Debra Cleaver @debracleaver Twitter profile

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 year

QoTD: I'd love it if we could replace "non-profit and for-profit" with "purpose-focused and profit-focused".

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

Mary Lou Retton's daughter has now raised over $300,000 to cover the medical bills of a millionaire conservative who *refused* to buy health insurance. If only there was some way to pool our money to provide health insurance to all Americans. Some sort of Universal Health Care...

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Debra Cleaver

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2 years

There are only 9 states with a larger population than LA county, and one of those states is California. We need to tie the Senate to population, or we need to abolish it. This is not what democracy looks like.

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Debra Cleaver

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4 years

team, let's make a pact to never again say "pre-existing conditions." the entire rest of the world calls it your "medical history" and everyone alive has one.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

fun fact: america was moving toward the 30 hour work week right until reagan broke the air traffic controllers strike. we're easily 5x as productive as our parents were, and we don't make 5x their salaries: 40 hours is just absurd.

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3 years

BIG NEWS: I’ve just introduced legislation in Congress calling for a four-day work week. It’s well past time that Americans have more time to live their lives, and not just work. Retweet if you agree, we need to make this a reality.

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Debra Cleaver

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8 months

Mary Lou Retton is in the ICU, uninsured, with severe breathing problems. This is awful, and I wish her a speedy recovery. Omitted from most coverage is that she is a millionaire Republican, willfully uninsured, likely unvaccinated, and I'm guessing COVID positive.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

4 months

Philanthropy is not a replacement for an adequately funded government. Philanthropy is primarily a tax evasion scheme.

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4 months

Hmm it’s almost like they should be paying more taxes

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 year

It’s Mona’s 20th birthday! #SuperSeniorCatsClub .

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@mjbjes same, friend. i'm an active proponent of universal health care, but in the meantime i pay for my insurance so i never need to rely on handouts from strangers. for a republican to ask for these sort of handouts is a level of hypocrisy i was not prepared for.

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@debracleaver

8 months

@LT_Greenwald damn. i'm sitting over here in my 1 bedroom rental, paying monthly for my health insurance, and she lives in a palace and her daughter is asking for thoughts, prayers, and cold hard cash. wth.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@loomdoop i look forward to his disastrous and short-lived presidential campaign.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@yunatalks no, no they do not. i once pointed out that i was the only woman in a meeting of 35 people, and the men were *shocked.*. as if we weren't all in the same room.

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Debra Cleaver

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4 years

Them: Roberts is an enigma. So perplexing. Me: Actually it’s pretty simple. John Roberts doesn’t want Black people to vote.

Adam Liptak

@adamliptak

4 years

NEW: Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court temporarily blocks a federal judge’s injunction that would have made it easier to vote by absentee ballot in Alabama during the pandemic. The court’s four liberals noted dissents.

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Debra Cleaver

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3 years

this is exactly how we eradicated polio: we made the vaccine mandatory and we administered it in public schools. folks can opt-out of vaccines as long as they understand they are forfeiting their right to enter public spaces.

Buffy Wicks

@BuffyWicks

3 years

This is alarming: CA's new COVID surge would have put many counties back into the most restrictive tier under our reopening blueprint. It's time we do something uncomfortable: make vaccination mandatory—at schools, gyms, hospitals, workplaces, etc. Thread—

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

4 years

Our country would be a better place if we counted the votes and then declared a winner.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

my new life goal is to get cher to take my photo.

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@cher

2 years

When we were coming out of movie I saw beautiful Couple.He Was taking Her pic….She had flowers I said … can I take your Pic….Had my mask on so they didn’t Know Who I was. MAYBE Just a crazy woman.. THAT ME

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

i personally wouldn't cross jorts. i hope Lori Lightfoot has a plan right now.

Jorts (and Jean)

@JortsTheCat

2 years

I thought @LoriLightfoot wasn’t cool with working remotely. Was that only for other people? Or does she think her staff’s safety is more important than teachers’ safety? Lots to think about here Mayor Lightfoot wow

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

5 years

@jbouie Debra Cleaver, CEO of @votedotorg here. We registered 1.5 million voters last year and spent just under $200k on voter reg. So agreed: there are better uses of money than this presidential campaign.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

Heads up: I fully intend to get arrested for giving GA voters water as they wait in line to vote. You should commit to joining me.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

we could solve the minimum wage debate *today* by tying it to the GS scale used to set military and government salaries. there is literally no need to debate this: we already have a data-driven system used to set millions of salaries, that is adjusted for region.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 year

@fuckyouiquit I once spent about an hour explaining health insurance and student loans to some European colleagues. One finally asked, “how does anyone get to be middle class with all those bills?” Bingo. Sigh.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@MinaMarkham GenX is just sitting here annoyed that you all keep forgetting we exist.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 month

cats are the only thing i love more than democracy, and i'm thrilled to announce that have joined the as board secretary. @feederofcats has big plans and a work ethic to match. donations are tax-deductible. (i am so friggin excited about this)

Friends of Bear Cat Rescue

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haley

@feederofcats

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I'm SO excited to announce that I have officially founded Friends of Bear Cat Rescue, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit org. This has been a long time coming and would not have happened without the amazing support you all have given me and the cats I take in ❤️

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@3vanSutton the replies to this tweet are so fun. someone called me a cunt!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@SMartMe21 i prefer that the citizens of the US hold the power, and if those citizens happen to be congregated in certain areas, then it would logically follow that democratic power would also be in those areas. this isn't about geography, this is about population density.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

4 years

If it's safe to mail tax refunds, social security checks, stimulus checks, draft cards, prescription drugs, driver licenses, credit cards, US passports, and the actual ID you would use to vote... then it's safe to vote by mail.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@JortsTheCat @BetteMidler no, @BetteMidler , no! not everyone can breastfeed. for some moms or babies it just doesn't work, and you also need time, and space, and wellness, and all of those things. even if everyone could breastfeed, formula is so helpful for the babies and the mom. <3

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@gardengn0me she still has money. she and her husband did well (i want to say real estate). divorced now, but no indication that she's impoverished.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

for real, y'all. feinstein's seat is why the republicans poured tens of millions into hijacking the governorship with this recall nonsense. they can't win in a fair fight, but they sure as fuck can win with this backdoor bullshit. Vote NO on the recall.

Lauren Windsor

@lawindsor

3 years

For folks not inclined to vote in the #CArecall , this is not an implausible scenario: 1. Larry Elder wins because of low turnout. 2. Dianne Feinstein becomes ill or dies, giving Elder an appointment to the Senate. 3. Control of the Senate flips back to Mitch & the GOP.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

10 months

tater tot has received bonkers on his back leggies. there went today's productivity.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@icanspellqwerty Lol. Amazing, right?

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@tuttyfrutty @JortsTheCat how on earth did you find the song based on that prompt? slow clap, internet hero. that was damn impressive!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@3vanSutton my blocklist grows. as you noted, it is wild watching people be triggered by the idea of universal healthcare, as they chip in over $300,000 to cover the medical bills of a multimillionaire.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

Crypto bros need to stop demanding FDIC insurance and government bailouts. Your “currency” is decentralized, bro. Banks are not involved in your ponzi.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

Today on international women's day i would love to hear from straight women how their lives are improved by dating/marrying straight men. As a lesbian, it seems to me that straight men make your lives harder. But I'm eager to be educated!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@JortsTheCat the comment thread is correct about "buttering the cat" having entered the lexicon. you've done a good thing, jort's human typist.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

y'all. brandi carlile responded to jorts!

Brandi Carlile

@brandicarlile

2 years

I think this means I’ve made it. 😻

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

this is three minutes long and it should be mandatory viewing.

Brian Tyler Cohen

@briantylercohen

3 years

Watch this. Trust me.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

7 months

@edzitron He dug his own grave. There’s no we here. The entire team hated it and Elmo pushed on regardless.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

Voter turnout expert here chiming in to say that texting 10 friends and reminding them to vote is highly effective. Ballots must be postmarked by Sept 14. No stamp needed. I'm personally voting NO on the recall because it's an undemocratic power grab by bad actors.

Emily Best

@emilybest

3 years

Hi friends, the CA recall election is our Brexit. Seriously, it’s the same size economy with potential reverberations across the world. The polling is actually close. It’s not enough to just vote NO, it’s too important. Spend 10 minutes today and text ten friends:

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

9 months

Does YC have a crisis comms firm in place yet? Garry is a walking, talking crisis.

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@loomdoop

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@katewillett Y Combinator has its CEO personally sitting in on interviews to make sure no one is ever hired or given funding if they have any critique of neoliberalism.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

as a former myspace employee, let me assure you that Trump will not be migrating to myspace. give us some credit, damnit.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

as someone smarter than i noticed, you could radicalize a rock with this video

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

@TravisAllen02 i am so happy wearing a mask. so yes, yes, and yes.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@JortsTheCat CLASSIC JORTS.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

@NK_Adjei @JoeSondow so my team and i ran a direct mail voter reg campaign. mailed 10s of thousands of forms to recent movers. i'm still getting the return to sender mail, six months later. when the fuck did those time-sensitive forms arrive?

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

i'm really going to need political "experts" to stop defining "young voters" as anyone under 50. as wonderful as it is to be a young voter again, this is really fucking up the data.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@feederofcats my 19.5 year old baby is currently refusing to eat the brand and flavor of cat food she's eaten exclusively for years now. so she says HI JAZZ, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@ArmandDoma @d_feldman and then you get to hire an army of admins to battle with insurance companies just so you can get paid.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 months

there is a new cat on the email team and i will not be able to focus today. look at this beauty! our very first ginger! @JortsTheCat , look, new swag!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

Today I confirmed that the number of House Representatives was last changed in 1924, and that the House can readjust this number at any time. 2024 will be a great time to reapportion the House and strengthen our democracy.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

8 months

@3vanSutton i'm a monster, evan. a MONSTER.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@feederofcats do you think he can keep the stump? it doesn't seem to bother him at all.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

10 months

anyone have any tricks to get a very elderly cat to eat? she's turning down turkey baby food, and that is her absolute favorite? #SuperSeniorCatsClub

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

I just did the math, and I have registered 5,391,361 to vote since 2008. The goal is to double that this year.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

@0liviajulianna and the receipts actblue sends show *exactly* where the money is going!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

7 months

@ArmandDoma the words "settler colonial process" do not make sense in this context. israel is not a colony, and refugees are not settlers. i feel like i'm going mad at the moment.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

4 years

I recently confirmed that I registered just over 650,000 people to vote in 2018 on just over $200k. This isn't my personal best (that was 105,000 on $5300 in 2012), but the cost per form does rise as the numbers increase. Ask me anything about reg and I'll do my best to respond.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

hello, @IndyCatBear1 ! My Mona turned 18 today and she would also like to join the #SuperSeniorCatClub !

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 year

@JohnTeufelNYC john, they can't possibly *not* press charges, can they? chokeholds are deadly. the NYPD knows this. the marines know this.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

7 months

@emilykmay the solution to this is to adopt a few cats. then you will always be the center of your friend group

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

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everyone, meet mabel. she started about a week ago. i think she's on the program design and evaluation team, which means she has a phd. she's only a few weeks old, so that's *really* impressive.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

6 months

@wagatwe have straight men finally realized that marriage does not benefit women? i am enjoying watching this unfold.

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Debra Cleaver

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2 months

@ironmikevoss @nope_its_lily my cat and i both had ultrasounds one year. same machine. same area of our body. he required a bit of a shave first. his bill was $400 and I paid cash. mine was something like $6000, billed to insurance, maybe more. i almost asked the vet to do my ultrasound instead.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

@aravosis I vote that you have the conversation anyway.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

the world is burning and things are challenging right now, but i woke up to a text letting me know that a $1,000,000 donation had just hit the VoteAmerica bank account, and that is truly some good news.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

10 months

We don’t have to live like this. This child was raped by an adult and forced to carry a baby to term. We don’t have to live like this.

Charlotte Alter

@CharlotteAlter

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In post-Dobbs America, some girls can travel hours to get an abortion; some can't. This is the story of one of them. She was raped. The nearest abortion was nine hours away. Now, she's a mom. Soon, she'll start seventh grade.

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Debra Cleaver

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2 years

Y’all, my team made bomber jackets. This is so fucking cool.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 month

@feederofcats i also bought you as a gift, and now that you've launched i will transfer this over to you. <3

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

1 year

What in the Fuck does this actually mean. I’ve warn mens’ jeans for decades because they have pockets. Will I be arrested in Montana?

Genevieve 👁

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1 year

Montana passed a bill yesterday that makes it a crime to dress as a different gender than you were assigned at birth, which effectively makes it illegal to be trans

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

Bipartisanship is a tactic, not a goal. If it doesn't bring you closer to passing a bill, move on and choose other tactics.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

@AriBerman also here's a fun fact for you: every instance of proven voter fraud over the past 20 years was committed by a republican voter.

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@debracleaver

4 months

every gen-Xer is just bawling while watching this. what an absolute legend. (tracy, not luke, although he is adorable.)

Yashar Ali 🐘

@yashar

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Full performance of Fast Car by Tracy Chapman with Luke Combs at the Grammys. Her smile at the beginning is the best.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

@AriBerman i am absolutely going to get arrested for giving folks water.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

The current Republican argument against holding criminals accountable is that accountability will only incite further crime. They are literally saying aloud, if you arrest us, our fellow Republicans will commit a greater number of even more violent crimes.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

I'm Buster Bluth and Mona is the loose seal who ate my hand.

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@debracleaver

3 years

@mmpadellan Mark Zuckerberg having $7 billion to lose in one day is a policy failure.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

I still can't believe that Nobel Prize winning economist Matt Damon steered me wrong when it came to financial advice.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

I'm 44 years old and last night I dreamt that I wasn't going to graduate college because I failed my gym class. WTF, brain?

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

today is mona's birthday. she is 19 years old! and she is very, very loved. @JortsTheCat this will be you one day! #superseniorcatsclub

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@debracleaver

1 year

@1followernodad A hammer is better for protection than a baseball bat. Easier to wield, harder to take from you. This is the advice I got when I first started living alone

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

. @JortsTheCat the cat has me thinking about shareholder activism. how many union pension funds hold shares of poorly behaving companies, like @Starbucks ? Union folks, hit me up: there is something here we can work with.

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@debracleaver

2 years

@ArmandDoma In what universe is scott not the best politician SF has produced in decades?!

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

We spent about a million dollars on these nifty billboards. They’re all over Wisconsin. FOMO is excellent turnout messaging.

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@debracleaver

1 year

@HNHughson @fuckyouiquit has anyone told you yet about the joy of an in-network hospital that employees out-of-network doctors? not that you would have anyway to know before the $3000 bill arrives.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

These threads are painful to read, but necessary. The police don’t keep you safe: you’re thinking of the social safety net we keep eroding so we can give the police more money

Alec Karakatsanis

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2 years

The NYC subway shooting provides a useful moment to reflect on one of the least discussed aspects of the policing debate: the incompetence of U.S. police.

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@debracleaver

3 years

@JTHMovement @NPR prancer hates men! so it's great that he was adopted by a lesbian!

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@debracleaver

3 years

JFC, @AOC isn't even 30 yet. as someone who is over 40, i feel like we all need to go to DC and protect her. form a literal shield around her so she can continue to work as a public servant without worrying that her life is on the line.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

This is your daily reminder that we need to expand the House of Representatives. One rep for every 250,000 people.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

Raised and spent 100k on a last minute campus mobilization program in AZ, GA, and NV in just over 24 hours. New record for me. Related: I need a nap.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

Happy new year from me and @JortsTheCat !

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

4 years

the fact that "student lunch debt" is a real thing in the united states is a sign of our lawmakers abject failure.

river buddy butcher 🤠

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Cancel student loan debt and also cancel student LUNCH debt while we’re at it what a cruel country

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#notallmen but definitely all men who use that hashtag.

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3 years

@AriBerman 30 have passed, almost 500 bills have been introduced. AZ republicans introduced a bill that would let them overturn the popular vote. it failed in committee, but the fact that they even tried is chilling.

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@debracleaver

8 months

@24baseballReed @NCfarmer321 @mjbjes The ACA is a blessing.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

3 years

calls for unity from the folks who incited an insurrection and have spent the past 40 years denying the basic humanity of their fellow citizens should be ignored. accountability will unite us, not further compromising our values.

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Debra Cleaver

@debracleaver

2 years

Today is a great day to donate to the @amazonlabor . GoFundMe link is here:

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@debracleaver

3 years

if i unsubscribe from 5 mailing lists her day, how many years until i am unsubscribed from every list that the DCCC has sold me to?

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@debracleaver

3 years

@slizagna the raised fists make me trust this person. true story.

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@debracleaver

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@OrganizerMemes I thought the husband was imaginary? No photos, no online presence, etc.

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@sarahehunt01 @feederofcats we will all work for haley soon enough. once we get democracy back on the rails we can focus on our true passion: rescuing cats.

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