Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @melmason: Great @jazmineulloa dispatch from Ohio's Mahoning Valley, where the 'Exhausted Majority' may determine the outcome of the Sen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @melmason: @markzbarabak chats with a leader of the campaign to the defeat of Prop 6 -- the 1978 initiative to ban gays and lesbians fr… — PolitiTweet.org

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He was not. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fun (arti)fact: John Briggs, the author and chief proponent of *Prop 6, said former California Gov. Ronald Reagan, who was opposed, was among those responsible for the initiative's defeat. In the aftermath, Briggs said Reagan was “finished as a national politician.” — PolitiTweet.org

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You can win some battles but never stop having to fight. Gwenn Craig worked alongside Harvey Milk to defeat a 1978 ballot measure* banning gay school teachers. With anti-gay laws surfacing across the country it feels like deja vu all over again. https://t.co/8St3yQXzie — PolitiTweet.org

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Think U.S. gas prices are high? Try filling up in Hong Kong — for around $11 a gallon ⁦@dhpierson⁩ https://t.co/Dgw0Qge7L3 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @melmason: A quote summing up this political moment: “When I was at RNC in 2012, if one Republican had said another was a pedophile sym… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: “There’s a significant portion of the country that just wants to turn back the clock." A Harvey Milk protégé on how the LGBTQ+ community is again being targeted and stigmatized. "You can’t just say, ‘We won the struggle, and now we can rest.’” https://t.co/8St3yQXzie — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DianaMarcum: A gorgeous glimpse of humanity in the midst of all the failings and this week’s violence in Sacramento.⁦⁦@Erika_D_Smith⁩ ⁦… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StevePadilla2: It’s a narrative, a nature story, a meditation on parenting and even a love story of sorts. @JeffBercovici graces Column… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @melmason: Ketanji Brown Jackson, whose SCOTUS nomination just deadlocked in committee but Dems will advance to Senate floor, spoke ofte… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @melmason: Hearing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson frequently talk about Constance Baker Motley reminded me of the many, many times I heard… — PolitiTweet.org

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"My 10th grade history class in Virginia spent weeks elaborating on the way of life of ancient Mesopotamians and less than a day on the Holocaust. It’s hard to fathom." https://t.co/vrQy8XRuRl — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @melmason: California attorney John Eastman rocketed to national notoriety in his work for Trump. @sarahdwire and I look at why he's bec… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @anitachabria: Column: The pandemic put even more guns on our streets. The mass shooting in Sacramento may be the start of more violence… — PolitiTweet.org

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Thirty years ago, the Senate's patronizing and bullying behavior toward Anita Hill prompted not just anger and revulsion but a fierce political backlash. Don’t expect a similar "Year of the Woman" impact from the trolling of Ketanji Brown Jackson https://t.co/MGu8zXik4e — PolitiTweet.org

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. “Some think we just want to avoid sanctions; some say we must go back and fight Putin,” he said. “I have this feeling I’m a bad guy by default now, and I have to prove I’m normal.” @LauraKingLAT, Vasiliy Kolotilov https://t.co/rKnJTGiQF0 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LaurelRosenhall: That time an elected official seeking re-election participated in an endorsement interview **while sending a letter sa… — PolitiTweet.org

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Read it to the end---> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maretorliss: "Occupation is a horror beyond what is seen in the news; it is not just lack of shelter, long food lines and tanks rolling… — PolitiTweet.org

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"The Photograph"... "The Security Detail"... "The Elevator Incident" — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @marialaganga: Is it fair to blame Gascón alone for L.A.’s violent crime surge? Here's what the data show https://t.co/l2fKRm53G2 @James… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mrmarkpotts: Just a normal car driving around the mall in Norman, OK. https://t.co/x4vbpa08xJ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MackenzieMays: New: Of the tax refunds that CA kept due to parking tickets etc, 49% came from people earning less than $30k eligible fo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JesuisSanta: @markzbarabak,#LAT writes of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, ‘Do you believe that “babies are racist?” the oleagin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amyewalter: All the data - Biden low job approve, big enthusiasm gap - points to huge gains for R’s in 2022. But, House more “sorted” t… — PolitiTweet.org

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

RT @epsteintom: “oleaginous Ted Cruz”. Perfect. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sleavenworth: Feral pigs are biological time bombs. But easier hunting may do little to reduce their numbers, as ⁦@susrust⁩ explains in… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HarringtonClare: “Meantime, if anybody wants to know how to conduct oneself with poise, grace and dignity under terrible pressure, they… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Are you a scorned woman? Do you have a martyr complex?” 30 years after Anita Hill's humiliation, another Supreme Court confirmation hearing, another Black woman verbally assaulted. But fallout is likely to be different as times changed, for good and bad https://t.co/GWV8d6VLZr — PolitiTweet.org