Matt Slevin

I’ve been called the songbird of my generation by people who've heard me...that good.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

If you want to have a good time in life, I think you should believe in some conspiracy theories. They're fun. Life is about having fun.

But if you want to be right, you should probably have a reflexive aversion to every conspiracy theory you hear. It's not that they're all wrong. It's more that the vast vast vast majority of them are incredibly stupid and don't really survive three seconds' thought (see post below for why it makes no sense for Karen Bass to rig an election to help a stronger candidate against her). More broadly, conspiracy theories almost always assume the extraordinary competency of a shadowy group of elites who are very good at keeping a secret. Haven't the last few decades proved that elites aren't that competent? Everybody accusing Karen Bass of expertly rigging the LA election on Twitter right now also thinks she sucks as mayor. What are the odds that the politician you hate, who you think sucks at everything, is exclusively good at rigging electoral outcomes to make you personally upset?

There's more to life than being right, so feel free to ignore the second paragraph. But people interested in being right should be much more reflexively judgmental of conspiracy theories.

[Alex Kirshner @alex_kirshner]

This is a national tragedy. It was inevitable after 2020 and Megyn's probably lying here, but if you get to the point where you can't believe Rs finished third in jungle primaries in a deep blue state in a year the R president's favorability is minus a billion, nothing's real

[Stephen Richer @stephen_richer]

Guy who has called every displeasing election fraudulent --

from Ted Cruz beating him in the 2016 Iowa caucus

to the Virginia redistrict election --

calls a displeasing election fraudulent. Again.

..........

I just don't know why anyone takes it seriously.

[Matt Slevin @itsmattslevin]

@jeremymbarr What a trainwreck lol

[Chase Oliver @ChaseForLiberty]

Trump is so bad at strategizing

Now he has another GOP Senator who has zero reason to be loyal to the MAGA wing of the GOP for the next 7 months a d a GOP Senate candidate who just made headlines for helping a child rapist buddy of his get a 60 day jail sentence.

Millions will be spent defending this seat now that won't be going towards other competitive races.

All this for Trump to be a lame duck with a likely Dem controlled House in November

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The separation from reality in the Republican Party today - vaccines are poison; Iran can be conquered; January 6th was staged by Democrats - should really really worry people. These folks just aren’t fit to govern anymore.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Massie lost. Not shocking, but terrible for the country. His sin was standing up to the Epstein class, and Trump destroyed him for it. His replacement is just another mindless hack, the last thing Congress needs right now.

MAGA will celebrate tonight, but they’ll be paying for it in November.

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Trump just defeated the sole Republican who forced DOJ to start releasing the Epstein files.

Tells you everything you need to know about Trump — and what’s left of the feckless @GOP.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

It’s important to understand that it isn’t only Trump who is deeply corrupt here. It’s every Republican elected official who doesn’t say or do anything about this staggering corruption. Every one of them sees it and knows it’s wrong.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Honestly pure dictator shit. A real democracy would immediately imprison him for even trying this

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

Gas prices when they fall: “Look what I did.”
Gas prices when they rise: “Why does everyone care so much?”

[Stephen Hayes @stephenfhayes]

Lindsey Graham, January 6, 2021: "Trump and I... we've had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my god, I hate it... but today, all I can say is 'Count me out. Enough is enough. I've tried to be helpful.'"

Watch the speech. This is what it means to have no principles, no self-respect. Sad and infuriating at the same time.

https://t.co/kPQTrVtehE

[Adam Mockler @adammocklerr]

We live in a dystopian hellscape.

[Sarah Longwell @SarahLongwell25]

He gets a ballroom. An Arch. A new reflecting pool. 10 billion directly into his pocket from taxpayers. Billions from special interests seeking favors and pardons.

What has America gotten? Tariffs, a new war, higher gas prices, inflation.

Truly a golden age.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

The willingness of these states to throw out results from ongoing elections and start again with new maps, in cycle, is scrambling the old thinking and precedent about when it was too late to re-draw.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Susie Wiles is a crazy person. Trump did not get cheated out of states in the 2020 election and to claim otherwise indicates you have serious cognitive problems.

[Jeff Nadu @JeffNadu]

Every fucking word this guy utters is a lie. You have to be one dumb moron to believe this charlatan

[Matt Slevin @itsmattslevin]

@TalkinBaseball_ Just put the fries in the bag bro

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Notice how he’s not asking oil companies to take less profit, but asking Americans to pay more for gas.