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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

3 years

Appalachian based lefty politics in plain English. Subscribe to today for free transcripts and sources weekly.

Anastasia Golovashkina

@golovashkina

3 years

I literally never do this, but this newsletter by @HeyJohnRussell is truly excellent and (at the very least!) deserves a shoutout—check it out!

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Here’s a Trump voter in Ft. Dodge who’s going straight #Democrat in 2020. I’ll let him tell you why:

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John Russell

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2 years

Hey Adam, fuck off. Kindly, a leftist from Columbiana County.

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2 years

Scenes from East Palestine, Ohio.

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John Russell

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2 years

4,500 teachers in #Columbus Ohio are on strike with @ColumbusEA because #ColumbusStudentsDeserve a great education. Here’s the deal from the picket lines on day one. Follow my accounts at link in bio for more.

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John Russell

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2 years

I was going to ask Norfolk Southern executives to drink the water in East Palestine high school, but the executives didn’t show up (because they didn’t feel safe) and the water fountains in #EastPalestine high school look like this.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

No corporate executives will do jail time for a train full of chemicals exploding in a town. Jail is for poor people with no power. #EastPalestineOhio

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Cool so Elon lost the most money in the shortest time of anyone on earth and is still… the second richest person on earth. Very cool system we have.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Great video. I'll be watching how you use your power to regulate those responsible.

JD Vance

@JDVance

2 years

Visited a local creek in East Palestine today. These waterways are still very polluted. It’s time for Norfolk Southern to finish the cleanup. Check this video out:

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 months

Norfolk Southern detonated 885,000 pounds of vinyl chloride in East Palestine Ohio. The NTSB confirmed today that they didn't have to. All this a week after Alan Shaw got a 37% raise from 9.8 mil to 13.4 mil. The stock price has recovered. Power must be WRESTLED from these goons

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

6 months

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw's total compensation went up 37% last year, even after his company's massive and disastrous train derailment in East Palestine. Shaw got $13.4 million in total compensation in 2023, up from $9.8 million in 2022.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

The water fountains in East Palestine high school from the town hall last night. Norfolk Southern executives cancelled last minute because they felt “unsafe”. Tell that to the people living here. Video credit @jessicaroi99 .

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Fixed it

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Values that are core to leftists are alive and well in small town rural trump country.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Alright, prove it. Pass the Pro-Act. Show up on picket lines. Break up the railroads and banks. Appoint pro-labor judges and justices of the Supreme Court. Give back all your corporate money. You're from the show me state. Show me.

Josh Hawley

@HawleyMO

2 years

My message to congressional Republicans: you can either be the party of Ukraine & the globalists or you can be the party of East Palestine & the working people of America

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Time to put @dannyoconnor1 in Congress for #OH12 . Polls close at 7:30pm. Help the campaign here: Can I get some water? #itshot #OhioSpecialElection

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

That’s me in the hat and backpack. This reporter got straight up mugged by the cops AND HES THE ONE FACING DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

From #Flint to #EastPalestine , black or white, working class communities are sacrificed for extreme profit. Class solidarity is the way out. Thanks to @ninaturner for showing up here and bringing her one of a kind spirit.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

The Holler: Railroaded. The Norfolk Southern Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Part One.

Railroaded. The Norfolk Southern Disaster in East Palestine, Ohio. Part One.

Rail workers warned us about a preventable disaster like this.

www.theholler.co

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Me @ every doorbell cam

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Sometimes a disaster is so big that it shocks people out of their political corners and brings into focus just how captured our whole system is by huge companies with more money than god that face no accountability. #eastpalestine

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John Russell

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6 years

@AynRandPaulRyan @BlueWaveCS @StormResist @CaptainsLog2O18 @alt_4nTrade @alt_kellyanne_ @ProudResister @morethanmySLE @PiperPerabo @SpockResists @WomanResistorNC @ekcj1234 @Clara_Resists @eorlins @ElizabethEThorp @Alyssa_Milano @keith_pochick @CookPolitical @OHDems @OhNoSheTwitnt @ohioaflcio @RachelforOhio @jeffrichards66 @BrettPransky @IsaiahAProphet @1Jedi_Rey @lena_eisen @plunderbund @Gatiss27 @jpelzer @OhioDistrict12 @MaryJoKilroy @craigcalcaterra @BlueWavePod @JessicaWehrman @Redistrict @NoRA4USA @DonnaNoble10th @ChocoHarveyMilk @teresa_atHome @romanticskeptc @bountyofbeads2 @RenaSofer I'm a farmer. I own guns. I also go out in public and have a right to return home safely. Strong #gunreform saves lives, and millions of other gun owners like me support it. And I'm proud to have the @MomsDemand recognition. Here's waht I'd do: /1 #OH12 #2A #10Q

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

16 days

I’ve been clocked

Taryn T, Duchess of the Blue Sea 🇺🇸

@Talyn777

16 days

John Russell pulled up to the DNC in a 1987 Trans Am with T-Tops while blasting “The Final Countdown” by Europe 🔥

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Y’all remember when @ewarren created a federal agency before she even got elected?

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

16 days

Hometown journalist yall 👏 👇

Justice Hudson

@JusticeHudson97

16 days

'Wheeling resident John Russell delivers pro-working class primetime DNC speech' More Perfect Union reporter John Russell spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Here’s what he had to say and the message he hopes the party listens to.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Fines? There are people in jail for much less than detonating a train of toxic chemicals in the middle of town.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

2 years

Buttigieg said the Biden administration would also propose in coming days other railroad safety measures in the wake of the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Sexiest plan alive.

John Legend

@johnlegend

5 years

@ewarren @chrissyteigen We look forward to the Warren Presidency!

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Oh word! I'm actually at the McDonald's in East Palestine right now. If you're here why don't we sit down for some fries and an interview? You're here right?

Michael Rulli

@michaelrulli

2 years

Biden flew to Ukraine before he could be bothered to even say a word about my constituents suffering in East Palestine. Joe Biden cares more about funding his proxy war thousands of miles away than he does his own people.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

14 days

Want to know where the term redneck comes from? Read this. Multi racial working class solidarity is in our blood. @WarsWV

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Headed back to East Palestine! Stay tuned today and tomorrow

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

This. I want to know more about this.

Krystal Ball

@krystalball

2 years

A provision in Obamacare allows residents in areas deemed a public health disaster to be covered by Medicare for life. At the very least, East Palestine residents deserve this universal coverage after being exposed to a known carcinogen.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

👀 #NY14

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Professionalism is a made-up dividing line to keep working-class people from directly participating in shit that affects their lives

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Introducing the new rural hashtag: #yallinforwarren . Get after it

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Norfolk Southern is offering residents a fraction of the nearly $5 billion they made in profit last year for detonating an almost two mile long train of toxic chemicals in the middle of town. Subscribe to my free newsletter in bio to follow along -

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

I will never, ever forget this campaign. #warren2020

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

So many ppl are willing to fall down icy hills for Elizabeth Warren.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

If Jeff Bezos lived to average life expectancy he could spend $23,480,302 every day from now on and *still be a multi-billionaire when he died*. But here's the kicker, he almost certainly pays a lower tax rate than you do.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

7 years

I'm a farmer, a small-business owner and a son of rural Ohio. I'm running for Congress because we need representatives who will show up and work for us. #LetsDoThisTogether For the full video, check out our website:

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

3 years

“You just can’t go back for that. You can’t. I think it would break a lot of families.” Warren Buffet, Special Metals, and the fight for respect in Appalachia. Huntington West Virginia on strike. #huntingtonstrikes

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

I’m driving a semi truck home for Thanksgiving right now. Call me to chat about @ewarren : 515-203-3709 #honkforbigstructuralchange

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

3 years

@jamesbearsama @JJRodV Breh I’m poor. I got fruit flies ok? Do I look like jeff?

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

#warrentobernie #LFG 🗽 🌹

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Yeah. . @GOP is back to talking about MS13 because everyone knows their economic plan only helps their ultra rich donors.

POLITICO

@politico

6 years

Republicans abandon tax cut message in Pa. special election via @PoliticoKevin

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Warren y’all.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Gotta be creative in these tough times.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Cool. Research and camera woman cred @jessicaroi99

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

2 years

The Congressman who represents East Palestine, OH, took $18,000 from Norfolk Southern. @heyjohnrussell asked him about it — and whether he'd take money from them again. Rep. Bill Johnson refused to answer.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

All the cool kids are texting RURAL to 24477 #ruralforwarren #warren2020

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Everyday on team @ewarren was like:

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Unemployment’s going well. TikTok —> #papertowelchallenge

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Job announcement: I’m being a farmer again for a hot minute. DM for produce

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

🎵 “they just, use your mind and they never give you credit” 🎵

Data for Progress

@DataProgress

4 years

🚨NEW 🚨 Voters support all eight of the @ewarren conditions for a bailout. No layoffs: +63 CEO Penalties: +51 $15 minimum wage: +27 Banning Stock Buybacks: +20

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Mom in the 80s. A career home ec teacher in public school, holding her purse, protesting the construction of the nation's largest hazardous waste incinerator. I'm surprised she didn't whip its ass with a wooden spoon. 20/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

I’m pretty great. I voted early for @dannyoconnor1 in the #OH12 #specialelection . Vote early at your board of elections and be more like me. One stop voting shop here:

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Bumping this: Elizabeth won the most votes in both the bluest and reddest counties in Iowa. That’s what this moment demands.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Unemployment Corona Virus 🤝 Self-quarantine

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Some ~*personal news*~ I made a TikTok about small farm irrigation.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

And I asked questions to Ohio’s Governor @MikeDeWine and Norfolk Southern flacks at a press conference… where a black male reporter was thrown to the ground and cuffed for doing his job. I got that on my TikTok live feed. 25/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Hey everybody, go vote! 🇺🇸 #OH12 #ElectionDay

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Rural America works hard, especially around harvest season. We deserve a president that will do the same. #ruralforwarren

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

“Warren’s camp of supporters was by far the most significant turnout of volunteers and organizers, with three dozen volunteers and organizers coming together at 7 a.m. for coffee and doughnuts.” Ohio’s not a red state - it’s full of Warren Democrats

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

June is 90. She turned out her friends and neighbors in a tiny #rural #Iowa town to talk about our way forward. Then she gave me $25 to keep @ewarren going strong. June is our super pac. #ruralforwarren

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

I reported on the rail strike months ago where workers predicted a catastrophe like this. I talked with lifelong East Palestine residents in the emergency assistance shelter figuring out their next moves. 24/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

She’s got a *farm* plan for that.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Warren Buffet is closer to a person with $0 net worth than he is to Jeff Bezos.

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John Russell

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5 years

He’s on a campaign

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Talking about workers owning the means of production in a small town Appalachian bar…

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Early vote be like...

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Ohio! We have 35 days to nominate Elizabeth Warren, a lifetime fighter for the working class, as the president we all deserve. Sophie the volunteer shift hound is counting on you to pull out all the stops. Like/comment/share if you’re ready to do this damn thang!

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Friends, It’s been a hell of a race. Cannot thank enough the volunteers, friends, staff, and family that made our progress possible. While I won’t be leading this charge, I’ll be at your side as we fight for the reforms we want to see. See you out there. #OH12

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

They call him Derek “Get Commits” Peth @PethDerek

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

Another would be the open invitation for New York and New Jersey to send trains of hot garbage our way to take advantage of our lax dumping laws. One of those trains of hot garbage crashed into the Ohio River two months ago. You probably didn’t hear about it. 14/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Hey! It’s my birthday. I want you to donate to these local progressive candidates. It’ll help them and make me feel better than everyone, which are the only two things I want. It’s as easy as a few clicks 👇

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Wait, remind me again why we like private health insurance?

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

11 months

I will never get tired of watching a man with no college degree take the elite of the elite to school backed up by simple leadership and the power of ordinary people who got together and spoke with one voice. Hell. Yeah.

UAW

@UAW

11 months

Record profits mean record contracts. We have a tentative agreement at Ford. #StandUpUAW

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

There’s the coal-fired power plant, one of Ohio’s largest, that filled the lake with fly ash and was saved from closure, briefly, thanks to a 60 million-dollar bribery scandal that muscled through one of the nation’s most notorious energy laws - H.B. 6. 12/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

DM me if you want a giant Warren sign delivered and installed RN get em while you can.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Now’s the time for political courage. The @GOP best hope, @JohnKasich , folded by supporting @Troy_Balderson who couldn’t find one thing to challenge Trump on. GOP created Trump, allowed his corruption, and doesn’t deserve to run the country. Vote @dannyoconnor1 on Aug 7. #OH12

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

I live above a rowdy biker bar in the middle of nowhere. Just discovered I can control the jukebox from my apartment. You get to make my playlist. Go!

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Extra Extra! This week, I moved to Iowa to join the @ewarren campaign full time as #Iowa #Rural Political Coordinator. I’ll be here through the Iowa Caucuses on February 3rd, 2020.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

4 years

Write in Elizabeth Warren

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

It's not the #EastPalestineOH derailment. It's the #norfolksoutherndisaster

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Big structural change down on the farm. #rural #ruralforwarren

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

. @MayorGinther Hey Mr. Mayor! Stopped by to make sure you were all in for @dannyoconnor1 . Judging by the huge Danny sign in your yard, I marked you as a “strong supporter”. Sorry I missed you! #OH12

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

3 years

Private super-wealth became everything feared about government.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

6 years

Wow. Ford was so composed under pressure. Kavanaugh sounds like he just woke up from a party at DKE to find out his dad cut off his allowance.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

3 years

@golovashkina - global warming WAY worse than we thought

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

There’s a button for that at your board of elections labeled “Elizabeth Warren”

Akilah Hughes

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5 years

I wanna fast forward to the time when I just don’t have to talk about old white men every single day.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

But my favorite industrial nightmare is Heritage Thermal, the nation’s largest hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool, OH, seen here billowing bright pink smoke into the sky after someone forgot to add enough other chemicals that dye the smoke a much less ominous white 18/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Good morning from the new prized possessions on my formerly barren walls.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

ISU is pumped for @ewarren

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@heyjohnrussell

5 years

It’s cool. I’m cool. Just me and America’s first dog - Bailey Warren

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@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Sometimes a cow poops in their water trough and you have to help your endorser clean it out... did I mention Elizabeth Warren has a plan for clean water?

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

“Warren shows a real feeling for places left behind because she comes from there.” This is why I came to @ewarren . She’ll fight for your hometown and mine.

Art Cullen

@cullen_art

5 years

The Storm Lake Times endorsement: Warren the best choice from a great field #iapolitics @ewarren #rural #iowa2020 #iacaucuses

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Sometimes ya gotta paint some Warren signs in a converted barn with your supporter housing and throw the bachelor up on the wall ya know?

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

8 months

This shit right here

More Perfect Union

@MorePerfectUS

8 months

"We want a general strike. We want everybody walking out just like they do in other countries." - @UAW President Shawn Fain speaking to the union today. The United Auto Workers set their contract to expire on May 1st, 2028. And they want other unions to join them.

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@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Free advice from a rural Democrat at the Clay County Fair: “I lather up my yardsigns in Vaseline so they’re harder to steal”. That’s some gritty rural problem solving. Also, cameo by @JDScholten who, I have to say, is looking a little stiff. #ruralforwarren

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

It’s true. One 35-mile drive around here is a grand tour through American carnage, at least to the untrained eye. I brought a friend home from college who remarked on the similarity between the Ohio Valley and District 12 from the Hunger Games. 10/

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Those Warren signs are everywhere!Stay tuned for more wholesome content from the Roaddogg Roadsign Roadshow.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

5 years

Hello from our organizer Greg, who covers Webster City, and followed me home around 8AM to ask me to volunteer after seeing the Warren sticker on my truck. We will organize you.

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John Russell

@heyjohnrussell

2 years

You haven’t heard of us unless you are us. And as you may have gathered from above, we’ve been going through bullshit here for a long, long time. 22/

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