Matt Parker 💙

[MATT RUBY @mattruby]

The US Senate is no place for a man credibly accused of sexual assault. He’ll fit in way better on the Supreme Court.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Yes, as I’ve said from the very beginning, Platner is a scumbag, and the Nazi tattoo should’ve been the end of him politically.

But this is also true: If Platner were a Republican, and week after week women came forward with evidence of rape or sexual abuse, he’d lie about each woman, he’d attack the media & scream “fake news,” his fellow Republican colleagues would stand by him, and Republican voters would still enthusiastically vote for him.

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

The Democrats are dumping Graham Platner.

The Republicans nominated Ken Paxton.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

Donald Trump taking his FIFA Peace Prize out for a ride to defend a birthright citizen. Probably my favorite part of America 250.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@JonahDispatch Yeah. What triggered the lawsuit was an EO that purported to CHANGE the status quo. So the argument that the Supreme Court decision upholding the status quo is somehow an inflection point is illogical.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@LauraPowellEsq The answer to your question is that American largesse = moral value + soft diplomacy. Yes, absolute good (lives saved) happens, but ALSO self-interest is served by building and maintaining our role in the world.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@EasterbrookG I'm interested in some analysis of this. So many documents to review -- but just scrolling through them, including transcripts of media interviews w/ Rand Paul on FOX -- that's not primary source material.

[Congressman Robert Garcia @RepRobertGarcia]

If you think California is taking a while to count votes, wait until you hear how long the Trump Administration is taking to release the Epstein files…

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@txradioguy @RadioFreeTom I'm less concerned about Hegseth's credentials as a service-member and more about his time AFTER, and what/how he grew that experience to be prepared to lead the entire military. Unlike Hagel, who spent years after service learning and building those skills.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@SarahLongwell25 @davidsirota But, precocious!

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times.

We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@chamath Remember -- Newsom's is a satire. Trump's is real.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@chamath https://t.co/wOu6muOdrl

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Department of State finalizing plan to put Trump's picture on U.S. passports. — The Bulwark/FOX

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@chamath You get this is a parody. Because Trump is doing this on passports. Either you have "Newsom Derangement Syndrome" or maybe, just maybe, you get why liberals and rational people in general are so disgusted by Trump adding his face to coins and now US Passports.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@nikillinit @dp_oneill I worked w/ a payer that was paying ~ million dollar penalties b/c secret shoppers were calling provider offices for hours questions, and the PROVIDER didn't know if their other location was open, and the payer paid fines for the directory being incorrect.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@nicksortor I'm assuming you recognize that the joke was before the assassination attempt, and, more importantly was about the fact that Trump is way older than Melania. It maybe wasn't super funny, but FFS, this was not a call to violence.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@rrussell4031 @AaronBlake https://t.co/i2jiS47AuE

To eject or ban, remove.

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

@Acyn The best part of this explanation -- he's so disconnected from religion, he probably doesn't even recognize Jesus, which is why this sounded good in his head.

[Nate Silver @NateSilver538]

I guess I'll have to blog about this tomorrow, but "LOL, Trump TACO'ed out" is decidedly not the right reaction as compared to "that kind of brinkmanship is really fucking dangerous".

[Matt Parker 💙 @mep321]

Glorious

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

there's just no way that strange women lying in ponds distributing swords could be even half as bad as this