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Just your average guy. I work, I love and I play Treat people well and hope they do the same.

Joined July 2010
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When asked about a potential U.S. Senate run against incumbent Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said "the last thing that people want to hear from me or any politician here is about the next election." "What they actually want to hear from us is about what we are going to do with the electoral results they just gave us on Tuesday," Ocasio-Cortez said.
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66-year-old retired Army veteran Loretta Young Thornton lives next door to Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 AI data center in Memphis’ Whitehaven neighborhood. She says the constant noise reminds her of a war zone. Her new neighbor? “I just say that’s my noisy neighbor, Elon Musk.”
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To our new Democratic Senators-elect: Welcome to Washington!
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Newly elected Democratic members of the U.S. Senate posed for a photo with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in his office on Monday. The senators-elect gathered at the U.S. Capitol for orientation following the midterm elections.
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Listen to this. And then listen again. And again. Until you get it.
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Rev. @raphaelwarnock came through after the Blue Wave took over the House and the Senate, and he speaks on what the Democratic Party needs to do moving forward and where Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are falling short in their roles. Listen live ➡️ breakfastclubonline.com/list… or stream on @Netflix RN! 📺
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"I wanted us to be seen in a beautiful way": Queen Latifah details the vision behind her documentary "You Can Go Home Again," about her New Jersey affordable housing initiative. #QueenLatifah #YouCanGoHomeAgain
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THE YOUNG DEMOCRATIC SUPERSTAR James Talarico humiliated Steve Toth on the House floor — and got him to admit the bigotry out loud. Talarico held the bill up side by side. The Senate version scrubbed Frederick Douglass. Scrubbed Martin Luther King Jr. Scrubbed Native American history, Cesar Chavez, Susan B. Anthony. But it kept Alexis de Tocqueville — a white Frenchman. Not even American. Talarico asked: "Could that be because he's a white man?" Toth had no answer. This is who they are. This is what we've known about this party for a long time. The Democratic Party wants everyone at the table. Republicans are snakes. He’s the Texas State Rep from The Woodlands who wrote the bill, HB 3979. This is 2026 and we're still having this conversation — the bitterness, the hate. The whole world is watching this embarrassment. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT
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This is why everyone is REALLY scared of him. He is very smart ! It’s been so long since we’ve seen such directness and accuracy. We need more leaders like him in government.
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Happy Diwali!  In these joyful photos by Pete Souza, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama dance with students during a Diwali candle lighting and performance at Holy Name High School in Mumbai, India, in 2010.
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🚨JUST IN: The NYPD announces fewest shooting incidents, fewest shooting victims, AND fewest murders in recorded New York City history for the first ten months of 2026. Looks like Mayor Mamdani knows exactly what he is doing. A few more notable facts:     •    Major crime is down 6.5% citywide year-to-date. In October alone it fell 8.6%, with 920 fewer crimes and declines in all five boroughs.     •    Shootings are down 10.4% and shooting victims are down 13% year-to-date.     •    Murders are down 15.7% year-to-date and 5% in October. Brooklyn had its fewest murders on record for the first ten months     •    Public housing hit record lows for murders (down 28%), shooting incidents (down 34.5%), shooting victims (down 36%) and robberies (down 18%) year-to-date.     •    The Bronx continues to lead the city in crime declines, with major crime down 11.3% year-to-date.     •    Burglary is down 14.2% year-to-date and 23.1% in October. Robbery is down 12.3% year-to-date and 15.5% in October.     •    Retail theft is down 12.2% year-to-date, with declines in every borough, and down 10.9% in October. Auto theft is down 11.2% year-to-date.
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If they had something to say about the price of gas or the price of groceries or the fact that people can't see a doctor, they would have said it. But they didn't.
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US Senator-elect Annie Andrews (D-SC) arrives at the US Capitol for the 120th Congress new member orientation meetings in Washington, DC, US. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
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Michael Lewis tells @JonStewart how a standoff between DOGE and a security guard turned the U.S. Institute of Peace into "Home Alone"
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"We can't trust our needs to someone else." Civil rights activist Angela Stewart explains the message behind Grace Morris Jones' fight for equal opportunities for Black children in Mississippi. 📜 Watch the newest episode of #AmericaAmended: youtube.com/@theroot
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Presenting @GQ's Breakouts of 2026, a collection of up-and-comers who just had the biggest, most-spotlight-stealing year of their lives. Featuring @LaBolaNegraFilm directors #LosJavis, and more: gq.visitlink.me/NvI8d3
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Election collapse for Republicans means these GOP pieces of legislation will die: 1) Add Trump image to Mt. Rushmore 2) Rename Dulles airport for Trump 3) Declare Trump's birthday a holiday 4) Mint $250 bill w/ Trump image 5) Order NIH to study "Trump Derangement Syndrome"
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He is going to make a real positive impact on America. Haven’t seen someone as talented as Dr. Senator Abdul El Sayed in a long time. He is the real deal!
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Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed reflects on former President Bill Clinton telling him to go into politics following his speech at his 2007 University of Michigan graduation. this-week.visitlink.me/goLbQ…
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FOX NEWS: Get rid of borders? MANDANI: No FOX: Get rid of SCOTUS? MAMDANI: No FOX: Get rid of jails? MAMDANI: No FOX: Do you think DSA is gonna kick you out? MAMDANI: No
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