Who am I? What am I doing here?
Intro thread with links to some of my work.
My first book was "Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India"
goodreads.com/book/show/17...
[🧵 of publications]
When read in context, it's quite clear:
♦️Yes. He's EXACTLY that grotesque.
Epstein:
“some are like shrimp, you throw away the head and keep the body”
“I can;t even think of the smell of black shrimp. ugh”
(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
When read in context, it's quite clear:
♦️Yes. He's EXACTLY that grotesque.
♦️He'll "negotiate" exactly the same Obama-forged JCPOA that he reneged on in his first term.
♦️And he'll rebrand it as the greatest advance in diplomatic history, and demand five Nobels for it.
♦️And the next time he feels annoyed about something, he'll still go ahead and bomb #Iran again.
♦️He'll "negotiate" exactly the same Obama-forged JCPOA that he reneged on in his first term.
♦️And he'll rebrand it as the greatest advance in diplomatic history, and demand five Nobels for it.
♦️And the next time he feels annoyed about something, he'll still go ahead and bomb #Iran again.
Senator, it's great that you oppose the creation of hellish gulags in your state.
Maybe you could get a few GOP friends to join all the Democrats in shutting down hellish gulags...in EVERY state.
Senator, it's great that you oppose the creation of hellish gulags in your state.
Maybe you could get a few GOP friends to join all the Democrats in shutting down hellish gulags...in EVERY state.
The Post's review of my first book, "Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God," gave me such a great thrill-- because it was the Post.
Here it is:
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/ente...
The Post's review of my first book, "Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God," gave me such a great thrill-- because it was the Post.
Here it is:
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/ente...
♦️Hard to reconcile "curling" with either "competitive" or "action."
Counterpoint:
♦️Show some respect-- it's a sport #Canada will dominate.
Verdict:
♦️I'm going to follow #curling in this #Olympics. And root for Canada for all the golds.
Curling kicks off the competitive action — and you can follow it all with our live coverage ⤵️
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MELANIA TRUMP: This is not a promotion
(She promoted her video literally 5 minutes ago during this same event)
♦️Best news all year.
They're turning the page on the biggest part of last season’s disastrous Luka Doncic deal.
nyti.ms/49ZDAcA
♦️Best news all year.
♦️When he bought the #WashingtonPost in 2013, his goal was to create a top-tier newspaper that was also financially self-sufficient. Who better to navigate the transition from newsprint to digital world?
That's not what happened:
🧵 1/n
♦️This was precisely the business model of two #WashingtonPost hands (John Harris Jim VandeHei) in 2007-- create a niche news organization focused exclusively on politics and national security.
They did this. It's @politico.com. If Jeff Bezos wants such a publication, he could buy it.
♦️Given Bezos' desire to suck up to Trump, Politics and National Security are precisely the two areas that his paper will NOT be permitted to cover credibly.
♦️When he bought the #WashingtonPost in 2013, his goal was to create a top-tier newspaper that was also financially self-sufficient. Who better to navigate the transition from newsprint to digital world?
That's not what happened:
🧵 1/n
Vance: For what?
♦️The #WashingtonPost was never going to be profit-generator: He bought it for influence and respectability. Which is exactly what he's sacrificing MOST by axing International coverage and books.
♦️Cutting sports is just dumb.
♦️The #WashingtonPost was never going to be profit-generator: He bought it for influence and respectability. Which is exactly what he's sacrificing MOST by axing International coverage and books.
♦️Cutting sports is just dumb.
♦️This was precisely the business model of two #WashingtonPost hands (John Harris Jim VandeHei) in 2007-- create a niche news organization focused exclusively on politics and national security.
They did this. It's @politico.com. If Jeff Bezos wants such a publication, he could buy it.
♦️Given Bezos' desire to suck up to Trump, Politics and National Security are precisely the two areas that his paper will NOT be permitted to cover credibly.
♦️This was precisely the business model of two #WashingtonPost hands (John Harris Jim VandeHei) in 2007-- create a niche news organization focused exclusively on politics and national security.
They did this. It's @politico.com. If Jeff Bezos wants such a publication, he could buy it.
♦️Given Bezos' desire to suck up to Trump, Politics and National Security are precisely the two areas that his paper will NOT be permitted to cover credibly.
♦️Given Bezos' desire to suck up to Trump, Politics and National Security are precisely the two areas that his paper will NOT be permitted to cover credibly.
It was actually a business-plan.
It was actually a business-plan.
If she buys the Washington Post, it's a two-fer:
♦️Help save #journalism.
♦️Show the world that her ex is a pathetic cheapskate.
If she buys the Washington Post, it's a two-fer:
♦️Help save #journalism.
♦️Show the world that her ex is a pathetic cheapskate.
And he'd never wear it.
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/...
And he'd never wear it.
www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/...
None of them looked like this.
None of them looked like this.
Mayor Frey: How about you?
Give it up for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for putting ICE on notice by signing an order to ensure that trump's violent thugs are held accountable for their aggression.
MORE OF THIS!!!
Mayor Frey: How about you?