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Elon is a parody

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

They will mock his mother. There is no low low enough. Just watch.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Don't forget how many Republicans were STILL publicly willing to stick their necks out for Matt Gaetz knowing what he's accused of. Not only was it for nothing given the failed AG bid, but they proved themselves wiling to run cover for an alleged CHILD SEX TRAFFICKER. Was it worth it, Republicans?

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Throw some examples of Republicans who decided to defend Matt Gaetz in the comments so that the next time they yell "gRoOmEr" or "pEdO" at the Democrats, we'll know what they opted to do when it came time to ACTUALLY stand up to a groomer.

[DPRK News Service @DPRK_News]

Update: Florida Man withdraws in order to spend more time with children. Story developing

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

Racism, Sexism, Corruption, Rape, Pedophilia, Transphobia.

Meet your new Cabinet departments.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, Putin admitted to taking a second step this year toward escalating and expanding this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin struck our city of Dnipro, one of Ukraine’s largest cities. This is a clear and severe escalation in the scale and brutality of this war—a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia. Let me emphasize: this is already Russia’s second step toward escalation this year. The first was involving North Korea in the war against Ukraine with a contingent of at least 11,000 soldiers.

Putin has taken both of these steps while ignoring everyone in the world who is calling for no further expansion of the war. He disregards calls from China, Brazil, European countries, the United States, and others. Putin alone started this war—an entirely unprovoked war—and he is doing everything to prolong it, now for over a thousand days.

The use of a ballistic missile against Ukraine today is yet more proof that Russia has no interest in peace. Putin lies when he claims that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons is somehow a new step for us. This is not the first time we have used such weapons, and we have every right to do so under international law. Our right to self-defense is the same as that of any other nation. And when Russian missiles hit our cities, when Iranian “Shaheds” attack Ukraine every night, when a North Korean contingent is deployed on our borders, Putin is not only prolonging the war—he is spitting in the face of those in the world who genuinely want peace to be restored.

The world must respond. Right now, there is no strong reaction from the world. Putin is very sensitive to this. He is testing you, dear partners. It is clear who the sole culprit of this war is—who started it on February 24th and who continues to pour all resources into its continuation. He must be stopped. A lack of tough reactions to Russia’s actions sends a message that such behavior is acceptable. This is what Putin is doing.

Putin must feel the cost of his deranged ambitions. Response is needed. Pressure is needed. Russia must be forced into real peace, which can only be achieved through strength. Otherwise, there will be endless Russian strikes, threats, and destabilization—not just against Ukraine.

True peace is worth fighting for. Action is required.

Thank you to everyone who is helping.
Glory to Ukraine!

[Curiosity @MAstronomers]

Carl Sagan explains how the Ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round over 2,000 years ago.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

The same people who’ve spent the last several years decrying “unqualified DEI hires” are now shoehorning through Cabinet nominations who can’t even pass a basic background test.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

You mean to tell me that Jim Jordan is in favor of ignoring alleged sexual misconduct? You don't say.

[Michael Pachter @michaelpachter]

Shocked that Wisconsin Dems are so incompetent that they rigged the Senate election but forgot to rig the Presidential election

[Jay Kuo @nycjayjay]

From Ipsos last month. People who answered factual questions about inflation, crime, and immigration incorrectly were "more likely to opt for Trump," while those who answered correctly preferred Harris.
Disinformation and lack of basic education and knowledge are destroying us.

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

Hi! Yeah. What he says.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.

Some of those stories may even be true!

But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Republicans have a rightwing media ecosystem that repeats GOP talking points over and over, ad nauseam, until they’re seared into your cerebral cortexes. Not only is there no equivalent on the left, but plenty of D politicians still refuse to bolster independent progressive creators. They still give all juicy interviews to MSM, still break news on MSM, still pretend MSM is on our “team.” They’re not, and in fact bend over backwards NOT to be viewed as the liberal media. Dem politicians could benefit from validating the very progressive outlets that are actually doing the work to support them.

[Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen]

Sometimes I have to beg elected officials’ offices for MONTHS for a 10-min interview, only to see them pop up on cable news multiples times a week. Most people don’t consume news via tv! And the ones who do are already high info voters who are already on board! It shouldn’t be this hard to seek validation from the very people whose agenda we’re trying to promote.

[Caroline Renard @carolinerenard_]

Every male podcaster, twitcher and YouTuber has been telling them for the better part of their lives that everything wrong in their life is cause of women, minorities and that they can be alpha males of their house and millionaires if they just act like them.

[The Onion @TheOnion]

America Defeats America
https://t.co/p0igX2glhA

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Keith Ellison @keithellison]

Some of you may be considering sitting this election out, or voting for a third-party candidate, because you strongly disagree with Kamala Harris about Gaza.

This thread is for you 🧵