David Litt

Today is a reminder - checks and balances aren’t some arty elite obsession. They protect the people, and their property, from a leader with absolute power who starts acting crazy. They’re the reason America has been the greatest economic success story in history.

My five things - Spent $25 million to buy an election - Lost election by double digits - Tweeted about rockets a lot to pretend I hadn’t just spent $25 million on an election I lost by double digits - Inspired protests against me in all 50 states - Cheated at videogames

So these rich MAGA types saying "It's just money, we're willing to sacrifice economically for the greater good," are cool with raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires paying more taxes, or nah?

So, we're tanking the economy in order to replace American workers with robots.

Jesse Watters @JesseBWatters

Commerce Secretary @HowardLutnick tells Primetime that robot manufacturing is going to revive the American workforce. https://t.co/7jjai8dNFp

RT @Acyn: Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine…

I know being able to remember 2008 makes me an old person, but imagine if McCain had forced nearly every Republican in Congress to say, on camera, "The fundamentals of our economy are strong."

RT @abreezeclayton: 🚨 BREAKING NEWS: the Republican-majority on the N.C. Court of Appeals rules to overturn the decision of the Wake County…

Are you better off now than you were two days ago?

Credit where credit is due: Lovett was still at the WH then so I wasn't Obama's joke writer at the time. So while I'd love to be able to say I wrote those Trump jokes, because they were great jokes, I did not.

Stefan Smith @TheStefanSmith

“It’s not fascism, it’s technically autho…” You bolt awake at the White House. It’s April 30, 2011 and you are David Litt, Obama’s joke writer, and you’ve changed your mind. You won’t include any Trump jokes at that night’s White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

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I’m no economy-crashing genius, but won’t the Poland Springs people raise their prices because all their competitors products are more expensive? Or are companies charities now?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar

Lutnick: "Foreign goods may become a little more expensive, but domestic goods do not. So if you're looking at Poland Springs water versus let's say Fiji Water, the Poland Springs is not gonna be more expensive. So for the first time in your lives you're gonna actually think https://t.co/9dGZuYZe8j

RT @atrupar: Lutnick: "Foreign goods may become a little more expensive, but domestic goods do not. So if you're looking at Poland Springs…

RT @benwikler: https://t.co/EYXrq70aeS

Since they're about to start saying this was definitely note a referendum on Elon: this was the picture Musk's PAC had pinned for Election Day. That is not a picture of Brad Schimel in judge's robes. Brad Schimel is bald. That looks a lot like a caricature of Musk. https://t.co/SypMwA3XF8

Yes, this stuff is supposed to come standard. But the sad truth is in Elon Musk’s party it doesn’t. So kudos to Schimmel for having integrity when he could have made a very different choice.

Omar Jimenez @OmarJimenez

As Judge Brad Schimel announced to his supporters he called Susan Crawford and conceded the race, there were many boos in the crowd, to which he eventually pushed back and said "you've gotta accept the results."

It’s unfair, for fans of schadenfreude, that when Dems lose elections their pundits wail and gnash their teeth online, but when Reps lose MAGA pundits either lie about fraud or ghost completely.

RT @Redistrict: I've seen enough: Susan Crawford defeats Brad Schimel in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, preserving liberals' 4-3 maj…