Mark Whitaker

Former low church Episcopalian, now a Presbyterian. There’s nothing Christian about Christian Nationalism and nothing just about Social Justice.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@PpollingNumbers Which MCMaster? The sitting governor or his son?

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

It took these Scots 5 minutes in America to figure this country out.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@57Maranatha @jpodhoretz Blank is Kent McCord, the other actor on Adam 12 with Milner

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@PpollingNumbers Was this poll done on 6/1, 8 days before the primary? That’s what it looks like to me.

[Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) @speechboy71]

I keep seeing this argument from
Platner-apologists that they are sticking with him because it’s so important to beat Susan Collins …. if they really thought that they wouldn’t be rallying around a candidate with as many obvious vulnerabilities as Platner, especially in a blue state like Maine and in a political environment that strongly favors Democrats.

It makes me think that for a lot of these folks the priority really isn’t beating Collins.

[Lyndsey Fifield @lyndseyfifield]

I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists.

As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them.

But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed.

After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)?

Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate?

Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never).

Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal?

The editors said it was too much, they explained.

The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so.

It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life.

And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it.

Still fawning after all these years.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

The chuds were wrong about mRNA.

It's magic.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@tracewoodgrains A hamburger, small fries, and small Coke at McD’s comes to about $6 and 680 calories (assuming no refills)

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@ByEricPratt @MLB I ran into this in NC, which for some reason is considered Orioles territory. So I couldn’t watch the Red Sox play them on the MLB package even though there’s not a single station in all of NC that carries Orioles games.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@SeanTrende My 8-yr-old grandson and his friends think Bob is the most hilarious name. “You’re Bob!” “No, you’re Bob!” I asked him if he knew anyone with that name. He laughed hysterically. I asked if he knew any Daves, Bills, Georges. No to all.

[Gummi @gummibear737]

Trump is right when he says the Iran War is pretty much over, and it's because Iran has basically lost any and all leverage over the Strait of Hormuz (as well as its serious looming economic crisis)

There's a small (but bombshell) detail from the ceasefire negotiations in Islamabad that has been unreported by the MSM, but was just broken by @aimendean...and it means that the war is probably done. If you don't know who Aimen is, he's the most insightful and credible analyst of the Middle East I have found to date

He reports that this emerged at the negotiations this weekend and I quote:

"The Saudis stood up for the whole GCC against this (Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz). And in fact, they threatened the Iranians that doing so would mean that we (the entire GCC) are not going to export a single drop of oil or LNG, forever, as long as you are in control of this. So technically, it's the GCC telling the world and especially the European Union that we're going to impose an embargo on the rest of the world if the rest of the world is not going to enforce international law when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz"

So the GCC is ready to take 22% of global oil and LNG offline...and not just what transits the Strait of Hormuz, but all energy production. This means that Iran has basically lost all the leverage it ever had with regards to the Strait of Hormuz

This is why the US doesn't have to move a muscle to open the Strait and why Iran's rhetoric has become far softer in recent days. Nothing is guaranteed, but the Iranians have almost no cards at this point...which is why Trump is so confident that the Iran War is pretty much over

The Europeans could learn a thing or two from the GCC
https://t.co/VZ11TDR7nh

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@SeanTrende My wife thinks flat terrain=boring. I disagree because it is so different from the east where I’ve lived all my life. Wouldn’t want to live there though. Just visit!

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

On different forms of communications technology.

Internet: Makes smart people smarter, dumb people dumber

Social media: Makes everyone dumber

AI: Makes everyone smarter

On why AI should make us optimistic about the public discourse. https://t.co/zg5z8r969K

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@JonahDispatch Definitely stress-free this time of year. More of a zoo in the summer. But people are still nice.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@nut_history @WorldWideWob Ruth to the Yankees was strictly a sale. No other players involved.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@RichardHanania You can just ask ChatGPT whether that tweet is true. It’s not of course but provides multiple reasons why it’s not. It also provides a fairly detailed and easy to understand explanation on why that study is mostly wrong.

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@celticsblog Glenn McDonald….saved their bacon in Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals scoring 8 points in the 3rd OT … they won that game, and then the next for the championship …. then they cut him

[Chris Arnade 🐢🐱🚌 @Chris_arnade]

We don't have public restrooms because they'd be trashed in days.

We don't build bus stops because they'd become homeless shelters.

We don't have dense walkable cities because nobody wants to be accosted by strangers.

This is because we have chosen to accept public disorder, and as the rest of the world shows, it doesn't have to be that way

https://t.co/rErVE9two4

[Mark Whitaker @tiggawhit]

@dilanesper Hanlon’s Razor

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@HawkEmDownChris Bill Russell