Dan McLaughlinVerified account

@baseballcrank

Senior Writer . Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

New York
Joined May 2009

Tweets

You blocked @baseballcrank

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @baseballcrank

  1. Pinned Tweet
    Sep 4

    Edmund Burke also has some things to say on the kind of compromises that can & can't be justified in partisan politics

    Show this thread
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    9 minutes ago

    Important announcement from the Oregon State Prom Chaperone

    Show this thread
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    2 hours ago

    The time to shape the field is over. Herschel is a mess, but he's not a surefire loser, and there's not a surefire winner walking through that door. Might as well make the best of it at this point.

    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. Retweeted
    Show this thread
    Undo
  5. Retweeted

    Caught between their principles and their...rabbis? Are the rabbis being mean to the Squad? Did AOC switch her vote because she was afraid she'd get in trouble and miss Shabbos Party? She was supposed to be the ima this week!

    Show this thread
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    Given who is running the congressional probe into the Capitol riot and how it is being conducted, there is little reason to believe we will end up with the truth. | by

    Undo
  7. Undo
  8. Retweeted

    China turning dumb quotes into anti-American cartoons.

    Undo
  9. Sad trombone for the audit's backers & critics.

    Undo
  10. Undo
  11. Retweeted
    14 hours ago

    What a bunch of cringey douches.

    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Torts Meme of the Week, from one of my clever students.

    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    Ron DeSantis Is Right about School Quarantines | Opinion by

    Undo
  14. Undo
  15. Retweeted

    Should definitely let the ten Democrats who opposed this run the budget negotiations, though. Their judgment seems solid.

    Undo
  16. Today is Bruce Springsteen's 72d (!) birthday. Celebrate with Ghosts, the best song from his 2020 reflections-on-mortality album Letter to You.

    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    19 hours ago

    Second lawmaker to be in the news today for crying on the job. We are governed by children.

    Undo
  18. If you own a bobblehead of yourself & do not display it prominently, I question what you are really doing with your life.

    Undo
  19. And yes, every one of those narratives creates a picture of the world that is not, statistically speaking, accurate.

    Show this thread
    Undo
  20. Some stories take off because they fit those narratives & add individually compelling details. Some get pushed even when the details undermine the narrative. But yes, pre-set narratives in many areas are an easier sell to newspaper/TV editoris than stories that are not familiar.

    Show this thread
    Undo
  21. We all know the media has certain pre-set narratives into which stories get filled. Missing White Girl. Young Black Man Shot by Cops. Swing State Diner Opinion. Poor Hispanic Migrant. Hypocritical Lech Preacher. Mentally Traumatized Veteran. Sexy Teacher Sleeps w/Teen Boy. etc.

    Show this thread
    Undo

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·