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17 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Alright, please be more careful when talking about who "flipped" the election

I'm delighted that white college ed voters might be becoming marginally more Democratic, but they could flip a damn thing if they weren't part of a much bigger, more diverse population
You can say something like "The addition of a few white college ed voters in addition to the broader diverse coalition may have brought GA over the line," & I'll be okay, but if you say, "White college ed voters won GA!," you're hurting my brain.
Also, if your analysis is based on the suburbs, stop conflating them w/ "white college ed." The 'burbs are rapidly diversifying and this is especially true in Metro Atlanta.
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16 Nov
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I'm starting to get frustrated.

Trump wants to destroy biggest carbon sink in North America? Sunrise says nothing.

Trump wants to sell irreversibly sell ANWR off to the highest bidders? Sunrise says nothing. Image
I realize that AK is far away, but it is ground zero for both climate change & indigenous rights, as well as all the intersections in between. & I do not think that climate change activists who ignore these issues & instead protest Democrats in Congress are very serious at all.
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16 Nov
I feel like some people thinking "Defund the Police" is a bad slogan has morphed into others thinking that Democrats don't care about police reform at all. However, Dems passed The George Floyd Justice in Policing act this summer. McConnell blocked it. . .judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
Couple of things: I'm not going to criticize/endorse the "Defund" slogan as I honestly don't feel like it's my place. Nor am I going to say whether I think the bill Dems passed went far enough. I think we should all read the bill and consider what could be made better, etc. Image
When I say I am not taking a stance on the slogan, this is why: I am wary of criticizing language from activist circles. I also know Black people who like the slogan, as well as Black people who don't like it. My voice adds nothing to the convo & would probably detract from it.
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14 Nov
I think we should stop calling expanding our welfare state "socialist" because I don't think that branding has ever been especially accurate and I definitely don't think it's effective.
I mean, maybe it's effective for 20 year olds who are either already on board w/ vast welfare state expansion or those who want an excuse to performatively act out guillotining someone, but beyond that I fail to see how anyone else is persuaded by this whole genre of dialogue.
I say this as someone who wants to vastly expand the welfare state by regulating & taxing capital. I share the same goals and I actually think they are achievable if you do not sell them as "socialism"--which, again, is not even that accurate of a label in the first place.
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13 Nov
I find this to be an odd description of Jaime Harrison.
My thinking is this: it is good that Black Democrats have a lot of power at all levels of the system. The DNC is primarily for fundraising and organizing. Harrison is great at fundraising. He is also very familiar w/ states in which we need to organize (the South East).
I don't see that Harrison is a symbol of all that went wrong in this election just b/c he lost his Senate race. I didn't see Abrams as a symbol of what went wrong when she lost her Gov's race either (& how stupid would that look now!).
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12 Nov
Here is what I find most comforting about the "Will Trump pull a coup?" situation: he does not have the support of the GOP legal establishment. Yes, GOP Senators are recklessly supporting him as he refuses to concede, but the GOP is not sending him their best legal support.
There are dozens of very talented (albeit evil) GOP lawyers who would be happy to take on this cause if they saw it as a winning fight. The Bush v. Gore team was the creme de la creme of assholes bred by the Federalist Society.
Who does Trump have? Guiliani ranting in a parking lot while wedged between a dildo shop and a crematorium. Oh, and Bossie, who doesn't even have a legal degree.

The GOP is *not* sending their best.

They know the path is implausible.
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I loved this thoughtful thread about good governance from @pwcdanica. As you read it, think about some of the things VA Democrats have achieved in just the past few years on issues ranging from gun safety to healthcare. They have truly transformed the state.
I got this list from a friend who works in VA politics:

In VA, Dems have done the following on gun safety: emergency risk protection orders, universal background checks, letting localities make laws, removing guns from abusers, among others
On Voting rights, VA Dems have achieved: 45 days no fault absentee voting, Election Day state holiday, automatic voter reg at DMVs, same day reg, & repealing photo ID
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