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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

8 years

1. OK. Trump and Russia. No game theory, but some analysis.

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

Andy Roddick: “I absolutely love and respect Roger Federer, I don’t say that about many people who ruined my life for a decade.”

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Roddick: “For me, it’s what he’s done when no one is watching that will be his legacy.”

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

The White House has clarified that the President was reading words whose meaning he hadn’t reviewed before he addressed the nation and didn’t understand as he was reading them. The White House hope this clears matters up.

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White House has clarified that the Europe ban DOES NOT apply to goods and trade reports @justinsink

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@Popehat Any intelligence service which doesn’t have an asset at Mar-a-Lago can’t hold its head up with its peers. “You Mossad?” “No, I’m ISI. The bartender is Mossad.” “Cool. He’s dating the GRU waitress, right?” “No, they split last month. He’s hooking up with Paula from MI-6 now.”

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Andrew Burton

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6 years

Had Obama been heard on tape (in July 2010) coolly discussing with his lawyer paying off his mistress in 2008 - by cash or check - Republicans would have won 350 seats in the House in November 2010 and Biden and half the cabinet would have been shamed into resigning.

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

@sahilkapur “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” — Upton Sinclair.

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2 years

@_lucillesherman @joshtpm “Please deliver the customary thirty pieces of silver when the ink has dried.”

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@OrinKerr Any intelligence service which doesn’t have an asset at Mar-a-Lago can’t hold its head up with its peers. “You Mossad?” “No, I’m ISI. The bartender is Mossad.” “Cool. He’s dating the GRU waitress, right?” “No, they split last month. He’s hooking up with Paula from MI-6 now.”

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

#WorldsWorstTennisCommentator John McEnroe thinks Fed fans want Djokovic to win tonight to keep Thiem from moving ahead of Federer at no 3 in the ATP rankings. I just can’t..... 🤦🏼‍♂️

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

@V_Cat1 Roddick beat him in Miami in 2011: Q. Besides congratulations, did he say anything after the game? ANDY RODDICK: Roger's great. He said, I'm happy for you. You deserved to win tonight. Good luck. Keep it going.

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Andrew Burton

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4 years

@sullydish Hello, Andrew! Perhaps you’re new to American politics. We had a presidential candidate whose eMails (and her colleagues’!) were shared widely in 2016. Lots of media outlets were interested. Caused a bit of a stir.

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4 years

@daveweigel @RepMattGaetz It isn’t 4th and long. The game ended a month ago. He wants the result overturned.

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Andrew Burton

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4 years

@chrislhayes I live in Harris County. Judge Hidalgo, who you had on your show last night, tried her damndest to get ahead of this, and Gov Abbott slapped her down.

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@thetimes We regret to inform you that the duck is racist.

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@antontroian @dandrezner When Head Office calls, you have to go.

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Andrew Burton

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6 years

@TheRickWilson The St Valentine’s Day Massacre? A hangnail. The Battle of the Somme was child’s play. The Killing Fields? A mere bagatelle. What Roger Stone went through was a historic atrocity.

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@BusinessmanLego This is straight “he’s one of us” posting.

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@RadioFreeTom His command of Trump’s vocal dynamics is uncanny.

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5 years

“How many times has Roger played Davis Cup in the last 20 years? Not many,” asserts #WorldsWorstTennisCommentator John McEnroe. Federer played Davis Cup in 14 years out of 16 from 2000-2015 (missing 2010 and 2013). But no-one should expect John McEnroe to know tennis facts.

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Andrew Burton

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6 years

This is your daily reminder that Donald Trump has no understanding whatsoever of how any part of the government works.

Donald J. Trump

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6 years

Wow, what a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many other top political people and campaigns. Didn’t know Manafort was the head of the Mob. What about Comey and Crooked Hillary and all of the others? Very unfair!

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Andrew Burton

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@Olivianuzzi @sahilkapur @jonathanchait @NYMag I dunno. We’re here in Texas trying to slowly turn a red state purple by showing people their vote might lead to better outcomes in their lives, and half the journalists writing for elite publications are arguing over [checks notes] finger snapping at a long past job orientation?

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

@jenifer39 @themaxburns “Honey, do we still have $15,000 left in the bank account after what we invested in Trump Social and the Nigerian general’s widow?”

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

2 years

@ElieNYC @edroso The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

5 years

@DavidBrodyCBN @markgalli I’m ... not astonished that the kind of teaching in the Sermon on the Mount is now described as a “left tilt.”

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1 year

“The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”

Trump's superseding indictment paints a picture of a ridiculous Mar-a-Lago clown show

These guys are comically bad at criming.

www.publicnotice.co

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Andrew Burton

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7 years

@ddale8 May I be the first to congratulate you on that superbly apposite noun, "bonkersality?"

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

6 years

A period of silence from you on this topic would be most welcome.

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@BenRothenberg

6 years

Second retirement at a Slam for Nadal this year. Second retirement in a Slam semifinal this year. Best-of-five is carnage. #usopen

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Andrew Burton

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7 years

@mattyglesias Lay out the mechanism through which this act leads to Republicans becoming a sane party. Show your work.

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Andrew Burton

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@AshaRangappa_ 1st generation immigrant from the UK, with my daughter born in Houston. Mom is from Kansas, we met through work in 1995. We're at a baseball game, because what could be more American? #ImmigrantStories

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7 years

@mattyglesias Matt's tweet is a perfect illustration of the axiom that liberals, under stress, retreat to fantasies of harmony.

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3 years

@VivekGRamaswamy

Cartoon: You made me become a Nazi!

Follow me on Twitter at @MattBors and check this Kickstarter I launched to create a comics magazine.

www.dailykos.com

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Andrew Burton

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It’s like the ESPN commentators haven’t seen Djokovic play tennis in his career. He has big swings in intensity at times in matches. A lot of the time he resets.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

4 years

@robsalk @SykesCharlie @daveweigel The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

1 year

@jonathanchait One is not involved in US politics and is famous because he is the son of a politician. The other has lifelong tenure at the most powerful body in the country, which he has influenced for over 30 years. One of these things is not like the other.

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Andrew Burton

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@sarahemclaugh A donkey riding visitor to Jerusalem, believed to be a resident of Nazareth, was briefly detained by Roman authorities after an illegal gathering in Gethsemane. We understand that the man was recently seen by his colleagues, following a brief visit to Golgotha. #RyanairSummaries

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

2 years

Ah. Thanks for so much, Roger. The player who has given me more pleasure to watch, in victory, defeat, and the pleasure of competition, than any sportsman in my lifetime.

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BREAKING: Roger Federer has confirmed that he is to retire from official competition at the age of 41: "The Laver Cup next week in London will be my final ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in grand slams or on the tour."

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Andrew Burton

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@bradheath I think it’s established as a general proposition that the President never has any idea what he’s talking about.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

4 years

@HaleighHoffman @yashar Donald Trump has never had any interest in, has no interest in, and will never have any interest in actually doing the job of President of the United States.

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7 years

@mattyglesias Conservatives retreat to fantasies of control.

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@highbrow_nobrow @Acyn It was decided at the ballot box, and the losing candidate and his party said “we don’t accept the decision at the ballot box.” This isn’t rocket surgery.

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5 years

@markknoller @davidfrum Republicans will be furious when they learn this.

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

Thread. The Dobbs decision means more misery and unnecessary deaths for women in 2023, 2024 and beyond, with red state governors and legislators tightening, not loosening, restrictions on abortion care.

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2 years

It's comical to watch Republicans try to offload blame on Trump for this debacle. He'll never allow that. But this is also partly *spin.* Rs are making Trump the focus to avoid talking about the role of abortion rights, a huge long term problem for them.

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@UrbanAchievr @jonathanchait I regret to inform you that the word “atrocity” collapsed and died of exhaustion from overwork in that review.

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6 years

@mrdavidwhitley @danthegersman @rowena_kay @Bonnie_Chuck It’s the “King Solomon and the baby” scenario with May looking over at Labour MPs expecting them to cry “spare the child!” at the last second because the ERG/DUP will happily see the infant split in two.

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2 years

@mckaycoppins @MattGertz Hardly any conservative politician is capable of holding a coherent discussion on policy, period. It’s tribal symbols all the way down.

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1 year

@scarylawyerguy @radleybalko The House Committee on the Weaponization of Government will be ALL OVER this.

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3 years

Somewhere Novak and Rafa are watching this on sofas in the players’ area. One says “see anything that scares you?” and the other shakes his head.

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Andrew Burton

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1 month

Mini thread. Donald Trump has never been masculine, and he knows it, and it eats him up.

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Imagine being a coach and you have a Monday Night Football game where you tell your players and the media before the game, “We’re going to play this game — BUT IF WE LOSE — it was rigged. Donald Trump is what we call “soft” in sports terminology. As soft as drug-store cotton.

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Andrew Burton

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@BenRothenberg Some people do find a contest involving talent, stamina, mental strength, experience and exuberance satisfying and interesting. You don't, which is fine.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

6 years

A period of silence from you on this topic would be most welcome.

Patrick Mouratoglou

@pmouratoglou

6 years

The star of the show has been once again the chair umpire. Second time in this US Open and third time for Serena in a US Open Final. Should they be allowed have an influence on the result of a match ? When do we decide that this should never happen again ?

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Andrew Burton

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3 years

@daveweigel The grooming term has been pushed heavily in the past year by James Lindsay, who is one of the people (along with Chris Rufo) leading the effort to demonize Critical Race Theory.

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Andrew Burton

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1 year

@ChrisPolPsych @ThePlumLineGS I’d add that over the last thirty years publicly hurting people the base wants hurting has become a more open element of conservative politics. Trump was an accelerant for this evolution, though not it’s source. Limbaugh was one of the champions of this mindset.

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Andrew Burton

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4 years

@jbouie The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

6 years

Republicans in 2018 are all “eh, we knew what he was.” It’s not Trump who’s the most corrupt actor - because we did know what he was. It’s his party’s leaders, and his base. Rotten apples taste delicious, yo.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

4 years

@PDShinkman This may be the lamest bit of weaseling I’ve heard since Rod Rosenstein was trying to invoke the 25th Amendment to get his lost honor back after writing the memo used to get Comey fired. These men have no honor.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

6 years

Congratulations to Nadal fans, commiserations to Nishikori fans. Rafa won 63-45, or 58% to 42%. Very clean kill. 11 ATP singles titles is a pretty good career. 11 M1000 titles is fantastic. 11 M1000 titles in one tournament is just bonkers... 😀

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

5 years

@jayrosen_nyu @CarolLeonnig @PhilipRucker @hughhewitt It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

5 years

Fed in press: says his opponent was better everywhere, it was tough for him. Won’t comment on the Kyrgios match. Not in the mood.

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

@V_Cat1 ANDY RODDICK: He said similar, something similar in the locker room before he left tonight. You know, he was really classy about it all. Lot of respect between the two men.

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

Congratulations to Thiem fans, commiserations to Federer fans. Domi won 102-100, or 50.5% to 49.5%. Tight match. First class tennis, I thought.

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@RadioFreeTom “Sanewashers, assemble!”

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Andrew Burton

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1 year

@emptywheel 'It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.' — Upton Sinclair

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Andrew Burton

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6 years

Jim Courier is very, very good at on court interviews.

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Andrew Burton

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7 years

@maxwelltani "It was not a mortal sin" is a high standard for the editor of the New York Times to live up to...

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

Federer off court with a trainer, Djokovic on court with a trainer. It’s tough to get old....

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Andrew Burton

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4 years

@EconCharlie Thanks for this, and what you’re doing. McConnell and McCarthy are laying the groundwork to rerun the 2009-2010 playbook for the 2022 midterms. The health of the country wasn’t their concern in 2009, and it won’t be in 2021. Only power matters.

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Andrew Burton

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2 years

@ElectProject The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

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@mjs_DC @brianbeutler The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

@burtonad

3 years

@StevePeers @hayward_katy Lord Frost is a one-note trumpet player: “we can walk away from the deal, you know.” As we saw from Steve Baker yesterday, that was the promise that Eurosceptic Conservative MPs thought they could take to the bank: the PM would sign the deal, then repudiate it.

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Andrew Burton

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7 years

@jbouie It's also that there's an implicit syllogism at work. All racists are evil; I am not evil; therefore, I am not a racist.

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Andrew Burton

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@joshgerstein @AllThingsNatSec @mattberg33 The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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@Olly_Tennis_ Sinner passes the 10,000 ATP Ranking Point threshold which is one of my markers of Open Era elite status.

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@jonathanchait This buries the lede: “For generations, both parties generally upheld an assumption that the government would abide rules and norms dividing its proper functioning from the president’s personal and political interests.” One party has now entirely rejected that assumption.

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@andyroddick Trump-Vance fans believe that “the Deep State” is manipulating the economy to make Kamala Harris look better, because they can’t conceive that the Fed hasn’t acted and isn’t acting for purely partisan political reasons.

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@Olly_Tennis_ #WorldsWorstTennisCommentator John McEnroe doesn’t remember Rafael Nadal’s 2005 aged 18-19 (11 titles - one major, 4 M1000s).

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Andrew Burton

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@steve_vladeck @sarahchurchwell It was decided at the ballot box, and the losing candidate and his party said “we don’t accept the decision at the ballot box.” This isn’t rocket surgery.

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Federer >Nadal>Djokovic

rhymes with purple

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In 5 words or less, start a fight without politics

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@AdamSerwer People who share houses with terriers can relate.

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Fed in press: after Wimbledon resignations he spoke to Rafa, asked if they could help with anything, possibly communication issues? Such important time for tennis, felt like it might be wrong to sit it out, but would only do it if Rafa would too. #AccentCincy

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@jayrosen_nyu @CarolLeonnig @PhilipRucker @hughhewitt Note that this useful precept applies to both Chuck Todd and Hugh Hewitt.

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@atrupar It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. — Upton Sinclair

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Andrew Burton

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4 years

@jbview Trump doesn’t have deal-making skills, he doesn’t have management skills, and he doesn’t have leadership skills. He does have get on TV skills, and he does have find marks, take them, break stuff then skip away from the wreckage skills.

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Andrew Burton

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1 year

@ThePlumLineGS The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.

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Andrew Burton

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@RonBrownstein @bruce_arthur Ron, the founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate. Once you see that, everything else is downstream.

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Andrew Burton

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3 years

“Paging @davidallengreen . Drafting emergency. @davidallengreen to the white courtesy phone, please.”

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"For avoidance of doubt, the commitments set out in this Memorandum are made by the UK to Rwanda and vice versa and do not create or confer any right on any individual, nor shall compliance with this Arrangement be justiciable in any court of law by 3rd parties or individuals".

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@TheRickWilson She has fourteen words she’d like to get across.

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@stephen_neukam @KlasfeldReports If Republicans were concerned about evidence and logic they wouldn’t be Republicans.

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@JoyceWhiteVance @StefMylesTennis The thing that’s the most batshit insane is that Trump is following a deeply conspiracist account which clearly resonates with him while openly interfering in DOJ business.

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Andrew Burton

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7 years

C'mon, @ATPWorldTour . It's on your own freaking website! #GiveL üthiHisDue

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Andrew Burton

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5 years

@QuinHillyer The word “necessarily” in that sentence just collapsed from overwork and has died of exhaustion.

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@davidallengreen Because he didn’t sign it, and it was a photocopy? 😀

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@donmoyn I’m old enough to remember Sec Clinton interviewed for 11 hours 3 years after an attack on a US compound in Benghazi. It’s 3 weeks since the attack on the US Capitol in Washington.

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@AllisterHeath Twelve years of Conservative government, three prime ministers, and one Brexit later.

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@radleybalko The dog died just after they got to the vet after the traffic stop.

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"Sometimes, a man and a man love each other very much, and they want to become President and Vice President."

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Andrew Burton

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@Ditchcrosser @KarlMuth @Noahpinion Not quite. There is signal amid the noise. Whether it’s blogs in the 2000s, or social media in the decade or so after that, there’s a ton of noise, but there’s also signal. The trick is knowing which is which.

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Congratulations to Djokovic fans, commiserations to Federer fans. Novak won 203-218, or 48% to 52%. A historic Lucky Ducky. I’d have preferred a different result myself. But that’s sports, eh?

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@AyoCaesar To give some context, three of the balls died during that frame. Barbaric sport.

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@jbouie @dandrezner “Free speech” means conservatives get to speak and we have to listen.

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@5DollarFeminist “I can feel indictments in the air tonight, oh Lord, “I’ve been criming ‘til this moment for all my life, oh Lord, “I can feel it in my hair tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord.”

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