Kid from Congress Heights. Building democracy from neighborhood to nation. Political Director @PeopleFor. Host @ChocCityPod. Formerly @MarkusSBOE. On Substack.
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Markus Batchelor retweeted
Adams Morgan is named after two elementary schools that sat a block apart in 1955. One was white, one was Black, and their principals decided it was time their neighborhoods met.
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Markus Batchelor retweeted
I was 2 weeks old when Mitch McConnell was elected to the United States Senate.
In 2 weeks, I’ll be replacing him.
He’s literally falling apart right in front of us.
😳 Trump loses it and SNAPS at a string of reporters, says Ilhan Omar might "go to jail," calls Somalia "a shit house," and boasts that thanks to a new program he announced today Americans "will make millions of dollars by turning others in" during absolutely deranged Oval Office event
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I’ve now reached the age where I say “what time does school start!?” when I see a kid on the street after 9am.
I think it’s worth repeating that neither of Trump’s presidential victories were “landslides.” He didn’t even win the most votes the first time.
Markus Batchelor retweeted
Rare that a sequel is as iconic as the original, but she’s an unstoppable force.
"I had three beers, okay!"
Piers Morgan grills Indiana Democratic candidate Jaime West on whether she had been drinking before her viral interview, where she claimed she would ‘fire all Republicans’.
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Markus Batchelor retweeted
Students from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state.
The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via @tmsimmons) greensboro.com/news/local/go…
