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Post by lemondrop on Aug 30, 2019 19:07:48 GMT -6
What's almost just as crazy is that the photo is Classified, so anyone with a TS and a Twitter account now technically has to report that they improperly saw Classified ImInt unless they have the specific exact clearance to see that photo (which is probably like 200 people total across the entire govt and military) 😳😲🤐
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Post by dc2london on Aug 30, 2019 19:20:45 GMT -6
What's almost just as crazy is that the photo is Classified, so anyone with a TS and a Twitter account now technically has to report that they improperly saw Classified ImInt unless they have the specific exact clearance to see that photo (which is probably like 200 people total across the entire govt and military) 😳😲🤐 It's not like the WH security office is doing anything else. DoD though...
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Post by athn64 on Aug 30, 2019 20:02:50 GMT -6
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Post by athn64 on Aug 30, 2019 20:08:15 GMT -6
🙌 This is my district. It'll be a hard one to flip, but I think easier without a 20+ year incumbent veteran running. Also, he sucks. My favorite being the time he accidentally voted in favor of LGBTQ rights when he meant to vote nay. I didn't realize we were so close-ish. I'm in the 13th. I wish you all the luck in flipping the seat. We're working on getting Davis out. Betsy is running again here, and she came within half a percentage point last time and he continues to make folks mad, so fingers crossed.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Aug 30, 2019 23:07:38 GMT -6
I just wanted to share this because I followed it real time in my progressive Nebraska group. It is such an ugly look at the deep red and it made my heart hurt and despite what I’ve said before, I don’t know how to reach *this* part of the state. 😞 medium.com/@ferialp/deceit-wrapped-in-kindness-3498de1dec55
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 4:58:13 GMT -6
I just wanted to share this because I followed it real time in my progressive Nebraska group. It is such an ugly look at the deep red and it made my heart hurt and despite what I’ve said before, I don’t know how to reach *this* part of the state. 😞 medium.com/@ferialp/deceit-wrapped-in-kindness-3498de1dec55It sounds like these people would do well to actually read their Bibles. And the Constitution.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 5:00:25 GMT -6
There's a conversation to be had there about how the need to retain cultural and political power fuels xenophobia
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Post by richard on Aug 31, 2019 7:46:05 GMT -6
Good for Lonnie Bunch. I really want to read this book in general about the opening of the NMAAHC.
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Post by bunnyfungo on Aug 31, 2019 7:58:08 GMT -6
I just wanted to share this because I followed it real time in my progressive Nebraska group. It is such an ugly look at the deep red and it made my heart hurt and despite what I’ve said before, I don’t know how to reach *this* part of the state. 😞 medium.com/@ferialp/deceit-wrapped-in-kindness-3498de1dec55It sounds like these people would do well to actually read their Bibles. And the Constitution. Yup. I’m not sure how they can claim to be good Christians when doing basically the opposite of everything that Christ preached. But what do I know. It’s even more disgusting because the speaker was coming to talk about kindness. I mean, the nerve of her. /s
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 9:04:54 GMT -6
Woo just had my first heinous encounter of the day. Yelling in my face about Maxine Waters with my 6 year old next to me.
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Post by 4PrivetDrive on Aug 31, 2019 9:19:33 GMT -6
I read this article yesterday and it made me sick. I can’t even imagine what that was like for that poor woman.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Aug 31, 2019 16:00:08 GMT -6
Hope all our Texas posters are safe.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2019 16:13:32 GMT -6
I lived in Midland for many years and still have many friends there. This is insane. Also a lot of people carry so who knows if the "good guys" will start shooting back.
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Post by greykitty on Aug 31, 2019 16:28:51 GMT -6
One LEO already injured or dead in TX, as well as at least ten civilians from what I've seen.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 17:00:44 GMT -6
Look who I found!
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2019 17:04:32 GMT -6
JFC. That's two mass shootings in Texas in ONE MONTH.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2019 17:06:12 GMT -6
I honestly don't know how this country can keep taking this kind of heartbreak over and over again.
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Post by hawkeye2015 on Aug 31, 2019 18:04:46 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 19:37:59 GMT -6
I honestly don't know how this country can keep taking this kind of heartbreak over and over again. I'm sorry to be blunt but we choose to live like this. The people stopping progress are elected. They answer to us. We have to hold them accountable.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 19:42:50 GMT -6
I canvassed in a neighboring district today that went to the Republican incumbent by 99 votes. 99. We had another race in that year, 2017, that was decided by an actual coin toss.
That meant the difference between every common sense gun violence prevention bill being killed in committee and getting some reasonable laws on the books.
That meant that, when our governor called a special legislative session in the wake of the Virginia Beach mass shooting to address gun violence in VA, they twiddled their thumbs for 90 minutes and then decided to go home--meanwhile, the Speaker of the House literally hosted the NRA lobbyists in his office during the session.
Every single vote counts. One vote--truly, one vote-- can make the difference.
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2019 19:55:37 GMT -6
I honestly don't know how this country can keep taking this kind of heartbreak over and over again. I'm sorry to be blunt but we choose to live like this. The people stopping progress are elected. They answer to us. We have to hold them accountable. Absolutely.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 19:57:57 GMT -6
I'm sorry to be blunt but we choose to live like this. The people stopping progress are elected. They answer to us. We have to hold them accountable. Absolutely. And I love you all and my previous 2 posts were not directed at anyone in this thread
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 19:58:31 GMT -6
Jeebus I spend 5 minutes in a room with Beto and I'm talking like a campaign ad
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Post by enchanted on Aug 31, 2019 19:59:42 GMT -6
And I love you all and my previous 2 posts were not directed at anyone in this thread I knew what you meant.
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 20:02:42 GMT -6
I know I plug the Pod here a lot, but Jon Lovett did an interview with Ayanna Pressley this week and her response about trauma in America was so, so, so powerful. It was Thursday's episode. Highly recommend.
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Post by sctiger on Aug 31, 2019 20:04:30 GMT -6
I honestly don't know how this country can keep taking this kind of heartbreak over and over again. I'm sorry to be blunt but we choose to live like this. The people stopping progress are elected. They answer to us. We have to hold them accountable. Andrew Gillum said we need more good guys with votes, not guns. I like that perspective. Voting is so powerful.
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Post by sctiger on Aug 31, 2019 20:06:00 GMT -6
Jeebus I spend 5 minutes in a room with Beto and I'm talking like a campaign ad I love Beto. He's amazing. I think he has had a hard time differentiating himself from the other white guys, but he's by far the best white guy IMO and still one of my favorites (along with Warren and Harris).
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Post by dc2london on Aug 31, 2019 20:08:55 GMT -6
I'm sorry to be blunt but we choose to live like this. The people stopping progress are elected. They answer to us. We have to hold them accountable. Andrew Gillum said we need more good guys with votes, not guns. I like that perspective. Voting is so powerful. I don't think I've heard this quote before and I absolutely love it
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 31, 2019 20:23:35 GMT -6
I’ve been kinda head in sand since yesterday but wanted to come in and say I hope all our Texas people are safe.
Also a close friend witnessed a shooting a block away from her house this morning. She’s a mess. She’s one of the most sweet naive in a good way person and is still trying to process.
We have to do more.
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Post by jkjacq on Aug 31, 2019 20:25:32 GMT -6
And I agree with dc on ms Pressleys interview It’s pretty powerful
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