{"id": 1323288647572037632, "geo": null, "lang": "en", "text": "RT @mtaibbi: This is one of the main ideas in the article - if Trump had actually been a dictator, his predecessors left him plenty of tool\u2026", "user": {"id": 18005085, "url": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1621579832/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeAS", "lang": null, "name": "Mollie", "id_str": "18005085", "location": "Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court", "verified": true, "following": null, "protected": false, "time_zone": null, "created_at": "Tue Dec 09 22:44:12 +0000 2008", "utc_offset": null, "description": "Senior Editor, @FDRLST. Senior Journalism Fellow, @Hillsdale. Fox News Contributor.", "geo_enabled": false, "screen_name": "MZHemingway", "listed_count": 4082, "friends_count": 1348, "is_translator": false, "notifications": null, "statuses_count": 103814, "default_profile": false, "followers_count": 639831, "translator_type": "none", "favourites_count": 19580, "profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1149515833900593154/VJN-UDOh_normal.png", "profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/18005085/1563563189", "profile_link_color": "19CF86", "profile_text_color": "000000", "follow_request_sent": null, "contributors_enabled": false, "default_profile_image": false, "profile_background_tile": false, "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1149515833900593154/VJN-UDOh_normal.png", "profile_background_color": "000000", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "000000", "profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme17/bg.gif", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "000000", "profile_use_background_image": false, "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme17/bg.gif"}, "place": null, "id_str": "1323288647572037632", "source": "<a href=\"https://mobile.twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Web App</a>", "entities": {"urls": [], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [{"id": 38271276, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "indices": [3, 11], "screen_name": "mtaibbi"}]}, "favorited": false, "retweeted": false, "truncated": false, "created_at": "Mon Nov 02 15:39:33 +0000 2020", "coordinates": null, "quote_count": 0, "reply_count": 0, "contributors": null, "filter_level": "low", "timestamp_ms": "1604331573752", "quoted_status": {"id": 1323283206553088005, "geo": null, "lang": "en", "text": "@topcat_20 @mtaibbi Doesn't it seem odd to you that he's been in power for 4 years and this \"consolidation\" or supp\u2026 https://t.co/FAtfYjMgl2", "user": {"id": 813625258267840512, "url": null, "lang": null, "name": "Richard Hammerfist", "id_str": "813625258267840512", "location": null, "verified": false, "following": null, "protected": false, "time_zone": null, "created_at": "Tue Dec 27 05:59:12 +0000 2016", "utc_offset": null, "description": "but people call me \"Dick\"", "geo_enabled": false, "screen_name": "dickhammerfist", "listed_count": 0, "friends_count": 170, "is_translator": false, "notifications": null, "statuses_count": 5299, "default_profile": false, "followers_count": 28, "translator_type": "none", "favourites_count": 1094, "profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/813626337877458945/9u3fDUOj_normal.jpg", "profile_link_color": "F58EA8", "profile_text_color": "000000", "follow_request_sent": null, "contributors_enabled": false, "default_profile_image": false, "profile_background_tile": false, "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/813626337877458945/9u3fDUOj_normal.jpg", "profile_background_color": "000000", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "000000", "profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "000000", "profile_use_background_image": false, "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png"}, "place": null, "id_str": "1323283206553088005", "source": "<a href=\"https://mobile.twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Web App</a>", "entities": {"urls": [{"url": "https://t.co/FAtfYjMgl2", "indices": [117, 140], "display_url": "twitter.com/i/web/status/1\u2026", "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1323283206553088005"}], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [{"id": 796214767782346752, "name": "topcat", "id_str": "796214767782346752", "indices": [0, 10], "screen_name": "topcat_20"}, {"id": 38271276, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "indices": [11, 19], "screen_name": "mtaibbi"}]}, "favorited": false, "retweeted": false, "truncated": true, "created_at": "Mon Nov 02 15:17:56 +0000 2020", "coordinates": null, "quote_count": 1, "reply_count": 5, "contributors": null, "filter_level": "low", "retweet_count": 4, "extended_tweet": {"entities": {"urls": [], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [{"id": 796214767782346752, "name": "topcat", "id_str": "796214767782346752", "indices": [0, 10], "screen_name": "topcat_20"}, {"id": 38271276, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "indices": [11, 19], "screen_name": "mtaibbi"}]}, "full_text": "@topcat_20 @mtaibbi Doesn't it seem odd to you that he's been in power for 4 years and this \"consolidation\" or suppression of dissent hasn't happened? Instead every mainstream media outlet minus 2 or 3 actively espouses their dislike daily. Maybe the dictator comparisons were always wrong", "display_text_range": [20, 289]}, "favorite_count": 51, "is_quote_status": false, "display_text_range": [20, 140], "in_reply_to_user_id": 796214767782346752, "in_reply_to_status_id": 1323267381846822914, "in_reply_to_screen_name": "topcat_20", "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "796214767782346752", "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "1323267381846822914"}, "retweet_count": 0, "favorite_count": 0, "is_quote_status": true, "quoted_status_id": 1323283206553088005, "retweeted_status": {"id": 1323286433726144512, "geo": null, "lang": "en", "text": "This is one of the main ideas in the article - if Trump had actually been a dictator, his predecessors left him ple\u2026 https://t.co/xUIl1gyzxz", "user": {"id": 38271276, "url": "http://taibbi.substack.com/", "lang": null, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "location": "New Jersey, USA", "verified": true, "following": null, "protected": false, "time_zone": null, "created_at": "Wed May 06 20:41:55 +0000 2009", "utc_offset": null, "description": "Author of THE DIVIDE, THE BUSINESS SECRETS OF DRUG DEALING, and HATE INC. Podcast, Useful Idiots: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-podcasts/id525463029", "geo_enabled": true, "screen_name": "mtaibbi", "listed_count": 9083, "friends_count": 4013, "is_translator": false, "notifications": null, "statuses_count": 18351, "default_profile": false, "followers_count": 490730, "translator_type": "none", "favourites_count": 1931, "profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1079901055163531266/jEb-UJcM_normal.jpg", "profile_banner_url": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_banners/38271276/1546303888", "profile_link_color": "0084B4", "profile_text_color": "333333", "follow_request_sent": null, "contributors_enabled": false, "default_profile_image": false, "profile_background_tile": true, "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1079901055163531266/jEb-UJcM_normal.jpg", "profile_background_color": "0E1111", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "D9D9D9", "profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "FFFFFF", "profile_use_background_image": true, "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png"}, "place": null, "id_str": "1323286433726144512", "source": "<a href=\"http://twitter.com/download/android\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter for Android</a>", "entities": {"urls": [{"url": "https://t.co/xUIl1gyzxz", "indices": [117, 140], "display_url": "twitter.com/i/web/status/1\u2026", "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1323286433726144512"}], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": []}, "favorited": false, "retweeted": false, "truncated": true, "created_at": "Mon Nov 02 15:30:45 +0000 2020", "coordinates": null, "quote_count": 1, "reply_count": 26, "contributors": null, "filter_level": "low", "quoted_status": {"id": 1323283206553088005, "geo": null, "lang": "en", "text": "@topcat_20 @mtaibbi Doesn't it seem odd to you that he's been in power for 4 years and this \"consolidation\" or supp\u2026 https://t.co/FAtfYjMgl2", "user": {"id": 813625258267840512, "url": null, "lang": null, "name": "Richard Hammerfist", "id_str": "813625258267840512", "location": null, "verified": false, "following": null, "protected": false, "time_zone": null, "created_at": "Tue Dec 27 05:59:12 +0000 2016", "utc_offset": null, "description": "but people call me \"Dick\"", "geo_enabled": false, "screen_name": "dickhammerfist", "listed_count": 0, "friends_count": 170, "is_translator": false, "notifications": null, "statuses_count": 5299, "default_profile": false, "followers_count": 28, "translator_type": "none", "favourites_count": 1094, "profile_image_url": "http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/813626337877458945/9u3fDUOj_normal.jpg", "profile_link_color": "F58EA8", "profile_text_color": "000000", "follow_request_sent": null, "contributors_enabled": false, "default_profile_image": false, "profile_background_tile": false, "profile_image_url_https": "https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/813626337877458945/9u3fDUOj_normal.jpg", "profile_background_color": "000000", "profile_sidebar_fill_color": "000000", "profile_background_image_url": "http://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png", "profile_sidebar_border_color": "000000", "profile_use_background_image": false, "profile_background_image_url_https": "https://abs.twimg.com/images/themes/theme1/bg.png"}, "place": null, "id_str": "1323283206553088005", "source": "<a href=\"https://mobile.twitter.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter Web App</a>", "entities": {"urls": [{"url": "https://t.co/FAtfYjMgl2", "indices": [117, 140], "display_url": "twitter.com/i/web/status/1\u2026", "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1323283206553088005"}], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [{"id": 796214767782346752, "name": "topcat", "id_str": "796214767782346752", "indices": [0, 10], "screen_name": "topcat_20"}, {"id": 38271276, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "indices": [11, 19], "screen_name": "mtaibbi"}]}, "favorited": false, "retweeted": false, "truncated": true, "created_at": "Mon Nov 02 15:17:56 +0000 2020", "coordinates": null, "quote_count": 1, "reply_count": 5, "contributors": null, "filter_level": "low", "retweet_count": 4, "extended_tweet": {"entities": {"urls": [], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": [{"id": 796214767782346752, "name": "topcat", "id_str": "796214767782346752", "indices": [0, 10], "screen_name": "topcat_20"}, {"id": 38271276, "name": "Matt Taibbi", "id_str": "38271276", "indices": [11, 19], "screen_name": "mtaibbi"}]}, "full_text": "@topcat_20 @mtaibbi Doesn't it seem odd to you that he's been in power for 4 years and this \"consolidation\" or suppression of dissent hasn't happened? Instead every mainstream media outlet minus 2 or 3 actively espouses their dislike daily. Maybe the dictator comparisons were always wrong", "display_text_range": [20, 289]}, "favorite_count": 51, "is_quote_status": false, "display_text_range": [20, 140], "in_reply_to_user_id": 796214767782346752, "in_reply_to_status_id": 1323267381846822914, "in_reply_to_screen_name": "topcat_20", "in_reply_to_user_id_str": "796214767782346752", "in_reply_to_status_id_str": "1323267381846822914"}, "retweet_count": 37, "extended_tweet": {"entities": {"urls": [{"url": "https://t.co/NFXSO3nq5s", "indices": [275, 298], "display_url": "twitter.com/dickhammerfist\u2026", "expanded_url": "https://twitter.com/dickhammerfist/status/1323283206553088005"}], "symbols": [], "hashtags": [], "user_mentions": []}, "full_text": "This is one of the main ideas in the article - if Trump had actually been a dictator, his predecessors left him plenty of tools to prove it. But he spent most of his presidency weeping into Twitter while media voluminously denounced him and his opposition tried to jail him. https://t.co/NFXSO3nq5s", "display_text_range": [0, 274]}, "favorite_count": 217, "is_quote_status": true, "quoted_status_id": 1323283206553088005, "display_text_range": [0, 140], "possibly_sensitive": false, "in_reply_to_user_id": null, "quoted_status_id_str": "1323283206553088005", "in_reply_to_status_id": null, "in_reply_to_screen_name": null, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null, "quoted_status_permalink": {"url": "https://t.co/NFXSO3nq5s", "display": "twitter.com/dickhammerfist\u2026", "expanded": "https://twitter.com/dickhammerfist/status/1323283206553088005"}, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null}, "in_reply_to_user_id": null, "quoted_status_id_str": "1323283206553088005", "in_reply_to_status_id": null, "in_reply_to_screen_name": null, "in_reply_to_user_id_str": null, "quoted_status_permalink": {"url": "https://t.co/NFXSO3nq5s", "display": "twitter.com/dickhammerfist\u2026", "expanded": "https://twitter.com/dickhammerfist/status/1323283206553088005"}, "in_reply_to_status_id_str": null}