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Please don't be this guy... Or the guy who re-tweeted this bullshit: (Original Post) Blue_Tires Aug 2018 OP
Don't be the CBS News guy? SharonClark Aug 2018 #1
Don't be Will Menaker or Glenn Greenwald. nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #3
Menaker, one of the leading voices of pseudo-left twitter Blue_Tires Aug 2018 #4
I had never heard of Menaker until now. GoCubsGo Aug 2018 #7
What's AOC? 2naSalit Aug 2018 #2
Azul Oyster Cult. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2018 #5
Well played... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #9
LOL. Dave Starsky Aug 2018 #11
Not a what. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez MissB Aug 2018 #6
Oh... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #12
I know, right?! MissB Aug 2018 #15
Indeed... 2naSalit Aug 2018 #16
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie and Glen Greenwald. Autumn Aug 2018 #8
Don't Hold Your Breath ProfessorGAC Aug 2018 #14
It's a novel new way to get in a dig at a newly elected Democrat. Autumn Aug 2018 #17
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, of course Blue_Tires Aug 2018 #10
Nice SpicyBoi Aug 2018 #13

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
4. Menaker, one of the leading voices of pseudo-left twitter
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:55 AM
Aug 2018

and Greenwald certainly needs no introduction

2naSalit

(86,764 posts)
12. Oh...
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:05 AM
Aug 2018

so much alphabet soup, it's hard to keep them all defined, especially during my first cup of coffee.

MissB

(15,812 posts)
15. I know, right?!
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:11 AM
Aug 2018

Every time I see that I think “agency operations center” because that’s what AOC is in my world.

2naSalit

(86,764 posts)
16. Indeed...
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:22 AM
Aug 2018

after a lifetime of governmentspeak, truly a language unto itself, and the rotating acronyms over the decades...

I mean, just how many obvious, mutually exclusive combinations can you get with three slots and 26 options?


Autumn

(45,120 posts)
8. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie and Glen Greenwald.
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:57 AM
Aug 2018

Three birds with one stone would be my guess. I don't get what they have to do with the Whitehouse flags at full staff though. Maybe someone will explain it.

Autumn

(45,120 posts)
17. It's a novel new way to get in a dig at a newly elected Democrat.
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:26 AM
Aug 2018

High five on that. One really has to look for the actual tweet. Her tweet on McCain didn't go neatly as far at idolizing McCain as some here .

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