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Come for the leftist politics, stay for the Star Wars (or vice versa). Anti-imperialist, always. Twi'lek healing baths too. #FreePalestine

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Joined July 2011
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Ian Thompson ๐Ÿ”ป
3 years
Being able to experience my first Celebration in 2019 in Chicago with my favorite person in the world was a wonderful experience. Can't wait to do it again in Anaheim next year. #SWCFanFriday
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The Biden-Harris administration's criminal complicity in Israeli genocide has skyrocketed miscarriages in Gaza by 300%.
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Itโ€™s simple: Trust women to make decisions about their own bodies, health care, and future.
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He was one of my favorite marchers today. #CeasefireNOW
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This man, 47-year-old South African lawyer and legal scholar Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, just laid out a devastating case documenting Israel's genocidal intent in Gaza before the International Court of Justice. A hero for Palestinians and people of conscience around the world. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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To date, there is not a single person who supported Bernie's presidential campaign who has been nominated or appointed by Biden to any office, at any level. None. Not one. But please keep going on about the importance of "unity" in the "big tent" Democratic Party.
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How do you reform this?
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Last night, in the dead of night, 40 Democratic senators, including @CoryBooker , voted to confirm a man to a prominent ambassadorship who covered up the police murder of a Black child. Shameful doesn't begin to capture it.
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You are truly the Patron Saint of Karens, @HillaryClinton . #STFUHillary
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@triill_kitty @rafaelshimunov Imagine if the rest of us voted our class.
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In 2014, the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) lied about the murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. In 2021, the Chicago Police Department and Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) lied about the murder of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. There's no "reforming" this.
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@shafieikeyvan Coming to expropriate their wealth like.
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The treatment of Rashida Tlaib by the Democratic Party - for the crime of defending the humanity of all people - has been nothing less than disgraceful. The Democratic Party is a complete moral failure on every level.
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@SoSocialism And, of course, Palestinian refugees are erased entirely.
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There were personal birthday messages from George Lucas, Mark Hamill, and then out walks Rey Skywalker herself, Daisy Ridley. Also pictured: Daisy watching John conduct The Imperial March. This has easily been one of the best nights of my life.
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This year, we at the @ACLU are celebrating #PrideMonth by honoring its radical origins. It's more important than ever! โœŠ
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@briebriejoy Like clockwork.
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Guys, they are literally putting up the HUGE banner right now. Holy. Shit. #StarWarsCelebration
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Thank you for recognizing their humanity, Justice Sotomayor.
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@thehill Maybe he should talk to his wife.
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In DC? There is an emergency rally for #trans students outside the White House tonight at 6pm. @ACLU client Gavin Grimm will be there. Come!
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AIPAC Tracker is indispensable.
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@TheDemocrats *Palestinians not included*
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@kenklippenstein You're actually a "project" of Boeing and Raytheon, bruh.
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The Houthis are doing more to uphold the Genocide Convention than every country currently bombing Yemen.
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The U.S. will designate the Houthis as a Specially Designated Terrorist Group (SDTG).
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@kenklippenstein Yeah. Let's see how long you last without the U.S. military-industrial complex in your back pocket.
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That @ACLU blue ribbon is lookin' good, @RepBarbaraLee ! Thanks for showing your support for civil liberties. #JointAddress
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"Little Soka" This is so beautiful, @uzuriartonline .
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Has a single picture ever so perfectly captured the absolute worthlessness of the Democratic Party?
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@0liviajulianna Your arguments about "harm reduction" voting would probably carry more weight if your cover photo wasn't you literally standing grinning ear to ear with Kamala Harris. Just a suggestion for the next time you launch a lecture thread directed at Left independents.
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Really pleased to hear @PattyMurray go to bat for #LGBT students and the Office for Civil Rights in her opening remarks. #DeVosHearing
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@shawngaylord @carterforva That isn't what happened.
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I hope this vote haunts them forever.
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Thank you for recognizing that the #MuslimBan - not #LGBT equality or reproductive freedom - is what threatens religious liberty, @RepCohen .
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This headline is from last week, Ivanka.
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Less hate, more love! โค๏ธ๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’œ #Pride2020
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@GoldsteinBrooke @RepJeffries You can't name a single falsehood in her remarks because there are none. Instead of trying to silence any criticism of 75 years of occupation, dispossession, apartheid, and brutality, maybe you should spend more time working to end these crimes. #FreePalestine
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Words to live by.
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Black-led justice movements don't need white liberals to reframe their demands.
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4% of registered voters in South Carolina voted in the primary yesterday. Yes, just 4%.
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Rep. James Clyburn downplayed President Bidenโ€™s loss of support among Black voters, saying that Bidenโ€™s win in South Carolina demonstrates that he still has a strong base among Black Americans.
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@jeremyscahill Under the leadership of Joe Biden, the United States has helped to carry out a campaign of genocidal annihilation in Gaza while - at the same time - unleashing police state repression and violence against those peacefully protesting against it at home. What a legacy!
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@Remroum "Booker, Booker, you can't hide, you're complicit in genocide!"
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@washingtonpost You're right, Mike. Pointing out that your wife is working at a school that engages in blatant discrimination - including against children - is really what is most offensive here.
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@carolrosenberg A fitting tribute for someone who engaged in a campaign of mass starvation of Iraqi children.
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@BenjaminPDixon 1% support among Black voters ages 18-49. This can't be repeated enough.
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I wrote an op-ed for @thehill on a hugely successful #StandWithGavin effort in Congress.
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@thenation You know what's "unfortunate"? The constant simping The Nation does for a corporate political party that is dedicated to the interests of wealth. Are your political imaginations really so limited, or is it more a reflection of ultimately knowing who butters your bread?
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@ChrisDStedman Recruiting.
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@EoinHiggins_ Tomorrow, the Buttigieg campaign will say that approximately 40% of these students are Black. Of those, 100% endorsed his "Douglass Plan."
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So long, loser.
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BREAKING: Robert E. Lee statue, erected in 1890, removed from its pedestal on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.
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@TheEricButts We shared every bit of your joy and love for this galaxy far, far away at Celebration.
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Well this aged like egg salad in a car on hot summer day.
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Randi Weingarten ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐ŸŽ“๐ŸŸฃ
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I know @AlphonsoDavid .. He has alway fought for justice. He is also a wonderful human being. Why after an internal review which clears Alphonso would anyone ask for his resignation.
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@LannyDavis Are you still being paid to do the bidding of predatory for-profit colleges, Lanny? You failed to mention that history in your tweet.
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@KyleKulinski Remember when he straight-up lied and said it was a Russian rocket that landed in Poland, knowing full well that it came from Ukraine, and did so to trigger a larger escalation, perhaps even WWIII? I remember that.
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@ggreenwald How many 2020 contenders will have the political courage to refuse to address the AIPAC Policy Conference in March?
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Guys! The #Grogu sections in @PhilSzostak 's incredible new book is worth the price alone. I mean, look at this!
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@blakeflayton Apartheid "Israel's" national security minister thinks that Baruch Goldstein is a hero because he murdered 29 Palestinian men and boys. Maybe you should concern yourself with that.
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@thehill Laquan McDonald was murdered by the Chicago Police Department in 2014 - a murder that Mayor Rahm Emanuel then tried to cover up. Here's President Obama campaigning for Emanuel's reelection months later, in 2015.
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I really hope that @HamillHimself and @TheFrankOzJam take this show on the road for those of us who don't reside in NYC. Seriously though, what a cool event!
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@ggreenwald It's a pretty strong, after-the-fact argument for voting NO. Absolutely no explanation for why she switched her NO vote to "present."
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When @RepHartzler tries to strip health care from #trans service members and military families. #VoteNo
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@mattyglesias @daveweigel That was real slick to include a press release from the previous Congress, in 2017, Matt. Maybe you should familiarize yourself with the bill that was introduced this year.
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@_waleedshahid Yeah, which is why he moved mountains behind the scenes to crush Bernie and his movement in 2020.
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@aaronjmate Barbara Lee voted yes. Both Katie Porter and Adam Schiff voted no. There's definitely a pretty clear contrast in that primary race.
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In January, the new Republican House majority will accuse @IlhanMN of being an anti-Semite - because she believes that Palestinians deserve dignified lives and has been willing to criticize AIPAC - and will remove her from the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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@AdamSerwer Who wants to remind Trump that it was his @TheJusticeDept that argued before the Supreme Court that businesses have a constitutional right to refuse service. I guess they only like refusals when they target marginalized communities.
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Tonight marks the first time the words #bisexual and #transgender have *ever* been referenced in a #SOTU . Pretty cool. h/t @gauragDC
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@NikkiHaley Palestinians - living under a regime of occupation and dispossession for 75 years - have a right to self-defense against the forces of Kahanist ethnic cleansing.
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Following her confirmation hearing, the @ACLU 's serious concerns about Betsy DeVos have only increased. Here's why: .
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@marclamonthill Someone obviously has never had really good mac & cheese.
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Remember: In 2008, the runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination was eventually named Secretary of State, this despite the fact that she supported the most disastrous foreign policy decision of the 21st century.
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@RepSlotkin This is such a weak sauce after-the-fact justification. Norman's floor speech was entirely devoted to anti-LGBTQ arguments. Literally none of your other Democratic colleagues except one fell for it.
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In more than 130 days, Bono - the man who wrote "Sunday Blood Sunday" and has become a favorite among the global ruling class - hasn't found it within himself to say so much as two words about the genocidal slaughter of children in Gaza. Get bent, @U2 .
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@washingtonpost "If not for market crash, Hoover would be coasting to victory in '32!"
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Maybe I'd actually have a legitimate point if Bernie had done anything to help Biden win the election. Oh, right.
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It's possible to both acknowledge that Bernie is not perfect and yet is the most genuinely decent prominent national politician of our lifetime.
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Bernie on why people feel comfortable just referring to him as "Bernie"
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@CaseStudyQB "Difficult districts," like those destroyed by the neo-liberal economic policies of Bill Clinton? Hillary lost every county in West Virginia to Bernie in 2016. Yes, literally every single county in the state.
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@4noura Simply incredible. Brilliantly thorough and utterly devastating. Heroes. ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ โค๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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@krystalball @marwilliamson Nothing but love for Nina!
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@fahad_s_ali Zionism is as fragile as it is vicious.
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@santiagomayer_ He's literally the most popular U.S. senator.
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@derek_why @MHarroldCTV Replace "Russian" with "Japanese" in 1941 and you have what was one the darkest chapters in American history.
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@aaronjmate @SusanSarandon In a world full of Debra Messings, may we all aspire to be like Susan.
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Please join me in supporting the work of Nazi hunters (). Great idea, @ShaunKing !
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@SummerForPA To even acknowledge that Palestinians are human beings entitled to even the most basic and fundamental human rights is a bridge too far for these apartheid apologists.
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@Ogra_SF An Irish Republic and a Free Palestine! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
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@JGreenblattADL @RepRashida Every word of what Rashida said is fully backed up by the world's leading human rights organizations, including @btselem .
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@AmbassadorRice Your old boss should have, Susan.
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Looking forward to watching the Democratic establishment come forward to denounce the Buffalo Big Lie.
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How is this language any different than Trump talking about Obama? Dismissing @Indiawaltonbflo as an โ€œinexperienced radical socialist.โ€ @MayorByronBrown is literally his own version of the Big Lie โ€” mounting a write-in campaign against Sis. Walton.
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@trouble_man90 This is literally exactly what nearly every elected Democrat is doing right now.
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@kenyonfarrow @daveweigel The only thing that Hillary is truly passionate about is punching left. It didn't work against Jamaal Bowman last year (in a district where her endorsement actually meant something) and it isn't going to work against Nina this year.
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@ArabHashEater A really obvious one I haven't seen discussed anywhere.
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88% of Democratic voters support #Medicare4All . Fuck this party's bosses.
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@sportjames23 @0liviajulianna I'm literally supporting a Black man who has dedicated his life to the justice struggle. In contrast, you're supporting the father of modern mass incarceration in America, but please go off.
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@JabariBrisport Better: Eliminate the "spoiler" effect by establishing ranked choice voting.
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The irony of a civil rights institute rescinding plans to honor someone because that person supports a boycott to challenge systemic human rights abuses should be lost on no one, @jdakwar . #IStandWithAngela
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@djolder Anthony said it best.
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@thehill @TheHillOpinion Why does The Hill continue to give @AlanDersh a platform?
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