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9 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Matt Taibbi's ShakeShack is (pretending to be) OUTRAGED by stories that point out that COVID treatments are promising but no substitute for vaccines that prevent people from getting sick in the first place
Imagine THIS being the COVID-related media coverage you find objectionable (as opposed to, say, the massive Fox anti-vaxx disinfo campaign.) I had no idea it was biologically possible to be that far up your own ass
And needless to say this is the DeSantis party line: why worry about stopping people from getting a deadly virus if you can treat some of the people who get extremely sick
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Wine-drinking, food-eating, breath-taking MAVERICK defies Washington's RULES by threatening to allow the Senate to obstruct popular legislation for the first time in history Image
Opposing legislation because your wealthy donors tell you to may not be how things are done in Washington D.C., but a breath of fresh air is here to SHAKE THINGS UP
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Too bad APSA is mostly online given the opportunity to watch Shohei Ohtani and DE FACTO PLAYOFF BASEBALL
A great unbroken tradition Image
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"These people are so pompous and thin-skinned. A guy like Alito wouldn’t survive for thirty seconds in a debate between equals, which is why being a federal judge is the ideal job for him, assuming Pope or Emperor isn’t currently available"
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🚨🚨🚨Pete Wells surgical takedown of massively overpriced restaurant alert 🚨🚨🚨
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One reason Wells is a great critic is that the perfect one-liners are generally building up to a serious argument -- in this case, that 11MP's decision to go vegan seems an awful lot like cynical profit-taking rather than a principled commitment
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