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@matthewstoller Fuck all the way off.

America is not a dark place, Trump is not a fascist, and we’re not headed for an authoritarian state. Dems just did a bad job at governing and politics. They trusted the Federal Reserve and the foreign policy and media establishment. Trump didn’t.

@orntwo @mattyglesias You’re a moron.

@mattyglesias Oh, a chart makes it true! Bet they even have a simple spreadsheet.

@AnonAtLaw @JillFilipovic You’re a fucking idiot.

@JillFilipovic “Women get abortions because eggs are expensive” is an absolutely insane position but ok.

Men voting for Trump are taken seriously when they say it's because "the economy" and the price of gas and eggs, while women voting for Harris because abortion are "single-issue voters" even though having a kid means more gas, more eggs, and roughly $1 million in other expenses.

@CSI_Starbase You really need to meet some people over 50.

This should hold its place as greatest Space Flight Footage of all time until the first catch attempt for the ship right??

@niccruzpatane @MKBHD Why? How is this impressive? It’s spiffed-up animatronics.

@MKBHD Either way it was incredibly impressive.

Playing charades with the Tesla Optimus robot last night. This is either the single greatest robotics and LLM demo the world has ever seen, or it's MOSTLY remote operated by a human. No in between.

@DougJBalloon @DrJasonJohnson 🎯

As a committed progressive, I am willing to let Donald Trump spend the next four years filling federal courts with religious zealots if it will teach the Democratic Party a lesson.

@drvolts Unfuckingbelievable

@FrankLuntz You have it exactly backwards, putz.

How many watchers of The View, Stephen Colbert, or Howard Stern are undecided voters? Although kudos to Tim Walz for going on Fox News this morning.

@not_abigdealtho @LOLGOP It is the most Nazi thing.

@LOLGOP WOW no way this is totally a Nazi thing.

This site is the largest Nazi hate factory ever assembled. Henry Ford would bow. Hitler would tear up with joy.

@luxurytrash_ No, they don’t. They sing three or four songs per show, not 30.

Broadway performers do it eight times a week, diva

@alexchristy17 All ceasefires are temporary.

Christiane Amanpour claims "the Lebanese prime minister said to me was that they had got Hezbollah to agree to that ceasefire and apparently they thought that Netanyahu would agree too." She omits that was just a temporary one that could've allowed Hezbollah to regroup

@lionel_trolling @AlecMacGillis You’re missing the point. The fact that Hitler actually liked to relax with Eva at Berchtesgaden doesn’t excuse the Times’ publishing of a puff piece about it in the late 30’s, knowing what was at stake. Normalization lowers guards and delays responses of critical institutions.

I don't really understand why people get upset about headlines like this. I'm a big "Trump is a threat to democracy" guy, but like how do you want them all to read? "Donald Trump, who is a lot like Hitler, lied again?" Times readers are not who Trump is trying to reach

@DanteAtkins @froomkin That’s exactly it. Covering Kamala is like covering Becky Thatcher to them.

@elgindy_ @mehdirhasan The 3/5 compromise? The Indian Removal Act? Jim Crow? The Vietnam War? The Iraq War?

I’m trying to imagine a more disastrously failed policy than Biden’s entire approach to Gaza & Lebanon, and I keep coming up short.

@LJS527 @HistoryBoomer But the personal IS the professional in this case. Thats the whole point. She’s the one who confused the two, not us.

@HistoryBoomer People should separate the personal from the professional. - Personally, it's shitty, especially considering she's engaged, but it's not criminal behavior. - Professionally, it's a total breach of trust w/ her audience.

I gotta ask about Olivia Nuzzi: I understand the ethics angle (although, remember, none of us know the details), but why the hate? Her articles are good. Why are people dunking on her so harshly? My first reaction is, “man, that’s rough” not “hahaha.” Don’t we all screw up?

@kenvogel @KamalaHarris @stefcutter @precisionstrat @davidplouffe @Uber @Hailey_Fuchs Who have you worked for, Ken?

The business world has been encouraged by @KamalaHarris campaign’s hiring of swampians including @stefcutter (whose @precisionstrat firm has represented major business players) & @davidplouffe (who has worked for @uber, TikTok, etc), reports @Hailey_Fuchs. politico.com/news/2024/09/1…

@riceid Hard to comprehend the sheer distance you’ve traveled from reality in order to work yourself into a state of high dudgeon over the reaction to corruption, rather than the corruption itself.

That's what Olivia has been up to this year. I thought it might be worth your time to read her work before passing judgment on her as a professional

I have worked closely with my colleague @OliviaNuzzi for years now, and I have learned in that time that she is an impossible-to-discourage reporter, a lovely writer, a generous collaborator, and a magnet for hatred. She is also an empathetic human, as evidenced by her work...

@JamesFallows @mehdirhasan Your last question is so important, and could be the key to change. Other beats at the NYT are not governed by a mandate to be “balanced,” so why is national political coverage so self-cripplingly faithful to it?

@soumyajitt They didn’t. It’s a lie.

‘Explosives’ found in car near Donald Trump’s upcoming rally site US police reportedly found "explosives" in a vehicle near the location of former President Donald Trump's upcoming rally on Long Island in New York State, according to the Daily Mail. If confirmed, this would be another concerning security event, coming just three days after an alleged assassin was arrested at his Palm Beach golf club. #Trump

@theamericapac Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you

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