Sean Aday is Assoc Prof of political comm and intl affairs at GW. Tweets are his views, not GWU's

Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
So the economy is ... the Titanic?
JD Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
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.@KenPaxtonTX: Will you debate James Talarico?
JD Vance: If you ask Ken Paxton a simple question you will get a direct answer.
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A "politically motivated attack" on ... Trumpkin Ken Paxton (R-Corruptoville)... by the ... Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal?? Sure, that tracks.
Paxton’s campaign is responding to WSJ reporting on Paxton attending a New Year’s Eve party in 2024 in Dubai with two men who had  been indicted on federal healthcare fraud charges. “This is yet another politically motivated attack that will go nowhere. Like President Trump, Ken Paxton has been politically persecuted for years, and every time, voters have seen through it and sent him back to office, because they know he has always fought for Texas. Republicans across Texas are uniting behind the Attorney General, while James Talarico was gone nearly two weeks without being seen on the campaign trail. Everyone knows Talarico will raise your taxes for his socialist agenda, and no amount of recycled headlines given to the fake news by a flailing campaign will change that.” – Nick Maddux, Paxton Senior Advisor
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sean aday retweeted
I don’t think you have a dog in this fight but if you did you would have shot it.
I’ll take @ellalangleymsic over Kacey Musgraves any day. And if I’m choosin’ Texas, I’ll take Ken Paxton over James Talarico.
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Another profile in courage from Collins
At Maine Senate debate, Susan Collins was asked if she would stand with Trump if he visited Maine "I don’t think President Trump is going to come to Maine... I’ve heard nothing from his office." Moderator: Yes or no? "I would say that he is not coming to Maine."
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If I get this it's the albums that most influenced my musical tastes over the years. 1 per artist/band. Tough to leave off Dylan, Bruce, REM, Pumpkins, Sleater-Kinney, U2, James Brown, Talking Heads, Prince, Radiohead but these are My 9 albums #my9albums my9albums.com/s/mTkpHQ6fyh
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The NYT Top Ten 21st Century TV shows is pretty good. FWIW, my "top" shows & "fave" shows (the list with GoT): #1 "top:" The Wire; #1 "fave:" Andor. (My criteria: Had to premier this century, no reality shows or docs or limited series or shows that haven't wrapped yet.)
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sean aday retweeted
Pathetic snowflake behavior, as a staffer who is supposed to be partisan, to send your ex-boss's texts to The New York Times weeks before a general election.
SCOOP: Inside the tumult of Mary Peltola's Senate campaign in Alaska and her time on Capitol Hill. Peltola is known publicly as kind and affable. But aides recall angry outbursts, slurs and a shove. (She also required staff to feed a pet chameleon.) nytimes.com/2026/09/23/us/po…
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The Texan former president not raising money for the Republican Texas senate candidate says a lot about how much of a corrupt POS that candidate is
NYT: Former President George W. Bush is helping raise money for the following US Senate candidates 🟥Susan Collins (ME) 🟥Jon Husted (OH) 🟥Dan Sullivan (AK) 🟥John Sununu (NH) 🟥Ashley Hinson (IA) 🟥Mike Rogers (MI)
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Excited to have you join us at @SMPAGWU !
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Wtaf
Chris Brown’s two-decade R&B legacy receives a historic honor as Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett presents him with an official entry in the U.S. Congressional Record. The recognition honors his career, musical impact and contributions to the genre.
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Har Har....
After the FCC censored James Talarico’s interview with Jimmy Kimmel, it now has double the viewership of Trump’s primetime address at the RNC. Try to censor @JamesTalarico at your own risk.
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If you want “sf” live in the East Bay
Replying to @adamconner
For clarity, I like SF a great deal, great city, but it is the delta between the expectation of SF and the reality of SF that is where the disappointment can be.
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RIP Gloria Steinem. Years ago, I was at a red light on the Mall in D.C. I look over and there's Steinem walking across the street, randomly passing a parked car with the license plate "CHX RUL." It wasn't her's, but it remains maybe the greatest serendipitous moment of my life.
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A category where >99% of the people were born with a vagina. And the other <1% are being used as bait to distract from the most financially corrupt regime in U.S. history
Pablo, what is a woman?
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C'mon man. There can ALSO be no space for anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry, and Fine is a gutter racist and Islamaphobe. Nothing good or worth celebrating happened in this election result, just a reminder of the raw sewage pit that is today's MAGAfied GOP.
I genuinely hope this is also Bilzerian’s actual vote total. There can be no space for antisemitism.
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Movies where the final scene is widely regarded as the best scene in the entire film???
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Washington Baseball FTW!
Only 2 pitchers in MLB history have 3500+ strikeouts and a WHIP below 1.10: Walter Johnson Max Scherzer 💪 One of the best pitchers we will ever see.
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