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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

Research is constant because there is so much to learn about something regardless of its distinction.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

Real Talk: If you were one of the supporters of @BernieSanders and kept pushing the ‘Kamala Is A Cop’ narrative floated by a racist supporter of his, you do not deserve to be taken seriously with your blatant hypocrisy and may your candidate lose the nom in shame. #BernieIsACop

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Michael Stallworth

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11 months

@cornellbelcher Mainstream media is secretly rooting for another Trump presidency, they just don’t have the courage to admit their con game.

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1 year

@Iramurray @rolandsmartin Nikki Haley, like Tim Scott is only getting whatever little attention exists because of their obedience, not because they are credible candidates in a Trump dominated party.

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Michael Stallworth

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@brianstelter Deceived? Mainstream media are the ones doing the deceiving trying to appease Trump and his minions. If you folks care about age, how about creating articles/narratives about 78 year old Trump needing to drop out. Oh wait, you can’t because he gives your profession more dough.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

If you are a Harris supporter and saw the NBC/WSJ poll (first since early July) today, do NOT give up. I know it is sending a lot of nervous signals but IA is 4 1/2 months away and the next debate is next month. Let’s just push for a win in this next debate, which will likely be

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

I’m just asking for fairness here. If the Massachusetts Senator’s exit proved that sexism is alive and well, didn’t Gillibrand and Harris’s exits from the race prove that too? Why does it only matter now that Warren is gone?

NowThis Impact

@nowthisimpact

5 years

Women are calling bullsh*t on the American electorate after Elizabeth Warren’s campaign proved, yet again, that sexism is alive and well in U.S. politics

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Michael Stallworth

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@MalcolmNance @CornelWest FACTS. This also begs the question, whether all this ‘activism’ that West has long draped himself around was just all a grift.

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Michael Stallworth

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2 years

@rolandsmartin This is so ignorant and hateful of Boyce. If Watkins is so hurt by something personal in his past, he should seek help instead of hurting others.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

3 years

If results hold, it proves one natural fact about politics: All politics is local. Nina Turner sought to nationalize the race while @ShontelMBrown went local. #OH11

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

28 days

@ZerlinaMaxwell The issue I see with Charlemagne’s comments, is a perceived comfort in being cynical. When he’s asked to confront his cynicism by doing research and or understanding civics, he’s like no thanks.

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Michael Stallworth

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5 years

@JoyAnnReid And the people who said there was no difference between Trump and Clinton look very foolish now.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

I will make some people mad here with this question: Why doesn’t @ewarren scrutinize @BernieSanders ? He’s the guy who is the front runner in national polls, has hardly been vetted and has gained while she has lost support from October.

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@TichinaArnold @rolandsmartin 😂 ‘By your powers combined, I am Captain Trumplanet’

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@RealDLHughley Message to young folks contemplating on sitting out this November: #VOTE !

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@AQualityMess @tify330 Wasn’t becoming of a wife? These ‘dudes’ are so broken that it’s ridiculous. Essentially, they’re saying that Ciara being herself is an affront to their patriarchal worldview. They are just using her outfit as an ‘excuse’ to demean her.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

How can you call yourself a change agent when you have been in Washington for three decades with very little to show for it, legislatively?

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

6 years

@joanwalsh I think he showed tonight why just about every campaign event he had in 2016 was in a rally format, because he is not comfortable going past his talking points.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

While I am generally liberal, progressives are LYING to me if they seriously think Warren’s big domestic policy ideas are the answer to Trumpism. When did chastising billionaires become the answer to freeing kids in cages, or dealing with racial hatred being stoked?

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@JoyAnnReid @RonaldKlain @bannerite @robertpjones In some way, there is also a correlation with education which as WWC decline in overall percentage in voters, they become even redder in their political preferences.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@coalsmom @Taniel The reality about Kentucky, is Democrats have to look at the abortion amendment defeat as their roadmap on how to compete statewide. They have to let go of the past when having a base In Appalachian coal country and winning a few out West mattered on top of the urban base.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@JoyAnnReid He also is emblematic of the small group of contrarian-minded folks among us who don’t take politics seriously. They look at people like Herschel, Trump and Kanye as preserving of their patriarchal comfort.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

4 years

Footnotes to point out: 1. The Democratic nominee for President has not won a majority of the white vote since 1964 2. Obama won re-election in 2012 (51%) with only 39% of white voters (two points lower than John Kerry’s 41% in 2004) 3. Clinton won 37% of white voters in 2016

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@PpollingNumbers

4 years

National Poll Among White Voters: Trump 50% (+12) Biden 38%

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@malikshareef @Ashley_Reynolds And their goal is of either two things: 1. Discourage black voters from voting, to limit turnout. 2. Convince enough black voters, specifically black men to support Trump through contrarianism, grifting, taxes and or promoting black patriarchy.

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Michael Stallworth

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5 years

@EricBoehlert Because they are trying to curry favor with Trump and his sycophants for press access instead of doing their jobs in reporting the news and calling lies for what they are. it’s another case of both sides-ism.

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@Bakari_Sellers Something doesn’t sit right with me regarding Ms. Turner, might be related to 2016 and 2020.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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@tperry518 @KamalaHarris Mainstream media is trying their best to both sides this nonsense.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

3 years

@JoyAnnReid @GovRonDeSantis @GregAbbott_TX @DanPatrick That’s one of the bad things about here in the growing South. The cost of living may not be high, but the cost of ignorance (contributed by folks who are fed daily by Fox and other methods of disinformation) is exceedingly high.

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Michael Stallworth

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@MalcolmNance Exactly. I also would like to bust a myth being floated by some folks that AIPAC cost two members of Congress their re-elections. Nope, they lost because they took their districts for granted.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

I hope Marsha Blackburn and Bill Haggerty heard this TOO.

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@TheTNHoller

2 years

🔥FLASHBACK: “Politicians can’t say they love Dr. King but then refuse to support his agenda… RIGHT GOVERNOR?” That time @RevDrBarber called out @GovBillLee & TO HIS FACE. We will keep posting this every year. #MLKDay (Please RT)

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Michael Stallworth

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@rolandsmartin @GOP As a millennial, I would argue Gen Z is more civically aware/invested than my generation.

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@NateSilver538 If it’s true, it suggests (just like her dodgy answer on Bernie’s healthcare plan regarding taxes) that Warren has a problem with candor (honest/trustworthiness).

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@marcushjohnson 2016 was much more consequential than many folks want to admit.

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@Sophisti88

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@rolandsmartin This looks like the scene in Space Jam when the Monstars all put their hands on the basketball and they shrunk to their actual selves.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@Felonious_munk Essentially what they are saying, is their instinct is to protect black men even in the wrong because they feel victimized by their patriarchal pride being challenged by a changing society.

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@Sophisti88

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@DrJasonJohnson Biden. While he was not my first choice, he understands the importance of bridging the party irrespective of ideological differences.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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@JoyAnnReid In a race that is increasingly looking like Biden v. Sanders, I don’t buy he is actively considering that. Mainstream media is once again showing off their both sides nonsense.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

1 year

@rolandsmartin @CNN @realDonaldTrump @GOP And they wonder why the network is mocked over their coverage of him in 2016, yet they complain when he calls them fake (well, that’s what happens when you sell your soul in promoting a scam artist to boost your lower than Lil’ Jon ratings).

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

Just voted for @JoeBiden in Mobile. #AlabamaPrimary

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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@KaivanShroff @AmeshiaCross Republicans only mention mental health as a front to make it seem like they really care about this.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@msolurin @DrJasonJohnson All of this, plus two other things: Folks, specifically the conspiratorial hoteps trying to defame Megan because of past instances/cases that have NOTHING to do with this one. Folks maligning Megan because of their disdain over her music (has NOTHING to do with this case).

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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@cbouzy This is why some who call themselves ‘progressives’ are bad at politics. They always want things then and pout when they sit out as if it’s a substitute for voting out those who without a doubt want to endanger the system they claim needs to be done about.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@tbonier Sadly wasn’t surprised. I know Nikki Barnes has been very vocal about the state party’s dysfunction (chairman has resigned), but I have a hard time seeing how Florida can be a swing state again given older WVs and conservative Latinos.

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Michael Stallworth

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5 months

With Alabama landing Cliff Omoruyi, hearing a rumor that UK transfer Onyenso might be down to @LouisvilleMBB and Oklahoma.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

9 months

@notcapnamerica Hardly surprising that a lot of these Trumpers are full on grifters wanting their cut or time in the spotlight.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@notcapnamerica @KamalaHarris This is why it is important to get the facts out. There is a stigma amongst some of our own that you cannot be a prosecutor and black because of the blaring flaws in our legal system, thus the ‘cop’ narrative being pushed online by trolls and bots.

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Michael Stallworth

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1 year

@JimMWeber You sort of have to wonder if the same could happen to Zach Edey next June.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@Bakari_Sellers I guess his next hit will be Everyone Goes To Jail Sometimes.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

2 years

@SexyDredloc @ReecieColbert Hard reality though is rural PA is strongly Republican and they aren’t backing any Dem even if it’s Fetterman.

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5 years

@marcushjohnson Tells me that Bernie and his cult will curse the media and the polls over his underperformance tomorrow night.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

9 months

@tbonier This could be what saves Senator Sherrod Brown come November 2024.

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@Sophisti88

5 years

@Bakari_Sellers This is a GANGSTA ad.

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Michael Stallworth

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6 years

@Marmel Well Mr. Sanders, why were you one of the two Senators who voted against strengthening sanctions?

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@marcushjohnson Many in mainstream media have long been accomplices in perpetuating that nonsense, aside from Bernie’s ‘identity politics’ and ‘class’ solves all of society’s ills chatter, as well as what Trump and his supporters say.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@tommyxtopher You know your candidacy is struggling when you’re trying your best to form a bunch of rationales at once: structural change, unity, executive side.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@rufusgifford @Ashley_Reynolds This is a blaring warning for those who keep arguing that Warren is our best chance to defeat Trump. Purity in politics (unless you’re in the GOP) does not always guarantee victory and against Trump, it’s a guaranteed LOSS.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

This is why Warren, Sanders or Buttigieg WILL NOT be the nominee, no matter how their candidacies are hyped up whichever way possible.

chris evans

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🚨🚨🚨 Protestors at @ewarren event in Atlanta: “Black people tired of you coming into our community when you want us to vote for you. Come before it’s time to vote. Black women — where I come from — we may be poor. But we vote every election.”

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

4 years

@JoeBiden is getting 30% of white voters ( @staceyabrams only got 25%). Among black/Latino combined, Biden is getting 81%.

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@Sophisti88

4 years

First wave of exit polls in GA: Biden (50.2%), Trump (47.4%)

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Michael Stallworth

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🤔 So it sounds like @BernieSanders was performing a purity stunt these years on healthcare, now that he and AOC say that a public option is fine? This grumpy Gus owes a lot of people an apology for his bull.

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@Wonderbitch82 @DrJasonJohnson This is also what happens when candidates of no substance (Gabbard, Yang, Steyer) get so much press hype.

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4 years

@JoyAnnReid This article from The Independent is the kind of both sides shenanigans that brought us Trump.

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@MegKinnardAP @Bakari_Sellers @ewarren @apwillweissert @emarvelous If I have to predict, either Biden or Harris will win South Carolina five months from now.

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@flywithkamala Just to point out, 11 weeks is a long time and a lot can happen in IA.

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@BillBarrowAP @staceyabrams Abrams is 100% right, but some implicitly-biased mainstream pundits don’t want to hear that reality.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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@Bakari_Sellers Nina Turner is the far left version of Candace Owens.

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Michael Stallworth

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@JoyAnnReid @DrJasonJohnson Yep. Might I add Cornel and the 4.4 million Obama voters from 2012 who did not vote? Mainstream media is lying when they keep focusing on just the Obama-Trump voters from 12-16.

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Michael Stallworth

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5 years

@JoyAnnReid These people are SICK. I get they love Bernie but why do this?

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4 months

@saladshooter9 @MalcolmNance Briahna has proven that she’s only about grifting. She’s mad because her meal ticket of a Sanders presidency and the opportunities to grift from it didn’t pan out.

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5 years

@DrJasonJohnson I would not be surprised if Bernie loses Michigan on Tuesday.

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Michael Stallworth

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@iamchanteezy Charlamagne is an example of someone who is solely valued for their performative cynicism when in reality they aren’t people to be consulted on matters of legitimacy other than being cynical and not wanting to be informed out of it.

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Michael Stallworth

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5 years

@SistahScholar Stanning for Bernie has really tainted some people’s reputations.

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Michael Stallworth

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9 months

@tify330 Bree Newsome needs to STOP. I guess the money is low, who knows she probably can’t take off to the fancy, places Bree might wanna go still she wanna to grift next to who.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@joanwalsh @ewarren While I support another candidate, I give Warren credit for highlighting a lot of issues and not playing the conventional post 2016 election narrative that Sanders and Buttigieg have entertained and stubbornly believed.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

3 years

@Lawrence Manchin and Sinema need to toughen up. This ‘bipartisan’ push isn’t going to work nor will it help either of them come 2024.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@JoyAnnReid Plus, Democrats have been losing WWC voters for decades (only Carter and Clinton were competitive partially because they were Southerners and there were what they called Yellow Dog Democrats who were still willing to support the party even if they disagreed on social issues).

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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Seems to me the reason why a certain group of ‘progressives’ could care less if Trump was back in office, is because they would rather see the worst happen for the sake of their fake righteous indignations in hopes it would woo voters to put their kind in power.

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@nhannahjones @joanwalsh Seems to me that Harris is the candidate who they are underestimating the most.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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(continued) a two nighter. Right after the CNN debate, she was tied with Buttigieg at 5% with their poll and just before Thursday she moved to 8%. Lastly, only 9% in the NBC poll have made up their minds on who to support so let’s push for a better fall!

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Michael Stallworth

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@SIfill_ I think it’s also an indictment on how the national media tries to legitimize GOP antics as ‘normal’ or ‘both sides’.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

5 years

@SteveKornacki Warren is not Obama, so she will try to depend on college educated whites and hope that she can run much closer with black voters which I think is a disastrous strategy. Buttigieg’s record and a perception of indifference explains his 2%.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

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Chucky Hepburn and Koren Johnson would perfectly solidify @LouisvilleMBB backcourt, a position which former small forward Kenny Payne just didn’t have a fundamental understanding about in his two years as our coach.

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@PettyLupone These hoteps are all about black patriarchy. They’re just trying to be subtle/sneaky.

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6 years

@IsaacDovere @CapehartJ This is further proof as to why Dems should not be looking at him as a 2020 contender.

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@daveweigel Let’s not forget the remark he made about black voters that he did not win in Southern primaries against Clinton as well as the issues of Burlington College and his past writings.

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@ryanstruyk With Booker gone, I think much of his support goes to Biden.

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@Sophisti88

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@marcushjohnson 1. Constant emphasis on class in attempt to make overtures with noncollege, culturally conservative whites (who aren’t sold on their approaches), 2. Lack of personal connections with black voters (Sanders who has been running since 2015 hasn’t tried to fix this).

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@Bakari_Sellers

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@JoyAnnReid Hats off to him calling out mainstream media’s fear of irking Republicans on this. If this amongst the recent Florida law (signed by DeSantis) doesn’t force people to take the midterms seriously, I don’t know what will.

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Michael Stallworth

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@rolandsmartin And this exemplifies my point that folks cannot just make this only about what Trump did and does. CNN (and many others) bear plenty of responsibility in part because somebody new will ascend and do the same/similar as him.

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Michael Stallworth

@Sophisti88

3 months

If those folks are smart, they would wisely listen and take advice.

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3 months

I spoke to Rolling Stone about Biden remaining in the race, and some people aren’t gonna be happy about what I had to say. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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@joanwalsh Good question, although this behavior is on brand for his candidacy. Bernie (because of the press) gets to act like he’s not attacking anyone while he hires sycophants who slime his competitors (or who they perceive to take the nomination from Sanders).

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@marcushjohnson Agree 100%. I think the media just wants to manufacture drama since that’s what they were used to the previous four years.

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@ZerlinaMaxwell @CapehartJ The movie which the late Robin Harris said it was so hot in the house the previous night, he swore he saw the devil sitting in the living room.

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@soledadobrien It is. I thought it was rather telling when Zucker said that Trump was good for business.

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