Cliff Schecter
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Ad Writer (Biden '20); Bestselling Author Rarely on Twitter WHERE https://t.co/VJ1sglcaFc I https://t.co/ng7c7jrL0i FIGHT https://t.co/eQ6DyYxY2u
Cincinnati, OH
Joined January 2009
My interview w Founder of "Leaving MAGA," @PerfectOurUnion . In his words: "Though I supported Trump & MAGA for what I thought were the right reasons, I was wrong, & I'll work as long as necessary to make amends" . WATCH & SHARE!
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As a reminder we have zero proof—ZERO—gun laws work. You know, if you don’t include Japan, U.K., Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Romania, Norway, Austria, Argentina, Netherlands, South Korea, Italy, Greece, Chile, France, Spain, Sweden, Singapore, Portugal, Israel, Czechia, Denmark,.
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I wrote a book about your dad in '08, as I'm sure you know, Meghan. So go ahead and do it, nepo. Then I'll share what your father's advisors & others close to him told me he really thought about you. Things I had no reason to publish except to be cruel, but will happily share
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So I only looked at digital versions, but If I'm not missing something. HOW IS THE FACT THERE WAS A POWERPOINT CREATED BY TRUMP/TOP REPUBLICANS FOR A *COUP* THAT INCLUDED CALLING A *FAKE NATIONAL EMERGENCY* NOT A FP ABOVE THE FOLD STORY IN EVERY NEWSPAPER??.
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Taiwan, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Australia, Estonia, Croatia, New Zealand, Ireland, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Lithuania…ignore all those obv not applicable examples & how, oh how, do we ever figure out this complex puzzle???.
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Hey guys, I know a guy crashed into a US Capitol barricade today, fired a gun/set his car on fire/killed himself. Yesterday armed deplorables threatened the Phoenix FBI HQ. And a few days ago a guy attacked the Cincy FBI Building. But a Dem just said "fuck," so be on the lookout.
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Ruh roh, @GOP, just drove by $3.89 gas….maybe time to pivot back to Benghazi or Obama phones?.
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FYI, if you believe Republicans on child porn, GOP Senators supported Trump after a 13-yr old girl credibly accused him of rape and he admitted wandering thru beauty pageant changing rooms to see naked teenage girls. Republican Senators supported Roy Moore, a guy who's boss move.
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@NPR Are you fucking kidding me?? Beto called someone a “motherfucker” who laughed at kids dying from assault rifles and you think it’s the curse that’s the problem here?? You fucking suck.
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@Cobratate @GretaThunberg You seem confident about all this. From the hilarious tweet it took 10 hrs to. erect, to the bathrobe, cigar, "no recycled boxes," that says how chill you obviously are, it's clear you totally owned her. Well done.
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@GretaThunberg This is easily one of the Top 3 tweets I've ever seen. So in addition to all your incredible activism, Greta, thank you for this too :).
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@Phil_Lewis_ This is how he should spend every public meal, every concert, every baseball game, for the rest of his miserable life.
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Folks, I've been screaming this forever. You know Tim Pool & Benny Johnson are the tip of the iceberg, yes? This was exposed in the EU after Crimea--Putin paid influencers in politics, biz, non-profits, &, yes, press . anyone w public influence. Ever since the Kevin McCarthy's.
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Aruba, Jamaica, Ted Cruz ain't gonna take ya.Bermuda, Bahama, just freeze or ask Obama.Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't HE go.Oh Ted won't take you down to Cancun, Mexico, .HE'LL GET THERE FAST, you'll have no water flow.That's where Ted wanna go, while you're covered in snow.
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Just gonna go back to what I've been saying ad nauseam. Democrats have no aggressive messaging echo chamber, execution, etc. CRT is not an issue. Covid, corruption & Q are issues. There were ppl waiting to see JFK in Dallas today FFS. And yeah, most of the MSM sucks. But what 1/.
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Coming outta the long weekend a note to my friends in the MSM. A general who served at the highest levels of intel, then nat security for Trump, who colluded w Russia + planned a rendition w Turkey, is openly talking of a coup. Don't both sides this. Cover w the gravity it merits.
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Hey, doomsday AFG reporters. Maybe time to change your narrative and report how Joe Biden's successfully, incredibly pulled together the alliance that rn is seeing Switzerland use sanctions(!), Slovakia send in stingers, Turkey close waterways, BP pull out from Rosneft & SO MUCH.
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@JudiciaryGOP The same thing, you f*king traitors.The rule of law applies to us ALL, which in the past non-seditionist, non-cult members on House Judiciary understood. Just bc you guys, from Denny Hastert to Paul Manafort to Trump like breaking the law, doesn't put you above it.
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Look, I know TX, the 2nd biggest state (29MM ppl), became Gilead last night bc the #SupremeCourt doesn't care. But at least Kyrsten Sinema will sport a new wig today. And Justice Breyer knows "court packing" would hurt The Court's "legitimacy." And Susan Collins has made clear.
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This is so stupid & wrong I’m starting to suspect Andrea Mitchell’s on drugs
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@Acyn Meanwhile, James David Vance changed his name twice, went from thinking he was gay to hating LGBTQ rights, married a Hindu & now is a Christian Nationalist & claimed he was from Appalachia. I grew up as close to Appalachia as he did--& I grew up in Manhattan. So, ya know, JD's a.
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@JDVance1 So…No electoral college, equal tv time for candidates & election day off for voters, you’re a fan? You also like guaranteed healthcare, sane gun laws & 5 weeks guaranteed vacay? Yep, very first world. And all it took was not having a Republican Party.
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Keep up the pressure. It's working. CBS is now "leaving open the possibility" moderators may fact check . ALL DAY: Remind 'em of the code of journalistic ethics. That they're enabling fascism/Putinism if they don't fact check. That it's easy to switch from CBS to ABC News
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Elon Musk ownership of Twitter is not a potential threat to democracy. It's a direct attack.
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Ronny Jackson was top White House physician, Dan Bongino was Secret Service assigned to presidential protection & Mike Flynn was Dir of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Anyone else feeling like our vetting may need a bit of an upgrade?.
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@Phil_Lewis_ Seriously. don't do it. Agree to do it as part of a broader bill passing universal background checks, an anti-gun trafficking law, red flag, raise the age of purchase to 21, and require 100 hours on the range. Call it The Everyone Not On The Supreme Court Security Bill.
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A few folks have DMd about what Steve Schmidt’s been burning down the Internet w for the past, oh, 16 hrs. Bc I wrote a book on McCain (The Real McCain) in 2008. Here’s what I’ll say 1) I don’t know @SteveSchmidtSES, in fact we’ve never once spoken. I do know folks in his orbit,.
No Book. No Money. Just the Truth. It’s overdue.
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@JDVance1 If your worldview tells you dance like a marionette for a billionaire venture capitalist between art exhibits and brunches in SF before coming "back" to Ohio to pretend you're a man of the ppl, your soul's been had.
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her, bc she is exactly that self-entitled, proudly ignorant, nasty, grievance-filled goon that’s been on display on your TV sets. And to quote the great Forrest Gump, “that’s all I gotta say about that.” ….
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I don’t know where to begin with how outstanding this is
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@Acyn I think Anderson Cooper's better than most. But even he can't grasp it. The tell is when he says "I think it's important to get different viewpoints as long as it's a legitimate conversation". Sounds great in theory, but what if the opinion is slavery's good? Or more personal to.
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Enjoy the exact moment that broke Laura Ingraham, Molly whatsherface & KellyAnne Battle of Bowling Green last night
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@marceelias History's a pretty simple guide here. if we want a democracy, the sedition ringleaders must *at the very least* be removed from Congress. They'll strike again. In Congress they have access to all sorts of sensitive info they've proven they cannot be trusted to safeguard.
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Kavanaugh respects precedent. And Jill Stein is somewhere anti-vaxing while telling us Roe is safe. And Joe Manchin is making a mint off his mining company. And Merrick Garland is. well, doing something. And Dianne Feinstein can hug Lindsey Graham again about the *fair* process.
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There once was a Republican goon.When it snowed he skipped off to Cancun.He kept smiling smugly.As Trump called his wife ugly.He'll be President when I land on the moon.
There once was a man from Nantucket….
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@7HMoon Yes, I’m scared of her, 😅. Or, she blocked me. @ her all you want. In fact, please do.
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@atrupar Any comment Peter Baker? Jonathan Martin? Susan Glasser? Katy Tur? . Any of the rest of you irradiated, dumbfuck, fascism enablers who refuse to cover a GD thing about Trump’s melting cerebrum in legit fucking proportion to Biden’s age?.
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@RepBoebert 1) “I apologize.” That’s it. The whole “anyone I offended” is a cowardly copout 2) Your entire existence in Congress is to be an “unnecessary distraction.” You ain’t there for your brain. Own it 3) There are no policy differences. You don’t do policy. See 2).
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@NBCPolitics Why yes this is totally puzzling if you ignore every single thing we know about infectious disease prevention.
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Democratic Messaging Opportunity: If you're not speaking to the press, emailing, posting today about how Republicans are Matt Gaetz, Rudy Giuliani & Josh Duggar, and how THEY are The Republican Party, you're failing. Also sharing pics of them w all their elected pals.
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@AP The f*k your feelings crowd yet again showing what jabbering little whiners they are. Oh the "discomfort" we must prevent them from feeling. .
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@SpeakerMcCarthy 🤣😂😆Ya mean when Large Marge put down your Flexy Dog Classic leash a few mins to screech like a Spider Monkey at POTUS? . Or when you got shark eyes as Biden suckered your blow-dried pucker hole into publicly promising to not cut SS?😅😊😅 #SOTU23.
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@DavidShuster @NFL Thx for this, David. You could see when they gave them the "warm up for 5 mins" garbage the 2 coaches got together, rejected it & took their teams to their locker rooms. W/ how they've handled so many things like CTE, this fits the pattern quite well, sadly.
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Trump endorses Viktor Orban (surprised he didn't wait til the perfect date, Jan 6th, to do it). Tucker Carlson spent a week in Hungary slobbering all over Orban. CPAC's being held in Hungary this year. Orban's a fascist who's destroyed Hungarian democracy. Any questions?.
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Hearings work. Ppl watch compelling tv. It shapes their perceptions. Please add more live hearings.
BREAKING: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former Pres. Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, a new @ABC News/Ipsos poll finds.
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Tortured in Vietnam ended up scared of saying mean things to Palin and did that pathetic “build the dang wall” ad, on an issue where he’d once, admirably, been a leader 4) Meghan…you don’t need me to confirm that. But I will. Like everywhere she goes, the entire campaign loathed.
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Also speaking if this gun sickness. This sociopathy of deriving pleasure from killing with a gun. Don’t think for a second this isn’t on that spectrum
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@NathanBacaTV @DCPoliceDept @wusa9 I cannot emphasize this any more than this: What. The F. Is Wrong With These People?!?.
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@bethanyshondark I bet you think you're not a fucking sociopath, "grandma killer," bc what are the lives of ppl you don't know when your kids may miss a trip to see a fucking walrus at the zoo? . Nice talk. Can you define woke yet? Or you wanna go stumble over that one for another hour?.
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Hi editors, political reporters, etc. just trying to understand. Do. You. Want. To. Live. In. A. Democracy? Does a private email server seem more important than Seven F*king Days In May nearly coming to America? Do you know what happens to "enemies of the ppl" in autocracies??.
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@Phil_Lewis_ Here's an idea. When #MoscowMitch takes our security seriously, we'll take do the same for Brett Kavanaugh. Until then, Brett should get fewer doors, arm himself like our teachers, right(!?), advocate for mental health treatment & issue himself preemptive thoughts & prayers.
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but this is from me, my sources in McCain World then and since. 2) Everything Steve is saying about the personalities, &…I don’t have all the info he has, but it’s consistent w things I was told 3) Sadly, McCain’s behavior in Steve’s telling comports 100% w what I learned. It’s.
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nothing to say about Matt Gaetz, credibly accused and likely soon to be indicted for trafficking teenage girls. Republican Senators also have nothing to say about Rep. Jim Jordan, who according to numerous sources knew his wrestlers were being fondled by a doc in the showers at.
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was calling up girls in 8th grade trig class to ask them out on dates. Republican Senators have never had a thing to say about the fact that the longest GOP Speaker of the House ever, Denny Hastert, went to prison for molesting teenage boys. Republican Senators currently have.
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Why I came to the conclusion that battlefield courage was literally unrelated to political courage. McCain had his moments of political courage (most recently stopping the 147th RW attempt to kill the ACA), but overall, this man of indescribable honor and bravery while being.
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@SpeakerMcCarthy Hey 15-vote McGee, maybe you should’ve defended your balls from Large Marge instead of just handing them over.
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@RealSkipBayless How about for 2 mins acting like a human and not an endless attention whore? I’m a Bengals fan & couldn’t give a f*k about playoff implications rn.
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@KellyannePolls LOL, good to see you're so, very upset about "petty and political, if not personal" as if that isn't a motto for your whole miserable life. NTM the ghoul you served. Do us a favor, film it on your phone when they kick you out on your ass. I'd love to see it.
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@bennyjohnson Holy shite you guys are such flaccid, pathetic weirdos. You just beg for an authoritarian man to rule over you, you impotent, culted-up freak-shows.
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@MeidasTouch This is a big chunk of what should be the Dem midterm message right here. With this passion. Do that and we’ll win.
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@meiselasb These ppl are sick. They're the loons from the Planet of the Apes worshipping nukes.
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Rush Limbaugh has died. I don't dance on people's graves, so I have nothing else to add.
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@patriottakes As you listen to this wimpy, whiny man child, think of all the establishments requiring shirt & shoes, jacket & tie or a # of other dress items to enter. This jackwad can't put a piece of cloth on his bark-hole. He's more important than rules or public health.
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If you ever doubt bullies are just cowards, GOP leaders have called Democrats every name under the sun, even accused them of killing babies. yet, 3 days(?) after being called "semi-fascists" they're still crying like a 5 yr old who skinned their knee.
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@therecount Manchin's father & grandfather were mayor of his town. His uncle, A.J. Manchin, was in WV House of Delegates, WV Sec of State & WV Treasurer. Clearly JM made it all on his own, not on name, contacts or "entitlement".
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OH State and chose to just ignore it. So this is just in case for some crazy reason you actually believe anything Republicans have to say on this subject. Like everything else they're projecting, they don't care and it's all about power FIN.
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@mkraju Oh, honestly, Qev, you whimpering bag of chodes. You seat Jewish Laser Karen, kick Swalwell/Schiff/Omar off committees. Ya barf up lies about Biden every day thru your blow-dried chokehole. then cry when he calls you out? There's no crying in politics, hosebag.
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We really gotta keep our eye on the ball w what Russia's up to. We've seen a lot about Ukraine, the attack on our election--of course--even Leave. But they're part of a *much* larger global offensive. We tend to pay attention to Western (read: white) countries, bc that's what 1.
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There's a type of person I particularly love on Twitter. The "I'm not left or right I'm common sense" in their bio type who comes by to critique you. 98% of the time it then takes 2 secs to look in their timeline and see they RTd Dan Bongino 10 mins ago.
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@notcapnamerica THIS should be a part of so many Democratic campaign ads I can't even begin to count. A clump of cells at 10 weeks the size of a strawberry is more important than your life, American women. Remember that.
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@GOPChairwoman You should maybe hold off on this for a bit so you don't have to walk this back when one of them is your nominee.
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Amazing. Little babies buried in Superman caskets. Market-goers in Buffalo ripped to pieces bc skin color. Near nobody on The Right even pretended to care, just immediately defended their toys. But I'm supposed to be overcome w grief bc Kavanaugh was threatened?? Yeah, ok.
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Most media won't give you truth, so I will. You see, I know the Sinema deal better than most. I wrote a book on John McCain in '08, so I go to know politicos on all sides there. I sat on conf panel w Sinema around that time, we got to talking. Kyrsten Sinema was is & will 1/.
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@RealDeanCain I find lotsa things ridiculous. Used to hate wearing a suit to my job back in the day. But the thing about life is, if it doesn't hurt you, ya don't have to be a performative ass about it. You can actually be an adult and just do what ppl ask out of respect. Crazy, right?.
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@LAist If 44% lack the basic judgment to get vaxed to protect themselves, their families and the public from a virus that’s killed nearly 750,000 Americans, they already pose an imminent threat to public safety.
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Out of a long list of excellent things Colbert’s said, this may just be my all time fave.
Oh hey @RonJohnsonWI I just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss Stephen Colbert owning you forever, you compromised rat bastard Russian asset .
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@CalltoActivism If this were Trump, the commission would include Chachi, Kid Rock, the guy from the un-gay beer ad and Tucker Carlson's testicle tanner.
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@McMullenForMO How don’t we have a law that if you appear in public like this, you can’t tell humans how to look, feel, or present themselves. Also, isn’t there a 3:10 to Yuma you need to rob?.
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@JudiciaryGOP I bet you schmucks also are just horrified that this criminal--the voice of your sick, conspiratorial, fascist ideology--could also face consequences for his actions
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@davidmweissman @RepBoebert IMHO, the mistake you made, David, w/ respect, was when addressing Lauren Boebert you said "don't you *think*," as if that's possible for her on anything beyond a 2nd grade level. .
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they ran to install a serial sexual harasser in a stolen Court seat. And Susan Sarandon'll find new acting roles like shilling for Pharma. And social issues don't matter only economic 1s bc economics has zero to do w who can/can't exercise control over their body and. and. and. .
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Kyrsten Sinema & Joe Manchin would've asked our military to hold back on Dec 7th, 1941. just while they called Hideki Tojo to ensure members of the Japanese Imperial Army were willing, in a bilateral manner, to allow us to protect Pearl Harbor.
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Over 500K jobs created, unemployment an almost non-existent 4.6%. New anti-viral pills that keep 89% w #COVID out of the hospital. I got my booster. My Sep IRA is way up. I get to see Jason Bonham play Led Zep hits tonight in Cincy #ThankYouBrandon.
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Like, I just get the malaise, the 🤷♂️ f*king reaction to this. Do you just not give a s*t? Is it all just bread & circuses now for a paycheck? Are you naive enough to believe they aren't going to DO THIS in 2024? Do you ever ask yourself why you went into journalism?? If Al.
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@BernardKerik @CocaCola @pepsi I'm sure they're reeling from the PR disaster that comes w/ public rejection by the former felon who used an apt for exhausted Ground Zero workers to carry on a lurid affair. However will they get thru this?.
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Now that Oprah has basically gotten Piers Morgan canned, can she maybe do the same to Hannity and Tucker?.
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@frankthorp Can our media ask this 5-alarm fool why his profile on “AdultFriendFinder” sought “young guys to have fun w/” if he’s married to a woman & anti-gay?. I know our steadfast press is mad Biden didn’t give age updates every 6 hrs, so this hypocrisy must horrify them & I’m sure, lead.
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disagreeing. It was always narcissism. She made an inane pol move at a time it made no sense, betrayed her base & harmed the country (still have the filibuster. Thx Kyrsten!). She thought it'd get her more press. Instead it ended her substance-free pol career. GOOD RIDDANCE. FINI.
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If a Madagascar hissing cockroach & half-filled-pub spittoon came to life, I imagine this'd what you'd get.#Sotu2023
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