Armen Devejian

alliterative architect. professional curmudgeon. likes pie.

[Armen Devejian @daddykool]

Because above all else, above his raping and his racism, his greed and his corruption, his narcissism and his sociopathy, above all else, he is the stupidest motherfucker ever to be president.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Q: In your letter to Congress, you said the hostilities in Iran have concluded. How can you say that given the naval blockade?

TRUMP: Well, it's a very friendly blockade

[Surfer Dude 🏄‍♂️ @dudeonthebay]

Tim O’Hare, the Texas judge that closed 92 polling stations in Tarrant County, Texas to help give republicans an advantage is out. Voters gave him the boot and replaced him with a black woman. Gotta love that sweet justice.

[Reggie B. @reggiebblue]

Abdul El-Sayed absolutely destroys Donald Trump.

Q: You recently called President Trump the dumbest effing guy who ever was president.

AES: True.

Q: You've also said Democrats should drop the decorum and treat the president as the unserious fool that he is.

AES: True.

Q: Why are you taking that approach?

AES: Because he's a bully alongside being a narcissist. And the only way you deal with bullies is to stand up to them. Bullies don't bully you because they necessarily care for the thing you have. They bully you because they like to bully you because it makes them feel strong. And the way you take on a bully is to bully back. Because then they learn that this does not make them feel strong. It makes them feel weak and they don't like to feel weak. So they back off. And the more you let a bully get away with bullying, the more they signal to everybody else that this person cannot be stood up to. And so I think it's important for us to stand up to him.

[Muhammad Butt @muhammadbutt]

not to sound too much like @Darren_Mooney, but James Gunn knowing he was fired and using his last months rushing projects through production/pre-production so a whole host of artists and production crew could get paid by the soulless megacorporation is really cool, actually.

[Armen Devejian @daddykool]

I have visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier many times - as a child with my parents, on field trips, as a young adult with friends, as part of official delegations, and as an adult with my family. Not one time did the Tomb Guards need to reprimand me or anyone accompanying me.

[nick wright @getnickwright]

I’m not going to go back and forth with you (it’s football season for God’s sake!), but I can’t believe you’re actually denying this interaction so I’ll jog your memory:

August of 2016, during the Olympics, at the (now shuttered) Intercontinental hotel, a couple blocks from the Fox lot off Pico.

We had just finished a night show that no longer exists where (among other things) we debated the Summer Olympics (it was a bad segment because we didn’t have rights to the footage, so we could only show still pictures of what we were talking about) & went to have a drink/meal with a colleague who was on the show with us.

The exchange I discussed happened in the lobby bar, at a table with said colleague, and then after I said what I needed to say to to you I went outside and bummed a cigarette off a valet.

We haven’t spoken in person since.

You know as well as I do this is 100% true, and verifiable, by the colleague that was with us and/or our then bosses who contemporaneously heard the story.

We actually also had the same agent at the time, and you and I both know he heard the story and could confirm it as well.

So, I’ll pull a page out of your book; I’ll bet you $1,000,000 I’m telling the truth.

I assume you’ll pretend you never saw this tweet & continue the grift. And that’s cool, but we both know what the facts are.

Also, let this be a reminder that while you have found an amazing lane where you often are actually the smartest guy in the room, this ain’t that lane. So my advice would be to tread carefully.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Rep. Dave Min: "I read the letter from the White House counsel. I's embarrassing. It's laughable. And I looked this guy up, Robert Scharf or William Scharf or whatever his name is, just to see who this jackass was. Apparently, he's a Harvard law school graduate. And as a fellow Harvard law alum, I'm embarrassed on behalf of our alma mater."

[Armen Devejian @daddykool]

I saw Man of Steel. It was good. I went with a friend. Then I saw @superman and I took my sons. And then we went back again to the theater. And then back a third time. It is that good. My boys loved it. I loved it. Thank you @JamesGunn for a memory that will last a lifetime.

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

Imagine how much an actual human being with thoughts and feelings would be humiliated by this

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

🚨BREAKING: Scott Colom (D) now leads Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by 4,404 votes.

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Hero

[Armen Devejian @daddykool]

It’s almost as if you’re a fucking moron.

[Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii]

I hope we can find, prove and prosecute massive voter fraud in Texas.

It is scary that we spent a fortune on Texas, Paxton himself was in charge of election integrity and they have some of the toughest anti-cheat laws in America and Democrats were still able to pull it off.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

She’s right, once again.

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

You wonder why @RobSandIA won in a landslide? Because his opps are lunatic posting about a staffers wedding photos from 4 years ago when Iowans have real problems they are worried about. Good luck fellas maybe a few more Rob is Gay posts will do the trick.

[Addisu Demissie @ASDem]

From which county now?

[VoteHub @VoteHub]

Mississippi Senate: 80 new votes from Jefferson Davis County

🔵 Colom: +59 (73.8%)
🔴 Hyde-Smith: +19 (23.8%)
⚪ Pinkins: +2 (2.5%)

Colom nets 40 votes, expanding his statewide lead to 2,575.

[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ @baseballhall]

The Hall of Fame remembers 1980 World Series champion Bob Boone, who passed away Monday at 78.

With his father Ray and sons Aaron and Bret, Bob – a four-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove Award winner – was part of MLB’s first three-generation family.

📸 Doug McWilliams

[Philadelphia Phillies @Phillies]

The Phillies are saddened to learn of the passing of former catcher and Wall of Famer Bob Boone yesterday. He was 78.

Bob was an incredible player, teammate and family man. He embodied everything we believe exemplary athletes should represent, both on and off the field. We were proud to have him as part of the Phillies family during one of the most historic runs in team history. His impact on our organization, his teammates, and everyone who had the privilege of knowing him will never be forgotten.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to Bob’s beloved wife Sue, his sons Bret, Aaron and Matt, his extended family and friends and former teammates at this difficult time.

[Josh Reynolds @JoshReynolds24]

So long, Jordan Davis…

Forever will be one of my favorite Birds games/highlights/endings/memories. Thank you for that 💚🦅

[Kaji @kaji0x]

At 19, Evan Rachel Wood starred in 38-year-old Marilyn Manson's music video for "Heart-Shaped Glasses." She says he fed her absinthe and had sex with her for real in front of the crew.

Years later, after she named him publicly, Manson sued her for defamation. He ended up dropping his own lawsuit and paying over $300,000 for her lawyers.

In the video below, she tells it herself, starting with the shoot.

They met at the Chateau Marmont when she was 18 and he was 37, still married to Dita Von Teese.

On the music video set, she was the youngest person in the room. There was no nudity clause and no closed set. She didn't think her clothes were coming off that day.

Before the cameras rolled, she was given absinthe. Someone on set later told her Manson had privately asked wardrobe for underwear that could be easily ripped off.

When the scene started, she froze.

"His hands are around my neck. His face is pressed into my face. Even if I wanted to say no, I couldn't say no."

The video has been watched tens of millions of times. It is still up on YouTube.

At home, whenever Manson put on his stage makeup, she knew he would trash the house. She locked herself in the bathroom so often that she strung lights and put music inside. Once, she ducked as he swung a heavy cane at her head. It hit the doorframe beside her and snapped in half.

She tried to leave seven times before it stuck.

In 2021, at the peak of her run on HBO's Westworld, she named him on Instagram. Manson sued her for defamation and fraud.

After a judge threw out most of his claims, Manson offered to pay her a settlement to end his own case.

She refused to take a cent for herself. She demanded only the $300,000 she had spent on legal fees, and rejected his gag order that would have banned her from speaking about him again.

"You're not taking one more thing from me, and you'll never have my voice."

He paid her legal bill and walked away.

People still ask what she expected dating Marilyn Manson at 18. Why does nobody ask what a 37-year-old man expected when the cameras were rolling?

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

President Biden: “What Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. It should follow him to the grave.”

That’s absolutely right. Sadly, January 6, 2021 should also have been followed, no more than fourteen days later, with an 𝙄𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 criminal investigation and prosecution of Trump.

The fact that a decision was made—and it was a decision—not to seek Trump’s accountability from the outset did unprecedented, and possibly irreparable, damage to the nation.