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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

(57,596 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

MissB

(16,344 posts)
6. Not a what. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:55 AM
Aug 2018

Primary winner for 14th congressional district of New York

2naSalit

(102,072 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

(16,344 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

(102,072 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

(48,931 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.

ProfessorGAC

(76,505 posts)
14. Don't Hold Your Breath
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:07 AM
Aug 2018

And if an explanation is forthcoming, i doubt it will make much sense.

Autumn

(48,931 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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