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Writer, director, ad maker @CATECOMM . Films at @Films_CV . Former @BarackObama spox.

Florida, USA
Joined March 2009
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More Republican Senators have COVID than have courage.
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Guys, literally everything @realDonaldTrump does is fake. He hired models for his announcement. But, since we're talking about stock pictures & footage, allow me...
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Saw this man sitting by himself at a Waffle House in Midway, Florida. So I said hello and asked him what he was doing with that money.
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We aren’t 46 days away from the election. People have already started voting. We’re in the election.
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My friend just won Halloween. 😂 👢
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It says “love every body.” Why? He told me those were the last three words his mother said to him. And he says it to me again. She didn’t say “I love you.” She said “love every body.” So that’s what I’m doing. Loving every body.
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It’s really hard to be a parent of children under 12 in Florida right now.
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I’ve got some more Florida turnout news. Y’all into that or no? If so, drop a like & follow this chain.
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The “white discomfort ❄️” bill passed another Florida GOP controlled committee yesterday, but not without this powerful testimony from Rep. @RamonAlexander . Putting the full thing here so future generations, if allowed, can see who fought against whitewashing history.
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If @jack can ban him twice, Congress can impeach him twice.
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Democratic turnout rates are higher than Republicans in every single county in Florida. 67 out of 67. Want more? Drop another like.
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. @JoeBiden & @DrBiden paid 6160% more in federal income taxes in ‘08 than pretend billionaire @realDonaldTrump did in ‘16.
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A reporter tried to ask @GovRonDeSantis about the passing of John Lewis, race, and confederate monuments today in Florida, and this is how he reacted. I have no words.
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Remember, the lesson isn’t that all stock b-roll is bad. I use it when budget, location, or time doesn’t permit original footage. The lesson is that it’s all he has— actors living in an alternative universe where his racism, selfishness, & stupidity hasn’t ruined the world yet.
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Been waiting more than three years for this to drop. Looks like we may finally find out where Ron DeSantis got the foreign money he used against @AndrewGillum in 2018. Russian oligarch Andrey Muraviev.
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Tampa just elected @JaneCastor with 73+ percent of the vote. She was outspent by about $3 MILLION by a billionaire who voted for @realDonaldTrump . She's a former beat cop, police chief, & now the first LGBTQ+ Mayor of a major city in the Southeast. This is a big, big deal.
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Fmr. GOP Majority Leader of the Florida House, President Pro Temp. of the Senate, & Rick Scott Appointee @FasanoMike endorses @JoeBiden for President. "I love my party, but I love my country more. In 2020, I'm a #BidenRepublican ."
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Our Florida model is projecting you should #VOTE because you might just decide this race. It's close. @JoeBiden : 49.56% @realDonaldTrump : 48.84% Today or Tuesday. Last chance to save the world.
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They are both old. One of them is decent, the other is not. The end.
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Out of the 1,782,663 mail ballots returned & reported, there are 386,799 voters who didn't vote in 2016. Of these new voters, registered @FlaDems are leading registered Republicans by 99,842. DEM: 189,139 GOP: 89,297 N/3/I: 108,363 Shall I continue? Drop another like.
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Fmr. GOP Florida Attorney General & Secretary of State Jim Smith endorses @JoeBiden for President. “There are times when you have to put your country ahead of politics... I’m a Republican today, I’ll be a Republican tomorrow, but in 2020, I’m a #BidenRepublican .”
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Right now @AndrewGillum trails by about 7 votes per precinct, with thousands in Broward & Palm Beach still to count. Provisionals may be critical. If you voted provisional, call your county supervisor ASAP to confirm your vote counts by 5 PM. Please RT.
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As of today, registered @FlaDems lead GOP voters by an unprecedented 384,353. At this point in '16, it was GOP +7,063. Many are dismissing this landslide level enthusiasm gap as a result of vote method shifting. Drop another like & I'll prove them wrong.
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For those of you just getting to know @AndrewGillum — watch and share this outtake from a speech last week. This is who he is.
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How not to use gloves by @GovRonDeSantis .
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I’m a 2008 @BarackObama spokesperson turned ad maker for progressive campaigns and causes. I’m working with @NikkiFried to beat @GovRonDeSantis in 2022. Can you help me expand my reach to 40k followers? We can win this race.
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The enthusiasm gap would still be @FlaDems +15. But we don't remove anything, because democracy. So the enthusiasm gap in Florida today is actually DEM +22. In 2016 right now it was GOP +1. Think about that. One more like & I'll wrap this up.
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Per usual, @taylorswift13 's new album is perfect.
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It's okay to be optimistic & still work like hell to elect @JoeBiden & progressives. The only reason there's any good data to share is because you're working like hell. Keep it up & Florida will still be close-ish, but it'll be an early E-Night. Thanks for the likes & follows.
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He said he’s given away more than $13,000 to strangers, kids, and people he meets at Waffle House (his favorite) and elsewhere. And they all come with that note you see in the picture. He copies and cut these out every few days. Obviously, I ask about the note.
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The Governor of Florida — at a #COVID19 education meeting — just falsely claimed there have been no deaths nationwide of people under 25 "for whatever reason." "The data has been 100% consistent." "I've not seen any deviation on that." In reality, there have been hundreds.
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Well, this is one way to put on a mask. It’s not the right way, but it’s the @GovRonDeSantis way. (h/t @TheWestipher )
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Ron DeSantis scheduled a Cabinet meeting on Election Day to get @NikkiFried off the campaign trail, and started Election Day attacking her on Fox News. She scares the shit out of him. Nominate this woman.
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Ron DeSantis wants an apology from all of us about how he [mis]handled #COVID19 in Florida. Give him an RT of this video instead.
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He told me that since 2014, he’s been handing out $1s and $5s to strangers, here and elsewhere. So of course, I ask him about it.
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Shout out to these students who didn't let Governor Karen, director of COVID theater, bully them.
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Moments ago, @GovRonDeSantis let someone stand behind the Seal of Florida and say: "The vaccine changes your RNA." It does not. No corrections. No shame. Facts here: )
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Remember our "tired" chef? He's not really a chef. And this was likely shot in Europe. Before @realDonaldTrump got fewer votes than @HillaryClinton in 2016. And this is how that makes him feel.
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This is Florida's Surgeon General being removed from a #COVID19 briefing by @GovRonDeSantis staff right after saying we'll need to social distance until there is a vaccine.
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Florida's surgeon general just said Floridians will have to maintain social distancing measures until there's a vaccine. "This is the new normal," he said. He acknowledged that a vaccine could be a year away. Then he was removed from the Cabinet room by @helenaguirrefer .
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And here is a .gif(t) for following. Big thanks to my data partner @FLDataGuy .
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Response to this couldn’t be any more beautiful. Thank you. ❤️ If you have time, read the replies. People are sharing their own stories of “love every body.” To media, yes you can use this. Lastly, while he was alone, clearly his mom’s love is still with him and now all of us.
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Meet the real @GovRonDeSantis . (footage: @EvanDonovan )
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Ron DeSantis just said he looks forward to more anti-choice legislation. Then, realizing he shouldn’t have said that out loud, he ran away.
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First, it's not true that @realDonaldTrump is discouraging mail in Florida. He's promoting it here at his super spreader rallies, TV ads, & everywhere else. Second, we can track vote method shifters. It's 37% of Democrats. And 25.6% of GOP. So even if we remove shifters...
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Ken Griffin just cut @GovRonDeSantis a $5,000,000 campaign check. Maybe we could push the only Democrat holding him accountable in the Florida Cabinet — @NikkiFried — over 140,000 followers today?
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Then, and this is rich, this sweet Chicago time-lapse. The same city Trump insults daily, saying stuff like: “It’s embarrassing to us as a nation." But damn, that time-lapse is too good leave out. And it's only $60.
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Rick Scott really doesn't want you to RT this old news footage of how he made his money. It might ruin his day — and his presidential aspirations.
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To any @NikkiFried supporter holding out on backing @CharlieCrist , don’t. Primaries make candidates and campaigns better, as long as we come together quickly and enthusiastically. I wanted Nikki to win, too, but beating DeSantis was always the common goal. So let’s do it.
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First. Good news. The Trump team found a scientist in a lab with Matrix-style computer screens who invented a COVID—19 vaccine. And it's being manufactured right now. All for less than $500!
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This is not normal. @AndrewGillum just packed an auditorium in Palatka, Florida. Palatka has a population of 10k. @realDonaldTrump won Putnam County, Florida by 36%. This is a historical movement unlike any other in Florida history.
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Hey, I make TV ads for Democrats. If you’ll help take my follower count from 50k to 100k, I’ll in-kind an ad to an underfunded Florida Dem campaign — and I’ll let you all decide which one. More followers will help get more eyeballs on the ad and the candidate! Thanks! 💙
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This commercial ends, of course, with the fakest of fake scenes. @realDonaldTrump pretending to be a president. But I don't want to end this thread like that. Because that's too depressing. So...
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Our final Florida model is predicting that if we #vote , @JoeBiden wins. It's that close & that simple. @JoeBiden : 49.66% @realDonaldTrump : 48.94% Win Florida, save the world.
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Now come the random fake jobs with models. That solar panel footage is used everywhere, BTW. It was filmed in Utah a LONG time ago.
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One year ago today, Rudy’s Lev Parnas & Igor Fruman were “VVIP’s” at Ron DeSantis’ Inauguration. There has yet to be an investigation into the alleged foreign interference against @AndrewGillum in 2018. Don’t let this story go away.
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This one irritates me to no end, because somewhere some Trump staffer or TV firm typed in "teacher and pre-school child during COVID wearing masks." And they are still working for Trump.
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And here is a random store way before COVID. And then another store being cleaned because, well, @realDonaldTrump lied to everyone.
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Here are some 1990s looking things. While you're there, pick up some of that Apple stock at $65, trust me.
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Here is the last commercial I've seen in Florida — touting the "Great American Comeback." Watch it on mute. And then I'll show you how they made it.
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Oh, let's add some diversity into this anti-Biden part, they say. How about "Asian woman sitting on sofa watching TV"? Sure. They got that b-roll.
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And this "business executive" model is "working overtime" just thinking about all this stock footage.
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And if this commercial wasn't handsome enough, check out "mature aged black man, putting on his necktie." Wow. $500 well spent. What a commercial.
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Shit you not. The Governor of Florida, @GovRonDeSantis , just handed the Speaker of the Florida House a baseball bat engraved with "slayer of the healthcare industrial complex." Meanwhile, Floridians are dying of #coronavirus . (h/t @samanthajgross )
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All of this Biden talk is very upsetting to these models. This chef needs a "break." And this woman is "upset."
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It's been 236 days since Ron DeSantis took at least $50k in foreign cash to interfere in Florida elections. There have been no investigations. There have been no consequences. Don't let this story go away.
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Just found out the reporter was @ElizLanders with @ViceNews . She's in Florida doing a report on a Confederate Monument in St. Augustine. Florida has a lot of these, including right in front of our Capitol. Make sure to give her a follow and watch for that story!
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New 🚨🚨🚨 Florida Poll: @NikkiFried : 53.7% @RonDeSantisFL : 46.3% Political Matrix/The Listener Group MOE: +/- 3.1% #flapol Link:
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How to get & spread COVID-19 at a @realDonaldTrump rally by Florida @GovRonDeSantis .
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We are now 0.02% away from a legally required machine recount of @AndrewGillum vs. @RonDeSantisFL . 42,948 votes seperate the two and I’m told at least 20k votes are left to count in @BrowardVotes .
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More than half a million Floridians have filed for unemployment since 3/15 — and the Governor of Florida has no idea how many claims have been processed & paid. "So we have processed... um... so, I don't have exactly that number... I ask for the numbers every morning, and um..."
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In conclusion, DeSantis has faced zero consequences — not even an ethics complaint— for taking this money, lying about his relationship, hiding his texts, etc. It's an indictment of all Florida politics. But I assure you, it will come up in some @NikkiFried campaign ads.
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Holy hell. @GovRonDeSantis just admitted only 33,623 unemployed Floridians, out of 825,000 applicants since mid-March, have actually been sent unemployment checks. That's 4%.
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My middle daughter just called our dog her “drother.” I said what? And she said “my dog brother.” If this isn’t already a thing, it should be.
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Wow. Look at these returned vote by mail numbers in Florida. @FlaDems +91,340 vote advantage. DEM: 184,552 (7.6% return rate) GOP: 93,212 (5.6%) N/3/I: 64,119 Total: 341,877 In 2016, this far out from E-Day, GOP held +1,304 advantage with only 7,487 mail ballots returned.
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While @NikkiFried , Florida's only statewide elected Democrat, is doing good with @KamalaHarris in Jacksonville without @GovRonDeSantis , let me point that in the last 28 days she's added 124k new followers. Let's make it 150k. RT & follow!
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Every adult in Florida is eligible to be vaccinated starting today. Please do.
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Imagine if there was a Democrat running for governor in Florida that could actually win statewide. Then say her name — @NikkiFried . Because she has.
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Imagine the courage required to do this interview last night — but @NikkiFried crushed it and showed us all that #SomethingNew is a movement.
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You all can stop giving DeSantis another term now. He's in a dead heat with @NikkiFried . DeSantis: 45.2% @nikkifried : 44.6% MOE: 2.2% "Fried’s solid performance came despite pollsters predicting a greater GOP turnout in 2022." Poll via @StPetePolls .
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As a reminder, DeSantis' spokesperson at the time of the initial reports said DeSantis didn't know them. "Nor does he have a relationship with these individuals,” she said before many, many photos and some fundraising invites surfaced.
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If it wasn’t clear before, it’s crystal clear now— the top of Florida ticket needs to be @ValDemings & @NikkiFried . Send a message.
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Want to know why @GovRonDeSantis should have shut down Spring Break to stop the spread of #COVID19 ? Watch this.
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Take note: When @BernieSanders said he wasn’t in favor of impeaching @realDonaldTrump after reading the #MuellerReport , the crowd went silent. Not one clap. #CNNTownHall
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The day after the election, the Russian Oligarch, allegedly, was most thrilled about the "victory in Florida." And was ready for his kickback.
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I just walked in on my 6-year-old son on a videoconference with his classmates. And it was adorable. Teachers are the greatest.
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Miami Dade. No words.
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🚨🚨🚨 @AndrewGillum vs. @RonDeSantisFL is now in legally required machine recount margin, and counting. Margin is now only 38,507 votes.
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I think @JoeBiden will win Florida.
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Going to drop a very, very important @NikkiFried video tomorrow morning. Follow her, Florida.
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Florida just reported a staggering 12,647 new daily COVID positives, the most reported by the state since January 30, 2021. That’s 22.9% of all new daily cases reported to @CDCgov & more than the entire country was reporting just 24 days ago. Source:
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Florida needs a new governor and that governor should be @NikkiFried . RT her video to push over 1M views! #SomethingNew
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Nikki Fried still on track to win the #flgov primary by double digits. Will show y'all numbers soon.
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The governor Florida needs ASAP.
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Florida isn’t a red state with @ValDemings & @NikkiFried at the top of the ticket. Let’s do this, Florida.
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DeSantis doesn't like answering questions about this, but luckily for him, reporters stopped asking him about it a long, long time ago. And nobody ever investigated it. I'll show you the last time he was asked in the next tweet.
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She warned us.
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Just got a flu shot and it wasn't a political statement of any kind. I just don't like being sick or getting others sick.
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Here is @GovRonDeSantis walking out on his own press conference after questions about forced resignation of #COVID19 tracker & blaming unemployed for unemployment claims crisis. Reporter ( @Fineout ): "The Governor is a Yale lawyer, I thought he could answer his own questions."
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As a father of three elementary age students in Florida, I can tell you, the stress, frustration, & anger about forced school openings is real. @realDonaldTrump calls #COVID19 a war. Well, no student or teacher should be forced into a war zone. Yet here we are. Speak up.
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There are at LEAST $50,000 reasons why DeSantis might not be speaking out against Putin and for democracy.
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