# ![@DougJBalloon Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::22998311.png) @DougJBalloon NYTPitchbot

NYTPitchbot posts on X about donald trump, elon musk, joe, at least the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) 9.09%, [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) 4.55%, [joe](/topic/joe) 3.25%, [at least](/topic/at-least) 3.25%, [barack obama](/topic/barack-obama) #16, [maga](/topic/maga) 3.25%, [twitter](/topic/twitter) 2.6%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 2.6%, [money](/topic/money) 1.95%, [secret](/topic/secret) 1.95%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Early in his career William Randolph Hearst famously joked that if his papers kept losing $1 million a year he'd lose all his money in [--] years. If the Post continues to lose $100 million a year it will take Jeff Bezos [----] years to lose his money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019257836799443143)  2026-02-05T03:52Z 243.9K followers, 90.8K engagements


"Probably unfair to rats to compare Libertarians to rats fleeing a sinking ship here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021015590237077698)  2026-02-10T00:17Z 243.9K followers, 21K engagements


"Liberals say that Trump's plan to steal the [----] election undermines our democracy. They're wrongTrump's plan to steal the [----] election undermines our republic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021997052981657692)  2026-02-12T17:17Z 243.9K followers, 26.9K engagements


"If the Romans had simply deported woke baby Jesus to South Sudan a lot of trouble could have been avoided"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2003930402411761927)  2025-12-24T20:46Z 243.9K followers, 24.6K engagements


"Whether it's Donald Trump stealing $1.4 billion dollars for his family or Joe Biden getting free ice cream both presidents tested the boundaries of financial propriety"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013659818389573936)  2026-01-20T17:08Z 243.7K followers, 202.3K engagements


"As a libertarian I think its important that Americans understand that if they just do what the government says they wont get shot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2015884132065194253)  2026-01-26T20:26Z 243.7K followers, 60.1K engagements


"As tensions build with Canada many young Republicans are expressing concern about their future ability to visit their girlfriends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2016949201502961698)  2026-01-29T18:58Z 243.7K followers, 43.3K engagements


"The Melania movie has been getting terrible reviews with the Rotten Tomato rating of under 20%. But this CBS News movie critic says its the Citizen Kane of vanity documentaries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2017234705871929445)  2026-01-30T13:53Z 243.7K followers, 94.3K engagements


"The Atlantic was founded in [----] the New York Times in [----]. So it's a bit surprising that David Brooks is leaving the Times for the Atlantic given that the Atlantic is only six years younger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2017270108901552508)  2026-01-30T16:14Z 243.7K followers, 61.5K engagements


"Source: DOJ to release Epstein files in theaters showing Melania so that they can be sure that no one will see them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2017617762927948053)  2026-01-31T15:15Z 243.7K followers, 52K engagements


"Bidens mangling of a few words was a major story. Trumps public descent into full-blown dementia is not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2017945335646097629)  2026-02-01T12:57Z 243.8K followers, 68.4K engagements


"Donald Trump's inability to control bowel movements raises new questions about Joe Biden's advanced age"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018345282539311388)  2026-02-02T15:26Z 243.9K followers, 52.2K engagements


"Trump's secret police are roaming our streets killing and maiming with impunity. But I read an article in the Atlantic about kids at an elite university complaining about their dining hall. I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018414539633516919)  2026-02-02T20:01Z 243.8K followers, 20.9K engagements


"There is no strict Constitutional prohibition against pedophilia so its hard for me to understand the woke lefts obsession with the Epstein files. by Jonathan Turley"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018483797314990283)  2026-02-03T00:36Z 243.9K followers, 44.9K engagements


"Melinda and Melinda Broadway Billy Gates is the hottest nerd since Woody but his visit to an Aphrodite on the sweet and lowdown turned into a sex comedy. Why would a rational man go bananas to keep husbands and wives from sharing an STD I'm afraid to ask. by Maureen Dowd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018721010816561297)  2026-02-03T16:19Z 243.8K followers, 14.1K engagements


"I lost my job my kids have measles and the data center down the road causes power outages every couple days. But at least now I have an AI-based avatar to help me with my healthcare"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018772745450827927)  2026-02-03T19:45Z 243.9K followers, 36.9K engagements


"@G_S_Bhogal @clairlemon @nikitabier @elonmusk she's 100% someone I don't agree with but find to be responsible and usually intelligent on Twitter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2018772929404645594)  2026-02-03T19:45Z 243.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@RichardHanania Leave it to a former Nazi to make sex trafficking about someone being Jewish. The scandal isn't Epstein anyway it's all his powerful friends (almost none of whom are Jewish)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019100507369832822)  2026-02-04T17:27Z 243.7K followers, [----] engagements


"When I thought the Epstein scandal was just going to hurt libs like Bill Clinton I thought it was the biggest scandal ever. But now that people I like are getting caught up in it I think its a big nothing burger and that everyone whos promoting it should be ashamed. .@marlowstern formerly of the Beast and now an adjunct at the Columbia School of Journalism took what he knew were totally standard emails betwen Epstein and Nellie Bowles who was potentially going to profile him and presented them in a way that suggested NB was connected to .@marlowstern formerly of the Beast and now an adjunct"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019194809282621742)  2026-02-04T23:42Z 243.9K followers, 77K engagements


"@DanEggenDC Why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019246480176140754)  2026-02-05T03:07Z 243.7K followers, 70.1K engagements


"@DanEggenDC Not a rhetorical question. Im curious what the reasoning and open to listening to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019246691573187039)  2026-02-05T03:08Z 243.7K followers, 41.1K engagements


"I didn't email Jeffrey Epstein about where to find exploitable underage girls because I am a pedophile. I did it because I wanted to understand how pedophiles operate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019253066504237329)  2026-02-05T03:33Z 243.9K followers, 21.9K engagements


"What on earth is this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019403782740648151)  2026-02-05T13:32Z 243.9K followers, 38.4K engagements


"@3YearLetterman Crypto is a pyramid scheme and everyone involved with it should feel shame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019475654488584690)  2026-02-05T18:18Z 243.7K followers, [----] engagements


"@jaynordlinger Speaking as a liberal who strongly disliked Reagan.there is no question that Trump is completely different and much worse than Reagan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019813137948778623)  2026-02-06T16:39Z 243.9K followers, 11.2K engagements


"Whether it's liberals booing JD Vance at the Olympics or ICE agents yelling "bitching bitch" at a dying woman both sides could use a lesson in basic civility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020127895184724197)  2026-02-07T13:29Z 243.7K followers, 24.1K engagements


"Have we really become so woke that we are no longer comfortable sending raunchy emails to convicted sex traffickers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020362688493416913)  2026-02-08T05:02Z 243.9K followers, 19.8K engagements


"@NickAdamsinUSA No Nickelback"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020696583260770645)  2026-02-09T03:09Z 243.9K followers, 11.9K engagements


"@NicksProps @kmanguward @nytimes Didnt vote against him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021018821125984658)  2026-02-10T00:30Z 243.9K followers, [---] engagements


"@mattyglesias Over one hundred replies and no one mentions Julian Edelman who is third in all time playoff receptions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020892516191551501)  2026-02-09T16:08Z 243.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Source: ICE to begin using empty Melania theaters as temporary detention facilities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2016965293025681844)  2026-01-29T20:02Z 243.9K followers, 622.7K engagements


"If the government won't bail out my crypto losses I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019593027011137575)  2026-02-06T02:04Z 243.9K followers, 89.8K engagements


"@kmanguward @nytimes Libertarians are the biggest bootlickers in the world"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021013328089534756)  2026-02-10T00:08Z 243.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I converted to Catholicism a couple weeks ago. Heres what I think Jesus got wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020360031657398449)  2026-02-08T04:52Z 243.9K followers, 295.3K engagements


"There was no happy ending for Patriots' owner Robert Kraft today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020703267098132878)  2026-02-09T03:36Z 243.9K followers, 390.1K engagements


"Eighty percent of Americans say that it is immoral for a middle-aged man to have sexual relations with a sixteen-year-old girl. But on this centrist podcast that percentage feels much lower"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020892116084195732)  2026-02-09T16:06Z 243.9K followers, 27.9K engagements


"My three-year-old was reading ProPublica when she turned to me gravely and asked "Daddy why is the nice orange man keeping children in camps" And when I told her "Because those dark children were sent by the globalists to replace white children like you" she started crying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021207162869940234)  2026-02-10T12:58Z 243.9K followers, 20.5K engagements


"A Latino half-time show has no place in an predominantly Anglo league like the NFL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021647861054943427)  2026-02-11T18:09Z 243.9K followers, 13.2K engagements


"In five years Tony Dokoupil will be: Newsmax Anchor Crypto Pitchman Harvard IOP Fellow Newsmax Anchor Crypto Pitchman Harvard IOP Fellow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2022144876461306103)  2026-02-13T03:04Z 243.9K followers, 10.6K engagements


"My DARS (Deaths Above Replacement Secretary) model estimates that RFK Jr.s policies will kill [-----] Americans. And I tell you the best Dunkin bathrooms on the Mid Cape for snorting cocaine off of toilet seats. All that and more in the next Silver Bulletin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2022475830325317886)  2026-02-14T00:59Z 243.9K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Some great new merch dropped on the Pitchbot store. Including these https://www.crazydogtshirts.com/products/no-tyrants-no-kings-mens-t-shirt https://www.crazydogtshirts.com/products/no-tyrants-no-kings-mens-t-shirt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/1902797862138007741)  2025-03-20T19:02Z 243.9K followers, 135.4K engagements


"Whether it's a Hillary Clinton staffer asking John Podesta how to make risotto or Elon Musk asking Jeffrey Epstein where he could find a party featuring child sex slaves there's plenty of embarrassing emails on both sides"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2017620147696021780)  2026-01-31T15:25Z 243.9K followers, 476.1K engagements


"Breaking character: This 100%. Bezos and Lewis hate the liberals so much that they'd rather lose money than have a mostly liberal readership. @pescami @jackshafer Actually what the Atlantic and NYT are exposing is the poor business acumen demonstrated by Bezos and his hiring of Will Lewis. @pescami @jackshafer Actually what the Atlantic and NYT are exposing is the poor business acumen demonstrated by Bezos and his hiring of Will Lewis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019813776120508541)  2026-02-06T16:41Z 243.9K followers, 92.8K engagements


"Whether it's Donald Trump postings images of Barack Obama as a monkey or Barack Obama appearing at press conference in a tan suit both men have presented Barack Obama in a less-than-flattering light"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019820986041004343)  2026-02-06T17:10Z 243.9K followers, 84.4K engagements


"It's time to deport drug addicts who scam the government. by Elon Musk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019979762761089518)  2026-02-07T03:41Z 243.9K followers, 35.9K engagements


"Donald Trump is using Lion King memes the right way. by Ezra Klein"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2019984266722267188)  2026-02-07T03:59Z 243.9K followers, 66.7K engagements


"If Bad Bunny was serious about uniting Americans he would have given his Grammy to Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020855276237136300)  2026-02-09T13:40Z 243.9K followers, 232.3K engagements


"FIRE conference features Matt Taibbi lol Excited to be part of @TheFIREorg's SOAPBOX conference in Philadelphia in November. I'll join @JohnHMcWhorter Nadine Strossen @mtaibbi @glukianoff @JMchangama and others to define and defend free expression in today's America. Limited tix Details https://t.co/z7GVeuUy5i Excited to be part of @TheFIREorg's SOAPBOX conference in Philadelphia in November. I'll join @JohnHMcWhorter Nadine Strossen @mtaibbi @glukianoff @JMchangama and others to define and defend free expression in today's America. Limited tix Details https://t.co/z7GVeuUy5i"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2020878255197159736)  2026-02-09T15:11Z 243.9K followers, 21K engagements


"As a principled libertarian I voted for Trump and supported all of his attacks on free speech and civil rights until it became clear that Trumpism had no political future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021016748871602400)  2026-02-10T00:21Z 243.9K followers, 27.8K engagements


"Whether it's Bad Bunny giving his Grammy to a child or Kid Rock singing "I like em underage see some say thats statutory but I say its mandatory" both artists have reached out to your nation's young people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021221299490632051)  2026-02-10T13:54Z 243.9K followers, 74.8K engagements


"Bashar al-Assad maintained control of Syria by having secret police abduct his critics and send them to secret prisons where they were tortured to death. Could the same thing work here for Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021414002279231611)  2026-02-11T02:40Z 243.9K followers, 21.6K engagements


"I converted to Catholicism two weeks ago. Here's why I hate Jesus and the Pope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2021999966714241312)  2026-02-12T17:28Z 243.9K followers, 503.7K engagements


"Whether its Barack Obama putting Dijon mustard on a hotdog or RFK Jr. snorting cocaine off a toilet seat both men made some curious decisions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2022454706136825870)  2026-02-13T23:35Z 243.9K followers, 52.5K engagements


"Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents it can be hard to know who to trust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2022517367167700992)  2026-02-14T03:44Z 243.9K followers, 30.2K engagements


"Ezra Klein is cashing in the right way. For just between $40000 and $70000 you can hear Ezra Klein's "trademark depth of policy knowledge and academic research" in person. https://t.co/qsHkwT11BM For just between $40000 and $70000 you can hear Ezra Klein's "trademark depth of policy knowledge and academic research" in person. https://t.co/qsHkwT11BM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2005260882104979652)  2025-12-28T12:53Z 243.3K followers, 185.4K engagements


"@samhaselby Give that thats only triple with David Brooks charges seems like an OK deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2005261072278962184)  2025-12-28T12:54Z 243K followers, [----] engagements


"@mDef48103531 @CathyYoung63 @Steven_Strauss @DamonLinker @ChrisCillizza I stand corrected. He blocked me when I made fun of his DeSantis stuff so I probably missed some stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2005314077070102994)  2025-12-28T16:25Z 243.3K followers, [--] engagements


"Liberal say that Donald Trump is an existential threat to democracy in America. But America has never been a democracyits always been a republic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2005806158628417958)  2025-12-30T01:00Z 243.4K followers, 21.2K engagements


"The left says that oligarchs have bought our democracy. They're wrongoligarchs have bought our republic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2006353193224356260)  2025-12-31T13:14Z 243.4K followers, 59.5K engagements


"And next: we will have a Harvard professor debate a New York Times columnist Harvard grad. "On too many stories the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites and not enough on you." That changes now. The new CBS Evening News https://t.co/NKdvRJjYCS "On too many stories the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2006799657620615622)  2026-01-01T18:48Z 243.3K followers, 49.8K engagements


"@CBSNews Go cack to the Czech Republic. I only want Heritage Americans giving me news"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2006800795191406895)  2026-01-01T18:52Z 243.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I have a serious question for people: whats the end game fo Bari Weiss fluffers like Conor and Caitlin CBS news is going to become straight Trump/Netanyahu TV. They pretty much announced that. Are the Bari fluffers going to play out the string Or admit theyre wrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2006807098425040960)  2026-01-01T19:17Z 243.3K followers, 44.7K engagements


"Whether its Barack Obama being the editor of Harvard Law Review or Donald Trump narrowly passing a cognitive test used to detect dementia theres plenty of serious intellectual accomplishments on both sides of the aisle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007076498768040187)  2026-01-02T13:08Z 243.4K followers, 217.7K engagements


"A senile Republican president has turned America into a disease-ridden economically stagnant police state. But my liberal neighbor is having a Hamilton-themed birthday party for his nine-year-old. I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007135198803308727)  2026-01-02T17:01Z 243.3K followers, 62.7K engagements


"Sounds like a real gamble. The dilemma for all Democrats is if you stop the fraud illegal immigration and voter fraud in CA then Republicans win CA and have a huge majority throughout the country. The Democrat party all but ends. 🤔 The dilemma for all Democrats is if you stop the fraud illegal immigration and voter fraud in CA then Republicans win CA and have a huge majority throughout the country. The Democrat party all but ends. 🤔"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007166433000861964)  2026-01-02T19:05Z 243.5K followers, 62.3K engagements


"@CathyYoung63 It was completely predictable. He attacked TNC to show his MAGA bonafides so Bari would give him this gig. (I realize it happened a while ago but the writing was on the wall in terms of who would buy CBS.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007187657554845698)  2026-01-02T20:30Z 243.2K followers, [----] engagements


"@HistoryBoomer When Trump drags you off to the camps maybe you can show him this tweet and hope that hell show you some mercy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007236120896254027)  2026-01-02T23:42Z 243.3K followers, 13.3K engagements


"@HistoryBoomer You know I have more respect for actual Trump supporters than I do for people like you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007236202022523380)  2026-01-02T23:42Z 243.3K followers, [----] engagements


"Today is the day that Donald Trump truly became president"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007458373378113961)  2026-01-03T14:25Z 243.4K followers, 27.1K engagements


"Who better than four unapologetic Iraq War supporters"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007532773490180368)  2026-01-03T19:21Z 243.5K followers, 16.8K engagements


"Maduros biggest mistake Not going on Joe Rogan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007628561730154712)  2026-01-04T01:42Z 243.6K followers, 250.4K engagements


"The Republican Party is led by a senile pedophile who just started an illegal war. But my liberal coworker says immigrants we get the job done all the time even though hes a third generation Indian-American who grew up in Fremont. I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007645997196095931)  2026-01-04T02:51Z 243.5K followers, 24.6K engagements


"@Regan_Smart @NateSilver538 I actually dont think thats the problem with Nate. I think the problem is too much rage tweeting against Dems he doesnt like like Newsom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007651728024539193)  2026-01-04T03:14Z 243.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Polls show that 70% of Americans oppose the war in Venezuela. But at this CBS News staff meeting that number feels much smaller"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2007970655401386289)  2026-01-05T00:21Z 243.4K followers, 190.1K engagements


"Twitter is owned by a fascist Facebook and the Washington Post have gone MAGA and now CBS News is about to be turned into far-right state TV. Heres why America has a liberal media bias problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2008226425392836817)  2026-01-05T17:17Z 243.5K followers, 236K engagements


"We wanted to know what will happen next in Venezuela. So we talked to three oil executives at a Fogo de Cho in Houston"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2008372905483076045)  2026-01-06T02:59Z 243.5K followers, 394.2K engagements


"My kids have measles I lost my job and the price of gas is about to go up again. But at least now there won't be any songs in Spanish in the next Disney movie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2008559356875505781)  2026-01-06T15:20Z 243.4K followers, 43.4K engagements


"Whether it's Elon Musk creating sexually explicit pictures of children with AI or Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference leaders on both sides have presented the public with disturbing tableaux"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2008560605788336413)  2026-01-06T15:25Z 243.4K followers, 34K engagements


"Donald Trump has set the United States back [--] years economically and scientifically. But I saw my daughter wearing a Che t-shirt on Facebook. I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2008922417750483357)  2026-01-07T15:23Z 243.4K followers, 17.8K engagements


"Whether its ICE executing innocent American civilians or liberals retweeting Heather Cox Richardson both sides have engaged in some truly appalling behavior"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009070832417714377)  2026-01-08T01:13Z 243.4K followers, 47.3K engagements


"Renee Good was no angel. by Marc Thiessen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009086265636049374)  2026-01-08T02:14Z 243.4K followers, 75.4K engagements


"@3YearLetterman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009087199703425441)  2026-01-08T02:18Z 243.5K followers, 51.6K engagements


"Libertarian says it may have been OK to shoot her if she was fleeing I am always hesitant to make sweeping conclusions based on short video clips but it does not look to me like the driver was trying to run over the officer which makes self-defense a dubious argument. The cops can't kill you based on an entirely unreasonable fear for their I am always hesitant to make sweeping conclusions based on short video clips but it does not look to me like the driver was trying to run over the officer which makes self-defense a dubious argument. The cops can't kill you based on an entirely unreasonable"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009092656140533857)  2026-01-08T02:39Z 243.4K followers, 99.8K engagements


"I lost my job my kids have measles and Trump's personal Gestapo is randomly executing American citizens. But at least now there won't be any non-binary characters on the new Paw Patrol spin-off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009325054761607471)  2026-01-08T18:03Z 243.6K followers, 1M engagements


"All right people I need to monetize this thing. What if I did a subscribe thing charged [--] or [--] bucks a month and put all the tweets I do on BlueSky here for subscribers (I'll still do the [--] or so free ones I do here without subscription)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009350202432643137)  2026-01-08T19:43Z 243.4K followers, 39.8K engagements


"I just wanna do something where I can get some money from doing this and where it's easy and fun for ppl to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009365934759088478)  2026-01-08T20:45Z 243.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@michaelshermer Dude youre happy that he shot her because youre a Trump supporter and you like seeing liberals get shot. Just admit it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009446435985801320)  2026-01-09T02:05Z 243.4K followers, 19.3K engagements


"As a principled libertarian I believe that anyone who doesn't immediately do what ICE says should be shot dead. And as a principled states' rights advocate I believe that the federal government should not allow states to prosecute these shootings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009625736211292404)  2026-01-09T13:58Z 243.4K followers, 92.9K engagements


"Whether it's Tony Dokoupil's dad selling hundreds of tons of pot or Marco Rubio's brother-in-law smuggling cocaine inside of boa constrictors there's plenty of drug dealing going on in the families of MAGA movement members"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009658541473472867)  2026-01-09T16:08Z 243.4K followers, 17.9K engagements


"My kids have measles the job market is the weakest it's been in [--] years and Trump's Gestapo is randomly executing American citizens. But my liberal daughter won't shut up about microplastics. I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009700965054853533)  2026-01-09T18:57Z 243.4K followers, 52.4K engagements


"Have we really become so woke that were no longer comfortable with ICE shooting unarmed women and yelling fuck you bitch as they die"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2009774275016724705)  2026-01-09T23:48Z 243.4K followers, 160.8K engagements


"Liberals say that Iranians are protesting because they want democracy. They're wrongIranians are protesting because want a republic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010181049754759603)  2026-01-11T02:44Z 243.4K followers, 24.3K engagements


"I support the protesters who seek to end dictatorship in Iran. But I also support the president who seeks to start a dictatorship in the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010181826200121378)  2026-01-11T02:47Z 243.4K followers, 34.1K engagements


"What a Long Strange Trump Its Been Uncle Dons hair has nary a touch of grey but he and Epstein shared the women shared the wine. And his new right-wing boogie Its a hand-me-down. by Maureen Dowd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010364863697367357)  2026-01-11T14:55Z 243.4K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Trumps savvy decision to have an ICE officer publicly execute a protester could pay big political dividends by distracting the country from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and the nations weak economy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010519967611990395)  2026-01-12T01:11Z 243.4K followers, 43.1K engagements


"I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump but if Democratic politicians are unable to stop themselves from using curse words I will have no choice but to hold my nose and vote for him for the fourth time in 2028"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010545989073899551)  2026-01-12T02:54Z 243.6K followers, 112.7K engagements


"Vibes "My general sense was that U. Austin undergraduates are on a par with undergraduates at top five schools." @tylercowen https://t.co/i5Z6IvUgHp "My general sense was that U. Austin undergraduates are on a par with undergraduates at top five schools." @tylercowen https://t.co/i5Z6IvUgHp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010703867915206876)  2026-01-12T13:22Z 243.5K followers, 23.3K engagements


"@jaynordlinger You say that because its politics align perfectly with yours. Right of center anti-woke but not full on MAGA (the last part to both of your credit). Its PR work (if not its legal work) has a pretty strong conservative. Which would be fine if they did admit it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010743539454607450)  2026-01-12T15:59Z 243.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Shooting protesters in Iran is barbaric and tyrannical. Shooting protesters here in the United States is patriotic and brave"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010746651556905226)  2026-01-12T16:12Z 243.5K followers, 156.9K engagements


"Yes ICE is a Gestapo-like police force compromised largely of white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in traditional law enforcement. But so many of the anti-ICE people I talk to are like the worst wine moms . I have never felt more politically homeless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010860038991102158)  2026-01-12T23:42Z 243.6K followers, 35.5K engagements


"@Carters_Gold He carefully avoided criticizing Twitter for allowing this feature"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2010870648499765307)  2026-01-13T00:24Z 243.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Trump is demanding a list of Jews from the University of Pennsylvania. Heres why liberals have an antisemitism problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011218161648140667)  2026-01-13T23:25Z 243.4K followers, 31.5K engagements


"Whether it's Barack Obama asking for Dijon mustard or Donald Trump screaming "fuck you" in a Ford plant at someone calling him a "pedophile protector" presidential norms have been challenged in the 21st century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011273996336316608)  2026-01-14T03:07Z 243.6K followers, 403.6K engagements


"I lost my job my kids have measles and gangs of masked white supremacists roam our streets indiscriminately killing civilians. But at least I don't have to hear Kamala Harris's cackle"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011276750903525645)  2026-01-14T03:18Z 243.6K followers, 90.6K engagements


"Polls show that only 12% of Americans support President Trumps plan to seize Greenland. But in this CBS newsroom that number feels much higher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011516036777197652)  2026-01-14T19:09Z 243.6K followers, 132K engagements


"And then everyone stood up and clapped and said #icekanda forever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011582061761474769)  2026-01-14T23:31Z 243.5K followers, 36.2K engagements


"Btw I think his tweet is a joke. And a good one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011603764285976827)  2026-01-15T00:58Z 243.4K followers, 11.8K engagements


"Its time to stop the influx of immigrants who take drugs father children out of wedlock and steal from the government. by Elon Musk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011626984145895593)  2026-01-15T02:30Z 243.5K followers, 97.7K engagements


"Whether its Hillary Clinton losing $20000 on a land deal in Arkansas or Donald Trump taking billions of dollars in oil revenue from Venezuela and stashing it in a secret bank account in Qatar both candidates are guilty of some shady financial dealings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011874564293496913)  2026-01-15T18:54Z 243.6K followers, 58.5K engagements


"@3YearLetterman My three-year-old was on FanDuel when he turned to me gravely and asked Daddy how come there are no SEC teams in the NCAA championship game anymore And when I told him Because the SEC doesnt offer competitive NIL packages he started crying"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011974657507819952)  2026-01-16T01:31Z 243.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@ZaidJilani They could have found a RW anchor (like Bret Baier) who was professional and gotten better ratings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011990231147282771)  2026-01-16T02:33Z 243.6K followers, [----] engagements


"We wanted to know if ICE is doing its job. So we talked to three Aryan Nation members at a Jimmy John's in Coeur d'Alene"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2011996589133336948)  2026-01-16T02:59Z 243.4K followers, 107.2K engagements


"Does a woman of color gifting her Nobel Prize to an undeserving white man mark the end of DEIor a new beginning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012305916490559988)  2026-01-16T23:28Z 243.6K followers, 49.5K engagements


"Participation trophies have made American men into weak feminized soy boys. Heres why Im glad that Maria Machado gave her peace prize to Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012306120048619817)  2026-01-16T23:29Z 243.6K followers, 80.1K engagements


"Elon Musk just banned a Democratic senator from Twitter for essentially no reason. Heres why the liberal media has a free speech problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012547123519111173)  2026-01-17T15:26Z 243.7K followers, 296.6K engagements


"@TemujinSubodai @CaitlinPacific Im pretty sure she muted me a while ago. But if she responded shed say actually I wrote in Christopher Hitchens or some shit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012703317403603191)  2026-01-18T01:47Z 243.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@isaiah_bb Followed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012722884733501564)  2026-01-18T03:05Z 243.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@lawindsor @isaiah_bb This is a bigger part of it than people realize. I think it's more edgy than sexy like "oh you think I'm a predictably reactionary divorced hedge fund dad well here's a young lesbian with huge glasses who agrees with me checkmate libtard.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2012723506291577254)  2026-01-18T03:07Z 243.4K followers, [----] engagements


"@NicoPerrino @davidjlynch The insane 90% MAGA replies here tell you a lot about who follows and supports FIRE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013048677296636020)  2026-01-19T00:39Z 243.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Opinion If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were alive today he would give his Nobel peace prize to Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013322921519862112)  2026-01-19T18:49Z 243.7K followers, 76.3K engagements


"The strange bruise on Donald Trumps hand raises new questions about Joe Bidens health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013331635291271454)  2026-01-19T19:24Z 243.7K followers, 81.3K engagements


"How many of the leftists criticizing Chuck Schumer can even name the five buckets of affordability"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013451402157142273)  2026-01-20T03:19Z 243.6K followers, 19.2K engagements


"The fact that educated people vote for Democrats shows just how biased our educational system has become"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013663525932024214)  2026-01-20T17:22Z 243.6K followers, 24.5K engagements


"I have never been a supporter of Donald Trump but if Democrats cannot prevent him from invading a NATO ally and ending the alliance I'll have no choice but to join his calls to cancel the [----] elections"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2013760419735716241)  2026-01-20T23:47Z 243.6K followers, 96.8K engagements


"Trump's shambolic press conference raises new questions about Joe Biden's fitness for office"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2014057806437974116)  2026-01-21T19:29Z 243.6K followers, 59.6K engagements


"Opinion I'm a pro-family Republican. Here's why I'm ok with Trump being best friends with a pedophile Elon Musk creating a mountain of kiddie porn and ICE abducting five-year-olds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2014537372189278666)  2026-01-23T03:15Z 243.6K followers, 68K engagements


"Democrats shouldn't try to close ICE detention facilities but instead focus on fostering a culture of abundance within those ICE detention facilities"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2014785194562138426)  2026-01-23T19:39Z 243.7K followers, 36.8K engagements


"lol Finnish President Alexander Stubb offered a rare personal glimpse of President Trump off the world stage telling CBS News' @edokeefe that Trump is very good on the golf course saying his drives are consistently in the fairway. Stubb also noted that Trump's among the few https://t.co/avqyJl6LHu Finnish President Alexander Stubb offered a rare personal glimpse of President Trump off the world stage telling CBS News' @edokeefe that Trump is very good on the golf course saying his drives are consistently in the fairway. Stubb also noted that Trump's among the few https://t.co/avqyJl6LHu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2014906844922171524)  2026-01-24T03:43Z 243.7K followers, 41.4K engagements


"RT @NateSilver538: Literally [--] hours apart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2015209137592738099)  2026-01-24T23:44Z 243.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@benryanwriter @TheBARPod Like many people I find Jesse very annoying and maybe Im being unfair. He did at least vote against Trump. Conor (who did not to my knowledge) is probably a better target"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2015493879550603643)  2026-01-25T18:36Z 243.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@DavidAstinWalsh @nick_field90 Is this something that not everyone accepts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/2015874315959365943)  2026-01-26T19:47Z 243.6K followers, [----] engagements


".@johnmcquaid @joshtpm Why is that strange"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/457632321764470784)  2014-04-19T21:30Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid I think they do it like this https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bAA79s0TLaI https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bAA79s0TLaI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/458264953103740929)  2014-04-21T15:24Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid It was never out at Slate. http://t.co/mxm4KOEaUU http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_dilettante/2007/12/dissecting_the_iq_debate.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_dilettante/2007/12/dissecting_the_iq_debate.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/465284440734711808)  2014-05-11T00:17Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Heavens to Bieber though Andrew Gelman is a big step up from Will Saletan. Raines-to-Keller level step up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/465284763889065984)  2014-05-11T00:18Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Another good example of establishment journalists trolling their audience. This got attention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/471326131409285120)  2014-05-27T16:24Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Also too this was about a rich handsome adolescent who happened to be mentally ill and murderous not the hero of "Superbad""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/471348152981676032)  2014-05-27T17:52Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Prediction: conservative media will turn this into Benghazi [--] Electric Boogaloo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/473824370142355456)  2014-06-03T13:51Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid @David_Gergen Who is in his actual audience beyond Cokie Roberts and Ron Fournier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/476723130111516673)  2014-06-11T13:50Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Which would just prove yet again that he's an asshole proving their underlying point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/535248760298012672)  2014-11-20T01:50Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid @danfagin It's really climate shifts caused problems in the past AND AL GORE IS FAT so do nothing now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/553289602912763905)  2015-01-08T20:38Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Can you really not understand how Bork's defeat led directly to an era of unprecedented rancor and incivility https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/615529753831960576 Borks defeat and Kennedys confirmation "is an excellent example of how the political system is supposed to work http://t.co/UGSRP0goTo https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/615529753831960576 Borks defeat and Kennedys confirmation "is an excellent example of how the political system is supposed to work http://t.co/UGSRP0goTo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/615530085483970560)  2015-06-29T14:39Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid Normally the answer to all such questions is "both sides" but in this case most serious observers blame Senate Democrats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/615532696488538112)  2015-06-29T14:50Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid You're one of the few establishment journalists who doesn't e.g. http://t.co/UW6FF6fpee (Agree with you was being sarcastic) http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/nocera-the-ugliness-all-started-with-bork.html_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/opinion/nocera-the-ugliness-all-started-with-bork.html_r=0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/615550311374159872)  2015-06-29T16:00Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid "It all started with" can also be Slate pitchy e.g. "Don't Like The New Apple IOS Blame Julius Caesar""  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/615560210770448385)  2015-06-29T16:39Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid So was Jefferson Davis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/615562295352127490)  2015-06-29T16:47Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Do Ross Douthat columns count as hot takes https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/643418206108024832 Has there been a hot take comparing Kim Davis to Thomas More Because that could actually work on a couple of levels http://t.co/rGYaPTanlf https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/643418206108024832 Has there been a hot take comparing Kim Davis to Thomas More Because that could actually work on a couple of levels http://t.co/rGYaPTanlf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/643422117028040704)  2015-09-14T13:52Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


".@johnmcquaid I didn't have you figured for such a Both Sides Do It guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/698936770977599489)  2016-02-14T18:28Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@johnmcquaid And of course you can find parallels within any other group (Jason Whitlock with other African-Americans Charles Murray with other PhDs.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/861726821980753920)  2017-05-08T23:37Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@johnmcquaid Are you sure it wasn't CNN following Harvard's model Harvard has always been a trend-setter in terms of shamelessness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/905151327029878784)  2017-09-05T19:31Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@johnmcquaid I'm kind of sick of hearing about umami too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/912738015314923521)  2017-09-26T17:57Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"NPR is Cillizza with totebags. https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/953638616059858944 Curious framing on this NPR story which stresses that Americans are divided over the fairness of the Mueller probe. Yet the overall numbers are 48-28 fair/unfair https://t.co/f8H26jX0vA https://t.co/lEcE7LBBiN https://x.com/johnmcquaid/status/953638616059858944 Curious framing on this NPR story which stresses that Americans are divided over the fairness of the Mueller probe. Yet the overall numbers are 48-28 fair/unfair https://t.co/f8H26jX0vA https://t.co/lEcE7LBBiN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/953639126452011008)  2018-01-17T14:44Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements


"@johnmcquaid I think this is genuinely too harsh. I'm sure some people went to work for Trump hoping they could do some good only to be disappointed. That doesn't mean they have no dignity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DougJBalloon/status/974742285748506624)  2018-03-16T20:20Z 242.5K followers, [--] engagements

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