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Anton Vuljaj

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Tweets are my own views. Now: @KochIndustries . Then: @google , @axios , @thedatatrust , @teamimge , ex campaign hack. Always: Michigander.

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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
I'm not a big Twitter 🧵 guy (nor did anyone ask for this so bear with me)...but my parents were small business owners, and I think hyping products you love is a nice and easy way to support entrepreneurs. So here's a list of a few products/brands I'm vouching for:
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5 years
🔥🔥🔥 from Fred
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6 years
Some perspective on what Americans are actually searching for in the past 30 days.
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8 months
lol election year AP.
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
Still makes me lol cc @VCBrags
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
a reminder that @ComfortablySmug can end presidential campaigns. Tread carefully.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
This honestly may be my favorite non-political press release of the year
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
This picture omg
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
this is a stupid tweet. former obama and clinton folks work all over tech industry....but when a former GOP campaign person does, it's a huge conspiracy? what absolute garbage.
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Brandon Friedman
5 years
Harbath is Facebook’s head of global elections policy. She literally worked for Rudy Giuliani. I can't make this up.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
Don't have a SoundCloud but just a reminder that businesses aren't evil and they actually create value for society. Thx for coming to my tedtalk.
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Anton Vuljaj
8 years
CNN is just trolling us now.
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Welcome to the united states of manchin
@business
Bloomberg
4 years
Stocks dropped from all-time highs after a report that West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin will oppose further direct aid payments, denting hopes for another sweeping spending bill
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Anton Vuljaj
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@BubbaAtkinson
bubba atkinson
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Can you tell if Charlie got in the trash?
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Anton Vuljaj
1 year
This is such a dishonest tweet from a “disinformation reporter.” 36 people died during the Hindenburg accident. Not even in the same universe as the SpaceX unmanned test rocket.
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1 year
The Hindenburg encountered a rapid unscheduled heating problem.
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6 years
"even just 900k"
@washingtonian
Washingtonian 🌸
6 years
Whether your budget is $2.5m or even just $900K, we’ve got an open house for you
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
Lol this is a joke. 25k retweets is like one good tweet from @ComfortablySmug
@KenDilanianNBC
Ken Dilanian
5 years
Jared Kushner called it "a couple of Facebook ads." But a new study found that every 25,000 re-tweets by accounts connected to a Russian troll farm predicted a one percent increase in opinion polls for Trump in 2016.
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Anton Vuljaj
9 months
!!! @TheFP has been one of the few breakout media companies over the last 5 years. Can’t believe it’s only a year old!
@bariweiss
Bari Weiss
9 months
The Free Press turns one. So much to say. Mostly just: thank you.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
If you only read 1 thing this 4th of July, take 15 mins for this @WarOnTheRocks piece by Bridgwater co-CEO (& army vet) David McCormick. Thoughtful analysis on why America needs more #veterans in leadership positions - across business, media & politics.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 months
This is today’s must-read piece from @TheFP
@TheFP
The Free Press
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“We could face up to where we’ve gone wrong. News organizations don’t go in for that kind of reckoning. But there’s a good reason for NPR to be the first: we’re the ones with the word ‘public’ in our name.” @uriberliner 's hope for a U.S. media institution.
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
@Julio_Rosas11 My favorite is him retweeting this
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
U.S. employers are defiantly electing not to raise wages
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Anton Vuljaj
3 months
THIS IS OLD SCHOOL TWITTER RIGHT HERE BABY. Let’s goooooo
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Anton Vuljaj
4 months
lol NYT I already read this in @TheFP two days ago, but thx for the push alert!
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Still fascinates me after the nonstop media attention, billions of dollars spent in voter contact, etc etc that 50% of folks don't vote.
@RebeccaRKaplan
Rebecca Kaplan
6 years
Record turnout in the 2018 midterms per CBS’ Jennifer De Pinto. An estimated 113 million, or 49% of registered voters, cast ballots. It’s the first midterm in history to exceed 100 million votes.
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Anton Vuljaj
2 years
When Democrats gerrymander..."evened the Congressional map" When Republicans gerrymander..."unfair political advantage"
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Anton Vuljaj
8 years
interesting factoid: "libertarian party" and "gary johnson" searches skyrocketed tonight on Google
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Anton Vuljaj
2 years
This feels very…2015?
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Anton Vuljaj
10 months
This is dope. @elianayjohnson and the @FreeBeacon crew punch wayyyyyy above their weight. One of the few truly impactful pubs highlighting stories the mainstream ignores…big impact with a scrappy and whip smart team.
@DylanByers
Dylan Byers
10 months
New: NewsNation has announced that it will host the fourth Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday, December 6th, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Debate will be moderated by Megyn Kelly, NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas, and The Washington Free Beacon’s Eliana Johnson.
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
Not enough media coverage on the disastrous impact the CDC's J&J pause (April 13) had on vaccination rates in the US.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Modern Seinfeld episode: George downloads the scooter apps, but can never find one when he needs it. Starts hiding them in his apt building. Gets banned from app.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
honestly thought this was an SNL clip.
@BernieSanders
Bernie Sanders
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Our plan: Cancel student debt. Make Wall Street pay for it. Free 45 million Americans from $1.6 trillion in loans.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
But @ComfortablySmug wants to see them....
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
Big @mikeallen scoop in @axios am this morning...
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Anton Vuljaj
11 months
Dc residents: crime is skyrocketing, open air drug use block away from elementary school. Plz focus on this @MayorBowser : best I can do is refresh the BLM mural
@MaryMargOlohan
Mary Margaret Olohan
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NEW: DC is freshening up its massive “Black Lives Matter” street mural even as BLM faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month. I'm told it should be done by Thanksgiving.
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Anton Vuljaj
11 months
this is a BIG get for Speaker Johnson world. Raj is one of the top comms, research and messaging guys in the party. brings huge talent to the speaker's team. impressive.
@politicoalex
Alex Isenstadt
11 months
News - Speaker Mike Johnson has tapped veteran GOP operative Raj Shah to build and oversee his comms operation
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Anton Vuljaj
8 months
Agree with Joe here. I feel like this is where @bariweiss and team started a year or two ago, and have exploded from there.
@TheStalwart
Joe Weisenthal
8 months
I'm not a big "future of media" guy. But I think this is the right way to think about building a news brand
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Every campaign consultant's nightmare: candidate saying "make me a viral video"
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Anton Vuljaj
7 months
people sending in photos of themselves reading @NellieBowles ' TGIF in @TheFP ...FROM ANTARCTICA! epic
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
This is @BubbaAtkinson 's dog, Charlie. Despite her new found internet fame, she's still humble. Still loves treats and chasing the occasional squirrel. Dog sitting her for the next 24 hours - so if you don't like dog pics, you may want to mute me now.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
20% of DC seems to be wearing michigan gear today. #goblue
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Anton Vuljaj
9 years
interesting, it looks like @JohnKasich leads search interest over the past hour of the debate
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
@BillyMcBeath Me, gearing up to defend fedex from NYT smears even tho I don't work there.
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Are there any open seats on this flight?
@BostonGlobe
The Boston Globe
4 years
SpaceX is pressing ahead for its historic launch this afternoon
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
You mean this Lincoln Project?
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@McCormackJohn
John McCormack
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Lincoln Project claims credit for the "white supremacist" stunt at Youngkin's campaign event today.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
👀👀👀 the real start to #sharpiegate spotted in last year's #axiosonhbo
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Marcus Baram
6 years
Of course I had to set the end of Trump’s Sharpie moment on @axios HBO to the “Veep” music...cc: @JimVandeHei @jonathanvswan @mikeallen
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Blue checkmarks sharing "Courier Newsroom" stories with no disclaimers as if it's not a partisan-funded "news site" they complain about all the time.....hate to see it
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Stonk Twitter™ is so much better than Political Twitter™. Unites the tribes.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
*opens Twitter* - vegan Twitter war re: buying ice cream for crying kid - cultural appropriation anger re: a high schooler's prom dress -still more whcd hot takes *closes Twitter*
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
Thanks @emilychangtv for having me on @BloombergTV to talk digital politics!
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
Twitter is awful. Read. The. Story. Before you tweet about it.
@chicagotribune
Chicago Tribune
7 years
Gov. Rauner drinks chocolate milk to demonstrate his commitment to racial diversity: “It’s really, really good. Diversity!”
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
I honestly think @ComfortablySmug got the White House to tweet that snow photo (WHICH THEY USED ON FACEBOOK A FEW DAYS AGO) just to watch the collective meltdown. Classic smug tbh.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Old enough to remember when the Dems and media destroyed this man's character in 2012.
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Anton Vuljaj
2 years
@ComfortablySmug stelter may be unstoppable.
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Anton Vuljaj
9 months
lol abc showing a picture of David Koch while saying “backed by Charles Koch” is peak journalism right now.
@ABCPolitics
ABC News Politics
10 months
TRAIL MIX: Nikki Haley scored the endorsement of billionaire Charles Koch's anti-Trump group in the Republican presidential primary on Tuesday. @Kjwalsh_news and @abcnewsnick have more: #trailimixabc
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
Reminder: the most popular governor in America is a republican in Massachusetts. @CharlieBakerMA
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
@MollyJongFast Lol you know the house gop leaders are like 20+ years younger right?
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Thinking of all the friends (and foes) on 2018 races - folks who have been in the trenches, maybe gained a few lbs from too much pizza, met some great vols, picked up a smoking habit again & find themselves crushing a little too much booze on weekdays. Good luck, people. GOTMFV.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Friendly reminder: GOP currently has 4 out of 5 youngest members of Congress @EliseStefanik @MikeforWI @mattgaetz @VoteForTrey .
@aldotcom
AL.com
6 years
Should we elect more Millennials to Congress?
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Who wants to tell the journos all the consumer data that's sold via credit card companies, store discount cards, charity donations etc. Wait until they figure that out...
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Anton Vuljaj
10 months
For months been trying to get @MayorBowser and @CMBrookePinto attention on how 12&m is a damn disaster.
@alanhenney
Alan Henney
10 months
SHOOTING INVOLVING US PARK POLICE--- 12th St at M St NW DC. Officer and suspect reported injured.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Maybe I'm jaded after a bunch of years in DC, but this Definers/Facebook seems like such a nothing-burger. Welcome to corporate America, journos.
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
@jasonlynch What about pinky and the brain?!?
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
If you only read one thing this weekend....make it this Axios deep dive.
@axios
Axios
6 years
Ten years ago today, Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, sending America into its most dire financial crisis since the Great Depression. Our deep dive on how it shaped the country over the next decade:
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What I imagine @ComfortablySmug will be doing in a few hours.
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Anton Vuljaj
2 months
Heyyyooo @BubbaAtkinson gets the @semafor treatment. And he’s not wrong. Subscribe >
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
"We didn't know about John Weaver" - the lincoln project
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
People replying to this telling people to boycott YouTube are wild... Instead of being mad at YT for selling homepage to trump campaign, be mad at the DNC, Priorities or Bloomberg for not buying it months ago (by the way...the YT homepage has been sold to campaigns since '12)
@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump. great scoop @mhbergen @joshuabrustein
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
next we'll find out that Facebook has REPUBLICAN lobbyists on retainer!!!!!!
@tayhatmaker
Taylor Hatmaker
6 years
New from me: Facebook is quietly working with Republican digital strategy firm Targeted Victory tip @Techmeme
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Baghdad. Mosul. Falluja. A bit dramatic. I walked to 14th and H today and got a poki bowl to go and a gourmet donut at Astro on G street.
@wolfblitzer
Wolf Blitzer
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I spotted these National Guard troops at a normal Washington street corner not even near the Capitol. So many streets have been closed. It reminds me of the war zones I saw in Baghdad or Mosul or Falluja. So sad.
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Anton Vuljaj
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Some worn out @Axios OGs supporting THE Axios OGs. #BuyTheirBook
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
The people who try to deboard a plane (at a final destination) before the natural, agreed upon row progression will lead to the downfall of civil society.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
I just watched the most ridiculous CNN piece re: mirotargeting and advertising and am convinced this is all a joke. "they could target men 40-60 in Arkansas who may be influenced by national security ad"
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Anton Vuljaj
2 years
reuters 'reporters' out here RTing crazy tweets w/ no sourcing.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
Funny how times have changed. 6-7 years ago during my @google days, we couldn't get anyone (reporters, campaigns, consultants etc) to pay attention to us.....and now I'm getting breaking news push alerts on changes to ad policies.
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
doesn't shock me. DJT likely did a lot of CPC campaigns for DR with what I assume had a high CTR, but low CPC, which when you back into a CPM....means higher CPM.
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@anton
Anton Vuljaj
7 years
Don't forget to tweet your awful Thanksgiving dinner table pics to @ComfortablySmug today.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
When I was an intern in DC in '08 I ate half a Subway 6 inch sandwich for dinner, the other half of lunch from earlier in day. Maybe with a side of ramen. An intern's story >> A Week In NYC On $25/Hour And $1k Monthly Allowance
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Anton Vuljaj
3 years
But have they released the legal findings from their jon weaver inquiry?
@thehill
The Hill
3 years
WATCH: Lincoln Project releases new ad highlighting Flynn's coup comments
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
This afternoon's view. 💯💯
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Anton Vuljaj
1 year
The collapse of vice and buzzfeed news makes the successful exits of axios and politico even more impressive
@BenMullin
Ben Mullin
1 year
NEWS: Vice is preparing to file for bankruptcy. w/ @LaurenSHirsch
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
New rule: no Twitter on Sundays.......starting next week.
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Anton Vuljaj
2 years
Lololololol at this courier newsroom quote.
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Anton Vuljaj
8 years
It's ESPN. Saved you a click.
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Anton Vuljaj
4 years
Everyone involved in political data and advertising has been saying this for...5 years. Instead the blue checkmarks worked American people into a frenzy about a crap product that had good PR....meanwhile those same folks are making $ off Netflix docs, books, speaking fees, etc
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Anton Vuljaj
8 months
Dannnng ⁦ @TheFP ⁩ has locked in pieces from Bill Barr on Trump being kicked off ballots AND Ackman on Harvard. Impressive.
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Huge news for GOP CAMPAIGNS. Can't think of better partners than Revv and Data Trust >>> GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising
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Anton Vuljaj
6 years
Nothing brings out the worst in humanity quite like the overhead bins when boarding a flight
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
#USWMNT Twitter is good Twitter. 🇺🇸
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Anton Vuljaj
7 years
I remember as a kid my mom telling me that when she first immigrated to America from the former Yugoslavia, she learned basic English from watching @Oprah in the 80s. Story struck with me all these years.
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Anton Vuljaj
1 year
Reminder that being Dem comms operative is legit the easiest job in America.
@VinceCoglianese
Vince Coglianese
1 year
Democrat candidate films porn for public consumption… Here’s the headline after CBS ran the story through its distortion filter:
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Anton Vuljaj
8 years
perfect night to give up Twitter for lent. enough hot takes and bad tweets to last six weeks. i'll miss this gif tho.
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Anton Vuljaj
5 years
Never really gets old.
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