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@PatBlanchfield

Writing RE: US culture, violence, politics. Bylines in places. Variously credentialed, generally ambivalent. Luce Post-Doc Center for Religion and Media.

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    7 hours ago

    "Can Trump pardon himself?" TIME FOR SOME SPEECH ACT THEORY

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  2. 1 hour ago
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    we're like two newscycles from authoritative pronouncements about Serf Mindset aren't we

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  3. 1 hour ago

    truly shocking that National Security liberals who hype our eternal conflict with Russia can't distinguish between Slavic peoples, nations

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  4. 2 hours ago

    ♪ we'll meet again ♬ don't know where ♪ don't know when

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  5. 2 hours ago
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    David Brooks: finger on the ectoplasm of Eros.

  6. 2 hours ago

    TIL on a shelf of remaindered Erotica in the basement of a dusty Oxford bookshop I discovered that has unexpected range.

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  7. 5 hours ago

    A Better Deal Awaits in the Off-World Colonies

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  8. 5 hours ago

    my sources in the Loop Community confirm that the Marshall of the Supreme Court has given Verbal Approval for tunneling through five states

    Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.
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    7 hours ago

    F-35 pilot "had to guess" where USS America deck when landing b/c $400K helmet failed via MilTimes'

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    7 hours ago

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    If Trump fires Mueller, we are going to have to have massive street demonstrations. Who is with me in taking to the streets?
    5 replies 13 retweets 79 likes
  11. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    99 years ago, World War I arrived on the shores of Cape Cod

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  12. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    New CDC analysis: Guns are used in more than half of murders of women.

    7 replies 48 retweets 20 likes
  13. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    Remember when Aiyana Jones, a 7 year old girl, was shot and killed by the police in her sleep? Yeah.

    Minnesota attorney for Justine Damond's family: She's 'the most innocent victim' of police shooting he has ever seen
    33 replies 2,263 retweets 3,235 likes
  14. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    I Have The Inherant Right To Punching Down

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  15. 9 hours ago

    man that was a classic this guy is gonna be great as Comms Director

    Trump's advisor on China: "They went out into the South China Sea, they saw the name 'China,' they think it's their sea."
    1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
  16. 10 hours ago

    an app that, before each tweet, asks you, "Will this Tweet make the world a better place?" and if you answer "Yes" deletes your account

    3 retweets 19 likes
  17. 21 hours ago

    Democrats, Do Better

    1 retweet 4 likes
  18. 21 hours ago

    what if the "better" on offer was about more than just enhancing your transactional potential as human capital

    2 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
  19. 21 hours ago

    our work here is done

    A cradle-to-grave study of global plastics finds industry has made more than 9 billion tons of plastic since 1950.
    1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
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    Jul 20

    Still it's possible not to compare illness to war Not to pretend the strong & righteous will win Or that strength is in winning

    1 reply 6 retweets 21 likes

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