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The reviews are in for Mike "Mr. Frisky" Bloomberg in the #DemocraticDebates: "a catastrophe--stiff, arrogant, tone-deaf, and intensely unlikable" "terrible, fumbling, unpleasant." "on NDAs...among the worst in the history of presidential debates." 1/x
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Bloomberg "stammered and stumbled in the face of withering attacks from his rivals" in "a real-world demolition of his candidacy." So much so that "he might have bled out on stage if he hadn't been so bloodless" in a "tone-deaf mix of evasion, back-pedaling, and...hateur." 2/x 
Bloomberg "spent half the debate apologizing for bad behavior." "By turns smug and wounded." "He looked peevish...not ready for prime time." "Warren eviscerated him seconds after the opening bell." "Worst answers on sexual harassment and discrimination I've ever heard." 3/4
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Het was het laatste debat voor de NH primary en er zijn wat dingen gebeurd, hier is mijn top 5:
1. de focus op niet witte stemmers
2. Biden's mea culpa
3. Waar is Warren?
4. Amy doet het goed
5. Mayor Pete
1/15
Het was het laatste debat voor de NH primary en er zijn wat dingen gebeurd, hier is mijn top 5:
1. de focus op niet witte stemmers
2. Biden's mea culpa
3. Waar is Warren?
4. Amy doet het goed
5. Mayor Pete
1/15
Ondanks het feit dat Yang de enige niet witte kandidaat is werd er veel gesproken over ras en specifiek zwarte stemmers. Vooral Sanders, Steyer en Biden deden dit. Dit is interessant omdat de volgende primary (South Carolina) eigenlijk de belangrijkste is uit de eerste 4 ... 2/15
staten. Dit is omdat SC de eerste staat is met een grote niet witte populatie stemmers, (in 2016 was het 61% van de democratische stemmers). Hiermee is SC de eerste test voor de diversiteit van een kandidaat. Biden heeft zijn sterkte onder zwarte stemmers een hoeksteen ... 3/15
FINALLY, direct question on the Supreme Court and court packing. #DemocraticDebates
Biden is a NO on court packing.
Now, @PeteButtigieg is pro court packing, court reform.
Unfortunately he's now talk about his 5-5-5 plan which I'm pretty sure is unconstitutional but whatever.
Unfortunately he's now talk about his 5-5-5 plan which I'm pretty sure is unconstitutional but whatever.
With #DemocraticDebates (esp. @JulianCastro) spotlight on abolishing criminal charges for illegal entry, my story from 2017 on the history of the law and how its use exploded under Bush (also story how I uncovered #familyseparations )
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Here is the story that resulted from that one, uncovering the El Paso family separation pilot in 2017, six months before it was announced. Also note difference in @CBP response to separating families between story 1 and 2
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And for folks who STILL say it happened under Obama and Bush too, nope. Only in rare circumstances, not as broad policy.
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Afghan 'dancing boys' dressed as women to entertain crowds of men at clubs and other social gatherings before being abused and raped by a paedosadist network. #OpDeathEaters foreignpolicy.com/2013/10/28/bac…
Bacha bazi, or ‘boy play’, involves boys as young as nine dressing as women and dancing seductively for an audience of men. These young boys are typically owned or "sponsored" by wealthy patrons, and are regularly the victims of sexual assault, rape, & abuse. #OpDeathEaters
These boys, known as bacha bareesh, are generally between ten and eighteen years old, and tend to come from poor backgrounds. Parents are persuaded to hand over their sons for financial reimbursement, with the promise that they will be given work and an education. #OpDeathEaters
