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i cry a lot but i am so productive - it’s an art :: she/her :: #mnwild #Swiftie

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amanda
5 months
Today is Sawyer’s 10th birthday. Because of all of you, he got several signed TBL items, including two Brayden Point pucks. The @TBLightning blew us away with this surprise, & another very special person is sending something incredible. So grateful. Thank you so much.💙 #GoBolts
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6 months
Hello, friends. I have a big ask for any of you who may have a connection to the Tampa Bay Lightning @TBLightning #GoBolts (small thread incoming).
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5 years
I’m still emotional after being there to welcome @IlhanMN HOME. Hundreds of people chanting “Welcome home, Ilhan!” was exactly what I needed to restore some faith in humanity. #IStandWithIlhan #WelcomeHomeIlhan
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You’ve got a good one, @NYRangers . Thank you, @kandre_miller 💜 @DaBeautyLeague #NYR
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The sensory kit at the #mnwild game gave my ASD kiddo the opportunity to see his favorite player and experience something amazing. Grateful that these kits are available across the league!
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NHL Public Relations
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On #WorldAutismAwarenessDay , we are highlighting the work Nic Dowd and his wife, Paige, are doing to help children with sensory needs – including Autism – enjoy NHL games in person not only in Washington but at other arenas across the League.
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My husband rewound the entire game just to get to this part so he could set it as our screensaver. #mnwild
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4 years
@davidmackau The president’s doctor believes in jinxes, which actually isn’t that surprising.
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3 years
thread of #nhl players supporting luke prokop—add on as you see them!
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5 years
Waiting to welcome @IlhanMN HOME! We stand with you! 💜💜💜 #WelcomeHomeIlhan #IStandWithIlhan
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1 year
@SanJoseSharks This whole statement is a contradiction of whatever ridiculous point he’s trying to make. He’s a coward, but I appreciate the Sharks making him take responsibly for his cowardice and bigotry instead of letting him hide in the locker room behind “no comment.”
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2 years
Well this made me even more emotional!
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You’ve got a good one, @NYRangers . Thank you, @kandre_miller 💜 @DaBeautyLeague #NYR
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@cmasisak22 “They should be welcome in hockey and I don’t hate them but I’m not wearing that jersey because it’s supportive of them being welcome in hockey”
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3 years
My kids met @kandre_miller last night at @DaBeautyLeague & I have to say, what a nice guy! He was so friendly & kind, stopped to sign & chat & pose for pictures, & my kids (especially my daughter) left there with huge smiles on their faces. You’ve got a good one, @NYRangers ! #NYR
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5 years
Imagine how this woman felt, at 2 in the morning, when a group of men basically surrounded her car and tried to get in. It's not cute. It's not funny. Auston Matthews does not get a pass to harass women because he's famous.
@abc15sports
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UPDATE: @ScottsdalePD say Matthews jiggled the door handle of a car occupied by an apartment security officer and dropped his pants, exposing his underwear. #abc15
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4 years
@jonlovett I genuinely feel like I’ll have to take a leave from my job if my kids can’t go back to school in the fall. I don’t know if my job will even allow it, or how we’ll get by if I do. And no one seems to care that we’re doing nothing to stop it from happening. STRESS.
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1 year
@kandre_miller We all know who you are, K’Andre, and this just solidifies it. Hold your head high and don’t listen to the hate. When Miles saw it happen he immediately said, “he would NEVER do that, it was for sure an accident.” ❤️ You have our support!
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2 years
Hockey players (and their wives and girlfriends) are the coolest. Big thanks to Jessica and Kevin for making Maddie’s night (and birthday!) @mnwild @RussoHockey #mnwild
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3 years
@AkilahObviously Every other friend on my feed/in real life has COVID. People who I know are careful and have avoided getting it for almost two years. We are living in the worst timeline 🙃🙃🙃
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3 months
Once more for the people crying about “her beliefs!” in my mentions. Transphobia, homophobia, racism, etc, are just hatred toward specific groups of people, period. Those are not “beliefs” or “values” that I have to respect. It’s not politics, it’s basic human decency.
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3 years
@TheRealHoarse My 10-year-old son, who is autistic and often vehemently refuses school, got on the bus every day this week without an issue and came home every day with a smile on his face. In our house, those little things are big things!
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4 years
@ADLavinsky @StarTribune There aren't words for this level of ignorance and selfishness.
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6 years
It's been 1 year and 5 days since I attempted #suicide . It hasn't been an easy year. There have been more downs than ups. For every good day I have, there are 3 bad. But I'm still here. I'm still fighting. I'm going to win this battle, even if I can't win the war. #sicknotweak
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8 years
When you find out you're gonna meet Brent Seabrook #bhc2016
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8 years
140 just isn't enough to say thank you, @Jason_Zucker16 . #mnwild #biggestlittlefan
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3 years
My 14-yr-old came home with a stuffy nose & asked if I would take her for a COVID test bc one of her teachers is immunocompromised. If a teenager can look out for the well being of others during a public health crisis, adults who won’t should be ashamed.
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2 years
Thank you, @kandre_miller . Thank you, @NYRangers . My heart is overflowing. ❤️💙🤍 #NYR #NHL
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2 years
No words. Thank you, @kandre_miller . Thank you, @NYRangers . 💙❤️🤍
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@NYRangers
New York Rangers
2 years
In July, Miles got a hug from Key at Da Beauty League. Tonight, he got a stick from Key in St. Paul. 💙♥️
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4 years
Having a rough morning, so I’m listening to this again. Highly recommend you do too. The banter between @jonlovett and @RonanFarrow is a delight and I promise it will lift your spirits.
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2 years
Women can’t even bring a very small purse into the X but somehow a full squid is allowed
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Sauce Hockey
2 years
Asking for a friend…..how does one sneak this into a barn? ⁣ #SauceLife
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1 year
@kendallybrown @bdk1521 I sent my husband one thing that I wanted, told the kids I’d be happy with a day to just veg. Hubs got me the thing (a Bogg Bag) AND filled it with things I love! Such a lovely surprise 🥰 I hope that mom gets tons of love from her kiddos and her husband steps on a Lego.
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4 years
It's been a really hard day, but seeing the news of all the employees related to Hachette walking out in solidarity with @RonanFarrow shows me that there there's still some good in the world. There's hope for us yet.
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I started listening to @PodSaveAmerica a little over a year ago. I was so angry and scared, ALL the time, and listening to the pod was cathartic for me. It taught me that it’s still ok to laugh! It taught me so much about politics that I never knew (or cared about, tbh) before! >
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4 years
@philu916 @JShannonhl Sports don’t need to be happening. Front-line workers need the protection, and our kids and teachers need to get back to school. Sports can, and should, wait.
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3 years
JT Brown, of course
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2 years
Went for a drink w/ my mom last night. Talked hockey w/the bartender. Guy next to us starts mocking me, saying “you’re talking to HER about hockey?” Bartender says, “Sure am. I can talk to her about hockey all day long, she knows more about it than 90% of the dudes in here.” 😏
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3 years
We lost my dear friend Amy to cancer in August. She was a huge @TBLightning fan, and several weeks after she passed, a box arrived, with this jersey inside that she’d left to me and Maddie. Maddie wore it today to try for Bolts autographs. Amy would have loved that. #GoBolts
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with my 11-yr-old yesterday & a @LilNasX song came on. he LOVES Lil Nas X. He says “some people are criticizing Lil Nas X cuz he says gay stuff in his songs. what does that even mean? he’s gay, of course he talks about other boys. & that’s fine! People are dumb.” Kids are amazing
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3 years
Mathieu Joseph on IG
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5 years
@ewarren has a plan for everything, and when I asked her who her favorite dog of the Pod was, she gave an incredibly smart answer: “How could I choose? It’s like choosing between your children!” @crookedmedia @jonlovett @jonfavs @TVietor08
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4 years
@churchofbasebal The emphasis he puts on the word is what gets me. Just disgusting. Fire him immediately.
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@Jason_Zucker16
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3 years
Congratulations, Luke. Proud of you for sharing your story and I’m glad you’re a part of the hockey community! I’ll be rooting for you the rest of the way.
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3 years
The face of a girl who just found out she’s going to the @mnwild game tonight! (Huge thanks to her friends on #mnwild twitter for helping to make this happen for her birthday!) She was so excited her hands were shaking!
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@Marner93
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Much respect & support Luke!
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Doughty targeted Kirill that entire shift and the refs let it happen, but Kirill retaliates and gets ejected. Absolute joke.
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2 years
My youngest is playing in the mite jamboree today and Suter was down by the locker rooms talking to the boys. My kid says, “Oh, my mom does NOT like you” and I am just dying 🤣 #mnwild
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I’ll never stop sharing this story. @kandre_miller made Miles feel like the coolest kid in the world, when so often he feels “different” and left out. K’Andre Miller for #NHLAllStarVote
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. @nhl this is what it’s all about. The Rangers and K’Andre made Miles’ experience come full circle. He will remember this moment forever. #nhl #hockeytwitter #NYR
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I didn’t expect my video of Ilhan coming home today to get so much attention! Most of it’s positive and lovely, but so many replies have been awful. I’m ignoring and blocking, and my daughter just said, “Most people in this world believe EVERYONE has value, mom.” Remember that 💜
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5 years
Where is Warren is the these polls? Honestly, the media erasure is getting really effing old.
@mmurraypolitics
Mark Murray
5 years
Hypothetical matchups for just the states of AZ, CO, FL, ME, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, PA, WI (combined): Biden 52%, Trump 44% Sanders 49%, Trump 48% Bloomberg 48%, Trump 46% Klob 48%, Trump 47% Buttigieg 47%, Trump, 47%
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Fanatics doing player jerseys for the next 10 years? That should go well. #mnwild
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@joe_warmington The real creepy thing here is that you appear to be standing outside filming children through a window. Maybe “witnesses” should report that weird behavior instead.
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@BlackGirlHockey “Well I WAS going to support women’s hockey until all you WOMEN showed up!”
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4 years
@lyzl Great piece, Liz. I got sucked in early by his constant, seemingly well-sourced promises of “big news coming”. He had tons of followers (famous people, even!) and he gave me hope that Trump’s downfall was in imminent. None of it, of course, ever came to fruition.
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@RonanFarrow Ok but please just know that that video made SO many other quaratined twitter moms SO happy
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5 years
Happy Friday, @RonanFarrow 's new book finally has a release date!
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@jonlovett I’ve never been more disappointed about something i didn’t even know was going to happen
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. @nhl this is what it’s all about. The Rangers and K’Andre made Miles’ experience come full circle. He will remember this moment forever. #nhl #hockeytwitter #NYR
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You’ve got a good one, @NYRangers . Thank you, @kandre_miller 💜 @DaBeautyLeague #NYR
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@mkolken Shut up.
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In case you’ve forgotten, K’Andre Miller is a heck of a hockey player and a heck of a human. Send him to the ASG. #NHLAllStarVote #NYR #NoQuitInNY
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@vzmercogliano
Vince Z. Mercogliano
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K’Andre Miller got choked up as he told us this after the game: “My mom texted me today. She was giving me a lot of motivation. So it's pretty easy for myself to focus up for these types of games when I have support like that.” #NYR
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Very first to cast a ballot for @ewarren at the Dakota County Service Center in WSP and SO DAMN PROUD! @mn_for_warren #warrendemocrat
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3 months
Asst Coach Mira Jaluso is married to, and has a child with, a woman. Ken Klee can choke.
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Maya🇵🇸
3 months
Britta Curls Twitter likes include a medley of homophobic, Transphobic, Zionist, Covid denying, pro life propaganda btw. With the amount of openly queer players there are in the PWHL, you’ve gotta think any roster would be uncomfortable having Britta Curl as a liney… right?
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@jonfavs It’s ok to cut people out of my life that claim it’s not a big deal, right? They’ve had plenty of time to see the light.
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@CaseyWillhite @crookedmedia @jonlovett @maxsilvestri @SaruJayaraman @TrevellAnderson @guybranum Saying you have no ill will towards anyone’s orientation and then using a slur related to someone’s orientation doesn’t really bode well for you here.
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5 years
@rcerler I legitimately laughed out loud 😂
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9 years
This little @BlueJacketsNHL fan had quite the morning! Thanks for making her smile like this, guys!
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6 years
@TVietor08 @BetoORourke I wish every state had a Beto.
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3 years
@travishelwig Travis, I legitimately teared up. It sounds silly, but Crooked has come to mean so much to me (and so many others!) these past four years, and you are a big part of that! Good luck in all your future endeavors. You deserve all the best!
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@maddiekegs @Mackinnon9 @Avalanche Don’t forget about @6ErikJohnson , @ICole28 and @girardsam94 ! (Thanks, you guys—as you can tell by her smile, she was thrilled to meet you!)
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@emilyfavreau The fact that i just has to google cheugy probably means I’m cheugy
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7 years
@max_domi Time to turn off Fox News and stop tweeting, Max.
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1 year
@MarkLazerus “whine whine when is heterosexual night OmG I’m so OPPRESSED” comment sections on these tweets are so predictable, get a new schtick, homophobes
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Gonna tell my grandkids THIS is how it happened. Congrats, @PWHL_Minnesota , there was never a doubt! We love you!
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this has been a rough few weeks re: loving hockey. thread of players who have come out in support of Pride nights. share if you have any, we need something to be hopeful about. 🌈👇🏳️‍⚧️👇🏳️‍🌈
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@kurtisgabriel
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Game changing. So proud of you @lukeprokop_6 You have SO many people with you 💗
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Cale Makar is all of us if we ever got hugged by Gabriel Landeskog.
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Proud Captain 🤩 #GoAvsGo
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Each episode of @RonanFarrow ’s #CatchAndKill podcast is more riveting than the last. Hearing @AmbraGutierrez speak about the awful things that happened to her was equal parts horrifying and moving. She’s incredibly brave and incredibly strong. Give it a listen.
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@emilyfavreau I really like 19 Crimes. The Uprising is my favorite, but they’re all good! Also can’t go wrong with a Bota Box!
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So whatever he did isn’t “fireable”, then the Wild disclose the name of the employee who filed the complaint (which, uh. Not cool.) and suddenly that employee is absent from work? Big yikes.
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I'm heading from Minnesota to Iowa next weekend to knock on doors for @ewarren . I have pretty bad anxiety & stuff like this is one of the things that makes it ramp up, but I'm doing it anyway, because it's SO DAMN IMPORTANT. Let's DO THIS 2020! @mn_for_warren #Warren2020
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@hshaban So many couples were making more than $100K when they filed their taxes in 2020 & are now struggling because they lost their jobs due to the pandemic. Making 6 figures at the beginning of 2020 does not exempt you from suffering. I hope people are bombarding the phone lines.
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2 years
@NWSTwinCities Photo doesn’t do justice to just how hazy yellow it is. So cool!
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1 year
Wtf is Walz talking about re: Gus? “He’s a backup goalie now and he has a chance to be a great goalie but he needs to take his conditioning seriously and has work to do” I’m sorry but what games have you been watching? #mnwild
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5 years
Well THAT was cool! Thank you, @BetoORourke , for answering my question and for encouraging me to join the field of 21! 😂 You’re an inspiration and we can’t wait to have you back in Minnesota! Cc @jonfavs @jonlovett @TVietor08 @danpfeiffer #FOTP
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My grandma is gone. 💔 I was holding her hand, i was the only one in the room, she opened her eyes for the first time in 3 days, looked right at me & I told her I love her & she could go home now, & took one last breath & she was gone. I’m so grateful to have had her for so long.
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@chrissyteigen They should offer epidurals for waxes always, tbh
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We love a good reunion. #mnwild
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2 years
I have no words for how incredibly kind and generous people are. This has been a tough few weeks for Miles (and me), and this showed up in the mail today from @mikazibanejads and Miles is on cloud 9. “I’m just like @kandre_miller with his stick AND his jersey!” #NYR #NoQuitInNY
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amanda
2 years
. @nhl this is what it’s all about. The Rangers and K’Andre made Miles’ experience come full circle. He will remember this moment forever. #nhl #hockeytwitter #NYR
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9 years
Santa spoiled this little @washcaps fan! 🎅🏼
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@AdamWeinstein My anxiety is through the roof. My kids go back in four weeks and as of now masks are not required. Feels inevitable that they’re going to catch it. Humanity has failed them.
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@POTUS Turn up the temperature, Mr. President. Stop allowing unvaccinated people to ruin it for the rest of us. No vaccine? No travel, no shopping, no dining out. It’s that’s simple.
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@TVietor08 @jonfavs @PodSaveAmerica @AOC ... did the Taylor Swift news put @emilyfavreau into labor?!
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Oh, you haven’t read @RonanFarrow ’s ‘War on Peace’ yet? Time to grab the paperback version and take it to the beach for a real good (if not a little terrifying) time.
@GMA
Good Morning America
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LIVE ON @GMA : Ronan Farrow talks about paperback version of 'War on Peace.' @RonanFarrow @GStephanopoulos
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@NickFoligno
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Good for you and the countless others who will feel empowered because of your courage @lukeprokop_6 !!! shine your light brother. 🙌🏻 #HockeyIsForEveryone
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7 years
This came today! Proud to support @slpng_giants and all they stand for.
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@TSNBobMcKenzie He lost me at “a decade ago”.
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@amandakegs
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@RussoHockey @JoshYohe_PGH NHL: getting younger and faster Wild: intent on staying slower and older
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@amandakegs
amanda
3 years
This is the best day @maddiekegs and I have had in over a year! Can’t believe we’re back here! Let’s goooooo @mnwild !
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