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[Will Conway @heywillconway]

To my friends in the Forward/independent space: I'm helping out on @GregforIndiana's campaign. It'd mean the world if you could sign up, volunteer or donate. Check out why I like Greg so much right here: https://t.co/3tpV68L7A6

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

Crazy to accuse a two-term mayor of Indianapolis of "spoiling" an election for statewide office. He's improving an election that was previously spoiled.

If major parties want a two person race, they should run better candidates so others don't have to get involved.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

"When everyone in power is a jackass, being honorable and competent is as anti-establishment as it gets."

360 no-scope from @JamesEBriggs about the power of @GregforIndiana's candidacy (via @indystar): https://t.co/Bh4NIEH1vU

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

This attitude is horrifying. Politics is a team sport, sure. But your team is supposed to be your constituents - the voters you represent - not devotion to a political party.

Party loyalty tests are the bane of modern politics.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

This @GregforIndiana campaign is a model for the country: a well respected, integral leader running to serve and running to open up ballot access to Hoosiers locally. Love it.

[Baggage Claim @heybaggageclaim]

@BDFITL @BenVerlander @FlippinBatsPod In every other industry, we accept that you have to spend money to make money. For some reason, that doesn't apply to baseball. We all accept this narrative that the Miami Marlins running out a Little League team is worth the same as the products delivered by NYY, TOR, LAD, etc.

[Baggage Claim @heybaggageclaim]

@BDFITL @BenVerlander @FlippinBatsPod Let's pretend it's that simple.

Would you expect two identical businesses in any industry to make exactly the same revenue if one was delivering a product worth less than half of the other?

In order to improve their product, they have to take a risk. It's sports. Deal with it.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

The President of the United States is withholding food for 41,700,000 Americans, including 16,300,000 children, until he gets his way. It's likely to be weeks. Maybe months.

If a parent withheld food from a single child for even a day, their neighbors would call CPS.

[Baggage Claim @heybaggageclaim]

@mackdubya Now do pitching.

Also, you seem to have forgotten his four years in NPB.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

Rough day for Don.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

This initiative is pretty cool. I’m more and more of the opinion that local, independent efforts know what’s best for local communities.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

Murdering guys we don't like is still murder. I feel like we've been on the same page about that for most of civilization.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

The minute you believe the rule of law doesn’t apply is the minute our country collapses.

I’m pretty sure this professor at Columbia knows this, which makes celebrating a straight-up murder even more disgusting.

[LetUsVote @LetUsVoteUSA]

What comes next for independent voters? We're hosting a meeting to talk about the results this year and the plan for 2025. If you're an independent, we want you in on that conversation. Join us here: https://t.co/TuM108J5NH

[LetUsVote @LetUsVoteUSA]

"For independents like myself, the right to vote in New York more closely resembles an autocracy than any democracy." #LetUsVote

Via @Newsday & @OpenPrimaryUSA. Have a look: https://t.co/G6Ft77R1h2

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

For everyone who spent the last decade claiming now “isn’t the time” for democracy reform and independent political movements, uh… your way didn’t work.

We’ll drive for a while, thanks.

[LetUsVote @LetUsVoteUSA]

Today is Veterans Day. It's on all of us to honor our veterans by building a stronger, more inclusive civic life that empowers and serves all voters - including the 50% of veterans who consider themselves independents.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

We can't fix millions of years of evolutionary biology. We *can* fix the inclusiveness of our electoral system, our incentives, our media, and our desire to build a real, unifying vision for America.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

If I've learned one thing in politics, it's that blaming voters for a loss today is a recipe for failure tomorrow.

[Will Conway @heywillconway]

This is spot on. But the truth of the Harris campaign was this: they couldn't focus on a positive vision for the future because they didn't HAVE a positive vision for the future.

All they had was "beat Trump." For millions of Americans of all stripes, that wasn't enough.