Parker Molloy
@ParkerMolloy
I write the media/culture/politics/whatever newsletter @readTPA: http://www.readtpa.com / Not really on Twitter anymore. Check my links to find me 👇
I haven't really been active on here for a bit, but I think this is where I sign off. The best way to keep up with me is by subscribing to my newsletter. I'll drop links to my other socials below. This account will remain, but locked. Thank you for more than a decade, Twitter.
To keep up with election-related takes from me, be sure to follow me over on Bluesky. I don't use Twitter as much anymore. bsky.app/profile/parker…
OTD in 2016, the @Cubs complete the 3-1 comeback to win their first #WorldSeries since 1908!
this is so close to being a Detroiters bit
trumpy hometown newspaper has started running a bizarre column showcasing high school students called "legally soaked athletes of the week"
I thought maybe this was an exaggeration, but nope, the guy that Elon Musk is agreeing with and boosting regularly posts antisemitic, racist and neo-Nazi content. And Elon has been engaging with him for months now, raising his profile. dailydot.com/debug/elon-mus…
With 5 days left to the election, Elon has decided to tell his 200 million followers that he agrees with a neonazi that there’s nothing wrong with saying “white power” and then says actually Jews are to blame for saying it’s bad
*Now* the press admits the economy is fantastic
The Next President Inherits a Remarkable Economy @greg_ip writes in the WSJ: "With another solid performance in Q3, the US has grown 2.7% over the past year. It is outrunning every other major developed economy, not to mention its own historical growth rate. More impressive…
NEW: analysis from Media Matters shows that Fox News is matching the focus of the GOP's “closing argument” in the weeks before the 2024 election, with nearly a 700% increase in segments mentioning trans athletes from September to October 🧵
The Washington Post is a business that sells a product. Like most mainstream media outlets, the company chose a business strategy of chasing after bad faith actors and dismissing good faith criticism from paying customers. Unsurprisingly, some now don’t want to buy the product.
With the White House releasing this transcript, there's going to be a total Rorschach test now on what Biden actually said on that Zoom call. However you see it, one thing remains clear -- Biden's inability to coherently string together sentences is why he's not running.
.@POTUS referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage.’” Transcript:
No no no. What we’re not going to do is spend time responding right-wingers bad faith and deliberately distorted comment from President Biden nor let the media do a repeat of their deplorable distortion.
This is a lie. He was talking about the individual supporter who told the joke. Do better than misleading people.
Pres. Biden tonight: “Donald Trump has no character. He doesn't give a damn about the Latino community…just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a floating island of garbage?…The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”
Right. Seems clear he was talking about the comic at MSG, not Trump supporters. Is it confusing? Yes. Is it Joe Biden? Yes. But also, Biden has never been about bashing voters from the other party. That would be the former president running for office.
Parker Molloy: Republican ads targeting transgender individuals are "dehumanizing" Watch the full video here: tinyurl.com/mrvdjneb