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The first Twitter post from a blogger and avowed Twitter hater. If you're interested in reading a blog about leftist politics and the Midwest, check out: https://t.co/cDkRV3dX3h. #myfirstTweet

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@Ollie_XVX Did the Deadwood repurpose their old cigarette vending machine for this?

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@Ollie_XVX I’m guessing it gets more bleak once we figure out which books the other 60% are reading.

[Oliver Weilein, Iowa City Councilor @Ollie_XVX]

Support local striking workers. Donate if you can, join them on the picket line✊

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@nfisherman_ It's someone saying dumb shit on the Internet. They should step away from the phone/computer for a bit and reconsider their approach.

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@comradejumpshot YIMBYs have been very effective at co-opting "housing justice" terminology and movements.

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Short answer: No. Long answer: https://t.co/q4yHS6rTPw

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@BenBurgis Israel is the only country, with the possible exception of Vatican City, that counts as an ethno-theocracy.

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@Futch__Cassidy I’d recommend checking in with Christopher Warnock, a local attorney. But whichever lease was signed first is probably the legally binding one.

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@GoodVibePolitik I agree she should endorse, but the polling is indicating he has no real chance of winning, regardless of whether he lands an AOC endorsement. Presumably that's the calculation she's making.

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@BeckyLTuch The experiment was hardly needed to "prove" his point. It's not exactly a secret that lots of publications fetishize identity and attribute to identity all sorts of causal powers it doesn't have. Embarrassing magazines in this way is just cruel for little purpose.

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@Ollie_XVX This hat will not stand, man.

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@bonehaver I mean, she probably won more votes for Oliver than any other campaign surrogate. So, this checks out.

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@justinkcomer It turns out that when a person defines something wrong, they come up with wrong answers when they run studies.

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@justinkcomer It turns out that launching a smear campaign against a person - and then endlessly claiming the *other* side is smearing you - isn't very effective.

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Oliver wins! Some thoughts on the significance for IC politics. https://t.co/LqthwYvbUe

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@Cobblestoning Someone who refuses to speak to one of the city's two newspapers shouldn't be in office. If he wins, he really needs to reconsider this absurd stance.

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@Ollie_XVX We did about the same process after Molly died last year. It does feel good to get the ashes back and the urn set up.

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If your landlord tells you to vote for someone, that’s a pretty good sign you should vote for their opponent.

[Oliver Weilein, Iowa City Councilor @Ollie_XVX]

Landlords are throwing my signs when tenants put them up in their yard. Tenants keep telling me that they also replace them with Ross Nusser signs. Landlords are mass texting their tenants to vote against me. Is all of this stuff legal? Technically. Is it ethical? No. Scummy? Yes

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@greencommunism @dbessner The dream of the 90s is alive in...Congress.

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@Ollie_XVX I just want to remind everyone that, as Ronald Reagan once told us, ketchup is a vegetable.