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John Thorsson

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If your reaction to the shooting in Texas focuses on where the shooter was from instead of the fact that there was a shooting, you’re missing the important part of the story.
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@LeeChatfield I know you personally, Lee. We went to college together. You’re better than this.
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Tonight is a good night to remind people that us OG NeverTrump people were 100% correct.
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@GarrettForMI There’s nothing anti-God nor anti-flag and country about skinny jeans, peppermint mochas nor soy. My guess is that you have an idea of what’s masculine, and are trying to dismiss anything you don’t consider to be masculine. Which is really more of a you problem.
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@twotabletom @AriFleischer He assumes that since Trump politicized DOJ, then Biden must be doing it also.
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@ChristinaPushaw You know what else dramatically reduces the risk of Covid? Getting the vaccine.
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@EricTrump @bennyjohnson Well, I’m sure this awkward for you.
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@TheRickWilson Hey Rick, found this clip of DeSantis giving kids a back to school message.
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@benshapiro The real question is if you ever get tired of talking out of your ass.
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@NoTalentAC @neontaster We don’t deserve dogs.
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@RealJacobPerry Is it bad that I laughed at this? Because I both at her misfortune, and those who took it sure that it would solve their problems because they didn’t want the vaccine.
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@Sean_McDowell @prageru Gotta start on that indoctrination early.
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2 years
@SenTedCruz I thought it was the door, Ted. You said it was that the door was open! By the way, clear out your DC voicemail box. As a constituent, when I call your office to give you a piece of my mind, I expect to be able to reach you.
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@thorsson_john
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@DavidAFrench Let’s not forget that he said that the colonists took over the airports during the Revolutionary war while he was reading off of a teleprompter.
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Why is it impossible for the modern Republican to be normal?
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@cascadianpoppy Some things transcend politics. I hope you realize that before it’s too late.
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@benshapiro @nypost If only you showed this much concern over republicans attempting a coup.
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2 years
@maxseddon So..peace only possible if Putin gets everything he wants.
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3 months
I know the in thing to do is rag on Biden for mixing up the president of Egypt for the president of Mexico. But has anyone in the media bothered to parse Trump’s word salad to show how none of it makes any sense?
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Trump: Not so long ago a psychiatrist I guess who worked in a mental institution in South America and he said I never had time to read a newspaper it’s a luxury because I work 29 hours a day. Meaning more than 24. But if I say 29 without a perfect, you know
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@thorsson_john
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@BenHowe @chrislhayes How sad is it that I could totally picture that being his actual response?
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@megynkelly Imagine thinking that you’re fair and balanced.
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@thorsson_john
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2 years
@RpsAgainstTrump @marcorubio @DHSgov He proved what everyone said about him: that he's a weak, corrupt, small person. He has no principles that he's not willing to abandon; nor does he have the spine to tell people uncomfortable truths.
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@NYinLA2121 @megynkelly I’m sure in hindsight Megyn would tell you that the “bleeding from her wherever” line; was little little more than humor as well.
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@duty2warn Buy Greenland. God those were innocent times, weren’t they?
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@baseballcrank Let’s remember when Barr the “honest man,” went out and held a press conference telling people the Mueller report said something it flatly didn’t say. You are wholly incapable of being objective.
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@megynkelly “Lock her up!” “Send her back!” Attacks on the media. The racism, the hatred, the misogyny. I wonder why they’ve been attacked. It’s a real mystery isn’t it?
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2 years
@marcorubio @DHSgov Why not spend your time demanding answers why DeSantis didn't treat human beings as human?
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2 years
Proudly NeverTrump since Day 1 back in 2015. Consistently looks like a fantastic decision.
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@thorsson_john
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@MittRomney Don’t do this Mitt. You’re better than this. We both know he didn’t. Sure, he can say now that he didn’t like it. But he had a chance to stop it, and didn’t.
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@bennyjohnson You have no clue what CRT is, and it shows with posts like this.
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@EWErickson Yeah, the people who stormed state houses back in March, tried to kidnap a governor two weeks ago, and tried to run a campaign bus off the road two days ago are totally harmless and sane.
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@LeaderMcConnell Her performance, you say. You didn’t seem to mind the performance of Kavanaugh.
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@RepSummerLee A president must come before congress asking for a declaration of war. The War Powers Act gives the president authority to launch strikes without congressional approval. See Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates if you have any questions.
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@robbysoave What’s even more frightening is that there are people out there who think it’s fantastic.
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8 months
@BenjySarlin @GallupNews This just shows how good the GOP is is messaging. Their policies are crap, but America thinks they work.
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2 years
@NikkiHaley You’ll never wash the Trump stink off of you, Nikki.
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4 years
@AJDelgado13 So you’re saying @JasonMillerinDC would hate it if someone asked him why he had two families?
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@benshapiro Here, let me help you understand: don’t support domestic terrorism. And don’t promote insane and dangerous things. It funny that what you call “cancel culture,” most people realize is consequences for actions.
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@torriangray “What do I get?” Really nails it.
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@NateSilver538 I very rarely say this, Nate. But you're wrong. It has nothing to do with her race or gender, it has to do with the fact that she comports herself like a child.
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@NYMag If someone fears eating a sandwich, I question their mental state. Far more important things to worry about than where to go for lunch.
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3 years
@seanhannity Anything to not talk about the talk news. By the way, Obama’s right about Trump.
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@JonSchweppe @LindseyGrahamSC Republicans have figured out the abortion issue. They wanted to limit it as much as possible. The fact that voters don’t like that doesn’t change that the GOP got what they wanted.
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While civil unrest may well happen, it can’t negate the fact that Trump should be held to the same standards and laws as everyone else. Giving him special treatment due to how his cultists might react is how this nation destroys itself.
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CNN analyst Mark Preston warns of "civil unrest across the country" if Trump jailed for gag order violation
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@kurteichenwald Here’s a graphic you can use, Kurt.
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@baseballcrank I know you probably found this funny and edgy. It just makes you look terrible.
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@SenMullin If you supported a President who tried to overthrow the government, you have no business being in government.
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@mschlapp Seems like senate R’s should have voted on a bipartisan commission when they had the chance.
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@DannyReeves33 I’m glad you’re doing better, but this could have been avoided had you gotten the vaccine. Use this as an opportunity to tell others to get it.
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@benshapiro If a Grand Jury finds that a former Dem President is worthy of being indicted, fine. That’s the law. Something you claimed you cared about. Guess you didn’t mean that either.
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@marcorubio If you gave a damn about the virus, you’d have spent the last year focused on mask wearing. The impeachment is needed, and you can thank your party for it.
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@mkraju Mitt doesn’t play into the histrionics of the rest of the @GOP . You may not always agree with his political views, and that’s okay. But he also tries to be honest with what he believes. I respect that.
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@yct As someone who spent the prior 8 years living in Texas, I completely condone what Beto called that person. And if I were still living there, I’d be damn proud to vote for him over Abbott.
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@TexasTribune God forbid business ever take a hit. Always gotta shit on the average person.
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@DrewSav Imagine seeing a wildfire, doing nothing to put it out, then congratulating the arsonist. I feel like people bragging over Florida’s numbers are doing that.
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@justinbaragona The propaganda delivered from Fox on an hourly basis is staggering.
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@atrupar Well @DanCrenshawTX she may have turned away from the flag, but she never signed up to disenfranchise the voters of an entire state in an attempt to undermine democracy. That somehow seems worse.
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@sahilkapur Fox has to be looking at one hell of a lawsuit to have them lean into vaccines after all this time.
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@jmart @DavidChalian CNN said this in between having Vivek and Christie on for interviews. Really wish @MSNBC had actual election night coverage instead of their regular nightly lineup.
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@GregPrill @AnnCoulter @TheRightDefense @MarkSKrikorian @filmmusicgirl @GerbusJames @MikeC1163 @kausmickey @realDonaldTrump So, "grab them by the p^ssy was fine" having no policy proposals was fine. But not breaking families up is the line here?
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@HoustonChron @DanCrenshawTX you don’t do culture wars well, bro.
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@bdomenech I understand how you’d be confused by someone doing the honorable thing. It’s something you’ve never done.
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@LPDonovan @maggieNYT The narcissistic injury is going to be palpable after this.
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@EliseStefanik Funny how the president lied to millions of Americans when he said he didn’t know Lev Parnas.
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@GregAbbott_TX On a fundamental level, your law punishes parents for wanting to do what they deem best for their child. You’re no better or no different; which is the problem in R’s delving into the culture wars.
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@AdamKinzinger He has proven for the last 5 years that is not, indeed, better than this.
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@HeathMayo To be fair, there were those of us who always saw Cruz as nothing more than an opportunistic fraud.
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@Neoavatara There isn’t any scenario in which we’d be better off.
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@DacianusAd @benshapiro Either Citizens United is right and corporations have freedom of speech protections or they don’t. If they do, they’re free from government persecuting them for that speech. If they’re free from that, then DeSantis is wrong. If Citizens United is wrong, then we need to stop with
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@TheValuesVoter I don’t think many evangelicals realize how badly they’ve wounded their testimony from their hypocrisy.
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@jointhescv Think you meant this one.
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@larryelder @realDonaldTrump @BarackObama 300,000 Americans have died this year alone due to his lack of leadership. That’s not deserving of anything but scorn.
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@DailyCaller I mean, if he wanted to prove he doesn’t understand political history and how the parties switched...he certainly accomplished that.
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@DWFreer @nthnashma @CuteCatriona You mean the woman who wasn’t wearing a mask? Agree.
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It’s become a tale as old as time at this point, but Dems once again rightly put most of their policy preferences aside to work in good faith to address a problem facing this country in a bipartisan way that’s filled with compromises. And the GOP balks at it, because they’re
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Christie having the strongest night so far. He’s actually prosecuting the case against Trump and the GOP. Won’t win him any votes in a primary. But he’s doing a vital service to the nation.
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@BillOReilly Wow, the sexual predator tour.
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@Redistrict This is why I’ve yet to put much stock in the 2024 polls. Once people are reintroduced to why they hate Trump, they will file back to Biden and Dems.
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@prchovanec It’s really sad the damage that Fox does to this country.
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@benshapiro The world would have been a different and much better place had Trump lost in 2016.
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@kaitlancollins @the_shoe_yes This was so hard to listen to. My heart breaks for him and is filled with disgust for the people who haven’t made it so his daughter wasn’t slaughtered.
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@RadioFreeTom One thing the far left struggles with is getting people to their side. The assumption seems to be that everyone should already be there, and if they aren’t, it’s a problem with the other person rather than the far lefts ability to persuade.
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@BillOReilly And unlike Trump, Biden apologized for interrupting her. Basic human decency, which the president is incapable of possessing.
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@bigsexy_tote @GOP I'm just tired of being embarrassed by the party I've associated with. It seems like every candidate @GOP finds is a joke.
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@Nate_Cohn I’d imagine that spells bad news for R’s come November.
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@benshapiro Here’s a radical idea: how about republicans actually have a message that makes people want to vote for them.
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@JonnyRoot_ @Dodgers No, but they turn a blind eye to clergy sexually assaulting kids.
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@marcorubio You’re a coward, a liar, and a traitor. No American who cares about this country could endorse Trump. Especially after he so explicitly has shown that he’s more than willing to burn the country down for his own power.
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@WollastonWntr63 @RadioFreeTom @TheLastWord Even if he had just “liberated” the LNR and DNR, you’d probably see people largely shrug their shoulders. His invasion was too big of a bite and it’s going to come back to haunt him.
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@AriFleischer Or how about this, Ari: those of us who were part of the resistance and said he was an existential threat to the country have been proven right multiple times over.
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@SarahLongwell25 We are screwed as a nation. We can’t have this many people ill informed on things that are going on.
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@RichLowry Remember when republicans took the oath to defend the country against enemies foreign and domestic?
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@atrupar “Mutually agreed” is doing a lot of work here.
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@JohnCornyn @SenTedCruz Obstructing isn’t your job, John. And the Texas House members are doing their job. They’re making sure Texans have the ability to vote.
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Marco is a coward. That I ever thought he was better was a huge mistake on my end.
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Apparently it is now a crime to make statements challenging election results if a prosecutor decides those statements aren’t true. So when should we expect indictments of the democrat politicians who falsely claimed Russia hacked the 2016 election?
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