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U.S. Senate candidate @GaryChambersJr (D-LA) says campaign ad of him smoking cannabis was to "cut through the noise" around legalization:

"It's not something that should be controversial anymore. 68% of people in Louisiana believe cannabis should be legalized recreationally."
Here is @GaryChambersJr smoking a blunt in a campaign ad:

“Every 37 seconds, someone is arrested for possession of marijuana … Black people are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana laws than white people.”
And here is @GaryChambersJr's newest campaign ad, in which he burns a Confederate flag:

"One in three Black children live in poverty. It's time to burn what remains of the Confederacy down."

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Feb 11
NBC's Lester Holt asks about Biden's definition of "temporary" inflation. Biden says, "I think you're being a wise guy with me a little bit. I understand that's your job."

Biden then explains inflationary pressures and why he thinks it'll "taper" off this year.
Reacting to the Holt/Biden moment, @Bakari_Sellers says, "Yeah, it was a terrible answer, and I would tell them that if they were looking me in the face."

Sellers say nobody wants "to hear what Nobel laureates actually say about the problem ..."

Solutions or I feel your pain.
Predictably, Fox & Friends is all over this Holt/Biden inflation moment.

Brian Kilmeade, who is decidedly not an economist, says Biden is like "Rain Man with Build Back Better."

Kilmeade then slams Paul Krugman as "a left-wing economist who somehow won a Nobel prize."
Read 5 tweets
Feb 1
.@AdamSchefter reports Brian Flores, fired last month as Miami Dolphins head coach, has brought a class action lawsuit against NFL and multiple teams for “racism in hiring.”

“There are texts from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick that are being used as evidence …”
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who is suing NFL over racism, says league is “managed like a plantation.”
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Feb 1
Tom Brady on reports of his retirement: "People want to be in front of the news often, and I totally understand that ... Literally it's day to day with me."
"When I know, I'll know, and when I don't know, I don't know, and I'm not going to race to some conclusion about that."

— Tom Brady on whether he will retire this off-season
"Day to day" turned out to be the next morning. Tom Brady officially retires from the NFL:
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Jan 31
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) calls Biden’s commitment to picking a Black woman for the Supreme Court “offensive” and “an insult to Black women.”

“Black women are, what, 6% of the U.S. population? He’s saying to 94% of Americans, ‘I don’t give a damn about you.’”
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Jan 28
Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) ends State of the State speech with a message for those who've knocked his state:

"Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there, 'Kiss her hiney.'"
Bette Middler has since apologized for calling West Virginians "poor, illiterate and strung out."
Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) has two modes:

1. Kiss Babydog's hiney
2. Get vaccinated for Babydog
Read 4 tweets
Jan 28
A snow-covered bridge in Frick Park in Pittsburgh PA has collapsed ... on the day Biden is visiting the city to speak about infrastructure.

There do not appear to be any deaths, still waiting on severity of any injuries. A natural gas line appears to be cut.
Reporters asked a local witness if there were any signs the bridge was unsafe or might collapse.

Wendy responded, "It is funny you should ask that. Over the years there has been a ca-thump, ca-thump."
The latest as of now:
post-gazette.com/local/city/202…
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