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Triplet, Reader & sometime reviewer of SFF novels. Favorites include Benedict Jacka, Michael R. Miller, Ryan Cahill, RJ Barker, Peter McLean & Dennis E. Taylor.

Richmond, Virginia
Joined March 2009
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Great video. Confirms for me why when Lawrence O'Donnell smacked me down on this topic once, he was right. The people we want don't want the job.
For anyone who thinks we need an activist in a leadership position, watch this video.
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Alicia W. retweeted
.@MichaelSteele unloads on Republicans suddenly second-guessing Trump after the midterm wipeout, warning they can’t spend a decade enabling him and then pretend they had nothing to do with it: “Shut the fuck up; I don’t want to hear that shit from you.”
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Alicia W. retweeted
BREAKING: Virginia voters have passed Question 2, repealing the 2006 same-sex marriage ban and codifying marriage equality. Virginia is for lovers—and tonight, love has won again.
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It’s almost like watering down a bunch of safe districts, sending ICE into neighborhoods to terrorize people, and then starting a highly unpopular war and driving gas prices into the stratosphere wasn’t a great midterm strategy. Who knew?
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Alicia W. retweeted
From a long ago campaign - thinking of my dad today and of the incredible blessings of freedom handed down to us by all those who have defended it. It’s up to us to elect people who are worthy to lead. Vote like our freedom depends upon it because it does. 🇺🇸
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Alicia W. retweeted
Fuck the polls. Vote like we are losing by 30 points.
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Here it is: the link for the election night livestream. It’ll go live at 5:30pm Tuesday and we’ll go nonstop through the night. Truly hope you’ll come along for the ride - and please help spread the word and share with others! youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk youtube.com/live/b043z24ErQk
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The first race I’m watching for tomorrow ===>
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Remember when a lot of us said watering down safe GOP districts to try to gain more seats could backfire spectacularly? We obviously don’t know what will happen on Tuesday yet, but that scenario is on a lot of GOP pollsters’ minds right now.
There are now 642k Texans who have early voted who did not vote at all in the 2024 Presidential election. 48% of them (310,997) are Hispanic. And 39% (122,461) of those Hispanic surge voters are under the age of 30.
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Wow, I wish more pols talked like this. This is the kind of thinking we need. Plus, purple is my favorite color!
Q: Are you the one who’s going to turn Texas blue? @JamesTalarico: I’m not interested in turning Texas blue. I wanna win this seat so that I can fight for all 31 million Texans — whether they’re Democrats, independents, or Republicans. My party talks about turning Texas blue a lot. Republicans talk about keeping Texas red. I think the best color for Texas is purple. When you have a purple state and competitive elections, it forces every politician in both parties to stay on their toes. My hope in this race is that we can end 30 years of one-party rule and get competitive elections back in Texas so politicians are actually solving problems.
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🚨 NEW AD. Andy Harris hadn’t faced voters in years. Then this happened at our debate
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⛽️ MAGA TRUCKERS: “There’s no reason for this… My truck’s gonna sit there and rot until this idiot is out of office… I never thought I’d say this but I miss Biden… we’re dying out here and they don’t give a shit…” cc: @MarshaBlackburn
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Trump: tariffs don’t raise prices MAGA: yeah! tariffs don’t raise prices, dumb libs Trump: I’m going to suspend tariffs on imported beef to lower prices MAGA: suspending tariffs will lower prices, dumb libs
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People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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The universe isn't going to save itself! Make your own Savior of the Universe hat and stream #ProjectHailMary now on @PrimeVideo. Check out the instructions below and download the printable template here: bit.ly/4y0GbwP
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Slightly late notice (apologies!), but B&N currently have a preorder sale of 25% off upcoming hardcover books - including their exclusive edition of SCION! Ends on the 26th. barnesandnoble.com/w/scion-j…
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Our new LLM. Available now.
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Alicia W. retweeted
So let me get this straight. Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom. Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land. Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan. Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted. And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?” Please.
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Hey everyone, something a ton of people have been asking for over the years - deluxe hardcover editions of Licanius are officially coming in October!!
Your destiny is calling. Take your first look at the striking deluxe hardcover editions of The Licanius Trilogy by @IslingtonJames! Collect the complete series October 2026. Design by @Planetpinto Illustration by Dominick Saponaro
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