Thomas SWAIM
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Thomas SWAIM
@Swaim11T
NC State Alum and Wolfpacker forever. Retired with a very active mind and wit.
Charlotte เข้าร่วม Aralık 2022
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@RCEY28 It's harder than it looks...so this is well done. She would do better than me with a lot of wind.
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This blonde young lady in a turquoise long sleeve shirt and pink shorts stands at the helm of a white boat steering through a sunny marina with one hand on the throttle and the other on the wheel.
She looks around at the docks and other boats then turns back with a big smile as the boat eases backwards under a clear blue sky.
You watch someone handle a boat like a pro on a perfect day out on the water. Do you think it is relaxing and the kind of skill everyone should learn for fun days like this or do you say driving a boat through a crowded marina with people around is too risky if something goes wrong?
Would you trust her at the wheel or take over yourself?
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Must be exhausting to champion racial gerrymandering one week, only to discover it offends you the next.
Barack Obama@BarackObama
Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach. The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
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I'm blocking you Mark. You are just a gift to the other side.
Kevin Coulter@Kevin_Coulter_1
Mark Robinson is a gift that keeps on giving. I’m glad he’s back. The North Carolina Republican Party deserves every bit of him. #nced #ncpol #ncleg
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@JoshStein_ I bet you didn't live in the old district 12, which was about 1 mile wide between Charlotte and Durham. Bet you loved that one. BTW, read Alito's statement on today's decision. It is obvious to some that you want to make sure we keep discrimination alive and well in politics.
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Today's news should concern anyone who cherishes our democracy. This Supreme Court decision guts the Voting Rights Act, freeing legislatures to diminish the ability of racial minorities to elect their preferred candidates, and abandons the principle of equal participation in our democracy. Voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around. Voters can still win — we just have to work even harder. Let’s get to work.
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@SenWarren You do realize he arranged for private funding. It's very likely he will have little use of the ballroom in his term, if at all. Tiresome to listen to all your crap.
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Right now, I'm BLOCKING a Republican bill to build Donald Trump's ballroom.
Instead of rubber-stamping Trump’s gold-encrusted ballroom, Congress must lower costs for American families. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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@BernieSanders Hey Bernie, how's that Communist thing going in NYC? He's already run out of money. This is not helping your legacy comrade.
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War in Iraq: $2.1 trillion
War in Afghanistan: $2.3 trillion
Projected cost of the war in Iran: $1 trillion
Somehow, there is always money for war, but never enough money for housing, education or the needs of working people. We must and will change our national priorities.
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@RoyCooperNC OMG. Did you do ANYTHING about your perceived grievances when you were really in a position to impact them? You are the most dishonest candidate I have ever witnessed.
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For too many North Carolinians, the middle class feels like a distant dream. The biggest corporations and the richest Americans have grabbed unimaginable wealth at your expense.
That means milestones like buying a house now feel unthinkable. It’s time for that to change.
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Tim Walz called me a “far right delusional conspiracy theorist” and said exposing the fraud in his state was “white supremacy.”
It was the classic false smear tactic that has worked for so long… but it didn’t work this time. Tim was exposed and dropped out.
Tim leared.
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@qc_cin @mattvanswol More Roy Cooper legacy. @joshstein do you ever care enough to make a statement about what you're doing to our city and state? It's like you're invisible...like people won't know you fully supported Cooper policies.
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“He was released 7 days after his murder conviction”
Charlotte is a dangerous city.
@mattvanswol
Hunter Sáenz@Hunt_Saenz
BREAKING: Tychicus Dobie, one of the men who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Kendal Crank, has been arrested again and charged with another murder. Crank was shot & killed on her way to nursing school in 2019. @wsoctv
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Another example of the character leading in the polls? Think he won't take grifting to DC?
NCGOP@NCGOP
The news media is finally taking notice. What did Cooper know about this fraud and why did he push Green New Scam policies, which stood enrich those politically-connected businesses? #NCPOL #NCSEN nctribune.com/gop-puts-coope…
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@ReverendWarnock Warnock, do you not realize that Jim Crow was a democrat policy....per GROK
"Jim Crow laws were the policy of Southern Democrats (the "Solid South" or Dixiecrats) after the end of Reconstruction."
You and Schumer are pretty loose with how y'all characterize it.
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Trump's Supreme Court is dragging us back to the dark and ugly days of Jim Crow.
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ABC News@ABC
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has delivered a 6-3 decision limiting the use of the landmark Voting Rights Act. Read more: abcnews.visitlink.me/vqDLP1
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@LeaderJohnThune If it's you that's in charge of the things you list, then I am very very very worried.
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The enormity of what Democrats have opted for cannot be understated.
No one to stop dangerous individuals from making their way into our country, and no one to catch and deport these dangerous individuals if they do make it in.
As long as Republicans are in charge, we’re going to do everything we can to protect our borders and keep dangerous criminal illegal aliens off our streets.
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@RoyCooperNC So you support 47 more years of dealing with a country who, if they ever get a nuke, will hold the rest of the world hostage. My God, NC wake up. This man is not worthy of any other political seats, much less the Senate.
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$25 billion spent on a foreign war while Americans back home are struggling to pay for gas and groceries. DC politicians need to take a hard look at their priorities.
Erik Wasson@elwasson
US HAS SPENT $25 BILLION ON IRAN WAR SO FAR, PENTAGON SAYS
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@RepDonaldsPress Who owns Thune? He's like the defenseman that sprawls out in front of the puck shot to make sure it doesn't get to the net. He is under the control of somebody...Mitch? Dark money? I hate to be so frustrated but he is Paul Ryan Part 2.
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It’s time to stop the excuses, secure our ballots, and put this on the President's desk TODAY.
PASS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT🇺🇸
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Thomas SWAIM รีทวีตแล้ว
You can waste your breath and try to explain to this communist why this won’t work.
But he knows. He knows it won’t work. He knows it will only destroy.
That’s the idea.
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
I co-introduced historic legislation to increase the minimum wage to $25. As someone who taught economics at Stanford, here is why it makes sense. The real minimum wage was $14 in 1968. Today it is half, but productivity has increased 2.5x. Instead of extractive capitalism, we need a free enterprise system that pays workers what they are worth.
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@SenWarren OMG, you had two beers first? Why the fuck should we care what you think of a movie comrade?
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@PpollingNumbers No way my friends and fellow NCers are this stupid. I can make up numbers too.
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New - Senate poll - North Carolina
🔵 Cooper 50%
🔴 Whatley 41%
Opinion diagnostics #C - LV - 4/24
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Thomas SWAIM รีทวีตแล้ว
🚨#BREAKING: Father of 22-year-old Logan Federico is screaming at Democrats in Congress after his daughter was dragged from bed, forced on her knees, and executed...
...by a man arrested 39 TIMES with 25 FELONIES!!!
We need to hold judges & DAs responsible for releasing vicious murderers on innocent victims.
Everyone who let this demon walk freely, should be in prison.
FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING
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@timburchett Another poke in our eye. Tell them to take a leap in the East River.
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