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Feb 21 5 tweets 2 min read
I don't think anyone has nearly the difficulty defining what "woke" is the authors suggest they do. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
"Republicans, however, say their concerns about wokeism stem from their belief that liberals are trying to use government to impose their values, in the process reducing people and issues to crude identity politics."

When you undermine your premise. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
This article should be understood as the first of many attacks to come on Ron DeSantis by insinuating that his reputation as an anti-woke crusader is made up because wokeness is made up. The only problem is that the article itself gives plenty of examples of the phenomenon. Image
If you think men can become pregnant or that being punctual is a manifestation of "whiteness," congratulations, you're woke.

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"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
"2023 Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts."
And it turned out to be the live action shorts instead. You lied, Fandango.
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"'The current Trump is not the Trump that I voted for,' said Nancy, 69, from Iowa. 'I feel like he has shown some things, qualities and non-qualities, whatever, that I don't care for now.'"

And that's why MAGA world has dialed the panic to 11. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
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"The affidavit states that Pfeffer was later picked up by his mother on Ridge Avenue and driven back to Bucks County."

He can plead guilty or his mom can join him in the slammer. Prosecutors have him by the balls. inquirer.com/news/temple-po…
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Dang.
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Good luck convincing anyone with an open mind that the guy who had someone dressing up as the Grim Reaper to protest his COVID policies was pro-lockdown. esquire.com/news-politics/…
Trump 2016 had the instincts to avoid such a risible and implausible line of attack. Especially when it's one that can so obviously be turned against him.
April, 2020. But sure, DeSantis kept lockdowns going. GLWT. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/l…
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I wonder what the polling threshold will be. Larry Hogan better hope it's "having name listed on questionnaire," otherwise he's going to be in trouble. Same with Asa Hutchinson, Liz Cheney, and Chris Sununu.
Thresholds for the Democrats' first two debates in 2019 were a minimum of 1 percent in three separate national or early state polls from January 1 to two weeks before the debate, or donations from 65,000 people in 20 states, with at least 200 per state. abcnews.go.com/Politics/democ…
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