JonWan

Actor with lots of random thoughts about football (Commanders), hockey (Capitals), movies, technology, and life on our awesome planet.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

We are supposedly at war to stop Iran from enriching the uranium we “obliterated” over a year ago.

Yesterday we signed a deal to help Saudi Arabia enrich uranium.

The first time the United States has ever helped another country enrich uranium on foreign soil.

The Saudis refused the inspection protocol 140 other countries accept. Too intrusive, they said.

Trump agreed. He signed a national security waiver to get around the rule.

The Saudis paid Kushner $100 million. They put $2 billion into his firm. They put another $6 billion into LIV Golf, which pays Trump properties to host its tournaments. They signed ten billion dollars in Trump-branded real estate deals in Jeddah and Riyadh. All in just the last few years.

But sure. My paintings.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Reporter: Isn’t there concern that this slippery slope to socialism inevitably ends up as full-blown communism?

AOC: I mean, no. I think that’s very silly. We can’t even raise the minimum wage. Do they really think communism is going to happen? No. They’re trying to scare people because they don’t want us talking about the fact that we all have a right to health care.

So they want to call everything they don’t like communist because if people actually wake up to the fact that their elected officials are screwing them over when they get here, they’re going to realize they deserve better and that health care as a right isn’t crazy. They want to call this stuff communist because they don’t want us to realize that the rest of the developed world has guaranteed health care. They want to call it communist because they don’t want you to know that Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada—everybody else—has it better than us, and we spend the most money for the worst care in the developed world.

[JonWan @JonWan77]

@ProFootballTalk Surprised he landed this “plane” after these events: https://t.co/ftyyv1ZKD4

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Only the British could come up with something so fucking hilarious 🤣😂

[Ryan @datboywolf]

Somebody made a modern trailer for Terminator 2 and that shit had me ready to go to the theatre right nah even though I seen it 5000 times

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

You know, while you're there, if you'd like to learn even more about hundreds of people unexpectedly suffering in cramped conditions in excruciating heat, there's an exhibit you should check out.

[JonWan @JonWan77]

Hold on...there's a dude named Ivan Ivan and i just learning about this?!

[Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche]

We have acquired Fabian Lysell from the Boston Bruins in exchange for Ivan Ivan.

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) faked a phone call for roughly 90 seconds after being asked about Speaker Mike Johnson’s comments regarding potential Social Security cuts.

The phone's screen remained visible, with his cheek inadvertently tapping different parts of the display.

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

NEW from @MSNOWNews + @MarshallProj: ICE has detained *over 500 babies and toddlers* during Trump's second term. https://t.co/nqwD5W7YhY

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This is remarkable. Trump is giving Pulte, who lacks the statutory qualification (national security expertise) for the DNI job the position so they can manufacture another stolen election charge, or perhaps try to justify halting them altogether. It’s out in the open.

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

See, sometimes he tells the truth

[Katherine Clark @TeamKClark]

First they gutted the Voting Rights Act.

Now they are using brazenly racist language to attack Black leaders.

@JenKiggans should immediately apologize and resign.

[Tom Dreisbach @TomDreisbach]

DOJ says it is taking on political violence with its new indictment of James Comey.

Meanwhile, DOJ is also seeking to vacate the seditious conspiracy conviction of Stewart Rhodes, who said “We should have brought rifles…I'd hang fuckin' Pelosi from the lamppost."

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

Americans love their Canadian brothers and sisters. They are the greatest allies, friends, and neighbors any country could have. So proud of Buffalo Sabres fans. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
#canada #sabres

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Justice Kagan:

"I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation's history.' It was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers. It ushered in awe-inspiring change, bringing this Nation closer to fulfilling the ideals of democracy and racial equality. And it has been repeatedly, and overwhelmingly, reauthorized by the people's representatives in Congress. Only they have the right to say it is no longer needed—not the Members of this Court. I dissent, then, from this latest chapter in the majority's now-completed demolition of the Voting Rights Act."

[Jessica Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @JessicaBRiedl]

- Comey indicted for tweeting a number.
- Trump FCC threatens ABC's broadcast license.
- Trump defacing more govt institutions with his name and picture.
- Trump's kids cashing in on huge govt contracts.

I'm always torn on whether to speak up on the daily drumbeat of Trump's creepy, corrupt, Putin-style authoritarianism.

On the one hand, this has become so standard under Trump, and everyone's opinions on him have long hardened, so why bother? Just keep your head down, post on economic policy (what happened to Econ Twitter?), and don't be distracted by the daily news cycle outrages. That's the standard position in DC policy circles.

On the other hand, isn't this defeatist passivity how authoritarianism thrives? Government actions that would have induced a nationwide backlash 15 years ago are now just the day's background noise. So the bar moves.

It’s a familiar path: Most authoritarian nations moved there gradually yet persistently - the govt commits some outrages, waits for the public to get used to it and stop complaining, and then pushes for the next round. Authoritarian governments count on the population having a short attention span while they steadily boil the frog. But when you think about how far Trump has pushed just in the last 15 months, it’s fair to wonder where we'll be after the next 33 months of his term.

So I’ve been torn - speaking up a lot during the ICE protests, then just focusing on econ for many weeks. I don’t want to bore people who’ve all made up their minds on what is happening in this country - and I've been trying to spend less time on this toxic hellsite for my own mental health.

But I also think us trying to be all cool and above-the-fray is exactly what gives the administration the green light to once again push harder towards corrupt, statist, personality-cult Putinism. I don’t really have an answer here. Although this being Twitter, I’m sure that any possible approach (whether passive, hair-on-fire, or in-between) will inevitably get me yelled at here.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Wouldn't be better if political leaders who profess their faith set an example by actually OBSERVING the Ten Commandents rather than commanding schools to post them?!

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

FAFO.

[JonWan @JonWan77]

@Tiller56 They need to take one to make up for the failure of the Marshon Lattimore deal. They stand to get the top CB in the draft. Shore up that back end. This is if Styles and love are gone as well as the top 2 Edge guys.