Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

There is a vast difference between the technicolor rhetoric of campaigning and the gray reality of governance. Exhibit A: @VP Kamala Harris and the issue of gun control https://t.co/ZsZ9c8S3yi — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @Noahbierman: So many odd and unintended consequences revealed in this story told by ⁦@anitachabria⁩ and ⁦@evanhalper⁩ https://t.co/Si9… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @latimes: Sen. Kamala Harris has backed off the bold promises she made as a presidential candidate, falling in line with President Biden… — PolitiTweet.org

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Turning it up to 11 @vicjkim in Seoul https://t.co/i9f8VGxcLe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Noahbierman: On how the gap between campaign poetry and governing prose is even wider when you are No. 2. ⁦@markzbarabak⁩ https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DelWilber: At 2:27 p.m. on this day 4 decades ago, President Reagan was shot. His life came within a split-second, split-second decisio… — PolitiTweet.org

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You campaign in poetry and govern in prose, a former New York governor once said. That's all the more so when you're @VP Kamala Harris and -- mixed metaphor alert! -- someone else writes the script https://t.co/ZsZ9c8S3yi — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChrisMegerian: "Right now, I'm scared." Public officials sound the alarm about a possible fourth wave of infections. https://t.co/tbKg… — PolitiTweet.org

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Want stricter gun laws? Stop trying to shove @SenFeinstein into retirement, sayeth @LATimesSkelton https://t.co/38CwrA5bec — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brendan_fischer: Amazing new @JaneMayerNYer piece. A leaked call shows opponents of #HR1 admitting that ending dark money attracts br… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brittny_mejia: Arellano: Woke California pays homage this week to another American hero with a complex legacy https://t.co/iZ6ydw6AEj @… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TalKopan: I get a lot of “why is this paywalled” tweets. Yes, well-reported news is essential. But do you expect grocery stores to be… — PolitiTweet.org

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Musical interlude https://t.co/J3TEHotOQF #JuniorWells — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ElectionCenter_: Should Feinstein stay in the senate through November 2022, she'd surpass Barbara Mikulski as the longest serving femal… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RosannaXia: For months, I have watched Manhattan Beach wrestle with an uncomfortable truth: The town once seized a prominent Black fami… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sleavenworth: Experts say QAnon differs from traditional cults in that it lacks a single charismatic leader and instead feeds off the p… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SamanthaMVB: This ⁦@mollyhf⁩ isn’t just about the backpacks and sweatshirts people lose while crossing the Rio Grande. It’s about th… — PolitiTweet.org

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That is all. — PolitiTweet.org

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More thoughts here: https://t.co/a0CPiLBHx9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Since then, she's been reelected four times, including 2018. She's now the oldest member of the US Senate, at age, 87. Lots said and written about whether she should stay or go. Worth noting, it was just two years ago she was reelected, and it's not like she was 40-something. — PolitiTweet.org

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Feinstein was instrumental in passage that year of the assault weapons ban which, along with that GOP tidal wave, almost cost her reelection. She beat Huffington in a very close contest, the last really tough race of Feinstein's Senate career. — PolitiTweet.org

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Feinstein was instrumental in passage that year of the assault weapons ban which, along with that GOP tidal wave, almost cost her reelection. She beat Huffington in a very close contest, the last really tough face of Feinstein's Senate career. — PolitiTweet.org

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Hence the nomenclature the "long"/"short" seat. Boxer ran for, and won, the long seat. Feinstein won the "short" seat. That meant facing reelection in 1994, which was a Republican tidal wave year. Feinstein faced Republican millionaire Michael Huffington (then-hubbie of Arianna) — PolitiTweet.org

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At the time, Feinstein made something of a gamble. There were two Senate vacancies, one to succeed Demo Alan Cranston, who was retiring. That was a full, six-year term. The other to face Republican John Seymour, who was appointed to replace Pete Wilson when he became governor. — PolitiTweet.org

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The two were elected in the so-called, cringe-inducing "Year of the Woman. They became the first two women ever elected to represent a state in the US Senate. — PolitiTweet.org

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Today @SenFeinstein makes history: She is now California's longest-serving U.S. senator, surpassing progressive Hiram Johnson, a former California governor, who served from 1917 to 1945. Feinstein, a former SF mayor, was elected to the Senate alongside @BarbaraBoxer in 1992. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LouisSahagun: Will the wolf survive? The stunning California odyssey of OR-93, a wolf on a mission https://t.co/FmDi3UqU6L — PolitiTweet.org

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“It’s like a wedding. We’ve done a good job getting the person to the altar … now the big part is how do we stay married? … How do we keep that passion going?” — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @melmason: After Black voters proved crucial in GA, in the presidential and especially Senate run-offs, I wanted to know how organizers… — PolitiTweet.org

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Musical interlude: https://t.co/X66ts5rJXi #TheVelvetUnderground — PolitiTweet.org