@gmk_julie As late as 1990 North Carolina, all the deacons and the pastor took a smoke break between Sunday school and service. We used to be a proper country.
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Jamie Thompson
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The David Allan Coe era of Outlaw Country will never be replicated.
Pancho & Lefty by Willie & Merle
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@AndyBitterVT @pbowwow Touchy given your salary is paid by fans though.
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@pbowwow Exactly. I’m not a fan. I’m a reporter who covers the team.
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Personal news:
I’m back home in VA! I’m excited to share that I’ve joined @salimforva as his CM for VA’s new 7th.
Saddam has lead nationally on critical issue -including holding ICE accountable and lowering the cost of living.
He’s the progressive choice to meet this moment.
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No matter the setback, I’ll always get back up and keep fighting - because this country is worth it.
In Congress, I’ll take that fight further: stand up to corruption, defend our rights, and deliver real results for working families.
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As Campaigns Chair, I was proud to lead a strategy that won tough districts by actually meeting young people where they are - and having conversations about what mattered most to them.
We’re going to keep those conversations going on this campaign.
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@HelmerVA You are going to finish no better than fourth in the primary after hand drawing your own district.
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I lost friends in Iraq. I was shocked to see that one of the key architects of that disastrous war was hosting a fundraiser for Dorothy McAuliffe. If Democrats can't agree that peddling lies to justify a pointless war in the Middle East is wrong - who are we as a party?
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@Sam_Rasoul Scared of Tom Periello is no way to go through life.
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After careful consideration, I have decided that I will not be running for Congress this year.
I will continue to push our candidates and delegation to champion Medicare for All, tackle the affordability crisis, and fight for an arms embargo on Israel.
My statement:
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@tinainvirginia I’ve heard it’s cheaper to license the academic VT than the athletic VT.
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I hate that they used that stupid academic VT logo instead of the athletics logo.
Kelly Gramlich@kellygramlich
New @rhoback college town polos just dropped! These are my Top-4 from ACC schools. What do you think @EricMacLain!? Code GM2026 for 20% off your first purchase!
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@euanjs @EricMGarcia That’s just false. Here is the 2020 bill approving the commission: vpap.org/bills/67921/SJ…
It was a) sponsored by a Dem; b) passed the Virginia Senate unanimously, c) close vote in house of delegates (but bipartisan) and d) signed by Dem Gov.
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Key point from Weigel: Democrats are basically apologetic when campaigning for the redistricting referendum in Virginia, saying Trump made them do it. Meanwhile, the GOP didn't ask for permission when they did gerrymandering in Texas and North Carolina.
David Weigel@daveweigel
My report from Virginia, from the Dem and GOP campaign trails, on how the GOP is trying to change a Trump gerrymandering referendum (which it would lose) into a Spanberger referendum (which it might not lose) semafor.com/article/04/14/…
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Holy moly, I didn’t even recognize him. Don’t get me wrong, he looks great, but if he wasn’t singing, I wouldn’t know who he was.
Would you recognize him without hearing the song?
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@TylerEnglander @HOV395 @Jaaavis UConn's resume is different because of the TEN fewer final fours.
Both are Top 5 (top 2?) programs since '99.
UConn definitely #1. Duke about 2-3 (admittedly huge) shots behind.
But Duke was a Top 5(ish, maybe 6 or 7) all-time program going INTO '99.....UConn wasn't top 40.
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Love that call from Ian Eagle.
UConn is the bluest of bloods in college basketball.
Huskies go for their 7th National Championship (which would be the third most all-time) on Monday night.
GIF
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@chaboard2 @Jaaavis @TylerEnglander Nah. First natty in 91 and one less (about to be 2 less) than UConn. Duke is the same new kid as UConn
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@Jaaavis @TylerEnglander UCLA; Kentucky; UNC; Kansas top 4. Who would be next blue blood ahead of UConn?
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@TylerEnglander They’re not even a top 5 blue blood in college basketball
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@Jeff1Early @KenShepherd The tri-cities is 80,000 people and it’s 30 minutes from Richmond which has 1.5 million in Richmond City and surrounding counties.
Keller’s old church (west Hopewell Pres) is 13 minutes from an enormous regional shopping mall.
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@KenShepherd FWIW, as a native Virginian, who spent a lot of time in Hopewell, I would absolutely not hesitate to call it rural.
I understand your point with respect to the census definition. But it’s a small town pretty far from any meaningful city.
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Keller never ministered in rural Virginia. He pastored in Hopewell, Va., in the late 70s-mid 80s. In the 1980 Census the pop: 23,397. The 1980 Census definition of rural was fewer than 2,500 persons. www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/refer…
Matt Smethurst@MattSmethurst
When @TimKellerNYC was 24 years old, he was a new pastor in rural Virginia. Alice was an elderly Christian who had suffered enormously in her life. More than four decades later, Keller still remembered her perspective.
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@martensmatt1 What are you babbling about? Will the 2026 midterms be worse than the 1994 or 2010 midterms?
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Christians who claim they “predicted” (and then supported) Trump’s wins weren’t political sages whose brilliance we should all now acknowledge. They were early marks who fell for a con.
The climb down they are staring at in the next year is terrifying for them, I’m sure. There will be lots of lashing out. But the reckoning is inevitable.
Winter is coming.
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@jtuckermartin It’s a 25 year conspiracy against UVA. They’ve underperformed their seed every year except 2019 and the only explanation is the refs.
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Yeah. Nate Ament traveled. And the refs blew it. And I don’t care what the fine is Odom needs to say it postgame. What a miserable, massive blown call
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What could go wrong?
Bloomberg Law@BLaw
The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorney’s offices struggle to find qualified replacements following mass departures. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…
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