1. Absolutely puzzled by people who think the infrastructure bill is a key issue in the Virginia gubernatorial election.

Seems like these folks haven't been paying attention to the Virginia election.

It's become all about EDUCATION
2. And when I say education, I don't mean education POLICY.

I mean demagoguing about Critical Race Theory, mask mandates, "pornography," and book banning.

This effort is backed by a constellation of newly-formed dark money groups

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3. McAuliffe has not been adequately prepared for this attack. When confronted with an issue of "pornography" in school libraries, he accepted the false premise that the issue was related to a bill he had vetoed.

It was not.

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4. Activists have tied a sexual assault in a high school bathroom to trans-inclusive policies even though the boy who committed the assault was not trans & the bathroom policy was not in effect

Youngkin held a campaign event dedicated to the assault

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5. Whether or not Youngkin wins, we'll see these tactics replicated all over the country in 2022.

The idea that McAuliffe is struggling because House Democrats aren't being deferential enough to Manchin is a joke.

Just open your eyes.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

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31 Oct
1. I just talked to the woman whose presentation is featured in Youngkin's closing ad

She says the ad misrepresents one slide to invent "a conversation that never happened"

"I was not advocating for teachers to teach Critical Race Theory to students"

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2. Youngkin's ad claims to contain "newly unearthed documents" which it presents as proof that McAuliffe's administration "actively pushed" K-12 students to be taught CRT

It turns out that is a lie

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3. The "documents" are a 2015 presentation by Brenda Walker, a professor at University of South Florida

It was given as part of an institute about STUDENT DISCIPLINE. The purpose of the program was "to provide alternatives to out-of-school suspensions"

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Read 9 tweets
28 Oct
This tweet says absolutely nothing and explicitly opens the door to Sinema demanding future cuts.

This statement itself illustrates that she is not involved in “good faith” negotiations, which involves actually making commitments
I'm honestly perplexed at this entire situation. The entire focus for weeks would be to establish a framework that Sinema and Manchin would agree to. Now we have a framework announced and Sinema and Manchin have not agreed. What's going on?
You've either agreed to a framework, or you haven't. They have not.
Read 6 tweets
28 Oct
1. Two students were sexually assaulted in a Loudoun County high schools.

The facts are more than enough to justify outrage.

Instead, the reality of the case has been manipulated and exploited for political purposes.

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2. The right-wing media and Republican politicians have claimed the assaults demonstrate the danger of trans-inclusive bathroom policies.

But they've grossly misrepresented the facts of the case.

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3. Here are the facts:

The boy who committed the sexual assault in a restroom was not trans

The sexual assault occurred months before Loudoun County had a trans-inclusive bathroom policy

The boy did not "sneak into" the bathroom.

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Read 4 tweets
27 Oct
1. The wealth of around 700 billionaires in the United States increased by more than $2 TRILLION since the start of the pandemic.

Now there is a push to close a loophole that allows billionaires to avoid paying taxes

And the billionaires are angry

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2. Increase in wealth (March 2020 to October 2021)

MUSK: $24 BILLION ➡️ $209 BILLION

BEZOS: 113B ➡️ 192B

GATES: 98B ➡️ 132B

ELLISON: 59B ➡️ 124B

PAGE: 50B ➡️ 120B

ZUCKERBERG: 54B ➡️ 117B

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3. How do these billionaires accumulate so much wealth, live lavish lifestyles and pay little to no taxes?

They borrow against unrealized capital gains, which are untaxed

Musk, for example, has pledged 92 million Tesla shares to secure debts

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Read 10 tweets
26 Oct
So I read the 50+ articles about the Facebook documents and identified 5 key takeaways

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1. Facebook gives right-wing politicians and publications special treatment.

To me, this is critical because it animates so many of Facebook's other issues.

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2. Zuckerberg's Congressional testimony appears inconsistent with Facebook's internal research.

If I were Zuck, I'd be concerned.

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Read 8 tweets
25 Oct
1. The activists fighting Critical Race Theory in K-12 schools have a big problem: CRT isn't taught in K-12 schools

So they've adopted a new tactic

And it imperils students

Let's dive into exactly what's happening

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2. CRT is not taught in K-12 schools. But many K-12 schools do include Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in their curricula

SEL as a term dates to 1997, but the concept - character assessment and development - dates back to Ben Franklin in the mid-1700s

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3. Nevertheless, opponents of Critical Race Theory have decided that Social Emotional Learning is just a Trojan Horse for CRT

Right-wing critics have called SEL "racist garbage," "anti-white," and "a vehicle for introducing leftist propaganda."

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