You want it darker We kill the Flame--Leonard Cohen (changing residence to bsky.app/profile/tedperl.bsk…

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Replying to @DavidJuurlink
Can't be true. No way that Gibson has three friends.
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Replying to @Inevitablewest
And the EU will respond with counter-tariffs and everyone will be worse off, except for the Donald who has convinced his base that he has done something for them. When they figure out the effects, they might be mad or sad, but by then it will be too late.
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Bald eagles are taking trash from a Seattle landfill and dumping it into suburban yards buff.ly/2YQ9wJT
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Replying to @nytmike
With the Trump administration, the stupidest possible explanation is always the most probable...
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Replying to @badlicksink
Has to be a troll; no one could be that ignorant...
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Replying to @AsadFromNYC
Arguably, they didn't even think of themselves as Italians until they got to the U. S .
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Replying to @yashar
I hope her followers follow her brilliant lead.
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Replying to @derektmuller
To mute or not to mute, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of odious Webinar...,
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Replying to @stevesilberman @AP
Maybe the Liz Cheney quote works here as well. ""Tonight, I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible: There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain,"
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Replying to @JDabknee
the competition to play Brutus will be fierce.
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Note that the businessman is very happy to have the workers..
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Replying to @DougWahl1
Vance is a Catholic who claimed the Haitians eat pets.
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Replying to @SenatorFischer
Did you tell your husband not to shake Kamala Harris's hand? If not, would you be willing to say so in public? That would show the strength that we need as a country.
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Replying to @esjesjesj
Elon never believed in anything except for what he thought was good for Elon for the next 5 minutes.
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I was thinking Four Horseman of the Apocalypse: Trump, Vance, Musk, and RFK, Jr., but this was excellent.
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Replying to @Ike_Saul
Also, the U.S. is very good at disaster relief. It does not require much on the part of the President, except for 1,2 and 5, and otherwise the existing bureaucratic machinery will kick in.
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Replying to @SenatorFischer
Did you tell your husband not to shake Kamala Harris's hand? If not, would you be willing to say so in public?
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Replying to @AfricanHub_
Do you really want to romanticize Gaddafi? bbc.com/news/world-africa-12…
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Trump will change his mind tomorrow, depending on what court cases come up--just like with tariffs and everything except for bowing down to Putin. That is his one true faith.
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The Republican Party?
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Replying to @NicholsUprising
The Dems might have reason to be annoyed given what they had done for the Teamsters...
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Replying to @RonFilipkowski
What was it that Sen. Moynihan said about people being entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts.
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Replying to @thrasherxy
Take a closer look at what Hamas "accepted" and what they want to change, and you will see why not everything is as simple as you imagine....
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It's a legit question. Totally embarrassing, but not surprising, given that folks like Hesgeth are manifestly unqualified--this will likely be the first of many blunders.
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Replying to @josemdelpino
Next time, you might ask about his personal story as well. politico.com/magazine/story/…
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Replying to @RonFilipkowski
Isn't the shocker that he has the friends?
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Do you actually believe aka's lies? How many people have worked for McDonalds? In what universe would their central org have a record of everyone working for a franchise?
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Replying to @RadioFreeTom
being even-handed does not require being empty-headed.
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Replying to @derJamesJackson
If you have two brain cells and know anything about post-Unification Germany, you know that the more relevant info is that this is the old East Germany, which felt that it did not benefit from unification and has been against the mainstream parties since.
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Replying to @RepAndyBiggsAZ
There were intelligent jurors making the decision. Out of your league.
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If we export more, why do we have trade deficits?
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Replying to @jamieson
O'Brien starting to think that he bet on the wrong horse?
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The jobs are not coming back because it takes a long lead time to set up factories to move them back and Trump has the attention span of a fruit fly on meth, and will change his policy multiple times.
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Replying to @rkylesmith
you should stick to being a film critic and leave political commentary to wiser folks.
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Replying to @RpsAgainstTrump
Mother Theresa does not appreciate being o in the same universe much less the same sentence as the Donald, also famous for corrupting charities.
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Replying to @CalltoActivism
Lawyers who decide to work for the Donald should immerse themselves in the legal doctrine regarding the crime-fraud exceptions *before* they take him on as a client.
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Replying to @RWPUSA
Why and how to contribute to her opponent, nitter.app/kurteichenwald/status/… #trashystefanik
Keep punishing @EliseStefanik for her flat-out lie told so she could pretend she was being blocked from asking questions at impeach hearing, when she was knowingly violating rules GOP agreed to. Give to @TedraCobb. Show lying has a cost. #PunishLiars. secure.actblue.com/donate/so…
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Dictators around the world love Mr. Trump. Why wouldn't they?
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Replying to @TrumpDailyPolls
once we believed in defending democracies (remember JFK). I think that we should continue that tradition.
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Replying to @AnnaBower
Looks like they are provoking the court. We shall see if Roberts chooses to stand and fight.
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Replying to @AnnaBower
The university response is very satisfying.
Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @GeorgetownLaw Dean Bill Treanor. It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.
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Replying to @BillAckman @POTUS
Not to belabor the obvious or to pick on the weak of mind, but Bill, why can't you do a Google search or if that is beyond your capacities pay someone to do it . If you did, you might have come upon this article, done by the obscure AP news service. bit.ly/49oIKv1
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Replying to @ByronYork
Don't blame Byron--he can't count past 10.
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Replying to @joshtpm
After the no labels fiasco, one could have imagined Mark laying low for a cycle or two.
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How about making just one argument and presenting some real evidence? That might be convincing, whereas laundry lists never are.
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Replying to @ScottJenningsKY
Except that with the Libertarians all he did was offend and look like he had not done either his homework or his advance work. That 3% might matter in some states and he did *nothing* to improve his chances of getting it.
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Replying to @yashar
Quickest Trump surrender on record?
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Replying to @LauraLoomer
he is getting more unhinged by the day.
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Replying to @DashDobrofsky
Truth not required on Truth Social. Courts have different standards when you accuse federal agents of lying.
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Replying to @SenatorFischer
Did you tell your husband not to shake Kamala Harris's hand? If not, would you be willing to say so in public?
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Replying to @CesarConda
Will there be a profuse apology and a promise to do better in the future, since as everyone has noted, he greeted them before?
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Replying to @nypmetro
Now they will definitely have the revenue to improve services.
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Replying to @weknewthetruth
Twitter thinks its a career choice.
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People with visas are not guests--and remind me not to stay at your house. Seriously, you are conflating public freedoms with private grievances.
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Sure, that's why he never mentioned corruption in his two "perfect" phone calls with Zelensky.
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Replying to @ChrisO_wiki
Heartens sexual predators everywhere and is so on brand for Trump.
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Replying to @mattyglesias
Why are people so willing to advertise their ignorance? Do they get a prize from someone?
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Replying to @SecKennedy
Why bury the lead? "The most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine" does not appear until 4 lines from the end.
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Replying to @yashar
So on brand for Trump.
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Right about what? Not that you are capable of making an argument, but I would like to see you try.
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Replying to @tedcruz
Are you planning on running in the Cancun primary?
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Replying to @jpodhoretz
Dumb and tacky. The Kennedy family have been leading actors in developing a foundation concerned with human rights and other humanitarian activities. They have every right, arguably an obligation, to prevent their good name from being tarnished...
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Replying to @WajahatAli
You do deserve bravery points for setting yourself up in the middle of this free fire zone.
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The standard rule of polling, as I learned as a grad student, is that 5% of those polled don't understand the question.
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And his supporters never learn or maybe they are just submissives.
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Replying to @VernonForGA
Obvious gibberish from one of the defendants--dishonestly posted by Mr. Jones
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You missed the entire point of what he said.
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Twitter is banned in China. Amazing how many Chinese "use" it.
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He could have testified...
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Replying to @tomwatson
I reposted--it would be lovely if X would actually explain what they thought was wrong here, but of course they wouldn't, because they are too busy ignoring obvious antisemitism that I have reported.
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Replying to @yashar
If Lahren could not do conspiracy theories, she would lose half her content and 90% of her audience.
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contempt for the court as well as contempt of court.
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Replying to @philvischer
How is that legal if Congress has appropriated money? Trump almost wrecked refugee resettlement the first time around. It looks like he is going in for the kill this time.
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Replying to @BillKristol
They should form a jazz band called Felonious Punks.
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Have you ever looked fraud in the dictionary? Have you ever used a dictionary? Do you know what a dictionary is?
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Are you off your meds?
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Replying to @ChrisCoons
to appoint them to the DOJ.
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Replying to @BasedMikeLee
What is your problem with the rule of law? As the old story goes, if you can't do the time, don't do the crime!
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“Trump’s recent decline in support is concentrated in states that have averaged at least 30 daily coronavirus cases per 100,000 residents over the past week, a group that includes Florida, Texas, Arizona & Georgia.” buff.ly/2ZHq9cR Trump's #COVID19 #fail will elect Biden
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With their sense of historical grievance and willingness to sue everybody (including their own family), they will fit right in. stltoday.com/news/local/metr…
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Replying to @MichaelSteele @WSJ
Haitians have had TPS status since the horrendous earthquake in 2011. catholicmigration.org/tag/tp…
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Replying to @conorjrogers
poetic justice.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Love the Galactic Jihad idea. And if they ally with all the cat lovers that JD has offended, you might actually get into 1984 territory...
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Replying to @AnnaBower
Ed Martin showing how clueless he is about the first amendment, not to mention his total lack of authority to tell colleges what their professors can teach. Does he really have a law degree?
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Replying to @ianbremmer
I would have preferred the Four Horseman of the Trump-Apocalypse, (Musk, Trump, Vance and RFK, Jr), but this is not bad.
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Replying to @SashaGusevPosts
Even Kafka would be disturbed.
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Replying to @yashar
It means that she thinks that Musk's behavior is so clearly awful to everyone who has had an awful boss that it will break through the clutter of lies and disinformation that Musk has been fomenting for weeks.
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Replying to @RichardAngwin
when the government does it, the answer is clear.
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How did he get in???
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Replying to @RichardGrenell
Trump pretended the Palestinian issue would go away if he ignored it. Hamas proved him wrong.
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