Monica Skipper

Native New Orleanian, travel junkie, houseboater, brand evangelist, sports enthusiast #WhoDat #gogrizz #FedEx11
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@HankDesmondPhD Trump has never treated women with respect. Piggy, ugly, dogface, grabbing women by their genitalia, kissing without consent, cheating on his wives. Not sure what rock you’ve been hiding under. Stop the insanity.

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@RandPaul You mean like Trump did

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@ScottJenningsKY You are a despicable human. Stop the divisiveness.

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@OOpFuture @IngrahamAngle @Tesla Where was your outrage on the Jan 6 attack on the Capitol?

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@SenBrentTaylor It’s not illegal to protest. Sounds like you are the dumbass.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”
-Nate White

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@Delta And now that flight is a goat rodeo too.

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@Delta First mechanical issues. Then weather. Then cleaners didn’t show up. Then international inspection delayed. Then cockpit crew timed out. Now flight attendants timed out. DL101 from YESTERDAY. Are we going or not? Stop holding us hostage.

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@Delta get your act together. New fight. New time. Already delayed. Your own attendants aren’t listed on the new flight. DL9935. #deltafails

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@PeteButtigieg

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@Delta First mechanical issues. Then weather. Then cleaners didn’t show up. Then international inspection delayed. Then cockpit crew timed out. Now flight attendants timed out. DL101 from YESTERDAY. Are we going or not? Stop holding us hostage.

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@Delta some communication would be really helpful.

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@Delta you have made a complete mess of flight 101 to EXE. Due to leave ATL LAST night at 9pm. Now leaving MAYBE at noon today. The lack of communication and transparency is abhorrent. Of all of the bad travel experiences I have had, this is THE worst. Apologies don’t do it.

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@CBSSunday But they are unwilling to even consider banning assault weapons. Never have I ever heard of a drag show killing child.

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@gracepeacelove7 @BulwarkOnline @BillKristol @SarahLongwell25 @Timodc @JVLast Nailed it! So fun.

[College Mock Trial @AMTAMockTrial]

Congratulations to UVA, Fordham Lincoln Center, George Washington University, Seton Hall, UPenn, and Haverford for advancing to #AMTANats from the DC ORCS! @VaMockTrial @FordhamLCMock @gwmocktrial @shumocktrial @PennMockTrial @HCMockTrial

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@CDunningRC She rocks!

[Mock Trial at UVA @VaMockTrial]

The gavel is home! GAMTI wrapped with Team 972 winning the whole tournament with a 10-2 record, and 4 program members won individual awards. Thanks to everyone who helped make GAMTI great, and for your support over the last week. Happy Thanksgiving, see you on #TheRoadToMemphis!

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@Vinay_Shahani @jeff_gluck Same here. No words. Just prayers.

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@BiggelsTV @NASCAR @WilliamByron @dennyhamlin Byron admitted in the post race interview that he did it on purpose.

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@SarahLongwell25 Let me get this right. Most Rs don’t want women to have the right to abortion. Same Rs don’t want access to contraception which would prevent pregnancy and therefore abortions ???