Mary Katharine Ham
@mkhammer
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Host of Getting Hammered & Normally pods. Immune to Mom-shaming, mobs. DGD. Author, “End of Discussion,” I disagree w people for a living, am stunning & brave.
Washington, D.C.
Joined April 2007
There’s very little we actually know anything about until much later tonight, so here’s my handsome husband and dog.
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I shouldn’t cuss, but fuck you, we’re not doing this anymore.
Billionaire Elon Musk gave what appeared to be a fascist salute Monday while making a speech at the post-inauguration celebration for President Donald Trump at the Capital One Arena. “Some elections are important, some are not. But this one, this one really mattered and I just
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I’m starting to think some of this Hunter Biden stuff might not be Russian disinformation.
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Jesus has had an incredible college football and NFL season.
“First and foremost, all glory has to go to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ; I feel so unqualified; the Lord has qualified me to play in this great city.” .- Houston Texans QB CJ Stroud after their Wild Card win vs Chargers .
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Hi, female athlete here. I ran this exact trail every single week of my college career. I guess I could have been snuffed out before I graduated, had a career, family, and the professionals at the AP would lie about the suspect bc it fits a preferred narrative. Ibarra is not.
The killing of a nursing student out for a run highlights the fears of solo female athletes
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You are currently in office.
Great message from Kamala today: "It will be a day 1 priority to fight to bring down prices. I'll take on big corporations that engage in illegal price gouging. I'll take on corporate landlords that unfairly raise rents. I will take on Big Pharma and cap the costs of drugs."
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My kids asking me what’s for dinner. “I come from a middle-class family”.
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It’s almost as if Harris is the kind of politician who might be so bad at this she’d have to drop out of a primary before a vote was cast in Iowa.
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It went down 51-49, girl. Math!.
.@SenWarren: "I believe in democracy, and I don't believe the minority should have the ability to block things that the majority wants to do. That's not in the Constitution. [. ] It's time to get rid of the filibuster."
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Call me crazy, but I don’t think “whaaat will I doo without my exploited underclaaahhhsss to pick my smooothie berriiieees,” with maximal vocal fry, is the enlightened argument she imagines it is.
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People who said goodbye to their dying grandmas with a poster from the street, and couldn't have a funeral or attend church, would like a word about distress.
Dr. Fauci said he is grateful because the threats and possibility of a politically motivated prosecution "creates immeasurable and intolerable distress on me and my family.".
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I think my favorite absurdity of the Joe Rogan dust-up thus far is Harry and Meghan, who have been paid roughly $1 million per minute of podcast they've produced for Spotify, harrumphing that the company "meet the moment" lest they take the 35 mins of work elsewhere.
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I’m gonna put Andrew Cuomo’s book on responsible COVID responses on my shelf right next to Carole Baskin’s book on marital conflict resolution.
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He was found not guilty because there was copious evidence, much of it video, of him being not guilty of the charges brought. The state did not make its case, in rather spectacular fashion. A lot of this site is misinformed or willfully ignorant of this.
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Your institutions failed you at every level. Now, let them disarm you and protect you.
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Why do I like this ad so much. This is a very different campaign than he’s ever run before.
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We were never going to stay at home as a society until there is a vaccine. That’s unreasonable and irresponsible policy and a violation of the flatten-the-curve bargain most Americans happily made. It also has ruinous public health consequences of its own.
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Oh neat, an unelected person married to the mostly incapacitated elected president is overseeing the first Cabinet meeting in forever. Does anyone have any questions about this?.
Jill Biden is kicking off the first cabinet meeting the White House has had in almost a year and we’re expected to act like this is normal.
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I’m gonna have to spend some time contemplating the possibility that this was not a completely organic event featuring a former president taking a side gig at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s while he’s running for president.
Rumors have been circulating on social media that former President Donald Trump's visit to the popular fast food chain was staged.
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Gentle parenting people confused by your white-people meetings.
“As white women we need to use our privilege to make positive changes.”. Former teacher turned “influencer” infantilizes the “white women for Kamala Harris” and suggests that white women should never “correct” black women.
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"I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence and I don't think he did, either" is probably the moment.
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It’s been 4 yrs since a very bad day for me. It is yesterday & a millennium ago. I have 2 beautiful, funny kids, & we’re all happy. Thank you to all the friends & strangers who donated to help us, prayed for us & continue to, & just put in time for my kids or had a drink w me. 🙌🏻.
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This has everything. The condescension, the cutesy casual verbiage, the credentialism in service of made up stuff, the credibility destroyed. Keep it up, I guess.
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Since everyone’s gonna pile on the widow for not taking a phone call bc we live in stupid times: She should do exactly as she wants, and she knows best how to navigate her new and newly horrific situation. I declined an invitation to the White House four days after my husband.
NEWS. Helen Comperatore, the wife of Corey Comperatore, the man who was murdered at the Trump rally, has spoken to the New York Post. She says that she does not blame Biden for her husband’s murder:. “I don’t have any ill-will towards Joe Biden. I’m not one of those people that
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The president was non-functional and didn’t know what he was signing, and I’m trying to figure out what is a larger scandal than this vacant presidency by committee that went on for years.
So, Biden's staff didn't double check the ACLU's list of "nonviolent drug offenders" and gave clemency to a drug lord in Connecticut who murdered an 8 year old boy and his mother to stop them from testifying. CT Sen. Blumenthal : "someone dropped the ball. This was a really
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Welcome to the world, Holly Jane! 💜Weekend plans: wonder if this is labor, realize it is DEFINITELY labor, get to birth center just in time, have baby, go home, watch football, Praise the Lord! .
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He didn’t say it. Yeah, he said it, but it’s not a big deal. His brain doesn’t work. He said it & it’s good he said it because it’s good to call garbage people what they are—garbage. He said it, it was just truth, and people pouncing are the problem, and also misinformation.
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Don’t overthink it. The places schools are closed, it’s bc a teacher union doesn’t want them open & allied political leadership won’t buck them. It’s not science or misplaced community priorities. Some fight to open, serve their customers, a lot of public schools do the opposite.
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Dark MAGA Carmen Sandiego.
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“I can easily kill you with my military, dumb-dumb citizens,” is not a good talking point to refute the need for self-defense.
BIDEN: "If you need to work about taking on the federal government, you need some F-15s. You don't need an AR-15!"
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Seen some tweets attacking Douglas students for *smiling,* as if it’s proof of ulterior motives. They are not expected to look sad every second of every day to pass some grief test. They’re still living, & grief & laughter are sometimes next door neighbors.
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I am against heckling at a SOTU, but so help me God, if there are more consequences for a Gold Star father for yelling at a President who has neglected to mention 13 Marines murdered during Afghanistan withdrawal than there are for any person who botched that withdrawal….
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I relate to AOC. Literally every criticism of me boils down to people being disappointed they can’t have sex with me. It is indeed a burden, but one we must bear.
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My Lord, it’s remarkable. This is after 20 years of public speaking experience.
Kamala’s teleprompter goes out and she completely melts. Starts laughing uncontrollably and rambling for 40 seconds. Just incredible. This is a woman who has clearly never read a speech before she gives it. Epic laziness, and she wants to be president.
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If I were the President running for reelection, I would simply stop being *secretly* inexhaustible and sharp as a tack and do it in public at speeches and campaign events.
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As a public figure, I’ve had to deal with a stocker. He came to my house and I was gonna call police until he started putting my canned goods in those cool pyramids, and I thought “hey, this is kind of a nice perk of having a stocker.”.
Damn JD is a weirdo and a stocker. Yikes.
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Is there a thing that exists that could more directly refute this claim than “started a snitch line for people to report their neighbor’s gatherings and church groups to the government for Covid restriction violations,” bc that’s what he did.
Walz: In Minnesota we respect our neighbors and their personal choices that they make. Even if we wouldn't make the same choice for ourselves, there's a golden rule, mind your own damn business.
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Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris on July 21 and her first interview was with Dana Bash on Aug 29. That’s not a narrative. That’s reality. Y’all have got to stop pissing on people’s legs and telling them it’s raining.
Harris campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon: "Being up against a narrative that we weren’t doing anything or we were afraid to have interviews is completely bullsh*t, and also, like, took hold a little bit. And we just gave us another thing we had to fight back for that Trump never
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Who will speak for the hot people, whose plight has been too long ignored in this country? AOC and I will!.
It’s only Monday, but @mkhammer has already won the week with this savage mockery of AOC’s self-absorbed vanity. 😂😂😂
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Oh are we not doing build your own platform anymore.
Musk and his apologists say if consumers don’t like what he does with Twitter, they can go elsewhere. But where else would consumers go to post short messages that can reach millions of people other than Twitter?. The “free market” increasingly reflects the demands of big money.
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Off to a country with a … national 14-wk limit on abortion, which was just changed from 12 wks in February.
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My toddlers after a 5-min walk without snack and a sippy cup.
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The “slur” was the word boy. 🤦🏻♀️ This is an 85/15 issue, they are on the wrong side of 85% of Americans on this, there is one person on the panel talking about it, and he’s berated in this unhinged way for saying what everyone except this sliver of people knows.
This @CNN clip centers on a fierce dispute over whether calling transgender girls “boys who play in girls’ sports” is a slur. The man who says it isn’t one says that most people are uncomfortable with this and this helped cost Harris this election.
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“Now that I have honorably limited my government service to just 51 years, I think the proper limit for a position that is supposed to be lifetime should be 18 years. Rules start NOW!”.
President Joe Biden is calling for reform to the Supreme Court, citing some of its recent high-profile decisions as cause for concern and catalysts for change.
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The fact you don’t happen to like an outcome does not make the process that brought it about illegitimate when the process was in fact perfectly legitimate. A woman you don’t happen to like is not unqualified bc of your feels when in fact she is very qualified.
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Mayor of Athens, Ga. in the wake of the first murder at UGA in 30 yrs. Listed threats: Trump, Charlottesville, possible vitriol from American citizens to illegal immigrants. Not listed: Crime, murderers, his duty to citizens. He is the Norm joke. A blinkered, insane response.
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Guys, you can just disagree with him.
A petition is calling on the Chiefs to dismiss kicker Harrison Butker for making several dehumanizing remarks during his commencement speech at Benedictine College on May 11th. Here’s what the three-time Super Bowl champion said about women, Pride Month,
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Her utter lack of skill is exquisite, astonishing every day, one of life’s surprises. Really keeps things fresh.
"What's your current assessment of the risk to the U.S. milk and meat supply from the bird flu epidemic in cattle?". KARINE JEAN-PIERRE (struggling): "I don't consume any meat"
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I probably have work to do, but there’s an 18-month-old little boy with a little cold asleep on me and he’s my last baby, so I’ll just be here for as long as he wants to be here.
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Can we have a national conversation on the difference between banned and not mandated.
Wearing my mask no matter what non-scientists tell me I can do.
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I imagine a Navy attache guy at the VP Residence opening an intricately carved wooden box filled w a vast selection of character Band-Aids, from Paw Patrol to Barbie Nutcracker, lined up like teas, to offer them to young Maribel. “Thank you, sir, I’ll take Moana and Peppa today.”.
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Rogan is an opportunity for legacy media introspection, and media never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity for introspection.
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Just a reminder that there is absolutely not a functioning grown-up who pulls a fire alarm thinking it will do any other fucken thing than sound a fire alarm.
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If every probable question she could easily have prepped for about her own record is an ambush, that’s on you guys.
Kamala Harris (strong) handled an ambush Fox interview light years better than the hash Donald Trump (unstable) made of the Fox pep rally disguised as a town hall.
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This is actually appalling. This is a public servant?.
LAFD Assistant Chief Kristine Larson: . "Am I able to carry your husband out of a fire? He got himself in the wrong place."
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There’s a tremendous effort to tell me this person is inspiring and skilled, but this is 10 extemporaneous seconds on the easiest win possible. The question she faces (the only one she’s faced?) is basically “how do you feel about this good thing?” 🫠.
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So, isolated nutter is gonna be a harder sell when the NYT was happily quoting him as a sophisticated activist.
The alleged Trump shooter has given multiple interviews to U.S. news outlets touting his ties to international mercenary groups in Ukraine including spending months in the country and meeting the defense ministry.
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No one is above the law except people who get blanket, preemptive pardons. Ignominy to the end.
BREAKING: Biden pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and the Jan. 6 committee in an extraordinary use of presidential power against potential Trump "revenge."
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This says "supervillain," but he's not being treated like a supervillain. Media is more hostile to Musk for spending his own money than to SBF for losing a couple billion in people's life savings. The tone is pretty astonishing.
TOMORROW: Collapse of a crypto empire -- @GStephanopoulos sits down with former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to talk about what went wrong at the company in a one-on-one interview on @GMA.
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Not a word on Afghanistan and no questions? Is this real?.
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My absolute favorite part of this convention is these Gold Star families getting this moment for their loved ones. It should have come in a State of the Union, where they should have been guests of the Commander in Chief. But that was not offered to them. This is important.
Mother-in-Law of Sgt. Nicole Leeann Gee, who was killed in the attack on Abbey Gate: . "While Joe Biden has refused to recognize their sacrifice. Donald Trump knew all of our children's names. He knew their stories."
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My greatest accomplishment, bar none, is birthing & raising my children with gratitude, joy & grit, even in some of the worst circumstances life could hand us. Thanks for asking! Oh, were you asking about my career? Sorry to disappoint, but I did that the whole time, too.
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This made me laugh.
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Hey, everyone. The Sunday shows are tomorrow. Maybe while you’re writing up those scripts, you could find half a segment to pressure the newly minted candidate for president to take any questions from any of you.
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Hi, I’m MK. I’m 39 years old & I just ran the fastest mile I’ve ever run— 6:38! This is the pic my kid took to celebrate. 😂🏃🏻♀️💥
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And Anderson would be in a black t-shirt thigh-deep in standing water to make sure everyone could see what was happening.
CNN's @ScottJenningsKY "If a republican were in the White House, and the republican president were at the beach, and the VP were off making money with celebrities, I guarantee you someone would be mad" . Exactly
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Brennan asked about a controversial play in which Clark got a bruised eye from contact. That’s normal. I have never seen a league more bent on destroying its own burgeoning chances at success.
The WNBA Players Association released a statement regarding USA Today reporter Christine Brennan. "You have abused your privileges and do not deserve the credentials issued to you."
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These women, who not only worked all their lives to be great swimmers but did it while maintaining grades to get into the Ivy League, are supposed to be not just not upset, but elated and cheering for being dominated by someone who was on the men’s team in 2020. It’s not fair.
🥇🥈. Lia Thomas is the @IvyLeague champion in the 500 free. Her time of 4:37.32 is a new pool record. Catherine Buroker finishes in second. #FightOnPenn
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Three justices don't go on the record to refute you because you got it *right.* This has got to be the closest they come to "GTFO here with this BS.".
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A Friday night news dump F you. Brazen stuff. These people have no privacy on government devices. Their messages belong to us. The worse you behave, the more you get paid as long as it’s in service of the correct side. Disgraceful.
Biden administration launders $1.2M payment to Peter Strzok (and likely a similar payment to Lisa Page) through settlement of likely-doomed lawsuit.
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Man, I can think of 3 attacks on righty canvassers in the last month + a murder + SCOTUS assassination attempt. Don’t accept the framing of anyone who transparently, eagerly uses allegations or incidents of political violence as a means of silencing their political adversaries.
Don’t accept the GOP framing of the assault on Paul Pelosi as evidence of a problem plaguing “both sides of the aisle.”. Political violence in America is being driven primarily by the far-right, not the far left.
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If you’re going to tell a Gold Star Family that you, a reporter, have absolute moral authority, not them, you should have a named source on the record. Maybe two! What Gold Star families say about their experiences, with their names attached, should matter no matter who they.
GROSS: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg claps back at @mguillen_ on CNN, lecturing the family that, while he “understands the sensitives” surrounding the late Private Vanessa Guillen and that they're “hurt by — by this story,” he argues “the fact remains” indisputable Trump said
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I know CRT and the Loudoun story get all the heat when it comes to education as an issue in media, but when we analyze that issue’s impact, we should always make note that SCHOOLS IN MAJOR METRO AREAS WERE CLOSED FOR 18 EFFING MONTHS. So, you know, that ticked some people off.
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One of the presidents should give a press conference.
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Men punching women in the face shouldn’t be a competitive Olympic sport.
After 46 seconds and a few hits to the face by a male, Carini forfeited the fight. Call me crazy, but It's almost as if women don't want to be punched in the face by a male as the world watches and applauds. This is glorified male violence against women.
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This is one of my favorite people we’re lucky to have here in America. His simple idea for a charity, which inspires countless kids to mow 50 yards for their elderly, veteran, and just-plain-busy neighbors, spreads so much sweetness. Happy bday, Rodney!.
Grateful for another year and honored to share my birthday with the country I love. Happy 4th of July to everyone! A heartfelt thank you to our brave men and women who have served and are currently serving. Enjoy the day and, most importantly, stay safe!
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I was in a bar fight circa 2006 at Local 16, defending the honor of a friend from a chick who totally deserved it. I just wanted to tweet that. I am now unconfirmable.
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So predictable. Her speech was grounded in facts, the judge’s record in court, & (sadly) MUCH-NEEDED reminders of foundations of American democracy, like why presumption of innocence is good. It was admirably divergent from so much anti-intellectual, explicitly emotional coverage.
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I pulled up Bret Baier's 2023 sit-down with Trump out of curiosity and it's longer than with Harris, and between 3-11 mins, I count 19 questions and break-ins from Bret on the subject of the documents indictment alone, with tape of Trump to refute Trump.
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Maybe y’all should sue that baker in Colorado again. I’m just spitballing.
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She was very bad at her job. 🤷🏻♀️.
Karine Jean-Pierre earned two degrees, has worked in politics for 21 years, including on 5 presidential campaigns and in 2 administrations, and — just to put a cherry on top — speaks 3 languages. Go ahead and tell the class what is “DEI” about her. Let’s hear it.
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Women have long been told their dumb little sports don’t matter. Now they get to be told by their heroes in women’s sports! Exciting times!.
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Champagne podium meme but they actually deserve the champagne. Congrats, Emma and Erica.
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I can’t express how little I want this in my life. It’s is so condescending to the women listening, who need to “put their listening ears on” for BIPOC women who are also condescended to by assuming they can’t hear disagreement.
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Self-defense is the issue on which I probably feel most distant from the left. Crockett posits that it was the role of Penny and other strangers in this subway car, being threatened by Neely, to somehow divine and solve the problems of his life that hadn’t been solved by Neely.
Jordan Neely was unarmed. He needed support and care. Instead, he received a death sentence. His family grieves while the man who took his life walks free.
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WTF.
"We had an open primary and [Kamala Harris] won it. Nobody else got in the race," @SpeakerPelosi tells @kadiagoba.
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My four lost plans would like a word with Joe, if they still existed.
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