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George Takei
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So...Elon Musk let Andrew Tate back on Twitter, and Tate promptly used it to reveal his whereabouts to authorities in Romania who then arrested him.
All because Greta Thunberg owned him so hard his little wee-wee fell off.
Do I have that right? Please say I have that right.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
A spokesperson for Romania’s anti-organized crime agency refuted widespread claims that authorities were tipped off to Tate's location by a pizza box seen in a video Tate posted in response to climate activist Greta Thunberg: "Funny, but no."
apnews.com/article/romani…
I didn't spend my childhood in barbed wire enclosed internment camps so I could listen to grown adults today cry oppression because they have to wear a mask at Costco.
And I have used a deadly phaser many times on screen even though I’m a non-violent Buddhist. What’s your damn point?
I hope she sues you into oblivion for defamation and crushes your network’s life dream.
Ban assault rifles, not books.
Regulate firearms, not women’s bodies.
Protect kids, not lobbyists.
Actually, I’m angry. I’m angry at the way Trump mocked masks, how his children refused to wear them even at the debate, how they’ve held rallies and put so many at risk, how reporters for the WH are now coming down with it. It’s a pattern of callous, gross negligence. I’m angry.
I know what concentration camps are. I was inside two of them, in America. And yes, we are operating such camps again.
Don’t watch the Trump Town Hall tomorrow on NBC. Catch the highlights later. Don’t give Trump a ratings win. Pass it on.
The fragility of folks who won’t wear a mask is truly breathtaking. I lived for four years inside two internment camps, and I heard less bitching and whining there than I do today.
They “groomed” me to be heterosexual, you know. It didn’t change a thing. Still gay as a rainbow sprinkle-covered cupcake.
The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. How will this deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.
Today is my 85th birthday, thank you for so many well-wishes! Tonight, I'm celebrating with a b-day dinner in beautiful Salt Lake City with my niece Akemi and her husband David. Then tomorrow I speak at the University of Utah MUSE Project.
More info: muse.utah.edu.
Yesterday was our 15th wedding anniversary. Time flies when you're spending it with the person you love. Happy anniversary, Bradder. 
I shall have more to say about the trailblazing, incomparable Nichelle Nichols, who shared the bridge with us as Lt. Uhura of the USS Enterprise, and who passed today at age 89. For today, my heart is heavy, my eyes shining like the stars you now rest among, my dearest friend.
All this whining about cancel culture, from people who actually just tried to cancel our whole election and our democracy.
If Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott really cared about the children who were killed in Texas today, they would CANCEL their speaking gigs at the NRA conference in Houston this coming Friday.
From 2015 to 2017, Mitch McConnell refused to seat any of Obama’s 100+ federal judges. Then he raced to fill them after Trump was elected. They did the same with Merrick Garland’s seat.
Don’t @ me with your “court packing.” Let’s talk about court UNPACKING.
Trump is holding a knee on the neck of American Democracy, and the GOP is the three cops just watching it happen while protecting him.
I’m not going anywhere. Should this place become more toxic, I pledge to strive even harder to lift up reason, science, compassion and the rule of law. The struggle against fascism, misinformation, and hate requires tough fighters. I hope you stay in the fight, right beside me.
In just 48 hours, these companies cut ties with the NRA:
Delta
United
Hertz
Avis
Budget
Allied Van Lines
MetLife
Symantec
Alamo
National
Enterprise
First National Bank of Omaha
Teladoc
SimpliSafe
It’s not a sexual “preference,” Judge Barrett. A preference is something you choose. I’ll give you and example: “I have a preference for non-radical, non-fundamentalist justices on the Supreme Court.” Are we clear?
Wait. They want us to focus on the school door being unlocked?
So let me get this straight: They say it should have been much harder to enter the building, but won’t make it harder to buy the AR-15 he used to kill 19 kids and two teachers?
Do you hear how insane that sounds?!
For the life of me, I’ll never understand why 250,000 U.S. deaths wasn’t the end of Trump in everyone’s eyes.
When I turned 70, I thought, well that’s it. I’ve had a great career, but it’s winding down.
Boy was I wrong. I found social media, and then a second wind at my sails in my 70s! I made my Broadway debut at 78, and I’ll make my London debut at 85.
Life is wonderful and magical.
Has anyone explained to Herschel Walker that “run-off” doesn’t mean what he did to his kids?
There’s much talk these days of what being a man entails. I’m more of a man than someone like Tucker Carlson will ever be because I have experienced grave injustice yet chosen the path of compassion, truth and forgiveness. It’s a quiet strength he’ll never know.
In fairness to Herschel Walker, I sometimes pull out my Star Fleet badge to get past security at Star Trek conferences.
As a survivor of internment camps, I can assure you that mask mandates are not comparable in the slightest.
To anyone thinking of counter demonstrating against the “Million MAGA march”: Please just stay home. You’re only playing into their hands because they want violent confrontation. Don’t give it to them. Let them yell and scream, just like they do on Parler where no one can hear.
When the FBI reopened its case against Hillary Clinton for allegedly mishandling government records, with just 11 days to go till the 2016 election, not a single liberal threatened violence or civil war.
You shouldn’t get to arrest 680 workers at a poultry processing without also arresting the guy who owns the plant and hired them.
And yet here you are, controlling what women can do with a bun in the oven.
Overheard: “The only person Trump ever hired who was actually qualified to do their job was Stormy Daniels.”
While Trump is somehow astounded that 80 million people voted for Biden, I’m astounded that it wasn’t more.
I faced discrimination, hatred, and internment because of my Japanese heritage, and because only a few people stood up for us. Today, Asian Americans are being unfairly labeled and attacked, this time as disease carriers. Raise your hand, friends, if you’ll stand up for us today.
Overheard: If immigrants really become “public charges” and freeloaders, why does ICE always raid workplaces?
Greta Thunberg taking down Andrew Tate was almost as good as Andrew Tate taking himself down in that pathetic clapback attempt...which apparently revealed he was in the country, leading to his arrest by Romanian authorities for human trafficking. What a story.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Andrew Tate's Twitter interaction with Greta Thunberg played no role in the Romanian Police's arrest of Tate or their investigation into the allegations against Tate.
huffpost.com/entry/andrew-t…
inquirer.com/news/nation-wo…
In a way Manchin was right. Some of them will spend their Child Tax Credit on drugs. It’s called insulin and it should cost $35 not $1,000.
My pronouns are he/him. And I want to thank Dr. Fauci for his long service.
Be on the right and respectful side of things. It’s better for your own soul, and better for others.
Call me when they acquit a 17 year old Black defendant who was armed with an AR-15 and who killed two people at a Trump rally in "self-defense."
Until then, sorry if it's hard to believe there is anything close to a level justice field.
