Judd Legum

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1Dec 18, '22IMPORTANT: @elonmusk's new policy preventing linking to competitors is in DIRECT VIOLATION of European Union rules. Penalty can be a fine of up to 20% of Twitter's annual revenue40.2×12.4M91k17k1.8k
2Dec 19, '22UPDATE: The tweets by @TwitterSupport this morning, announcing a new policy banning linking to competing websites, have been deleted. The policy itself was deleted from Twitter’s w37.3×11.5M70k14k1.1k
3Dec 18, '22Dear @elonmusk I would like to report @Telsa for this clear violation of Twitter rules. These rules are very important and made by you, our benevolent leader. I trust you will be s21.3×6.6M53k5k336
4May 23, '231. This is Mika Westwolf, a 22-year-old Indigenous woman On March 31, she was killed when an alleged white nationalist ran her over on the side of a highway Her killer is not curre18.6×5.7M48k16k1.4k
5Feb 21, '241. Nex Benedict matters Nex was a 16-year-old and non-binary Nex was brutally beaten a high school bathroom in Oklahoma The school did not call an ambulance or the police Instead, 17.8×5.5M113k26k3k
6Feb 17, '23BREAKING: A Florida teacher who worked as a permanent substitute since October was FIRED for posting a video of empty bookshelves at his middle school He was fired the day after @R14.9×4.6M32k8.9k750
7Dec 16, '22FACT: None of the journalists who were suspended did this. He's lying.13.8×4.3M51k7.1k328
8Aug 20, '24Wow. The Washington Post “fact check” of night 1 of the DNC is embarrassing.12.3×3.8M37k3.9k1.9k
9Sep 15, '25Charlie Kirk was a champion of free speech and anyone who says otherwise will be fired10.4×3.2M70k6.7k1.9k
10Jul 16, '251. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows How did the city do it? Baltimore adopted a comprehensive9.8×3M44k4.9k3.9k
11Mar 6, '241. @elonmusk told his 175 million followers on this platform that Biden committed "treason" by "secretly" chartering flights to bring 320K "illegal immigrants" to the United States9.4×2.9M33k8.8k2.1k
12May 24, '23DESANTIS: "There has not been a single book banned in Florida." MUSK: Oh, thanks informing me FACT: There are hundreds of books banned in Florida schools and hundreds of thousands 7.0×2.2M30k5.4k241
13Oct 20, '24Is Trump OK? He was 34 when Reagan took office.3.7×1.2M52k1.8k655
14Sep 14, '17Hannity assembles a diverse panel of experts to discuss racism3.6×084k32k25
16Feb 20, '18I think it's because 17 people in a high school were just murdered with an AR-153.2×094k24k6
17Aug 14, '17The comparison of white supremacists (whites are master race) to Black Lives Matter (stop murdering black people) is absurd and slanderous3.0×074k29k0
18Jan 7, '21No one gets credit for finding their conscience with 325 hours left in Trump's presidency3.0×0104k14k229
19Dec 11, '18Nancy Pelosi just did something that not a single Republican has had the guts to do in 2 years. Stand up to Trump, in public, to his face.2.9×082k18k1.2k
20Oct 131. Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says she is a lawyer. She has claimed to be a lawyer repeatedly on national TV, on podcasts, and on social media. But th2.9×883k11k2.1k348
21Dec 18, '18Shut down due to illegal activity: 1. Trump University 2. Trump Foundation Under criminal investigation: 1. Trump campaign 2. Trump transition 3. Trump inauguration 4. Trump admini2.6×070k21k289
22Feb 27, '20Coronavirus exposes all of Trump’s biggest weaknesses: 1. Incompetence 2. Rejection of scientific facts 3. Distrust of expertise 4. Disinterest in long-term planning 5. Embrace of 2.5×071k18k492
23Jul 23, '20The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES went on the national TV tonight and bragged that he was so smart he could remember five words in order, and he was not joking even a little bit2.5×087k11k288
24Jul 11, '17THERE IS LITERALLY AN EMAIL WHERE RUSSIA OFFERS TO COLLUDE WITH THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND TRUMP JR SAYS ABSOLUTELY LETS SET UP A MEETING2.3×057k21k0
25Oct 9, '171. When Trump became president, people stopped talking much about the numerous women who alleged he sexually assaulted them.2.3×044k24k6
26Sep 3, '18I still can't get over the fact that 2 weeks ago Trump's longtime personal lawyer stood up in a federal courtroom and, under oath, said he COMMITTED TWO FELONIES WITH TRUMP and abs2.3×065k18k136
27Oct 2, '20Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 2018.2.3×071k15k209
28Mar 2, '20BREAKING: The CDC has stopped disclosing the number of Americans tested for coronavirus. On the left is how the website looked last night. On the right is what it looks like now, w2.2×045k21k1k
29Aug 4, '18TRUMP: Creates fake university to scam students, pays $25 million fine for fraud LEBRON: Creates top-notch public high school for low-income students, pays college tuition for ever2.1×060k17k73
30Jul 30, '18Just a reminder that someone stole George W. Bush's debate prep book (and videotapes!) and sent it to the Gore campaign and they immediately turned all the materials over to the FB2.1×061k16k126
31Feb 24, '201. With the coronavirus killing thousands and threatening to tank the global economy, I feel like more people should be talking about the fact that Trump fired the entire pandemic 2.1×051k19k502
32Feb 3, '19The NFL is an entire league that iced out a talented quarterback because he protested racism2.0×060k13k96
33Feb 7, '19Can someone explain to me why Elizabeth Warren’s claim to Native American heritage warrants continued, obsessive coverage by the political media but the fact that at least 12 women2.0×058k14k79
34Mar 10, '17She actually went to the U.N. to call for action against genocide and mass rape2.0×044k23k2
35Feb 14, '22Reportedly the NFL nixed Dre saying “still don’t love the police” and Eminem kneeling but both things happened2.0×071k7.5k596
36Aug 11, '171. TRUMP ATTACKED CONGRESS FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA AND THANKED RUSSIA FOR IMPOSING SANCTION ON THE UNITED STATES2.0×041k21k0
37Mar 12, '20WORTH REPEATING: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team. These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in1.9×041k21k691
38Mar 25, '18One way you know Stormy Daniels is a serious threat to Trump: He has never once tweeted her name1.9×062k11k39
39Aug 23, '17Wow. Don Lemon doesn't hold back.1.9×042k19k4
40Dec 29, '17Roy Moore denies that he lost the U.S. Senate election, even after Alabama's Republican Secretary of State certified his opponent as the winner. Kind of puts his other denials in p1.9×053k15k1
41Mar 24, '17Trump has done everything possible to repeal Obamacare including 5 visits to Mar-a-lago, 9 trips to the golf course & sitting in a big truck1.8×043k18k2
42May 13, '20I refuse to discuss Obamagate because 83,491 have died since March and also Obamagate doesn't exist1.7×060k8.3k69
43Sep 27, '20Donald Trump wrote off $70,000 on his taxes FOR HAIR STYLING1.7×049k9.7k170
44Jul 13, '22A 10-year-old girl was raped in @Jim_Jordan's home state of Ohio. Jordan publicly called the story a lie. Then, after the rapist was arrested and confessed, Jordan deleted the twee1.7×042k13k542
45Apr 4, '20Somehow the government can produce a virtually unlimited amount of bombs for every possible situation but everyone has to make their own mask out of a t-shirt1.7×049k12k203
46Mar 11, '20REMINDER: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team. These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in today.1.6×036k17k633
47Jan 6, '21In America, you can be teargassed and shot with rubber bullets for peacefully protesting in front of a church. But you can literally bust down the doors to the United States Capito1.6×036k18k311
48Dec 16, '17Before anyone votes on this tax bill, Trump should release his 2016 taxes so the public can know how much this bill will personally benefit the president. This is a basic requireme1.6×042k15k1
49Jan 26, '20A few days ago Trump said he didn't know Lev Parnas and now there is a 90 MINUTE TAPE of Trump talking with Parnas over dinner1.6×050k10k155
50Jan 11, '21BREAKING: @Hallmark, which donated $3,000 to @HawleyMO and $5,000 to @RogerMarshallMD is demanding its money back.1.6×044k9.8k349
51May 14, '22A self-described white supremecist traveled to a black neighborhood and murdered 10 people today, leaving behind a manifesto on the Great Replacement theory — a racist conspiracy t1.6×045k11k651
52Jun 16, '18There is a bill in the Senate that would stop Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border. There are currently 43 Democratic co-sponsors and ZE1.5×036k15k58
53Oct 2, '20Imagine, for a moment, what Trump would be saying right now if Biden contracted COVID-19 and then checked into the hospital1.5×051k8k138
54Jul 9, '20Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 20181.5×046k11k127
55Jan 28, '17Stunning scene at JFK airport1.5×034k16k2
56Oct 5, '20View post on X1.5×042k12k124
57Jun 10, '221. This will be a thread of corporations that plastered their social media accounts with rainbows for Pride Month ➕ How much those corporations donated to anti-LGBTQ politicians si1.5×035k12k2.6k
58Sep 20, '22BREAKING: Migrants flown to Massachusetts file class action lawsuit against DeSantis and other Florida officials in federal court1.5×043k7.9k315
59Jan 6, '201. This photo is fake (photoshopped) 2. The man on the left is Hassan Rouhani, who is still President of Iran 3. It's embarrassing that you are a United States Congressman1.4×044k8.9k119
60Dec 1, '18There is strong evidence emerging that Republicans stole a Congressional seat in North Carolina by destroying, falsifying, and manipulating absentee ballots. This is an affront to 1.4×030k15k154
61Jan 11, '20Last night on Fox News, President Trump said that Saudi Arabia deposited $1 billion in a bank account in exchange for assistance from the U.S. military. Trump needs to say exactly 1.4×038k10k123
62May 28, '201. This is a clarifying moment. It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is Trump is violating Facebook's rules on election misinformation Zuckerberg's response was to 1.4×034k11k759
63Mar 27, '20Remember when Trump was elected and there were people who were like: Relax, how bad can get it? This how bad.1.4×044k7.7k78
64Jul 23, '21Maybe it’s just me but I can’t get past the fact that the FBI Director set up a phony tip line for people to report information about Brett Kavanaugh, then secretly funneled the “r1.3×040k9.1k393
65Dec 11, '17Dear Senator Graham: This is your official government account. Why are you using it to promote the for-profit business of the President? Didn’t you swear to preserve and protect th1.3×034k12k0
66Jun 17, '20Is @Jim_Jordan going to apologize for linking the murder of an officer in Oakland to Black Lives Matter "rioters" when the man charged is part of the right-wing Boogaloo movement o1.3×036k10k135
67Jul 17, '19NOTE: Rand Paul voted for a $1 trillion tax cut for corporations without any spending offsets1.3×033k12k122
68Jan 13, '20Sorry, but I'm still not over the fact that three days ago Trump said that Saudi Arabia deposited $1 billion in a bank account in exchange for assistance from the U.S. military We 1.3×037k10k126
69Aug 13, '20Just a reminder that Trump fired the US pandemic response team in 20181.3×038k9.2k103
70Sep 16, '18To review: 1. Kavanaugh's accuser is now on the record: Her name is Christine Blasey Ford 2. Ford has offered a detailed account of sexual assault by Kavanaugh 3. Ford's account co1.3×032k11k64
71May 2, '22If the President of the United States suggests shooting political protesters and you decide to keep it secret for two years to help you sell a book, you are part of the problem1.3×044k5.8k153
72Mar 20, '20Everyone working at a supermarket right now is a fucking hero1.3×044k5.9k46
73Sep 22, '19TRUMP: I did it PELOSI: These troubling allegations must be investigated TRUMP: No, it was me PELOSI: This raises more questions and I won't rest until we get to the bottom of it T1.3×037k8.7k132
74May 4, '18Trump falsified his medical report by dictating a letter describing his health to his doctor This, under normal circumstances, would be a massive scandal that would dominate the po1.2×033k11k39
75Jan 4, '201. There were 19 hijackers, not 12 2. There is no evidence tying Soleimani to 9/11 3. Soleimani is a Shiite & the hijackers were Sunnis 4. After 9/11, Soleimani cooperated w/US1.2×033k10k296
76Feb 22, '19Accused sex criminals who Trump has defended: 1. Roy Moore 2. Brett Kavanaugh 3. Bob Kraft 4. Roger Ailes 5. Himself1.2×035k8.9k80
77Aug 14, '18I still don't understand exactly what Peter Strzok did wrong. The best I can tell, he doesn't like Trump and said so in private texts. Is that illegal or unethical?1.2×034k7.2k33
78Mar 18, '19Today, Trump retweeted: 1. A Pizzagate conspiracy theorist 2. A Qanon conspiracy theorist 3. A conspiracy theorist who believes the New Zealand massacre was a plot to limit gun rig1.2×032k9.5k182
79Dec 2, '19Gayle King, CBS: Why do you allow politicians to lie in ads? Zuckerberg: I believe, in a democracy, people have a right to know what politicians are saying so they can make their o1.2×034k8.4k157
80May 10, '18I still care about the fact that Trump falsified his medical records by dictating a letter to his doctor, even though we learned about it 8 days ago1.2×036k7.6k26
81Nov 4, '18Counter-point: This poll does not exist1.2×035k7.7k30
82Mar 25, '18OLD: Kids these days are lazy and apathetic and should stop staring at their phones all day NEW: Kids these days are loud and arrogant and should stop organizing millions of people1.1×034k8.5k38
83Jun 1, '181. Not a First Amendment issue: A private company deciding to cancel a TV show 2. A First Amendment issue: The President of the United States pressuring a private company to fire s1.1×030k9.6k26
84Oct 11, '20Joe Biden won't say whether he will support expanding the Supreme Court and it would be great to know his position but did you know Trump has released NO POLICIES WHATSOEVER FOR HI1.1×032k8k151
85Sep 21, '17JIMMY KIMMEL IS NOT AN EXPERT scream the people who let Hannity talk about public policy for an hour every night1.1×032k8k0
86Nov 9, '17Trump campaign had NO CONTACT with Russia. OK, Flynn had contact with Russia. Flynn and Sessions had contact with Russia. Flynn and Sessions. Also, Don Jr., Manafort and Kushner. O1.1×029k9.1k0
87Jun 25, '18What’s happening in American right now is not a lack of civility but a lack of courage. All it would take is two Republican Senators to say we aren’t confirming a single judge or p1.1×029k8.9k29
88Dec 26, '20Trump is not, in fact, working to increase payments to Americans from $600 to $2000. If he was, he’d be one the phone with Republicans, demanding that they amend the bill. Instead,1.0×036k4.9k77
89Mar 12, '20Let me just say that suspending travel from Europe for 30 days makes very little sense. The issue is that the virus is spreading WITHIN THE US, undetected, because we have not crea1.0×032k7k90
90Nov 12, '1812 people were massacred in a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks California on Wednesday. It was 96 hours ago. It seems to have been completely disappeared from the public discourse. T1.0×031k7.4k22
91Feb 24, '20Harvey Weinstein is no longer an alleged rapist. Harvey Weinstein is a convicted rapist.1.0×035k5.5k38
92May 16, '20Trump’s campaign strategy is accusing Biden of doing things that Trump actually did1.0×033k5.7k80
93Jan 11, '21UPDATE: Dow (@DowNewsroom), the massive chemical company, tells me it will not donate to any member of Congress that objected to the certification of the presidential vote This is 1.0×029k6.6k210
94Sep 30, '18Kavanaugh dug up his calendar from 1982 and insisted it proved he only drank beer on the weekends & there is literally an entry showing him drinking beer, on a weekday, w/the s1.0×030k7.1k47
95Jun 2, '20Congress should immediately convene and pass a resolution condemning Trump's use of military force against peaceful protesters. Every Democrat and Republican needs to be on record.1.0×029k7.5k74
96Feb 20, '20Warren's dismantling of Bloomberg over his treatment of women was one of the most precise and devastating political attacks I have witnessed in twenty years of following this stuff1.0×036k3.8k162
97Jan 31, '21UPDATE: @HomeDepot, one of the largest corporate donors to Republican candidates, is suspending donations to Republicans who objected to the electoral college.1.0×030k5.6k108
98Jul 4, '20"Cancel culture" is something that does not exist but is a very popular concept among people who do terrible things and don't like being held accountable1.0×029k5.6k322
99Apr 29, '20This might be controversial but I do not believe a human being should get sick or die so you can eat a hamburger0.9×032k4.2k43
100Nov 8, '20WHY IS EVERYONE ON TV TALKING ABOUT A REPUBLICAN SENATE LIKE DEMOCRATS CANT WIN IN GEORGIA? JOE BIDEN JUST WON GEORGIA.0.8×030k3.1k46
101Feb 27, '19.@AOC media savvy actually makes her a better Congresswoman. She understands how information moves. She doesn't waste her time with bloviating and boilerplate. She digs in and trie0.8×028k3.5k40

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