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Happy Wednesday, y'all! If abortion access is popular in Alabama, I double dog dare the GOP to find a state where it isn't.

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Happy vacationing! Also a BIG DEAL IMO: Biden stepped right up to assure Maryland that the federal govt. has the back of everyone working to rebuild the bridge that collapsed. Thanks to the infrastructure programs BIDEN implemented. I wonder how many non-voters or independents and others will think about what this means and place their trust in a trusted administration in November (and before). I am guessing a LOT.

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Brilliant as always, Simon. TY!

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For the record, grassroots groups wrote 26k postcards for the Lands race. We understood that a win in Alabama would be such an amazing boost for Dems nation wide and we worked it. Congrats to Dems in Alabama!!

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Robert Kennedy: “ I’ve been fighting 40 years to get mercury out of fish. Nobody calls me anti-fish.”

😂🐟

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I'll see your optimism and I'll raise you a moonshot... Let's win on 11/5 AND elect a down-ballot supermajority in both the House and Senate. We need to pick up 82 Representatives & 16 Senators. We have to aim big to win big. It is entirely possible Trump will implode in spectacular fashion, prompting a virtual GOP boycott of the election. Trump could easily be caught on a hot mic praising Lex Luthor or saying Climate Change is real. Jokes aside, we should be poised to pounce if we find ourselves with the wind at our backs. There is no such thing as a cake walk to victory so complacency is strictly forbidden. BUT THIS IS OUR MOONSHOT: Biden/Harris + 67 & 295. Envision it. Manifest it. Make it so.

On a completely separate topic, COULD SOMEONE WITH CONNECTIONS PLEASE tell Biden to send 100 Solar Eclipse Glasses anonymously to Mar-a-Lago ASAP. After the guest post selfies on April 8, Biden can take credit for protecting ALL Americans. And remind voters that his predecessor stared at the last solar eclipse with his naked eyes.

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Thanks for your notes of optimism. Happy news from Alabama!! You and your family have a fun filled and safe vacation . I watched Pres Biden when he spoke about the FSK Bridge disaster. I liked how he cut off the one reporter and stressed that the federal govt has the back of everyone working to rebuild the bridge.

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Hi Simon. Will there be a link to the slide show about America getting better? I want to include some stats in an article I'll be doing in the coming weeks (for goodnewsnetwork.org). Thanks!

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How are we doing in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona. We need to be very competitive!

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RFKs mind & soul is as broken as his voice. His dad was a diamond, he is a tiny pebble.

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Mar 27Liked by Simon Rosenberg

RFK's position would be laughed out of the room in virtually any meeting of scientists and/or doctors.

He's a loon and dangerous. Vaccines save BILLIONS of lives.

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My spouse is a pediatrician for 30 years and there is no language available to express how silly his views are. Plus I'll bet his kids got vaccines. Childhood disease as a killer has been drastically and historically reduced to vaccines. Now the big killer left is guns.

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Members of Hopium, I am not an expert but my wife is, as a pediatrician. How this jackass can say vaccines have not been tested for safety is laughable and provably false. He will thread the needle I would guess linguistically so somehow justify this but is A LIE and a life threating LIE. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/basics/test-approve.html

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Mar 27·edited Mar 28

(I’m taking the liberty to repeat a post.)

Blue Tsunami in Alabama last night! After losing by 7% in 2022, in a Huntsville district that Trump won, Mary Lands wins the Alabama special election by almost 25%. That’s a 32% swing!

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But will the New York Times and the national election pundits give this result the weight it deserves? Don’t hold your breath. As REAL election expert Larry Sabato wryly observes:

"WARNING: These are just real election results, not headline-worthy polling data certified by the New York Times. Respected network pundits will disregard these actual votes and await the next batch of contrived polls."

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Some good news on this wet Wednesday in Oakland, CA is welcome indeed. Enjoy your R&R!

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I was wondering what you thought of the reasoning of this group and whether it’s a warning sign?

https://split-ticket.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-st-transparent.png?w=256

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