David Nakamura

David Nakamura @DavidNakamura

Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades -- 20,000 killed by firearms and another 24,0000 used them for suicide. @ReisThebault @danrindl https://t.co/YiMIRhSRrW — PolitiTweet.org

David Nakamura @DavidNakamura

One of the commonalities of the Post's flood-the-zone tick-tocks of these terrible mass shootings is the byline of @mffisher who time and again pulls together all the threads of reporting into a clear, gripping narrative so crucial for the public record. https://t.co/fidZ5QviA5 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nicholaswu12: Duckworth vows to oppose Biden nominees over lack of Asian American representation - here’s my first Politico story: htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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Exclusive: North Korea fires short-range missiles in direct challenge to Biden administration, via ⁦@John_Hudson⁩ ⁦@nakashimae⁩ https://t.co/BZmhATnAmM — PolitiTweet.org

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@TracyJan In Japan, over 25 single women were derogatorily called a “Christmas cake” b/c they would spoil after. (When I lived there people told me that given women were more often pursuing careers the nickname was pushing back a little to call over 31s “New Year cakes”.) — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Former FBI agent tells me police downplaying of potential racial motive in Atlanta attack was "terribly inappropriate" and "reinforces the belief among many communities that police don’t care as much when they’re the victims rather than the suspects.” https://t.co/6x1NYEegl9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@HarGon63 People logging onto the site from different, unique computer domains -- as opposed to, say, 1,000 people logging on 100 times each. — PolitiTweet.org

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Scoop: Louis DeJoy will unveil the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation, including cutting post office hours and lengthening delivery times, per @jacobbogage https://t.co/6bG1wS4g6G — PolitiTweet.org

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The FBI is planning to hold conferences across some of its 56 field offices with local law enforcement and community groups to discuss civil rights and hate crimes, and to encourage the public to report hate and bias incidents. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ's hate crimes web portal had more than 1 million unique visitors last week, per U.S. officials. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOJ announces first ever extradition of North Korean national, Mun Chol Myong, 55, to the U.S. He's accused of laundering $1.5 million from 2013-2018 in scheme to provide luxury items to the DPRK. He was detained in third country + extradited after 2 years of legal wrangling. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MeetThePress: WATCH: Asian-American community calls for action in response to latest Atlanta spa shootings. #MTPDaily @DavidNakamura:… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan as deadline to withdraw U.S. troops looms, per ⁦@DanLamothe⁩ who is with him. https://t.co/8mmf5mWBbW — PolitiTweet.org

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‘It’s not a local issue anymore’: D.C. statehood moves from political fringe to the center of the national Democratic agenda, by @mikedebonis & @Meagan_Flynn   https://t.co/gOHkAGeyPh — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: A year into a global pandemic that has sparked racist slurs and attacks against Asian Americans, questions over what to do about it and what the community is asking for remain fraught and unsettled as leaders struggle over where to take their movement https://t.co/VOJlJXVuDC — PolitiTweet.org

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Tokyo Olympics organizers ban spectators from outside Japan in pandemic-control measure, via ⁦@simondenyer⁩ https://t.co/rUUwUykANS — PolitiTweet.org

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@pfoges9 @EricBeato Gosh I’ve only been back once, in maybe 2007, to help out at a HS journalism seminar. Can hardly remember the place! — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden, who knows of personal loss, closes with empathy to families: "I know they feel there's a black hole in their chests...I assure you, the ones you lost will always be with you and the day will come their memory will bring a smile to your lips rather than a tear to your eye." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "If anyone ever doubted that voting matters, Georgia just proved it did. If anyone ever wondered whether one vote can make a difference, Georgia just proved it does." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden praises record turnout in election during pandemic as as something that "should be celebrated, not attacked." He touts Georgia standing up "to recount after recount, court case after court case" as Trump challenged election results. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden after meeting with Asian American leaders in Atlanta says about stopping bias crimes: "For all the good that laws can do, we must change our hearts. Hate can have no safe harbor in America. It must stop. It's on all of us together to make us stop." — PolitiTweet.org

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In meeting with Georgia politicians and APA leaders tomorrow, Biden will "talk about his commitment to combat xenophobia, intolerance and hate," Psaki says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Jen Psaki says Biden supports aims of Grace Meng-Mazie Hirono COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that would expand DOJ review of hate crimes during pandemic and make reporting of such crimes more accessible. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden and Harris canceling political event in Atlanta tomorrow and will instead travel there to meet with Asian American leaders to discuss threats and violence to their community, WH says. They will also visit CDC headquarters for update on pandemic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Numerous Republicans on the House panel using opportunity to press argument that colleges are discriminating against Asian Americans in name of affirmative action. Biden admin last month dropped lawsuit on these grounds brought against Yale by Trump DOJ. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the clip https://t.co/tSOLE5TfoS — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote on this issue today https://t.co/Bzq6fzOkfu — PolitiTweet.org

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Wow. @RepGraceMeng grew visibly angry and teared up in telling Roy he is free to talk about "any other country you want, but you don't have to do it by putting a bull's eye on back of Asian Americans in this country. ...We will not let you take our voice away from us." — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChrisSheridan34 ha it's getting to that point with my 8 y/o who rolls her eyes at me and fixes the problem herself — PolitiTweet.org

David Nakamura @DavidNakamura

I always get so frustrated helping my kids navigate all the tech problems for their virtual elementary school classes and then I tune into a congressional hearing and see they are having exactly the same malfunctions. — PolitiTweet.org