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@SamRamani2 @Kris_Sacrebleu OK now sell Ukraine the Iron Dome system
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The U.S. has 4% of the world's population and 26% of the world's Covid-19 cases. #TrumpIsALoser
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@CNBC If Boeing is short of cash, the should sell stock, sell assets, or cut expenses.
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@elonmusk Elon is a MAGA, so naturally, he's pro-Russia
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@lapatina_ Ukraine must not concede anything. NATO & allies must give Ukraine everything it needs to defeat Russia decisively and drive Russian forces out of all Ukrainian territory. Once Russia is defeated, the Russian people will take care of Putin and his government.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Idc but I'm really looking forward to Jack Smith's major announcement
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@burgessev @real_farmacist That must mean their voting NO. After today's testimony, the @GOP senators must know there's a good chance he's guilty. Unfortunately, many of them think VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN is no big deal and should't stand in a man's way to a promotion.
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@DrPaulGosar His siblings sound quite conservative. They want to conserve Social Security, Medicare, civil rights, choice, voting rights, public education, the environment, etc. Reps want to destroy it all. Reps are the radical extremists.
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@DmytroKuleba Now the U.N. General Assembly must remove Russia from the U.N. Security Council
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@PoliticsVerse Apple is simply exercising their freedom of speech
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@TrisResists @TeamPelosi @GOP You must understand where the GOP is coming from. They are opposed to democracy because their ideas are so unpopular they'd never survive in a democratic society. That's why they're autocrats.
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Protect our democracy and follow @jennycohn1
Demand #HandMarkedPaperBallots , not the machine-marked BARCODED kind from hackable machines! 🔥 Call or email your: * Members of Congress * State senators and representatives * State and county election officials. 1/
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@EricColumbus Is that worse than "deplorables"?
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@AriBerman Republicans don't want DC statehood because they're opposed to democracy. GOP ideas are so unpopular, they could never survive in a democratic system of government.
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@olgaNYC1211 Putin's strategy is the same as Trump's: Don't test, don't tell. #DontTestDontTell
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Dems: Propose a bipartisan bill to make sure every American has enough cash for necessities like rent & food for as long as this crisis lasts. Nothing else. Just a clean bill. Democrats stand strong. U got all the cards #NoCorporateBailouts @SpeakerPelosi @DemHouseReps
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@RBReich Don't blame Bezos. He's doing his job: Maximizing shareholder value. Blame Congress for not mandating paid sick leave. @DemHouseReps
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@DanPriceSeattle Non-competes are illegal in California. I encourage other states to follow suit.
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@TomCottonAR What the GOP calls 'socialism' is whenever the government acts in the interest of the public. For example, when the government tries to protect the environment, that's socialism, according to the GOP, who say anything but laissez-faire capitalism is socialism.
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@julianborger Now they should vote to remove Russia's veto on the Security Council
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@elonmusk @paraga You waived due diligence and signed an ironclad agreement to buy TWTR at $54.20 a share. Pay up, genius!
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@SamRamani2 Rassemblement National (Front National) is a French pro-Russia party, much like the U.S. Republican Party.
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@briantylercohen It's a stupid bill. Dems should attack the root causes of inflation. The GW Bush and Trump tax laws were both supposed to pay for themselves. Neither did. Both are inflationary. Repeal both of them. Add new, higher tax brackets. Reduce taxes on people earning under $100K.
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@DashDobrofsky New Yorkers have known since the 1980s that Trump is a liar. Back then, when Trump would lie, the papers wouldn't even report it. It was not considered news. It was "Dog bites man".
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@FBI @MplsMe @StateDept @FBIMostWanted Semion Mogilevich was the business partner of Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell's father. Rumor has it that Jeffrey Epstein made his money by collecting kompromat on behalf of Magilevich & Putin.
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@DashDobrofsky This is what Republicans call "freedom"
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@KyivIndependent The U.N. General Assembly has the power and the votes to remove Russia from the U.N. Security Council and to give Russia's seat to Ukraine
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@DearAuntCrabby @lLadyBing @IvankaTrump But where are Ivanka's emails? Where are her emails?
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@earlgreytea220 He's also an amazing dancer
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$TSLA made their earnings report unsearchable
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@RpsAgainstTrump I wanna see political ads showing refrigerator truck morgues, the Hart Island burials, and the January 6 insurrection with caption "Trump's America"
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WTF is wrong with $TSLA today? It's supposed to go up, not down. Tesla has finally solved FSD by licensing it from Baidu
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@IAPonomarenko @MaxBoot Excellent. Now NATO & allies must send all the arms Ukraine needs to finish the job, to decisively defeat Russia, and to drive all Russian forces out of Ukraine.
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@senatemajldr Everyone saw what happened. Just bring it to the floor for a vote.
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@NBCNewYork Let me guess. He did it for Jesus.
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Why are we giving $500B to hotels and airlines but only $100B to hospitals?
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@SykesCharlie He's been deplatformed. Please don't replatform him.
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@MeidasTouch Can we please stop calling them "conservatives" now?
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@avalaina NATO & allies must send Ukraine everything it needs to defeat Russia decisively and to drive Russian forces out of Ukraine. Once Russia loses the war, the Russian people will bring down their own government. Putin will lose his life at the hands of his own citizens.
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@NateSilver538 @lrozen I still don't get why 43.6% of us don't disapprove of this MF
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@Mastermind7864 @stucam7771 The libertarians who control the GOP don't care about abortion. They are atheists. They laugh at evangelicals behind their backs but they need them to stay in power until they can secure their power thru a conservative majority on SCOTUS.
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@SenSanders Most Republicans are anti-conservative, anti-liberal, pro-totalitariain
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@nytimes The election was decisive. Americans rejected fascism. Pompeo, Trump, Barr and their fascist friends must bend to the will of the American people.
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@ragipsoylu Now suspend Russia from the U.N. Security Council
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@EricHolder The GOP suppresses the vote because their #1 fear is democracy. They fear it because it blocks them from ramming thru their unpopular agenda. That's why they call democracy "mob rule" and spend billions to drown out the voice of the people.
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@Kpocketz27 @DesignDreamer1 @YourAnonNews @marcorubio @SteveDaines Republicans have been pro-Putin ever since Trump got elected.
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The electric F-150 got to market before the Cybertruck. $TSLA needs to #FireElon and get a CEO who can deliver.
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Does @JoeBiden 's energy plan include more subsidies for Tesla? Why should taxpayers subsidize a trillion dollar company?
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@JaxAlemany Misogyny is a core value of the GOP, just as it is of all fascist and neofascist movements
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@MogP @ProjectLincoln It's time to put Christian Nationalism to bed
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@RBReich The full amount of the fiscal stimulus should be spent on direct cash transfers to the American people. Corporations can bail themselves out. NO CORPORATE BAILOUTS. Corporations spent all their cash buying shares. Let them sell shares to raise cash.
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With only 4% of the world's population, the U.S. has 30% of the world's Covid-19 cases. That's what we get for electing a party that doesn't believe in government, science, experts, or data.
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@tonyschwartz The Fed and other central bank announced they will print money to flood the economy with cash. The newly printed money has to go somewhere, and bonds yield almost nothing. So it flows into the stock market.
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@brianschatz Why do only 51% of Americans disapprove of this "president"?
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@myroslavapetsa China gave up any pretense of being a responsible power when they implicitly endorsed Putin's genocide against Ukraine.
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@SenatorRomney The decision to end a pregnancy after 20 weeks should be made the patient in consultation with her doctor, not imposed on her by big government.
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@senatemajldr It's bizarre to see Amy Barrett equivocate on whether or not it is illegal to intimidate voters or for the president to unilaterally postpone the election.
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@RichardEngel I thought Dr. Fauci was muzzled. Did he get permission from Pence for the interview?
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@i_army_org @CrimeaUA1 @Pontifex @ZelenskyyUa It is impossible to negotiate with Russia because their promises are worthless. The only thing Putin understands is force.
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@tonyschwartz Under U.S. federal law it is a felony to threaten a government official. Trump deserves to do time for this.
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My rebuttal to Katie Britt
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@justinhendrix Not only that, but Covid-19 can cause permanent damage to the heart.
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When Chinese authorities order Elon to shut his Chinese factories because of Covid, will he refuse like he did in California & tell the CCP they can just SEC? $TSLA
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@maurjoh15 @ybarrap "Anyone who wants a test can get a test"
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The U.S. has only 4% of the world's population but has 25% of the world's COVID-19 cases. Republicans are bad at governing because they don't believe in science or data or experts or government. Wash your hands of the Republican Party.
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@RBReich No way. Businesses already got their stimulus in Dec 2017. All stimulus funds must now go to Americans in need. Bail out people not companies. Let companies bail themselves out. #NoCorporateBailouts @SenSchumer @SpeakerPelosi
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@DashDobrofsky The glorification of violence is a core MAGA value, just as it is of every fascist movement
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@alex_sammon @davidminpdx Dems had their chance to repeal the - Debt limit - Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 - GW Bush tax cuts But they chose not to. You reap what you sow.
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@AlinejadMasih Misogyny is core to all authoritarian movements
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Why is Maria Butina free while Reality Winner is still in prison?
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@VoteBluePA @NaphiSoc @JoeBiden Count every vote stuck at the post office.
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@swd2 @DesignDreamer1 Elon, like his buddy Trump, stiffs his suppliers
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Everyone should follow @jennycohn1 and the election-security scientists she mentions: @rad_atl , @philipbstark , and @duncanbuell to #ProtectOurVotes in 2020. Let's stop election fraud to protect our democracy.
We should all be grateful for election-security scientists like @rad_atl in Georgia, @philipbstark in CA, & @duncanbuell in SC who are not just willing but determined to expose the significant vulnerabilities in some of the new voting equipment for 2020. #ProtectOurVotes
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@DanPriceSeattle If Griner were not a celebrity, the same thing would have happened to her in Pennsylvania or in Mississippi.
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@Reuters Conditions for lifting sanctions: 1. Russia withdraws from all Ukrainian territory 2. Russia pays reparations to Ukraine 3. Russia appoints Navalny president of Russia 4. Russia delivers Putin to the ICC in the Hague
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@davidmackau If Trump's GOP is so concerned about election fraud, why don't they investigate how Susan Collins managed to win reelection?
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@KyivIndependent What does Le Yucheng call Russia's murder of innocent Ukrainian children? What does he call Russia's bombing of kindergartens? What does he call kidnapping thousands of civilians and sending them to concentration camps in Russia?
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@ddale8 New Yorkers have known since the 1980s that Trump is a compulsive liar. When Trump lies it's not even news: It's "dog bites man". Whenever Trump says anything, just assume the opposite is true.
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I thought $TSLA was supposed to be so far ahead of the self-driving competition
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1) I’m proud to announce that @Cruise is ready to welcome members of the public into our fully driverless vehicles. Our first few riders certainly had a good time, and we hope you do too.
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@WifeyAlpha My 60/40 portfolio is doing just fine: 60% short bonds 40% short stocks
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@evan_monteiro @RBReich @DemHouseReps If your solution to inequality is to wait for billionaires to be more generous you're gonna be waiting a long time. It's Congress's job to set the rules of the road for free enterprise, e.g., guaranteed paid sick leave, paid vacation, minimum wage, M4A.
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@JoeBiden Repeal the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act to reduce the deficit by $2.3T Repeal the GW Bush tax laws. Add several new, higher tax brackets. Now that corporations are "people", tax their net income at the same rates as biological people lest they get excessive political influence.
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@KyivIndependent This is very good news not just for Ukraine but also for America: We're finally united on something important.
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@markbspiegel Tesla is not a car company. They're an energy company. They should merge with another energy company, such as Enron.
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@elonmusk @WholeMarsBlog Elon has no idea how hard FSD is. He literally promised to have a million robo-taxis on the road by the end of 2020.
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@justinamash @SpyDoggie Instead of spending the $6 trillion stimulus to make stocks go up, just give every family earning below the median income a one-time payment of $114,000. Now that would really stimulate the economy! No corporate welfare. It teaches them helplessness.
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@paraga Waste of time. What are you doing to force Musk to pay up? We had an iron-clad contract with him at $54.20 a share. If TWTR doesn't hold Musk's feet to the fire, it's the TWTR board that will get sued.
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@EndDeportations @smilon713 Before we get too excited about 2020, remember that Hillary got more votes. Let's get National Popular Vote thru enough state legislators so it takes effect by 2020. Has your state passed it yet?
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@EZebroni @TweeterTweaker @elonmusk @Tesla Yes. Tesla is not a car company. It's a software company. The giga-tires are still in "beta". Elon says if customers don't like mismatched tires, they can just SEC. $TSLA
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@PeterAlexander @MeidasTouch The GOP has the same core values as all fascist and neo-fascist organizations: Authoritarianism, disinformation, racism, misogyny, homophobia, and the glorification of violence.
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@AOC @MikellTaylor Now that SCOTUS has found that corporations are people, they must pay tax on their net income at the same rates as carbon-based people. We may need to add a few new tax brackets, say, on income over $5M, over $50M, over $500M, and over $5B a year.
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@thehill Republicans who think cancel culture is out of control should look in the mirror. The leader of the GOP wants to *cancel* major league baseball.
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@KathyTorreStewa @TomCottonAR The GOP says corporations are people and have freedom of speech & freedom of religion. So shouldn't they pay tax on their net income at the same progressive rates as biological people? Giving corporate people lower tax rates than biological people is corporate socialism.
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