William Harpine @WHarpine Twitter profile

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William Harpine

4 years

Communication specialist posts about #publicspeaking , #debate , #freespeech , #Trump , etc. Blog usually updated every few days. #Truth makes a difference - I hope. #Vote !

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

6 years

@charliekirk11 Really? Why hasn't Donald Trump resigned, in that case? Why is Jim Jordan still in Congress? Give me a break, Charlie.

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6 years

@charliekirk11 Just on a general level, in the Donald Trump era I think that the Republican Party should abandon all talk about family values. Just a suggestion. It doesn't work for me. Thanks.

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@JoeyMannarinoUS The entire world watched the insurrection on live TV. Grow up.

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4 years

And remember that they are protesting for the right to get sick and die young, while infecting as many innocent people as possible. #MichiganProtest

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5 years

So - according to #Falwell , only people who have made a payroll are entitled to moral opinions. But it turns out that there is no proof that Jesus ever made a payroll.

Jerry Falwell Jr. Attacks Preacher for Comments on Migrant Child Treatment

"What gives you authority to speak on any issue? I'm being serious," Jerry Falwell Jr. asked preacher Russell Moore over his criticisms of the Trump administration's treatment of migrant children.

www.newsweek.com

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2 years

Futile to make a deal w/ the Freedom Caucus. Now, McCarthy learns what it's like to negotiate with people who have no honor. Now he knows how Dems feel when they negotiate with Republicans. #Speakerofthehouse

The vote for House speaker

Live coverage as the House votes for a new speaker.

www.foxnews.com

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

3 years

Make no mistake. Republican leaders know that disgrace and maybe prison await them if they lose the next few elections. They will stop at nothing. The only thing that Hitler has on these people is that Hitler was smarter than they are. Republican stupidity is our last hope.

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@WHarpine

2 years

Record high inflation was under Nixon/Ford, up to 12%.

FudgeTosser

@FudgeTosser

2 years

@paulkrugman If democrats hold the majority, after causing record high inflation and bringing the country to the brink of nuclear war with Russia, it’ll be a victory for the mainstream media, proof that they really do control perceived reality, for a slim majority at least.

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@garysavage1 Liberals tend to fear dangers that are real (climate change, COVID, etc.) Conservatives tend to fear things that are make-believe (voter fraud, space aliens?).

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1 year

@JoeyMannarinoUS Your side thinks you have the right to overturn the election and abolish the Constitution. Shame on you. #Voteblue

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@WHarpine

1 year

@johnsonkwj @SunMonkey61 @LouDobbs If Trump didn't want to be prosecuted during election season, maybe he should have obeyed the law.

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7 months

@MikeRogersForMI Step one, keep Republicans out of the WH. LOL!

White House Medical Unit's mass order of fentanyl raises questions

The procurement of strong sedatives under Donald Trump's administration has prompted questions as to what they were intended for.

www.newsweek.com

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@WHarpine

2 years

@curiousdatacat I would say, "we're doomed!"

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9 months

@nataliecarey__ @BethMooreLPM When Trump handed our secrets to Russian officials, when he insulted disabled veterans, when he raped women and boasted about it on a sound recording...

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

4 years

In 1976, my wife applied for a check cashing card (not even a credit card), using her job and references. The card was issued in my name. That kind of thing was just plain wrong.

Trinity 🌊

@TrinityResists

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@snarkipoo @B52Malmet @tizzywoman @TheSWPrincess @DemocracyStorm @Joannetrueblue @MatthewWolfff @SallyDeal4 @exoticgamora @DanaScottlo @DHStokyo Women couldn’t obtain credit or a credit card in their own name until 1979 in this country. The ERA was passed by Congress in 1972 & finally voted on enough states to ratify in 2019. Trump’s regime & the GOP are currently litigating to prevent it. #HonorHerWishes

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2 years

Look at the readers' comments. We know now that Trump is a traitor. Many MAGA voters are cool with that.

Trump FBI raid could have ‘some connection’ to murdered CIA assets, MSNBC's Joy Reid speculates

MSNBC host Joy Reid speculated that the classified documents allegedly seized by the FBI during their raid against Donald Trump could be connected to murdered CIA agents in 2021.

www.foxnews.com

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

3 years

In other countries, that would be called "stealing."

Brown Eyed Susan

@smc429

3 years

The @GOP find absolutely nothing troubling about an ex-president (wannabe) hiding 15 boxes of Presidential documents (for sale?) in his Moscow-Lago home and the National Archive think there's more.🙄 #JustIndict

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1 year

@WalshFreedom Republicans gave up on right and wrong a long time ago.

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@WHarpine

8 months

@BillEigel If you have resisted gun control, this is on you. Prayers or not.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

4 years

I'm sure this cartoonist from 2017 thought this cartoon was a satirical exaggeration. But it has come true at CPAC today. #GoldenCalf #GoldenTrump #CPAC2021

Worldly politics, not heavenly powers, inspire evangelicals to stick with Trump

My own journey of faith began in the Free Methodist Church when I was a kid, and it has left me with a warm place in my heart for evangelical Christians.

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2 years

@AngelG0510

Daughter remembers Texas teacher who died shielding students: 'You...

Adalynn Ruiz, the daughter of Robb Elementary School teacher Eva Mireles, 44, wrote in a Facebook post that her mom and "best friend" died a hero.

nypost.com

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@WHarpine

2 years

El Paso is smack on the border. Cruz doesn't know his own state?

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@WHarpine

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@_eat_pray_lift_ Yes, Amy, some of us are not suicidal. Thanks for expressing your opinion.

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@WHarpine

1 year

@umeprobdupree If you didn't vote for Hillary, the Dobbs decision is *your* doing. Thanks for posting.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

1 year

Let's not miss the point. Republicans expelled their inept Speaker of the House, not b/c he was evil, but b/c he wasn't evil enough to satisfy everyone. #SpeakerOfTheHouse

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William Harpine

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2 years

@gibson3798 @mhdksafa In the past, maybe, but our nation has grown cold and heartless under the influence of the "Christian" Right.

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2 years

@RichardGrenell Are you saying that all Republicans are criminals?

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

5 years

@An3ita5 A major chemical company makes the insecticides that some people think cause the bee colonies to collapse. Enough said.

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@WHarpine

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@Weightgainclyde @krassenstein 1. The system is clogged up for lack of funding. Plus bizarre procedures, which the bill would streamline. 2. The bill proposed fixes to legal immigration. Conservatives think everything is free. It isn't. Biden can't just wave a magic wand.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

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@lesleyabravanel I'd pull my child out of school no matter what the hardship. But what a terrible bind our children and parents have been placed in. #WearAMask #GetVaxxed

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@Kommunikate @DefiyantlyFree Rudy was offered the opportunity to defend himself but chose not to do so. Grow up, Katie, thank you.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

6 years

Here's the point: what do you want to cut? Social Security? Medicare? National Defense? Republicans have yet to present a viable cost reduction plan. Haven't even presented it, let alone sold it to the public.

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@bradflix86 @CollinRugg 1. Evidence needs to be presented by rules that every lawyer learns the first year of law school. 2. Disclaimers mean almost nothing. You are still required to tell the truth. You can't sign a legal document and then disclaim it and expect anyone w/ a brain to take you seriously

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1 year

@salstrange CNN has a liberal rep, but the owner is a right-wing rich guy.

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@WHarpine

8 months

@DellaABoynton @JoeyMannarinoUS Incorrect.

A post says American taxpayers are paying for benefits received by immigrants in the country...

Ahead of the tax filing season, a Facebook post sarcastically told taxpayers to file on time because immigrants illegall

www.politifact.com

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@WHarpine

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@delinthecity_ @RyanAFournier The Congress was ready to vote $20 billion for border security. The Republicans said "no." Grow up.

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@WHarpine

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@leslibless Obama did produce his birth certificate. Duh. Trump never disclosed his college records. Republicans are such losers. Sheesh.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

1 year

@garysavage1 @BrianWilms Climate change due to natural causes (solar flares, asteroids, volcanoes, etc.) is real and we can't do a thing about any of it. Such climate change can be incredibly destructive. Climate change due to burning stuff is human-made and we can control it. See the difference?

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William Harpine

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6 years

In a world where #reality and #truth are taking a beating, let's give #threecheers to the three best fact-checking websites. 1. @factcheckdotorg 2. @PolitiFact 3. Glenn Kessler's Fact-Checker. @GlennKesslerWP

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@WHarpine

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@Getsmart4 Would have been better if he hadn't had unrestricted gun rights. Then he wouldn't be in for life.

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@WHarpine

11 months

@Rach_IC Rachel, that is in error. The votes were legal and Eastman is pushing it.

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@WHarpine

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@BasedMikeLee Prosecutor: “Here’s a video of Spike smashing the Capitol building and beating a police officer." Spike: “But there is also video of me walking around quietly. Therefore, I am totally innocent.” Do you people even listen to yourselves?

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@WHarpine

8 months

@RobinBroadway4 @GuntherEagleman Putin is evil beyond any description. What is wrong with you?

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@WHarpine

5 years

One problem: the thesis behind a center-right party is that there is a voter bloc that wants small government and low taxes but who are not racist. But very few voters fit that profile. A center-right party has no public appeal. @jrubinblogger

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@Teri_Kanefield

5 years

(Thread) The future of the GOP Harvard Professor Steven Levitsky and conservative columnist @JRubinBlogger agree on how to get out of this mess: The GOP needs to be crushed in 2020 so that a center-right party can arise from the ashes. America needs a center right party.

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@Brendelbored @DailyCaller @AOC The economy thrived in the 1950's w/ a 90% top tax rate.

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@WHarpine

2 years

@duty2warn And all of that makes him popular w/ the GOP base.

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1 year

@Aly_Meek Well, they missed the Rapture (again), so they need to predict something...

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9 months

@NASM106 Bummer. Do you feel equally sorry for the Black men who are waiting for trial in the same jail?

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@NAPWP587902 @GuntherEagleman The only harm that Obama did is that he triggered the disgusting white racists.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

1 year

Yeah, I remember Jim Crow, segregated schools, endless wars, polio epidemics, endless childhood illnesses, cars that killed you, Watergate...good times, you think? Nope.

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1 year

Do you remember when you were growing up, do you remember how simple life was, how easy it felt? It was about faith, family, and country. We can have that again, but to do that, we must vote Joe Biden out. #RTM2023

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@raftoregon @DefiyantlyFree Giuliani refused to submit material to the court or testify in his own defense. You people blame this on the judge? Why? How sick are you "patriots?"

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@WHarpine

2 years

@Dr_amoytheemd The singular "they" is taking over anyway, and even old guys like me can adjust to it. Solves so many interpersonal problems.

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@WHarpine

9 months

@ArgonProphet @ksorbs The people coming in now also want jobs and a chance to contribute, but our country has turned mean.

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@WHarpine

11 months

@GordonSumner11 @JonahDispatch Prosecutor: “Here’s a video of Spike smashing the Capitol building and beating a police officer." Spike: “But there is also video of me walking around quietly. Therefore, I didn't smash into the Capitol.” Do you people even listen to yourselves? No? Didn't think so.

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

4 years

Trump can always give a press briefing. Or issue a statement on the WH web page. Twitter & Facebook are private companies, not state media.

Ron

@Ron06212876

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@WHarpine Twitter and facebook suspended trump permanately.... Even if trump is a national security risk, the DOJ can not afford the power to a private company to suppress the presidents speech.... You can not let your hatred rule... N Korea just witnessed the media overrun potus..

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This is illegal and is pure #WitnessIntimidation . #Whistleblower is by law entitled to confidentiality. #impeachment

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@WHarpine

1 year

Trump claims he built hundreds of miles of wall. Collins points out this is untrue. Trump makes fun of her. Audience cheers Trump. These people are sick. Collins tries to fact check. Trumpers oppose facts. #CNNTownhall

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William Harpine

@WHarpine

2 years

South Texas here. Border is Not Open. Quit saying that. 1. Border Patrol is everywhere and they miss nothing. 2. Coast Guard choppers and planes fly up and down the coast, low altitude, looking for anything. 3. Customs agents at the points of entry are tough and thorough. ...

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Why do we have open borders? @patrickgaspard + @georgesoros = @OpenSociety Foundation. Patrick is a childhood friend of @BarackObama from the Congo ironic? But where is @DanRather having another brain fart. Your storytelling is all fiction. Meanwhile the border is wide open.

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@DefiyantlyFree One political party tried to overthrow the Constitution on January 6, so I have no interest in any whining from Republicans on that topic.

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1 year

@Travis_in_Flint I am certain that Putin thanks both of you.

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@WHarpine

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@kendradsexton @WarClandestine @Anonymo868 Almost everything Putin said to Tucker Carlson was either false or distorted. That's why MAGA admires him. MAGA has no taste for truth. Shameful, is it not?

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1 year

It has happened to me, too, but Sairo has a point. Listen to what is said here.

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@omni_american

1 year

I've been approached as an employee repeatedly, despite being a white man's white man. A deep problem with our social justice discourse is that it trains us to interpret every interaction in the worst possible hyper-racialized light. It's anti-mental health, anti-social harmony.

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2 years

The one saving grace is that #JudgeCannon 's ruling is so stupid that even the conservative 11th Circuit might be embarrassed to uphold it.

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1 year

@Deetrini82 Healthcare workers should have been masking all along even before COVID. #WearAMask Sheesh. It's not hard.

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@WHarpine

10 months

@sharonsmeyer Are you ready to give up your Social Security in 6 years? Just asking for a friend...

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2 years

@makeupartist524 Lots of physicians are Fox News addicts. It's horrible.

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@WHarpine

3 years

@ambernoelle Parents who love their kids will get them vaccinated. As for the others? Natural selection is a cruel, cruel teacher. Skip the heartbreak and do the right thing.

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@WHarpine

4 years

This is called "justice." And #MerrickGarland is a person of unquestioned integrity and moderation.

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I can barely control my happiness. Merrick Garland for AG. Take take, Moscow Mitch.

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3 years

A great sign.

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Sign, Sign, everywhere a sign..🎶

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@RyanAFournier Prosecutor: “Here’s a video of Spike smashing the Capitol building and beating a police officer.” Spike: “But there is also video of me walking around quietly. Therefore, I am totally innocent.” Do you people even listen to yourselves? What is wrng with you?

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@WHarpine

2 years

@mail_american The FBI didn't interfere and Biden won and Republicans need to stop whining.

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2 years

Pro-Putin Republicans are circulating an obviously doctored video of Zelensky. Nothing, and I mean nothing, is beneath these people.

Video of Zelenskyy talking about cocaine is deceptively edited

A deceptively edited video that appears to show Zelenskyy admitting that he uses cocaine has circulated widely on social media in recent days.

apnews.com

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@AtlantaConserv1 @WalshFreedom After #Jan6 there is no such thing as a Trump voter who is for America. Every patriot left the Republican Party by Jan. 7 & all they have left are the traitors. Thanks for posting.

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@WHarpine

6 years

The press is under-reporting the female candidates. Odd. Not surprising, but odd.

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@JohnJHarwood

6 years

Beto O’Rourke is jumping up on coffee shop counters Elizabeth Warren is laying out detailed plans to expand affordable housing and early childhood education, regulate tech giants and give workers a voice in how large corporations are run my @cnbc column

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@RobertDumaine @LynneShasta40 B/c Trump pretends he was cheated when he wasn't. A baby, supported by other babies.

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@KathyBrockDavis @johnrich Carlson listened quietly while Putin lied, rambled, and made fun of Carlson. You call that journalism? Why?

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@MattForVA @Brcremer You are terrified of desperate people crossing a river with babies and backpacks. Goodness, you people are chicken.

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5 years

#PhonyEmolumentsClause Two bad things happen when we neglect social studies education for decades on end: 1. We get presidents who don't understand the basics of American government. 2. We get voters who vote for #1 . #Trump

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2 years

The current issue w/Republicans is that they don't have an actual program. They are against wokeness and Hunter Biden. OK. But what are they for? No clue.

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@WHarpine

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@J6patriotnews @TimRunsHisMouth Yeah, but you have kids, and if they hadn't been vaxxed, who knows? Be sure to keep your will up to date.

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@garysavage1 Good grief. All we needed was a program of testing, contact tracing, masking, and vaccination. But the conservatives said, "no way!" They said, "public health is tyranny!" "Disease is freedom!" Sick stuff. Literally.

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The question I ponder is this: why did so many Trump campaign officials lie about their contacts with Russia if there was nothing to hide, to the extent of going to jail for it? #BarrLetter

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@realConaldRump Sorry, but the entire MAGA movement is grifters. Grifters and their marks. Glad she noticed.

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@TsgtCiz @DougWahl1 Mortality rate is low, but far from zero. I mean, not as dangerous as COVID or polio. The complications are more common and can be serious.

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4 years

Good analogy.

George#VotesBlueAlways

@Numbers28

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Trump has had, what, 8 years to show his health care plan. Where is it?

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@MonicaLamb20 @RicciGeri If you support Trump at this point, it can only be a sign of having no moral judgment or patriotism whatsoever. Biden was right. Hillary was wrong. 50% of Trump's supporters are not deplorable. It's most of them.

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@TsgtCiz @sahilkapur He is right about it. The Republicans have no actual agenda (they voted against their own border bill!) and don't keep their word during negotiations.

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@PhilipAnde25595 @AstrosFan1985 Maybe the #Jan6 traitors should have complied. Isn't that what you guys say when Black people defy the cops?

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@William_E_Wolfe Saint Paul was all about CRT, so what is your problem? "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."

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@Glimmer2468 @julie_kelly2 Yeah. He only got a few years of prison. Nowhere near enough.

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Lefty here. I am a free speech extremist. The left isn't the side that is banning library books or firing teachers who teach about the civil rights movement. #RepublicansAreTheProblem

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@NASM106 My post referred to Black men who have been arrested, but presumed innocent and still awaiting trial. If we feel sorry for #Jan6 prisoners, what about the others? Our criminal justice system is slow. Too slow.

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William Harpine

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Be glad you don't live in Cleveland. I love both cities, but, still... When we lived in Akron, the sun came out for a minute and our preschool child yelled, "what's wrong? what's wrong?" It quickly went away and he was fine.

Dr. Jessie Male 🍉

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So this is my first winter in Pittsburgh and—does the sun come out, like, ever? And beyond a SAD lamp, how do people get through months of this?

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The most stunning part of #TrumpIndictment3 -- Trump admitted privately that he had lost. His entire #StopTheSteal was a deliberate con job.

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@Travis_in_Flint Except it worked with Trump. He didn't just lie about valuations; he misstated the square footage of properties, for example, often by a lot.

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@RicciGeri MAGA is a threat to our nation. Grow up, Geri.

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The children and teachers were so brave. The police were worthless. #UvaldeMassacre

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@TerryElect @JakeLangJ6 Did you care when Black men were imprisoned in bad conditions? No? But now you care that a white criminal is in prison? At least now you care about prison reform.

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@tomfloatshow @krassenstein Plays and movies routinely cast outside of ethnic heritage. Look at all the films that depict Jesus of Nazareth as a tall, pale-skinned, blue-eyed blond. Or Charlton Heston as Moses? Do you gripe about those?

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