BookishNYC

A Manhattanite of a certain age who reads to escape her ghastly day job as a lawyer.

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In honor of my 10,000th tweet and Charlotte Bronte's 200th birthday, a selfie with my Penguin… https://t.co/bcIwZgNpwp

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@AlbaNorth5 Many many many baby girls were abandoned and adopted by foreigners.

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

Ideally, the deadliest serial killer in Florida and the Governor of Florida should be two different people.

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@rabihalameddine Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day; The Code of the Woosters; The Provincial Lady

[Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 @joncoopertweets]

It’s amazing to see this slap down of Fox News by @JoeBiden. 👏👏

[Goodable @Goodable]

Sgt. Eugene Goodman, the officer who risked his life to lead rioters away from the US Senate chamber, will be given the Congressional Medal of Honor.

A bipartisan group of Senators officially introduced the bill.

It's one of the highest civilian awards anyone can receive.

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@D2Zen Thank you! 😊

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Meanwhile, in my real life...

[Jerry Saltz @jerrysaltz]

Right now at the 46th St. subway station in NYC.
By @plannedalism

[Julie Barer @juliebarer]

This seems like something we could do today. Just one thing, but every little thing helps.

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Kindergarteners’ wishes displayed on the school gates at the school around the corner from my apartment on 88th Street. #covid #newyorkcity #wishes

[Palmer Report @PalmerReport]

We’ve reached that point through the looking glass where I want Mike Pence to become President but he doesn’t want it

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@CarsonSieving The horror! (I mean that sincerely.)

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

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Amazing statement by the Secretary of Defense.

Note whom Secretary Miller and Chairman Milley did NOT speak to: President Trump.

We have had something close to the de facto invoking of the 25th amendment.

[Willie Geist @WillieGeist]

Pardon the language here, but I asked a House Democrat who is locked in his office whether Congress will reconvene tonight and finish its business. He replied:

“Yep. We’re going back. Fuck these assholes.”

[We keep us safe @thequeengeek]

A friend just said to me "Are we supposed to be working during the coup?" and honestly it was the most American thing I've ever heard.

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@nonsuchbook *now

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@nonsuchbook As a result of this movie I an mow seriously considering booking a crossing on the QM2 in celebration of a looming milestone birthday.

[Ron Radosh @RonRadosh]

John Podhoretz approves of many of Trump's policies. But his conclusion is tough and right:"Trump has crossed the final line. He is a tinpot Banana Republic gangster, a sordid loser, a disgrace, and a fraud, and a crook. There is no other hand."
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