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Mitch McConnell answered that BS question re: "long-term impact" to the GOP. They really don't comprehend protestors don't speak for all women. The #KavanaughVote has done more to improve the GOP's standing among women than anything else I could've imagined.
And I meant that @senatemajldr answered that exactly how he needed to answer that.
Everyone catch that presser? Yet, they pretend to be outraged when Donald Trump calls them the opposition. Let's stop pretending. While we're at it, that was a smear. He's confirmed. We should be allowed to drop the charade now.
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1. If someone was elected promising "Hope and Change," but a corrupt status quo accepted him, then what hope was there for change?

None, and to think otherwise is self-delusion.

Real change comes at a cost to stability, and the status quo fights back. They don't roll over.
2. Now for the other side.

The election of one man to the presidency, a revolution does not make. If you were honest, wouldn't you admit that you are too easy on your party?

Everyone wants to blame an "other." But the corrupt status quo & its construct in D.C., are bipartisan.
3. Now for The New York Times, which I'm sure you figured out is the point of this thread.

Aside from their editor trashing them the other day for no longer being a news organization, if you consider them a reliable source of news, they you're a chump. An intel played, chump.
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I have the same advice for Democrats re: AOC as I did for Republicans re: DJT.

Focus on policy and people, and shut your mouths long enough to maybe figure out why it is she resonates.

No one cares what you think. That's why we have them both.

Further...
Notice AOC criticizes but does not obsess over Donald Trump? She's substantively wrong but substantive, nonetheless.

She focuses on policy and people, something she ripped right from Donald Trump. No one cares if someone offends your delicate sensibilities. It's not about you...
Since no one really buys your "I'm so offended" holier/smarter than thou acts, people naturally begin to ask why these outsiders are met with such a visceral response.

B/C they don't buy the holier or smarter than thou acts, they conclude it is B/C they threaten a status quo...
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On Day 1, Democrats proposed amending the U.S. Constitution to expand the power of the federal government. @GOP had total control and a record number of states govs.

They didn't introduce a single amendment.

That's why @MittRomney & Co. lost the GOP base to @realDonaldTrump.
FTR, I should say the GOP didn't "push" a single amendment. They are the kings and queens of token gestures. But they're never really serious about scaling back the federal government, or advancing the general cause of liberty.

Point being, Democrats fight the big fights.
Along comes someone like Donald Trump. They never saw it coming because they got used to their base being suckers.

Showing up to CPAC claiming to be "severely conservative" just wasn't good enough anymore after decades of screwing over your base for personal gain and profit.
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Mitch McConnell wrote an op-ed calling for bipartisanship, and people are not having it
#WednesdayWisdom #McConnell
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Some of the most incredible women directly behind starting the #MeTooIndia movement. @MasalaBai @TheRestlessQuil @AGirlOfHerWords @KiranManral in conversation with the brilliant @MeghnaPant at the @firstpost #MeToo conversations.
"If, as women, we don't speak now, we may never get the chance to speak up again." - @KiranManral
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1.Len Blavatnik owns Al-Altep Holdings and Access Industries, and has contributed vast amounts of money to the GOP and Senate Leadership Fund and Trump, inclusive of 1 Million to the Inauguration of Trump.

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#StateCaptureInquiry Remember when @TreasuryRSA Minister of Treasury Nhlanhla Nene answered eNCA’s @samkelemaseko asking if he would testify? Nene said, “Watch this space.” And later, after some pressing from Maseko, “Watch the space, meaning a lot of us might be appearing soon.”
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⚡️💥🤑🚢🆘 #McConnell refused to bring the legislation to protect #Mueller to the Senate floor. A short thread on #MitchMcConnel and #ElaineChao's history of corruption. @WendySiegelman @grantstern @peterjukes @AHamiltonSpirit @dcpoll @lukeharding1968 cnn.com/2018/04/17/pol…
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2. On January 31, 2017, Mitch McConnell’s wife Elaine Chao was sworn as a State Secretary of Transportation for Trump’s cabinet.
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I had another life-threatening heart/lung episode today.
I'm not sure how much of it had to do with my cutting my heart meds back to once a day while appealing the increased price by my health insurance from $120 for 60 pills to $1k for 60 pills.
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I couldn't afford to go to the hospital--when you call 9/11 the city charges you $1,200 for the trip to nearest hospital.
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