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Rehoboth Beach, DE
Joined August 2018
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Whatever controversial topic (gender relations, foreign policy, epidemiology, manels, SCOTUS, gun violence, women's rights, systemic racism, wokeness, Ivy League, etc) is trending on Twitter.
What is the one thing you know the most about?
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WSJ GIFT LINK FROM ME: The New Swing Voter: Young, Underemployed and Deeply Disillusioned Many young adults either flipped to Democrats or stayed home as grocery bills, student debt and sluggish wages caught up with them -- wsj.com/politics/elections/t…
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He definitely channels Reagan's optimism. What majorities must be achieved across all three branches of government to permanently enshrine Mamdani's vision to Make America Great Gain?
It's morning again in America.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
You think this is partisan? Left vs Right? Nah, dawg. This is about the profession. Professions self-police. Doesn’t matter who you are or who you work for. Sometimes the self-policing is being ostracized by peers in your unit. Other times it’s via the UCMJ or the various administrative tools available to commanders. Still yet, there may be times when a peer or superior pulls you aside because you’re missing the mark. You see, maintaining the profession’s health is not incumbent on the HASC or SASC (although they have a role). It’s the purview of its members — it’s a bi-partisan effort to steward the profession, which I’m pretty sure I read about somewhere.
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Stephen Bates retweeted
You have my word.
Replying to @scott_colom
This is why so many Republicans i know and moderates like me voted for you. You seem to actually be a Mississippian, not a DC person. The most hard-core Republican i know (my business partner at our law firm) changed his vote from a wrote in to you because you came to talk to people at the Trump Rally. You treated people who disagreed with you as humans that just should be talked to. Do that in DC for us and you'll stay in tge Senate forever in my book.
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This was Scott Colom's last political ad before the Tuesday election in Mississippi. It shows why he should win the race for Senator. No name calling. Just a rendition of history that shouldn't be forgotten and the reason to vote. #Colom #Mississippi #senator #Evers #vote #election
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See you in about 2 hrs. Does anybody else read the print papers anymore?
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Very witty headline and accompanying phot @WSJ
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Stephen Bates retweeted
Listening to Bach’s Air on the G String feels like letting your mind slowly settle, your worries gently fade, and everything fall into harmony with the music’s peaceful flow.
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I had such high hopes for $TWTR
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Nostalgic for this Germany.
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Q: Ah, I see you are awake at the usual time, Mr Bates? A: Regrettably so. 0500 Eastern Daylight Time
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there has never been a better time to pull out this image
BREAKING: California voters just passed Prop 37. Buyers of newly built homes can now put down 3% instead of 20%. How: the state lends you the other 17% as a second mortgage, funded by up to $25 billion in bonds. On an $800,000 home that's $24,000 down instead of $160,000.
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The gales of November came early.
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Champagne in a paper cup in First Class @united ? How far you’ve fallen, and why airline ratings are in the toilet. Nostalgic for the days when you were an airline focused on passenger comfort given the indignity of commercial travel and not credit card arbitrage. Perhaps you wonder why 1 Million Mile flyers have fled? #cmonman #EpicFail
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