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Jon Lustig

@jonlustig

Number muncher, gadget prodder, axe swinger, ivory tickler, poker player, cuddly non-antiracist. Lifetime ban from Build-a-Bear. #FreeHongKong

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Athwart a great madness. commentarymagazine.com/artic…
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Apparently, this was the “pollster” that JD Vance was referring to in his now infamous post-election tweet, who blamed the loss on Israeli relations. Mark here was fired from Rasmussen for…well…it wasn’t revealed, but doesn’t exactly seem like a mystery.
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Does one tweet absurdities like this to fulfill some sort of loyalty test? Lost a bet? I remain genuinely curious.
Katie Campione (@katie_campione) profile pictureKatie Campione@katie_campioneNov 7
We are going to have a fundamental difference of opinion if you think the answer to boys not reading is to write about “boy stuff” and not rethink how we engage with boys in general let alone as readers. No specific interest or taste should be placed on a gender binary!!!
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I mean, folks were ticked about the *consequences* of the Iran war, this seems self evident. But the fact Trump ran on doing tariffs, this doesn't mean people couldn't be angry about what that policy actually turned out to be, that's sort of a category error.
Jason Willick (@jawillick) profile pictureJason Willick
@jawillickNov 8
The accumulating data showing that it was the collapse of Trump turnout, rather than crossover voting, that wiped out the GOP further undercuts the idea that tariffs were the main culprit. Trump ran on tariffs; would his voters stay home because of them? Iran better explains.
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Just an incredible, hall of fame level roasting here.
محمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf (@mb_ghalibaf) profile pictureمحمدباقر قالیباف | MB Ghalibaf@mb_ghalibafNov 5
Losing gambler energy, can't walk away from the table. Boss is prepping the next war phase while America teeters on an Israel-First cliff. Skip the TED talk. Why not say this to your boss?
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Oh, well holy fucking record scratch. It turns out administration actually does matter for policy outcomes.
Jeremy Carl (@realJeremyCarl) profile pictureJeremy Carl
@realJeremyCarlNov 5
From a fascinating New York Times post-mortem on the election. If true (and the reporters on this piece are very well sourced) it is beyond disturbing that the WH Chief of Staff was trying to steer the President away from the most popular issue with our voters.
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The villains of this story, the supposed neocons throughout the administration, who do not actually exist, supposedly tanked the country for Republicans by…telling the president the IRGC wouldn't abide by Vance's agreement. Reader, you'll never guess what happened next.
Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) profile pictureErick Erickson
@EWEricksonNov 4
Two Senators tell me the Vice President is right that the GOP turned against the Iran war in the Senate GOP’s own polling. But they say what the VP leaves out is that the turn came after the VP negotiated a bad deal with the Iranian regime that repulsed the GOP.
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Vast sums of ink have already been deputized to explore the folly found in Vance's "all the stuff Democrats want to do, but it's me" sales pitch.
Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) profile pictureNoah Rothman
@NoahCRothmanNov 4
Frankly, I don’t know why this WH tolerates the frequency and extent to which JD Vance feathers his own political nest at the expense of this administration’s own position. He’s undermining it from within. They have to know what he’s up to. He won't discipline himself.
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One might think otherwise, but you'd have to work pretty hard to find tweets nuttier than this one.
John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) profile pictureJohn Ʌ Konrad V
@johnkonradNov 4
Fine, I’ll say it. Susie and everyone else who advised Trump to listen to the people afraid to rock the boat need to go. Time for a complete White House shakeup, starting with PPO. @SergioGor brought in way too many staffers and not enough hitters who DGAF..
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From March, 11 last year. He didn’t. nationalreview.com/2025/03/d…
Does Trump Know Why He Was Elected? | National Review

Does Trump Know Why He Was Elected? | National Review

The public wants the economy humming, the border secure, and an end to woke lunacy — not tariffs and irrelevant indulgences.

nationalreview.com
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Well there's one I won't even need to pretend to be sad about on any level.
Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) profile pictureErick Erickson
@EWEricksonNov 4
Hey @bofrench, I'm glad you lost.
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This was the good laugh we all needed today.
nicky (@PFF_Nicky) profile picturenicky
@PFF_NickyNov 3
Hello I’ve committed voter fraud and I’d like to turn myself in. I illegally voted for James Talarico dozens of time using fake identities. My name is Brian Schottenheimer and I’m the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Please arrest me and force me to resign 🙏 Public execution is also an option.
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Did he tell him to do the tariffs that nuked wage growth for 18 months?
Sean Davis (@seanmdav) profile pictureSean Davis
@seanmdavNov 4
Marc Thiessen is the Anthony Fauci of 2026. Trump was on a glide path to the most successful presidency in modern history, and Thiessen rolled in, fed him a bunch of lies, destroyed his approval ratings with neocon forever war nonsense, and left him with a smoking crater where Republicans used to be standing.
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Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) profile picture
Erick Erickson
@EWEricksonNov 4
It was gas prices. It was the war. It was also the corruption. The incompetence. The tariffs. The playing nice with Russia. The impression of cruelty. The overly aggressive deportations. The accidental arrests of American citizens who were Hispanic. The arrogance. The ballroom. The reflecting poll. The golf courses. The arch. The Qatari 747. The aggressive redistricting push. The threats against enemies.
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Was just thinking, should the Democrats choose to spend the entirety of the next 8 months on an impeachment trial that'd leave me 0% unhappy actually.
Noam Blum (@neontaster) profile pictureNoam Blum
@neontasterNov 4
Hope the two years of sugar rush were worth it, Republicans…
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"Cornyn ignored me 8% of the time!" "Hmm, that's really interesting. How much do you suppose you'll be ignored by this other guy for the next 6 years then?"
Sunny (@sunnyright) profile pictureSunny
@sunnyrightNov 3
I just take comfort in the fact that we've voted out John Cornyn, who only voted with Trump like 99% of the time, and have scored a major conservative victory by very possibly replacing him for 6 years with a radical, gun-grabbing leftist who thinks God is nonbinary and there are six genders.
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Congressional Republicans chose to repeatedly declare themselves redundant, and tonight their voters agreed with them.
Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) profile pictureErick Erickson
@EWEricksonNov 4
Well, I expected the GOP could keep the Senate. Nope. Bloodbath. The GOP will say it's just Iran and gas prices. It's that. But so much more than that.
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When your world historical moron tariff regime throws a blanket on wage growth, people will care about gas prices.
Auron MacIntyre (@AuronMacintyre) profile pictureAuron MacIntyre
@AuronMacintyreNov 4
A lot of energy will be expended to deflect blame It was the podcasters, it was the tariffs, etc. No, it’s the war and gas prices stupid
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Erick Erickson
@EWEricksonNov 4
Trump and his political team have managed to do what the pre-Trump GOP never did — shrink the map of Republican states. Bush and Rove turned Texas red. Trump turned it blue. The pre-Trump GOP turned Georgia red. Trump turned it blue. But MAGA says we can't go back to winning.
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Jim Meigs
@jamesbmeigsNov 3
As a rule, I don't like to comment an institution I was formerly involved with...but, man, this is sad. During my 10 years at Popular Mechanics we worked hard to avoid political fads and keep the magazine focused on technology. Even when we tackled politically fraught topics—like debunking 9/11 conspiracy theories, reviving nuclear power, or digital surveillance—we endeavored to stick to hard facts.
Maxwell Meyer (@mualphaxi) profile pictureMaxwell Meyer
@mualphaxiNov 3
The lead story in the new issue of Popular Mechanics is “How to Fight a Data Center.” How sad and bizarre. Another once-great technology magazine turned against technology by leftists. Subscribe to @arenamag - we actually like technology, and America 🇺🇸
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I'm talking about things Democrats actually propose & campaign for - including their leaders in Congress & their most recent presidential nominee. Here's a simple one, Tom: will you promise your readers that Democrats would never attempt to eliminate the Senate filibuster?
Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) profile pictureTom Nichols
@RadioFreeTomNov 3
No, I'm saying that your attempt to ignore years of Trump and the GOP repeatedly attacking our constitutional order by creating some fantasy of what you assert Democrats will do three years from now is a dishonest and partisan argument - and you, of course, know it.
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