Justin Backal Balik 🌲(@JustBackalBalik) 's Twitter Profileg
Justin Backal Balik 🌲

@JustBackalBalik

Equitable transportation and climate policy. Can’t stay away from advocacy campaigns and coalitions. Currently State Program Director @EvergreenAction

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calendar_today10-10-2012 20:14:23

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Jared Yates Sexton(@JYSexton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

No. They don’t understand because our history has become so warped that the social revolutions of the 1960’s/70’s have been twisted into miraculous events where everyone spontaneously agreed and all the bad people were soundly defeated forever without inconvenience or discomfort.

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Bob Mann(@RTMannJr) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The fact that NY Times people will share this but won't do a story on Trump sleeping through his criminal trial kind of gives away their whole game.

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David Roberts(@drvolts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The IRS direct filing tool is wildly popular with those who have used it. Amazing what you can do when you fund (and give a shit about ) public services. economicsecurityproject.org/news/new-surve…

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David Roberts(@drvolts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is so revealing. You can see Alito kind of vaguely trying to make a legal point out of this, but really it's just the core authoritarian instinct: it's wrong for the Big Daddy on top of the hierarchy to be inconvenienced by the proles below him.

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Mark Jacob(@MarkJacob16) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If this was a functioning democracy, we wouldn’t be waiting for 2 justices who took secret gifts from billionaires and 3 others appointed by a criminal to tell us whether it’s OK for the president to murder his rivals.

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Jamison Foser(@jamisonfoser) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nope! Voters' disparate perception of the implications of Biden & Trump's similar ages *might* be one of the key reasons this election is likely to be close, and those disparate perceptions are shaped in part by journalists like yourself. Hope that helps! !

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Jess Piper(@piper4missouri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A reminder to speak out: a local TV station ran a piece about my congressman who was ribbon-cutting at an event that only happened because of a federal bill which he voted against.

I called the the TV station, and they corrected the piece by running another with the facts.

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John Harwood(@JohnJHarwood) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Barrett and Jackson both open the door to allowing Smith to proceed to trial on Trump's 'private acts' even if immunity for 'official acts' remains subject to litigation.

Government says that would be acceptable

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David Rothkopf(@djrothkopf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Watching TV you would think the only way the foreign aid funding got through is because Mike Johnson got a spine or Trump allowed it or MTG is an idiot. But the person behind it, who made it work and who deserves the credit is Joe Biden.

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Ro Khanna(@RoKhanna) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve hit a critical moment in the fight to reduce power sector pollution. I'm honored to join Evergreen Action, CCAN Action Fund 's Quentin Scott, and Mary Anne Hitt to discuss the new landscape of climate action this Friday, April 26 at noon ET / 9 am PT. Register now:…

We’ve hit a critical moment in the fight to reduce power sector pollution. I'm honored to join @EvergreenAction, @CCANActionFund 's Quentin Scott, and @maryannehitt to discuss the new landscape of climate action this Friday, April 26 at noon ET / 9 am PT. Register now:…
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Simon Rosenberg(@SimonWDC) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One of the things that makes 2024 different than previous elections is the intensity of union support for Biden. This stuff matters.

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