The Overnight

Data-driven Leftist, because facts actually do matter more than feelings (and because kindness makes the world better). Tweeting Economics, Climate, & Politics.

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Gonna go to the blue app. I need to be done here.

There's near-zero engagement except for bots, with 90% of any actual interactions being nothing but trolls.

(Not "announcing my departure", just letting ppl know where they can find me going forward, should any be interested.)

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@mehdirhasan The sad reality is that we don't even know if we can trust this administration to arrest the right person.

How do we know they will arrest the real shooter and not someone who is politically ideal for their agenda?

I never would have said that about prior admins.
Today?

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@esaagar It was also reported that there were no metal detectors for the event.

While it sounds like the shot was taken from a nearby building, the lack of protections from gun violence at right-wing events certainly may be overdue for some review going forward.

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@LeahVredenbregt @ryanobles "Are you kidding me?" should have been followed up with, "Yeah, it sounds stupid when you hear it from the other side, right?"

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@cenkuygur Leftwing influencers across the board are condemning the shooting. The overall reaction is that violence is not the answer.

But a handful of random online accounts are happy, so the language of right-wing influencers is to stir violent responses by declaring "war on the Left".

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@krystalball @krystalball, @hasanthehun, and other leftists should consider taking additional measures for a while, resources permitting.

Far-right reactionaries view The Left as a monolithic villain and surely someone will attempt a reprisal to "get one of ours".

Stay safe, everyone.

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@nicksortor A lone shooter, the kind the right has used to assassinate leftists throughout American History (yes, including Lincoln) shoots someone, and you declare war on half the country.

Who is declaring war in this scenario?

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@StrikeDebt This includes things like Rick Scott's program to drug test recipients of social services in FL.

Denying funds to those who failed the test cost ~$2M and recouped almost nothing.

Yet they have no fight for the terrible waste from policies enriching the elite.

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@StrikeDebt A consistent theme of the politics of the working class right-wing is that their need for "justice" or "fairness" is routinely warped and abused, such that they end up caring more about forcing other working people to pay their debts down ("if I have to, so do you!") at any cost.

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@thehill Sadly, it's not just the 4 years.

We saw how bad the first years after Trump were. Did people think that it was Biden's fault the US was in terrible shape on day 1?

The reality is there is no example of an outgoing modern GOP president who didn't leave a disaster in their wake.

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I wonder how he might respond to the idea that his treatments might be distorting his thinking in this way?

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@KyleKulinski, you've done several videos on @joerogan's shift from left to right.

Joe has talked openly about his testosterone treatments over the years.

This article (https://t.co/o1fcapXXdM) discusses how such treatments are tied to a left-to-right ideological shift.

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@ryangrim Fascist and Furious - the worst story about a "family" ever!

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@kenklippenstein So you're saying there's a bright side to all this? 😂

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@kenklippenstein Neeeever gonna happen and we all know it.

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@POTUS Yesterday's classy is today's dishonest.

Nobody believes he's "looking forward" to any of this, given how long it took him to stop seeking reelection himself.

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@politico Putting a guy who's under investigation for a federal sex-trafficking crime in the office of the most powerful attorney in America is a bit like putting the Cookie Monster in charge of the Keebler Elf factory.

What's he gonna do? Investigate himself?

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@StephanieKelton We're all gonna look back on the Pete Buttigieg term in that office and long for the day someone "qualified" ran things! 😂😭

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@_binturong_ @hasanthehun trafficking across state lines makes it a federal crime - that's the entire thing he's in trouble for lmao okay you either have no clue or are just trolling. either way - bye.

WOW. no wonder you guys think this team is on your side.

No. Clue.

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@hasanthehun @RashidaTlaib The guy in charge of this implied ICE would invade NYC if the state didn't cooperate with their efforts to barge into people's homes and deport them.

Please. Come to town!

Those who do not support your ethnic cleansing would love nothing more than to see you try.