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Former News Anchor,Twin Cities Local SAG-AFRTA Board Member. 🌈

Minneapolis
Joined June 2011
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Steve Simpson retweeted
I know this is a complex concept, so let me try to explain this in great detail: political parties exist to elect members of that specific political party, not people from the opposing party. I know, it’s hard to follow.
This sounds downright Stalinist — from the Michigan Democratic Party chairman:
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Steve Simpson retweeted
Will Stevens condemn this? She was so insistent that AES condemn an ad he had nothing to do with - so will she condemn this racism that she’s enabling not from a random ad but from the president of the United States?
Trump: "Haley [Stevens] said what few people are willing to say. I'd love her to join the Republican Party…We don't want to have a jihadist. We'll have to put him through metal detectors in order to seat him…We're going to have to get a special metal detector for Abdul."
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Steve Simpson retweeted
Trump says he could have won the Vietnam War in a week. By bombing Ho Chi Minh City. IDIOT. The United States was defending Ho Chi Minh city, the capitol of South Vietnam. The enemy was North Vietnam, it's capitol is Hanoi. And by the way the United States did conduct limited bombing near Hanoi, but direct bombing of Hanoi itself would likely have drawn China or the Soviet Union into directly fighting against the United States. My God. This stupid violent idiot is Commander in Chief of the United States.
Trump: I could have won the Vietnam War in a week. They kept bombing forests for years instead of going after Ho Chi Minh City.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Ho Chi Minh City was called Saigon during the Vietnam War and was the capital of US-allied South Vietnam; North Vietnam's capital was Hanoi. britannica.com/place/Ho-Chi-M… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_S… en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Mi…
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Steve Simpson retweeted
This is a must-read, from a man who defected from the Communist bloc to the USA 40 years ago. "What worries me the most is not Trump himself or those who do his bidding, but rather the willingness of so many ordinary citizens to look away." theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Steve Simpson retweeted
like, sometimes you sorta need to pinch yourself and ask: did the president just say a female senate candidate was a little heavy but thankfully got herself in shape and did it without GLP-1s and now she's great? And did the crowd laugh and cheer along?
Trump just riffing on Ashley Hinson's body and the crowd eating it up is pretty tacky, old man stuff!
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Haley Stevens deserves tremendous credit for unifying the Democratic Party today.
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Warnock on Ted Cruz suggesting Muslims won't see heaven: "It's bigotry. Pure and simple. Religious bigotry is bigotry. Republicans know they are losing the argument. It's deeply disheartening, though not terribly surprising, that they are trying to stir up these old demons."
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Stevens got over 30 million from AIPAC in her primary and now she's endorsed a candidate who is also getting millions from AIPAC. What a surprise!
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New: Statement from Haley Stevens’ chief of staff Justin German confirms many of her team have resigned & they back Abdul El-Sayed for #MISen ā€œWe are shocked and heartbroken by Congresswoman Stevens’ decision to support Mike Rogers.ā€
New: Haley Steven’s official staff including her longtime chief are resigning from her office this morning, per spox.
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Steve Simpson retweeted
The disgusting and frankly racist way Haley Stevens uses Black voters as a prop in her demented and deluded power game is emblematic of a much bigger centrist Dem problem. It is utterly despicable across the board.
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Steve Simpson retweeted
So a news org puts out tweet with mundane facts about elections that have been true for decades and this WH tries to create a conspiracy.
The media is already preparing their justification for potential shenanigans on Election Day.
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Steve Simpson retweeted
You don't actually need to say Haley Stevens' name anymore. We'll also accept THE BRIDE OF FETTERMAN; but I also liked Fetterwoman and even WoManchin. And now, a taste of forever:
Wow — a protester yells ā€œHaley Stevens is a traitor!ā€ and Stevens then wraps up her news conference with Mike Rogers in a hurry
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Steve Simpson retweeted
In the scripted version of the Haley Stevens story her fiancƩ being legally blind would be cut for being a bit much
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Steve Simpson retweeted
what sort of trauma or psychic injury or financial desperation has made Todd Blanche trash his legal career to become a gangster? at 52, he's ready to live like that the rest of his life, disgracing himself and his family, long after Trump is gone? nytimes.com/2026/11/01/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Clay posts a $1 million wager is proven to be disastrously wrong and rather than reflect on why he missed so badly he is now on an extended posting spree about how other men have flaccid penises
The number of Democrat men who don’t understand how bets work is staggering. Are there any normal Democrat men left in America? Guys who just watch football, drink beer, and think men pretending to be women playing sports is crazy? It’s unbelievable how abnormal they all are.
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Today, Haley Stevens endorsed Donald Trump’s most savage policies—the brutalizing of Hispanics, the killing of US citizens in American streets, the launching of endless wars, the gutting of Michigander’s health care, his war on civil rights, higher gas prices, more expensive groceries, less health care, and endless corruption. A vote for Mike Rogers is a vote for Donald Trump. End of story.
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Steve Simpson retweeted
Haley Stevens voted to impeach President Trump twice. But today, she's "highly respected."
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Steve Simpson retweeted
So stand instead with Hermann Goring šŸ¤·šŸ¼ā€ā™‚ļø
Stevens: We have to stand with country. We can't stand with Hasan Piker.
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Steve Simpson retweeted
Haley Stevens can vote for whoever she wants, but her unhinged last couple of days means her whole primary campaign was a lie. In July, she called @MikeRogersForMI a: - "carpetbagger millionaire" - "a super-rich Florida man" - "a fake" - And that Trump is "who he answers to".
Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers appearing with Democrat U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at Perfecting Church in Detroit
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Steve Simpson retweeted
Minnesota Truth Council's preliminary report finds federal immigration operations violated constitutional rights, detained more than 70 children, and cost workers $244M in wages. READ MORE at the link in bio.
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