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@JasonKander

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Afghan vet. Sorta ran for president. Houser of homeless vets @VCP_HQ , bestselling author, pod host @Majority54 , baseball player @KCHustlers . Aspiring super dad.

Kansas City, MO
Joined February 2009
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Jason Kander
2 years
Just found out that #InvisibleStorm is officially a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!!! Thank you for your incredible support! Reminder: All my royalties go to @VCP_HQ .
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He’s broke, he lives in our house, and he’s been stealing from us.
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7 years
Patriotism isn't about making everyone stand and salute the flag. Patriotism is about making this a country where everyone wants to.
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6 years
The President said he was going to run America like his businesses. Apparently we have reached the part where he would usually just declare bankruptcy and run away. #TrumpShutdown
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6 years
The Mayor of San Juan is wading through sewage, searching for people with a bullhorn while @realDonaldTrump insults her on twitter.
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2 years
Elon Musk: Beware! If they can tax a billionaire like me, they can tax you regular people too! Regular People: We've been paying our taxes this whole time, bro.
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4 years
To summarize the NYT story: Trump got a bunch of $ from his daddy. He lost it all, but then he got paid hundreds of millions to play a billionaire on TV. He tried to use that $ to become a real billionaire, but he lost it all again. Now he's starting over, but we're his daddy.
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A 70-year old man who watches 6 hours of TV a day, plays lots of golf, and always seems to be in Florida is a retiree, not a President.
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6 years
People killed WHILE praying deserve more than prayers alone. They deserve a Senator with the everyday courage to put lives before NRA cash.
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Ted Cruz
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Keeping all harmed in Sutherland Springs in our prayers and grateful for our brave first responders on the scene.
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7 years
Hey buddy, that song you love was written by my uncle. He's been married to my other uncle for 40 years. And he's a Jew. Sing it proud.
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Richard Spencer
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. @joshtpm 1930s? No, tomorrow belongs to us.
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3 years
Resigning with two weeks to go isn’t putting your country first, it’s putting your career first.
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2 years
100% of billionaires would still be billionaires after paying the billionaire tax.
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4 years
Substantial personal debt is one of the most common reasons security clearances are denied, because it’s so easily exploited or leveraged by foreign intelligence services.
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6 years
You mean like requiring registration, licensing, and insurance? Whew, you're right, that'd be nuts.
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Another car drives into crowd in London - liberals to call for car control?
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3 years
Whatever story you’re telling yourself to absolve yourself, @HawleyMO , is bullshit and you know it, Senator.
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7 years
President who won't release his tax returns wants to publish every registered voter's social security number, DOB, and party affiliation.
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Donald J. Trump
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Numerous states are refusing to give information to the very distinguished VOTER FRAUD PANEL. What are they trying to hide?
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3 years
If scientists said a purse could protect me and my fellow Americans from #COVID19 , I would carry a purse.
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Rep. Banks, You and I spent a few months in Afghanistan. Rep. Omar grew up in war-torn Somalia before spending years in a Kenyan refugee camp on the Somali border. It’s not up to us to decide who is and is not “worthy” of PTSD. Trauma is trauma. A uniform is not required.
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Jim Banks
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Rep. Ilhan Omar complained she’s “stricken with PTSD” because of recent events in the Middle East. This is a disgrace and offensive to our nation’s veterans who really do have PTSD after putting their life on the line to keep America safe.
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She means white.
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In 20 years, Russia will be the only country that is recognizably European.
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Imagine being so powerful you could make one phone call and (BAM!) you’ve reunited thousands of scared, confused little kids with mommies and daddies who miss them. Now imagine how sick and broken and empty you’d have to be inside to choose not to make that call.
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Today, in a room full of kids, a brave young man stood up and, holding back emotion, told me he’s afraid to go to school. Then one by one the kids told of guns they’d seen at their schools. These kids think the “grown ups” running America are insane. I’m with the kids.
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I admire the restraint of @JoeBiden so much. This is like debating an air horn.
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That fly was in Pence’s hair a long time. It should quarantine.
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7 years
When @BarackObama speaks, there is occasional, mid-sentence silence. I miss the sound of a President thinking about the impact of his words.
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We shouldn’t have to ask you to condemn Nazis. You should be excited to condemn Nazis. Condemning Nazis is the ice cream of condemning things.
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6 years
Sean Hannity this afternoon: Cohen has never been my lawyer. Sean Hannity this evening: Everything I told Michael Cohen was subject to attorney-client privilege. Sean Hannity tomorrow morning: I am not Sean Hannity.
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No one should forget that the birther movement emboldened white supremacists. Or that it was led by @realDonaldTrump .
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6 years
The president says you need a photo ID to buy groceries. . 1. He’s lying. . 2. I didn’t go to Afghanistan for his right to buy groceries. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. This dude has never in his life bought his own groceries.
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The MyPillow guy is proof that we could stand to pump the cultural brakes on treating every successful entrepreneur as a genius.
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If I were Biden I’d answer every question about my age with: I don’t have time to dye my hair, get a spray tan, and sit in a makeup chair for twenty minutes every day because I’m busy getting shit done. If that makes me look old, I really don’t care.
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Puerto Rico is without drinking water and the President is 50 pages into a google search of "famous black people national anthem"
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2 years
I’ve lived in or within a few miles of Kansas most of my life and I’m telling you that if a straight up or down vote on abortion can turn out like this in Kansas, there won’t be many states in the country that would vote to outlaw choice.
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GOP willing to pass unpopular tax bill and worsen their terrible standing with the public, because if they don’t, they’ll lose campaign funds. When politicians fear donors more than voters, it’s time to get new politicians who want to change the system.
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We’ve already won the argument over guns. The vast majority of Americans want sweeping reforms. We don’t need new arguments. We need new elected officials.
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Two 16 year old girls organized this protest in front of the White House to demand action on guns. This generation is already incredible. Makes me so hopeful.
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Victoria Sanchez
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Students lie down in front of the White House asking for gun reform. Two 16 year old girls organized this group in a matter of days. Social media helped spread the word.
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All Confederate monuments must be removed by Friday and replaced with statues of @staceyabrams . Elections have consequences.
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6 years
Having been through US Army training scenarios in which we rolled up on an ongoing and escalating situation in which both the good guys and the bad guys had guns but weren’t wearing “Good Guy” or “Bad Guy” signs, I’m 100% positive arming teachers is the wrong answer.
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Gun makers: Mass shootings no time to talk gun violence. Polluters: Storms no time to talk climate change. They. Only. Care. About. Money.
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The UFC is his base. This would be like if I got booed by Jewish grandmothers.
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CBS News
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Trump booed at UFC event in New York City
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If we give Trump a massive slush fund and don’t hold him accountable, we are repeating his father’s mistakes.
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Just putting it out there that I’d be happy to fight Tucker Carlson. You know, to raise money for charity and stuff.
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Is it just me or is anyone else shocked to learn just how many dishes a confined family goes through per day?
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He went to the game intending to walk out. A leader would have gone down to the locker room after the game intending to have a conversation.
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Vice President Mike Pence Archived
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I left today's Colts game because @POTUS and I will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our Flag, or our National Anthem.
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Biggest reason people are still gathering and partying and spreading the virus is because most American leaders haven’t had the guts to tell them the truth about the severity of the situation.
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Nope. No. We're not doing this. Slavery. Slavery was what they wouldn't compromise over. SLAVERY.
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Christina Wilkie
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John Kelly: "The lack of ability to compromise caused the Civil War.”
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You think your boss sucks? Mike Pence once walked out of an NFL football game in his hometown despite having great seats because his boss asked him to and that boss STILL tried to have him killed.
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I suffer from depression and have PTSD symptoms. After 11 years, I'm finally ready to do something about it:
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Classified docs - a shopping analogy: As Biden walked out, the buzzer went off and he realized he mistakenly failed to pay for an item in his cart. He went back in and returned it. Trump stuffed items in his pockets. When the buzzer sounded, he ran to his car and peeled out.
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Almost exactly 2 years ago today, I went to the VA hospital because PTSD had caught up to me. Diana was worried I might not be around for her and True. It’s been quite a journey since, but today we leave a different hospital for a different reason. Getting help is worth it.
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. @JoeBiden would be the first Commander-in-Chief since Eisenhower to know what it’s like to hug their child one final time before they head off to war. That’s no small thing.
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He’s wearing that hat backward.
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Elon is on border patrol today.
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The leadership of the @NRA has an agenda and it ain’t got a damn thing to do with gun rights. It’s 100% about gun sales. This Republican Congress is trading the lives of children for campaign contributions. We will win. This will not go on forever.
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Your actions yesterday killed 5 human souls and one book contract. So far, you have only mourned the book contract.
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Josh Hawley
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My statement on the woke mob at @simonschuster
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Patriotic Americans don’t fist bump their pals after blocking vet healthcare, @TedCruz .
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Because if she doesn't risk her job to tell her boss to stop saying things that make her uncomfortable, she's cool with it, right Bill?
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Bill O'Reilly
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The gist: if Comey was so disturbed by Trump's take on Flynn & didn't want to be alone w/ the Prez why did he continue private calls w/ him?
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In Paul Ryan's defense, who could get a group this diverse to agree on anything?
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As a nation, we need to start having a real conversation about universal service.
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Thousands of formerly incarcerated Arizonans who have served their time can’t cast a ballot. Joe Arpaio - a convicted criminal who never paid his debt - can be on the ballot. That’s wrong.
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Donald Trump is the Iraq War of Presidents. In 15 years, everyone who pushed hardest for it will act like it just happened all on its own.
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Haven’t watched a 10 minute clip on twitter in forever but I watched every second of this and you should too. @jonstewart is a gifted activist.
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We required a drivers test and insurance, then we lowered speed limits, cracked down on drunk driving, and passed seat belt laws. Since we started actually trying stuff, about 17,000 American lives have been saved per year. But please continue your analogy.
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With just 1,373 days until Americans vote in the 2020 election, responsible thing to do is wait until then to consider any #SCOTUS nominee.
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Kids, if you ever have a boss that's so emotionally fragile you'd have to risk your job to admit he made a typo, quit that job.
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MSNBC
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Spicer on 'covfefe' tweet: "The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant."
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What @AOC did on IG tonight (talking openly about trauma) will save lives. I’ve seen the power of this type of openness first hand and - especially given the fact that she’s under constant scrutiny - her decision to talk about it is commendable.
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New rule: Dudes who never served in the military who claim the military has “gone soft” must immediately walk into a tear gas training chamber and recite their age, hometown, and social security number to a drill instructor who is audibly laughing from inside their gas mask.
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I'm unfamiliar with the economic theory that says tax cuts for billionaires trickle down to working people in the form of health insurance.
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A kiDnaPper is tHe sAMe as a FIreFIGHter bEcaUse THEy BotH CaRRy kiDs oUT oF BUildInGS.
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn
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Putting conditions on foreign aid is nothing new. Clinton did it. Obama did it.
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Born rich, dodged the draft, inherited the family business, and he tells graduates at a military academy about how tough he's had it.
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CBS News
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"No politician in history...has been treated more unfairly," Pres. Trump says at commencement address
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Welcome to America.
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For weeks, POTUS allowed total access to American intel for a man he knew was vulnerable to Russian blackmail. Undisputed fact.
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An American President celebrates the disenfranchisement of eligible voters. UnAmerican.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Just won big Supreme Court decision on Voting! Great News!
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Jason Kander
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Lifelong Republican quitting his party. Worth a read.
@PRyanHussey
Ryan Hussey
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An open letter to my Congressional representatives @JerryMoran , @SenPatRoberts , and @RepDavids
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I'm a Democrat because I give a damn about people, including people I don't know.
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Thomas Elness
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@JasonKander Why are you a Democrat? What does it mean to you?
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Wow. @RickSantorum chastised American kids for “looking to someone else to solve their problems.” Rick, their problem is they’re afraid they’ll be murdered at school. We are the adults, man. Get a clue.
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Homeschooling is hard. I walked away for one minute. #TrueStory
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Susan Collins visited us in Afghanistan in December 2006. She handed out tiny bags of pine needles. She brought us the smell of Christmas.
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Simone Biles doesn’t owe you a damn thing.
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The former guy has now called for boycotts of all three major sports. Hilarious.
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POTUS just said our soldiers "don't fight to win." I'd happily introduce him to some friends of mine who have fought pretty hard to win.
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(Takes space shuttle across town)
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Tom Price
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Reckless spending habits employed by Democrats in Washington are driving the debt. We need #spendingcutsnow
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Tucker Carlson thinks diversity hurts the military because he’s never served and is therefore ignorant to how diverse backgrounds and perspectives make units stronger and more effective. As for his view on marriage, I assume that’s just because he’s a racist.
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"No one talked to Russia except my Campaign Manager, National Security Advisor, Attorney General and like 11 other guys. NO ONE."
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Whatever he’s told.
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What does Ted Cruz get on his pizza? #TedCruzTexasCoward
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Dear @FoxandFriends : Please mention this tomorrow morning when you brief @realDonaldTrump .
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BREAKING: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea - Reuters
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The Senate is officially in play. The House already was. In November, let’s take the whole damn thing. Then the White House in 2020.
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If anyone tells you the #PACTAct was filibustered because the Democrats were playing games please remind them that the Republicans have been called out on this by every veterans group including the ones that regularly endorse Republicans.
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This is what real leadership looks like, @realDonaldTrump .
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"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect--then you need to get out."-Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, Superintendent @AF_Academy
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When discussing @realDonaldTrump , why say falsehood when you mean lie, inelegant when you mean racist, or erratic when you mean unhinged? Euphemisms aren’t helping. Please just keep it real, America.
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When @realDonaldTrump says the law requires him to rip children away from parents at the border, he’s lying. Incidentally, if we had a law like that, a moral president would refuse to enforce it and say, “Sue me!”
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In ten years, some politicians will treat the Trump administration like they do the Iraq war: Everyone will pretend they never really supported it. I’m not cool with letting anybody get away with that.
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In Syria (and in Ukraine), Trump basically switched which side we were on in a war. He switched us to the Russian side. Counter to America’s interest, over and over, he does what’s best for Russia. (1/x)
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Bush sold war in Iraq to a shocked and frightened America. He presented a war of choice as if we had no choice. Iran would be Iraq all over again, but much worse. Trump is stoking fear, telling us we have no choice. We don’t have to repeat our mistakes. We have a choice.
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Yeah this is totally normal. When I was Missouri Secretary of State, I loved cashing those checks from the National Enquirer.
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Mediaite
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach Confirms He is a Paid Columnist For Breitbart
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Jason Kander
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Sad day. Our allies bypassing POTUS to speak directly to the American people the way we've always done with authoritarian regimes like Iran.
@EmmanuelMacron
Emmanuel Macron
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To all scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, responsible citizens who were disappointed by the decision of the US:
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Jason Kander
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My generation has to live on this planet for decades to come and we're going to remember which party made it so damn hard for us to save it.
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If after you lose an election you make it harder for people who didn’t vote for you to cast legal ballots next time you are the bad guys.
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Jason Kander
7 years
No matter what the Trump propaganda machine puts out there, the President just fired the man in charge of investigating his campaign.
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Jason Kander
5 years
A “civil war like fracture” is a war. Where Americans kill Americans. This is a threat. A threat of violence against Americans repeated and amplified by an American President. Disgusting. Indefensible.
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Donald J. Trump
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....If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.” Pastor Robert Jeffress, @FoxNews
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6 years
Flynn news is a reminder: Gangsters don't hire family members because they're qualified. Gangsters hire family members because they're less likely to talk to the FBI.
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I have heard hundreds of political staffers vent about their boss. I have only seen such venting covered as news when the boss is a woman.
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Jason Kander
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There were no arrests or looting during the demonstrations in Kansas City yesterday. This incredible pic of @kcpolice by @quartzkoi is a clue as to why.
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