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2 Dec, 5 tweets, 1 min read
I wish Sasha Obama wasn't ignoring a pandemic, suggesting Martial Law, and holding COVID aid hostage over her ego.

Oh, wait...
Apparently, not everyone...
Taking this tweet down, not because I'm embarrassed of it, but because it's depressing me to see how many people on the Left are able to miss the point, and then double down even after several people have explained that they have, and how.

Thanks to the rest of you for trying.🙄
The worst part is people who are so committed to being outraged, they will choose to remain outraged even when they've been shown that they responded in haste or simply missed the point—after having the point clarified. So sad.
On second thought, I'll leave it up for a while to illustrate that while sarcasm doesn't always come through on Twitter, critical thinking and a brief look at a person's timeline should.

To be clear: Sasha Obama did nothing wrong and the Trumps are a murderous crime syndicate.

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Dear Trump-Supporting Friends and Relatives,

Given the work I do and how explicitly I've already shared my thoughts, you already know where our family is regarding this Tuesday's election, but I need you to hear this from me.
Recently, our 11-year old said of the current president, "He hates us. Listen to the way he talks about us." She is internalizing the horrible partisan rally rants and the incessant, baseless, incendiary attacks on Liberals, Democrats, and the Left.
And you are collaborating with him.
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On a neighborhood message board, parents were talking about the anxiety of the coming school year. A supporter of the president asked, "If other countries can send their kids back to school, why can't we?"

Here's why:
Because the United States is having one the strongest and most sustained outbreaks in the world and now lags behind nearly every developed nation.
Because many states have governors who won't enforce mask requirements.
Because we have not even made it through our first wave.
Because the president just this week, wore a mask for the first time (at 137,000 death) who refuses to publicly distance, and who is peddling conspiracy theories about this virus and pimping beans instead of working on virus response.
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Last night my 10-year old daughter showed me the backpack she picked out for back to school. I pretended to be excited but I wanted to throw up.
It doesn’t seem right on an elemental level to be sending our children and teachers and school staffs into close proximity for extended periods of time with hundreds of people, when cases are skyrocketing and when so many businesses aren’t open because of the danger.
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Today I joined a few hundred other people here in Raleigh to take part in a sign of solidarity with and celebration of black lives. It was an intentionally family-friendly event with lots of young children.
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