Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! (for the second time, actually) I apologize for nothing. #MyTwitterAnniversary
I'm trying to decide if this account is better than the first one I had (which had double the followers and seemingly more impact.) I'm leaning towards"yes" because of the greater diversity of followers despite less overall engagement
In the end that's why I decided to start from scratch and I think I'm happy overall. Even if you folks may not be
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I've said this to y'all before but because too many have anointed him as The Next Conservative Hope® you don't pay attention. But Ron DeSantis will go down as the most corrupt governor in modern Florida history. #FlaPol
Not because he has financially benefited himself personally, although I can't rule that out. But as far as shady and downright dirty operations by his official staff (who are state employees and paid by taxpayers) and how unethical his office is. Hate me all you want
And then you'll ask yourself why Ron DeSantis has hired so many amoral scumbags to be his official staff. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
The thing to really keep an eye on is what Ron and Casey do after this debacle finally crashes to earth. They're broke. They have no assets (they used a condo rented from a pedophile as their previous address.) Ron has never had an actual career so where do they go?
If you think Casey Antoinette is gonna go back to live remotes for local TV you're nuts. Ron can't do TV because he's an asshole who hates to chat. His books are standard RW claptrap and won't be bestsellers when he isn't gov and can't force people to buy them in bulk
Lobbyists need relationships and literally everyone hates Ron, a disloyal, backstabbing prick who gladly turns his back on anyone.
He's not wrong here. I sorta did this inadvertently in 2016 while working for the guy whose name I'm tired of saying. We would often go around to outdoor sign waving rallies while driving between events.
One day we planned to stop at a place somewhere in Palm Beach County. It was a shopping center parking lot on a very busy corner and the Candidate was excited. That dude loves cheering crowds like I love cheeseburgers. Saying the Pledge is his highest calling in life.
Anyway, we get to the location and it's packed. PACKED. Literally hundreds of people, all dressed in MAGA gear. And they're clearly in a frenzy even before we roll up, but when the Candidate gets out and very theatrically salutes an American flag THEY LOSE THEIR MINDS.
Bear with me because I need to pay tribute to someone who meant a great deal to me. Some 12 years ago my wife and I got to know an older couple at our church. They always stuck out due to their bearing, the way they held hands, and the fact that the man usually drove a sportscar
One day they invite us to dinner at the Sewalls Point Club (Martin County peeps know it well.) It's an incredible place on the ocean with five star service, etc. Not the place I would ever go. But it was incredible.
After dinner we go back to their house, where Jay shows me his library. It's on that day that I learn a few interesting facts about Jay:
He was 90
His grandfather had been in the Civil War. That Grandfather was best friends with another Ohio kid named Garfield
🧵Newsflash: I'm gonna play amateur political strategist for a second. Note to my liberal friends who are filling my TL with seething, white hot rage: this SCOTUS leak is a really good thing for you (and perhaps why it was leaked to begin with.) Lemme splain:
Y'all are about to get worked this Fall and in less than a year you're facing Speaker Jordan/Stafanik/Banks. It's happening because you literally don't have a platform besides "REPUBLICANS ARE CRAZY AND THEY HATE YOU." Ok, while you may have a point...
Not only is that not any sort of platform but, newsflash, many Americans think y'all are crazy and you hate them. Have you been paying attention?
Official government employee who is literally the definition of an insider has something to say about entrenched bureaucracy.
What's also not a conspiracy theory is having a minimal resume with hardly a single accomplishment, cold calling the governor of the third largest state and suddenly getting hired to fill one of his most important staff positions without any prior experience.
And what's also not a conspiracy theory is Florida politics suddenly being overridden with angry hate bots on social media at the exact same time said unqualified staffer shows up on the scene. No coincidences there.