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Comedian/humorist. Co-founder of @GamefullyUn podcast and streaming network - support us on Patreon! writer @SomeMoreNews . Formerly of @cracked . he/him.

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Tom Reimann
3 months
Ok I think I’m outta here. I’ll still post show and work updates etc here for the time being but otherwise you can find me in the other place
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Tom Reimann
3 years
Some random people showed up at our house last night, tried to get in the back door, and then sat in a car in front of the house for two hours before they finally gave up and left, which is nice, because we called 911 twice and the cops just kind of never showed up.
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5 years
@drmistercody @DanCrenshawTX Republicans, the party of dodging regulations and hiring permanent freelancers so you don't have to pay them benefits and they have no employment rights.
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3 years
And I don't mean they didn't show up until hours later. They never showed up *at all.* Not even so much as a follow-up call. Anyway, I was suddenly reminded that this has happened like 80% of the times I've had to call 911 throughout my life.
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Tom Reimann
3 years
@drmistercody well-behaved women seldom make history* *refuse to wait 20 minutes for a table at Red Robin
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6 years
For everyone just now discovering the opening scene of Meet Joe Black, please know the film then continues for three more hours.
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6 years
@drmistercody @DanCrenshawTX She was talking about how the government used 9/11 to restrict civil liberties in an unprecedented way that still hasn’t been reversed, in case any of you actually care about context outside of when a republican mouthpiece defends Hitler on camera.
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8 years
It's like Christmas Eve, if you stayed up all night wondering whether Santa was going to give you a bike or beat you to death with a toaster
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4 years
This bill redefines several misdemeanors as felonies, including camping on state ground and blocking police cars, two common forms of nonviolent protest.
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4 years
JUST IN: Tennessee governor signs bill that would punish some protesters with loss of voting rights
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Tom Reimann
6 years
@drmistercody @DanCrenshawTX Mr. Crenshaw, remember when the West Virginia GOP displayed a poster by an identified anti-Muslim hate group specifically connecting Rep Omar to 9/11 last month and then last week someone was arrested for threatening to murder her? Do you think perhaps your comment adds to this?
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Tom Reimann
2 years
I legitimately have no idea what “up to date” means because the government has effectively ceased all communication about the pandemic.
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2 years
In every state at least half the population is not up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. Overall 70% of Americans, or 227.8 million people, were unvaccinated, had not completed their primary series, or had not gotten a booster dose, as of July 21.
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Tom Reimann
2 years
McDonald's has a maximum order limit of $500 on Door Dash and I feel like that rule needs to be named after the guy who made them realize they needed it.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
I sure will miss watching the president dance like a 50s robot handjobbing its way through a haunted house
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Tom Reimann
1 year
The utter inability of some audiences to accept a deliberately ambiguous ending is both frustrating and extremely funny
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Hi @Twitter @TwitterSupport @jack This is obvious bullshit. A woman posted a screenshot of her receiving an actual death threat and you banned her forever. The “threat” you’re citing is literally her summarizing the comment in the screenshot, you deliberately obtuse goblins.
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don’t tell anyone someone is threatening you on the internet or you’ll be removed from the internet: a story in three acts
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Louis CK is trash and everyone who wants to welcome him back to comedy after facing zero consequences for decades of sexual assault is trash too.
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Tom Reimann
7 years
Why do the machines set The Matrix in a time period where computers and hacking exist? Just set it in bible times, ya robots. Nobody escapes
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5 years
@drmistercody @Mike2020 “Oligarch” is not hateful rhetoric you absolute doof
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5 years
One of my favorite parts of The Force Awakens is that Rey thinks Luke Skywalker was a myth, even though it's only 30 years after Return of the Jedi. If a dude with an electric sword blew up the White House in 1989, we'd still be talking about that shit.
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Hey @IncredibleCulk how did Kevin order pizza when all the phone lines were down?
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2 years
this was an extremely difficult episode to write because A) it's infuriating bullshit, and B) it's *so much* infuriating bullshit, so I decided to add a subplot wherein Cody is really excited about eating shrimp
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Some More News
2 years
Hi. Here is the latest episode of #SomeMoreNews with @drmistercody . Link: Executive Producer – @katystoll Directed by @will_gordh Written by @startthemachine Editor and Post-Production Supervisor –  @Conway_East Head writer –  @MovieHooligan
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Tom Reimann
6 years
HAMMOND: We clocked the T-Rex at 32 miles an hour. GRANT: You fucking what? HAMMOND: You heard me. GRANT: You gotta racetrack?! HAMMOND: WE GOTTA RACETRACK BABAAAY
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Tom Reimann
2 years
@MovieHooligan @MattWalshBlog Matt is pretending like he’s never encountered this joke format before to stick up for a man who accidentally dimed himself out to the police while making the corniest video of all time
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Tom Reimann
8 years
The White House website no longer has a section on climate change, healthcare, civil rights, or LGBTQ rights.
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Tom Reimann
9 months
This is like the 15th problem to solve in our country, but nearly every single call and text I receive is a scam and that makes it hard to be a person.
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William B. Fuckley
9 months
Honestly the unceasing torrent of scam calls and messages is a legit societial problem with all kinds of negative downstream impacts (everything from polling to contact tracing is harder), and it’s weird that there isn’t more national attention focused on solving it.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
It is terrible, because it means that minimum wage does not actually provide people anywhere close to the minimum amount of money required to exist.
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The Hill
4 years
Sen. @tedcruz : "We are paying a whole lot of people a lot more money to stay home and not work than they made on their jobs -- and that is terrible."
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Tom Reimann
4 years
There are countless livestreams of the protest online, we can see that the fireworks didn't start until after you started shooting tear gas and impact munitions. Also, your officers are wearing riot armor, not sure what a bottle rocket is going to do there.
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Portland Police
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Demonstrators are setting off numerous fireworks and aerial mortars at officers.
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Tom Reimann
1 year
Black students requested the book be removed from the curriculum (not removed from the library) for several reasons, including the fact that other students were using it as an excuse to say racial slurs in class, but it’s being framed as identical to right wing book bans.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
FYI hero worship of politicians is weird and dangerous and kind of how we got into this mess in the first place
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Tom Reimann
5 years
The median national rent for a one bedroom apartment is $1,078.
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una tipa
5 years
Steve Mnuchin, the Secretary of the Treasury, Says $1200 Will Last Families Up To 10 Weeks
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Tom Reimann
6 years
You know how much I learned about Iran Contra and the American AIDS epidemic in high school history? Fucking nothing. Just like I learned Vietnam was "an unpopular war" and the Civil War was about "state's rights." We teach revisionist history about American exceptionalism
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Tom Reimann
5 years
Hey, MAD magazine stole this pitch from me and I have the proof if anyone cares.
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MAD Magazine
5 years
"Willy Wonka" but make it BBQ. Our MAD #8 "Chocolate Factory" parody starring @GuyFieri is now on sale! (Just pop an antacid before you pick one up.)
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11 months
Hey I wrote this
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Some More News
11 months
Hi. Here is a new episode of #SomeMoreNews with @drmistercody .
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Tom Reimann
4 months
I spent two months writing these episodes so you didn’t have to.
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Some More News
4 months
Hi. Today we're looking at America's 40th president – Teflon Ron, 'ol Dutchy, the Gipper himself – Ronald Reagan, and how nearly everything bad in the U.S. today can be traced back to something he did and/or said. Check out our latest episode:
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Tom Reimann
11 months
@IwriteOK This is ten times more embarrassing than “please clap”
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Tom Reimann
5 years
The problem with *all* of the Disney Star Wars movies is that nobody ever had a clear vision for the whole trilogy's overall story. Writing/production on all 3 films were separate & simultaneous, which is why we're seeing retcons and abandoned/neglected characters/storylines.
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Tom Reimann
8 years
@pattonoswalt Join me in reporting @JamesOKeefeIII for voter harassment and intimidation. This is explicitly illegal
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Tom Reimann
1 year
Fox News may be telling you otherwise, but the conflict with Target’s pride displays is that Target has been receiving relentless death threats since they were unveiled.
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KUTV2news
1 year
BREAKING: A Target in Layton was evacuated after officials said they were informed of a bomb threat to multiple Utah locations. They said the threat mentioned Target's Pride merchandise displays.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
A character in Tenet literally says “don’t try to understand it” while they’re explaining the gimmick of the movie and folks
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Tom Reimann
4 years
Love that the discourse has decided a “cut” and “literally everything we filmed” are the same thing
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Tom Reimann
6 years
@drmistercody @benshapiro I’ve been staring at this for five minutes and I still can’t figure out what he’s trying to say.
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Tom Reimann
3 years
I'm going to buy something stupid today because it is my birthday and I have Covid
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Tom Reimann
4 years
I was unemployed in 2018 and I still owed $3,000 in taxes.
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Tom Reimann
6 months
Cinematographers are working professionals who take jobs as they need them just like anyone else but I will never get over the fact that they got Bill Pope, the guy who shot The Matrix and changed cinema forever, to shoot Jerry Seinfeld's Pop Tart movie.
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Tom Reimann
2 years
This is like demanding to know why Home Depot doesn’t sell ravioli
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Tom Reimann
1 year
Just about to beat Diablo 4. Right in front of the boss room. Got up to pee so there would be no distractions. Was gone for less than a minute and now Blizzard has locked me out of my account for the next several minutes for being inactive. Incredible game design.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
A movie featuring a character named Captain America just became the biggest movie of all time.
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4 years
Dean Cain: "I promise you, as Superman, I wouldn't today be allowed to say 'truth, justice, and the American way.'" Ainsley Earhardt: "Oh my gosh. You're right. You're absolutely right."
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Barbed wire is literally a symbol of indifferent violence and cruelty
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Jeff Zeleny
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"Barbed wire used properly can be a beautiful sight," @realDonaldTrump said today -- adding a new line to his immigration passage of his stump speech.
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Tom Reimann
8 years
The first thing E.T. does when left on his own is put on a bathrobe and drink 6 beers in the middle of the day.
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Tom Reimann
1 year
My mom was a pastor, and one Christmas she asked my wife to be in her church's pageant and I didn't go to it because I decided to work. They never did another pageant together, and now my mom is dead and that job laid me off years ago. Don't do what I did. Work doesn't love you.
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Tom Reimann
5 years
Just got out of twitter jail for suggesting a certain orange head of state was so dumb I’m amazed he hasn’t accidentally drowned while looking up during a rainstorm. The past week has done nothing to prove me wrong.
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Steve Jobs lied to the courts about being infertile to avoid taking care of his daughter for the first two years of her life. This was while he was already a millionaire and his daughter was being raised on welfare. He didn’t actually meet her until she was 8. Rich people suck.
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Bill Maher is an anti-vaxxer so maybe don’t pretend that anything he says is intelligent.
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Deadline
6 years
Bill Maher Addresses Stan Lee’s Death, Says Adults Pretend Comic Books Are “Sophisticated Literature”
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Tom Reimann
3 years
@drmistercody listen i'm just glad warriors like tim are out there on the front lines
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Tom Reimann
2 years
Not only is this video not the intro to the new LOTR show, but the OP (C*lest*al S*ud) appears to be a galloping racist, so good job everyone who uncritically retweeted them
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Tom Reimann
2 years
Why is it so important for some people that the movies they like be well-reviewed, just watch your hog slop man nobody cares
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Tom Reimann
3 years
@justintbrown They’re hard at work converting their minivan into a bomb
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Tom Reimann
1 year
I want to believe in the aliens too but there are people in the government who would testify under oath to the existence of literal demons so I’m gonna need them to subpoena an E.T.
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Tom Reimann
6 years
@drmistercody @realDailyWire Imagine doing a harambe joke in 2019 while simultaneously demanding to be treated like a serious news person
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Tom Reimann
6 years
The notion of ageism in politics can eat 100% of my shit. This country has had enough 70-80 year old people making laws and staying in office for a quarter century. It’s one of the reasons we’re in so much trouble.
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Tom Reimann
2 years
Elon could end world hunger by writing a check but instead he spent more money than entire nations on this planet have ever even seen to buy a microblogging website so racist dorks would tell him he was cool.
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Tom Reimann
1 year
Bands I still consider “new” are doing 20 year reunion tours and I finally understand why my parents were angry all the time
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Tom Reimann
6 years
It’s actually nothing like this, unless you went to a school where the straight-A students got all of the books, pencils, and desks and the other kids had to sit on the floor in the hall outside the classroom and carve their homework into blocks of old wood.
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Scott Walker
6 years
Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth Tax is like telling a straight 🅰️ student in high school 📚 that she has to give up some of her grades to the other students. Instead of stealing from her, why don’t we just help everyone else do better 👍!
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4 years
@drmistercody I would take a bullet for Elon's dank memes
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5 years
@drmistercody @benshapiro Cody, it's not white nationalism because Ben doesn't call it that
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Tom Reimann
6 years
This is, without hyperbole, the most embarrassing thing ever written
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Tom Reimann
6 years
BEN SHAPIRO: *spends all day hanging out in a McDonald’s, selling McDonald’s food to McDonald’s customers* THE MEDIA: Ben Shapiro is a McDonald’s employee. SHAPIRO: How fucking dare you
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Tom Reimann
3 years
Not enough words have been written about the fact that the Back to the Future trilogy begins with Doc Brown agreeing to build a nuke for some terrorists.
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Tom Reimann
7 years
Hey just want to thank everyone for all the kind words. As a person who never expects anything I do to be important to anyone, I truly appreciate it. Also the bad guy from Passenger 57 was in two (2) Dungeons and Dragons movies, so who knows what the future will hold
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Tom Reimann
7 years
At the end of The Santa Clause, Charlie says he wants to "go into the family business" when he grows up, which by the film's logic means he has just vowed to one day murder his father, Santa Claus.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
About to order $40 of Taco Bell
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Tom Reimann
6 years
This is the budget of a man who splits rent, internet, and utilities with four roommates and is still on his family’s cellphone plan. Also he went to Princeton and was able to stay with family while he established his business.
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CNBC
6 years
The budget breakdown of a 25-year-old who makes $100,000 a year and is excellent with money. via @CNBCMakeIt
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Tom Reimann
5 years
Terry Jones dying the same day as Mr. Peanut suggests that perhaps a corporation pretending that their mascot has tragically died in an accident to trend on social media is somewhat irresponsible
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Tom Reimann
4 years
"If everyone in L.A. risks their health and spends over $1,000, we can save the economy" is not the feel-good message you seem to think it is.
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Tom Reimann
6 years
This guy on divorce court just said “I need to flirt with women to sell them time shares” and never before has a person looked so much like that sentence.
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Tom Reimann
5 years
HERMAN MELVILLE: ok but what if like a giant ass whale decided "fuck you, specifically"? EDITOR: yeah that would be pretty stressful, write that shit up
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Tom Reimann
3 years
Booing is hands down the funniest thing we do as a species
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Tom Reimann
5 years
Hey I wrote this one!
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Some More News
5 years
Reposting this today for no reason. Link:
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5 years
@drmistercody @NoahShachtman “don’t be so happy about the serial child predator and sex trafficker getting arrested because he might implicate someone who agrees with your political ideology” is only a hot take if you believe that every human on earth values power over principles
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4 years
We’re trapped in the worst pandemic of the last 100 years but at least the president is the dumbest motherfucker who has ever lived
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4 years
Another important aspect of conservatism is holding your opponents to a level of decency that you do not hold to yourself
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Boo Berry shows up on cereal boxes every year, begging us to solve his murder
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5 years
Without hyperbole, this is the greatest video of all time
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6 years
It’s as if allowing the president to own businesses should be illegal because it skews his priorities.
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Jackie Calmes
6 years
WH pool report says as Trump was briefed in NC on hurricane damage, he asked an official, "How is Lake Norman doing?" Told it was fine, he said, "I love that area. I can’t tell you why, but I love that area." There is a Trump National Golf Club on its shores, near Charlotte.
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3 years
57% of Magneto's name is the word "neato" and I think that's great.
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2 years
these people are so fucking weird
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5 years
It is becoming more and more impossible to exist as a content creator on the internet.
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Tom Reimann
4 years
Really sick of being told the solution is to vote when the people I voted for refuse to actually do anything except tell me to vote
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Tom Reimann
5 months
The limitless potential of the internet has been reduced to three websites that barely function and trillions of others regurgitating the same shit to try and game their algorithms.
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Tom Reimann
2 years
4-D chess looks a lot like a man relentlessly shitting all over his own dick
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Tom Reimann
6 years
That’s generally the order in which those things occur, yes.
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Christina Wilkie
6 years
Trump just now: "It is a scary time for young men in America. You can be accused before you prove your innocence."
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Tom Reimann
2 years
hollywood has spent thirty years proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that you can't make a sequel to jurassic park
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Yearly reminder that Agent Krycek and I were switched at birth
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3 years
I see our strategy of electing the dumbest motherfuckers alive is still paying dividends in year 3 of the worst pandemic in a century
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Tom Reimann
4 years
Perhaps allowing the president to say and do whatever he wants without consequence for four years was a bad idea
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Tom Reimann
6 years
I can, this fucking place is literally drowning in ads
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Tom Reimann
6 years
Senators should absolutely be treated like this. They’re public servants elected to represent their constituents, and should absolutely be accountable to them. They’re not figures of worship or visiting royalty, they make decisions of which we have to bear the effects
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Alexandra Jaffe
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No one should treat a senator like this, regardless of the vote. It’s a position that should still receive some respect & reverence.
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Tom Reimann
2 years
"You're not allowed to be angry about something unless you also have a solution" is authoritarian bozo shit. I dunno man, we're all pissed this toddler gets to just crash in here and destroy our livelihoods because his billionaire feelings got hurt, so yes I hope this ruins him
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