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Jun 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Gun talks in the Senate have mostly ruled out banning the AR-15 rifle. So I asked 13 Republican Senators if they have ever shot an AR-15 or if they own one. Here's what they said 1/
independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Iowa's @joniernst says she owns one “I am a shooter, I have participated in gun sports, I was on my battalion’s team when I was in South Carolina. And I’m a law-abiding citizen." independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
When I asked Tommy Tuberville of Alabama what he uses an AR-15 for, he said "Shoot cans and stuff" and said "It’s no different from other rifles I have." independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Meanwhile Senator JOSH HAWLEY said he's shot one and “I know a number of women who have ARs and it’s for their personal safety, especially if they’re single.” #MOSen
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Jun 9
I had a similar experience with Ted Cruz this week. Would y'all like a thread on what it's like to talk with Ted Cruz in the halls of the Senate?
Ok, fine. I needed to procrastinate from working on a presentation anyway. So here goes. On Monday, as gun negotiations were once again kicking off, the gaggle had just talked to Cornyn, the lead Republican. 1/
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Jun 5
For the first week of #Pride2022: a brief thread about why the fates of LGBTQ+ and #ActuallyAutistic people are intertwined (to say nothing of LGBTQ+ autistic people). This right here is Ole Ivar Lovaas, the father of modern-day Applied Behavioral Analysis. 1/ Ole Ivar Lovas, a smiling middle-aged white man with sandy b
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Mar 21
Graham says "Soros." Graham decries attacks on J Michelle Childs, which he says "was really pretty vicious to be honest with you." Says "somebody on the left believes you do."
"The fact you're representing Gitmo detainees is not a problem with me. Everybody deserves a lawyer. You're doing the country a great service when you defend the most unpopular people," Graham says. 1/2
""But I do want to know about your amicus briefs after you're no longer a defence counsel weighing into the Supreme Court about how they decide law of war issues," Graham says 2/2
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Mar 21
What is a fact that sounds like a shitpost but is 100 percent real?
I'll start with one: Johnny Cash was the first, if not one of the first, American to know that Stalin died.
Another one: Jeb Bush and Bill Belichick went to high school at Phillips Academy in Andover at the same time.
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Dec 8, 2021
I WAS LITERALLY WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THIS WHEN I WORKED FOR YOU!
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I don't want to get on the social media editor who did this tweet because I probably know them and they are just doing their job but for God's sake! This is an irresponsible headline! The research is clear. It's changing because of the narrowing race gap.
Democracy may die in the darkness but the truth about autism dies in bad headlines. Dear God.
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Nov 16, 2021
Eric Clapton wrote a whole album about being in love with his best friend’s wife.
Also, plenty of people date a series of people in their teens and 20s. That’s life. The difference is that Taylor is a singer so a lot of this was done publicly, so she is allowed to have feelings about it.
Should note that even though I think he is a massive prick, I do enjoy Eric Clapton’s music, even if he kind of sucks when he is solo. And I also enjoy Taylor Swift’s music.
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