Democratic politics. #Yooper. Former @HarryReid, @MariaCantwell, @Everytown, @WeRWisconsin. Lover of Cubs, Packers, golf. Tweets/opinions here strictly my own
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BREAKING: Susan Collins has also penned a strongly-worded letter to Brett Kavanaugh, forcefully urging him to reconsider overturning Roe. #MEsen
Perkins Coie LLP represented plaintiffs in the case. The 100 year-old law firm has clashed with the Trump administration, which this year signed an executive order effectively barring Perkins from handling federal cases or representing federal contractors. chronline.com/stories/trump-…
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Whoa. Trump's Treasury dept controls ~5,000 wire transfers in its Epstein files. Trump wants it all buried. @GregTSargent has the scoop:
newrepublic.com/article/1982…
An 8-iron, swung left-handed by @BillyHo_Golf
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If a 7th grader showed up at model UN with "Gulf of America" or "take Greenland by force," they'd get tossed out of the fucking classroom.
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Time for @realDonaldTrump to fulfill his pardon promise, have a national discussion about it. #January6th
Pardon all of these patriots on Day 1, @realDonaldTrump — you made an unequivocal campaign promise. #January6th
This should be required reading for anyone who backed Trump for the stated reason of abortion.
A 3rd woman died under TX’s abortion ban. Drs are avoiding D&Cs & reaching for riskier miscarriage treatments:
Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring docs to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages. propublica.org/article/porsh…
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Now do "literally"
OED #WordOfTheDay: philozoic, adj.
Loving animals; kind to animals.
View the entry: oxford.ly/3CDIIVy
ALT A 'philozoic' woman enjoying a cuddle with a cat
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Civil Rights attn @allenorresq on @MSNBC:
"Have your papers with you, and make a plan — just like a natural disaster — for what to do if you are detained, including knowing your rights in advance."
We're accepting this in America in the year 2025?
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“16% of the Covid deaths were in America. Only 4.2% of the world’s population is in America. We managed it worse than anybody in the world.”
—RFK Jr. defending anti-vax stances just now
*Finally* someone talking about Trump’s culpability for 1 million of America’s Covid deaths
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JD Vance super lucky these guys weren't a focus group, pre-Milwaukee.
Meet Austin Capobianco (middle), the fan that interfered with Mookie. I was talking to him at a local bar when a bunch of other fans asked him to take a pic with him and for his autograph. He was a beaut. Story up soon at ESPN: “If it’s in our area, we’re going to ‘D’ up.”
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