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2 months

@claycane How is Coleman responsible for how the NYT characterizes him?

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7 years

If you're still characterizing Trump's election victory as the product of racism, you're not thinking.

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About 7m people who voted for Barack Obama in 2012 then voted for Donald Trump in 2016

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Watching people like @VanJones68 get crucified by his own side for reaching across the aisle and trying to get things done is truly depressing. We'll never have anything close to unity with incentives like these.

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@marclamonthill He "killed two people in cold blood" but his acquittal was "correct and necessary"?

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Ten years ago I made the somewhat consequential decision of going on a date with this extraordinary person. ❤️

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4 years

I have no opinion on the Trump tax story because I can’t even pretend to understand the complexities of the tax code. But if whatever Trump did was legal, the problem is the tax code and not Trump. I can’t blame any person or business for trying to minimize their tax exposure.

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@jonathanchait I have trouble comprehending how any honest observer of things can hold this view.

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@JamesSurowiecki Interfering with an arrest of an individual who is actively resisting, in an environment that is already chaotic and volatile, and then repeatedly disobeying orders is not "nothing."

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5 years

Let’s give Michael Avenatti the benefit of the due process that he was so eager to strip from others.

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@JonahDispatch Protest culture has been over-venerated, over-encouraged, and -- yes -- under-penalized when it has veered into objectively sanctionable conduct that nobody sane wants.

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7 years

@onesarahjones @davereaboi Yes, I always forget how secularism, separation of powers, free speech/religion, women's rights, jury trials, etc. can be found everywhere.

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Max Shifrin

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3 years

@EmmaSarley You're the victim, Emma. You're not a racist, you didn't say anything racist, and nobody in their right mind would disagree--including Fred, if he were being honest. Yet he used his Twitter power to ruin you because he knew the stupid cultural moment we're in would let him.

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@cenkuygur This adorable hypothetical of Hamas dropping leaflets, texting civilians, and projecting its military aims by pleading with Israeli civilians to flee the violence so it can more surgically target military outposts is totally on brand for Hamas, Cenk.

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6 years

Presenting Sandra Grace Shifrin. Came out without a hitch at 3:23 this morning thanks to Mama’s…

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@RichardHanania It's less an irrational commitment to self-determination and more an irrational commitment to there not being an Israel. They could have had self-determination long ago if they accepted Israel's existence.

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6 years

@davidfrum That's not his argument, and you know it. The point he's making is that a president cannot obstruct justice merely by exercising his constitutional powers--i.e., to fire an FBI Director, or otherwise order an end to an investigation.

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@waitbutwhy Curious how "slavery" is being defined here.

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3 years

@realchrisrufo There's too much emphasis in these debates on whether this stuff constitutes CRT proper and not enough emphasis on the specific things schools are doing that are obviously wrong regardless of what you call it.

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@ggreenwald Is it your view that this sort of rhetoric exists in equal proportion on both sides of the issue? This strikes me as the exception that proves the rule.

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7 years

The surest way to minimize white identity politics is to minimize all other forms of identity politics. It is pure toxicity.

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@wil_da_beast630 Black people can't be racist.

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@primalpoly That there should be and could be a global government that all countries willingly accept as their sovereign and this system would ultimately extinguish nationalism as we know it.

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4 years

@AliVelshi @nhannahjones @esglaude No greater summary of current America exists than our inability to draw apt comparisons.

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@shadihamid Isn't it fairly easy to steel-man the destruction of a fortified enemy stronghold engaged in active combat? That seems pretty standard in any war but this one, apparently.

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6 years

@sharcat12 @davidfrum I have. And he obstructed justice by ordering his subordinates to lie to the FBI--which is an independent crime.

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6 years

@ggreenwald @SamSeder Glenn, this is really silly. You don’t have to agree with everything Harris says, but he’s at least a thoughtful guy with an interesting podcast. If you disagree with him, just do it on the merits—not by calling everything he does a cult.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

How about this, for starters: more carefully, dispassionately, and neutrally than this tweet.

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6 years

The media has no idea how to cover a bully, who is an overt bigot and who lies constantly.

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7 years

When they should be offering "how to intelligently engage and refute ideas you disagree with" services. Formerly known as "college."

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4 years

@Salon Impressive lack of shame. Truly.

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9 months

@Ravarora1 His whole point is that he felt unqualified to platform contrarian views on Covid given his background and that it was irresponsible to do so in the middle of an ongoing pandemic absent the proper education/experience on the subject. That sounds quite reasonable to me.

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@jemelehill They're not encamped on private property or otherwise in violation of neutral time, place, and manner restrictions?

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2 months

@bryan_caplan Literally speaking, it's not. But as a rhetorical weapon, invoking "lived experience" communicates to the conversation's counterparty that they have wandered into an area where they are no longer permitted to rebut what the other is saying.

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7 years

Are our ethics so compromised that we need a TED Talk addressing this?

TED Talks

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7 years

Why sharing someone else's nude photos without their permission is a horrifying betrayal of privacy:

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@maggieNYT It’s not a 180 to acknowledge conservative accomplishments by someone you did not initially support.

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6 years

Yes, I believe Ford. She was a good witness. But given the magnitude of both the charge and the injustice of getting it wrong, we need more than the credible testimony of an accuser. We need some objective corroboration. Anything short of this is irresponsible and reckless.

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@shadihamid @RealSaavedra It seems to me that you can't use human lives as a measure for proportionality when one side appears to be actively trying to increase the death toll on their own side.

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6 years

So true, Sara. Definitely got a solid dinner that one time. @sarahaines

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. @sarahaines on women and marriage: "We were built up to believe it was something - that it's gonna be this great thing. Men knew what they were getting - they're gonna get dinner, help with all the kids!" #GMADay

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@joshtpm @EliLake Why is it so hard to accept that one can strongly dislike Trump and also believe that his opponents often play into Trump's hands?

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6 years

@DonaldJTrumpJr Dude...don't.

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7 months

@mtracey I'm not saying you don't have a point, but you should probably at least grapple with the difference between being triggered by Halloween costumes and being triggered by open embrace of organizations that want you exterminated.

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@NAChristakis Professors can also do a better job helping students to be more rational about *whether to* protest. It needs to be de-romanticized and counterbalanced by appeals to critical thinking and humility.

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Max Shifrin

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7 years

This is a great way to continue losing elections.

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7 years

Michelle Obama: 'Any Woman Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton Voted Against Their Own Voice'

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@DipaliM80 @Columbia It does occasionally still surprise me that professors at prestigious universities can be so shoddy in their thinking and reasoning. A completely unserious email, assuming you actually sent it.

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6 years

@voxdotcom Whether we classify all this “anti-white people” rhetoric as actual racism is almost beside the point. Let’s just stop celebrating and encouraging it.

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3 years

I just clipped my kids’ nails for the first time ever. Was gently reminded that I’ll “get better with practice” and not to “forget the thumbkin.” @sarahaines

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2 years

@adamdavidson @wil_da_beast630 This does not track with my experience at all. We drank, took drugs, partied -- and we were regularly harassed by the cop, pulled over, and arrested. We were basically the local criminals and were treated as such.

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6 years

With respect to the media, aren’t paragraphs like this by @maggieNYT @nytimes more problematic than clear errors of fact that are promptly corrected? It reflects a more latent tenor of bias that is much more widespread and is never corrected or retracted. @brianstelter

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3 years

@Ravarora1 It's genuinely challenging to fully capture just how absurd and obnoxious this is.

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7 years

I'm actually beginning to think that that the biggest threat to the United States is the outbreak of this insanity in all its toxic forms.

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7 years

Librarian rejects Melania Trump’s Dr. Seuss books, calls them ‘racist propaganda’ - via @brookefoxnews

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2 years

@perlberg @SaysSimonson This memo should have been issued years ago, but better late than never I suppose.

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7 months

@ZaidJilani Doesn't seem that they focus on what's happening on college campuses as a substitute for Middle East geopolitics. They do it because it's emblematic of a fairly deep-seated moral confusion, if not moral rot, on this side of the Atlantic.

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@onesarahjones @davereaboi Particularly the Muslim world--these things are all the rage there!

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2 years

@ScottAdamsSays Did he even know about the condition?

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3 years

The irresponsibility of this sort of take by people with large platforms is tough to overstate.

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3 years

I wonder what the verdict would be in the #RittenhouseTrial if the defendant were a Black seventeen year old from another state who killed two people with an illegal assault weapon?

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4 years

@conor64 Not a Trump supporter, but it can be framed as a choice between two directions or perspectives. Both sides brand themselves and voters choose between those two brands. It’s hard to disentangle Biden from the left’s excesses, and thus for some, that will be enough to vote Trump.

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@kevinnbass With only 12% of Americans metabolically healthy, it seems odd to be so adamantly against people using a device that could help them get control of their health and improve their lives. If CGM data is analyzed correctly, it really could be a game changer.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

I cannot overstate how invaluable the insights of @GlennLoury and @JohnHMcWhorter have been on the subject of race. These are the voices that we need to elevate. In addition to this seminar, check out "The Glenn Show" podcast @bloggingheads TV. And spread far and wide.

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The origins of two contrarians: @GlennLoury and @JohnMcWhorter , in a seminar discussion, explain how they came to hold their views about race.

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@ezraklein Not liking the rules is not the same as illegitimacy.

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My parents immigrated from the former Soviet Union, an undeniable shithole. They come in all colors.

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6 years

@MaxBoot @ForeignPolicy There is something strangely cultish about this piece and the comments to this tweet.

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6 years

If your evaluation of one's legal expertise depends on who their analysis supports, then you have no idea what legal expertise is.

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6 years

There was a time when @AlanDersh was taken seriously as a legal expert. His staunch defense of Trump has clearly changed that in many circles.

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Max Shifrin

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1 year

Turns out being stuck in an airport for 12 hours with three young kids is actually more awful than it sounds, if you can believe it.

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Max Shifrin

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2 months

@shadihamid He's not justifying anything. He's opposing efforts to combat the humanitarian crisis on terms favorable to the party that's responsible for it. Why doesn't the global outcry put any pressure on Hamas - which started the war - to take the obvious steps that will end the war

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@ianbremmer That's a luxury belief that Israelis can't afford to have.

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@radleybalko Odd response to an offer made in obvious good faith.

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Max Shifrin

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4 years

There is a video going around of a praying mantis eating a murder hornet--which has done nothing to allay my fear of murder hornets but has definitely supplemented it with an even greater fear of praying mantises.

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2 years

The only person who was arguably justified hitting someone last night was Chris Rock. But he had the basic judgment and emotional maturity to think for half a second about where he was and what was happening.

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Ask yourself this question: Can someone wear a MAGA hat and still be a decent person? If your answer is “no,” you are deeply confused and are part of the problem.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

@ggreenwald Glenn, you bring a lot of value to many conversations. But when it comes to these folks, and your apparent fixation on Bari Weiss in particular, your tweets come off unreasonable and unhinged.

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@RIKKISCHLOTT @jordanbpeterson @nypost Well done. One can certainly disagree with specific things Jordan Peterson says, but Olivia Wilde's critique is completely beyond the pale.

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3 years

Parenting confession: I mutter STFU under my breath multiple times a day.

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@DavidAOliverJr @conor64 This is just complete capitulation.

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@TPCarney It also reflects why China's gonna eat our lunch.

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2 years

An unpopular opinion I'm considering making mine: Jada overreacted too.

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3 years

@marcatracy “Regardless of intent” is how it all ends.

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@nhannahjones What if she did something objectively criminal?

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6 years

@ezraklein It doesn’t matter if it’s not meant to be taken literally and isn’t actual racism. What matters is that the left’s endorsement of this kind of language is toxic, counterproductive, and needs to stop.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

Everything okay at home?

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6 years

When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America...America will triumph over you.

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7 years

That we can predict eclipses with such precision is more fascinating to me than the eclipse itself.

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

Nazi history aside, most people are genuinely confused about what Jews are. A religion? An ethnicity? A race? All of the above? It's not exactly intuitive. Better to productively hash this out rather than clobber people over the head for getting it "wrong."

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@eyeslasho Seems like there's fairly large sex differences in reading period.

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3 years

@DBelardoMD I appreciate your views and insights. But the way you (and others in your orbit) engage with people you disagree with makes it harder for openminded people to trust what you’re saying. If the science truly supports your position, you don’t need all the invective.

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6 years

I certainly know which person I am... @sarahaines

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6 years

In every long term relationship, there is the person who makes the coffee and the person who lies in bed waiting for the coffee.

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The images of dead children in Gaza is infuriating and turns my stomach. But my anger and disgust is 100% directed at Hamas, because it's both 100% their fault and 100% their objective.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

1. I’m not a Republican. 2. What’s sad is that you assume I’m a Republican for posting non-partisan legal analysis that you apparently feel is insufficiently anti-Trump. 3. What’s also sad is that so many of us view approximately half the country with disdain.

I vote blue 💙

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@MaxShifrin Ugh. Sad that Sara has a Republican husband.

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4 years

"Fight for the things that you care about. But do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - Ruth Bader Ginsburg Talk about a quote for our times. Just imagine if we all operated from this principle. How much more common ground would we discover?

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

The left focuses on guns and ignores everything else. The right focuses on everything else and ignores guns. Neither side gives a complete picture of the problem we face. Ideology and partisanship are blinding and prevent actual solutions.

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@nhannahjones You appear to be talking about legal gun ownership. But isn't illegal gun ownership the core problem with respect to crime?

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3 years

@JohnHMcWhorter @dstangelplowe So much of the debate right now seems to be focused on whether this stuff constitutes Critical Race Theory. Who cares? It doesn't matter what we label it, it has to stop.

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Max Shifrin

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5 years

@SamHarrisOrg Hi Sam: There’s quite a bit wrong with this perspective. I encourage you to get a Mueller/collusion skeptic on the podcast to give you an alternative take and some much needed balance on this topic.

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

Eliminate daylight savings. Now and forever.

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Max Shifrin

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7 years

Wrote this a few years back and thought I'd share -- On Not Peeing Into the Wind

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

People make mistakes. Say the wrong things, use the wrong words, misapply concepts, under-appreciate others. This has always been, and always will be, a thing. Did we stop teaching grace and forgiveness at some point? Sincere apologies deserve that. And our society needs it.

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

@thomaschattwill Not only would I expect Glenn to avoid any ad hominem and keep things respectful, but I imagine if the two of them spoke he would voice his regret (or even apologize) for any of his previous rants that came after NHJ a bit too hard. That would be 100% on brand for him.

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@JamesSurowiecki Even in the West Bank?

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Max Shifrin

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2 years

If what plagues us is an extreme left and an extreme right, then the solution must be the triumph of a sensible, moderate center that rejects all extremism and embraces common sense polices that most Americans quietly support.

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Max Shifrin

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3 years

@ggreenwald @AP @ProjectLincoln Seems like virtually everything is a grift these days.

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Max Shifrin

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6 years

Am I crazy, or is it completely unethical to knowingly bring a sick child to a playground?

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2 years

@_BarringtonII If Kanye has beef with specific people in the business, he should just reference them individually by their names. Their religion or ethnicity has nothing to do with it.

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Nothing like a wife's trip out of town to remind me how profoundly unqualified I am to manage three young children.

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