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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

1 year

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Things of Caesar

Analysis of the international tax system

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Alex Parker

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1 year

Sergey Brin revives Google Plus team from cryogenic chamber. "It's time."

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This was supposed to be a September post, but I'm doing it at year-end: 2023 marks four years that I've maintained a weight 100 pounds down from my 2016 weight.

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What sucks is that Twitter is imploding in exactly the kind of online train wreck event that reinforces how fun Twitter can be sometimes.

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Dream job alert--become Lego's top D.C. lobbyist:

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Alex Parker

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That Kennedy ad almost made me want to vote for Nixon.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

Three years sober today. At the time, I had no idea how much it would change all aspects of my life.

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People are like, "that 'bloodbath' quote is out of context, Trump was talking about putting 100% tariffs on foreign cars." OK, so let's talk about why *that* part is insane....

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Alex Parker

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3 years

Because the first smallpox vaccines came from cows, anti-vaxxers at the time claimed it could turn people into cow-human hybrids.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

If Spider-Man 3 doesn't have a scene where Rhino and Sandman go to Long Island wine country and get plastered, I'll be disappointed.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

Bob Dole was constantly needled for his age when he ran for president in 1996, at 73--six years younger than Biden is now.

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Alex Parker

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1 year

I'd be ironic if this were my most viral tweet, bringing me oodles of new followers.

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Alex Parker

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1 year

Tucker Carlson replacement.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

In 2017-19 I lost 100 pounds and as of this week, I've managed to keep it off for 28 months. (With variations of ~20 pounds.)

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Alex Parker

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Fortunately for Dems, there are about a gazillion clips of Trump helpfully proclaiming that he's responsible for the Dobbs decision. But there are still a lot of weirdly misinformed voters out there.

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Alex Parker

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2 months

What dense 700-page Pulitzer Prize-winning history book should Chris Nolan adapt for film next?

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Alex Parker

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2 years

In 2019 I lost 100 pounds...and as of today, I've kept it off for three years. Here's to three more!

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Hawley's career supposedly being over because of the video of him running through the Senate halls seems like a definitive "Twitter isn't real life" moment.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

While most of the public only recently became aware of it, the global G-20 tax agreement is the culmination of nearly 10 years of negotiations and work, all sparked by the growing realization that the int'l tax rules are ill-equipped to deal with the modern economy.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

Want to feel old? More time has passed since the Brad Pitt movie "Troy" premiered than between that movie and the original Trojan War.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

@mattyglesias Bigger problem is that I Am Legend involves vampires, not zombies.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

Ah, those sweet sweet retweet endorphins. Like going on one final bender before rehab.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

I love how, when you honk at someone who's blocked the box at an intersection, they throw up their hands, like "what do you want me to do?" I want you to feel SHAME.

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Alex Parker

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@jbuhl35 Yes, the Midwest is famous for its mean people.

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2 years

Variety

@Variety

2 years

Robert Pattinson: ‘The Batman’ Opening Shot Is ‘So Jarring’ and Feels Unlike Any Other Batman Movie

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Alex Parker

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2 years

I still think Disney got it exactly backwards with Star Wars--they should have done the smaller TV shows and other media first, building up to the big event movie.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

People love to use this meme, but what's lost is that Don was lying. He was totally jealous and intentionally sabotaged Ginsburg.

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Alex Parker

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A day late with this, but one fun fact about Orson Welles is that he became a U.S. Treasury Dept. employee, paid $1 a year, to lead the 5th World War II War Bond drive. The war bond program is one of the great untold stories of WWII, I wrote about it here

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

People wondering what a Lego lobbyist would do--they're a huge importer, one of the biggest toy sellers in the U.S, and they're opening more factories here. Whoever gets this job will have their work cut out for them.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

@daveweigel How could you tweet this while children are starving?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

2% is about the right proportion for a 100-member Senate representing 50 states?

The Beat with Ari Melber 📺

@TheBeatWithAri

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"Look at the Senators who are making these decisions here... Manchin, less than one percent of the U.S. is what he represents. Sinema, just about two percent... and yet they hold all the power right now," @AriMelber on the clash in Congress

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Alex Parker

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2 months

Lots of good suggestions but this is my favorite.

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@AlexParkerDC The Guns of August

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

That's a bit concerning.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

This kind of hits something that's been on my mind--"Resistance" Dems seem to think that if they can establish that Trump/MAGA is so out of bounds of normal partisan politics, they'll just win by default. But that's not how it works. U just gotta beat him.

Matthew Yglesias

@mattyglesias

2 years

My problem with the whole “MAGA Republicans” thing is Obama/Trump crossover voters matter a lot — why emphasize discontinuity rather than continuous plutocracy?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Wesley Snipes appearance a good reminder to pay your taxes, April 15 is less than three weeks away.

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Alex Parker

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4 months

In the wake of "Oppenheimer," I'm working on my pitch for a movie about the inner turmoil of Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau after instituting widespread income tax filing to meet revenue needs during WWII. FINAL SCENE: [close-up] "My God, what have I done?"

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

5 months

I'm allowed a few more self-retweets of this, right? It's Christmas.

Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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This was supposed to be a September post, but I'm doing it at year-end: 2023 marks four years that I've maintained a weight 100 pounds down from my 2016 weight.

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Alex Parker

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3 years

Something getting very little notice--if Congress isn't able to pass any changes to the GILTI tax, the U.S. will be out of compliance with the OECD global minimum tax agreement it itself spearheaded, and U.S. corps could face retaliatory taxes.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

I gained about 20 lbs during 2021. 😡 But this is pretty good for me, because I'm ~95 lbs down from 2016 and I've lost about 20 lbs since the summer. Also weight is pretty low on the priority list in COVID times, what I'm prouder of is staying active & striving to be healthier.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

1 year

Why couldn't Musk buy a sports team and run it into the ground, like a normal billionaire?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Boba Fett is one of the most overrated characters in pop culture history, and to make him more interesting you have to sacrifice what makes him even a little bit cool.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

@jbarro I mean...

Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years

PALs were not the pals of Strategic Command generals.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

"Afghans refused to fight for themselves" is one way to look at it. "We failed to create and sustain civic institutions that citizens felt were worth fighting for" is another.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

2022 Pennsylvania Senate election: Mehmet Oz (R) vs. John Fetterman (D)

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Definitely starting to seem like Manchin is acting as a conduit for other members who don't want to make a stir.

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Because of @Sen_JoeManchin opposition, the Dem leadership and White House sources tell us that the billionaire tax is all but dead.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

Couldn't think of a good brick pun there, it's late.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

1 year

@PWrongEqualsOne @JHWeissmann I had to look up what the name was, I couldn't remember. And not like you can just Google "Google Social Network."

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

It's not just about tax rates. It's about the rules that countries mutually agreed to on defining taxable income across borders, that were under more and more strain. The subjectivity was becoming easier and easier for multinational corps to manipulate.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Some personal news.....

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

So what you're telling me is that crows are in fact.....counting crows.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

People acting like this is a new Manchin proposal. I think he mainly put it out there in response to criticisms that he's been vague on his demands.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Followed politics long enough that I've now seen several administrations come in and vow not to make the same legislative mistakes as the prior one, and then make totally new mistakes.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

You get the feeling that Schumer/Manchin included carried interest in the IRA as something that Sinema could oppose and claim victory on, almost like a decoy target?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Oui oui oui! San Diego Comic-Con exclusive variant for Batman #125 by the great Bill @SienkiewiczArt .

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Self-pity isn't a good look, but it also can seriously and negatively warp your tactics and strategy. Just ask the Clintons.

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2 years

Submitted for your consideration:

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Alex Parker

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7 months

Appreciate the thought here, but Trump winning in 2016 is probably still the greatest "dog caught the car" moment.

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Matt Gaetz has pulled off what is probably the greatest dog-that-caught-the-car moment in American political history. Now comes the time when the dog has to concede he has no idea what to do next.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Interesting retweet.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

6 months

@therussellshaw @ibflorea Did 1/6 happen in the Shared Hallmark Universe?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

1 year

When Batman addressed Congress. (To advocate for employment rights for convicted felons.)

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

You were so pre-occupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think about whether you should.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

It's kind of weird to me that the 55 non-tax-paying companies are a constant reference in the reconciliation debate, but nobody wants to talk about the main reasons *why* they're not paying tax.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

The movies themselves didn't seem to get the implications of the Architect's speech. He explains why everything you thought you knew from the first movie was wrong, and then it's on to another fight with flying space squids.

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@daveweigel

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Quality aside ("Revolutions" is pretty draggy), I feel like the "Matrix" sequels are disliked because they replaced the heroic metaphor of the first one with a more powerful but less fun "lol nothing matters, we're stuck in a loop" metaphor.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

When a country is famous for its whiskey and its Catholicism.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Union Station already looks pretty cool, if they could just keep it clean.

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Wow, these new sketches of a revamped Union Station for D.C. would be quite the transformation — but also look pretty dope.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Coffee.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

11 months

@mattyglesias Every time you block an anti-vaxxer an angel gets its immunization.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Serious point: I'm always amazed that foreigners I talk to, even those who live halfway around the world, will know more about the goings-on here in the U.S. than many Americans. Fascination with the American way of life is real and global.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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@erikmbaker Falling Down. Dude goes on a killing spree.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

The pulp novel and radio character The Shadow was the precursor to Batman and the superhero genre in general. And what's fascinating is that he was developed mostly by accident, at a time when Americans craved heroes as dark as the villains they feared.

The Shadow: A Noble Monster | The Saturday Evening Post

The Shadow inspired today’s world of comic-book superheroes who are darker and scarier than the bad guys they fight.

www.saturdayeveningpost.com

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

@katrosenfield "I'm not interested in discussing/debating this issue"--after I @ you.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Are they seriously going to Friday News Dump the end of Roe?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Kind of funny that Hayden Christensen had one great performance in him as a soulless sociopath, and it wasn't when he played Darth Vader, it was when he played a sniveling, fraudulent DC reporter.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

11 months

Between him and Bloomberg, 2020 threw some nuance into the whole "money controls politics" narrative.

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I still think about the money Tom Steyer spent to get on the 2020 debate stage, come third in South Carolina, and drop out.

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Alex Parker

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"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" "That's a HIPAA violation, Shadow."

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

ME: Stocked up on frozen dinners and canned food, I'm set to not leave my house much until February. FRIEND: Yeah, I've had to cancel a lot of plans thanks to Omicron. ME: Omicron?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Funny sequence of events--Yellen says a global tax deal will allow them to raise the corp tax rate, U.S. helps strikes global tax deal, administration admits it can't raise the rate.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

The existential anguish of a minor supporting character on Law & Order.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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@GailSimone Fans debate this, but the theory is that Bruce Willis is inside the briefcase.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

@jbouie Joker does have a legit beef about the prevalence of chemical vats in the city.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Best advice I could give young journalists: Always leave your phone number twice if you leave a voice message, people like when you do that.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I don't think Elon Musk should be allowed to compete in the Olympics either.

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So let me get this straight: Elon Musk can smoke a joint on Joe Rogan's podcast and SpaceX gets millions in federal contracts, but Sha'Carri Richardson tests positive for THC and she's disqualified from the Olympics?

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Verification was originally supposed to be a service to all users, to help avoid accounts posing as famous figures.

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Some news from inside Elon’s war room: Twitter is strongly considering making verified users pay $4.99 a month to keep their badges. Many questions remain. Subscribe to read ➡️

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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Will definitely change media narratives....for a bit anyways.

Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER)

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I'm sure this is an overreaction, and I'm caught up in the moment -- but this feels like a speech that will transform the 2024 campaign

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Alex Parker

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3 years

The min tax deal doesn't totally solve this--it targets one part of the problem, the treatment of intangible assets like IP. Because those are so nebulous and valuable, it's difficult for tax authorities to peg their fair market values, which is the basis for taxing them.

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Alex Parker

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@bendreyfuss You have an appetite for online drama that I cannot hope to fathom.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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Without pharmaceuticals, FWIW.

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Alex Parker

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Rep. Frank Pascrell begins comments decrying internment of Italian-born Americans during WWII, winds his way to connecting it to the SALT deduction cap.

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Alex Parker

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2 years

@mattyglesias Can't remember who said this, Maxis was a hobby mag for guys whose hobby is jerking off.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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Variant covers for the first issue of Dynamite's 2012 run of The Shadow, both by @f_francavilla .

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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Weirdly enough Milan Kundera, who coined the phrase "totalitarian kitsch," died yesterday.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

Of course easy to say that now. I'm not sure any path would have really worked. But it always really rubbed me the wrong way how JJ Abrams jumped over the interesting story of how the Dark Side re-emerged to get right back to the action. Made the whole thing feel unearned.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

2 years

We're in desperate need of college football bowl game name reform.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

If you're vaccinated and decide to go out to the bars, be sure to stay masked. It won't make much of a difference with COVID but it will prevent you from consuming alcohol, a very dangerous substance.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Without getting too deep on the nuts & bolts of this, the min tax looks for situations where it's likely that a company has parked IP--a subsidiary in a low-tax jurisdiction with high profits but little workforce or substance. And it taxes it.

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Alex Parker

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@mattyglesias Also if he explained whether nuclear weapons are good or not.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

Some have questioned the veracity of this tweet, and candidly I goofed. I meant time between the 2004 movie "Troy" and the original publication of "The Illiad." The war actually happened a few centuries before that.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

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When Batman writers couldn't decide what religion, if any, Batman is, Chuck Dixon ultimately proclaimed that he was Catholic. "No Protestant suffers guilt like Bruce Wayne does," he said.

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Alex Parker

@AlexParkerDC

3 years

It was a good bet that Dems wouldn't change so much of the structure of the TCJA, but I'm still surprised how much is going to be left intact.

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Nancy Pelosi gushing about Steph Curry at her weekly press conference.

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