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25 May, 5 tweets, 1 min read
1996: normalizing trade with China will put pressure on them to liberalize free speech and civil rights

2021:
Find someone to look at you the way Hollywood looks at a Chinese government jackboot
We are truly living in a Golden Age of Craven
I can't blame John Cena, he can't risk his career by being hauled up before the Beijing House Un-Chinese Activity Committee
1947: The Hollywood Ten refuse to cooperate with authoritarian government

2019: The Hollywood Zero refuse to cooperate with authoritarian government

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Back in '20 I was just a naive antiseptic wipe, fresh from the factory, when I got my Walmart warehouse draft notice. When I shipped out over the scanner, I was full of bravado and ready to clean out some anuses. But nothing can prepare you for what it's like in the real shit.
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I know this may be a controversial take, but perhaps the main problem with domestic street violence against American Jews is domestic street violence against American Jews
*Mobs in pickup trucks throw Molotov cocktails in the Diamond District*

NYT Editorialist: this is a dangerous slippery slope that could lead to Nancy Pelosi losing the House Speakership
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GO BIG TEN
We're just proud to be Wisconsin's drinking buddy
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23 May
A #DavesCarIDService RIP to fellow Texan Ford V8 enthusiast Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who met their demise this date in 1934 in Bienville Parish LA. Driving, of course, a Ford V8, the car that prompted Clyde to write the greatest product endorsement letter ever. ImageImage
*The car pictured above is not the B&C death car, it's a very rare 1932 Ford B-400 convertible sedan (left, with Barrow associate WD Jones). The actual death car was a 1934 Ford Fordor sedan (right). Both were obtained on the 0 down, 0% interest, 0 payment plan. ImageImage
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Ease off with that heater, dollface, I'll find out that car or my name isn't #DavesCarIDService Image
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Let's kick off with this swell pic featuring a lass, her Lassie, and the family's 1930 Ford Model A Tudor.
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21 May
"Scuffle"?

la.eater.com/2021/5/19/2244…
Perhaps "scuffle" is too harsh of a word, how about "a local polling organization's efforts to query diners' religious affiliation led to brief contretemps"
The important thing is we not jump to any conclusions about what motivated a group of citizen activists to bash chairs over people's heads after demanding to know if they're Jewish
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