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Aki Peritz

@AkiPeritz

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Intel, natsec & bad guys, @AU_SIS & @UofMaryland ; #DISRUPTION on crushing the largest post 9/11 terror plot ; tweets self-destruct

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@AkiPeritz
Aki Peritz
2 years
This tweet has been up for 16 hours. Something something something brand reputation
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You know who is going to be the first person to personally check on Mitch McConnell to make sure he’s okay and get the help he needs, if he needs it? Joe Biden.
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@NoContextBrits crimson clothing, wigs, distinctive black hats, shooting at the locals
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His children went to Purdue, DePaul, and Yale as the kids of a Member of Congress / Governor / VP.
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Mike Pence cites the college experiences of his 3 children to make a case that there is no longer a need for affirmative action. I'm glad Pence's kids didn't experience racial discrimination.
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Who’s gonna tell him Wait till he finds out what wine is made of
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@RadioFreeTom I find it strange when grown men rush to grovel to defend the honor of a wealthier man who probably wouldn’t give them the time of day
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@KevinMKruse Should we judge someone who has a dozen Hitler statues in his yard? Yes. Yes we should.
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Amazing how Tucker Carlson has so quickly and so completely vanished from the public conversation. Rupert Murdoch just made him an Unperson. That’s real power
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Operation Maybe This Time
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OH MY GOD THEY'RE TRYING IT AGAIN
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Imagine going thru the last several years of political turmoil, and still thinking it’s 2015.
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Aaron Rupar
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"He's fired up about a lot of issues ... leaning into his deal-making status" -- Kristen Welker's commentary here is classic pundit "both sides" whitewashing of Trump's depravity
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I legit LOLed
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I Smoked J.D. Vance's Wig
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Barbie made more money this weekend than Twitter made all year
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@RexChapman wait just a second. Some guy was just taping this fellow who was in serious need the entire time, and never helped out?
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Aki Peritz
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Some bigshot at NBC looked at how Chris Licht set himself on fire at CNN and thought “I want to do the same”
@MarkJacob16
Mark Jacob
11 months
Kristen Welker will interview Trump for her "Meet the Press" launch on NBC. If the national news media won't fight fascism (and they clearly won't), I wish they'd avoid politics altogether instead of handing a megaphone to the fascists.
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Well done Sen Tuberville of Alabama: just a testament to the amazing skills of his office to pick a huge fight to undermine our national security right as this decision was coming to a head. Just amazing political strategy.
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Seung Min Kim
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden decides to keep Space Command in Colorado, overturning Trump decision to move it to Alabama, officials tell AP.
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I guess a girl “over 14” (which means she’s 15) is old enough to be a mother but not old enough to read a book about two male penguins raising a chick.
@shannonrwatts
Shannon Watts
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Rep. Lauren Boebert - who says Christian values make her opposed to sex education and abortion, yet she approves of unprotected sex between minors - refuses to say how old her 17-year-old son's impregnated partner is, but that she’s “over the age of 14.”
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Amazing how it’s unfailingly pro-Russia all the time. One would think every so often there’d be some anti—to-neutral Russia stuff mixed in here just to on Tucker’s show. But no. Is there really a market on tv for this pro-Putin stuff on a nightly basis?
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Aaron Rupar
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Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tucker Carlson's show characterizes Putin's war as "this war against Russia in Ukraine"
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Why the tv networks don't pay attention to a transparently ginned-up story about a social media platform (that most Americans don't actually use) is beyond me
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Aaron Rupar
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it's almost like they're ignoring it because it's not news!
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Aki Peritz
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So that super creepy Desantis video w all the neo-Nazi imagery is okay for Twitter, but a PG-rated ad is not?
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Don Moynihan
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Has there been a bigger bad faith tell than “I’m a free speech absolutist”?
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@RadioFreeTom This is embarrassing. She was the first superspreaders of QAnon; one can hammer her for an entire segment just on that
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Tuberville was probably on a flight home to Florida
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Aki Peritz
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If we want to honor our Civil War heroes, why not rename a major US Army base after General US Grant? He won the war and then became President, after all.
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Aki Peritz
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The worst people in Israeli politics are going to exploit this catastrophe
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Yair Wallach
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Smotrich in cabinet meeting says "it's time to be cruel" even if it means killing the Israeli hostages in Gaza
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Aki Peritz
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I was under the impression that, in the American legislative system, the US Senate now considers the bill, not the President
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GOP
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"Not only did we show you a plan, we're the ONLY ones to *pass* a plan — so I think it's up to [Biden] now." - @SpeakerMcCarthy Biden needs to stop obstructing and do his job!
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@Esqueer_ Attacking Bud is attacking a funder of GOP incumbents.
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Aki Peritz
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Forgive me, but I don’t see PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN anywhere on this graphic, which is the whole point of this GOP effort
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Aaron Rupar
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Aki Peritz
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It’s Monday. There are people alive today who won’t be by next Monday because they’ll be victims in yet another massacre somewhere in America — because some psychopath had easy access to firearms.
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Aki Peritz
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One of the white nationalists in the Senate is undermining US military readiness and our national security every single day.
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Manu Raju
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“No middle ground,” Tommy Tuberville told me, saying he would continue holding up DOD nominees (more than 250 and counting) until the Pentagon scraps its abortion policy and the Senate holds a vote on it. (Such a vote would fail to get 60 votes.)
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Aki Peritz
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Are “Xeets” pronounced like “Ex-eet” like “I am going to xeet this social media platform” (in a French accent) Or Pronounced like the Chinese pinyin “Shh” like “Xi Jinping” or “this social media platform has gone to ‘xeet’”
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Aki Peritz
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I bet Twitter’s senior engineers are really getting it from the C-suite right now for very very publicly humiliating the CEO hahahaha who am I kidding there are no senior engineers at that firm anymore b/c they all got fired
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Aki Peritz
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Nikki Haley? The one who doesn’t have the guts to condemn comments from the former guy that called for the fmr CJCS to be put to death?
@WillHurd
Will Hurd
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When I first entered the Republican presidential primary field in June, I knew I was a dark horse candidate with a path to victory that would contain many obstacles. But as I traveled across the country, I met so many Americans who believed in my campaign’s message of unity and
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Aki Peritz
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Finally, someone is stepping in and forcing me to stop wasting my precious time on this big beautiful earth. Thank you ⁦ @elonmusk
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Aki Peritz
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Does Justice Thomas actually pay for anything himself? His whole career seems to be other people footing the bill for his major expenses. And anyways: Who pays for his boss’s wedding reception?
@nycsouthpaw
southpaw
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This part of the big NYT story on Justice Thomas today bears more explanation. Williams was not just a close friend, he was Thomas’s confidential assistant at the EEOC during this period. His media career starts with the Thomas confirmation fight.
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Clarence Thomas’ writings seem so bitter for someone who has so many friends
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Aki Peritz
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The minnows go to prison while the big fish in his country club and his army of lawyers remains free
@DOJNatSec
National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice
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Former Soldier Indicted for Attempting to Pass National Defense Information to People’s Republic of China Defendant Arrested Upon Arrival in San Francisco on Flight from Hong Kong
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Wow. $400million cut from fighting global pandemics. This is equivalent of ~6 hours of the DOD’s daily budget. Real trimming of the fat there, Mister Speaker
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Aaron Rupar
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Kevin McCarthy touts defunding the CDC. What could possibly go wrong?
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Aki Peritz
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Well done, Biden rapid response team! On Twitter, no less
@JoeBiden
Joe Biden
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This link works:
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Aki Peritz
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@atrupar Wait till Fox News finds this woke website. There’s not one but two ladies wearing hijabs too!
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Aki Peritz
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He went from being an alt-right superstar to being MTG’s unpaid Hill intern to getting fired from doing advance work because of things Kanye said on his own.
@willsommer
Will Sommer
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Milo Yiannopoulos has been fired from the Ye / Kanye entourage after a series of disastrous media appearances that saw the candidate praising Hitler. Milo says in an email that there was a “mutual conclusion that I should step away.”
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Aki Peritz
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This is some seriously authoritarian efforts against a newspaper that *did not publish* the story. The police chief, the judge, and the restauranteur should face real consequences
@BGrueskin
Bill Grueskin
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Good lord. Look at what these cops in Kansas allegedly did to the 98-year-old mother of the newspaper's publisher. This account is from the newspaper's own website,
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Aki Peritz
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Endless humiliation. Endless
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Acyn
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Graham: I’m for Donald Trump because I know what I’m going to get
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Aki Peritz
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Wow a lot of people have done, or currently doing, prison time for a fraction of what Trump is accused of doing.
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Daniel Dale
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This month, a Trump-appointed judge sentenced a decorated Air Force lieutenant colonel to 3 years in prison for willfully retaining classified docs at his home and officer quarters. Not accused of spying, cooperated with investigators, expressed remorse.
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Aki Peritz
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???? We have an expensive security clearance process for a reason. They sent investigators to my house, my neighbors, my place of work, went thru my financials, and a lot more. They can do a basic social media search.
@TheLeadCNN
The Lead CNN
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Former DHS official: It would be “very hard” to vet every government official for extremist views. We don’t have the resources to do that kind of social media or dark web search. @johnmillercnn and @juliettekayyem join The Lead.
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Aki Peritz
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Moms for Liberty (also a FL group!) has already staked a claim on the “listen to Hitler wow what a far sighted thinker” ground
@TheRickWilson
Rick Wilson
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The “Slavery had it’s upsides” moment in Floridastan is one beat away from “Hitler had his good points.”
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Aki Peritz
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Checkmate, libs.
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Acyn
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Habba says it’s impossible that the reporter leaked the tape because Trump said “off the record”
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Aki Peritz
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@juliettekayyem I’ll take schlubby and decent over well-coiffed and corrupt in my politician any day of the week
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Aki Peritz
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Seems important that trump wanted specific data destroyed right after the DOJ asked for it with a subpoena
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southpaw
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This is the heart of the matter; this conversation came after DOJ reached out with a draft subpoena for the surveillance footage.
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Oh the replies to this thread.
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Do you think Kellie wanted a one-legged husband? Because it sounds like she's going to get a one-legged husband.
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Aki Peritz
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"Now, did I say 'sent to prison?' "
@MrSantosNY
George Santos
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The Democrats soft-on-crime policies emptied our jails, eliminated cash bail, and essentially given criminals a get-out-of-jail-free card. As your Congressman, I will ensure that criminals are sent to prison to do their time.
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@atrupar The sign literally says “toddler thermal sets”, not “thermal sets for only boys”. And anyways, don’t the violent RW bugaloo bois dress in loud faux-Hawaiian shirts?
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Aki Peritz
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Politics used to be more civil affairs, I was told
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Aki Peritz
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@JasonKirell I mean, we had picnickers from Washington DC attend the First Battle of Bull Run to watch thousands of other Americans try to kill each other, so…
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Aki Peritz
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The election of Ronald Reagan is closer to the beginning of WWII than it is to today
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Aki Peritz
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She probably watched “Saving Private Ryan” and rooted for the other side
@mattsheffield
Matthew Sheffield
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This is what Christofascism looks like: Audience cheers after "Moms for Liberty" co-founder Tiffany Justice noted that a member had quoted Hitler in a newsletter. "I stand with that mom," she bragged to applause. From this must-read @OliviaLittle report:
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Aki Peritz
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It becomes more apparent something is off when watching this person with the sound muted.
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Acyn
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Jr: I don’t snort cocaine, it’s not my thing
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Aki Peritz
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Are deeply unpleasant weirdos just going through every book and poem in public schools and objecting to them?
@CourierNewsroom
COURIER
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The poem Amanda Gorman delivered at President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been banned from elementary schools in Miami-Dade County.
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Aki Peritz
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To put in perspective, the CBS show that I was on that got cancelled after 1 season (HUNTED) averaged 5.2-6M viewers in the same time slot.
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
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Just in: CNN's town hall with Donald Trump averaged 3.1 million total viewers. The event outrated Fox and MSNBC, as expected, but these are not 2015/16 level numbers for Trump — not even close.
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Aki Peritz
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@MollyJongFast Hope someone has the guest list of this event; might come in handy for identifying as future criminal conspiracy
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Aki Peritz
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The USINDOPACOM commander, the USMC Commandant and hundreds of other promotions—men & women who uphold our military defense against China—is being held up by Senate GOP.
@SenateGOP
Senate Republicans
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Communist China is spying on the U.S. from our skies, our phones, and our farmland. Joe Biden has failed as Commander in Chief. Senate Republicans are committed to restoring strength and national security.
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Aki Peritz
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Hey whatever happened to the several million $ that Jill Stein raised after the 2016 election for “election recall” issues? Anyone remember that?
@gregorykorte
Gregory Korte
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SCOOP: Jill Stein, the former Green Party candidate for president, is now helping to run Cornel West's third-party bid with the goal of getting him on the ballot as the Green party candidate in 2024.
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Aki Peritz
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@JasonSCampbell I bet her whole family was vaccinated ages ago.
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Aki Peritz
1 year
Electing desantis and republican quislings have consequences, I guess
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Aki Peritz
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Posted without comment
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Aki Peritz
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So if Biden committed a crime Desantis would be, like, “boys will be boys”
@RpsAgainstTrump
Republicans against Trump
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Ron DeSantis suggests he’d pardon Trump if he gets elected president: “I don't think it would be good for the country to have an almost 80-year-old former president go to prison.”
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Aki Peritz
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Hamas and Iran simply do not care about the lives of Gazans. In fact, they’re probably expecting massive retaliation, while they live comfortably in Dubai and Tehran.
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Aki Peritz
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A terrifying, needless, man-made famine will teach some people valuable skills in the marketplace, according to Florida legislators and Fox News
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Aki Peritz
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It's also a story of armed older people with poor impulse control, fed a daily diet of cable news & online paranoia and who feel lethal force is the only option against the "other"
@APStamm
Alan Stamm
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One nation, under guns . . . [1/2]
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Aki Peritz
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Congress you should probably get on this immediately
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Aki Peritz
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The party of family values!
@NoLieWithBTC
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
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New court documents have just been obtained alleging that North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore (R) has been trading sex for political favors.
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Aki Peritz
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@oneunderscore__ Didn’t she see Back to the Future II? If she can time travel, why doesn’t she go hard into sports gambling, where she can make some big bucks fast with her knowledge?
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Aki Peritz
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I don’t recall the good Senator being this upset about the Stormy Daniels saga
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
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Ron Johnson unspools an impossible to follow Hunter Biden conspiracy theory on Meet the Press, prompting Chuck Todd to ask him, "Do you have a crime that you think Hunter Biden committed?" (Johnson suggests something involved prostitution)
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If only he had really paid attention to his online “unauthorized disclosure” briefing! Now everyone should stop what they’re doing and retake it, because this time, it’s personal.
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Aki Peritz
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The burger/fries combo at the most expensive restaurant in Newark Airport is $27. So most of that $78 must be multiple glasses of whatever he’s drinking
@nytdavidbrooks
David Brooks
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This meal just cost me $78 at Newark Airport. This is why Americans think the economy is terrible.
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Aki Peritz
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Kind of shows how messed up higher Ed is that this huge scholarship won’t even pay for his freshman year tuition
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@NBCNightlyNews
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
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A high school senior was moved to tears when he received a $50,000 scholarship. He plans to study engineering at Stanford University. @jdbalart has the details on the emotional moment the teen shared with his family and more heartwarming stories.
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Aki Peritz
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There’s a fact that I didn’t know here: the Wagner guys had a SAM capability, denying US warplanes. Then the US made a call and it was mysteriously turned off (by RU? Wagner? Why would they do that?) and then US warplanes shredded all the RU & SY tanks/artillery
@TaskandPurpose
Task & Purpose
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Details of the 2018 firefight between US Special Forces and Syrian forces backed by Russia's Wagner Group are emerging
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Aki Peritz
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Trump spox Sean Spicer: “[Cornel] West only needs 30,000 votes” to tip Wisconsin to Republicans, he said at the Republican debate in Milwaukee last week
@RonBrownstein
Ronald Brownstein
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Now there’s a shock: “A 6-figure Donald Trump donor is now a No Labels adviser - POLITICO”
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Aki Peritz
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Seems pretty on-brand
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Aki Peritz
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When we think of the greatest movies, they aren’t about women going to college and having careers. No, they’re about a running a bar in N Africa w an illegal gambling operation and lots of fun singalongs. God put this yearning in our hearts, because He created us for this.
@godlywomanhood
The Transformed Wife 🦋
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When we think of the greatest movies, they aren’t about women going to college and having careers. No, they’re about a woman and man falling in love with each other (Pride and Prejudice, Sound of Music…) and marrying then maybe even having babies. This is what our hearts yearn
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Aki Peritz
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@JakeSherman
Jake Sherman
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NEW — House Republican leadership sources tell me they do not believe they can pass the rule to consider the Defense appropriations bill. Big defeat as the legislation was supposed to come up this week.
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Aki Peritz
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Mkay, let’s see those docs, folks.
@RNCResearch
RNC Research
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Chairman @JamesComer details how the Biden family cashed in on their influence: "Bank records show the Biden family, their associates, and their companies received over $10 million from foreign nationals and their companies."
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Aki Peritz
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It’s always 30% of Americans with a contrary perspective, no matter what
@FaceTheNation
Face The Nation
1 year
ICYMI: A new @CBSNewsPoll found half the country believes former President Trump tried to remain in office after the 2020 election through “illegal and unconstitutional means.” But 29% say he tried to stay in office through legal means. @SalvantoCBS has more.
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@AkiPeritz
Aki Peritz
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@ahardtospell It's nice to live in a city where many people actually care about the world and our society, and devote their professional lives to making it better through research, policy & advocacy
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Aki Peritz
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“In the weeks after the election, he acknowledged that his supporters, a campaign worker, and the spouse of his campaign treasurer, were among those who actively shared the disinformation.” He knew.
@shannonrwatts
Shannon Watts
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An elaborate, anonymous campaign to discredit a California @momsdemand volunteer running for school board resulted in the election of a right-wing extremist who admitted AFTER the election that his campaign staff was involved in spreading disinformation.
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