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@gregmcantwell

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Writer of novels, screenplays, and bite-sized reviews of books.

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@gregmcantwell
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@StephenKing The Academy proving Barbie's thesis by snubbing Greta and Margot is the most 2024 move imaginable.
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@ElieNYC If that doesn’t hurt to listen to, you’re missing something as a human being.
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@gtconway3d The key to understanding Trump is realizing he's a 12-year old encased in the body of an elderly man. The attributes most boys develop as they pass through their teenage years—empathy, self-control, self-awareness—are qualities he does not possess.
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@TheRickWilson This is disqualifying. If the Republican Party had an ounce of dignity it would force him to drop out of the race.
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@RpsAgainstTrump This is disqualifying. Seriously, if the Republican Party possessed an ounce of dignity or love of country they would force him to drop out.
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@RonFilipkowski It’s like they’re trying to make the gender gap as wide as possible…
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@edzitron This is quite possibly the least impressive poker story ever told.
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@HoopMixOnly That wasn’t a travel, it was a pilgrimage.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Simple rule—If you have to lie to win a debate, you're on the wrong side of the debate.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Oh, look! The billionaire is begging people to send him money.
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@RpsAgainstTrump It's a federal crime to make, use, or possess counterfeit U.S. currency.
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@RpsAgainstTrump My only critique of Ben Shapiro is that he’s 40 and he sounds like someone who has never been in a relationship with another human being.
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@Scotterybarn Well played, sir.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Sure, sure, sure. And “The Apprentice” should have won the Emmy over “The Amazing Race.” And he’ll release his tax returns any day now. And his healthcare plan. And an Infrastructure plan.
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@RonFilipkowski It's a different ballgame in criminal court. Merchan can revoke Trump's bail and toss him in the hoosegow if he doesn't watch what he says.
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@RpsAgainstTrump I was on the jury once, for a three-week long trial. One of the plaintiff’s attorneys was, like Babba, very green on court procedure and the judge would get testy about the litany of mistakes. The funny part—after a week or two, I was like, “Come on guy, how are you still
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@kaitlancollins For anyone who doesn’t understand—there are rules in a court proceeding. You can’t just say anything. Lawyers under these rules. Non-lawyers typically don’t. It was altogether sensible for the judge to clarify them in advance. If you still don’t get it, watching “My Cousin
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@ElieNYC @thenation When people ask if America is ready to elect a black woman, say, “Is it ready to elect a felon?” Because it shouldn’t be.
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@JoJoFromJerz They've lost the plot altogether. There's no connection to sensible policy or constructive outcomes, they just want to hurt people who don't agree with them.
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@RonFilipkowski Most of the seats were empty. So...
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@RpsAgainstTrump Wow, he's going full "Birther" on Nikky Haley? This dude is not well.
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@RonFilipkowski I don't know which is a bigger stretch, that Trump was a great dad or that construction crews would let a fifth-grader operate an acetylene torch.
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@JackLombardi @StephenKing Yo, Queequeg. What are you, the only guy in America who doesn’t know Stephen King lives in Maine?
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@RonFilipkowski And if that fails, we could go with Andy Dick/Rosie O’Donnell.
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@michaelianblack The irony here is that the folks who worry about the “black helicopters” coming for them aren’t threatened by the increasing militarization of police departments.
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@TheRickWilson Imagine if Barack Obama, while running for president, called for the special prosecutor who indicted him to be arrested. Fox News would’ve imploded with incandescent rage. But when Trump does it? You won’t hear a peep.
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@KnicksMuse I take this as showing there are a lot of lazy players in the league. Those guys don't want to play for a coach who demands you play hard-nosed defense.
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@chrislhayes There are two possibilities: 1) Trump is lying through his teeth (always a live possibility). 2) He has an agreement with the Russians to release Gershkovich, but only AFTER the election, and only IF he wins. Which means Gershkovich is now a prisoner to Trump’s political
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@RonFilipkowski Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
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@RonFilipkowski JD Vance wrote the foreword…
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@atrupar He said “You’d be in jail” if he won the election. He said it to Hillary’s face. On live television, during a debate watched by millions.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Listen up MAGA folks. You get Ted Nugent—a weirdo novelty act, who’s best known for “Cat Scratch Fever” and pooping in his pants to avoid the draft. That’s it. All the other musicians hate your guy. Deal with it.
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@TomCottonAR It’s still embarrassing that you didn’t seem to grasp that Singapore is an actual country. They have a flag and everything!
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@PettyLupone So, her argument is Kamala Harris would be a bad president because right-wing media freaked out when a black man was elected president? Because Harris is also a POC? Is Nikki aware that, um, she is also a POC?
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@Acyn Spoken like a man who isn’t burdened by a scintilla of class, grace or dignity.
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@highbrow_nobrow For fifty years they said abortion should be left to the states. We now know that was a lie. Their goal was always to overturn Roe v. Wade and ban it in all fifty states. They can't be trusted. On anything.
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@SundaeDivine Just what every young lady looks forward to, a kiss from a sweaty old man who smells like cheap bronzer, foot odor and ketchup.
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@kaitlancollins Question for the Trump supporters: Why is it that Trump is the only president, ever, who has argued the need for “total immunity”?
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@JoJoFromJerz He’s also the only president to ever suffer the indignity of a bipartisan vote in the senate for his removal from office. And it happened to him twice!
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@NewHampJournal @NikkiHaley @NHGOP Those meddling democrats. What fiendish question will they ask Nikki next—“Who bombed Pearl Harbor?”
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@RealEmirHan Glory - 1989 - Superb film based on a true story, the 54th Massachusetts regiment’s assault on Fort Wagner.
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@gtconway3d Speaker McFly is learning the painful lesson that all Trump sycophants eventually learn—selling out for him isn’t a winning proposition.
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@RpsAgainstTrump The country would be better off if Nixon had been tried for his crimes. Even if the judge ultimately suspended the sentence, or just sentenced him to home confinement, it would have established that nobody is above the law.
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@RonFilipkowski Sarah, dear. He pointed at a photo of her in his deposition and identified her as his “wife.” One would assume he was attracted to his wife.
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@JoJoFromJerz He also said he hopes the economy crashes this year. He’s not well.
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@gtconway3d She really is giving Vincent LaGuardia Gambini a run for his money! Her response, when admonished by the judge for not standing was, “Sure.” Not, “Yes, your honor,” but “Sure.” Surprised she didn’t say, “Whatever.”
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@RonFilipkowski At a bare minimum, it will be fun watching Greene struggle to pronounce legal jargon.
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@neal_katyal If presidents can be indicted for crimes they commit in office, then the system is working as intended.
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@Acyn “I’m not going to talk about my meetings with world leaders, including, especially, the ones I fabricated! So, I’m not going to talk about that.”
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@RpsAgainstTrump Find me an example of Fox News griping about the public appearances of a pop culture figure who tilts to the right. Go ahead. I'll wait.
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@JessicaTarlov The choice in this election is between Penne Pasta (when you’re bored with Penne Pasta) and a bowl of Razor Blades coated with arsenic. Should be an easy choice, really.
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@Scottcrates We all assume he’s lying when he tells these bizarre “Sir” stories but what if it’s worse than that—what if they are hallucinations?
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@RonFilipkowski Who is “they?” The Lizard People? The Knights Templar? Goldfinger?
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@RpsAgainstTrump I just lost a ton of respect for the Pope. Putin has made it clear he won’t accept anything but total victory—so there’s nothing to negotiate.
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@RpsAgainstTrump It’s funny listening to all the law & order folks crying about Trump having to sit in a chair. During a trial.
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@RonFilipkowski I’m worried about the ketchup bottles.
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@RonFilipkowski Elon—You’re apartheid roots are showing.
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@Acyn Eric, a court found you responsible for criminal fraud and fined you a million dollars. Did you forget that already?
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@JoyceWhiteVance This is what grownups are supposed to sound like.
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@gtconway3d Try as he might, he will never be able to explain away his dereliction of duty—sitting on his hands for hours while his supporters ransacked the Capitol.
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@Acyn I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a politician take a blowtorch to their own credibility quite the way Tim Scott has over the last few days. Good lord. Does he not possess a quantum of self-respect?
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@krassenstein Let’s be honest—if Taylor’s hat had MAGA printed on it conservatives would cheer every time she came onscreen. They don’t dislike her for being at the game, they dislike her for being on the other team.
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@RpsAgainstTrump This is what happens when you let Donald Trump, who couldn't pass a high school civics exam, plot your legal strategy—you end up making asinine arguments.
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@Acyn Omitting Ukraine’s own existential struggle isn’t a slip. It’s intentional. The GOP has become a pawn of the Russian government.
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@Acyn I prefer the guy who eats his salad deliberately over the guy who farts and falls asleep during his porn star payoff trial. But that’s just me.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Fox has to face serious consequences for putting this kind of disgusting, vulgar commentary on the air. Advertisers need to pull their spots, immediately.
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@ChrisCillizza Trump is going to back out. It’s a virtual lock.
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@acnewsitics You will not hear anyone on the right applying this sweeping forgiveness to people on the blue team. Like, ever.
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@RonFilipkowski I would say—You’re an awful, selfish vulgarian with nothing to offer. Drop out of the race, negotiate a plea deal and retire from public life.
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@KnicksMuse That was intentional
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@kangaroos991 Yes, of course he’s to blame.
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@atrupar So, he wants to take us back to 2020, a truly disastrous year, when countless businesses went under and hundreds of thousands died?
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@Acyn Wouldn't this endless quest to find dirt on Hunter Biden fall under the category of "weaponizing government?"
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@AdamKinzinger @JoeBiden Good for you, sir. Some things are more important than politics.
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@weisselbergers @TheRickWilson The irony—Trump’s bio is the one that should read, “I’m the problem, it’s me.”
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@highbrow_nobrow @GoAngelo Telling a lie, this obscene, should end a campaign.
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@MNateShyamalan Ray Liotta wasn’t this coked up in the 3rd act of GOODFELLAS.
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@joncoopertweets The more they talk, the clearer it is that they just don’t care about women. An 18-year old boy having to wait two days to buy an assault rifle? That, they see as an injustice. A tween rape victim having to leave her state to get medical treatment? They’re OK with that. Just
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@RpsAgainstTrump Does he have a citation for his "all the experts" claim, or is it just something he saw on the wall in a Denny's bathroom?
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@Acyn So the “State’s Rights” crew in Congress now wants to shut down any state level prosecutions they don’t like?
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@JoJoFromJerz None of those folks were charged by the government, so, no free speech issues here. Maybe we could get an intrepid seventh grader to explain it to old Charlie boy.
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@RonFilipkowski It’s weird when a morbidly obese man in his late seventies brags about his athleticism.
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@RyanShead It’s either Florida or Florida.
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@MerriamWebster People using literally when they mean figuratively. As in, “he literally flew across the room.” Was he on a magic carpet?
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@Acyn Back in the real world—His last VP isn’t voting for him, and his former chief of staff called him a threat to democracy.
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@mcuban An outstanding reply.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Republicans keep saying things were so rosy under Trump. When you point out what a colossal disaster 2020 was, they dismiss it, as if the last year of an administration doesn't count. SMH.
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@atrupar You can't believe in the "sanctity of every human life" and also be pro-capital punishment. That's nonsensical.
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@highbrow_nobrow @Acyn Are we sure she went to law school? Seriously, can someone check?
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@SykesCharlie Don't think it's out of the question for this Supreme Court to create a loophole for Trump to serve a 3rd term.
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@Acyn The “left” negotiated a strict border bill with GOP Senator James Lankford, which you guys blocked because you don’t want to solve the problem.
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@Acyn In fairness, not many people want to speak to Jason Chaffetz, so this could be true.
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@Acyn He’s also a convicted felon who owes $500M in fines and penalties.
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@atrupar At this point, Ms. Habba, we’re going to need to see your law license. Sorry, but we really need proof you passed the bar. While you’re at it, bring your high school and college diplomas, too.
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@TristanSnell Trump gives “gag order” a whole new meaning.
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@kylegriffin1 @MSNBC I think it’ll be Walz. He’s the Ford-150 of Democratic candidates, not flashy or fancy, but reliable and safe as hell.
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@joncoopertweets They were both unprepared.
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@RpsAgainstTrump Republicans will, once again, prove they aren't a serious political party when they ignore this blatant violation of the Constitution. Article I, Section 9 prohibits accepting any form of payment from a foreign government.
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@Acyn Fox News admitted under oath in the Dominion lawsuit that they lie to their audience. They’re not a news organization, they’re a comfort blanket for people who can’t handle the truth.
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