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Time for everyone to dig up their best take on Bari Weiss. Here’s mine:
Philip Bump @pbump•10/24/21 What a sentence. on.ft.com/3C7ul6J At one point Weiss compared her professional travails to the life of Galileo Galilei, the Italian scientist who was forced to renounce his views on heliocentrism to avoid being burnt at the stake. Eric Columbus @EricColumbus X.com The whole point of Galileo is that he *didn't* think everything revolved around him. 12:08 PM • 10/24/21
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Every year on this day I think of Thurman Munson. I wrote a thread about him on Twitter in 2019 for the 40th anniversary.
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Yankee catcher Thurman Munson, who died in a plane crash on this day in 1979
August 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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January 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Still at it
Stephen Miller @@StephenM • 18h 9... Once upon a time, Bernie didn't agitate on behalf of illegal alien terrorists who have been righteously deported to their home nation. Now, he's sold his political soul for open borders. Bernie Sanders 4 @SenSanders • 22h An innocent man, picked up by "mistake," must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Co... i Rate proposed Community Notes @ 515 C7 1.1K O 5.8K Ill 143K 贝 企 Eric Columbus @EricColumbus But DOJ conceded he was deported by mistake. Why hasn't President Trump brought him back yet? Is he afraid of President Bukele? I thought Trump was tougher than that. 9:35 AM • 4/12/25 • 27 Views
April 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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For the 100th anniversary of publication of “The Great Gatsby,” a flashback to when I received a perfect setup
Eric Columbus @EricColumbus "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy — they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." Donald J. Trump & @realDonald Trump • 6/21/18 "I REALLY DON'T CARE, DO U?" written on the back of Melania's jacket, refers to the Fake News Media. Melania has learned how dishonest they are, and she truly no longer cares! 8:57 PM • 6/21/18 @ 182. 17 1.6K • 5.7K. 贝 19
April 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Aha! So this is why he blocks me.
HarrySandick @HarrySandick X.com Another excellent book review by @jenszalai, methodically taking apart a book that purports to be about some sort of apolitical "rationality" that is really a political viewpoint dressed up in scientific language. Please read to the very end. nytimes.com/2021/09/29/boo... 12:42 PM • 9/29/21 1 2 Eric Columbus @EricColumbus•9/29/21 I'd love to see that Pinker affidavit re Epstein. Hard to see why his views would be legally relevant!
September 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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He did object. The court denied it, which means we know what the arguments are. From the bad place:
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July 2, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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Robert Wright & @robertwrighter X.com There's also a cost exacted by violating the UN Charter with unprovoked aggression. It's not a conspicuous cost, but over time these costs add up and erode the norm of respecting the sovereignty of nations. In fact, that's a big reason the world is where it is today. 11:31 AM • 2/28/26 • 441 Views 171 18 仚 Relevant < Eric Columbus @EricColumbus • 1h + violating U.S. constitution S3 |137只企 Robert Wright @ @robertwrighter-1h Violating it twice: The constitution says treaties are the law of the land, and the UN Charter is a treaty. ill 33
February 28, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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#uspol

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Trump has posted seven times since Biden dropped out, all about Biden, hasn’t mentioned Harris at all.

Breakups are hard.
July 22, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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I mean, yes? This, exactly. #elonmusk #notelected #yeetintospace #whstancil #ericcolumbus
February 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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(Screenshot of a tweet with date of 4:44pm 10/7/24 circled) So apparently the word in the tech world is this: elon’s embrace of trump is because elon thinks he can essentially run the white house while trump rots in front of Fox News. It’s a way to circumvent the “natural born citizen” requirement and let musk serve as de facto president. (Reply by EricColumbus) This tweet sure held up
February 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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A+ humor from the other site:
Tweet from Eric Columbus @EricColumbus “Having learned his lesson in 1863, Lee is avoiding Pennsylvania” In response to a tweet from the Capital Weather Gang ® @capitalweather “A look at the beautiful clear skies over the DC area and large Lee lumbering offshore early on this Friday afternoon.” with a satellite image of the swirls of Hurricane Lee offshore on the US Atlantic coast. There are no clouds over Pennsylvania.
September 15, 2023 at 6:46 PM
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Welcome aboard
Eric Columbus @EricColumbus Hey DOJ you must be Ryan O'Neal the way you turn on that FARA faucet. H Sam Stein @@samstein • 8/31/18 Sam Patten, the Manafort associated lobbyist charged with FARA violations just now, helped Cambridge Analytica hone its 2014 midterm election targeting thedailybeast.com/accused-russia...... 10:40 AM • 8/31/18
April 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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VANCE TODAY: “We cannot tell the American people that one candidate is a fascist.”

TRUMP 11 DAYS AGO: “Kamala Harris is the first major party nominee in American history who fundamentally rejects freedom and embraces Marxism, communism, and fascism.”

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September 18, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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Ah yes, that wonderful era before the Civil Rights movement, the women's right movement, the gay rights movement, the environmental movement, etc, etc. Also the height of the Cold War (e.g., Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis)...
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September 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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I don’t think he ever claimed to be the president of people who hadn’t voted for him. https://twitter.com/EricColumbus/status/1399720390235131907
November 26, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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This reads like the list of indictments in the Declaration of Independence. https://twitter.com/EricColumbus/status/1250761796799074305
November 25, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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User Eric Columbus @EricColumbus reposted a tweet with comment: "This tweet sure held up" The original tweet, dated 10/7/24, by @whstancil reads: "So apparently the word in the tech world is this: Elon's embrace of Trump is because Elon thinks he can essentially run the White House while Trump rots in front of Fox News. It's a way to circumvent the "natural born citizen" requirement and let Musk serve as de facto president."
February 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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December 21, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Can you please spread this? ✌️
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December 21, 2024 at 6:33 AM
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February 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I'll say it again, Elon Musk is human trash. Tesla and SpaceX is the result of his having the money to BUY his way into what those companies have become, not because of him being this genius.

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March 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
dianecheyanne.bsky.social
It doesn't matter. It will be signed into law anyway per @EricColumbus
June 24, 2026 at 3:28 PM