Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

what is this font called? i need to know so i can hate it more https://t.co/tTkOfp7gko — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@jmillerlewis this is because the NLRB wrongly fired their most powerful member...smdh — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @aHeartOfGould: Happy 3rd b-day to YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE, a synesthete masterpiece depicting “not through plot but via overwhelming… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Visible__Hand still goes — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @Visible__Hand: https://t.co/4DODrNcbev — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@StGeorgeStan1 no you're fine. people do bring it up, so i figured i might as well just lay it out, lest they conclude there's something to hide. there isn't! i just don't really want to drag old people who did not agree to this level of notoriety into it unnecessarily. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

america is a geographically huge country and regional variation in behavior and belief are real and significant. while conservatism, gun appreciation, intense patriotism etc are associated with low SES in some minds, that correlation just doesn't hold in the south. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

one p.s.: i think some twitter users become confused about the seeming discrepancy between my parents' financial situation and their cultural situation — that is, some twitter users conflate "characteristically southern behaviors and attitudes" with poverty. this is wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@StGeorgeStan1 @dmsolano99 not remotely, he never even worked for raytheon (that's just the only defense company twitter users know of.) — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@BeaumierMichael i'll bet — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@jackalltogether just ridiculous on so many levels — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i hope you've enjoyed this extra special glimpse into my life. please remember to try to be normal online. thank you — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

clever readers may have deduced that there have been some rifts over time on my side of the family. elaboration of all of that would probably do quite a lot to dissolve the theory that my dad is the NYT's puppet master, but it's also none of anyones business whatsoever. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

when i was 23, my husband -- whom i met on our school's debate team -- and i got in his car, drove 8 hours from dallas to new orleans, and got married in a courthouse. there was no wedding, no reception, no nothing. from that moment, i was totally financially independent. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

the real story is much more prosaic. i moved out at 18 and never moved back in. i won scholarships and research grants, and lived overseas upon graduation. i came home to a phd program, then got a job with the new republic, and then the washington post, and then the NYT. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i occasionally see people air the belief on this website that my dad, a defense industry impresario, got me this job so i can agitate for more wars. you'll be surprised to learn that my dad, a texan CPA, holds little sway over the personnel decisions of the NYT. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

compliance is not really the sector of the defense industry where people hit it big time — it's a kind of internal auditing service, not a major executive office. but my dad made good money, i was very fortunate in that respect. he worked a lot and did his best. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

in layman's terms, gov't compliance is the sector of the defense company that makes sure transactions with the fed gov check all the regulatory boxes in place. as far as i know, he got another job with a different (non-defense) firm years ago. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

people are very fascinated with this question! here's the answer: people whose children become notable have not chosen to become public people and i hesitate to participate in any of this. but: my dad is an accountant, a CPA. he did gov't compliance for a TX defense company. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@not_alive_irl get in line — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@MatthaCarter1 huge egg on everyone's face, including my dad's, when we collectively learn he's a millionaire and yet he's taken out a loan to buy a ride on lawn mower — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@antihero_kate @glenag you're writing fanfiction about strangers with your mind lol — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

my husband's dad is a retired forklift driver. otherwise this is an ingenious own — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@whiskeynachos i wonder if casey ever lies awake in the humid semidark and wishes she were still a tot mom — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

i've been keeping this to myself for too long and now i'm ready to speak out: during the casey anthony trial, nancy grace referred to anthony as 'tot mom' but all moms are tot moms — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @nickconfessore: The strategy, I guess, is to lure companies to red states by threatening to deprive them of favorable tax treatment and… — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @davechensky: https://t.co/XVvNFMYfSd — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

one of the most grave moral failures of the professional class is the belief that being intelligent is a moral strength as opposed to a useful capacity. in general there's a major confusion of assets with virtues around here — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@matthew74ga taxed income is never yours in the first place — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@pupperio other countries have less income inequality than we do and they don't seem to want for skilled workers — PolitiTweet.org