LordoftheThumbs

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@DemzDeliver There’s nothing you won’t lie about.

[Sam Russek @samrussek]

Update: 8 Texas protesters were sentenced today, following a July 4 noise demo outside an ICE detention center.

The maj. were sentenced to 50 years in prison

2 were sentenced to 70 & 100 years, respectively

The last, who wasn't even at the protest, was sentenced to 30 years.

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

Sparkle Sooknanan is a famed spice miner and amateur cloner from the Outer Rim.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Black people put themselves in chains for a Juneteenth red carpet in Atlanta. NOT AI.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

The appropriate reaction to this is to figure out how to make sure all your nurses are this based.

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

There is an old Jewish tale told in the Talmud about a master who sent his servant to buy for him fish in the market.

The servant came back with a fish that was utterly rotten and smelled bad for his master.

His master gave the servant three options:

Eat the rotten fish, pay a fine, or be expelled from the city.

The servant chose the first and began eating the rotten fish.

Halfway through eating the rotten fish he just couldn't stomach it anymore so he asked to pay the fine.

After he paid half the fine he realized he cannot afford it anymore and was therefore expelled from the city, thereby taking on all three punishments.

That is what JD Vance did to himself by turning on Israel and his horrifying performance today in Switzerland.

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@Oilfield_Rando Standard operating procedure

[Michael Payne MP @MichaelPayneUK]

The Keir Starmer I know is decent. He is compassionate. He is kind. He is thoughtful.

He is driven by a deep sense of public service, by duty, and by a belief that politics should be about improving people’s lives rather than advancing personal ambition.
https://t.co/IyraccwFcI

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@laralogan I was hoping B Weiss would have a positive impact on CBS and/or CNN

Guess not

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@ImtiazMadmood Two thoughts

I’ll believe it when I see it

Is that all

[Lauren Chen @TheLaurenChen]

This is worse than anything Elon Musk has ever done

[💗 @ma1ybe]

if he doesn't win a noble peace prize I'm losing it

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@Keir_Starmer 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[LordoftheThumbs @lordofthethumbs]

@JenniferSey Hopefully, when they return home that energy will lead to change. 🤞🏻🙏

[Jennifer Sey @JenniferSey]

Nothing compares right now to the European, African and Australian World Cup visitors enjoying America. The drunken kilted Scots?! Please. Pure joy.

If you need a pick me up, this is where it's at.

[SeldenGADawgs @SeldenGADawgs]

@TheOfficerTatum And F you to those 74% of Democrats who are NOT proud to be an American & will NEVER fly the USA 🇺🇸 FLAG

[Bad Hombre @Badhombre]

So many examples of Black male excellence, all alive today, and they choose to prop up a dead career criminal fentanyl junkie and a guy who’s in jail for stabbing someone to death.

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

The only thing missing from this announcement is at least two more zeros.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[Ron Coleman @RonColeman]

This.

Why are otherwise insightful people falling into the trap?