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Kinda cool cover in Indonesia for the second edition of The Death of Expertise 20.8K views · 141 likes · 15 reposts · 6 replies Open on X →

A lot of people here have some weird parasocial obsessions, including imagining me in a wheelchair. 105.7K views · 1K likes · 25 reposts · 80 replies Open on X →

I mean, I guess if this keeps SECDEF busy and away from messing anything else up in the DOD - like, say, a war - I guess it's a good plan 27.5K views · 449 likes · 47 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →

Someone should write a book about this https://t.co/Ypnx7HcrF6

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Trump’s obsession is a sign of a person with some serious problems 41.9K views · 1K likes · 133 reposts · 29 replies Open on X →

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Good. So be it. 27.2K views · 1.4K likes · 108 reposts · 73 replies Open on X →

Coming up at 5pm ET (now!) on MSNOW https://t.co/YKQUyfztQl

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Candidates, who will also have the opportunity to work out with the secretary, will be selected based on “demonstrated leadership quality and professional character,” according to emails obtained by The Wall Street Journal. 49.5K views · 123 likes · 17 reposts · 22 replies Open on X →

. @Kash_Patel is the best FBI Director we’ve ever had. 151.1K views · 11.2K likes · 1.2K reposts · 1.4K replies Open on X →

"Bagaimana pendapat keliru bisa dianggap kebenaran, dan pihak-pihak yang seharusnya mencerahkan—kampus, media, dan kalangan pakar itu sendiri—kadang ikut membunuh kepakaran." - Tom Nichols, Matinya Kepakaran. 🔗https://t.co/x0F2Bdfvvi https://t.co/cJaZKo3OQQ

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It's Ph.D., or PhD (if you're in the UK), but not P.h.D. 8.3K views · 192 likes · 10 reposts · 11 replies Open on X →

Trump is trying to blackmail the Kennedy Center into putting his name on it. They should refuse. Remember Kipling's warning about paying the Danegeld. https://t.co/lZgz9CAvYx 39.5K views · 2.4K likes · 703 reposts · 70 replies Open on X →

Okay but that's exactly what Skynet would say 10.4K views · 331 likes · 33 reposts · 20 replies Open on X →

@RadioFreeTom Yet another stupid opinion from another P.h.D suffering from TDS. 8.5K views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 10 replies Open on X →

“Lanterns” is still a hot mess @MikeRGlenn 21.9K views · 48 likes · 3 reposts · 22 replies Open on X →

Holds the codes to 1500 strategic nuclear weapons 78.8K views · 973 likes · 206 reposts · 21 replies Open on X →

Reporter: You reposted a video you took on January 6th. Trump: Well, I posted about 30. Which one are you talking? Reporter: You posted a video you took and posted on January 6th asking the rioters to go back home. Trump: Who??? Reporter: The rioters of January 6, 2021. h

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If Obama or Biden had built a monument to themselves after destroying the East Wing, the Republicans would have passed a bill allowing its destruction with tactical nuclear weapons. The next president should just take it apart quietly and quickly. 13.1K views · 1.1K likes · 205 reposts · 42 replies Open on X →

I agree that the next president might not want that headache, but just submit it as "fixing the East Wing and saving money." A democracy does not need a Tsarist ballroom. 17.3K views · 384 likes · 46 reposts · 23 replies Open on X →

Your regular reminder that the president has no idea how anything works 31.4K views · 1.6K likes · 297 reposts · 44 replies Open on X →

What else could he say? He's got Trump on one side of him, and foreign enemies on the other, and he's not going to say "yeah, we screwed up." Better option: Don't go on TV 56.2K views · 658 likes · 123 reposts · 26 replies Open on X →

Q: You have testified about this, a shortage of munitions, especially to defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks. How concerned are you about that right now? Admiral Cooper: I'm not concerned at all. We're well armed and ready for any contingency Q: So even though http

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@RadioFreeTom I have no faith that after its built there will be any stomach for tearing it down. The next president will say: well it might be useful, why spend all the money to tear it down. 18.6K views · 10 likes · 0 reposts · 8 replies Open on X →

“Who do you think’s at fault?” “I have no idea. I don’t blame Trump though” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 16K views · 173 likes · 28 reposts · 26 replies Open on X →

I had to delete that clip of balloons of Trump in Dublin. Just too humiliating to watch. 10.2K views · 194 likes · 12 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Because everyone understands that Trump really has no idea what he’s talking about and he could’ve been asked a question about a united Freedonia for all it matters to him 15K views · 437 likes · 77 reposts · 17 replies Open on X →

Take it up with our cousins in London https://t.co/tmtM9uEHSI

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