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Last night I asked random Black men -of all ages- I encountered at ATL, how they were gonna vote. Listen to what they answered. And let me tell you something, do not underestimate the elders. Grandmas, do your thing. 1/5 thread

Do you remember other elections in your life? People voted. People were anxious. People hoped their candidate would win. But it wasn't like this. People weren't panicked about a civil war. People weren't nervous about violence. People weren't terrified about what someone would do if they lost. It all started with him. But it doesn't have to be like this. Vote for her.

@RyanGirdusky @abbydphillip The whole world knows what a racist piece of shit you are.

I’ll be on @abbydphillip on CNN at 10pm…. Tune in

Here’s the real reason Trump wants us to spend the week chasing rumors about people eating cats.

It is hilarious to hear Dana Bash asking detailed policy questions and follow-ups to Harris when this is virtually never done with Republicans and absolutely would not happen with Trump. I mean, I support journalism and she should do this, the double standard is just interesting.

Dammit guys, we gotta pick Shapiro

I love this. #Harris2024 #KamalaHarris2024 #USPolitics

I can’t think about Joe Biden without tearing up a little. This man ran for president 5 times and lost then enthusiastically backed Obama and played the establishment number two to the greatest leader of his generation. He wanted to run for president in 2016 but couldn’t because his son Beau died and he was too wracked with grief. So he comes back in 2020, saves the country from Donald Trump and despite being a career centrist, proceeds to have the most pro-union, pro-working class administration in 80 years, pulls the country out of Covid, pulls us from the economic disaster of Trump into the best economy in the world. He’s then betrayed by the media class and has to drop out because he’s too old for them. He steps down, for the good of the country, and immediately turns around and full-throatedly endorses the the first Black woman Presidential candidate finalist in U.S. history. This man.

Clarence Thomas is 75. Samuel Alito is 74. Roberts and Sotomayor are 69. If Trump wins in November, he is virtually guaranteed to appoint replacements for 2 of these justices, if not more. On the ballot this November is the Supreme Court majority for the rest of our lives. Biden may not be your favorite choice, but the alternative - Trump - means the Court is untouchable for decades. That'll have massive implications for abortion protections, contraception protections, fair map protections, democracy protections. If we want any hope of rebalancing this dangerous imbalance (wherein insurrection sympathizers are literally ruling on cases related TO THE INSURRECTION), November is our one and only shot.

President Biden’s closing was one of the great moments in American history and needs to be shared far and wide.

@GoodTrouble It's RANJIT. Please! Also... yeah this is on me.

Dennis trusted you, Rajit. #GoodTrouble

Chris Licht, spare us your defender of democracy bullshit. You’re in show business. You got hired to get ratings for CNN. If that means platforming a racist traitor so he can lie, mock his sexual assault victim and get applause for it, you’ll do it. nytimes.com/2023/05/11/bus…

… are we kidding?

@natesaifer You’ve changed.

since i guess i’m a tourist now here is the obligatory selfie in front of a very mid burger place.

@jasonantoon @GabrielMacht Elvis couldn’t compete with those chest curls.

1994 just out of CMU drama school when I understudied fellow classmate @GabrielMacht Elvis(the visitor)in Steve Martins “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” at The Promenade Theater in NYC. #LebaneseElvis

@natesaifer Woooooo!

westward ho.

@SmritiMundhra Yeahhhhhh!

8 million trailer views in 48 hours. Y’all are crazy and I love you. #TheRomantics

Richard Schiff's masterful performance as Toby Ziegler in the West Wing brings us on a powerful journey of self-acceptance through the Sorkin era. In this thread, I break down 10 of his greatest scenes to examine how @Richard_Schiff's performance shapes our understanding of Toby.