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Parker Molloy

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I write the media/internet/culture/politics/whatever newsletter The Present Age: www.readtpa.com

Chicagoan / wife / second favorite human to two dogs / not an activist / likes baseball


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But there's someone who's already on the ticket who doesn't come with the baggage of being a million years old who polls better than him right now.

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That's not, in fact, what this is all about x.com/nikkimcr/sta...

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Lots of first pitch ground outs

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2 hours and 6 minutes is just an insanely fast baseball game

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I have not, no

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Beautiful day for a ballgame

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It's wild. They've really veered to the extreme in the past 5 years or so, I'd say.

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Meredith Rose's avatar Meredith Rose @mrose.ink
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This site’s got the juice

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They're really proud of the quote, too.

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Buried

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Faine Greenwood's avatar Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social
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I am glad this piece about the Heritage Foundation threatening civil war if the left doesn’t accept a monarchy came out in the WaPo. More like this, please.

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Two-Buck Chuck's avatar Two-Buck Chuck @twobuckchuck.bsky.social
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Personally I don't feel the need to be particularly attentive when referring to Keir Starmer the Queer Harmer

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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When he walks back his comment about how people like me "shouldn't" have the right to use public restrooms, maybe I'll care.

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Greg Sargent's avatar Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social
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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech.

"Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!"

Video and story here:
newrepublic.com/article/1834
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The worst of both worlds, basically

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Reminder that I cross-post all my work to Patreon, and you can financially support my stuff by becoming a paid subscriber at either place: www.patreon.com/posts/107529...

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Hung out with some friends this afternoon and it was really nice, tbh

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Oh, I know. It'll pivot to a different negative narrative. I know.

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Chris Hayes's avatar Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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“Look, folks. There are no “gooner states” and “edging states”, we are the United States!” <wild applause>

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Pyramead Head's avatar Pyramead Head @pyrameadhead.wifeguy.online
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Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there 🫡

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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And I'm not taking mainstream media's side in this, to be clear.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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But the narrative is the narrative, and it's hard to overcome. If he dropped out of the race, it would shift to a different story. If he stays in, which he says he's going to, we need to buckle up for four months of non-stop, wall-to-wall *this*, fair or not.

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Showing up in an ABC interview tomorrow night isn't going to fix it. He can come off absolutely perfect and it's not going to turn the tide of the current media narrative. It just won't. And again, this might not be fair to him, to his supporters, or to the country.

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The only way it *might* stop is if he does something that really demonstrates that he's got some crazy-youthful energy/stamina/whatever that he maybe doesn't actually have. He should probably be on every TV show possible right now, doing every interview he can, just relentlessly in our faces.

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But here's the thing, and I'll say it as someone who monitors and analyzes media: the bad media coverage isn't going to let up. It's going to drive his poll numbers down and it's going to be relentless. There's blood in the water, and maybe it's not fair, but that's the reality right now.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Go make phone calls for the Biden campaign instead of yelling at internet strangers. It's more productive.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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But it's extra wild when the likely pivot would just be to swap in Harris, who would continue to have the exact same policies as Biden but without the burden of being a million years old.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Look, idk what the right path forward is for that campaign and neither does anyone else. Screaming at strangers about it on the internet probably doesn't help.

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Also, whew, lemme tell you, one way to get blocked on here is to flood my mentions with "OH SO YOU HATE BIDEN/WANT TRUMP/YOU'RE TRYING TO DESTROY THE REPUBLIC" and so on because I posted a link to an article.

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That's a screenshot from Project 2025

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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I'm blocking you now because your response is unhinged.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Gotta get a Pacific Time Zone-specific President

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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I go to bed at like 8:30, but I should not be president

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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I fear his donors may have misunderstood and/or not finished watching the movies

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😬😬😬

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Many such cases

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Scary stuff, to be sure!

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Chris Hayes's avatar Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Yup. Lots of people pointing out obviously this would be weaponized against LGBTQ folks. But also it just fundamentally bristles with a hostility towards privacy and freedom that runs through the entire project.

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Parker Molloy's avatar Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com
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Like, idk how I'm supposed to exist in a world where acknowledging said existence is illegal... and I think that's the point

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👀🚨🚨🚨

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And, their definition of "porn" includes acknowledging the existence of trans people.

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