Rob Byrnes

Writer. Economic Development Guy. Great thinker. Philosopher-King. Compulsive liar. And decent hair, often enough, although that might be another lie.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

After Superman lost his superpowers, he floundered finding a way to hate-tweet, and still failed.

[Dean Cain @Deancain]

Has anyone ever seen a photo of Michigan Senate candidate Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed (D) playing High School football? He says he was captain of the team, but I can't find a single photo. Internet, please do your thing --

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@RonFilipkowski So weird. I spent 3+ hours at National Night Out tonight (Manhattan's 17th Precinct) and felt no feed to have a heart attack or be a fucking dick. But he can do him.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@jlef423 @NYCSanitation @NYC_DOT @HudsonRiverPark @NYCMayor Um... helmet? (I know... I know... the hair...)

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@PeterTwinklage Sara Jane Moore would like a word.

[Josh Billinson @jbillinson]

This is actually the third consecutive FDNY commissioner to have never served as a firefighter, but you wouldn’t know that from the reactions here.

I wonder what’s so different this time!

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

Lillian Bonsignore is a 31-year veteran of the FDNY.

The far right never lets facts get in the way of their narrative.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

I’ll take Cowardly Rightwing Radio Hosts for $500, Alex.

The answer in 3 screen caps is:

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@BobLonsberry If he appointed a gay gay firefighter, you’d say the same damn thing. The last FDNY Commissioner had no firefighting or emergency services experience, but he was a white male so Bob Lonsberry and all the others with that mindset didn’t care. At least you’re consistent.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@PeterTwinklage *glamor shot* It was all about that thermostat.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@PeterTwinklage I’m grateful the MAGA has also allowed us to say Happy Birthday again!

[Jeff Coltin @JCColtin]

This is not “breaking.” We’ve known exactly what the ballot would look like for like two months, and this has been the system in New York for years. (Cuomo ran on *four* lines in 2018.)

And now Musk is using this tweet to cast aspersions on the city’s election.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@EricTrump Are you so stupid you don't realize your own damn father has run on multiple ballots lines in NYC no less than three times? Moron.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

Oh look. One of those @NancyMace things that never happened managed to happen again.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

BREAKING: Mace is a victim again.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

@AHousefather Congratulations!

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

You have to learn from your mistakes, and the White House has learned. For example, they're moving all future highly-classified intelligence chats from Signal to Facebook Messenger.

[Senator Mark Kelly @SenMarkKelly]

Traitor?

Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do.

[Rob Byrnes @RobByrnesWriter]

OMG!

[Acyn @Acyn]

Leavitt: When you're flying with your loved ones, do you pray that your airplane lands safely and gets you to your destination or do you pray that the pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Leavitt: When you're flying with your loved ones, do you pray that your airplane lands safely and gets you to your destination or do you pray that the pilot has a certain skin color? I think we all know the answer.

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Guys, people don't rush to judgment with this latest crash. Like President Trump said, we don't know who is at fault until we find out if the pilot is a black person or a dwarf.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

We're going to find out what happened.

And we’re going to do everything we can to prevent this horrific tragedy from happening again.

But to immediately question the aircrew as if they didn't earn their place in that cockpit is disgusting.

Shame on Donald Trump.