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Aug 24, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read Read on X
I love the roll call vote.

But this traditional format the GOP is using has aged terribly in just six days.

Also, surprising to me almost no one is trying to give some fun facts about their state. Just name-checking GOP candidates and officials.
Some credit so far to:

CT: for casting "28 spicy votes" for the Nutmeg State

DE: for wearing a tricorne hat while reading out votes.
Ok, this is getting a bit better.

MD alone mentioned olympians, Cal Ripken, Francis Scott Key and it's famous crabs.
Montana representative: We love to fish, we love to hunt and we have at least five guns in every home.

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A thread on new directives for federal workers and hiring from OPM ... as Musk exits and the Trump administration enters next phase for federal workforce.

I'll write this as I read...
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