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1 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
.@scottjshapiro, who has only fewer than eight as many Twitter followers as I have, just gave an important Powerpoint presentation of his New Year's resolutions.
@Klonick is above having New Year's resolutions.
I have three:
(1) Always to mention how many more ...
...Twitter followers people (particularly repulsive people) have than @scottjshapiro.
(2) Never to mention @HawleyMO's name without reminding people that he sought to overturn a clear presidential election result.
And (3) To stop pretending that all Covid victim deaths...
...are equally tragic. There are innocent victims of Covid are very non-innocent victims. I mean to start distinguishing very actively between the two. Don't @ me. Or do. I don't care.
Yeah, I know there's a garble in the first tweet in this thread--it should say that @scottjshapiro has less than an eighth as many Twitter followers as I have. SO there.

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Trump's winning!

(For those who are total morons, this is a joke)
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Whom are you most excited to see out of government:
Let’s add a second bracket entry, the winner of which will compete against the winner in tweet #1:
Heat #3:
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Ok, it being 1:30 and @Klonick and my not having a guest yet for @inlieuoffunshow, I declare it a #GuestsGoneWild day. In my next tweet, I will tag some key members of the audience. They will respond with some prior guests they would like the bring back.
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As this idea seems to be taking off, let me say a few words about Merrick Garland as a potential AG, a subject about which I have a lot of thoughts.
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