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Conor Friedersdorf
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Omni-American, staff writer at The Atlantic, founding editor of The Best of Journalism–subscribe here: thebestofjournalism.substack.com/subscribe
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Nov 2, 2020
    Dogs.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    May 29, 2022
    The decoupling of critic and audience scores for standup specials is a thing to behold
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Jul 18, 2022
    When Elon Musk seemed like he wanted to buy Twitter many were panicked, as if him owning it would bring us a step closer to fascism, but now Twitter is trying to force Musk to buy them, and I haven't run across anyone getting upset at Twitter.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Jan 18, 2024
    Late stage communism is so absurdly comical at times. This entire communist country has fewer amenities than one capitalist cruise ship!
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    prayingforexits 🏴‍☠️
    @mrexits
    Jan 15, 2024
    Late stage capitalism is so absurdly comical at times. This new cruise ship has: - 23 restaurants - 22 bars / clubs - 7 full sized pools + 9 hot tubs - Full waterpark - Rock climbing wall - Ice skating rink - Surf simulator - Golf course - Basketball court - Rooms for
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Oct 27, 2020
    I'd like @twitter to restore the @nypost account and to refrain from censoring the published articles of newspapers and magazines in the future. Journalism isn't perfect, but the truth is best reached via robust criticism of what is published, not suppression and deplatforming.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Sep 25, 2024
    Replying to @justinboldaji
    If you believe it is humorous to frighten people and destroy their property because you disagree with them you might be the sort of authoritarian who doesn't realize it.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Jun 19, 2022
    What?
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Nov 10, 2020
    Donald Trump's ability to inspire others to destroy their reputations on his behalf is perhaps the most inexplicable thing about his presidency. Even in defeat, people show him self-discrediting loyalty he'd never show them. Why?
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    May 2, 2024
    One quality I wouldn't personally want in a lawyer is *shaken and unable to focus after witnessing the state deploy force*
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    Aaron Sibarium
    @aaronsibarium
    May 2, 2024
    NEW: The student editors of the Columbia Law Review have issued a statement urging the law school to cancel exams in the wake of the police operation that cleared the university's encampment, saying the "violence" has left them "irrevocably shaken" and "unable to focus."🧵
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Feb 24, 2022
    Something I first realized in 1991 and thought about while watching post-9/11 invasions and drone strikes, but that I take for granted too often: it is an unearned blessing to live and sleep far from any war zone. May those of us so blessed be good to refugees.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Feb 28, 2025
    A lot of people know deep down that the Trump Admin is behaving shamefully with regard to Ukraine, but don't want to admit, even to themselves, that America is being dishonorable, so they fixate on matters of no consequence, like Zelensky's manners, to distract their consciences
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    May 17, 2017
    You were alive when Trump said Obama was a foreign usurper who faked his birth certificate & local Repubs circulated racist monkey cartoons
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    Tucker Carlson
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    @TuckerCarlson
    May 17, 2017
    .@brithume: We're in the most poisonous atmosphere towards a President in my life time. I have not seen anything like this #Tucker @FoxNews
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Jan 27, 2018
    I think Howard Stern actually broke this news when he asked Donald Trump, “Can I call your daughter Ivanka a piece of ass,” and *Trump said yes.*
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    Piers Morgan
    @piersmorgan
    Jan 27, 2018
    BREAKING NEWS: President Trump has declared he is NOT a feminist. He tells me: ‘No, I wouldn't say I'm a feminist. I mean, I think that would be, maybe, going too far. I'm for women, I'm for men, I’m for everyone.' Full interview, Sunday, ITV, 10pm.
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    Conor Friedersdorf
    @conor64
    Mar 28, 2024
    A child who believed West Germany and South Korea were better societies than East Germany and North Korea, and that those juxtapositions illustrated the superiority of regulated capitalism over communism, would be correct. (A child's understanding of history is often more correct
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    evan loves worf
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    Mar 26, 2024
    This is a child’s understanding of history
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