PLew

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[PLew @plinlew]

We are not helpless to wait for congress to pass term limits on themselves.

Just don't vote for them regardless of party. If the parties lose, they will also stop running people over 80.

Set a cutoff, never elect anyone over 70.

[PLew @plinlew]

@NotKennyRogers We don't even need term limits---just don't vote for the elderly regardless of party. If the parties lose, they will stop running people over 80.

[PLew @plinlew]

We don't even need term limits for representatives---just don't vote for them regardless of party. If the parties lose, they will stop running people over 80.

[Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow]

There are 23 current members of Congress age 80 and older.

Unbelievably, 9 of those are seeking reelection in November.

Here are the octogenarians seeking reelection, yet again:

-Jim Risch (D), 83, 17 years in Congress;
-Maxine Waters (D), 87, 35 years in Congress;
-Hal Rogers (R), 88, 45 years in Congress;
-Jim Clyburn (D), 85, 33 years in Congress;
-John Carter (R), 84, 23 years in Congress;
-Virginia Foxx (R), 83, 21 years in Congress;
-Doris Matsui (D), 82, 21 years in Congress;
-Rosa DeLauro (D), 83, 35 years in Congress;
-Jim Baird (R), 80, 7 years in Congress;

Why are taxpayers footing the bill for an elite nursing home?

We need term limits NOW.

[PLew @plinlew]

We don't even need term limits---just don't vote for them regardless of party. If the parties lose, they will stop running people over 80.

[Kentucky Girl @Notwokenow]

There are 23 current members of Congress age 80 and older.

Unbelievably, 9 of those are seeking reelection in November.

Here are the octogenarians seeking reelection, yet again:

-Jim Risch (D), 83, 17 years in Congress;
-Maxine Waters (D), 87, 35 years in Congress;
-Hal Rogers (R), 88, 45 years in Congress;
-Jim Clyburn (D), 85, 33 years in Congress;
-John Carter (R), 84, 23 years in Congress;
-Virginia Foxx (R), 83, 21 years in Congress;
-Doris Matsui (D), 82, 21 years in Congress;
-Rosa DeLauro (D), 83, 35 years in Congress;
-Jim Baird (R), 80, 7 years in Congress;

Why are taxpayers footing the bill for an elite nursing home?

We need term limits NOW.

[PLew @plinlew]

@ShaneGoldmacher Except that awkward moment when he won the primary...does she know he doesn't have to withdraw?

[Yemisi Egbewole @yemisi]

I just cannot accept the fact that to gain the working class we have to dress up people who show the lowest of our values.

[PLew @plinlew]

#Mainiacs

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

"That's my kinda man"

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

@BrentScher @nytimes Part 2 should never have been needed.

There is no reason Jenny shouldn’t have been able to stay anonymous to share her full story in the Times.

We both gave them sources corroborating our details they didn’t even bother to call.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

Jon, I apologize for embarrassing you – that’s not the kind of politics I want to practice anymore.

A lot of people follow you on Twitter, and they hope that you’ll put your country ahead of your partisanship.

Based on all that has happened since May, would you rather call me a moron… Or ask your deeply flawed Senate candidate from Maine to step aside?

[Brent Scher @BrentScher]

This is, by the way, a major embarrassment for the @nytimes.

Racicot already talked to them, and was so disappointed that she went to @politico and @CNN. Because the NYT made Lyndsey and her politics the story instead of Platner, and let his comms team shape the whole thing.

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

Mine weren't sufficiently troubling or serious for you, right?

[Sense Receptor @SenseReceptor]

MTG reveals why Congress is chronically Boomermaxxing 👴👵

"you wanna know why they want to die in office? ... Imagine you're 80 years old, and your staff are your caretakers"

"they wheel these people around in their damn wheelchairs... they wheel them all over the Capitol, all over the office buildings, to their committee hearings"

"once they're in front of the cameras, they stand their decrepit old selves up, and they walk into House floor, they sit in a chair, they put their voting card in the machine, and the push green or red based on what they're staff tells them to vote"

"and they can't let go of the praise. You know what they love more than anything? 'Oh, let me hold the door for you, Mr. Congressman.' Or, 'Yes, your honor... it's good to see you again, sir. Come on in.'"

"they are addicted to all of that. It's why they never give it up."

"and most of them, after they've been there so long, that's how they earn their paycheck. So what would they replace their paycheck with?"

"it's a reality that I wish so many times the American people could see. [To] see that old, old person being wheeled around by their 25-year-old staffer, to go in there and read the words that the other 20-year-olds wrote in their office and vote the way they've told them to vote"

"you're not being represented. I'm just telling you—you're not being represented"

@FmrRepMTG
@reason
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[British Embassy Washington @UKinUSA]

The greatest ex we ever had 😢

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[Houston Chronicle @HoustonChron]

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[SCOTUSblog @SCOTUSblog]

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[PLew @plinlew]

@ChrissieEvert Warm wishes to you!

[Iain Meiklejohn @meiklejohn21]

Home time. The USA have been fantastic hosts! We’ve loved the welcome from every city and state we’ve been in 🇺🇸

If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love the world, travel it. 🌎❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✈️🇺🇸 #scotland #fifaworldcup

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