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Writer, author, father, husband. Retweets = noteworthy, newsy, not endorsement. Author of "Imperfect Union" & the upcoming "Life Painted Red"

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@craasch
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2 years
@Acyn This is a level so far above gaslighting it’s gotta be its own category. She’s literally saying this to a talking head who knew his network was putting people on the air they knew were telling lies. There is no longer a modicum of shame in politics
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@craasch
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5 years
@JenniferJJacobs If every American is not frightened by this bro moment between a dictator wannabee and a US President then you're either not paying attention or you're complicit in @realdonaldtrump 's views. The press is never more the friend of the American people than in moments like this.
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@craasch
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4 years
@EllenStreiff @pjbreenphoto You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Zero. Public facility, public place. Bye bye.
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2 years
Since the @nationals traded Juan Soto, he’s hit .234, with 6 doubles, 5 HR, 15 RBI and 26 runs for @padres . Guy brought up to fill his spot, Joey Meneses, is hitting .330, 12 doubles, 11 HR, 27 RBI, 27 runs scored. He’s probably never discovered without the trade. Great story.
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2 years
@philipbrunner @stefondiggs Embarrassing a teammate on national television in what had to have been one of his lowest moments?
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5 months
@freeathinking @RichardGage_911 How’s life on the Russian bot farm?
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8 years
This is a significant step back into the darkness of non-disclosure. The White House is the people's house.
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White House decides against releasing visitor records (from @AP )
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2 years
@stefondiggs It’s not about winning or losing. It’s about showing up a teammate who had to have been in one of his lowest moments. Someone berates you publicly like that do they suffer losing more than you?
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6 years
jon meacham line at #GeorgeHWBushFuneral with perhaps most subtle reference to current president: “His life code was: Tell the truth. Don’t blame people. Be strong. Do your best. Try hard. Forgive. Stay the course. And that was, and is, the most American of creeds."
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2 years
@TimRunsHisMouth By prouder you mean dumber, right? Have you had polio? Dudes like you around in the ‘50s and we’d still be dealing with it.
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3 years
I was in a Ethiopia 36 years ago covering that famine. This headline is achingly familiar. Ethiopia expels “meddling” U.N. staff as famine deepens in Tigray without aid - The Guardian
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7 years
@kimguilfoyle @GovMikeHuckabee he says, providing subjective analysis
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6 years
@jfritze This can't possibly be happening, and yet, it is.
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3 years
I hope every kid in South Dakota schools feels discomfort when the passage on Wounded Knee comes up.
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7 years
Apologizing is 1 step for Gianforte - but knee-jerk ideological attack on "liberal reporter" his hired guns put out is part of lesson, too
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3 years
@DonnaCassata @amybwang @feliciasonmez @clairecmc did a kind of oppo research prep on him in '14 in one of the most incisive congressional hearing takedowns I ever covered: "It is hard to tell sometimes with Dr. Oz where the doctor begins and ends, and where the entertainer begins and ends.”
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3 years
@granthpaulsen In Mr. Rodgers World, you can have your own facts
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2 years
@philipbrunner @stefondiggs Not if you’re on the receiving end. Losing is hard. Winning is easy. Doing both with class and compassion is adult. He singled out a teammate for a team loss. You think Allen wanted to win that game any less than Diggs did? Allen didn’t react. There was one adult in that moment.
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@KPWalker65 @TimRunsHisMouth He’s an idiot who compared covid to the flu
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4 years
@jeffzeleny @JoeBiden I hope it's not spite to the end, but if it is, it's fitting for the way this administration is leaving office.
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8 years
@realDonaldTrump Objectively, one can describe the President-elect as a sore winner. Question is how this carries forth into governing
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3 years
@MSNBC For those struggling to get by in an inflationary economy, this is an incredibly tone-deaf take.
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7 years
@bonappetit That's a whole lot of Fireball
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6 years
@Ilhan You’ve proven the reporter’s point. You were critical of Obama This was a very fair and accurate characterization of what you said. So thanks for taping it.
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2 years
@bullet6_bullet @mcten He’s not “just a fan.” He carries media credentials and here he was heckling opposing players. You can be a heckler. You can be a media member. You can’t be both at the same time. Average beat reporter gets fired for this the moment he/she steps off the court. Shameful.
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9 years
It should not go without notice that the candidate who has been most steadfastly positive - @johnkasich - is a big story at #NHPrimary
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3 years
@thehill @RepRoKhanna The difference is between being a backbencher among 435 or being one of the two most centrist members of your party in a dead-even Senate.
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@walkonmoose Last season to @DeionSanders ’ ego?
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8 years
@wpjenna So much for transparency
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6 years
@MiamiHerald This is why local journalism matters! You go, Herald!
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2 years
@DCSportsvsWorld @BarryOnHere Twitter is not life. You know that, right?
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2 years
South Dakota State women’s basketball @GoJacksWBB has lost 7 regular season Summit League games in the last 6 years and has lost a grand total of 36 league games in the Jacks’ 16 years in the League. They’re 218-36 in the Summit since 2007. Total domination.
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4 months
Some governors are workhorses. Some are show horses.
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From photo op to out-of-state flights, Gov. Noem jets around nation as South Dakota floods
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5 years
@Elex_Michaelson @AndrewYang @realDonaldTrump His context was completely different and was proposed in perpetuity. This is a stimulus proposal; is anyone talking about making it federal policy?
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8 years
@realDonaldTrump again uses "radical Islamic terrorism" in joint presser with #Merkel - says "immigration is a privilege, not a right"
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2 years
@SportsGridRadio @mcten If Sharpe has a media pass, as reported, he needs to turn it in pronto
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2 years
@TimRunsHisMouth @Liz_Cheney And the evidence above is what?
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4 years
@RachelAbramsNY If they still draw a paycheck knowingly doing that, that is fraud, cowardice, deceit and a violation of not only journalistic principle, but of morality, decency and love of country. It’s beyond reprehensible.
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@TimRunsHisMouth Also still profoundly stupid
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4 years
@NateSilver538 Many, many, of the people who would vote for Trump don't care about this stuff. At all. This is what the heavily compensated and self-important analysts don't get. At all. If he comes through this, he's a bigger figure to them. If not, that's life. So many still don't get this
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@jennylynnfisch Of course. Though plant genetics made it arcane decades ago.
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@mediaguyNJ @mcten He’s not just “a fan.” He’s a member of sports media. Once upon a time that requires adhering to ethics.policies and common sense.
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4 years
@Acosta Why are we surprised that this happened? Getting a call from @realBobWoodward asking for an interview would stroke this president's ego like almost nothing else. Vanity is a powerful emotion.
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2 years
@paulwaldman1 What is the point of this tweet?
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4 years
Local news journalists are needed more than ever.
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Leaders of the Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle and Arizona Republic all say digital subscriptions are ⬆️ as readers seek out updates about the pandemic
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2 years
Not only is my home state of South Dakota a tax haven for some of the richest people on the planet, it openly invites absentee residents for the sole purpose of tax avoidance. You can spend ONE NIGHT in the state and get all the tax shelters (and, vote)
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4 years
@stephengroves This is what @realDonaldTrump never got, or was incapable of getting because he’s so self absorbed. Ultimately, the pandemic is a deeply personal story - a local story. More robust local journalism could have told this story more robustly.
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@djtweets Is this play-on-words humor what is called low-hanging fruit?
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4 years
@EWErickson How about “criminal?” Bullying people is bad. Asking them to commit a criminal act is against the law.
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@swd2 @joncoopertweets She’s right. It’s literally AP style not to refer to non medical doctors as doctors; it’s been the style for journalists for decades
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4 years
I saw the Pentagon on fire. I knew someone on the plane. A colleague driving to work witnessed the explosion and had her car showered with debris. The ignorance wrapped around hate from this woman is just beyond comprehension, and GOP silence on this mocks all the victims of 9/11
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5 years
My South Dakota friends will know why I'm cheering for San Diego to beat UNI in @FCS playoffs. Winner will play South Dakota State @GoJacksFB - and the sports broadcasters fraternity, given all their South Dakota-San Diego faux paux through years, will simply melt down 1/2
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4 years
This is an invitation to the anarchy they say is happening on the left.
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3 years
@ChuckCallesto Slap on the wrist based on the sentences given to the rioters and insurrectionists of Jan. 6.
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6 years
Some news... I will be re-tooling (aka retiring from daily journalism) on May 17. The work of @stltoday and its great public service tradition will go on. True journalists are Friends of the American People. I'll still be trying to contribute in different ways. #journalismmatters
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8 years
Miami Herald reported over weekend that Ryan Owens' father refused meeting with @realDonaldTrump
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7 years
From Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' best-selling book: "The essence of responsibility is the acceptance of the consequences -good and bad - of your actions. You are not responsible for everything that happens to you. You are responsible for how you deal with what happens to you."
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6 years
@HuffPost One of the clearest examples of how the Internet is killing journalism. Not even sure what to call this. Inanity Lite?
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6 years
@clairecmc is gonna be an interesting follow on Twitter the next month. She went silent a bit after her loss, but is back with an edge. She was an early and frequent user of the medium, got burned a couple times, but sometimes pushed the envelope in ways other pols don't
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4 years
@justinbaragona Stop calling it an interview. It's bowing to pretend royalty
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8 years
@realDonaldTrump Serious and unprecedented move, praising a foreign leader accused of hostile acts toward the very foundation of republic
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6 years
You think local reporting matters? From our story: "A Post-Dispatch investigation in 2018 was the first to put a spotlight on the deals with Rallo" ...St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger indicted in federal pay-for-play sting, resigns via @stltoday
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4 years
@lindsaywise Big question is how far this outrage goes and whether it includes voting to convict on impeachment.
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2 years
@Jules31415 @FOX19Tricia @FOX19 You’re not a doctor. It’s a violent game. Just stop.
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@kaitlancollins They won’t let him go on Sunday talk shows to discuss the pandemic but they do exploit him for political gain. This is conduct hazardous to public health, period.
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5 years
@PressSec @realDonaldTrump HE hasn't done any of this. Federal workers and those who are doing the actual work on the ground have done this. WE'VE done this - he's not king.
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Gotta hand it to @FrankLuntz - starts the morning on @Morning_Joe and ends the night on @IngrahamAngle - in Washington's weird ways this is bipartisanship
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4 years
So this guy and his three perpetually drunk friends are getting attention for what purpose? We’ve got serious problems to deal with, America. He’s not worth mention.
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Proud Boys' president: “We will no longer cuck to the left by appointing token negroes as our leaders. We will no longer allow homosexuals or other ‘undesirables’ into our ranks. We will confront the Zionist criminals who wish to destroy our civilization.”
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@lrozen "False narratives" that emanated from the top office in the world?
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@drumatlanta @tedcruz This is false. Where’s the evidence? Are 90 courts, many of them populated by Trump appointees, in on it? There have been single digit prosecutions of voter fraud in swing states. More of Trump voters than Biden voters. You have no proof and saying you do doesn’t make it so.
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Sean #Penn says he's concerned about state of journalism, right before acknowedging giving a drug lord final say over article publication
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@kayleighmcenany @realDonaldTrump You’re the White House Press secretary. Paid for by taxpayers. Leave the partisan political stuff where it belongs in the campaign. Taxpayers don’t pay you to attack other Americans.
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@craasch
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@RealSaavedra This reference to a Navy Seal who lost an eye in an IED explosion is punkish, inhuman, ungrateful, disconnected, elitist- you choose the adjective. Big difference between satire and being a jerk and until stuff like this gets called out more regularly public discourse will suffer
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2 years
@BDSixsmith So is not a thing then? You need to expand your circle.
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4 years
@ScottPresler @BoSnerdley Have you ever been to Wyoming?
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2 years
Heart goes out to all the Gannett journalists being laid off in this season. The collapse of local journalism is nothing short of a national security issue, for it leaves ambitious politicians unfettered and unchecked, and whittles further the community that binds the republic.
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9 years
According to exit polling, 53 percent of #NHPrimary Democratic women voted to go to that special place in hell. #Albright .
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8 years
@michellemalkin @PoliticsUSTD No, it's probably for the reporter's safety in a dangerous place.
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6 years
Except for 1916. Please read your own history before making ALL CAPS PRONOUNCEMENTS
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The @RedSox and @Dodgers meet in the #WorldSeries for the FIRST TIME EVER.
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Tweet media one
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4 years
Trying to convince myself this is not an “onion” story.... Michigan State announces basketball team will now be called 'MSU Spartans Presented by Rocket Mortgage'
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10 years
Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-St. Louis, says he wants feds to do #Ferguson investigation because fair trial not possible in St. Louis County
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@StevenTDennis @ShaneGoldmacher @NickRiccardi It's ten hours' take from Lindsey Graham's pleading, though...
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@wilwilson1992 @3YearLetterman @nypost What’s yore beef, Wellington?
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7 years
@realDonaldTrump Apparently this is also the definition of "presidential"
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@BaraQueenbee @3YearLetterman @GregAbbott_TX Both feet, but at least you recognize it. Some argue with Coach for months. Lately, the Kiwis and the Scots have come after him. He blinds them with his championship rings.
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3 years
@MattWalshBlog 1954 version of this lecture: Polio is here to stay. You're going to get it. It may not kill you, but it could. You'll probably get rubella, the mumps and typhoid too unless you die first. Lots of scary things out there (and beware of idiots on this future thing called Internet)
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8 years
Say what you want about Trump and the press, the lack of access to Clinton should be a bigger story among press
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5 years
@JenniferJJacobs This is stunningly scary - journalists are killed, arrested in Russia. We are coming up on the anniversary of the murder of five journalists in Annapolis. What these "leaders" are really saying is that journalists are the biggest line of resistance to their dictatorial desires
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4 years
@clairecmc Surprise on which end, senator? That Biden trails or that it's close?
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2 years
Thank God for guys like Ryan Clark in moments like this. Prayers for Damar Hamlin.
@TommySledge
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Give Ryan Clark 1:37 of your time #DamarHamlin
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I wonder my how many folks who see masks as a government impingement on their freedom were told stories by their grandparents of the rationing of gasoline and sugar and nylons and meat and tires during World War II? Was that all a government plot to impinge on freedom, too?
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This is a sportsmanlike response from a very good football player. Bravo. And bravo to my @GoJacksFB team!
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Not the outcome we expected, but @GoJacksFB left an impression in Stillwater. Bought my tickets to Frisco today!! See y’all at 7pm on 1/6/25.
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Can you imagine Jack Morris, in the 10th inning of the 7th game of the '91 World Series, walking to the mound to start the 10th and seeing a dude on second, after he'd thrown 9 shutout innings, pitching out of several jams? This is a stupid rule, @MLB . You mock the game with it.
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Happy #MothersDay to all the world’s mothers, in particular to Ukrainian mothers, mothers in Hong Kong, mothers in all zones of strife and oppression wanting nothing more than good lives for their children.
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6 years
It really amazes me when people holding $5 skinny lattes complain about $10 monthly news paywalls
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2 years
@bogeyc62 @mattyglesias This take totally misses the point. They will never define what they want because the very chaos of this moment is what they crave. Your conclusion assumes they are interested in governing. They are only interested in throwing dirt in the gears of government.
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@benyt So it walks further into publisher lane and forfeits all section 230 protections.
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