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StarfishSaver

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October 16, 2019

America: Your president actually wrote this letter to a foreign leader

And someone who works for him actually typed it and printed it out on White House letterhead.

What are you gonna do about it?

https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1184570682757337089

October 16, 2019

One of the most disgusting things about where we are today is that not one Republican Member

will speak up to defend the woman who leads their chamber against vicious attacks by the head of another branch.

Not that she needs it, but it would still be nice.

October 16, 2019

BREAKING: Pelosi, Hoyer and Schumer walk out of White House meeting because Trump "melted down"

Peter Baker reporting on MSNBC that Trump insulted Pelosi to her face and clearly had a meltdown, so the Democrats walked out.

https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1184564600022491136

October 15, 2019

I'd vote for Biden, but lots of people won't vote for a 78-year-old white guy

so maybe he shouldn't be the nominee.

Make sense? If not, why not?

October 15, 2019

People often say "I don't have a problem voting for a woman, but I worry that other people will"

And then use that as an excuse for not supporting female candidates.

Please think about what this says, what it means, and how that affects female candidates and the process.

Among other things, it feeds into and perpetuates systemic discrimination while allowing themselves to feel "above it all" and appear not to be participating in the sexism they claim to be identifying.

Fearing that someone else will behave in a sexist manner is not a valid excuse for not voting for a woman. If you don't want to vote for the female candidate, for whatever reason that may be, don't vote for her. But claiming you're not going to vote for her because you think someone else might not vote for her because they're sexist makes you as culpable in the sexism as the people whose behavior you claim to be able to predict and feel entitled to protect the rest of us from.

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