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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 18

    I know this is a bit of a long read, but I'd sure love to have you read the whole thing.

    140 replies . 727 retweets 1,338 likes
  2. Retweeted
    18h

    Family members who want Donald Trump to succeed need to let his Chief of Staff do his job. They need to get out of the way.

    423 replies . 434 retweets 3,443 likes
  3. 15h

    This is a courageous stand by Senator Flake.

    34 replies . 134 retweets 502 likes
  4. 16h

    This is big. This is serious. To those who underestimate the importance of ethics, I say this is the dangerous effect of tone from the top.

    "We used to want a just and democratic world. Now apparently we don't."
    25 replies . 543 retweets 964 likes
  5. 17h

    I'll be on Morning Joe at around 8:40 this morning, give or take a little. See you there! (Disclaimer: I won't actually be able to see you.)

    28 replies . 81 retweets 786 likes
  6. 18h

    Alongside? This disrespectful tweet is a case for amending the anti-nepotism law to apply to White House -after OLC rev'd its 40yr precedent

    Looking forward to serving alongside John Kelly as we work for the American people. General Kelly is a true American hero.
    373 replies . 3,401 retweets 7,405 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Jul 31
    Replying to

    if they were as widely applicable as they were brief they might be ecumenical ephemeral entomological ontological questions

    7 replies . 4 retweets 83 likes
  8. Jul 31
    Replying to

    Maybe knows. She has the best words, tremendous words.

    8 replies . 11 retweets 164 likes
  9. Jul 31
    Replying to

    If there's even the slightest chance I used "ontological" correctly, you can join me in imagining a PONC tweeting "I'm asked therefore I am"

    5 replies . 19 retweets 118 likes
  10. Jul 31

    This isn't an ontological thought exercise. If they've got a nasty infestation of PONCs, you can see why the 1st Amendment traumatizes them.

    If these questions were crawly pests would there be a taxonomic difference between the Pests of No Consequence and the Not Pertinent Pests?
    9 replies . 33 retweets 171 likes
  11. Jul 31

    If these questions were crawly pests would there be a taxonomic difference between the Pests of No Consequence and the Not Pertinent Pests?

    Is the attorney billing by the syllable? Did funding run out before he could tell us what the characterizations are not pertinent to?
    11 replies . 42 retweets 209 likes
  12. Jul 31

    Is the attorney billing by the syllable? Did funding run out before he could tell us what the characterizations are not pertinent to?

    Replying to @washingtonpost
    Trump's attorney issued a one-sentence statement in response to a list of detailed questions from The Post
    34 replies . 161 retweets 540 likes
  13. Jul 31

    This quote sums up the current situation: "how to get on the boss's good side: spend money at Trump properties"

    54 replies . 1,455 retweets 1,847 likes
  14. Jul 31

    It's not usually a compliment when someone says, "Next to the definition of 'kleptocracy' in the dictionary is your photo." Sorry, Ma.

    Oh hey, that's our own featured in the dictionary! Searches for "kleptocracy" spiked after he used it in convo with the
    9 replies . 61 retweets 340 likes
  15. Jul 31

    Well, that sure didn't last long.

    19 replies . 63 retweets 380 likes
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    Jul 30

    5 replies . 53 retweets 132 likes
  17. Jul 30

    I'm not surprised. In an era of turning points, I think this one stands out as a particularly dangerous departure from civic norms.

    The / interview has been the New Yorker's most-read piece on its site so far in 2017, with 4.4 million unique visitors.
    22 replies . 132 retweets 471 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Jul 30

    .: 'Affronts to normalcy, decorum and democracy reveal a deadly iceberg off the ship of state’s bow.'

    19 replies . 238 retweets 728 likes
  19. Jul 30

    5 replies . 53 retweets 132 likes
  20. Retweeted
    Jul 30

    Interesting tweet that wasn't deleted.

    AG Jeff Sessions is a stand-up guy. He's always said he would recuse himself from any case in which his impartiality could be questioned.
    52 replies . 750 retweets 1,604 likes
  21. Retweeted
    Jul 30

    Attacks on the press, repeated calls for political opponents to be prosecuted, teenage boys in uniforms listening to political rants. ....

    605 replies . 5,047 retweets 11,659 likes

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