@ScottJenningsKY Dude, Donald Trump has made variations of the same joke. He's old, she's not. She's likely to outlive him.
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Rick Ellis
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Rick Ellis
@aysrick
https://t.co/VHrmQZHBJS & https://t.co/114pWOgbbu. TCA Member. Appeared on "Dark Side Of Kids TV" doc, winner of 2024 David Robb Award for investigative reporting
Twin Cities Katılım Nisan 2007
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Can someone explain to me what the joke is? Are grieving widows jokes to people on the Left? What is the joke, exactly?
Erin Burnett OutFront@OutFrontCNN
Terry Moran, who was dropped from ABC after an online post criticizing Trump & Stephen Miller, says Jimmy Kimmel inflamed the fight with Trump by doubling down on his joke. But he says, “it’s no business of Brendan Carr or Donald Trump to dictate the jokes comedians tell.”
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DriveTime: FBI Fraud Raids Reaction, State of our State w/ @bloisolson, Best Pizza ? There's a Fest for that; @AYSRick on FCC/ABC x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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After doing a group of calls about the FCC targeting Disney stations (including one that I just did for a Tokyo outlet for their morning news), I'll be on the air in the Twin Cities, doing @wccoradio 's "Drive Time With @DeRushaJ in a segment that should air around 5:15-5:20
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Damn that Biden
Chris Cillizza@ChrisCillizza
Per @AAA_Travel: Average price of a gallon of gas nationally this week: $4.17 Average price of a gallon of gas nationally last week: $4.02 Average price of a gallon of gas nationally last month: $3.97 Average price of a gallon of gas nationally a year ago: $3.15
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@mitchpberg scheme. Lost an election? It must be fraud. Kid comes back from school with some new ideas? It must be indoctrination, etc. That doesn't mean those things never happen. But that's not the cause of why - as an example - the GOP might end up losing the Senate. Ideas matter
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@mitchpberg I believe that if you stood a conservative and a liberal on stage in front of a random group of voters & let them make their arguments, the Dem would win as often or even more often than the conservative. But because Republicans don't believe that, they see every setback as a
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You'll notice conservatives focusing on Hasan Piker as if he is part of the Democratic establishment. Which is the equivalent of framing Ben Shapiro as the voice of Republicans.
Sure, it's a wild exaggeration. But doesn't it make engagement farming so much more fun?
Walter Hudson@WalterHudson
Only one side is explicitly, from the top down, calling for violence against the other side. If you had Republicans associating with a right-wing equivalent of Hasan Piker under a Democrat administration, they would be going to jail. We must prosecute incitement now.
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@mitchpberg Dem donors. In the same way you then argue that somehow I'd give labor unions a pass while targeting GOP corporate donors. I would not. I think it should apply to everyone & that's a common feeling. I know there's no engagement to be had by agreeing with me. And that's a shame
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@mitchpberg You are being disingenuous. I described your response as "political theater" because my tweet didn't take sides. I thought "The power & influence of the wealthy should be curtailed" was straight-forward. And yet, the first thing you did was argue I wouldn't want to include
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@mitchpberg No....don't turn this into political theater. Any wealthy person. I haven't heard one Dem say anything along those lines. And the vast majority of Dems would like to overturn Citizens United. Which would prevent any dumping of large amounts of money into elections.
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@aysrick As long as those super wealthy people aren't named Soros, Rockefeller, Messinger, Allen, Gates, Steyer, Singham...
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@mitchpberg I am not at all anti-free market. And I don't think the majority of Dems are either. But I think one thing the Trump Administration has reinforced in the minds of moderates is that having a group of super-wealthy people controlling large parts of the govt & society is a bad thing
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@aysrick And I suspect your "anti-oligarch" rhetoric may be different than either mine or the mainstream of the Dem party - more "anti free market" than "oligarchs". Which is also good politics, in terms of wrangling votes. Bad for America, though.
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I think it might be more that if you don't have to consider the opinion of your opponents you're not forced to defend your opinions.
Walter Hudson@WalterHudson
Both sides do not have this problem. Only the Left does. They want their opponents dead. They're literally saying it. I'm completely comfortable with this. I appreciate having no obligation to consider their opinion to any degree at all.
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@mitchpberg I suspect your "not insane" definition might be slightly different than mine. Do I agree with every candidate? No. But overall, I am fine with a lot of the anti-oligarch rhetoric. Because it's good politics. But also because it's good for America.
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@aysrick And judging by the elections in NYC, Michigan and Virginia, the “not insane” wing of the party is losing the argument.
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@VikesRock23 @WalterHudson @nytimes This is literally a huge argument in Dem circles right now. Plenty of Dems have condemned him. Which you would know if you read stuff outside the conservative news bubble
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@aysrick @WalterHudson @nytimes He is cheered and promoted by many democrats and I don't recall any ever denouncing many of his extreme views. Can you?
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He's employed by the god damned @nytimes and supported by multiple congrespeople, mayors, and governors.
And Ben Shapiro has never advocated for murder and stealing, you contemptible moron.
Rick Ellis@aysrick
You'll notice conservatives focusing on Hasan Piker as if he is part of the Democratic establishment. Which is the equivalent of framing Ben Shapiro as the voice of Republicans. Sure, it's a wild exaggeration. But doesn't it make engagement farming so much more fun?
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@VikesRock23 @WalterHudson @nytimes He did one podcast and an op-ed. Trump has done more podcasts with the Times than that over the years. Walter was wrong and changing the goalposts after the fact is just sad.
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@aysrick @WalterHudson @nytimes "He doesn't work for the NY Times" but then goes on to say but he does their podcast and writes op-eds. SMH. GTFOH!
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Well, thanks for admitting you were wrong & that he doesn't work for the NY Times. Now, you're just outraged he appeared in the paper.
You're right, there's nothing to see here because you keep changing the premise just so you can stay mad
Enjoy what's left of your weekend. Bye
Walter Hudson@WalterHudson
@aysrick Oh. So a guy advocating for murder and theft was platformed by "the paper of record." But there's nothing to see here. Got it. ... 🥨
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If you are going to call someone a "contemptible moron," you should at least get your facts right. Hasan doesn't work for the NY Times. Even though even if he did, that wouldn't qualify him to be a spokesperson for the Left. He appeared on a NT Times podcast & did an op-ed
Walter Hudson@WalterHudson
He's employed by the god damned @nytimes and supported by multiple congrespeople, mayors, and governors. And Ben Shapiro has never advocated for murder and stealing, you contemptible moron.
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