@BoLoudon Books will be written about the sheer scale of grifting while we struggle to afford basics
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Benjamin Pritchard
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For whatever reason, I decided to read American Psycho last week.
Imagine my surprise to find that the lead sociopathic character, Patrick Bateman, idolizes Donald Trump.
The book mentions Trump dozens of times.
It was published in 1991.
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I have a PhD in political science from Oxford, focused on US foreign policy; worked as a State Dept. official in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Middle East; and wrote a celebrated foreign policy book taught at universities like Princeton. That's why I get geopolitical questions.
Samson Bigglesworth@bigglesw1
@BulwarkOnline @Timodc Question: When did Ronan Farrow become a foreign policy expert??? Answer: He didn’t. Don’t waste your time watching other men mentally masturbate. The Bulwark is nothing more than a different version of chatroullette.
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@AmericanGwyn I told them that the book was perpetually alive in the present day..that you felt like the characters were walking around right now..that it was not an "old" book.
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@BenjaminPritch5 Genuinely interested to know if there’s a word you use to describe this quality? I’ve been sitting here thinking about it. “Timeless” doesn’t quite get at it. There’s got to be something better.
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I first read MOBY-DICK in 1997 and couldn’t believe how contemporary it felt. It’s uncanny how Melville’s novel speaks to each generation with such strange urgency. It feels almost untethered from the context in which it was published or written.
Jared Henderson@jhendersonYT
I don't know how MB got the reputation for being a boring whale book, because it really does feel like it was written outside of time
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@EndWokeness America is going to have to do a lot more than that to rebuild the country
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What the left plans to do once in power
-Crackdown on social media speech
-Mass amnesty = 30M+ new voters
-End the filibuster + pack SCOTUS
-Nationwide mail-in + no voter ID
-52 states (DC and Puerto Rico)
-Abolish the Electoral College
-MAGA arrests, de-banking
Remember this
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If you apply the swing from 2024 president to last night's results in #GA14, you get...this. Extinction-level event for the GOP if it were to come to pass.
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I miss when the state fair was in Detroit. That fair was my entire childhood I swear. The concerts there were so good too
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We didn't get a forever war.
You weren't drafted to die for Israel.
Gas didn't go to $6 a gallon.
We didn't put boots on the ground.
We didn't get a flood of refugees.
None of your predictions came true.
And yet none of you will admit you were wrong.
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@mattvanswol You embrace the television vision but the world doesn't actually operate like this
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The most predictable script in American politics:
>Trump does something strong
>Democrats and the media freak out
>Everything Trump did works
>Everyone moves on
>No one gives him credit
Every. Single. Time.
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The Michigan DNR is proposing a one buck rule for hunting season. Correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t we have a major deer over population issue in the state?
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Trump lost this war in every possible sense — morally, legally, politically, economically, reputationally, and strategically.
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@Lancegooden Comparing Biden a good president as well as a quality person to dt is not a good look
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The same people who propped up Joe Biden while he embarrassed the United States on the world stage now call for the use of the 25th Amendment against President Trump.
They should sit this one out.
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@bushwood_c Like stepping into old world Detroit culture
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Has anyone ever eaten at Andiamo in Bloomfield , Michigan?
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The truth is, no pundit, influencer, or anonymous furry has a clue as to what Trump is going to do tonight.
That is perhaps Trump’s ultimate superpower, keeping everyone on their toes after all these years.
I, for one, have faith in him and the people around him.
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My guess is that Trump chickens out this evening and extends the deadline, claiming that the discussions have been positive, even though nothing has changed.
I hope this is the case
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@AOC Magas twisting themselves in knots to defend the devil's words
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This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.
To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.
Headquarters@HQNewsNow
Trump threatens that "a whole civilization will die tonight" in new post
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@KuKhahil @JamCristopher Dang bro...racism is alive and well
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@JamCristopher Before I moved south when I was around 7-8years old, I thought same thing lol
Then I had a teacher in Alabama keep me out of recess everyday, kids call me chocolate milk at lunch, and teachers call my mom a n-word lover and I realized quickly yup some people just evil
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Really was like no u can’t drink at this water fountain because of the color of your skin 😂 thankful for those who fought for all of humanity.
On God when I was younger I used to think there had to be more to it than just skin color but nah, ppl just get stupid w/race.
Wild Media@WildMediaOnly
Kyrie Irving calls out racism as the dumbest thing ever 👀
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@piersmorgan Ah yes people reading nuance in the ts unhinged rants
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Then why did he say ‘a whole civilisation’ ?
Dee@PersianQueen_D
@piersmorgan He means the regime, Piers.
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