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Bernard Becker Professor, WUSTL. Health Economist. Co-Director, Center for Advancing Health Services Policy &Economics Research IPH @CAHSPER_IPH Views my own.

Saint Louis, MO
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@Lulamaybelle she's always hilarious
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@BerniceKing My heart goes out to you @BerniceKing . So sorry you lost your father so early in your life. But thank you for embodying his teachings. MLK is a guiding light for me. I've tried in work to fight against racism and poverty and for social justice. 🙏❤️ #MLK2024
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In the introduction of Joni Mitchell they reminded us that she had to learn to walk three times, she recovered from polio early in life and a brain aneurism in 2015. She wrote BOTH SIDES NOW in 1968, 56 years ago and it was recorded first by Judy Collins. This year she won a
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Courtney Howard
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The multitudes Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” contains, having been released when she was 26, to now, singing it with meaningful introspection and a wealth of wisdom at 80. This song (and this #GRAMMYs performance) is truly powerful.
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@gregkellyusa @GStephanopolous @RepNancyMace Oh please. The questions were entirely appropriate for a journalist to ask.
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@KimEGoldman I'm so sorry for what your family had to endure because of that miscarriage of justice.
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He admits he violated the Constitution
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Sarah Reese Jones
6 months
Trump admits that he took money from foreign governments while he was president. "I have great stuff. They stayed there and pay. I don't get eight million dollars doing nothing like Hunter." Trump also said he would not divest his businesses if he returned to the White House.
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@mattyglesias Great lakefront. Great summer festivals, especially @Summerfest , great parks, wonderful ethnic diversity, and much more.
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One thing I will NEVER understand is why the Missouri state government beats up so much on the #StLouis area. It makes no sense. St. Louis account for FORTY PERCENT of the State's INCOME and FORTY PERCENT of the people living in the state. It's just bad economics, bad policy
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Missouri House OKs measure aimed at St. Louis earnings tax
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4 months
You were alive on 9/11 right? What the hell is wrong with you?
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Mike Lee
4 months
It’s time to abolish the TSA. Airlines can and will secure their own planes if a federal agency doesn’t do it for them. They’ll do it better than TSA, without undermining the Constitution and with less groping—showing more respect for passengers. Share if you agree. #EndTSA
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New @ABC Poll... Biden up four points.
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umichvoter 🏳️‍🌈
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New ABC News/Ipsos (B) poll Likely Voters 🟦 Biden 49% 🟥 Trump 45% Registered Voters 🟦 Biden 46% 🟥 Trump 45%
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Reminder that the @GOP had a bill to solve the border crisis, written by a GOP Senator but this Senator and others refused to pass it because they want the campaign issue not the solution. Such cynicism and hypocrisy @SenEricSchmitt
@Eric_Schmitt
Eric Schmitt
3 months
If Chuck Schumer moves to dismiss or table Articles of Impeachment tomorrow without a trial and thereby NUKING Impeachment Trials and the Constitutional Order — he will earn a spot in the Pantheon of worst Senators in American History.
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@JDVance1 @liberalpuppy @BidenHQ Manufacturing employment declined -178,000 during Trump's term (from January 2017 through Jnauary 2021) and has increased 773,000 so far (from Jan 2021 to Apr 2024) during Biden's term.
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He's a weird guy
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peter navarro announces peter navarro went to prison today
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@libradunn @MeidasTouch @politico @nicholaswu12 Thank you sir for your service and patriotism. There is an army out her of people that appreciate your courage and bravery. Be well.
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@JohnJHarwood Exactly. I'm supposed to listen to a sports anchor and a comedy talk show host?
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@Skinsurrection This is not an actual picture of Al Green coming to the floor to vote, I assume.
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Yes, vaccines did not cause Rachel's autism, nor my son's autism. We have the genetic testing to prove it. @PeterHotez
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Art Burke
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@FiveTimesAugust Thank God for really smart doctors like Peter Hotez and ignore grifters and howling paranoids spreading misinformation about the virus and the vaccine.
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I guess we have three parties now Dems GOP Anti-vaxxers
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Brandy Zadrozny
3 months
Anti-vaccine leader, Del Bigtree, introducing anti-vaccine presidential candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who's set to announce running mate, anti-vaccine curious tech entrepreneur, Nicole Shanahan.
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Timothy McBride
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@JasonMillerinDC Yes, WAY better off than four years ago. And so is everyone else too. Four years ago we were in a pandemic that DJT did not manage well. One million died.
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Timothy McBride
5 months
Not sure why my Governor is in Texas working on an issue that is a federal issue or a Texas issue. And the Senate has a bill to fix this. I'd much prefer he fix issues here like potholes, schools, Medicaid application delays and more.
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Governor Mike Parson
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Just got back to Jefferson City after our trip to Texas to see firsthand the crisis at the southern border. Missouri will answer Governor Abbott’s call and support the State of Texas in this fight. Missouri stands with Texas!
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@DavidLimbaugh But it's true, there is a huge attack on black history.
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My favorite picture of Nikki Haley @NikkiHaley
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scha·den·freu·de
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Still one of my favorite photos of Nikki Haley
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@NickDeIuliis Now do college football 🏈 coaches
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@USA_Polling Poorly worded question
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“One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. “The other is me.” The other is me.” @POTUS said
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Missouri House advances measure shielding Bayer from Roundup lawsuits A plan that would protect Bayer from cancer lawsuits connected to its Roundup herbicide drew bipartisan opposition Wednesday in the Missouri House. House lawmakers approved the plan on a voice vote, but not
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This is my niece Lindsay McBride, a middle school teacher in WI. I'm so proud of her. She is an award-winning educator, an expert on teaching about the Holocaust and other genocides. Here she is testifying today at the WI Legislature to continue education on the Holocaust. ❤️✡️
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Timothy McBride
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Don Jr just threatened the jurors. Lock him up.
@highbrow_nobrow
The Intellectualist
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NBC: After watching the trial, do you believe the jury has the ability to make accurate decision? Donald Trump Jr: “…They wouldn’t be able to show up to their children’s schools if they acquitted Trump.” @VaughnHillyard
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It has been almost four days since Putin murdered Alexei Navalny. Yet my two Senators have not condemned the war criminal Putin. Why not @HawleyMO , @SenEricSchmitt , @Eric_Schmitt ?
@ACF_int
The Anti-Corruption Foundation
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I will continue the work of Alexei Navalny. I will continue to fight for our country. And I call on you to stand beside me. @yulia_navalnaya
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@KristiNoem @realDonaldTrump A normal human ? Normal humans do not bully disabled people like my son. Normal people do not assault women. I could go on.
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@FrankLuntz And what was the sample size of Muslims Frank?
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Timothy McBride
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DonJr and Eric haven't been there most of the trial. Ivanka and Jared have never shown up. Melania has never shown up. Says something. Media never discusses this. If a Democrat were on trial and their family didn't show up? Big headlines.
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A.J. Delgado
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It's your dad. You want praise for showing up to court when he's a defendant? This is like Chris Rock's famous skit about men giving themselves credit for paying child support: "You're supposed to, you dumb m*****f*****r!"
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@ATRightMovies It always has to be TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD "... and Atticus... he would in Jem's room all night and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning."
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I just love this. My favorite part is how she sneaks into Target and signs a few books for the lucky people who will buy them. And no one there seems to recognize her. Thank you @MichelleObama for being the great and fun person you are
@MichelleObama
Michelle Obama
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While in St. Louis, I stopped by @Target to run a few errands and check out the paperback of my book, #TheLightWeCarry . I left behind a few signed copies – if you find them, let me know!
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Timothy McBride
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If you really believe that Trump is going to carry 23% of black voters, then I have a bridge in Manhattan to sell you.
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Sahil Kapur
4 months
Whether this pans out at the ballot box may decide the election. Recent NYT poll shows Trump carrying 23% of black voters—better than any Republican since the dawn of exit polling in the 1970s. So will 2024 mark the biggest racial realignment in US politics in generations?
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@RepNancyMace You are continuously embarrassing yourself
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@JosephPatrice Where do you get the idea the @POTUS and @SenateDems have not appointed a very diverse group to the bench? In fact they have appointed a record number of diverse judges.
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They used to pretend to be the party of "law and order". No more. @RepMTG @mtgreenee
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Republicans against Trump
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Question: If Trump is convicted and gets a jail sentence, will he be a president from prison? MTG: “Absolutely. People are going to vote for him even if he’s in jail. I’d vote for him even if he’s in jail.”
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When my child was 10 years he would whine like this. And we'd give him a time out. This a 77 year old man.
@TrumpDailyPosts
Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social
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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was really bad. Colin Jost BOMBED, and Crooked Joe was an absolute disaster! Doesn’t get much worse than this! Donald Trump Truth Social 01:05 AM EST 04/28/24
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Timothy McBride
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LOL. Biden has lead when RFKJr is included, but Trump has lead when he is not. That noise you are hearing is panic Bannon's office because their plot isn't working. @RobertKennedyJr @KellyannePolls
@PpollingNumbers
Political Polls
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#NEW General Election Poll 🔵 Biden 39% (+2) 🔴 Trump 37% 🟡 Kennedy 13% NBC - 1,000 RV - 4/16
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Michael, with all due respect, I could not disagree more. And the courts also disagree.
@mfcannon
Michael F. Cannon 🇮🇪🇺🇸
3 months
#ObamaCare is a child of serial deceptions & constitutional violations, which poisoned our politics and eroded trust in institutions. It worsens discrimination against the sick. It is so unaffordable, Congress offers $12K in premium subsidies to enrollees earning >$200K.🧵
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@jonfavs You sure? The polls have been wrong in almost every election so far, this cycle.
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Why is the AG for Missouri speaking about a case in NY? Can I get a refund on the taxes I paid for his salary?
@AGAndrewBailey
Attorney General Andrew Bailey
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What's happening here is you’ve got a prosecutor who doesn’t like President Trump.
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Why are Marines there?
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Ron Filipkowski
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Uniformed Marines at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser last night.
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Timothy McBride
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Wrong, @LaraLeaTrump The unemployment rate was 4.6% when Trump took office, It rose to 14.8%, the highest level seen since the Great Depression in April 2020, and when he left office was still higher than in 2017 (6.4%} See graph
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Aaron Rupar
3 months
Lara Trump: "We remember Donald Trump as president for four years. You remember how low the unemployment number actually was." (It's lower now!)
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Timothy McBride
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So bizarre. Trump completely mishandled the COVID-99 crisis, and hundreds of thousands died who did not have to die, many suffered (and still suffer) from COVID who did not have to suffer... and yet.. Poll says DJT better at handling a crisis, had a strong record, and is
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Clay Travis
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NBC poll: Trump is smoking Biden in who can handle inflation better, who can handle a crisis better, and who is mentally and physically fit to be president:
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@ATRightMovies You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.
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Timothy McBride
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So how much money is the State of Missouri wasting by making us vote on a totally redundant issue that has been law for decades? Doesn't sound fiscally conservative to me.
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Missouri Independent
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Already outlawed in Missouri, noncitizen voting ban will appear on statewide ballot #moleg #mogov via @J_Hancock & @annaspoerre
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@BerniceKing God bless you and your family.
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@NancyMace No. What's in American is supporting the insurrection on January 6th as you did.
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So they admit he lied about weapons of mass destruction
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Acyn
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Eric Trump:Are they going to go after George Bush for lying about weapons of mass destruction? Where does this stop? Presidents need immunity
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Timothy McBride
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Remember this the next time someone tells you we cannot afford to pay for social security
@SteveRattner
Steven Rattner
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Extending the Trump tax cuts would cost the U.S. $4 trillion over the next decade while disproportionally benefitting the richest households. cc: @amprog @BBKogan
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@ScottJenningsKY But there has been a concerted attack on black history.
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Are we better off than four years ago? Yes, COVID-19 was killing people four years ago @EliseStefanik @HouseGOP
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Someone should explain to @benshapiro that the people paying into Social Security and Medicare paid payroll taxes their entire working careers to fund these benefits. So who the hell is he to say that it's not their right to collect the benefits?
@mmfa
Media Matters
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Ben Shapiro on Medicare and Social Security: "No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem."
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Timothy McBride
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Say what? Here is the front page from Washington Post four years ago while Trump was President
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@RpsAgainstTrump
Republicans against Trump
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Donald Trump: “The job numbers just came out, and it's horrible. And I say that not happily; I say it very unhappily…It’s only going to get worse.” Fact check: When Trump left office, the unemployment rate was 6.3%. It's 3.9% now and has been below 4% for 27 months.
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15 hours later, my Senators are still silent on the murder of #Navalny by war criminal #Putin . Why? @SenEricSchmitt @HawleyMO #PutinWarCriminal
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Timothy McBride
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My Senators are silent on the murder of #Navalny by war criminal Putin. Why? @SenEricSchmitt @HawleyMO
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Views of beautiful #StLouis Shows what a glorious city this, with some world class sites to visit.
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So the @GOP really does not want to solve the border problem after all. @SenRonJohnson
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EssenViews
6 months
GOP Ron Johnson brags about sabotaging border security deal. He told Fox News that he was able to 'delay' border security deal between Democrats and Republicans and the he was "pretty well leading the efforts to slow this process down."
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@ScottWalker Serious question. Do you not believe in the transition of power in a democracy after an election? Do you think elections should be decided by violence?
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Ronna Romney McDaniel's Past Tweets Come Back to Haunt Her Ahead Of NBC Appearance
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@moll_aj A person fraudulently sent a $30 donation to her campaign and somehow it's her fault? I think the fault lies with the person who sent the contribution under a false name.
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@JoeNBC @TheRevAl You assume "the left" doesn't stand for Israel. Invalid assumption. I stand with Israel, and essentially everyone I know does.
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Ageism is arguably the last acceptable prejudice. While other forms of discrimination are considered reprehensible, ageism is normalised. WHO reports that, globally, 1 in 2 people are ageist. Unfounded stereotypes about old age directly affect the lives of those in their later
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@RepNancyMace Your comments are absurd Nancy Mace. You know he was working all weekend.
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Timothy McBride
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Reminder that Trump ripped up the agreement with Iran to make sure they don't get nukes... And that Trump and @EliseStefanik side with Putin against our ally Ukraine. #PutinsPuppets
@HouseGOP
House Republicans
3 months
"Under Joe Biden, the world is less safe. Since stepping into the Oval Office, Joe Biden’s weak foreign policy has been defined by a steady stream of disastrous decisions and a world in chaos....we need to return to President Trump’s peace through strength policies." -
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Good plan
@keithedwards
Keith Edwards
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. @RobertKennedyJr : “if you think I’m crazy … please don’t vote for me.” Finally making sense
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@Locati0ns That the 2020 presidential election was "stolen".
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Timothy McBride
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So the guy who led the insurrection against the US Capitol, when the National Guard wasn't called in to protect the electoral vote now wants the National Guard called in against college kids. @SenHawleyPress @HawleyMO
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Josh Hawley
2 months
Biden is chained to his pro-Hamas base that is overrun by the same bougie jihadists threatening violence on college campuses Send in the National Guard to protect Jewish students
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Timothy McBride
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I'm beginning to believe Netanyahu doesn't want this to end because he knows when it does he will lose power. His own constituents are not happy with him and they were not before this started.
@jaketapper
Jake Tapper
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Haaretz: Thousands of Israelis protest in Tel Aviv and northern Israel for Netanyahu's ouster
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Timothy McBride
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. @GovRonDeSantis under water in FL.
@Politics_Polls
Political Polls
3 months
FLORIDA Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) Job Approval: Approve 44% Disapprove 48% . @Ipsos / @USATODAY , 1,014 Adults, 4/5-7
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Timothy McBride
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Don't foget that if he had not appointed three justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, it would still be precedent, and none of this would be necessary.
@sahilkapur
Sahil Kapur
3 months
Donald Trump says tonight he will release a statement on abortion “tomorrow morning,” which he’s prefacing with this:
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U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill on Monday released tax returns showing that their income rose 7% to $619,976 in 2023 and that the couple paid 23.7% of their income in federal taxes.
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Timothy McBride
3 months
Agreed. Vile dog whistling.
@AJDelgado13
A.J. Delgado
3 months
Rudy says Colombian-born Hispanic judge, Hon. Juan Merchan, is not in the tradition of "Anglo-American" jurists. Really vile dog-whistling.
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Timothy McBride
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Alarming Measles Outbreaks Surge Across Europe And Central Asia because of behavior of Anti-Vaxxers
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@NancyMace @GStephanopoulos @ThisWeekABC No, he did not try to "shame you". Sorry that happened to you, but the point is, now in 2024 why do you support someone who assaults women?
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