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Interests include 80s sitcoms, puns, wine, “judicial philosophy,” animals who think they’re people, civil liberties, wine, and social justice

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@ElieNYC I came back to Twitter for the sole purpose of saying this--we told you Garland didn't want this and wouldn't do it. Garland has slow-walked, let statutes of limitations expire, and sided with Tr*mp/Barr at every turn. He acted to retrieve nuclear documents only as a last resort.

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@TiffanyDCross Yup. Folks have made our existence, bodily autonomy, and very humanity… political.

I’d LOVE not to be fighting for that stuff.

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@DrJasonJohnson First it’s *there are no qualified women and POC candidates.*

Then it’s *ignore the qualified women and POC candidates. We need a white guy with no experience to shake things up.*

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@jayrosen_nyu @Lawrence I was going to say CNN’s policy is to platform election deniers but only ask them about kittens and puppies…

But then I remembered Oz.

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@Gothamist This is a good recap.

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@jbouie The right wing wants us to eat shite and thank them for the privilege.

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@ElieNYC Herschel Bar is the worst chocolate bar.

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@DrJasonJohnson K, I was a history major. Don’t ask or do.

I appreciate historical parallels. But one-to-one comparisons aren’t particularly useful. Themes & cultural sentiments *can* be predictive, though.

“Performance on TV” is a weak parallel in this segmented, short-term media environment.

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@LEBassett @jbouie Oz’s whole persona is fictional.

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@AmandaMarcotte This also enrages me. Moderators *should* push back and/or question when a candidate says something bat-guano insane. But most moderators aren’t cut out for the Tr*mp era.

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@timtuffnuts @Acyn @Lawrence OK, thanks for asking! Zeldin:
-is an election denier
-won’t even say he supports polio vaccines
-blames cash bail for crime (Limiting cash bail just lessens poor folks like Kalief Browder dying in Rikers serving more time—pre-trial!—than they would if convicted for stealing.)

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@AngryBlackLady You don’t live on the edge. It’s a liquid and you live on the lip.

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@THECITYNY @Dr_CMGreer @NY1 Truly, this debate will galvanize people who were tepid on @KathyHochul and turn them into evangelists.

Zeldin isn’t just meh. He is actively and aggressively terrible for NY in every way.

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@THECITYNY @Dr_CMGreer @NY1 I wasn’t because I already knew how I’d vote. But I tuned in and now the candidate I disliked is the candidate I actively hate.

Zeldin is a garbage person.

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@espiers Campaigns are abusing fundraising email for short-term gain.*

They’re also abusing email overall. Folks unsubscribe from responsible lists in a fit of pique when inboxes get flooded.

*Even the short-term gain is based on bad metrics. I know a smidge but @espiers knows far more.

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@sarahkendzior @DrJasonJohnson Garland will act (slowly and reluctantly) to retrieve *some* highly classified documents.

We’ve seen evidence of nothing else.

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@TheBeatWithAri @DrJasonJohnson @errinhaines @AriMelber I missed this?! Jeez, give me a heads up. Unless you did. Then, my bad.

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@chrislhayes I feel like there’s substantial overlap in the groups that underestimate their “heavy tweeting” and those that underestimate their “heavy drinking.”