Aaron Zinck

Mastodon: @[email protected]

[Ethics and Public Policy Center @EPPCdc]

Carl R. Trueman writes for @firstthingsmag about the connection between political integrity and Christian orthodoxy.

https://t.co/5mGWl2Y7Fa

[Adam Rifkin 🐼🌻 @ifindkarma]

“Think about the consequences of accepting [Trump’s lawyer John Sauer’s] argument that any president can commit ANY crime — [including] using those resources to assassinate political rivals.”
@BrianSchatz #TrumpIsNotWell

#VoteBlue2024ToSaveDemocracy

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@ultimike Interesting. I would still call the new approach he's moving towards "embedding things in a WYSIWYG", it's just that it's a media entity being embedded. Am I missing something?

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@robcesternino @Keev26 Please don’t do the random pairings bracket. It’s putting a hat on a hat. Comparing individual random things already strains reasonableness, but this idea just feels extra pointless.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The same people who obsess over ‘rapists’ coming across ‘open borders’ into America are planning on voting in November for a man who was adjudicated in court to be a rapist.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

It just seems to me when 26 different women have accused Trump of sexual misconduct and he explains his go-to move on the Access Hollywood tape which pretty much mirrors what they all said he did to them, & he said he would date Ivanka if she wasn’t his daughter, frequently walked into dressing rooms with naked girls present at his pageants, pitched to Playboy a ‘Girls of Trump’ edition featuring his hottest employees, hung out with Jeffrey Epstein, and paid off a porn star, there might be something to all this.

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

Tucker @TuckerCarlson gives license to Putin to murder Navalny. He has and would give license to @realDonaldTrump to murder opposition.

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@JoshLipnik My favorite food in DC. Get the turkey and orzo. And it's more takeout than deli, but definitely not a diner.

[Liz Cheney @Liz_Cheney]

NATO is the most successful military alliance in history. It’s essential to deterring war & defending American security. No sane American President would encourage Putin to attack our NATO allies. No honorable American leaders would excuse or endorse this. https://t.co/LhH4kA1wHC

[Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec]

There are so many things to say to this, so this is going to take a few tweets.

[Ben Meiselas @meiselasb]

Since the media refuses to report on it, let me share what happens at a typical Trump speech:

1. He comes out to the playing of the “January 6 Anthem” song which he recorded with some of the most dangerous J6 rioters in jail.

2. He brags how his song with the J6 rioters gets more downloads than Taylor Swift (it does not)

3. He spends a few minutes talking about passing cognitive exams, and how the audience would not pass the exam, but because he is really smart (he is not) he is able to ace the exam.

4. He praises Viktor Orban, the leader of Hungary, who Trump says is the most respected leader in Europe (he is not).

5. He praises President Xi and says he is very strong and rules over 1 billion people with an iron fist and Hollywood couldn’t find an actor as tough as President Xi.

6. He praises Putin and says people say it’s a bad thing he gets along with Putin but he thinks it’s a good thing.

7. He makes weird noises reenacting lifting weights with a trans woman and he says “mommy I can’t do it. Mommy. Ughhh, uhh, mommy help me.”

8. He says he doesn’t like seeing President Biden at the beach and says he has a better body than Biden (he does not)

9. He talks about his hatred of windmills and his hatred of electric cars. He says he would rather be electrocuted than eaten by sharks however.

10. He praises the J6 insurrectionists and calls them hostages.

11. He whines about his court cases, attacks prosecutors, judges, and witnesses, and then praises “the great Alphonse Capone” and brags he was indicted more than Capone.

12. He quotes Hitler and says immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country.

13. He says he wants to be a dictator on day 1.

14. He plays QAnon music, audience members often make QAnon sign with their hands, and he talks about how America is a failing nation.

15. He does a weird dance and leaves.

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@NickelCreek @andrewbird I signed up (interested in the Interlochen date) and the email came but the sale never went live and now it's showing the pre-sale is on 2/29. Is that right?

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@jonescifer @johnkonrad Seriously. I think a Lambo is more of a Veblen good than anything else. Probably a bad example to choose for the point. More clear-cut example: Jeep Renegade vs. a Lexus RX.

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@DylanoA4 @alexgmichael Read his Psmith books. "Leave it to Psmith" is my personal favorite. Much as I love Jeeves and Wooster, I find the Psmith books to be his crowning comedic achievement.

[non functional tubule @meatspacemaxima]

the enabling act of 1933 enabled hitler’s cabinet to essentially bypass the legislature / courts and govern directly.

this seems crazy to say but if you make it so the president cannot be legally liable under any circumstances, that similarly breaks the separation of powers.

[Eric Umansky @ericuman]

Three years ago, I got some footage that I couldn’t get out of my mind.

It showed the first police killing captured on body-worn cameras in NY.

The NYPD didn’t want anyone to see it.

It eventually launched me on the biggest story I’ve ever done, w/ @NYTmag

[THREAD]

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

Appreciate this reporting by the @HollandSentinel and @SentinelLeach https://t.co/j2HFR4N7rA -- There's some eye-popping stuff in there from Epperson. He refused to shake hands with the women on the hiring committee and said 'Ethics depend on who you are working for.'?!

[Jawwwn @jawwwn_]

From @anduriltech’s @PalmerLuckey:

What is the #1 job most kids want today?

“It’s social media influencer, next is professional gamer, next is YouTuber… the problem is, you can’t tell kids to follow their dreams when their dreams suck.”

What was the #1 dream for kids in 1971?
To be an astronaut 👨‍🚀 🌕

“We had just gone to the moon… These guys were fighter pilots, PhD mathematician super men, who were also really good looking and well spoken… the ultimate American hero ideal. For a kid to see that and say ‘that’s what I want to be,’ okay tell the kids to follow their dreams.”

[Aaron Zinck @azinck]

@Atticus59914029 I’m exactly like you.

Emotionally it feels really disrespectful to me when people speed. We have these laws and you just think you can ignore them? It’s something I greatly appreciate about the European countries I’ve driven in: people actually follow the traffic laws.

[Russ Roberts @EconTalker]

When I was young, in graduate school, I believed that people were rational and that rationality was closely tied to self-interest. Surely, knowing what was true and what was not true would make you happier and give you a better life. People, I believed, might make mistakes, 1/