@tieoptional

Out of the armchair, into the esquire.

Joined September 2014
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Here's Mark Meadows, who just sidetracked the entire House Oversight Committee to assure him he's not racist, saying that "2012 is the time we are going to send Mr. Obama home to Kenya or wherever it is"
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Had fun catching up with @chescaleigh & @tieoptional!
BRIC TV@BRICTV23 Feb 2019
On the latest @lastname_basis, activist and writer @Nettaaaaaaaa calls in from St. Louis to talk about grief, Twitter and when to cancel your faves: buff.ly/2NpR5Xa
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Touché
Marissa June@rissajune22 Feb 2019
I’m mad at @tieoptional for hating on Alabama. Y’all from Florida.
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After a police lieutenant in Portland, Oregon, exchanged hundreds of text messages with a right-wing organizer, the city’s mayor has called for an investigation to “review the existence of bias” in the department's policing of protests nyti.ms/2DKloTQ
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Taniel@Taniel17 Feb 2019
An 11-year old refused to recite Pledge of Allegiance, saying it's racist. Teacher asked why he didn't go live elsewhere. The kid was arrested for becoming disruptive, taken to juvenile detention center, & charged with misdemeanor. yahoo.com/lifestyle/boy-11-a… baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2…
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This is extraordinary
Kevin Liptak@Kevinliptakcnn8 Feb 2019
Today was deadline for Trump admin. to provide Congress answers on whether MBS played role in Khashoggi killing. A senior administration official says: "The President maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate."
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Omg 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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I am a(n): ⚪️ man ⚪️ woman 🔘 80's pop-rock icon Holding out for a: ⚪️ man ⚪️ woman 🔘 hero Who's gotta be: 🔘 strong 🔘 fast 🔘 fresh from the fight
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Spoiler alert: @deray endorsed my ORIGINAL podcasting jacket. So eat it, @chescaleigh!! Aaaand... She’s not on twitter for a few days, so she won’t be backing up people’s snarky comments about my dusty jacket. Come at me, bro! 😂
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Best frame-of-reference comment on this yet:
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@deray4 Feb 2019
THREAD. Why is the Chicago Police Department intentionally spreading misinformation about #JussieSmollett? Even if I didn't know him, I'd be concerned just about the way information has "leaked" via "sources" within the Chicago PD to reporters. And it's been since day one. 1/
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Just wait until they find out about the Golden Rule
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The public is acting as early investor, putting tons of money in the development of drugs that then become privatized. They receive no return on the investment that they have made. - @AOC
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THIS. By a distinguished former Federal Judge. “Encouragement of zealous representation of a client never contemplated such disgraceful conduct. The damage done (by Giuliani) may be beyond repair.“ law.com/newyorklawjournal/20…

Hasn't the Time Come for Rudy Giuliani to Be Disciplined? | Law.com

The president praises a convicted felon for not cooperating with law enforcement and condemns one who has cooperated, and Mr. Giuliani remains silent. The president characterizes John Dean who was...

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We made a tool. That tool helped you, the public, see how users were being targeted by advertisers. Now Facebook has quietly made changes to stop those efforts. propub.li/2RXP8Xf

Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours

Our tool had let the public see exactly how users were being targeted by advertisers. The social media giant urged us to shut it down last year.

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Voter suppression is traitorous. It isn’t merely racist or just the last resort of an unimaginative party. It does violence to the American idea. And it can be a national security issue. I wrote about Mitch McConnell getting every part of this issue wrong. trib.al/RToiqQS

Mitch McConnell, Enemy of the Vote

The Senate Majority Leader mocked a bill expanding ballot access while staying silent on foreign threats to our elections

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Why you need historians at conferences of the rich and powerful. ‘Stop talking about philanthropy, start talking about taxes’.

Davos Panelist Calls Out Davos For Not Addressing the Obvious

‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’ — This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed

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The only explanation that makes sense to me for the absolute BETRAYAL of the GOP on Deripaska is that they are being blackmailed with the hacked RNC emails. That’s the only thing that makes sense to me. I’m just furious about this.
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