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23 Apr, 5 tweets, 1 min read
I'm still trying to process this factoid:

John Tyler, our 10th president, was born in 1790. One of his grandsons is still living in Virginia.

washingtonpost.com/history/2020/1…
This is nearly as confusing as when I learned that Kimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom used to be married.
Or that Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch went to high school together.
Help me out: What political factoids do you know that seem too impossible to be true?
oh my goodness: washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…

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In Portland tonight, there have been vigils for Daunte Wright. Now a crowd of about 250 is moving through the streets toward a police precinct.
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There are about 150 protesters in Portland marching right now toward an ICE facility, chanting "Fuck Joe Biden."
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200 left-wing protesters are on the streets in Portland right now, with anti-Biden and anti-police messages.

"We are ungovernable," one sign says.
The Portland crowd has now gone to the local headquarters of the Democratic Party, smashing windows and writing "Fuck Biden"
Seeing some criticism for calling the crowd "left wing," which was my shorthand to make clear that it isn't Trump supporters on the streets of Portland. The longer version is that the crowd is a mix of racial-justice, anti-fascist, anarchist, youth liberation, etc
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An incredible image. Trump supporters have breached the Capitol and are outside the Senate chamber.

📸 by @erinschaff

Live updates: nytimes.com/live/2021/01/0… Image
Trump supporters are breaking windows to get inside the Capitol

A volatile scene inside the Capitol

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