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thoughts on American politics and culture. not a bot.

[Andrew Kimmel @andrewkimmel]

Dear @AmericanAir,

After arriving back to LA from Indonesia, I was $275 EQDs under (yet 25K miles over) from maintaining status. You asked me to pay $1875 (?!) to keep status, so instead I booked a $400 rt ticket to Mexico for 24 hrs. Here’s how my fucking night went...

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

14. I have never felt the case for impeachment is political, it’s based on the rule of law. Whether it hurts Dems or helps Republicans is beside the point. It’s our duty. People like me just want process – a real trial where both sides make their case.

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

Read this thread 👇

[Neal Katyal @neal_katyal]

THREAD ON IMPEACHMENT AND REMOVAL IN THE NEW YEAR. The conventional wisdom is that the Republicans in the Senate will rush to acquit Trump. I outline here why I think that overstates the case, and that the process has any number of variables in which things may change.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Here's hoping that a year from now, we are reporting on the distinguished Americans being appointed to new positions in an administration headed by a psychologically normal president who has disclosed his honest finances and owes nothing to any foreign thug or dictator

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

@StricklandPhoto ... and yet readers want more content than ever. And I believe they'll pay for it, just need to figure out how.

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

"Tulsi Gabbard missed 85% of House votes this fall. Hawaii's ex-governor wants her to resign"

https://t.co/sbAwTjD1YS

[Bill Kristol @BillKristol]

If you care about our military's honor and our country's decency, do read this piece. And all honor to the SEALs who bravely stepped forward to tell the truth. “Not compromising our integrity and keeping right on our side is all we can do.” They did it.
https://t.co/oIauuM6poY

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Repeating the facts, over and over, is the way to be a lighthouse in the fog of misinformation and lies. Otherwise people doubt, tune out, assume the truth is unknowable, or that known facts are up for debate.

[Ronald Brownstein @RonBrownstein]

Read @jonathanchait on Tulsi Gabbard's seemingly inevitable march toward launching an independent presidential candidacy designed to siphon away some left votes & help reelect Trump. https://t.co/w0f0sziomK

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

Undying support? Gross.

[CSPAN @cspan]

.@CongressmanJVD to President Trump: "You have my undying support."

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Perspective: The apocalyptic worldview hidden in Trump’s letter to Pelosi https://t.co/Wp2cZsQIDY

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

Watching the impeachment speeches today makes me wonder, what's the ratio of House Republicans who are too stupid to understand that Trump violated the Constitution to those who know but are too corrupt to care? 50-50?

#ImpeachmentDay #TrumpImpeachment #MerryImpeachmas

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Charlotte, 6
Daniel, 7
Olivia, 6
Josephine, 7
Dylan, 6
Madeleine, 6
Catherine, 6
Chase, 7
Jesse, 6
Ana, 6
James, 6
Grace, 7
Emilie, 6
Jack, 6
Noah, 6
Caroline, 6
Jessica, 6
Avielle, 6
Benjamin, 6
Allison, 6
Rachel, 29
Dawn, 47
Anne, 52
Nancy, 52
Lauren, 30
Mary, 56
Victoria, 27

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The Majority Leader proudly announcing he is planning to rig the impeachment trial for Trump.

[testpattern @testpatternorg]

I agree.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Sure hope both Service Academies rapidly get out results of their investigation into this. Reserve judgment until then. IF it was intended as a White Power symbol they should be terminated.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

I want to tell you a story. An important story.

And then I want you to share it.

To help people understand why the small things we do matter - amidst all the big things that seem so insurmountable and scary.

1/ I want to tell you what 7 yr old Daniel did, 7 yrs ago today.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Military officials say they are looking into an incident Saturday in which students flashed what appeared to be white power hand signs during televised activities before the Army-Navy football game. https://t.co/QwPG3kTMel

[Hamdia Ahmed @hamdia_ahmed]

Let’s make them go viral. Retweet.

This happened on national television today. These two felt like it was okay to put up a white power symbol on national tv. Mind you, they are apart of the navy. #ArmyNavy

[Rep. Veronica Escobar @RepEscobar]

Приве́т, @realdonaldTrump.

The fact of the matter is that if a local official abused his power like you did, he’d be in jail.

If that official failed to respond to subpoenas and obstructed an investigation, he’d be in jail.

No one is above the law, not even you.

[Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt]

The President is a stupid asshole and if you voted for him you’re a stupid asshole and if you still support him you’re a stupid asshole. Oh no this Tweet is going to make all the stupid assholes not like me waaaaah