Elizabeth Warren: Senator From Massachusetts—or the Roman Empire?

A revealing tweet suggests she doesn’t understand the limited power of her position.

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Dear Reader (not including the guy in the Corolla who won’t get out of the left lane),

This should be the last G-File written from a car—well, from a moving car—for a while. We’re heading east on Interstate 70 toward Denver and I had a fantastic breakfast burrito from the Love Muffin Café in Moab. (Try the Bombero.)

Let’s start with something easy.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted something really stupid.

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  1. Curtis Jensen

    Favorite g file since toobin

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    Pat Riot

    And now Rick DeSantis, governor of Florida, is copy-catting Warren's rhetoric by vowing to disallow businesses from filtering their own customers based on the vaccine status of their customers.

    Warren should just switch to the Republican party. She'd be far more at home there.

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    Cody Pogalz

    Equally concerning, I think, is Warren's Accountable Capitalism Act, wherein she would dictate the system of appointment to corporate boards. Between her tweets and legislative proposals, she'd steer us right in to determining who owns and controls the means of production. I think such systems have a name.

    When Warren says "democratic socialism" means "be more like Scandanavia," don't believe her.

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    Jason Gibson

    Jonah: "michael do you have any idea how naive you sound? Senator's and presidents don't have men killed."

    Me: "oh?........who's being naive kay?"

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    Just James

    She's a politician. You don't think there was serious hyperbole in that tweet? Do you honestly think she believes she has that kind of power?

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    Earl King

    I would have a minor quibble. Corporations have entered in to the world of politics...meaning you have the right politics and I suspect some are either not getting hired because they may have a MAGA hat of belong to the NRA and are posing with their AR-15. Perhaps you believe the poor cake backer has the right not to make a cake that represents everything he opposes. Critical Race Theory is being taught, my own company suggest I read White Fragility prior to joining a conversation of race.....Living in fear of your job because of you politics is a road that should have been barred.

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    The Stray Goose

    Warren is proof (again) that we need term limits.

    However, a better option might be parties tell their politicians, "You get twelve years as a member of the house you're in, after that, we primary you." No need for a law - just parties keeping their members on their toes.

    I think it's a great idea and I know it'll never happen. That's too bad.

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  8. Joe O

    For future weird stuff: http://youtu.be/g0_R0s58ypM

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    Tim P.

    The bee that counted coup against Zoe is now a legend throughout the insect world.

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    DavidK

    Jonah's column inspired me to write to Senator Warren, as below. Maybe others would be interested in sending something similar:

    Dear Senator Warren,
    Not being on Twitter (one must have some standards and sanity, you know), I only just now found your comment chastising Amazon, with your intent to, "...fight to break up Big Tech so you’re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets." Even amidst the recent decline of our republic, these are amongst the more appalling and scandalous words I've heard from anyone in government. Insofar as I know, we still have a first amendment. It is our endowed natural right to heckle anyone in government, snottily or otherwise. Members of Congress aren't royalty. We do not have an "off with their heads" provision to the U.S. Code. Comments like yours are precisely why we fear government.

    With great disappointment,
    DavidK

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      JeffQ

      Sadly your letter will never get past the office clerk who opens the mail.

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        DavidK

        Well, technically, it was an e-letter on her Senate website, but likely it won't get passed the high school intern who reads and summarizes them. Still, therapeutic insofar as it goes..

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