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Alex Parker
@AlexParkerDC
DC tax wonk & writer. Personal account. Fan of Indiana sports. Views are mine, or Batman's. Retweets are endorphins.
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2011
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Nov 18, 2022
    Sergey Brin revives Google Plus team from cryogenic chamber. "It's time."
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Dec 27, 2023
    This was supposed to be a September post, but I'm doing it at year-end: 2023 marks four years that I've maintained a weight 100 pounds down from my 2016 weight.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Nov 11, 2022
    What sucks is that Twitter is imploding in exactly the kind of online train wreck event that reinforces how fun Twitter can be sometimes.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Sep 29, 2022
    Dream job alert--become Lego's top D.C. lobbyist: lego.com/en-us/careers/…
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Feb 12, 2024
    That Kennedy ad almost made me want to vote for Nixon.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    May 5, 2025
    We traded this for a higher GDP.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Dec 14, 2024
    Replying to @MuseZack
    Well....
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Jul 6, 2021
    Three years sober today. At the time, I had no idea how much it would change all aspects of my life.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Mar 17, 2024
    People are like, "that 'bloodbath' quote is out of context, Trump was talking about putting 100% tariffs on foreign cars." OK, so let's talk about why *that* part is insane....
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    May 1, 2025
    "So 'reconciliation,' is that how the parties come together to work out their differences and write a new law?" "No, of course not. It's how one party completely shuts the other party out." "So...why is it called reconciliation?" "No one knows."
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Jul 30, 2021
    Because the first smallpox vaccines came from cows, anti-vaxxers at the time claimed it could turn people into cow-human hybrids.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Dec 14, 2021
    If Spider-Man 3 doesn't have a scene where Rhino and Sandman go to Long Island wine country and get plastered, I'll be disappointed.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Dec 5, 2021
    Bob Dole was constantly needled for his age when he ran for president in 1996, at 73--six years younger than Biden is now.
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    Alex Parker
    @AlexParkerDC
    Nov 18, 2022
    Replying to @AlexParkerDC
    I'd be ironic if this were my most viral tweet, bringing me oodles of new followers.

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