelman built that ⬇️⬇️

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@SamSteelman

5 years

Tonight proved that #TeamPete had a grassroots infrastructure that was strong, organized, & ready. The Marathon States program @PeteForAmerica didn’t just organize. We built community through belonging. Our volunteers built real connections. Here’s what we accomplished:

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

Now that people are starting to appreciate Pete Buttigieg more, does that mean I can finally start posting old content off my phone? Cause it’s just sitting here and it’s so funny!

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Stefan Smith

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. @mattyglesias : "Buttigieg has never held statewide elected office, but he’s been tested over and over again in the simulacrum of national media discourse. Practically speaking, he is the safest pair of hands available."

Buttigieg Is Harris’ Best Choice for Vice President

The most important quality for a running mate is being a good communicator, and the transportation secretary is the best the Democrats have.

www.bloomberg.com

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Stefan Smith

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5 years

I hope everybody who said Pete needed to drop out because he wasn’t winning Black votes keeps that same energy for Bernie 🤷🏽‍♂️

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NEWS: Bernie Sanders has cancelled a planned rally in Mississippi on Friday and will instead travel to Michigan, a striking indication that his campaign is shifting its focus to the Midwest and largely ceding another Southern state to Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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4 years

People really thought we were overreacting on Election Night in 2016.

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Stefan Smith

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4 years

Pete hasn’t changed. Stop announcing your ignorance by pretending you see his virtue now. It was always there.

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You’re not mad that Biden isn’t talking to the press—he is—you’re mad that he’s prioritizing local outlets and reporters in the states that matter.

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@TopTrevor

King Charles could be having alternative cancer therapies

Kristina Kyriacou, who advised the monarch for seven years, said the 75-year-old 'will be very philosophical and be curious' following his shock diagnosis.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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