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Joshua Lyman

@joshualyman

Chief of Staff at the Bartlet Foundation, married to Congresswoman @donnatella_moss (D WI-9th), still saving the world from itself.

 Washington DC
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Joined April 2010
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What you should know about the Rohingya crisis, which the U.N. has called "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing" nyti.ms/2jsgHaf
The Rohingya in Myanmar: How Years of Strife Grew Into a Crisis (Published 2017)

The Rohingya in Myanmar: How Years of Strife Grew Into a Crisis (Published 2017)

Life has long been fraught for a Muslim minority in mainly Buddhist Myanmar, but the recent “ethnic cleansing” has sent Rohingya fleeing en masse.

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I’m proud to announce I’m cosponsoring @BernieSanders' Medicare for All bill. Sign if you’re with me! bit.ly/2eTjh3X
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Who knew Mr. Grab Em By The Pussy just wanted a nice wine and done?
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The latest National Hurricane Center forecast has Irma back as a Category 5 hurricane when it makes landfall in south Florida
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ian bremmer
@ianbremmer8 Sep 2017
Incredible amount of aircraft over Florida right now, trying to evacuate ppl before Irma hits.
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If we’re just being honest, there should be a worldwide effort underway to rescue the people of Barbuda/Antigua before Jose arrives.
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tis the season! teapawt.net/SitOnItFonzie/status/9…
k. (@weallgotbruises) profile picturek.@weallgotbruises8 Sep 2017
Turning into @joshualyman over here. #backpacks #notjustforkids #thisisaseriousplace
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Owned. teapawt.net/nicholaskitchel/status…
Nicholas Kitchel (@nicholaskitchel) profile pictureNicholas Kitchel@nicholaskitchel7 Sep 2017
At the New York Times TimesTalk with @SpeakerRyan, he wasn't able to answer a very simple question: "What's the minimum wage in Wisconsin?"
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john r stanton@dcbigjohn7 Sep 2017
Either Nancy Pelosi is a Warlock or Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are just not that good at this
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Felicity@FlossAus7 Sep 2017
Replying to @Bibliogato
Someone was playing it on the subway the other day and could almost hear Bradley Whitford screaming "You have to listen to me."
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Mikki Kendall@Karnythia6 Sep 2017
I knew this was probably going to be the news, but still this is so horrible to hear. Heartbreaking news about Barbuda teapawt.net/ldobsonhughes/status/9…
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She's not a political problem but the news media does like a sexist beating on our strong Democratic women on a daily basis. teapawt.net/daveweigel/status/9054…
David Weigel (@daveweigel) profile pictureDavid Weigel
@daveweigel6 Sep 2017
Pelosi is both 1) a political problem for 2018 Dems and 2) a stone-cold assassin in Hill negotiations. teapawt.net/jonathanvswan/status/9…
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Tom Gara
@tomgara6 Sep 2017
Replying to @Max_Fisher
I think the only real thing i've learned in the last decade is that almost nobody in the world is actually playing a careful long game.
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Chris Hayes
@chrislhayes6 Sep 2017
Chuck and Nancy has me 🤣 teapawt.net/jenniferjjacobs/status…
Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) profile pictureJennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs6 Sep 2017
Trump says he thinks Congress wants to take care of DACA. "Chuck and Nancy want to see something happen and so do I," he tells press on AF1.
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Democrats are nowhere near power, their message and appeal is a mess, and yet it took a few hours to divide the president from his party teapawt.net/jakesherman/status/905…
Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) profile pictureJake Sherman
@JakeSherman6 Sep 2017
Replying to @JakeSherman
i am told by multiple sources Rs are furious. The Democratic ploy — to keep debt limit short term — worked. It took just a few hours
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Larry Sabato
@LarrySabato6 Sep 2017
Crystal Ball: @kkondik moves WA-8 from Likely R to Toss-up after big Reichert retirement centerforpolitics.org/crysta… fb.me/2d8tOokXX
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Kelly Allen@kellakelWV6 Sep 2017
Put some respect on your lips when you talk about @NancyPelosi - the best to ever do it teapawt.net/jstein_vox/status/9054…
Jeff Stein (@jstein_sun) profile pictureJeff Stein
@jstein_sun6 Sep 2017
House Dem aide on this news: "This is why we didn't get rid of Pelosi. Went into their stadium and kicked their asses up and down the field" teapawt.net/jonathanvswan/status/9…
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