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Fictional Former President, Nobel Prize Winner. I tweet a lot and retweet liberally.
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May 30, 2020 22 tweets 3 min read
“A riot is the unheard” is a quote you will hear quite a bit, but that quote was not Martin Luther King Jr. expressing support for riots. Indeed, he makes it clear in his remarks that he condemns them, but he makes it clear that the riots are a symptom of a much larger problem. This is going to be a long thread.
Jan 20, 2019 11 tweets 1 min read
Here’s what Democrats should counter-offer:

1. No more taxpayer money to any property owned by Trump’s family. If he wants to go to his Florida resort, he can foot the bill for the Secret Service himself. 2. The full DREAM act including permanent codified legal status and a path to citizenship for those under the age of 15 when they entered the country.
Nov 8, 2018 5 tweets 1 min read
For those of my followers who were disappointed O'Rourke didn't win: We can take a moment to recharge, but I want you to recognize what the Democratic Party of Texas has done this election cycle.

O'Rourke closed the gap in Texas by 13%. I count at least seven congressional seats in Texas that Democrats can view as targets for 2020. Seven seats! That could flip the Congressional delegation from Texas from red to blue. We will also have only two seats we would need to defend.
Nov 7, 2018 11 tweets 2 min read
Someone asked me this morning "What's next?" and it got me thinking about what Democrats should do with their new control of the House of Representatives. The answer is clear: Voting rights. /1 Some have suggested restoring the VRA, but I honestly think the VRA may not address some of the issues that we have seen at the polls lately. So, instead, I propose the following reforms. /2
Nov 6, 2018 26 tweets 6 min read
I want to see if I can get a voter from every single state to reply to this tweet. Alabama
Oct 28, 2018 20 tweets 3 min read
My heart is broken for America. I mean that. My heart is broken. We have gone through too many terrors, too many tragedies, and all in a matter of days. What is there to do but be broken of heart? This isn't a rhetorical question--I do not know the answers here. What I do know is that on Wednesday a man walked into a Jeffersontown, Kentucky supermarket--having already been turned away from a predominantly black church--and shot and killed a black man before shooting and killing a black woman in the parking lot.