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If any Muppet obsessives out there could track down this vaccine PSA from 1996, that’d be incredible cc: @MuppetWiki @HistoryMuppet — PolitiTweet.org

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Which brings us to today, when trying to tell kids that they shouldn’t be afraid of a shot that could protect them and their families is clearly a government plot to something something. All part of the GOP’s “scare ALL the parents” strategy. https://t.co/0TyjSO23Fy — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 C is for COMMIE D is for DAS KAPITAL — PolitiTweet.org

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But since at least 2009, “Sesame Street” itself has been considered fair game from the right. Let’s not forget the time that Ben Shapiro joked that he wanted to “cap” Elmo and Big Bird https://t.co/0TyjSO23Fy https://t.co/s1TWiYC2IZ — PolitiTweet.org

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What a difference those intervening years made! Back in 1990s, the conservative attacks were focused mostly on PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. “Sesame Street” was mostly safe from scorn and actively used to defend against GOP cuts to PBS https://t.co/0TyjSO23Fy https://t.co/yhIXWTuXif — PolitiTweet.org

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One of the most interesting things I found in my research: a 1996 press release from CTW and Merck announcing a series of PSAs about the importance of vaccines. I couldn’t find any copies of the PSA online — but also couldn’t find any backlash. https://t.co/0TyjSO23Fy https://t.co/GodkCcfbYf — PolitiTweet.org

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New from me: Big Bird wants kids to get vaccinated and members of the right-wing think that’s…bad I tracked the GOP’s war on Sesame Street and what this latest salvo says about its latest ‘pro-parent’ branding https://t.co/0TyjSO23Fy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CSMFHT: https://t.co/raYglJNqUV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Grace_Segers: https://t.co/N2pgqKse3j — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aseitzwald: This feels like the while story of American politics right now in 2 tweets. Voters agree with Ds on policy, which Rs have… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AsteadWesley: The need “vastly exceeds even the $3.5 trillion figure that was the starting point for this bill." “The political conver… — PolitiTweet.org

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this only raises more questions about where all that milk is going each week. is there a black market fromagerie being run out of their home or what is happening here — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joshchafetz: but ... I thought the market solved supply and demand problems autonomously and appeals to solidaristic motives were bad?… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @annehelen: This is a very straightforward thing you can do to help support the workers who make Wirecutter feel so essential https://t.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RottenInDenmark: https://t.co/4Dfqm3JaAB — PolitiTweet.org

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suburban: white urban: Black supraurban: ??? — PolitiTweet.org

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no, YOU spent the last several hours combing through Lexis Nexis for articles on “Sesame Street" — PolitiTweet.org

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We Bought A [College] (2021) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ReichlinMelnick: The opening anecdote in this story here tells you that good ideas are being overruled for bad reasons. No one is goin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay, so a video that says that Germans are doing videos to help feed kids in America went viral and it’s just wrong enough that it forced me to use my TikTok account for more than lurking https://t.co/SHPGO6TeXf https://t.co/CUiO5gHPSe — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @timjacobwise: 1/ One of the leading conservative history censors recently told CBS News that kids shouldn't learn about slavery, segreg… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ortile: i wrote a new essay at @CatapultStory about grieving Mom, this time feat. Diana; i’ve linked the two women in my head since i w… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ylohia Nope I loved him too sorry 😬 — PolitiTweet.org

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big bird and elmo are literal puppets. THINK ABOUT IT. — PolitiTweet.org

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i have finally watched little women (2019) and it may be the best film I have seen in (2021) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nbcsnl: Goober the Clown (who had an abortion when she was 23) https://t.co/1rFv6UrPGu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidOAtkins: California passed an initiative to keep Daylight Savings Time year round. Just waiting on Congress to let us do it! — PolitiTweet.org

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Hi there! Are you wallowing in the dark’s cold embrace or soon to be? Cursing the cruel universe that created standard time? Imagine a world where the hours stay ok place year round. Where there was no falling back. It’s possible. https://t.co/mdCrjJB6Xy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RottenInDenmark: In the same way that tech startups keep inventing buses, pop psychology keeps discovering racism. https://t.co/IaEB2s5… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aedwardslevy: brutus at trivia night, unsuccessfully trying to remember all the oceanian countries: kiribati, nauru, palau, tonga... c… — PolitiTweet.org