country lawyer. writer. sports & book lover. Bylines @NationalAffairs, @TheWeek, @NewRepublic, @WRAL, @TheAssemblyNC
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 14
NBC NEWS POLL: Overall % who are extremely or very proud to be American
🟢 2003 — 90%
🟡 2024 — 67%
🟤 2026 — 58% (all-time low)
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Extremely proud only:
• Trump voters — 62%
• Harris voters — 12%
• Age 18-29 — 36%
• Age 65 — 75%
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Jun 14
Scotland and Appalachia are the same mountain range right? So this is fitting
The Scots took over Boston bars and sang "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 14
This kind of deadline poetry is probably a dying art but when it’s good it’s really good
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 14
In its most simplistic form, people just want community
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 13
reading outside just hits different
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 12
so a trillionaire is now a thing. incredible.
i think americans are fine with that if they feel they have opportunities for themselves and their children. a big if.
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 10
You think politics is bad now, just wait until the median voter has never read a book
The percentage of 9 year olds who read for fun reaches a new low
Source: NAEP
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 11
The start of the comeback
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 7
The D-Day invasion was 82 years ago yesterday. This might be the most intense five minutes you’ll ever hear. I find it impossible to listen to this and not be overwhelmed by a profound sense of debt and appreciation.
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Ike’s D-Day Failure Letter — Read the Speech Eisenhower Was Set to Deliver If the Invasion Failed
“If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.”
militaryhistorynow.com/2018/…
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Michael Cooper retweeted
This is a strong statement and the right statement by Secretary Rubio. @StateDept
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Michael Cooper retweeted
Jun 1
He turned the volume up because he can't hear the dialogue. Now make the action scenes as loud as possible.
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May 30
“The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been (bad hotel coffee).
America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But (bad hotel coffee) has marked the time.”
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“when people go through recovery-that’s so hard-they deserve the credit for triumphing over something so nasty”
Giving keynote speech at South Carolina Dem Party dinner, @AndyBeshearKY had a long riff going after "advocacy speak," specifically calling out the terms "justice-involved population," "substance use disorder" and "food insecurity."
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Michael Cooper retweeted
May 29
Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of
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Michael Cooper retweeted
May 28
watching Indiana Jones for the first time, do archaeologists typically kill this many people?
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Michael Cooper retweeted
May 27
Blair’s essay is a substantial intervention on what's wrong with Britain & with Labour, with a detailed alternative agenda. Dismissing it is silly. But engaging with it reveals that it's both forward-looking & stuck in the past, with an agenda that is radical but not 'centrist'🧵
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Michael Cooper retweeted
May 26
Yes, I get it, you all hate Tony Blair etc you’ll find loads to disagree with here I’m sure - but the quality of analysis of our problems and what any potential leader ought to be thinking about if they want to solve them puts this essay light years ahead of what any current contender for national leadership has offered. Anyone who wants to be an effective prime minister (including the current one) should read it
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