New York Post

Lenny’s Swift response

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TROUBLED Mets great Lenny Dykstra brushed off the “ridiculous­ness” of the charges stemming from his most recent arrest during a rambling Twitter session in which he cited Taylor Swift lyrics — and compared himself to Joseph from the Old Testament. Hours after he was released on a summons after allegedly threatenin­g an Uber driver in New Jersey, Dykstra was tweeting lyrics to Swift hit “Shake It Off,” reports The Post’s Natalie Musumeci. “But I keep cruising, can’t stop, won’t stop moving. It’s like I got this music in my mind, sayin’ gonna be alright,” he tweeted. Dykstra, 55, was charged with third-degree making of terroristi­c threats and drug offenses. The Uber driver told police Dykstra put a weapon to his head and threatened to kill him after the driver refused to change his destinatio­n, according to cops. Police did not recover any weapon, but the ex-MLBer was found in possession of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy when he was arrested at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, authoritie­s said. “Released pretty immediatel­y. The fact that I had no gun after being accused of pulling a gun on the driver certainly didn’t hurt,” Dykstra tweeted to a fan who asked if he was in jail. In a tweet to sports radio personalit­y Angelo Cataldi, Dykstra said, “Will do my best to avoid the pokey,” so he could attend the station’s “Wing Bowl.” “The ridiculous­ness of these charges make it easier for me.” In another tweet to a fan — and a group of rabbis — Dykstra wrote: “Just remember that Joseph was only able to make his impact in Ancient Egypt and, more long-term, on the Israelites after a BS trip to jail.”

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Babies on board! Kim Kardashian pushes her kids — North, 4 (left), and Saint, 2 — on a family outing to Disneyland in California.

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