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Joined October 2022
RT @bariweiss: Everyone knows the name Brittney Griner. Why doesn't anyone know Mark Swidan?. Swidan was held for 12 years in a Chinese pri….
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Will Elon Musk’s new America Party revolutionize U.S. politics? His prospects, argues @Continetti, are strikingly low. “Musk’s political career resembles nothing so much as a failed rocket launch.”
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Can the America Party make Elon Musk the next Ross Perot? “The parallels between Perot and Musk are striking—and instructive,” writes @Continetti. “Both men leveraged extraordinary wealth to influence presidential politics.”
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“As Musk launches his new enterprise, however, he may want to heed the lessons of the past. They aren’t encouraging.” @Continetti on Elon Musk, Ross Perot, and the fate of third-party billionaires.
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“We fetishize authenticity while caring very little about the truth,” writes @KatRosenfield. In a culture that applauds women for revealing their flaws, we forget: Even transparency can be a mask—just one sculpted by a top-tier surgeon.
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RT @FrannieBlock: @petersavodnik On what happens when an everyday American — not anyone famous, not anyone whose name you would know — is d….
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Texas Congressman @DanCrenshawTX mourns the 27 children who perished at Camp Mystic. Among them, Brooke and Blair Harber, sisters ages 11 and 13, who were “found with their hands locked together.”
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RT @ConvoswColeman: “I was traumatized.”. Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) on being beaten by police officers as a child—and why he eventually chose….
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Last weekend, Elon Musk, fed up with two-party politics, bucked the mainstream to form a brand-new political party. But Musk isn’t the first disillusioned billionaire to do so—today in The Free Press, @Continetti reflects on the lessons Musk might learn from Ross Perot.
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“@ArthurBrooks explained that there are four earthly desires that lead people astray: power, wealth, pleasure, and honor. None of these things are inherently evil. But if you obsess over any one of them, they will destroy your life. Here’s the catch: Each one of us has a deep
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