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  1. Pinned Tweet
    30 Jan 2017

    If our nation is to survive, every politician & government worker—every voter—must embrace the doctrine.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    That pizza looks like trash, pass

    You can add 3 toppings to this pizza. What are you adding? 🤔
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  3. 3 hours ago

    Even just listening to the key-shifting acrobatics had to go through to virtually accompany the rendition of the National Anthem is exhausting. You’re a hero, sir.

    I love our country, I love our Anthem, & this young woman has a strong voice with a large range, but it’s hard to sing in tune without an accompaniment, so I’ve added one. Arrangement by Brandon Ethridge
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  4. 10 hours ago

    Covid: YEEEEEEEHAAAAWWWW

    I just announced Texas is OPEN 100%. EVERYTHING. I also ended the statewide mask mandate.
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  5. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    Meanwhile you have generations of kids of color being steeped in race dysphoria and self-hatred.

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    15 hours ago

    It’s imagery like this that seeps into our childhood and stays in our hearts and souls forever. DOLITTLE has been officially rewritten to remove the Bumpo plot and grotesque Lofting caricatures. But really all that does is let publishers pretend the original never existed.

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    15 hours ago

    DR DOLITTLE was white supremacist to the point where even as an elementary school student I felt sick to my stomach. But the story was also charming and delightful and none of my white classmates who’d read it noticed how gross the idea of using acid to burn your face white was

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    15 hours ago

    The most wildly racist book I ever read was the original STORY OF DR DOLITTLE—which my school library had in its version illustrated by author Hugh Lofting. It has a storyline where Dolittle makes an elixir to turn an African prince white so he can pursue his white dream princess

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  9. 15 hours ago

    Meanwhile you have generations of kids of color being steeped in race dysphoria and self-hatred.

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  10. 15 hours ago

    It’s imagery like this that seeps into our childhood and stays in our hearts and souls forever. DOLITTLE has been officially rewritten to remove the Bumpo plot and grotesque Lofting caricatures. But really all that does is let publishers pretend the original never existed.

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  11. 15 hours ago

    DR DOLITTLE was white supremacist to the point where even as an elementary school student I felt sick to my stomach. But the story was also charming and delightful and none of my white classmates who’d read it noticed how gross the idea of using acid to burn your face white was

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  12. 15 hours ago

    The most wildly racist book I ever read was the original STORY OF DR DOLITTLE—which my school library had in its version illustrated by author Hugh Lofting. It has a storyline where Dolittle makes an elixir to turn an African prince white so he can pursue his white dream princess

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    16 hours ago

    Personally I’m against removal of racist items like these from popular culture. I’d rather they be used as teaching aids to show how these images became pervasive in society, with clear kid-level intros that are as fun and accessible as the originals. But that’s too hard I guess?

    The likes of Ben Shapiro are calling this “censorship.” Please note: It’s Seuss’s own trust that’s blocking further publishing of them to “preserve his legacy” (eg hoping people stop associating him with racist images he often included in his work—many of them aimed at Asians)
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  14. 16 hours ago

    Personally I’m against removal of racist items like these from popular culture. I’d rather they be used as teaching aids to show how these images became pervasive in society, with clear kid-level intros that are as fun and accessible as the originals. But that’s too hard I guess?

    The likes of Ben Shapiro are calling this “censorship.” Please note: It’s Seuss’s own trust that’s blocking further publishing of them to “preserve his legacy” (eg hoping people stop associating him with racist images he often included in his work—many of them aimed at Asians)
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  15. 16 hours ago

    The likes of Ben Shapiro are calling this “censorship.” Please note: It’s Seuss’s own trust that’s blocking further publishing of them to “preserve his legacy” (eg hoping people stop associating him with racist images he often included in his work—many of them aimed at Asians)

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  16. Mar 1

    Ted Cruz managed to lock up the vital Ted Cruz vote

    If trump can only get 55 percent of Cpac, he’s in trouble.
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  17. Mar 1

    Every member of the Trump administration wears their hard-earned title of “worst _____ in history” as a “badge of honor”

    We’ve been called all kinds of names. They try to cancel us. The New York Times even called me the “worst Secretary of State in history.” I wear it as a badge of honor. I will never stop speaking the truth and fighting to defend our freedoms. Neither should you.
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  18. Mar 1

    Now do ours

    Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy gets a historic prison sentence for corruption. He can serve one year of a suspended term at home.
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  19. Feb 27

    Oof

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  20. Feb 26

    and can also attest

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    Feb 26

    As and others know well, I commit sacrilege against Coldplay every time I go to karaoke

    Wow, screw this guy. Calling Asians “similar to Covid” is racist enough but imagine doing it to arguably the most popular band in the entire world (and one that is full of genuinely sweet, charitable, good guys). Glad he’s getting a taste of the buzzsaw.
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