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Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Holy crap, I clicked on the #wherescindy hashtag I put on my tweet about her remaining visits tweet and found this fucking gem masterpiece from September.
If y'all see Cindy, tell her Mississippi has been looking for her for the past six years. #WheresCindy
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
I wish men would think about this for two seconds. Men, if you have sex with a woman, are you consenting to her sticking something up *your* ass with no notice or consent?
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
“It was the morning after the midterm elections, and @JeffFlake couldn’t stop laughing.” My new piece on Never Trump conservatives, who are feeling vindicated after a very long decade.
theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Fiorello LaGuardia once offered to debate an opponent in Yiddish.
You know why Jews tell that story with a smile. Because it shows that America was--even in 1922--a different kind of country for us, a place where we could bring all of ourselves--including our Jewish languages--into the public square.
If you have policy differences with El-Sayed and Omar, fine but mocking them for speaking their family's languages is a way of denying to Muslims what has made America great for us.
It's also just frankly racist.
Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed gave his victory speech in Arabic last night. Rep. Ilhan Omar addressed her victory party in Somali.
And this morning, Iran's supreme leader posted that America's collapse "has accelerated."
What should we make of these acceptance speeches? @SulkinMaya
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Abdul El-Sayed gave his victory speech in English.
youtube.com/watch?v=Ah-DuM…
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Anybody wanna watch Ben Shapiro be super duper completely wrong about how the election was going to go?
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Good morning. Yes, it's a big week for politics, but don't forget great literature.
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
This is what I mean when I say French is a cowardly bigot. Spends the whole time talking about Rhodesia and Islam and communists great invading hoards and then he loses and runs tail between his legs. Coward. Coward. Coward.
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Now that these rigged maps have spectacularly backfired, can we all get on board with banning partisan gerrymandering now?
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Still waiting on the results for the WA state gun advisory question
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
I wish they both were here to see this night. Just so damn proud to have been raised a Texas Democrat.
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
LBJ knowing the whip count from beyond the grave, decades later, is WILD.
icon. legend. lion.
when he signed the civil rights act, lbj famously told his press secretary bill moyers “we may have lost the south for your lifetime—and mine” and my brother pointed out bill moyers died last year.
ALT wikipedia page reading “Billy Don Moyers (June 5, 1934 – June 26, 2025) was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. He also served as the de facto White House Chief of Staff for a brief period from 1964 until 1965.”
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
I straight up forgot this one. I’m honestly going to miss him
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
MAGA was possibly the stupidest cult in history. TRUMP didn’t break America because he was strong, he broke America because we let our country become weak. Incoming democrats: no more “stern letters” and “concerned tweets.” Prosecute these criminals. Never let this happen again
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with @ezraklein where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain." Not a day has gone by for the last month where I haven't thought about that line and, increasingly, I see it as a skeleton key to a politics that many people are desperate for
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Oh well. I guess winning back the House and the Senate and flipping seats from red to blue all over the country way beyond what anyone dared predict is better than nothing.
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
Boop!
So taken by how this little one steps in to comfort her crying sister. Watch carefully and you’ll see that she models behaviors that have almost certainly been used to comfort and distract her during times of sadness.
She comes in close to make eye contact. She offers a playful boop on the nose to elicit a laugh. And then closes the deal with a much-needed hug.
In all things, babies learn from the examples set by others. It’s clear that this little one has some outstanding - and emotionally intelligent - role models. I’m betting that big sister is one of them.
Video via aguilaralba10 on X.
Doktor Zoom, a well-meaning elderly man. retweeted
when he signed the civil rights act, lbj famously told his press secretary bill moyers “we may have lost the south for your lifetime—and mine” and my brother pointed out bill moyers died last year.
ALT wikipedia page reading “Billy Don Moyers (June 5, 1934 – June 26, 2025) was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administration. He also served as the de facto White House Chief of Staff for a brief period from 1964 until 1965.”