@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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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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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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@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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@propublica31 Jan 2019
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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Is there a "Green Cinematic Universe" where the villain is racism? Following "The Green Mile" and "Green Room", we're turning the pages of Peter Farrelly's @greenbookmovie apple.co/2UkpdWs
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Very excited to share footage from Mr. Jones, the film I wrote/produced directed by the legend that is Agnieszka Holland: variety.com/2019/film/global…

First Footage From Berlin Competition Film ‘Mr. Jones’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Variety has been given exclusive access to first-look footage from "Mr. Jones," which premieres in competition at the Berlin Film Festival.

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1. Congrats! You just helped buy the most expensive home in America. Oh, you don't know what I'm talking about? Let me explain. goo.gl/3D1Qqs

You helped buy the most expensive home in America

Welcome to the free weekly edition of Popular Information — written by me, Judd Legum.

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This is a very ugly development that makes no sense. Letting Deripaska off the hook is a huge gift to Putin at a time when Putin is spreading chaos and crime around the world
Julia Davis@JuliaDavisNews27 Jan 2019
Trump's Treasury Dept. just lifted sanctions imposed on US Rusal PLC, En+ Group PLC and JSC EuroSibEnergo — three companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg #Deripaska, said to be one of Putin's favorite oligarchs. #Russia treasury.gov/resource-center…
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A description of a cult. Thread.
Jay Bookman@jaysbookman26 Jan 2019
The modern GOP has degenerated into a group of people who have agreed to tell each other and believe impossible but reassuring things, to the point that the willingness to eagerly believe all those impossible things has become the glue that holds a crumbling party together. 1/10
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A reminder that the people “bringing the drugs” into America’s communities are rich and white.
CBS News
@CBSNews26 Jan 2019
Family behind OxyContin maker engineered opioid crisis, Massachusetts AG says cbsn.ws/2DzpuPQ
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