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Jennifer Granholm

@JenGranholm

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This is my personal feed; please follow at @SecGranholm where I will be most often. Former Gov. of MI; advocate for clean energy & US jobs. I block trolls.

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Joined March 2008
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@JenGranholm
Jennifer Granholm
3 years
. @realDonaldTrump has called Michigan’s legislative leaders to the WH to overturn the will of the Michigan’s voters. This is not just crazy, it’s potentially a crime. I’d turn the plane around. Or wear a wire.
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I’m honored that President-elect @joeBiden has placed his faith in me as his Energy Secretary nominee. We have an opportunity to build back better while creating millions of jobs — we can do it!
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I know he’s my boss, but I just love this president.
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4 years
77% of Americans want to keep Roe v. Wade. 83% want to keep the ACA’s protection for people with pre-existing conditions. These two health care issues — will shape the fights for all three branches of government in this election. @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris
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Jennifer Granholm
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My sincere thanks to the Senate for your confidence in me. I’m obsessed with creating good-paying clean energy jobs in all corners of America in service of addressing our climate crisis. I’m impatient for results. Now let’s get to work!
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4 years
I just love that @JoeBiden is talking about EV batteries, carbon negative strategies, transmission challenges, BTUs, weatherizing buildings, capturing methane and all manner of clean energy job opportunities ... does @realDonaldTrump even know what any of that is?
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I believe @JoeBiden . Anyone who knows him knows this allegation is antithetical to his character, to the culture in his office, to his soul. He has never been that kind of guy. Ever. The story has been heard and vetted. No staffer remembers it. No complaint found. Move on.
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My sweet, gentle dad died last night. We lost a man of deep integrity, faith, humor, honor. I never heard my dad raise his voice or utter a curse word. But millions of times I heard him laugh at Mom’s jokes. We are so grateful for his 88 years; he is now at peace. I love you Dad.
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One thing is certain: America’s electricity grid is simply not able to handle extreme weather events. Whether it’s wildfires in California or snowstorms in Texas, we need to upgrade our grid infrastructure ASAP.
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4 years
The difference between @JoeBiden ’s Town Hall appearance and @realDonaldTrump ’s performance is stark. If you are undecided, please watch both.
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
The Supreme Court has signaled tonight that if you have not yet mailed in your ballot, either do it tomorrow, or vote early in person, or drop your ballot at a drop box, not a mailbox. By Wednesday, take no chances with the mail service.
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C’mon. Does anyone really think @joebiden wants to cut social security? @BernieSanders is really stretching here. Washington Post said it was not true. Look at his plan.
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Jennifer Granholm
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If you are a waiter making $25,000 per year, you paid almost twice as much in taxes as @realDonaldTrump over the past two years. You are subsidizing the billionaire.
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Jennifer Granholm
3 years
No better Mother’s Day gift for me than my first grandchild - Dylan arrived last week!
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Jennifer Granholm
5 years
Strange that @HowardSchultz on @CNN right now could not say what a fair marginal tax rate would be, just that he doesn’t like @AOC ’s plan. You’d think he’d have a plan before going on this tour.
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
How anyone could listen to @JoeBiden on @CNN and not be moved when he discusses his faith, his son, his losses... utterly honest and powerful.
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Jennifer Granholm
3 years
Friends, I’ve just landed a great new job, and will be tweeting and sharing exciting clean energy news from that account. Please follow at @SecGranholm . I’ll be using this personal account less frequently.
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @JoeBiden was magnificent. He soared and carried us all with him. He gave us hope, made us love our country and our fellow Americans. I’m unspeakably grateful for the gift of hope, after four years of anger.
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With all these Russia stories, time to applaud @WSJ @washingtonpost @nytimes @CNN @MSNBC and all legit reporters working to save our nation.
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There are 200,000 fewer manufacturing jobs in the U.S. today than when @realDonaldTrump took office, according to the jobs report today. He has been a disaster for manufacturing. .
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. @JoeBiden still going at it with clarity and precision, now on foreign policy, while @realDonaldTrump left the building 15 minutes ago. Stamina anyone?
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @MalloryMcMorrow Thank you for your strength and moral clarity.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Thank you to the Culinary Union in Las Vegas!!
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My grandfather shot himself in desperation when he couldn’t find a job to support his family. My dad was 3 years old at the time. My grandma became a single mom of 3, living in dire rural poverty in a cabin with no running water. Good-paying jobs are everything. TY @JoeBiden
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What can I say? I have a lot of #energy and @JoeBiden has a lot of jobs. 😎
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Biden should let her announce the jobs report each month
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
My endorsement of ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ on @CNN this morning:
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
As Michigan's governor, at the time, I can attest to this: Obama-Biden saved our auto industry >> "When Michigan needed help...Barack Obama and Joe Biden had our backs." @BarackObama @JoeBiden
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
Because there seem to be people who did not see that @JoeBiden clearly condemned violence, I’m reposting this. Please retweet to ensure word gets out:
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Jennifer Granholm
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GOP mayor goes from Trump 2016 to @JoeBiden 2020: “I slowly talked myself into it. ‘ @realDonaldTrump can’t seriously be this deranged once he gets in there,’ and he’s even more deranged now than I thought then. So, I take the blame. I voted for him.”
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
Follow @JoeBiden . Pass it on.
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Jennifer Granholm
3 years
Congratulations @PeteButtigieg for being overwhelmingly confirmed as the next Secretary of Transportation!
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Jennifer Granholm
3 years
This @JoeBiden speech is focused deeply on the people who are unseen. Those who need help. Those who are hurting. So glad to work for a President who will be a leader for all — from the waiter and the Uber driver to the mom-and-pop store owner and the nurse. All of us. #Grateful
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Lowest jobless claims since COVID began. 5.6 mill jobs created under @POTUS - a record for any potus. Record high stock market. Wages up. 70% of adults vaccinated (up from 1% when JB took office). Kids can now get vaccine. Historic infrastructure bill passed. Winning for America!
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Jennifer Granholm
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Help! Michigan needs 5,00-6,000 poll workers for Election Day in November. These are paid positions ($300-$600, depending). Here’s the website to sign up: . Please pass this along!
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Jennifer Granholm
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This @JoeBiden speech is beautiful. A balm for our raging souls.
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This @JoeBiden speech is Presidential, calming, unifying. Bravo.
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. @JoeBiden ’s goodness and kindness radiating again, praising @PeteButtigieg and comparing him to his son Beau. He is like a balm for the soul.
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To press lamenting @HillaryClinton 's health/transparency: "powering through" illness is what women do: Stoically, every. single. day.
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @realDonaldTrump has banned @CNN , @latimes , @NYtimes , @Politico from a briefing in the WH. This is unbelievable in America.
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. @JoeBiden called me when my dad died. It was on Jan 21, 2020, right before the Iowa caucuses. He was busy w/ campaigning, but it didn’t matter. I’ll never forget his pure decency and empathy. My mom, a former Republican, was utterly grateful, and is definitely voting for Joe.
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Jennifer Granholm
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We should have a national day of mourning when we hit the tragic marker of 200,000 COVID deaths. Souls who died alone, for whom we could not have funerals. We should honor them, and give people a way to grieve. With his compassion, @JoeBiden could lead it.
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4 years
THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IS $7.25 AN HOUR! Nowhere in America can a person live on that. Go Joe! @JoeBiden
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If your child is in the back seat of a car when you get a speeding ticket, has your child committed a crime?
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4 years
Same here — My 85-year old Republican mom voting for @JoeBiden !
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Bill Kristol
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"My 88-year-young mother is a life-long Republican. She has NEVER voted for a Democrat. As a sincere conservative Evangelical Christian, she voted for Trump in 2016...This week my mother announced she has decided to vote for Biden!" Read the whole thing.
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I have been seeing so many nice comments on this feed over the past few days, and while I can’t respond to every one please know how grateful I am for the support and the collective commitment to clean energy and a healthy planet. Thank you @JoeBiden !
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Jennifer Granholm
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'Nancy Pelosi in the Oval Office is all American women' "You know why I do it? I do it because I want women to see that you do not get pushed around," Pelosi told CNN. "You don't run away from the fight." @AnushayHossain @NancyPelosi @TeamPelosi
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4 years
After another maskless rally held for the purpose of pleasuring himself—here are @realDonaldTrump own words at his 2016 nomination:“The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead."
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Jennifer Granholm
3 years
Mad respect for @MittRomney right now.
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Jennifer Granholm
5 years
$82 million. This is the response Ds should make every time one of the Rs says one word about Hunter Biden.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner Made $82 Million While Working in the White House Last Year – Fortune
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Jennifer Granholm
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Quote of the Day: “If you promise not to judge Indiana by the vice president, we promise not to judge Michigan by the secretary of education ( @BetsyDeVosED ),” @PeteButtigieg added, as the crowd erupted in laughter.
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3 years
So happy for America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @HillaryClinton is on @Morning_Joe discussing the summit with Putin; she is just so dang brilliant and insightful.
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @realDonaldTrump ’s stoking of violence toward @GovWhitmer cannot be shrugged off. I cannot emphasize enough how crazy some people are out there — Threats against a gov happen all the time, but when they are egged on by a president it is truly dangerous. KNOCK IT OFF!
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#IBelieveJoe "To this day, I am most proud of the Violence Against Women Act. So, each April we are reminded not only of how far we have come in dealing with sexual assault in this country — but how far we still have to go." -- @JoeBiden
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This @JoeBiden speech is perfect. Calm. Unifying. Strong. Yet humble. He is the steady, clear leader our country needs.
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Jennifer Granholm
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I so appreciate @JoeBiden ’s humility. The comparison is so stark.
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
Please pay no attention to these polls (that I’m guilty of sharing). 4 years ago @HillaryClinton was up 25 points over @BernieSanders and he won the primary. Just get out and vote!
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
#MichiganPrimary ' @JoeBiden holds huge 24-point edge over Sanders in Michigan' Biden = 51% Sanders = 27% #JoeBiden #Biden
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For me, on this Sunday, this sub-headline is everything— @POTUS is serving “the least of these brothers and sisters” Matt. 25:40. It’s why ⁦he is the leader for this moment in history, called to serve people who are often unseen.
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. @KamalaHarris is making me so happy right now. So smart. So clear. Commanding. She makes me want to have a beer with her. Go grrrl!
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Stacey Abrams is strong, brilliant and fierce. A warrior for democracy and for everyday Georgians. How lucky you are, GA, to have a compassionate gladiator on your side.
Stacey Abrams absolutely f’ng destroyed Brian Kemp. 🔥
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Jennifer Granholm
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Charlie Rose. Glen Thrush. Al Franken. Donald Trump. Roy Moore. Mark Halperin. Harvey Weinstein.Bill Clinton. George H.W. Bush. Kevin Spacey. Louis C.K. Bill O’Reilly. And so many more. Women: please run for office.
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Jennifer Granholm
4 years
Agree! We are all part of the @AndrewYang gang now!
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David Axelrod
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Wonderful to call @AndrewYang a colleague! A great addition!!
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5 years
I. Just. Can’t.
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Francis Maxwell
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the very best of #Sharpiegate !! This sh*t had me wheezing!
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@TomiLahren I would walk to the ends of the earth if it meant protecting my child.
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. @JoeBiden @POTUS is crushing this press conference.
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. @HillaryClinton ...*sigh* ...So thoughtful, strong, smart on @maddow just now. If only ...
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Jennifer Granholm
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So far this week: -$750 paid in taxes - @realDonaldTrump debate disaster -Guilfoyle/Fox pay millions for sexual harassment charge -Brad Parscale under fed investigation -Melania tapes -Trump quarantining for COVID exposure -48 hours to denounce white supremacy What’d I miss?
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Been doing a deep dive into the Department of @ENERGY since being nominated. Awed by the work of the scientists at the DOE labs doing critical research into next-gen clean energy technologies. So hopeful for our planet.
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So happy I just want to dance with @staceyabrams ! And all of you out there who made this happen — who else loves Georgia tonight? :)
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Jennifer Granholm
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Congratulations to my fierce climate sister, @DebHaalandNM , on being confirmed today! We at @ENERGY are ready to fight alongside your mighty team at @Interior . Together, a mighty army to defend our planet: #BeFierce
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Jennifer Granholm
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Thank you to the medical staff in ICUs across the country this Christmas morning. Prayers for the families who are opening presents without a loved one lost to COVID. Grateful for the scientists who gave the world the gift of a vaccine to ensure this is the last COVID Christmas.
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. @RepRaskin - much respect my friend —such a powerful presentation, deeply moving and real. Thank you for showing us your mighty head and heart.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Thanks Ron — as my mom would say, let’s get crackin’ on adding clean energy to the grid and creating those good paying jobs in communities that have been left behind!
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I've known @JenGranholm for more than 30 years, so I'm excited to congratulate her on joining the Cabinet! She will help lead our job-creating clean-energy future!
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I don’t care how many diet cokes @realDonaldTrump drinks. I don’t care how much TV he watches. I deeply care about the 8.9 million children (!!!) losing health care due to the expiration of the State Children’s Health Care Insurance Program under his leadership.
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Feeling so optimistic that tomorrow we will learn that the People have overwhelmingly used their power to take our country back.
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. @JoeBiden is really offering an honest olive branch right now, reminding people that there is so much more that unites them than divides them.
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Sounds like the former DOJ prosecutor letter is about to hit a big threshold. I just signed on after the career folks; perhaps you can too, if you are a former DOJ prosecutor who believes @realDonaldTrump has obstructed justice: .
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Every dog lover comprehends this beautiful and painful statement.
@POTUS
President Biden
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Our family lost our loving companion Champ today. I will miss him.
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. @HillaryClinton is simply superb. Brilliant, insightful and real. If only .... *sigh*. Thanks @maddow for having her on, and for reminding us of real leadership.
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Amber Tamblyn
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Just watched @HillaryClinton on Rachel Maddow and my God do I miss her. Eloquent. Smart. Predicted a lot of what we are learning and seeing right now in politics and the meddling of elections. She would’ve made a great President. (Put it on my tombstone.)
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Go @GovWhitmer - Keep on fighting for Michiganders! They are being penalized by @realDonaldTrump because he thinks you’re not groveling enough. Unbelievable.
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"We need help. We need leadership. And we need to put political differences aside and focus on the real enemy, and that's the virus." - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Pres. Trump criticizing her for asking the federal government for more help fighting the Covid-19 outbreak.
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How cosmopolitan of him
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Vid: "sick & tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us" Trump Adv Stephen Miller
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Immigrants: we get the job done.
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The @Bideninaugural will unify us, and I can't wait to see Americans join the Parade Across America as we celebrate the inauguration of @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris and a new American era -- one of healing and of coming together.
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. @Scaramucci deleted tweets show he's pro-choice, anti-gun, pro-HRC, anti-DT, pro-gay marriage, anti-death pen & thinks clim change is real.
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. @davidhogg111 Please, stay strong. You, Emma and the others occupy the moral high ground. Do not let them cause your steel spines to bend. We support you out here, all across America.
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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
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Thanks to Gateway Pundit, the name of a child (David Hogg) who survived the Florida school shooting is now the #1 trending topic in Russian-linked influence networks, per @SecureDemocracy 's Hamilton 68 dashboard. They're spreading conspiracy theories calling him a crisis actor.
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I’m taking a deep breath. Deep in my bones I know that good will prevail.
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OMG — all these R women supporting @JoeBiden - must be driving the Rs crazy
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Seeing @POTUS in Michigan at the @Ford plant just makes my year.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Thank you @PeteButtigieg for your brilliance, your courage, your class, your husband @Chas10Buttigieg , your midwestern sensibilities, your grace. So glad that we have not seen the last of you.
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Airlines refusing to fly separated children. Protests at Trump hotels. Crowds at airports waiting for children. Sit-ins outside of ICE facilities. Marches planned. Governors refusing to send National Guard troops. Pols leading delegations at the border. This is democracy. More!
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. @MichelleObama is our national treasure. She and @joebiden have “an abiding belief that each of the 330 million lives in this country have meaning and have worth.”
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The perfect nomination for @JoeBiden from the elevator operator who JB really “saw” — “he has room in his heart for more than just himself” —-awesome.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Thank you @Jeff_Daniels . For your love for Michigan. For your heartfelt testimonial. Please watch. #AmericaNeedsMichigan
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Jennifer Granholm
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. @BernieSanders was terrific on the #DemConvention2020 segment with the primary challengers. He was generously, genuinely positive about @JoeBiden . #UnitedForBiden So grateful to you.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Dear world: please rest assured that @realDonaldTrump does not speak for all Americans. He is an embarrassment to the vast majority of us; we are working to ensure he never, ever gets elected again. #weareallHaitians #weareallElSalvadorans #weareallAfricans #weareallAmericans
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545 children. Dear God, the level of incompetence and immorality in @realDonaldTrump ’s administration is criminal.
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Jennifer Granholm
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Drop everything and watch this clip:
@AdamParkhomenko
Adam Parkhomenko
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Guys I think Devin Nunes is in trouble
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Jennifer Granholm
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Q: Why has @realDonaldTrump been so soft on China? A: Trump owes tens of millions to the Bank of China — and the loan is due soon --- "The debt includes $211 million from the state-owned Bank of China — its first loan of this kind in the U.S."
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