Conor Friedersdorf

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@hholdenthorp @gregggonsalves @EricTopol @JReinerMD @meganranney I find this editorial frustrating, despite sympathizing with it in part, because it doesn't set forth what ought to be done. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @webdevMason: @primalpoly @nytimes What makes this even more disgusting is that Elon fled SA to Canada at age 17, all on his own. The en… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @webdevMason: @primalpoly @nytimes Can't wait to see the piece arguing that we can never really trust refugees that saw too much violenc… — PolitiTweet.org

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The "but" in that sentence is so bizarre. Also, if you're a child raised in a place where your government is feeding you false propaganda and censoring the truth, you have in fact suffered *some* of the effects of misinformation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Whether or not you buy that Roe is about privacy, I strongly suspect and fear we're about to see some truly egregious infringements on privacy in states that pass abortion laws under a post-Roe regime. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KDuffChicago @NathanJRobinson Lol. I'm not but if you dropped a link to a recent poll I would be within seconds. People on Twitter have the oddest instincts about when others are lying. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NathanJRobinson I'm not that familiar with the politics or those questions but perhaps your description of them is correct, I'd have to study them to know if I agree — PolitiTweet.org

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@jessesingal Let's be honest it was probably a podcaster. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HistoryBoomer: "Free speech is bad because it spreads misinformation and silencing speech is good because we'll always be the ones in c… — PolitiTweet.org

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@KennethBaer I agree. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread. The weakness of the attacks on free speech are striking. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jessesingal: Ah yes... unchecked speech https://t.co/q6L95eQMzp — PolitiTweet.org

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@pegobry I mean, the population was much higher than prior centuries, so the total number killed was too, but I suspect the Mongol Conquests were more violent on a per capita basis. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hilzoy @jttiehen @gatmac in 2016, when even a Clinton victory would have left little chance of achieving an amnesty, reassuring independents that you're not going to do the thing you can't do anyway seems like a pretty low cost way to win lots of voters. — PolitiTweet.org

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@hilzoy @jttiehen @gatmac Fox has about 1.5 million viewers. Democrats are unlikely to win them. We're taking about marginal gains among independents, not winning Sean Hannity. On immigration, I'd definitely take political risks to achieve amnesty given the possibility of success––but — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @districtyoder @gatmac Yes. Unless you think that by losing democracy will be over, in which case you should make more concessions! — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @gatmac I mean, if Hillary Clinton would have promised no amnesty I strongly suspect she would have won, but you could have won that election lots of ways, like nominating a less corrupt candidate, or campaigning more in the rust belt, or not making the deplorables mistake... — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @gatmac The point holds either way. I see people who say they believe democracy is on the edge of being extinguished who are making neither rhetorical not substantive concessions. Something about that doesn't scan. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Albaplena1 ? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @gatmac Do you think Bill Clinton's "safe, legal, and rare" formulation won over moderates as compared to a more full-throated defense of abortion that doesn't concede there's anything objectionable about it? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @gatmac I think that's wrong, and that progressives could give away much, much less to win over enough moderates to make a difference. — PolitiTweet.org

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@NateWazoo I think that one is a reasonable worry, having watched CA voters pass prop 187 — PolitiTweet.org

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@jttiehen @gatmac I am very pro immigration. I wish we took more people than we do. But if I thought a 5 year moratorium would save American democracy I would absolutely support one. — PolitiTweet.org

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Agree! — PolitiTweet.org

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@jeffwoodhead @jacobgrier If I had a vape company I would introduce avocado flavor — PolitiTweet.org

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Same. Though I'm also happy to support an amendment guaranteeing any of that plus more bodily autonomy than most Dems would grant. Want to smoke a flavored vape? Do mushrooms? Take an experimental drug? Sell a kidney to a needy recipient? I don't think the state should stop you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey I wouldn't recommend denying rights to anyone because equal rights for any given population and such a move almost certainly isn't your least popular position — PolitiTweet.org

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My advice will work perfectly well if you compromise on the thing that is losing you the most middle-aged Hispanic women without college degrees, whatever that is. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ijbailey No you should compromise on your least popular beliefs to beat them. — PolitiTweet.org

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@broccolirobh88 It varies in different states and elections. — PolitiTweet.org