Editor. Political director for @ProgressiveMass. Opinions are my own. Phone-banking-while-walking evangelist. Philly native.
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The "far right": "Jews will not replace us."
The "far left": "Everyone deserves health care."
Centrists: "These, to me, are the same."
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"A partner at the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell, McDonald is part of the legal team handling Trump’s pending appeal of felony convictions in New York related to hush money payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels."
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Jun 12
Amazing quote from Stephen Miller's high school classmate in this new Jazeera documentary on him:
"Having grown up with him, it makes you realize that it isn't the smartest person you went to high school with who's running the country. It's the most shameless person."
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Traitors Canada's host Karine Vanasse manages to combine both Claudia's dry humor and Alan Cumming's glamorous camp.
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The tackiness, commercialization, flippancy, egotism, and gaudiness that defines Trump’s attitude toward the public realm is a reflection of his attitude toward the public itself and his view of all public spaces and monies as in service of him.
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Ed Markey canvass in Somerville this morning
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The most on brand answer for me to “Did you walk here?” is yes, but it’s probably second most to be “No, because I was picking up lit at a previous canvass.”
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Jun 12
The same man who cut children’s cancer research is now a trillionaire.
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"But at a time when Democrats increasingly question unconditional military aid to Israel, here is an organization using the power of big donors and dark money (already liberal boogeymen) to defend it."
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"The response came after Judge John J. McConnell Jr. rebuked the Trump administration for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week."
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Jun 13
Live your life so people don’t celebrate when they take your name off things
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Jun 12
Mike Bloomberg (worth $109B) just dropped $5 million into a super PAC to install his former aide in Congress.
In a moment when voters are rejecting establishment candidates, the establishment response is to purchase the seat.
Mike Bloomberg doesn’t live in NY-12. His money does.
NY-12 is not for sale. 🗳️
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Mike Bloomberg did $5 million more to Micah Lasher's super PAC last month.
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The largest single super PAC in NY-12 is not from any Artificial Intelligence group (supporting or opposing Alex Bores), but from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg (supporting Micah Lasher) with $10M
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Mike Bloomberg did $5 million more to Micah Lasher's super PAC last month.
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Solidarity with our friend @tparsi, one of the most important voices covering Iran and the Middle East.
US administration investigating Iran war critic Trita Parsi, says report middleeasteye.net/news/us-ad…
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But taxing wealth so normal people can afford to see a doctor and not go bankrupt over inhalers is radical left. OK
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SpaceX's 11% share price boost has made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, controlling two of the world's largest companies. ft.trib.al/wHPQ9gw
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The existence of a trillionaire is a policy failure.
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The official list: clerk.house.gov/member_info/…
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One tidbit I always find fascinating is that for Congressional roll calls, some members are listed with their states not because they have the same last name (multiple Smith's, Williams's, Garcia's, Torres's), but because they have last names that rhyme or share syllables:
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