Ron Hitchens

@Jason @JDVance @realDonaldTrump @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris None of that is true.

The best feature of the new administration/Trump 2.0 is that they are willing to engage with the other side in / vibrant, contentious debate in fact, @JDVance & @realDonaldTrump are COURTING criticism and debate — which is a lot more than I can say for @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris and @TheDemocrats, who ran from it!

@slhelme Same. I signed up two days ago. It was easy. Feels just like Twitter Classic. Apparently there are tools to migrate but I just went through my list of follows and searched them. I’m also staying on Twitter, I’ve been there forever. But focusing on BSky hereafter.

@ronhitchens Not enough round-to-its 😂 Was contemplating the move last night, will prob sort it out over the weekend 👍 I feel I should stay on here too as a (hopefully) sane voice in the madness 🤷‍♀️

@slhelme Why are you not BlueSky yet?

@nytimes Melania is probably busy with her lawyers, renegotiating the prenup, again.

President Biden will host President-elect Donald Trump at the White House today. Melania Trump declined Jill Biden’s invitation. Follow live. nyti.ms/40KnI9l

@DougJBalloon Terminal

What stage of capitalism is this?

@WajahatAli I read the whole thing and I’m not pissed off. At least not at you.

This will be a post that will piss everyone off, and I welcome it but here it is. Based on data we are learning, this isn't a blowout Trump win. Numbers don't back it up. Not a landslide. Not a damning referendum. Harris didn't run a terrible campaign. In fact impressive considering she had 2.5 months and got close in a post pandemic environment where nearly every incumbent got destroyed. She did much better than Biden would've based on internal Dem polls. Yes, she made mistakes and Dems must improve and Biden made mistakes. All true. But Dems also picked up seats in swing states and won on abortion rights and against school vouchers. People who had correct facts about economy, crime, immigration, inflation and trans issues overwhelmingly went Harris. Those who didn't? Trump. Her policies when presented blindly to Trump supporters were popular to them. People are missing the post pandemic reality, the power of racism and identity politics of Trump's campaign, the failures of corporate media and influence of right wing disinformation as major factors. RIP my mentions.

Everyone who endorses the false claim that the US economy of 2024 is an inflation-wracked hellscape of misery for working people ... is doing advance comms work for the Trump administration when in 90 days time they start taking credit for the best economy since the 1960s.

@allenholub @WajahatAli I think the Heritage / Thiel plan is to make it the JD Vance administration by invoking the 25th Amendment at the first opportunity. Then Vance will be the useful Project 2025 puppet. Musk and RFK have their own agendas. They will be ejected.

@ronhitchens @WajahatAli Trump is literally mentally incompetent. This will be the Musk administration.

Trump knows MAGA reeks are all waiting for the King to die. He's petty and vindictive and a narcissist. No one else can share the spotlight. Musk, Vance and others who want to snatch the crown should proceed accordingly.

Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock’s SNL bit when Donald Trump won in 2016 holds up still. I’m shocked this many people are shocked.

@allenholub @bobcesca_go They’re saying they will deport citizens whose parents are “legal” immigrants. That could include my wife and my children. Our plans to move back to the US are now on indefinite hold. Trump voters are the Good Germans of the 21st Century.

@ronhitchens @bobcesca_go 20-100% price increases on everything imported as a start. The military (or maybe civilian brown shirts) kidnapping everybody who appears to be Latino and "deporting" them is the next phase.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

Yes, this.

it boggles my mind that almost the entire global political class just decided they would not accept scientific fact, as if through will alone they could suppress the laws of nature. It’s the very definition of fuck around and find out.

@RonBrownstein They take their time down in Georgia.

By now, They’re getting close to wrapping it up I think

@MattWelch Thanks very much, but no reminder necessary. youtube.com/watch?v=OuTWeP…

Periodic reminder that the Bee Gees were awesome: youtu.be/F2SDf42guB4

How did I not see this before now? Awesome,

😂😂😂😂😂

@JaneyGodley A sad day. Janey left the world a better place for her bravery and indomitable spirit. She will not be soon forgotten.

Earlier this morning Janey passed away in her sleep. Her family were with her. The love and support from all her friends and fans during this cancer journey brought her enormous joy. It has also been a huge comfort to us, her family and close friends, thank you.