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Political, Policy, Advocacy & Civic Education Director @APANOActionFund + @APANOCUF |Fmr. President @MinCannBusAssoc |Tweets are all me.

Milwaukie, OR
Joined February 2009
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD BE SAYING THIS EVERY CHANCE THEY GET. Thank you to @RitchieTorres for getting at the core of the issue. Republicans are the ones who ran up the credit card and then blamed it on poor people. CC: @TheDemocrats @SenateDems @dccc
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Ritchie Torres
1 year
Republicans focused their energy on savaging a program like SNAP, which provides an average of TWO DOLLARS per meal. Republicans are scapegoating poor people for a debt crisis caused by GOP recessions, tax cuts, and wars.
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@ShawnRyan762 Man, I expected better from you than this. The guy retired to run for Congress before his unit was deployed. Go ahead and tell us what Trump did when he was called up.
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@AnandWrites I feel like Democrats finally figured out that authenticity is the key to winning. Pre-fab Dems won’t win elections in the TikTok age.
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2 years
@DavidSacks No we don't. You are more in an uproar about this non story than the January 6th coup, which is very telling.
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6 years
. @BetoORourke needs to run in 2020. I agree with @jonfavs that Beto is a once in a generation kind of politician. He can unite the Clinton/Sanders wings of the party and bring in crucial independent/GOP/non-voters/. #Beto2020 #BetoForPresident
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@WizKaliko
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6 months
@atrupar @normcharlatan We are literally using more force on students than we did armed vigilantes taking over federal property for a month.
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@JoeyMannarinoUS You’re disgusting.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
2 years
Time to send @RubenGallego to the Senate.
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Adam Parkhomenko
2 years
Krysten Sinema is currently dining with her buddy Kevin McCarthy in Navy Yard right now
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
I support ending the federal prohibition of marijuana. Pass it on. #EndCannabisProhibition #MOREAct
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
5 years
@TheRightMelissa @AggieJack4 @tedcruz @jack Putin didn’t do that. Decades of winner-take-all, gerrymandered, corporate money fueled elections did.
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@WizKaliko
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@davidhogg111 Sending you lots of aloha, David. It’s hard enough caring for our loved ones in such difficult times but the system is inhumane in so many ways and robs us of precious moments we should be spending with them rather than stressing about how to pay for the care they need.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
8 months
Today would be a good day for @JoeBiden to call on Congress to fully de-schedule #cannabis and make good on his promise to decriminalize #marijuana so that no human gets locked in a cage for a plant.
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3 months
Omarosa doesn’t think Trump will debate Kamala. I think the only way it happens is if he’s so far down and not getting any attention that he does it just to generate some headlines.
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Kaliko Castille
5 months
@ryangrim $6 million dollars on a safe seat is bananas.
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Kaliko Castille
9 months
From about November to literally a week ago, I was on the edge of not being able to make rent + other bills every month. My wife had our second baby last year and it has been a lot to juggle with both of us working from home. This isn't about being "wired to save" - it's about
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More Perfect Union
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Hmm is it our wiring, or our paychecks?
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2 years
I know it won’t happen but @senbetsyjohnson needs to drop out and endorse @TinaKotek if she cares about this state at all.
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2 months
@samswey @rickperlstein Just like Reagan got Iran to hold the hostages until after Election Day.
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4 years
@meenaharris To be fair, for her, the Trump era felt like forever — plus it was legit her whole life.
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Kaliko Castille
8 months
Will @Oregonian @wweek @portlandmercury @KGWNews @KOINNews @KATUNews @OPB please follow up with this? Is he retracting his statement now that he’s deleting the post? Is he admitting to lying and stoking fears? The public deserves answers. #ORpol #Portland
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@MacSmiff
Radical Left Lunatic 🏁🐍
8 months
Rene Gonzalez silently deleted his lying Tri-Met statement JUST LIKE he silently deleted his tweet thanking a Proud Boy who led an Islamaphobic protest at PDX. Pattern of behavior?
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
5 years
Just made a $5 donation to @JayInslee so he can make the #DemDebate stage. The future of life on this planet 🌎 hinges on this election. His voice needs to be heard. #ClimateCrisis
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Kaliko Castille
5 years
@TheRightMelissa @AggieJack4 @tedcruz @jack No disagreement about Hilary running a bad campaign (despite winning the popular vote), she should have never been close enough to lose. However, large swaths of that map are pretty much baked into the cake for both parties because of systemic partisan control of districting.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
4 years
I remember when it was a big deal that we cracked 50% when I was an intern for @NORML .
@tomangell
Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ
4 years
NEW POLL: 68% of Americans now support legalizing marijuana. That’s “Gallup’s highest reading” since the firm started surveying voters on the cannabis issue back in 1969.
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Kaliko Castille
3 years
“Reggae music may not top the charts but it tops the hearts” - @keznamdi
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Kaliko Castille
5 months
Folks, listen. Schedule III will perpetuate our failed approach to #marijuana , not end it. This won't stop any arrests or expunge any records. It will mean that Trulieve and Curaleaf have free cash flow to further consolidate their market share and political power.
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President Biden
5 months
Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. So today, the @TheJusticeDept is taking the next step to reclassify marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug under federal law. Here's what that means:
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@ford5522 @ShawnRyan762 Wrong. He re-upped several times and retired honorably before his unit was called up in order to run for Congress where he worked on veterans issues.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
5 years
THAT GUY IS @IanKarmel !!!!!!! Duh, @espn . This is too good.
@espn
ESPN
5 years
The newest Laker Girls ... Venus Williams, James Corden and Gronk 🤣
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3 years
@benshapiro You’re a disingenuous buffoon. There has been no systemic change. And you are basically dog whistling that black people are dangerous and are coming to kill white people. Nat Turner is coming!!!!
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4 years
My guy @ChuckRocha is on @MSNBC spitting hot 🔥 about Biden’s underperformance (16 points behind Clinton) in Miami-Dade. “I saw a lot of money flow to woke, white, consultants that went right around latino organizations on the ground.”
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Kaliko Castille
6 years
Dude, the line for @RonFunches show in Seattle tonight is gnarly! It goes for an entire block and wraps around the corner. Congratulations, Ron!!!
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Kaliko Castille
3 months
@deanbphillips @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @JoshShapiroPA I’ve seen a lot of legit criticisms including concerns coming from organized labor as well as legitimate critiques about him comparing Gaza protestors to the KKK. I haven’t seen any antisemitism coming from the serious left.
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Kaliko Castille
2 years
One thing I really wanted to tweet over the weekend as I was watching the @Calirootsfest live stream is that @icecube is the real deal. I could feel the energy through the screen. Wish I was there in person but it was a friendly reminder that Cube has still got it. #CaliRoots
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@murder_turd @ShawnRyan762 It’s wild how they fall for this fake tough guy act. You’d think people would see right through it but their Daddy issues get in the way.
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Kaliko Castille
2 months
@FooteAl @ShawnRyan762 Correct. He dodged the draft and said people who went were stupid.
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2 years
Getting ready to drop my ballot off after my @BrownHopeOrg office shift! Sending lots of aloha and good election night vibes to my favorite candidates on the ballot: @TinaKotek , @JamieforOregon , @AnnessaforHD40 , @nguyenfororegon , @DanielforOregon , @Catherine4Clerk #ORpol
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
Say that last part again.
@RitchieTorres
Ritchie Torres
1 year
Republicans focused their energy on savaging a program like SNAP, which provides an average of TWO DOLLARS per meal. Republicans are scapegoating poor people for a debt crisis caused by GOP recessions, tax cuts, and wars.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
@jonathanalter why are you pushing a false narrative about "Bernie Bros"? That's not a thing.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
2 years
It’s even more important to elect @TinaKotek after today’s ruling. We can’t afford the risk of Republicans running this state. We must protect women’s freedom to make her own health care decisions. #ORpol
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Tina Kotek
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Abortion bans are bullshit. And dangerous.
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Kaliko Castille
8 months
@BradleyWhitford Watch the full episode. It’s well done.
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Kaliko Castille
5 years
@matthewjdowd @AndrewYang It seems like a good validator since heʻs one of the people who will be helping to automate away the trucking industry. He sees whatʻs coming down the line.
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Kaliko Castille
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@ChrisMurphyCT Time after time progressive things haven’t happened because of her.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
7 years
. @hughhefner helped start @NORML with a grant of $5,000. I appreciate his leadership at a time when it wasn't popular. #CannaTwitter
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Kaliko Castille
7 years
@RonFunches @pattonoswalt That's the equivalent of confusion Star Wars and Star Trek 🤦🏽‍♂️
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
4 years
@EDoggTheRed @ddale8 Just like any other insecure dude that is ready to curse out any woman that doesn’t give him the attention he wants.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
6 months
Thank you to @SenSchumer for meeting with the Marijuana Justice Coalition this week and for your commitment to keeping #cannabis legislation in the conversation. Show me another Majority Leader that has been willing to put his political capital behind this issue. I’ll wait.
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Chuck Schumer
6 months
I was so proud to meet with the Marijuana Justice Coalition as we work to reintroduce the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act in the Senate! We will not stop working together to end the federal prohibition on cannabis and reverse the harms of the War on Drugs.
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Kaliko Castille
3 years
It feels as if we are in the midst of a turning point for workers rights but we gotta keep the pressure up!
@NickKnudsenUS
Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸
3 years
Republicans and their corporate overlords have been on a decades-long mission to destroy unions. Why? Because they’re effective:
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
Imagine throwing your political career away and 20 years from now trying to explain to people that you were trying to stop trans children (who very much exist) from being comfortable being themselves. Weird flex, but o.k. grandpa. #ORpol #ORleg
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Kaliko Castille
9 months
@Mikel_Jollett @mehdirhasan You overreacted to his tweet and got called out for it.
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Kaliko Castille
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@EricRWeinstein It's not like a conspiracy. She was literally next in line and the party unanimously decided to move forward with her as the nominee because no one actually ran against her in the DNC process which was open and available to challengers after Joe stepped aside.
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Kaliko Castille
6 months
@HarrisonKrank @POTUS Were you even awake for the Bush and Trump adminstrations? How do you think we got here?
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
9 years
. @BarbaraBoxer every day except when she voted for the War in Iraq, spoke in favor of DOMA, and says single payer will "never ever" happen.
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Kaliko Castille
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@Scaramucci It has typically been Mitch McConnell, but he’s been malfunctioning too.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
Unbelievable how patient @marcuslemonis is. Especially after watching @farmgirlflowers @thesimplegreek @240sweet episodes. #TheProfit
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@AnnCoulter Yeah, but these billionaires are willing to be taxed more.
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
When @KevinSabet says “ingredients” in marijuana, he really means naturally occurring compounds (like THC, CBD, etc). Cannabis doesn’t have ingredients. It’s a plant. It’s compounds are determined by its genetics, not by someone adding “ingredients”. #SAFEBanking
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
9 years
@sacca I sure hope so. The reason I like Twitter is that it doesn't tell me what's popular. I get to decide that.
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
2 years
Finally got a chance to meet @JamieforOregon in Milwaukie last night! Had to thank her for running against (and beating) Kurt Schrader. Excited to see her get elected to represent our district in Congress. She even had some words of encouragement for me after a tough race. #ORpol
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
9 years
. @HillaryClinton says there hasn't been one, but @SenWarren disagrees. @nowthisnews
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Kaliko Castille
2 years
Today would be a good day for @POTUS to bring @brittneygriner home and end #marijuana prohibition here in the U.S.
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Kaliko Castille
2 years
It’s clear that #Portland is not nearly as progressive of a city as we claim to be. In fact, I would argue our leadership is openly hostile towards “communities of color”. Performative “progressives” rules Oregon democratic politics. #ORpol
@MacSmiff
Radical Left Lunatic 🏁🐍
2 years
The City is trying to redirect money that was pegged for "communities of color" to the notoriously bigoted neighborhood associations. Mingus Mapps is in support, of course. Absolutely egregious to promise resources to the marginalized for show only.
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Kaliko Castille
6 months
All those Biden haters in the #cannabis stock bro community gonna change their tune all of a sudden?
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
6 years
A few years ago, I was scraping change to eat. It feels good to finally be in a spot to contribute to causes & people I believe in. Today I doubled my monthly commitment to @tomangell & @MarijuanaMoment to $50 because his reporting is 2nd to none.
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Kaliko Castille
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@gracezilbersh @jonfavs Israel has killed nearly 15x as many people were killed on 10/7 — they have defended themselves.
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Kaliko Castille
2 years
@LogicalMD33 @DavidSacks So Trump's FBI is to blame?
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
@otis_reid @BenjySarlin Totally agreed but I’d rather them go one step too far than not go all the way. These are excellent. Even people who don’t understand the memes will be drawn to it and talking about it.
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3 years
@karichisholm @JakeSherman I’m so glad I’ve watched zero minutes of this!
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Kaliko Castille
5 years
@TimOBrien Whats your point? This has already been discussed. The difference is that was ‘94 and he’s worked to reverse that damage. Bloomberg was still terrorizing 5 million black and brown people in the last administration.
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
Can we please get some better Clackamas County Commissioners? Perhaps some that are actually interested in governing rather than just overturning things that voters (or themselves) have already decided. Locking people up doesn't help addiction. #ORpol
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6 years
@RyanAFournier @realDonaldTrump Can’t imagine how you felt when Trump was bragging about having the tallest building in NYC.
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
We must never forget that: cannabis = linchpin to the War in Drugs = linchpin to white supremacy.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
. @NRA 83% of Americans support background checks on all gun purchases. People > Profits. #2A #EndGunViolence
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Kaliko Castille
3 years
@Jason You know, it's possible to be an A-player and actively participate in our representative democracy.
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Kaliko Castille
8 years
@CornellWBrooks
Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks
8 years
From an Ala. jail to the US Senate, the @NAACP opposes @jeffsessions for AG. Stand w' us, as we testify @ the Wed. hearing.There's a record.
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Kaliko Castille
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@Snowden @elonmusk Thank you for calling this fake patriot out, @Snowden .
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Kaliko Castille
8 months
First off, @AlchemyAmerican is one of the best story tellers and educators on the internet right now. *EVERYONE* should watch his latest documentary not just #UFOTwitter . What I appreciate about his style is that he always overwhelms me with as much information as inspiration.
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Jesse Michels
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100 years ago, an American inventor named Thomas Townsend Brown believed he found a link between electromagnetism and gravity. He was immediately written off as a quack. But Paul Schatzkin @driver49 spent a decade plus researching him, and the truth (as you'll find from his
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@HillaryClinton your policies towards the Mid-East & support of regime change has helped to undermine democratic principles around globe.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
@RandPaul @BarackObama OR save our lives and the planet...
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Kaliko Castille
3 years
Lehua is attending her first campaign event for @TobiasRead w/ special guest @Bakari_Sellers tonight!
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@WizKaliko
Kaliko Castille
9 years
. @HillaryClinton how long have you supported #FightFor15 ?
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
Respectfully, @SenSherrodBrown — cannabis legalization got 100,000 more votes than Biden in South Dakota and 300k more votes than @JoeBiden in Arizona, a state that he won. Apparently more voters think it’s a priority than electing Joe Biden.
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Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ
4 years
Democratic @SenSherrodBrown continues to be WAY out of step with voters on marijuana. When asked about the MORE Act he says, "I just don't think that's a priority” and pivots to other issues. Tell that to the victims of racist cannabis enforcement.
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Kaliko Castille
5 years
@MeghanMcCain I think sheʻs handling it pretty well, no big blows yet.
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Kaliko Castille
6 months
. @Oregonian once again reminding folks that it’s editorial board gives into some of the worst reactionary parts of Portland. If anyone watched the @KGWNews debate last night, it is clear that Vazquez has no plans and everything he took credit for came from Schmidt’s leadership.
@helenjung
Helen Jung
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Nathan Vasquez brings the experience, focus and commitment to accountability that the Multnomah County District Attorney's office needs. Voters should elect him as the next DA. Editorial endorsement:
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Kaliko Castille
6 years
@CillizzaCNN @AOC It’s called clickbait — Chris knows this. He’s playing directly into the right-wing narrative that AOC (and the left in general) are childish don’t understand the issues.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
. @HillaryClinton @aseitzwald @kasie you are a centrist. You aren't a "progressive". Bill made his name pushing the "third way" and the DLC.
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Kaliko Castille
3 years
Yo, I can’t believe I’m a Dad now.
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
Was just told by my bank that I can’t qualify for an FHA loan because I derive my income from the cannabis industry. Enraged.
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Kaliko Castille
3 months
Tonight: @POTUS and @VP welcome home @evangershkovich and Paul Whelan after years in Russian prisons. Trump could never pull this off or be this Presidential in such a emotional and human moment. You can tell @KamalaHarris is ready to be President.
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Kaliko Castille
2 years
Getting ready for bed and thinking about how grateful I am that the universe has chosen me to raise two bad ass women that will leave a bigger impact on this world than I ever could. 2.0 due 7/24/23.
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Kaliko Castille
1 year
I firmly believe that the only answer when it comes to the cannabis scheduling conversation is to de-schedule, which is more likely to happen through congress than an administrative process. Schedule III will keep people in jail, despite helping the industry, it's unacceptable.
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Kaliko Castille
9 years
This treasure trove from @JeanetteJing shows just how classy @BernieSanders ' camp has been. These could all be ads.
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Kaliko Castille
5 years
@DrJasonJohnson That’s 3% of Bloomberg’s net worth, who isn’t on this list...if we’re being consistent.
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Kaliko Castille
6 years
@ZaidJilani This screams desperation to me.
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
Before Roger Bannister, nobody had ever run a four-minute-mile but since he proved it could be done, 1,400 people have been able to meet that mark. All it takes is for one person to achieve the “impossible” for the rest of us to dream of it.
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Kaliko Castille
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A politically expedient choice to appease fearmongers rather than implement data driven policies. There will be a lot of legislators who will pat themselves on the back for this bill but will in fact have only perpetuated the problem. #ORpol #ORleg
@dirquez
Dirk VanderHart
8 months
The Oregon House will soon take up HB 4002, which would end the state’s 3-yr-old drug decriminalization policy. Rumblings in the chamber ahead of time are that this will cruise through with 45 or more votes (out of 60). That doesn’t mean we won’t see a lot of debate. #orleg
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
@MeghanMcCain What exactly are you co-signing here?
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Kaliko Castille
4 years
@abigailmarone @TeamTrump They know the South lost at Gettysburg, right?
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