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1 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
You were quite happy with all that suppression before this election
Shorter Joe Scarborough: I was fine with systemic voter suppression before Trump made fun of me and my wife, hashtag resist
Here’s the receipts mediamatters.org/morning-joe/jo…
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2 Nov
Trek Rank

Search for Spock
Wrath of Khan
Voyage Home
Final Frontier

Final Frontier is actively bad. It’s the only one so far I didn’t enjoy. The plot is nonsense, the characters act weird and wrong. Total misfire.
I actually saw Final Frontier when it came out but other than the rocket boots it left almost no impression, so it was like watching for the first time.
I saw everything from Voyage Home to present in the theater but other than the Borg Queen they mostly left no impression on me other than the reboot. I dunno why I’ve decided to watch Trek now but also why not?
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2 Nov
Right now campaign operatives are talking to reporters about what is really happening. They’re mostly telling the truth, and some reporters will know it, even as they continue to file other stories as if they don’t. It’s all a very strange business imo.
Post election there are always all these big reports and books on these details. They’re telling them right now “oh we know we lost” or “yeah we know we won” but the agreements are that this won’t be reported until after it’s done. Happens every cycle.
I don’t know if it’s unethical, unlike many other reporter practices I have big issues with. I just think it’s weird how they embargo these things like Hollywood or video game reporters but for important things.
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1 Nov
Right now all the Trump people are telling reporters about what their polling really looks like for their post-election stories. If history is any indicator (Romney, McCain) all the cable news bravado is total bull.
You’ll probably start seeing a turn late on Election Day, when the jig is almost up
Look for bs like “we knew this was a difficult environment for us...”
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31 Oct
No political take I have gets people going like my admittedly unusual movie takes. I still haven’t done that Casablanca rewatch to see if my scorching hot “it’s ok I guess” take holds up.
So far the biggest movie I loathed that I think many like has been Amadeus. It seems people generally agreed with me that Chariots of Fire wasn’t great?
BTW I hate when I don’t like a classic movie and people insist it’s an age/context thing. No, if anything I tend to like a lot of movies from long before my time. But I like to assess a movie on it’s own, not because everyone says it’s good.
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31 Oct
I liked Search for Spock more than Wrath of Khan.
Reaction to these tweets make me feel like I have to watch voyage home so I can complete this set of hot takes.

I saw it when it originally came out but I barely remember it. I’m a fan of Star Trek/Wars but I don’t get knee-deep like w DC/Marvel.
And in case u missed it , it’s not that I think Wrath of Khan was bad. It’s just that I felt it was *fine*.
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30 Oct
if i attended a trump rally they'd try to beat me up. but please, go on.
the press in our country has a derangement. its dangerous.
"As President Donald Trump faces an uncertain future, so too does a fixture of the American political scene over the last five years: the Trump campaign rally, a phenomenon that has spawned friendships, businesses and a way of life for Trump’s most dedicated supporters."
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