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LongtimeAZDem

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July 31, 2016

Meghan McCain attacks Trump on Twitter

"I would ask what kind of barbarian would attack the parents of a fallen soldier, but oh yeah it's the same person who attacks POW's."

https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/759590690548350977

July 26, 2016

Jerry Emmett was a 6 year old girl when women won the right to vote

She's a lifelong Democrat who voted for FDR, and today she cast the Arizona delegation's votes for the first woman to become the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

That's when I lost it.


Meet Jerry Emmett, Arizona's 102-Year-Old Honorary Delegate to the Democratic National Convention

July 23, 2016

Suggested slogan for convention: "No More Hate!"

Lets chant that loud and clear, and show the world that we reject the veiled fascism the Republicans demonstrated.

July 19, 2016

This should be the biggest story of the election season

Black Lives Matter protest in Wichita changed to cookout with police

The Republicans have made their campaign about hate; let's make ours about working together.
July 13, 2016

Suppose the NSA needed a way to track people's movements without a warrant

and so they called up Nintendo and said, "We've got a great idea for a game!"



Sorry; that's what I get for watching Red last night.

July 10, 2016

Obama Says Anti-Cop Rhetoric Can Hurt Black Lives Matter

Source: Huffington Post

President Barack Obama condemned violence against police Sunday and even said excessively nasty rhetoric against police can hurt the cause of criminal justice reform.

“Whenever those of us who are concerned about fairness in the criminal justice system attack police officers, you are doing a disservice to the cause,” Obama said during a press conference in Spain on his way home from a NATO summit in Poland.

“But even rhetorically,” Obama continued, “if we paint police in broad brush without recognizing that the vast majority of police officers are doing a really good job and are trying to protect people and do so fairly and without racial bias, if the rhetoric does not recognize that, then we’re going to lose allies in the reform cause.”

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-black-lives-matter-police_us_57824c9ce4b0344d514fa8c5?section=

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