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Dems are still favored to win the House when *this* is the electorate, btw. Dems are also still favored to win two of the seats on the current Virginia map. This fall, pissed-off voters will give Dems the House. Then in 2028, we *really* make the GOP suffer with redistricting.
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
Closing message in Michigan is just full send racism. It is so sad that we have, as a society, allowed ourselves to grow numb to this stuff coming from the people who rule us.
Beamer on El-Sayed: He has a birth certificate but he's not an American. He had the choice to be an American or not. He has chosen otherwise. He has blood that's red. However, he has chosen to remove any strain of the white and blue part in his blood. We cannot allow this man to invade and, occupy our country. (He is an American)
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"Who must go" meme except Assad is me and Cameron is the only person who looks gayer than me (Cabbage Patch Hitler)
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46% of Republicans chose “patriotism.” Only 9% chose “service.” Whereas 16% of Democrats chose “service,” while only 6% chose “patriotism.” Republicans believe in performative patriotism, but don’t actually believe in service to anything bigger than oneself. Democrats believe in service to country, even while acknowledging said country’s imperfections. To put it bluntly, Democrats are the party of Vietnam veterans Al Gore and John Kerry, while Republicans are the party of draft dodgers Bush, Cheney, and Trump, who all said, “*someone* should be over there fighting in Vietnam, *but not me*!”
New Gallup poll asks "which values the country most needs today?" Out of a list of 12 values, Republicans put "patriotism" #1, for Dems it ranks dead last - by a lot. Dems say "equality" is most needed, Republicans rank it 11th out of 12.
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
Republicans ranking patriotism so high, but service so low is a huge tell
New Gallup poll asks "which values the country most needs today?" Out of a list of 12 values, Republicans put "patriotism" #1, for Dems it ranks dead last - by a lot. Dems say "equality" is most needed, Republicans rank it 11th out of 12.
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Fundamentally, the Michigan Senate race comes down to this. Abdul El-Sayed: I’m gonna say mean things about Israel and vote against it in the Senate, but I will protect Jewish Michiganders. Mike Rogers: MUSLIMS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO HOLD OFFICE. TRUMP’S ASSHOLE IS DELICIOUS.
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Hey Buttlicker @buttkicker7
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
If I were a conflicted liberal Jew in Michigan, the racist rhetoric from the Rogers campaign and Trump would be pushing me toward El Sayed, not away.
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
An old friend of mine from childhood posted this on his Facebook. He's a Republican, but a sensible one in a small town in east Texas saying this publicly to thousands of friends. This is more devastating than any polls. James Talarico will be your next senator from Texas.
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
Must be a lot of women in that stadium with exposed shoulders because our kicking game seems really off.
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the liberal winds of Seattle on every Butker kick
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John James
Two black men on course to become the very first black governors of their states. The media has been silent because they are both Republicans
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Pittsburgh is also a perfect Halloween town
The moon sets over the Downtown Pittsburgh skyline in this view from Greenfield early this morning. #Pittsburgh
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
fun fact: The Republican party of Indiana is the only state party in the nation, R or D, to not use it’s traditional national colors (red in this case).
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
Replying to @CenTexLib
Immediately after the primary, there was a non-zero chance I would’ve been willing to vote for Rogers, given some of my strong disagreements w/ AES. It took <1 week for those chances to go to zero, as I got quickly reminded why I don’t vote for the GOP.
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Im gonna get so much mileage out of this image
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Leftists think, at the same time, both: A) Barack Obama is a genocidal war criminal B) WHY ISN'T HE CAMPAIGNING FOR MY FAVORITE SOCIALIST WITH NO CHANCE OF WINNING!?!??!!?
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
When Iowa courts legalized same-sex marriage in 2008, it was the Democratic trifecta that stopped a Republican proposal to overturn it.
Democrats did nothing for gay marriage. It was achieved entirely thanks to individuals pursuing equal protection plans through the federal courts
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
>International Relations student >Surprised that an Israeli politician identifies as Zionist We're so cooked.
Googled him, saw he was leading a centrist party, then saw it was labelled as "Liberal Zionist" and that his son was killed in Gaza. Israel continues to be fucked.
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
Perhaps the single best piece of content of the week right here
Your parents when a QR code pops up on the tv screen for authentication
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Mike🇺🇸🇺🇦 retweeted
“Harrison, if you make this, everyone gets free health care” Harrison Butker:
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