lol that AOC video has 9 million views
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
tough to think of an attack line that's backfired this spectacularly, at least in recent memory
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:03 (five years ago) link
also
https://twitter.com/aoc_dances
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
ha! proper stuff
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sandy-nickname-conservative-mocking.html
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:38 (five years ago) link
I'm having trouble figuring out why Alexandria is more of Bronx-sounding name than Sandy.
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Friday, 4 January 2019 14:39 (five years ago) link
It shows that before she thought she could exploit it politically, she turned her back on her Egyptian heritage.
― Frederik B, Friday, 4 January 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
Although Egypt is kinda sandy...
it is extremely funny to have an actual living Vanderbilt represent the "objective" and apolitical side in an interview with an avowed socialist https://t.co/zHzPpU0bj5— Italian Alex Pareene (@pareene) January 4, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 4 January 2019 16:42 (five years ago) link
I love that she made sure to explain too that taxing millionaires at 70% doesn't mean we're taxing every penny they make at that rate, just everything above a certain threshold. I would wager the vast majority of Americans don't grasp that concept.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 4 January 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
I gotta pin the tweet that is making everyone horny for my nemesis. reasons unclear pic.twitter.com/gsGFJz6M92— Lazarus Online (@tilyouregone) January 3, 2019
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:04 (five years ago) link
Pelosi’s wording here seems smart
JUST IN: Exclusive: Speaker Pelosi addresses Rep. Tlaib's "impeach the motherf---er" comment:"I probably have a generational reaction to it, but in any event, I'm not in the censorship business." https://t.co/0Nt1hvRgytMore with @JoyAnnReid tonight at 10 p.m. ET on @MSNBC.— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 4, 2019
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:06 (five years ago) link
imo
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
yah agreed
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:24 (five years ago) link
From "born in Kenya, secret Muslim" to "schooled in Yorktown, dances in video." Boy, the GOP truthers have really fallen.
― nickn, Friday, 4 January 2019 17:27 (five years ago) link
this thread seems correct to me
My take on Rashida Tlaib is that while the Democratic Party is being pushed to the left on policy, it's not really being pushed left at all on political temperament. And the policy doesn't really have a prayer unless people make the second push happen as well.— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) January 4, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Friday, 4 January 2019 23:57 (five years ago) link
Sorry everyone, my bad. I'll talk her up to 90. https://t.co/gl3VuiGISE— Every Billionaire Is A Policy Failure (@DanRiffle) January 4, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:25 (five years ago) link
I’m glad irony-poisoned extremely online millennials like me are now coming into power, what a relief
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:28 (five years ago) link
Helpful thread:
okay so a lot of (rich, white) folks are freaking out about what a 70% tax rate on the wealthy would look like and they’re scared about it and shit (even though it’s literally what rich baby boomers already dealt with).SO LET’S DO THE MATH.— Dianna E. Anderson 🏳️🌈 (@diannaeanderson) January 5, 2019
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:56 (five years ago) link
First Q in Sioux City for Elizabeth Warren from audience: "Why did you undergo the DNA testing and give Donald Trump more fodder to be a bully?"— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) January 5, 2019
― j., Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
medicare / social security for all -- birth to the earth
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
I think it means pundits like Osita don't want to give up saying harsh things about the Democrats just yet, despite having a lot of Dems in office the cosplay left claims to like.— Allosaurus Golden (@immortal_sea) January 4, 2019
Democrats have been acting in a way canonical memes didn’t anticipate, and that means a lot of people are gonna have to make shit up to stay on brand.— Santa is a cop (@agraybee) January 4, 2019
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
what are canonical memes
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
How have you found the only twitter accounts worse than dennis perrin
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
very carefully
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
yeah the accounts you choose to highlight are pretty bizarre
― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
No not at all.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
ok
― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 January 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
What is cosplay left? People like AOC, Ro Khanna, Bernie? Or am i misreading
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
No real interest in tone or 'civility' one way or the other, but strong messaging and vision is always good, give people something tangible and don't apologize for it
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
ppl with limited political imaginations think of anyone even approaching a genuinely left stance as cosplaying
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
Is: Cosplay left = Podcast left?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah or online left and some pundits.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
Hard shots about the cosplay left from, uh... Allosaurus Golden.
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:03 (five years ago) link
I dont get it, whats wrong w AOC etc? I dont listen to podcasts
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
I don't think AOC is included among the cosplay left in that tweet?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
Ah ok, some of these things are so dense/compressed its difficult to know whats going on. It seems good to me that there are people with good policies and say what they are and dont feel need to hide them or apologize for them
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
oh wait, that Sailor Moon girl! at a Bernie convention or something? when she got abushed by Infowars and said "I just want free healthcare honey" that was really good. I can get behind that, sign me up for cosplay left, I'm in!
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah again, AOC/ actual politicians and activists aren’t really included in that. It’s a criticism of punditry like Nwanevu’s upthread.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
Sometimes I wonder if people even have the attention span to read entire threads or content themselves with the first tweet and call it a day
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
tbf reading one tweet > reading more than one tweet
― twitter is bad not good (||||||||), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Ppl want to write essays they should get a weblog
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
Yes, those weblogs! All the rage these days I hear
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link
disgusting that AOC’s college dancing is major news and yet bernie’s own dancing video received no criticism pic.twitter.com/1oazDqgFN8— atlas slugged ☭ (@generalslug) January 4, 2019
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
har
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
I was struck that Warren, a co-sponsor of Medicare for All legislation, did not mention it at her first two Iowa events. Asked if the omission was intentional: pic.twitter.com/NTxjNSQbPP— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 5, 2019
this is some zen shit right here
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:50 (five years ago) link
that's some non-English shit right there
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
the next play: "you're responsible for your followers"
Hi @AOC. Happy to continue this debate on the Floor of the People’s House, but it’s clearly not productive to engage here with some of your radical followers. #StayClassy pic.twitter.com/lZCO3oiLUZ— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 6, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
Eh, those tweets are horrifying? Also, I bet AOC is getting similarly bad things, so she would come out of that discussion a winner anyway.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:03 (five years ago) link
Fred c'mon even you know this is a bullshit line of attack.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:18 (five years ago) link