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I’m profoundly saddened to see Pete Buttigieg base his campaign in SC on bashing Medicare for All (which he used to support). He’s resorted to misleading Americans on health care by using the insurance industry’s false talking points. I should know - I helped write them. (1/10)

I was excited when he announced his candidacy because of his support for Medicare for All. Two years ago he tweeted: "I, Pete Buttigieg, politician, do henceforth and forthwith declare, most affirmatively and indubitably, unto the ages, that I do favor Medicare for All" (2/10)

Early in the campaign, Pete often defended Medicare for All forcefully and eloquently, pointing out that single-payer is not a radical idea, not even a left position, but a compromise. metroweekly.com/2019/02/pete-b… (3/10)

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James Mitchell Ⓥ

@MesMitch

'They won't survive': Trump gas wells would block pronghorn migration route
Conservation groups are fighting the creation of 3,500 gas wells in Wyoming that threaten a 170-mile path

Pronghorn is a 170-mile migration route that the antelope-like creatures have traveled annually for 6,000 years. It is one of North America’s last remaining long-distance terrestrial migration corridors.

And it is at risk. This week conservation groups filed a legal petition challenging the Trump administration’s plan to allow 3,500 new gas wells in south-western Wyoming that would block the route.

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Bloomberg Law

@BLaw

BREAKING: Ninth Circuit says the Trump administration will be allowed to restrict what taxpayer-funded family planning clinics can tell clients about abortion. blawgo.com/93YSpeH

MORE: The rule states that Title X grantees may not perform, promote, refer for, or support abortion as a method of family planning. It also requires clinics that provide both family planning services and abortion services to physically separate the two.

The Ninth Circuit agreed to take another look at the issue, but refused to stop the HHS from enforcing the rule in the interim. It also warned litigants to be ready to argue the merits of the injunctions.

Read more in the opinion 👉 blawgo.com/Raq8FfV

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Bulama Bukarti

@bulamabukarti

BREAKING: ISWAP Kills its Own Leaders as Borno Fasts and Prays for Peace - A Threat

1. Several reliable on the ground sources, including a top CJTF leader, just informed me that ISWAP has executed three of its top leaders: Idris al-Barnawi (believed to be the group’s leader), Abu Maryam and Abu Zainab (two of those that led the 2016 rebellion against Shekau.

2. According to the sources, three were killed by commanders that opposed a change in the group’s modus operandi which the trio introduced. The new regulation required fighters to stop pursuing soldiers that run away during attacks and stop killing captured soldiers.

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Pronoun Enforcer

@EmilyGorcenski

https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1231982209256632320

Kurt used to pooh-pooh Antifascists and his way of “dealing with it” was to call Richard Spencer gay while criticizing people like me.

Meanwhile, the Rise Above Movement referenced in this “top security firm” was actually investigated by journalists, antifa, and also me.

https://twitter.com/kurteichenwald/status/1231982209256632320

@kurteichenwald

Atomwaffen Division did target an American abroad—me.

Of all the people in the world qualified to opine on these issues, I am among the most, and @kurteichenwald is among the least.

That “Top Security Firm” is offering nothing new by way of intelligence or analysis that I haven’t already been offering publicly, for free, for the past few years.

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Michelle Malkin

@michellemalkin

This is a thread on recent layoffs of thousands of high-skilled American workers. When #OpenBordersInc lobbyists & Swampers lie about desperate need for foreign labor, send them here. Let's start w/Wayfair: 550 US IT workers pushed out this month. /1
bostonglobe.com/2020/02/13/bus…

Online travel company Tripadvisor laid off 200 American workers last month - 5 percent of its total workforce. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… /2

Boston-based LogMeIn, an online meeting place & IT tools firm, laid off 300 US workers last month - 8% of its workforce. wcvb.com/article/boston… /3

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J.B

@_JB_Here

My neighbor suffered cardiac arrest. He was a hard working and very active man. He worked 27/7 to repay the home loans and for kids college & school fee. Somehow he missed to take care of himself and died in his late 40s. Though his death was sudden, his family moved on within

a day's time. I saw his daughter laughing & smiling when her friends visited her. His wife was ok too. I was glad as they seem ok. But I kept on thinking how they were able to recover from the sudden loss so soon

1. Maybe he was never there for the family as he was busy earning for the family
2. May be he was always stressed & been rude with the family
3. May be he did not express his love towards the family or bothered too much about savings & expenses
4. May be he pretended to be busy

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Scott Hechinger

@ScottHech

BREAKING: Harvey Weinstein found GUILTY. And for the last 2 years, despite the seriousness of the allegations, he was released instead of jailed pre-trial. And none of the prosecutors, police, GOP lawmakers, or sensationalized press now fearmongering over bail reform said a word.

Please visit JusticeNotFear.org to demand that state lawmakers reject misleading & exploitative fear over modest reforms that reduce the jailing of people--predominately Black & Latino--charged with significantly less: misdemeanors & non-violent felonies.

The process afforded to the privileged is not afforded to the majority of people arrested. It’s not that I & other public defenders opposed Weinstein at liberty. It’s that the process available to them is never available to the people we represent.theintercept.com/2018/06/09/pau…

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Michael Dougan

@mdouganlpool

For those who enjoy a sneaky preview: here are the draft conclusions from my CMLRev paper, on Johnson's "Great Brexit Deal", specifically the (rather long) section dealing with Protocol on Ireland & Northern Ireland:

1) Good Friday Agreement was meant to bring relative stability to NI – offering time & space for divisions to heal / differences to soften. 2016 referendum = anything but softest of soft Brexits bound to be problem for NI. Let alone hard Brexit now advocated by Johnson Government

2) Protocol is intended to provide credible and durable solution to Irish border problem that protects peace in NI, respects EU customs / regulatory concerns and satisfies UK trade demands. But in fact: Protocol contains considerable economic risks for every relevant party.

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Sam Coates Sky

@SamCoatesSky

What will the UK government do next on Coronavirus?

Stand by for the government to increase the COVID-19 response "level" in coming days - if the World Health Organisation upgrades its threat level after latest Italian and S Korean outbreaks

What does this mean?

Coronovirus /2

The UK will likely act in unison with the G7 / EU as well as WHO. This expected in next week

Exact measures to be taken by government are confidential until a formal decision made. Matt Hancock and DH holding near daily cross-gvt meetings and insist ready.

Coronovirus /3

In 2011, the government published the "UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy".

This reveals the template being used by government to cope with a pandemic. Some precise details may have changed, but broad thrust similar

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

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Seth Abramson

@SethAbramson

A NOTE ON PRIMARY DATA

Just as it's wrong each time the GOP says "Americans voted for Trump," because they didn't—the Electoral College elected him, the raw vote favored Clinton—you can't talk about "who Nevada voters voted for" using delegate counts rather than raw vote totals.

PS/ A lot of people, in and out of media, are playing games with data, and it's tiresome. If you want to talk about Sanders' delegate haul in Nevada, the number is 46.8%. If you want to talk about *how people voted*, the number for Sanders is 34.0%. Anything else is a lie—period.

PS2/ I have people coming on my feed claiming that "progressives received [56.6%] of the vote in Nevada"—a number they fraudulently arrive at by adding up *delegate counts*. But when you say "vote," you're referring to *raw votes*—for which the "Sanders + Warren" figure is 46.9%.

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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

@RevDrBarber

One definition of moderate is “middle ground.” The other is “reasonable.” So I ask, what is the middle ground we should look for when 30 mil ppl are w/out health insurance, 250,000 die from poverty each year & 62 mil work every day w/out living wages?

Or what’s a reasonable compromise w/ racist voter suppression & refusal to restore the VRA & expand access to the ballot? Why can’t we just say some things are wrong?

The way some talk of middle ground, it sounds like let’s reduce poverty & low wages a little bit, but not enough to make anybody mad. No wonder 100 mil Americans stay home & don’t even bother to vote.

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