Stephen Swan

I'm happy when discoveries make me change my mind. I really love having fun with genuine people.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

@TSA @JudiciaryGOP Democrats have repeatedly offered a standalone bill to fully fund TSA right now which has been rejected by Republicans. That’s happening again today. This account no longer represents TSA. It is a MAGA partisan political account being run by a hack.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@AGPamBondi
Just wonderin’- since the Dow is now well under $50,000, can we circle back on some of those Epstein questions you never answered?

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

So…@TeslaInsurance hate to do this publicly but can’t get your agent to contact me. I’ve reached out 7 times in multiple ways over more than 10 days. Cannot get a response from Booker Edwards, my claim agent. This is pathetic customer service.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@elonmusk Let’s get your math straight @elonmusk
You invested $290M in his election.
You’ve pledged another $100M to a MAGA SuperPAC.

You’ve evaporated $148,000,000,000 of your wealth by doing Trump’s bidding.

Dude…
Math.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

<sigh>
Not like any #trump supporters will change their minds about this. https://t.co/2uXhq0mHbm

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@Ashy_slashee Jackhammer a sidewalk

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

It’s painfully true and infuriatingly short sighted by the GOP.

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

I agree with those who say this video should go viral *every single day* until Americans go to the polls in November

[Jon Lovett @jonlovett]

There have always been two Joe Bidens. The empathetic, decent, big-hearted leader, forged in loss and grief, finding the good in his friends and opponents, in love with America, arms wide and open with space for everyone. And there’s the blowhard with a chip on his shoulder, stubborn, something to prove, his fellow senators rolling their eyes as the finger wags harder and the stories get longer. Statesman and politician, hero and fool.

Joe Biden ran for president for 50 years. He finally won because he ran as that hero at a time when the country was desperate for empathy and normalcy and wisdom and grace. It was still too close. But even when he was doubted by insiders and pundits (hi!), he persevered; he knew Democrats, he knew America, and he was right.

And then! To his great and everlasting credit, Joe Biden governed as that statesman too. He built a coalition wide enough to hold Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders. He defied Washington’s stodgy consensus when necessary, a consensus he spent a lifetime living inside. He adapted, he governed with humility and purpose, whether on how to revive the economy, or take on monopolies, or address student loans, or press for the largest investment in clean energy by any country anywhere on earth. And even as he showed the capacity to listen to the rising progressive voices inside the Democratic party, at the very same time he achieved bipartisan legislative successes in defiance of every political trend of the last thirty years. Joe Biden has been an extraordinary president! Statesman. Hero.

But it’s hard to deny that in the two weeks since the debate, it’s the arrogant and small Joe Biden we’ve seen most - hanging on, bragging, defensive, angry, weak. Who else but him? he wonders aloud. Only God could change his mind, he tells us. The stakes for the country are all that matter. The stakes for Joe Biden are beside the point. But it’s worth saying just the same: Joe Biden can leave office as one of the greatest presidents in our lifetimes, who defeated Trump and put his country first at every turn; or he can leave a stubborn old man who allowed hubris and insecurity to destroy his legacy and perhaps our democracy with it.

We all have our best and worst selves, scrambling over each other, battling it out in the moments that define us. Where is the Joe Biden we elected? Where is the statesman? I hope that version of him shows up soon. And I hope the people around him know where to look.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@exceleducations 416

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@MAstronomers Can’t breathe without air

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

Imagine that… a jury of his peers convicted a prominent figure with powerful political ties.
I believe justice was served.

https://t.co/0vpF4K8uVo

[Russell Drew @RussOnPolitics]

@RpsAgainstTrump Donald Trump is never so disingenuous as when he's talking about faith. He doesn't go to church. Doesn't read the Bible. And he has five different kids from three different wives...all of whom he cheated on. And yet, so many Evangelicals think he's God's prophet. Bizarre.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

Wholeheartedly agree.
Every step of any success in my life has included help from others.

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

“Don’t ever, ever call me a self-made man” - Arnold Schwarzenegger

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

Best thing I’ve seen on X in a while

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@cmclymer Ted Cruz gave a master class in straw man arguments.

He loves flogging that straw man

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

'An environment of distrust': https://t.co/fulj1RFzTr

@elonmusk is truly an amazing person in a million ways.

He’s also demonstrably lying on this topic.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

Make it illegal.
All elected officials must own only index funds.
Pretty simple.

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

"Warren Buffett, the billionaire head of Berkshire Hathaway, will probably go down as the greatest investor in history... Berkshire shares have seen an average annual return of 20.0%..."

Meanwhile:

[Morbid Knowledge @MorbidKnowledge]

Sonette Ehlers, a former medical technician from South Africa, invented Rapex, an anti-rape device, in 2005.

The device was created in response to the alarming rates of rape in South Africa.

Rapex is tube-shaped with internal barbs, inserted by a woman similar to a tampon. The barbs are intended to latch onto a potential rapist's skin.

Once the device is in place, surgical removal is the only option. This need for medical intervention not only incapacitates the attacker but also assists in their identification and apprehension.

Nevertheless, the device remains in the prototype stage and has not been introduced to the market or made accessible for purchase.

[Stephen Swan @SvenTheAgile]

@MeadowsDan I think if she has a master’s you wait 10 min, 15 for a doctorate.