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New York Times columnist, visiting professor @lipscomb, Iraq vet, married to @NancyAFrench. This is a Memphis Grizzlies fan account.

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1Feb 28, '25Look at these guys brag about bullying an ally under fire. Pathetic. Weak. Shameful.31.4×3.3M145k8.6k1.1k
2Dec 12, '23I'm breaking my Twitter fast to ask for prayer. My brilliant, courageous, and beautiful wife has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She has a long, hard road 21.4×2.2M21k933210
3Nov 6, '24If present trends continue, this Trump victory will swamp all the micro-explanations. Shapiro as VP wouldn't have changed this. Keeping Arab-Americans in Michigan wouldn't have cha20.8×2.2M13k1.2k1.6k
4Oct 26, '25In hindsight, the anti-vax movement will be seen as one of the most destructive and nonsensical mass fads of a destructive and nonsensical era.19.8×2.1M27k2.9k1.1k
5Sep 17, '24From a law of war standpoint, Israel's pager bombs represent one of the most precisely targeted strikes in the history of warfare. I can't think of a single widespread strike on an14.4×1.5M20k2.5k814
6Nov 3, '24The people are not always right. Moral courage is always necessary in leadership. And we cannot ever think that we have permanently vanquished the ideas that Trump and so many othe12.2×1.3M1.4k338175
7Sep 11, '24It's like she's debating MAGA Twitter come to life. Victor Orban, dead pets, Ashli Babbitt, "J6." She's debating Catturd.11.9×1.2M33k3.7k516
8Aug 12, '17Trump is very, very specific when he wants to condemn someone - ask the Khans, Judge Curiel, Comey, his AG - his vagueness has a purpose.11.8×084k34k0
9Oct 21, '25It's hard to think of an action more purely corrupt than a a president ordering the executive branch to pay him hundreds of millions of dollars. I cannot wait to read the MAGA defe11.5×1.2M17k3.2k763
10Mar 27, '25I haven’t seen any evidence anywhere that she did anything other than write an op-ed. If there’s other evidence against her, we need to see it, now. Otherwise we’re looking at deep11.5×1.2M15k2.3k851
11Oct 3, '25This is an illegal strike. It is not authorized under American law, nor does it comply with international law.11.4×1.2M11k2.6k418
12Mar 28, '25I think it's fair to say that we can absolutely and totally dispense with the idea that Trump's Republican Party defends free speech. We're witnessing one of the most comprehensive8.5×888k13k2.5k380
13Mar 22, '25This is a childish temper tantrum. Either the judge is right on the law or not, and if she’s so obviously wrong then you should have no problem winning on appeal. Go file your appe8.3×870k16k1.7k308
14Jan 10, '21Every time Trump hasn’t been held accountable, he’s gotten worse. Every time.7.4×073k11k114
15Mar 11, '25It was a bad joke when Trump seemed to be trolling, but now it's getting weird and disturbing that they won't drop this. It's not going to happen. It's making everything worse.5.6×583k11k1.1k386
16Mar 19, '25It's hilarious to read these comments after MAGA spent much of the Biden years running to the same district court judge in Texas, hoping to get exactly the same kind of nationwide 5.4×558k11k2k425
17Oct 5, '25Does a Fox correspondent not know that we can stop boats at sea, search them, seize any drugs we find, arrest the crew, try them, and imprison them -- while also questioning them t5.2×544k12k2k260
18Aug 20, '24283 days after her diagnosis, Nancy's treatments are done. And she's cancer free! It's been a long, hard road, but we're so grateful for our family, our friends, and our church. Yo5.0×526k13k27228
19Nov 5, '18Comedian Pete Davidson mocked a permanently-wounded veteran. That’s bad. But the actual Republican president of the United States mocked a permanently-wounded veteran for being cap4.9×046k8.4k108
20Dec 9, '17I promise you this. I have seen American soldiers treat al Qaeda terrorists with more professionalism and less fear than these cops treated a crying, scared drunk guy. It’s infuria4.3×032k12k2
21Dec 15, '20My daughter Camille just gave birth to our first grandchild, a beautiful baby named Lila. Sweet Lila has a serious birth defect and is undergoing surgery at Vanderbilt. We would ap4.2×045k1.1k29
22Jun 1, '20A no quarter order is a war crime, prohibited even in actual insurrection since Abraham Lincoln's signed the Lieber Code in 1863. Such an order is banned by international law and w4.0×028k10k396
23Mar 29, '25Once again, for those in the back, the way to determine whether someone actually violated the law is through due process.3.9×412k12k1.7k241
24Jan 7, '21Josh Hawley isn't fit for public service.3.5×038k3.5k26
25Mar 20, '20The potential insider trading is dreadful and possibly criminal, but what could elevate this to a historic scandal is the idea that senators may have known enough to be alarmed for3.4×028k7.5k180
26Sep 3, '20Not one source. Four sources "with firsthand knowledge" say he said this:3.3×017k5.8k222
27Jun 23, '18Red Hen has a right to refuse service. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a right to complain. Potential customers have a right to make their own decisions. I have a right to try to persua3.3×029k6k42
28Jan 22, '19Last year, conservative wives looked at the furious attack on Kavanaugh and thought, "That could be my husband." Now conservative moms look at the wild attempt to destroy the Covin3.0×019k5.8k143
29Jul 16, '25I know this will come as a shock to some folks, but one of the most remarkable thing about the Epstein affair is that quite a few Americans are learning ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME tha2.9×298k12k1.8k168
30Aug 21, '18There is no universe that exists under which all the MAGA-folks wouldn’t be calling for Hillary’s impeachment or resignation under similar facts. So take that into account when you2.8×024k5.1k44
31Jun 22, '19How many contemporaneously-corroborated reports of sexual assault do Republicans need to read — or tapes bragging about sexual assault do Republicans need to hear — before they und2.7×016k3.5k40
32Sep 26, '18Please someone help me with this. Georgetown Prep boys frequently committed gang rape. Lots of people knew they were committing gang rape. And despite this common knowledge no one 2.6×019k5k45
33Aug 4, '19I remember being told to chill out about the alt-right. It was just memes. It was just trolling. It was just trying to trigger the libs. Then it was a terror attack in Charlottesvi2.6×023k4.2k115
34Jul 11, '20The mask culture war has got to be one of the dumbest and most destructive political/cultural disputes in modern American political history. And we're continuing to pay the price.2.6×025k3.7k93
35Oct 29, '20It is deeply disturbing that -- virtually everywhere -- the concerted litigation strategy of the GOP is to make sure that fewer votes count. The strategy goes far, far beyond any l2.5×019k4.3k164
36Nov 11, '18A great moment. Crenshaw has handled this moment with class from day one, and it’s to Davidson’s credit that he owned his mistake. Well done.2.4×024k3.3k134
37Nov 29, '18Let's just be clear -- there is now evidence that Trump was pursuing a substantial personal business relationship with our chief geopolitical foe long after he wrapped up the GOP n2.2×019k3.8k57
38Aug 17, '20The basic message of much of the MAGA side of this website is boiled down to this: "Only Trump can save this nation from the chaos he's not saving it from now." I'm not sure that's2.2×019k3.9k154
39Dec 24, '20Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer to try to obtain dirt on Hillary. He shared confidential campaign information with a Russian agent. Roger Stone tried to establish a back ch2.0×016k2.9k175
40Dec 12, '20There were zero votes for the TX AG on the merits, including zero votes from Trump appointees. It was a clown suit from the beginning, and 126 representatives, 18 state AG’s, and a1.9×019k2.2k89
41Feb 3, '20This was a good ad highlighting a very good thing Trump did. @AliceMarieFree is a good friend and a wonderful person.1.9×017k3.3k42
42Oct 15, '18Want to know what media bias looks like? Warren releases DNA results that confirm that she misled employers, students, and the public for years. All too many members of the media t1.9×016k4k43
43Jul 17, '18If you believe any of this, I'm embarrassed for you.1.9×016k3.5k44
44Apr 19, '19When evaluating the Mueller report, there are important questions beyond the existence of a conspiracy. A free people should ask what kind of man they want at the helm of the world1.8×013k3.5k118
45Aug 16, '19Here's a part of the Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Israel story that you've likely not read. They planned the trip with a vile, vicious anti-Semitic group that spread blood libel, p1.8×09.9k5.2k205
46Aug 6, '17I missed the statute requiring grand juries to locate in cities where investigated politicians or staff are most popular.1.8×013k5k0
47Jan 26, '20Sad beyond words. And God please bless the families we don't know. Each person wasn't equally famous, but each life was equally precious.1.8×020k1.8k23
48Mar 16, '19This is a ridiculously stupid tweet. Any sentient person knows that if a Muslim terrorist killed 49 Christians *in church* in New Zealand, it would be the biggest news in the world1.8×015k2.2k36
49Nov 7, '20I disagree with many Biden policies, but on a human level, I'm happy for him. He's suffered such heartbreak in his life. He was mocked for running after two bad losses. He ran a ca1.7×017k1.1k65
50Oct 5, '20When a president survives a disease after a three-day hospitalization - and that disease has killed more than 200,000 of his fellow citizens and sickened friends and colleagues at 1.7×015k2.3k128
51Nov 12, '18Pete Davidson’s father died trying to save others when Davidson was a young boy. Crenshaw not only honored a true hero, he also softened American hearts towards Davidson, casting h1.7×017k2.3k62
52Jul 3, '19Abrams tanks are very impressive and cool. This isn't prep for martial law. It's not Tiananmen Square. Kids will love to see them. Many adults will also. It's totally normal in Ame1.7×013k2k19
53May 24, '20This is vile. Almost every week he does something that would cause GOP politicians to call for the impeachment or resignation of a Democratic POTUS. Some of his comments are so der1.6×015k2.9k87
54Apr 19, '19I'm a longtime, quite open critic of Donald Trump. I'm supremely cynical about his conduct. Yet even I was surprised at the sheer scope, scale, and brazenness of the lies, falsehoo1.6×013k3.5k148
55Nov 19, '211. The acquittal was proper--Rittenhouse presented evidence that he was chased and attacked at every turn. 2. He's no hero. He never should have been there. The effort on the right1.6×012k1.7k399
56Sep 2, '18The contrast between the outpouring of love for McCain in his last days and the astonishing vitriol directed at him in 2000 and 2008 demonstrates once again how disingenuous, low, 1.6×013k3.4k42
57Aug 17, '21Yes. The answer is yes.1.6×017k1.1k77
58Oct 2, '19Biden’s gun plan? It could destroy the gun industry for selling lawful, constitutionally-protected products and impair Americans’ right of self-defense. So, no.1.6×012k3.1k25
59Sep 27, '18If you’re an innocent man, the idea that you should calmly deal with the destruction of your reputation, the assault on your family, and the threats on your life is one of the wors1.6×013k3.3k31
60Mar 20, '20This was a legitimate question, the response is inexcusable. Trump's change in tone didn't last long.1.5×09.7k1.9k75
61Jan 6, '21Tell me again that character doesn’t matter. Tell me again that the only concern about Trump is with his “manners.” You monumental hypocrites and cowards. Look what you’ve done.1.5×013k2.6k121
62Mar 24, '21How Sidney Powell's legal team just clowned a huge chunk of right-wing media, a thread. /11.5×012k2.4k530
63Feb 16, '18See something, say something.1.4×011k4k1
64Feb 5, '17You won't see many conservatives defend Trump's Russia comment. They'll be silent, but they'll know they'd race to Fox to condemn a Dem.1.4×09.5k4.2k0
65Jul 11, '20Roger Stone's commutation is corrupt. Full stop. It's worth remembering what he did, and why it was right and necessary to investigate the Trump campaign's attempts to cooperate an1.4×09.5k2.5k430
66Aug 30, '18One thing that I see political analysts get wrong all the time. They over-estimate the extent to which Trump supporters know about (or believe) the various Trump scandals. There is1.4×011k2.3k36
67Oct 29, '19This is astonishing. The sheer number of American vets the Trumpists will insult, slander, and mock for the sake of their corrupt, draft-dodging dear leader is just astonishing.1.4×011k2.7k95
68Jan 6, '21If there’s any justice, this image ends his political career.1.3×012k2.2k70
69Dec 3, '22Musk is referring here to Biden team requests to remove pornographic pictures of Hunter. Biden was not president in 2020, and therefore there was no government involvement in his c1.3×09.6k1.6k205
70Mar 8, '20It’s amazing how many folks who are deeply offended by amateur online psychiatry about Trump are suddenly acting like they’re Joe Biden’s neurologist.1.3×012k1.8k42
71Feb 27, '19By the way, the porn affairs and hush money payments by themselves are enough for me to never, ever vote for Trump. And that’s just one thing, of many. I remember the days, like wa1.3×09.4k1.6k31
72Mar 21, '20Harvard has a $40 billion endowment.1.3×011k2.9k34
73Feb 25, '22We’re so used to posturing and talking points and brand management from politicians that it’s almost breathtaking to witness actual courage, resolve, and leadership. No one pretend1.3×014k1.5k137
74Aug 3, '19Regardless of whether that manifesto is real, this is still true: We should be treating online alt-right/white supremacist radicalization with the exact seriousness we treat online1.3×011k2.3k46
75Mar 27, '20There is no reason to believe China's coronavirus numbers. If I was 25 years younger, I'd add a clap emoji in between each of those words.1.3×014k1.2k31
76Sep 11, '18The moment Amber Guyger opened the door to an apartment that wasn’t her own, she wasn’t operating as a police officer clothed with the authority of the law. She was an armed home i1.3×09.7k3.1k50
77May 5, '20Watching POTUS in recent days, his behavior is so bad that you'd worry about his stability even if he was merely the assistant to the regional manager at Dunder Mifflin. Even most 1.2×011k1.8k42
78Oct 23, '17The Right should banish Bill O’Reilly from the public square like the Left is banishing Harvey Weinstein.1.2×09.2k2.8k0
79Mar 19, '20DO NOT MEANS-TEST CASH RELIEF, a thread: 1) Relying on 2018 or 2019 income for a 2020 crisis is deeply misguided; many people who were doing fine are now in crisis; 2) The virus is1.2×010k2.2k172
80Feb 6, '20Who wants to tell him?1.2×012k1.3k60
81Oct 1, '22The failure to impeach *and* convict this man after January 6 was inexcusable and may prove one of the more fateful decisions in modern American history.1.2×011k1.3k109
82Sep 30, '19The impeachment inquiry should focus not just on abuse of power but also fitness for office. This is repugnant.1.2×010k1.7k29
83Jan 14, '19I’ll never get used to this crap coming from a man who has the same job as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan.1.2×011k1.6k27
84Jul 18, '19I cannot comprehend responding with such grace.1.2×012k1.5k49
85Jan 6, '21The U.S. is experiencing a direct physical attack on our democracy that was egged on by the president of the United States. This wasn’t just foreseeable. It was foreseen. We watche1.2×010k2.3k79
86Sep 6, '181) The guy is real (no way the NYT puts forth a fake source); 2) His story is likely largely true (perhaps exaggerated at the margins); 3) He’s just made things worse. 4) Anonymous1.2×011k1.5k19
87Jul 14, '17It's also totally false. I live in the heart of Trump country in TN, and people ask me about it all the time.1.2×08.3k3k0
88Mar 24, '20It's almost as if some folks on this website don't realize that if we lift the lid too soon, then we still get a ruined economy but with even more sickness and death. We need a lig1.1×011k1.9k53
89Sep 18, '20Rest in peace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. May God bless her grieving family and friends. May God have mercy on this divided nation.1.1×012k1.4k28
90Oct 9, '19You didn’t leave Syria. You just moved a small number of troops so the Turks could slaughter our allies.1.1×09.6k2.5k42
91Oct 9, '17It shouldn’t take the liberty of retirement to speak this truth. Other senators should have the courage to tell America what’s happening.1.1×08.2k2.9k0
92Jan 11, '22Stop reporting about Ted Cruz's daughter. She's a kid. This shouldn't be a hard or close call. Leave her alone.1.1×013k59512
93Jan 3, '20I'm seeing a lot of people calling the strike on Suleimani an "assassination." Some are even bringing up Reagan's EO 12333, prohibiting assassinations. Killing an enemy commander, 1.1×09.6k1.6k63
94Feb 23, '181. When you wear the uniform, you pledge to respond to a crisis with courage. 2. Some people will fail that test. 3. That failure is human but still must be punished. 4. But make t1.1×09.8k1.8k1
95Sep 25, '19I haven’t conducted a cross-examination since 2014. But if I couldn’t walk a witness through the transcript of Trump’s call with Zelensky and demonstrate to a jury that a quid pro 1.1×08.4k1.8k70
96Dec 10, '20There is absolutely no modern "whatabout" to compare to what a great many GOP politicians are trying to do to the American republic. It makes a court-packing effort look like Candy1.0×09.4k1.5k104
97Sep 19, '20I hope and pray that the passings of Justice Scalia and now Justice Ginsburg don’t also herald the end of an era they modeled in their own relationship — when deep friendship could1.0×09.9k1.4k48
98Nov 18, '20It’s important to honor political courage. Georgia’s GOP Secretary of State has defied POTUS and he’s defied his home state senators to do his job and defend the integrity of the e1.0×09.9k1.3k53
99Oct 12, '22Defamation isn’t protected speech. The message sent is that lying about the parents of murdered children has legal consequences, including compensatory and punitive damages. It’s b0.9×08.5k1.2k81
100Feb 20, '22He’s talking about a guy with three Purple Hearts, two silver stars, and who commanded 24th ID in Desert Storm, leading the attack that led to one of the most decisive military vic0.9×08.9k1.1k75
101Dec 16, '20Update: Lila's surgery went well and seems to have been a success. We'll know more in the next few days, but things are going better than expected. Praise God! @NancyAFrench and I 0.9×010k1278

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