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Derek, 22, disabled, chronically ill, non-binary, and queer.

East Alabama (Central Time)
Joined January 2018
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Not sure why people continue to insist on thinking Alabama is solidly red. We’ve been trying to tell you for years. We’re literally the origin of the blue dot. Every county in the state shifted left this election.
Brett Jones, the first openly gay sheriff to be elected in Alabama, campaigned on transparency, jail reform and discontinuing the county’s contract with Flock, the controversial license plate reader system that has sparked widespread concern. wapo.st/4Ahz6YP
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People fucking died. Families lost healthcare. Children are going hungry. We have concentration camps, and he tore down part of the White House. I WANT ACCOUNTABILITY. I DO NOT WANT STRONGLY WORDED LETTERS.
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FINAL ratings for election night are in, and NBC remains #1 overall with 6.74 million viewers in prime followed by ABC with 5.19 million. Fox News has pulled ahead of the other cablers with 4.31 million; CNN, 4.15 million; MS NOW, 3.75 million; CBS, 2.76 million. 🧵 with more >>>
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My favorite WH pooler @svdate of the HuffPost reporting for duty 🫡
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If you’re a new Democratic US Representative or Senator you have an immediate job: Get your constituent services up and running. There are a ton of you in deep red territory and that’s the only way to survive 2028. You entrench yourself as deep into your community as possible
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NEW: The campaign of now Senator-elect Annie Andrews received a poll in early October showing her with a three-point lead over Darline Graham. But the Democrat's campaign decided against publicly releasing the poll — or any subsequent internal poll — showing Andrews with a lead over Graham, wary of drawing too much attention from national Republicans and jeopardizing a peak at the right time. By the time Republicans noticed, it was too late to turn Graham's campaign around. Full Story: bit.ly/3WPGEnj
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Kornacki Cam on Youtube is performance art. Talking to the audience, his producers, and the map, all at the same time.
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Huge reminder
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NBC News was #1 last night across television, per Nielsen fast nationals. And Kornacki was #1 livestream on YouTube.
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We have to say “Mississippi” after each number
Wtf takes Mississippi so gahdamn long to count votes??
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JUST IN: The "Kornacki Cam" is officially the #1 election livestream on YouTube. @SteveKornacki's 10.5-hour marathon generated a RECORD 29 million views across platforms, drawing twice as many live viewers on YouTube as key broadcast and cable competitors. nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com/nb…
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One small issue though, the Big Beautiful Bill takes effect in January that’s going to fuck a lot of people & like clockwork, people will forget it was passed by Republicans.
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How it feels looking at Georgia & Texas as an Alabamian 😔
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This Kornacki Cam livestream is cracking me up. He has no idea what to do with the dead time but he’s so excited about everything
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Happy Election Day from 30 Rock! Our NBC News plan tonight: > 5pm: Live coverage begins on NBC (some affiliates will stay in local programming for first 90 minutes) > 5:30: My livestream starts (link is pinned here). Results, results, results all night long into tomorrow AM. (And I’ll be joining the NBC broadcast throughout the night too - those segments will all be simulcast on the livestream) > 6:00: First polls closings in IN and KY > 6:30: NBC broadcast anchored by @SavannahGuthrie and @LlamasNBC goes live coast to coast. > 6am Wednesday: The NBC special and the livestream wrap. Probably. youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
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I think everyone but especially people in their late teens and early 20s needs to hear that a death affects everyone around them. no matter how minuscule you feel your life is, even if you feel like no one likes you, your absence will reach people you didn’t know it could reach
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dani let her intrusive thoughts slip😭😭 #dwts
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