Will Gries

University of Iowa alumnus. I tweet about politics a lot. Opinions are exclusively my own.

[Will Gries @wmgries]

"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

[Will Gries @wmgries]

Looks like absolute shit guys.

[Trump War Room @TrumpWarRoom]

The new passports are 🔥!

📽️ @dto_rok

[Will Gries @wmgries]

Donald Trump is the worst president in American history bar none, and I think this is an AI-generated picture, but if the actual result looked like this, that’d be pretty cool.

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

The Washington Monument stands as a tribute to our first president. This week, thanks to our 45th and 47th president, it is illuminated with the story of American greatness. 🇺🇸

[Will Gries @wmgries]

Wow, looks like shit.

[Karoline Leavitt @karolineleavitt]

What a privilege to be aboard the inaugural flight on the brand new Air Force One! A truly unforgettable day. ✈️🇺🇸

[Will Gries @wmgries]

I have an interesting question that nobody is asking… why does the German chancellor control sick leave policies?

[Clash Report @clashreport]

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies.

We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness.

We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

I bet this goes hard if you’re fucking stupid

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

The thing is European governments have very limited ability to halt climate change (and no ability to reverse it) but extensive ability to adopt regulations that would facilitate adoption of air conditioning.

[NewsWire @NewsWire_US]

Speaker Johnson on losing Midterms:

“They [Democrats] will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the cabinet, his donors and friends…”

[Will Gries @wmgries]

This “state fair” is put on by Trump’s private “Freedom 250” organization, not the official one, of course it’s a shit show.

[The Mind Scourge @TheMindScourge]

I'm not a doomer about the US but sometimes it is genuinely hard

From the 1893 World's Fair "White City" to whatever this is for the 250th Great State Fair

Very depressing

[Will Gries @wmgries]

But it’s just because she’s a sensation.

[Will Gries @wmgries]

What about Kash Patel’s girlfriend? Isn’t she a country music sensation?

[Will Gries @wmgries]

Called it.

[Will Sommer @willsommer]

Kash Patel’s country-singer girlfriend will be performing on the National Mall, apparently at the concert that Martina McBride and Milli Vanilli dropped out of.

[Paul Farhi @farhip]

Normally, I’d agree. A botched rehab isn’t a big deal.

But this story has massive symbolic/metaphorical power: The triumphant claims. The shady contract. The visible failure. The lies about the failure.

It’s the Iran war (without the death and destruction) in miniature.

[Alex Jacquez @AlexSJacquez]

Tap the sign

[Foster @foster_type]

I'm completely militant on this. English speakers get to decide how words are spelled in English.

[FearBuck @FearedBuck]

USA players singing “Take Me Home, Country Roads” with 70,000 fans in Seattle after advancing to the Round of 32 at the FIFA World Cup

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

Wait, wait, wait. You're telling that this White House didn't consult people who know what they're talking about? You're saying that they hired their friends to paint the bottom blue without knowing it would raise the water temp which helps the algae? THIS White House? No way.

[Will Gries @wmgries]

American soccer fans are like a D+30 demographic.

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

The Aussies are bringing game. 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏