Evan Arnold

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

Bar Mitzvah Meeting https://t.co/7yELh2lPvU via @YouTube

[miha schwartzenberg @mihaschw]

It’s not just the elegant british accent, but the class of her arguments.
@elicalebon

[𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @SundaeDivine]

The Trump campaign sure has that "Hitler in the bunker" energy these days.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

Give this album a listen: Gush https://t.co/vL2uaRXNGp

[PoliticusUSA @politicususa]

Here is the full speech by Gov. Tim Walz at the rally in Philadelphia.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: Ken Burns just delivered the clearest and strongest arguments for why we need to stop Donald Trump in November. Burns has long remained politically neutral, but not this time. The stakes are too high. Retweet so all Americans see.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@abbydphillip More disgraceful, or more outrageous?

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@AshaRangappa_ Right? Impeachment and conviction in Congress is Political, not Criminal. More akin to Civil, yet its own separate animal. The disingenuous conflation is problematic.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@jimsciutto Yup. Astounded to hear justices say they didn’t want to focus on the case at hand, rather let’s posit about the future! The abstract/hypothetical/legacy is important, yet what about “as well”? How about you judge the case at hand “as well” as considering future implications?

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@juliaioffe @PKiyomura @nbcsnl looking forward to this parody

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@juliaioffe @PKiyomura This is the worst Self-Tape I have ever seen. Call me for adjustments before you send this in @KatieBrittforAL .
@sagaftra Is this for a Union job?

[Billy Ray @BillyRay5229]

I wish I’d written this ad.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@JoshMalina Missed wishing you a Happy Birthday, as I’ve spent the last 48 prepping Jimmy Smits for the Live Santos v Santos Debate. It’s gonna be fire. I have my money on Matt, but George is pretty entertaining.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@ksorbs As always, @ksorbs’ analysis is deep, thoughtful, and nuanced.

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@elonmusk OMG STFU

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever 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

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

Um… before the strike ends, can we include language about the scrims/backdrops on TV shows? We can tell you’re on a soundstage. Please. This is the issue of our times. I’m looking at you @TheMorningShow .

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@IMDb Garfield 2

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@911LoneStar only time I feel disappointed/that those in power retaliated against me. Anyone else ever suffered from workplace retribution?

[Evan Arnold @theevanarnold]

@911LoneStar they finally did… and then summarily - and I believe consequently- stopped hiring me. They might claim that they “coincidentally” had a new creative vision for the show/call center, but I find the timing QUITE suspect. I have recurred on many shows, but this is the first and