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@didikins4life

#BackToSchool Conservatives like to insist that they revere the U.S. Constitution, though many have very little familiarity with it. There’s many more amendments than just their favorite, #2.
1/ Thread #Constitution #DemsWork4USA

We have 3 Branches of Government:
1. Legislative: makes laws; Article 1
2. Executive: enforces laws; Article 2
3. Judicial: interprets laws; Article 3
2/ #backtoschool #Constitution

When the Constitution was written there were two entrenched factions. Federalists: supported the Constitution; wanted a strong central government,; Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote Federalist Papers trying to get the public to support the Constitution.
3/ #backtoschool

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@didikins4life

#BackToSchool “#Filibuster” is a funny word. It rolls off the tongue surprisingly well for a blocking tactic! Its history is longer than you’d think.
Here’s a look at the filibuster, how it works and the current political firestorm over it.
apnews.com/article/donald…
1/20

WHAT’S A FILIBUSTER?
Unlike the House, the Senate places few constraints on lawmakers’ right to speak.
Senators can easily use the chamber’s rules to hinder or block votes. Collectively these procedural delays are called #filibusters. 2/20

Senate records say the term began appearing in the mid-19th century. The word comes from a Dutch term for “freebooter” and the Spanish “filibusteros” that were used to describe pirates. 3/20 #Filibuster #Pirates

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diane #ForAll straub

@didikins4life

#BackToSchool With all the investigations & talk about Congressional Committees, it’s important to review some history & understand the impact CC’s have had in the past? Why is it so much harder to get accountability today? (Hint: Think elephant)
open.lib.umn.edu/americangovern… 1/13

Conducting investigations is one of the most public activities in which congressional committees engage. 2/13 #JusticeMatters #investigation #accountability #TheBigLie #demswork4usa

During the Progressive Era of the 1890s through 1920s, members could gain the attention of muckraking journalists by holding investigative
hearings to expose corruption in business and government. 3/13 #Corruption #accountability #Congress #TheBigLie

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diane #ForAll straub

@didikins4life

#BackToSchool With all the investigations and coverage of House/Senate Committees, it’s important to review how it all works, how it’s structured & what it all means. What do Congressional Committees do? How are members selected?
open.lib.umn.edu/americangovern… 1/18

In 1885, Woodrow Wilson famously observed, “Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work” (Wilson, 1885). This statement is no less true today. 2/18 #demswork4usa #Congress

Committees are the lifeblood of Congress. They develop legislation, oversee executive agencies and programs, and conduct investigations.
There are different types of committees that are responsible for particular aspects of congressional work. 3/18 #demswork4usa #Congress

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

🧵1. There are a lot of political organizations out there and a lot of candidate endorsements. I co-founded @DemsWork4USA with @sumoh7 in 2017. We take a strategic approach to grassroots activism. We believe we need more money on the ground, not more money in ads.

2. Make no mistake - there is a grassroots army, and they are uniquely positioned to assess candidates and address gaps in the party infrastructure. Our goal is to provide a framework to leverage and maximize the power of on the ground activists - and translate it into wins.

3. We utilize a "grassroots up", multi-state, multi-cycle and longitudinal strategy to channel grassroots support toward candidates that will result in winning seats, retaining seats and building the bench. This is all critical to passing policy at the state and federal level.

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

#Louisiana LA-02 #SpecialElection #Election2021-March20

Support KAREN CARTER PETERSON #LA02 & @DemsWork4USA
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#YesWeCan #KeepItBlue #WinBlue
#LApol #LApolitics #CST
#Healthcare #Medicare #Medicaid #Education
#Democrats #liberals #moderates
#DemsWork4USA

🔁Elect🌟KAREN CARTER PETERSON🌟#LA02

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Candidate Spotlight: ⚡️KAREN CARTER PETERSON⚡️for #LA02

#Louisiana #LA02 #DemsWork4USA #WinBlue #DemCast #Democrats #SpecialElection
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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

🔁#Louisiana LA-05 #SpecialElection #Election2021-March20

Support CANDY CHRISTOPHE #LA05 & @DemsWork4USA
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#YesWeCan #FlipItBlue #WinBlue
#LApol #LApolitics #CST
#Healthcare #Medicare #Medicaid #Education
#Democrats #liberals #moderates
#DemsWork4USA

🔁Elect🌟CANDY CHRISTOPHE🌟#LA05

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#YesWeCan #WinBlue
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#Democrats #moderates
#DemsWork4USA

Candidate Spotlight: ⚡️Candy Christophe for #La05
#SpecialElection #DemsWork4USA

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Marie 🆘🗽🌊 🦅 WEAR A MASK!!!

@Merrirrro

Thread:
For four years, we've watched Trump:
1. Violate his oath of office
2. Violate the Constitution
3. Obstruct justice
4. Abuse his authority
5. Denigrate and belittle our military and veterans
5. Commit crimes against humanity
6. LIE!!!!
7. Praise racists
8. Praise Nazis
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9. Befriend dictators
10. Offend allies
11. LIE!!!!
12. Cheat an election
13. Punish his critics
14. Payoff porn stars
15. Be credibly accused of RAPE
16. Endanger our national security
17. Subvert congressional authority
18. LIE!!!!
19. Protect convicted felons
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20. Expose classified information
21. Embrace our adversaries
22. Embezzle from taxpayers
23. Commit extortion
24. Lie about #COVID19, resulting in the deaths of 190,000 people - and counting
25. Give away vital PPE to China
26. Try to profit off ventilators
3/

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

1. Ok, Real Talk. Pragmatism isn’t the same as Centrism. Pragmatism is playing out the string, carefully considering the outcomes and playing the long game. Vetting candidates, policies and strategies is CRITICAL, not divisive.

2. I’m tired of hearing 2020 placed in the misguided construct of targeting swing voters vs. the base in terms of center and far left lanes. Our base is WOC. The nominee must have their support to win and they’re not generally far left voters. For good reason.

3. WOC are the most vulnerable. The risk to them is higher if we fail. We all need to vote with our base in mind, and we cannot let them down. Sure, I want big, structural change, but I’m very concerned about empty promises or shortsightedness.

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

🔁#Election2020 Nov 3.

Support to Retake US Senate!, & @DemsWork4USA
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#DemSenate2020 #KeepItBlue #FlipItBlue #WinBlue

#ForThePeople #Healthcare #MiddleClass #BlueCollar #Ω
#USSenate #EST #CST #MST #PST

#DemsWork4USA

#Election2020 #Election2019

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Issues? DNC Hotline: 833-336-VOTE
#WinBlue #DemsWork4USA

🔁#GOTV #GeauxVote #Vota

Report any issue at the polls to:
ACLU's Hotline: 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
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#YouMatter #ElectionsMatter #SuVotoYQue #Ω

#PrimaryElection #PrimaryElections #GeneralElection
#Tuesday #TuesdayThoughts
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@didikins4life

Within weeks of the Orlando nightclub shooting, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) participated in a sit-in at the House to demand votes on gun control legislation, saying, "We owe it to the LGBT community & all families harmed by gun violence to keep terror suspects from obtaining guns."

Since he was first elected to Congress in 1998, Sen. Udall has taken a leadership role on a wide array of environmental issues, receiving a lifetime score of 96% from the League of Conservation Voters.
#DemSenate2020 #DemsWork4USA #DemFuture #ForThePeople

Sen. Udall was one of the original co-sponsors of the Arctic Wilderness Bill, and more recently has worked closely with the Navajo and Pueblo nations in New Mexico to oppose new leasing, drilling and fracking near Chaco Canyon National Park. #DemSenate2020 #DemFuture

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@didikins4life

We must focus our #DemFuture energies on taking back the Senate. All Class II Senators are up for re-election in 2020.

Class II terms run from the beginning of the 114th Congress on January 5, 2015, to the end of the 116th Congress on January 3, 2021.
#USsenate #BlueWave

Support #DEMOCRATS:

Booker, Cory A. (D-NJ)
Coons, Christopher A. (D-DE)
Durbin, Richard J. (D-IL)
Jones, Doug (D-AL)
Markey, Edward J. (D-MA)
Merkley, Jeff (D-OR)
#DemSenate2020 #TakeItBack #USsenate

Support #DEMOCRATS:

Peters, Gary C. (D-MI)
Reed, Jack (D-RI)
Shaheen, Jeanne (D-NH)
Smith, Tina (D-MN)
Udall, Tom (D-NM)
Warner, Mark R. (D-VA) #DemSenate2020 #TakeItBack #USsenate

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

1. I am one of a majority of women in America. Yes, I am angry. And disgusted. And fearful over the direction of our country. But, I am far from powerless and with my sisters I make this pledge:

2. I am not ok with cruelly caging children, tearing them from their parents with no plan for reunification. I am not ok with creating orphans as a matter of government policy. I refuse to accept traumatizing children as an act of deterrence against immigration.

3. I am not ok with sitting by in denial while our planet faces certain peril and our children face uncertain futures for small economic gains from blind deregulation. We should be leading the world in our quest to stop climate change and protecting our precarious environment.

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diane #ForAll straub

@didikins4life

Democrats Fight #GOP Culture of Corruption to Make Washington Work for the People/1 #VoteBlue2018 #Midterms #Democrats #DemsWork4USA #WhyIVoteDemocrat

This week’s indictment of #GOP Congressman Chris Collins shines a stark light on the rampant culture of corruption and self-enrichment among #Republicans in Washington today/2 #Collins #CorruptGOP #SwampThings

..and the story continues to widen as reporters unearth at least six other #GOP current and former Members of Congress who have recently owned or sold stock in Innate Immunotherapeutics, the Australian company at the center of the arrest of Rep. Collins./3 #GOPCORRUPT #Collins

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

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diane #ForAll straub

@didikins4life

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), enacted by the U.S. Congress & signed into law by Pres. Barack Obama in 2009, designed to stimulate the U.S. economy by saving jobs jeopardized by the Great Recession of 2008–09 and creating new jobs #DemHistory #ForAll

Obama’s first major legislative effort was to enact a recovery program that would stimulate the economy by creating or saving millions of jobs and staunching the bleeding from the recession. #DemHistory #ForAll #DemsWork4USA

#ARRA introduced in the House of Representatives less than a week after Obama assumed office/on 1/28/09 the House passed its version of the bill, which envisioned an $819B package of gov spending & tax cuts & was passed without the support of any Republicans #DemHistory #ForAll

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Rachel Murphy Azzara #DemsWork4USA

@RachelAzzara

#NewYork You have a primary #election tomorrow - Tuesday, June 26. Please make a plan to go vote and remind your friends and family!

#DemsWork4USA #WinBlue
#Democrats #Progressives #Moderates
#NY #NYC #NYpolitics #NYpol

#NYprimary
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6 AM to 9 PM: In #NYC and the counties of #Nassau, #Suffolk, #Westchester, #Rockland, #Orange, #Putnam, #Dutchess and #Erie

Ref: elections.ny.gov/FAQ.html
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#NYprimary
POLLS OPEN AT

12 NOON to 9 PM in all places including below that have extended hours.

6 AM to 9 PM: In #NYC and the counties of #Nassau, #Suffolk, #Westchester, #Rockland, #Orange, #Putnam, #Dutchess and #Erie

Ref: elections.ny.gov/FAQ.html

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diane straub

@didikins4life

This week, House and Senate Democrats are unveiling two bold, ambitious, new planks of our A Better Deal agenda: A Better Deal for Our Teachers and Students, and A Better Deal for Our Democracy.1 #ABetterDeal #BlueWave2018 #DemPartyPlatform

Education is the catalyst for economic mobility, and the engine of progress in our nation. Yet, America’s teachers are underpaid, our schools are underfunded and our children are too often denied the good, public education they need to succeed. 2 #ABetterDeal #Education

Today, teacher’s wages are a full 17 percent lower than comparable workers – forcing nearly one in every five full-time teachers to work a second job to make ends meet. 3 #ABetterDeal #Education #Teachers #DemsWork4USA

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@didikins4life

The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #CHIP #ProtectOurCare

The legislation to create CHIP was sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch, with support coming from First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Clinton administration. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #ForAll #CHIP

In 1997, 10 million children were without health insurance, many of whom were in working families with incomes just above states’ Medicaid eligibility levels. Since the enactment of CHIP, the %of children lacking health insurance has been halved. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat

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diane straub

@didikins4life

Sometimes it's good to review what we've accomplished so we remember what we stand for: #Thread #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemsWork4USA #DemPartyPlaform

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 was enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration requiring corporations make public certain financial information, including stock sales and distribution. #DemHistory #WhyIVoteDemocrat #DemPartyPlaform #DemsWork4USA 2

The Social Security Act, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935, created Social Security, a federal safety net for elderly, unemployed and disadvantaged Americans. #DemHistory #DemPartyPlaform #WhyIVoteDemocrat

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diane straub

@didikins4life

#GOPTaxScam Puts Medicare and Medicaid on the Chopping Block to Give a Tax Break to the One Percent 1
#RESIST #ProtectOurCare

Americans across the country can’t be fooled: the debt-exploding GOP tax scam puts Medicare and Medicaid on the chopping block and ultimately raises taxes on 86 million middle class American families: 2 #GOPTaxScam #Medicaid #Medicare #ProtectOurCare

#GOPTaxScam Raises Taxes on 86 Million Middle Class Families – the GOP tax scam’s meager, temporary benefits for the middle class evaporate in a few years, and the scam ultimately raises taxes on 86 million middle class families. 3 #GOPlies #VoteThemOut

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