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Pete Hegseth, who *does not believe in germs*, was a finalist to a lead a VA medical system that cares for nine million people.
Fox News’
@PeteHegseth
admits, unprompted, that he hasn’t washed his hands in 10 years.
“Germs are not a real thing,” Pete says. “I can’t see them, therefore they’re not real.”
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Jo Jorgensen released her SCOTUS shortlist, which includes, I kid you not, Alan Dershowitz.
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Journalistic malpractice that it was allowed in the first place
CNN says it reinstated a ban on Chris Cuomo covering his brother, Gov. Cuomo
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There is not a shred of polling I've seen supporting this, and I see *a lot* of polling
Lots of polling shows that Democrats are less likely to vote if they believe Trump is just going to steal the election. Trump's people have no doubt seen that polling too, which might be motivating Trump to be so honest about stealing the election. Win-win, so to speak.
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Perennial NJ candidate Hirsh Singh was last seen—and I am not making this up—losing a condo board election. He has never won a race.
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No one under 50 remembers Carter’s presidency. They know him as the nice old man that builds houses.
Multiple Jimmy Carter references in this
@GOPLeader
speech. Republicans keep trying to publicly link Biden & Carter
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The Biden campaign has hired a tribal engagement director (Clara Pratte, formerly chief of staff for Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye). Democrats up and down ballot have been taking Navajo turnout in AZ very seriously.
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We, as a society, do not deserve Billy
This is Billy. He can no longer see or hear, which only heightens his other good boy senses like smell and unconditional love. 13/10
#seniorpupsaturday
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For the record, Puerto Rico would by no means be a guaranteed Democratic state. But a lot of Republicans seem to assume they cannot compete there.
Recall that this would also add 4 new electors for the Senators and one each for every congressman DC and Puerto Rico has. That totals 9 new members of the electoral college, equivalent of New Mexico and New Hampshire combined
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Something to keep in mind: a majority opposes expanding the court, which is a hypothetical, and a majority also opposes holding confirmation hearings before the election, which is a thing that is actually happening right now.
Wow -- NYT poll shows steep opposition to court packing
58% oppose
31% support
These breakdowns are wild.
📊Independent voters oppose 65/25
📊Men oppose 71/23
📊Women oppose 47/38
📊Voters with grad degrees oppose 48/40
Someone check on Brian Fallon.
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@jaketapper
my mom's stepmother's brother, Army Cpl. Theodore "Bud" Lewis. KIA 12/7/1941, Pearl Harbor.
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Conor Lamb did not vote for Pelosi as Speaker, something I remember because I watched it happen with my own eyes
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Somewhat unbelievably, a White House trick or treater is wearing the jersey of obscure early 2000s Eagles offensive lineman Doug Brzezinski
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In
#PA08
, internal from Republican Jim Bognet shows him trailing Democrat Matt Cartwright, 49%-43%, and perhaps more importantly, Biden leading in the district, 48%-46%.
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*chomps on assignment editor cigar*
FIND THE GUY BOOKER JUKED AND GET ME 800 WORDS BY 4
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This is false. Michael Bloomberg has not had a heart attack (and there's no evidence he's had one that is being hidden). He did have two stents put in 20 years ago, which is a relatively minor procedure that is usually an overnight hospital stay.
Bernie Sanders National Press Secretary
@briebriejoy
tells
@johnberman
requests for Bernie's heath records are a "smear campaign" and says Bloomberg "has suffered heart attacks in the past."
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A story about a Trump-endorsing political candidate who has not seen Biden's medical records pontificating about Biden's health in Trump Jr.'s book.
Washington Secrets!
Biden ‘is just lost,’ says Obama’s White House doctor.
@RonnyJackson4TX
tells
@DonaldJTrumpJr
's new book Liberal Privilege, 'He can’t form sentences. Sometimes he can’t complete a thought. I mean, he gets stuck.' Concern about being CINC.
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The same Founding Fathers that didn't fix the number of seats on the Supreme Court?
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Biden is currently net +23,000 in the 3 counties that make up the bulk of Navajo Nation. Clinton was +16,000 in 2016. That gain could very well make up a significant percentage of his winning margin.
We need to recognize our Indigenous brothers and sisters in Indian Country. Their turnout broke records and we could not have won Arizona with out them!!
#azblue
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Makes it even more bizarre that the NJ Senate kicked the can to the voters to avoid passing it themselves. It's winning 67%-33% right now.
The next presidential candidate would be a moron if he or she didn’t run on legalizing weed. I see absolutely no downside. It’s a huge winner in the polls too.
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If you told me even five years ago that Republicans could get shut out of a top-two runoff in San Diego...
The March 3 election for San Diego mayor STILL isn't resolved. With 5,000 votes left to count, Barbara Bry (D) leads Scott Sherman (R) by 1,001 votes for the 2nd spot in the Nov. runoff. With Todd Gloria (D) in 1st, Rs in danger of getting shut out.
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MontCo is one of the most Democratic large counties in PA, so this should give us a clearer picture tomorrow night
JUST IN:
Montgomery County --one of PA's largest -- says it will begin counting mail-in ballots at 7 a.m. on Tuesday morning and continue counting 24/7 until all votes are tallied.
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In AZ, Dems made a concerted effort to turn out Navajo voters and it seems to have paid some dividends. Biden outpacing Clinton by 8% in Coconino County, 4% in Navajo County, and 3% in Apache County.
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Becky Alery has left the MN GOP, where she was executive director, 5 weeks before the election
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That "eye-popping" top marginal income tax rate is what we had under Clinton, Bush and Obama
President Biden in the next few days will unveil eye-popping new tax rates for the wealthiest Americans —a top marginal income tax rate of 39.6% and a capital gains rate of 43.4%.
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And yet Democrats held a Senate seat in Scranton by 13...with a Green Party candidate taking 9% of the vote
Last night, Pennsylvanians voted to reject Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf's overreach of executive powers after his failed COVID response - a clear sign of accountability coming in 2022.
Congratulations to Republicans for keeping our seats RED!
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Yet again I look at my cats (who are wonderful) and think about how ultimately useless they are
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Hotline alum Danica Roem runs away with reelection in Virginia's 13th District. She flipped a seat from Bob Marshall in 2017, winning by 8, and has won by 14 tonight.
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I've read enough John Grisham to know that lawyers treat jury selection very seriously. How the hell did this happen?
Johnny Depp Verdict Thrown Into Chaos As Wrong Juror Seated In Virginia Trial, Amber Heard Says
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If true, a massive, massive backslide for Trump. He won WV by 42 in 2016.
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Michael Bennet's grandparents were Holocaust survivors
.
@IlhanMN
's latest anti-Semitic comments have been met with silence from
@SenateDems
.
When will enough be enough for
@MichaelBennet
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Text of Steve King censure resolution released by Bobby Rush's office. Details 14 incidents stretching from 2006-2019 as grounds for censure.
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So roughly 18 and a half minutes missing
@dick_nixon
Memorandum of Phone Conversation: call was 9:03 - 9:33
Estimated time it would take to say all of the words released in the memo: 11 minutes.
Checked by the great
@mike_melia
in our broadcast software (time of spoken words matters a lot on TV) from
@NewsHour
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That...does not feel legal?
Extremely bizarre: Next week's
#NE01
special election is apparently being conducted under the boundaries of the NEW district, despite being to finish the term of the congressman who was elected in 2020.
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For Pearl Harbor Day here's Army Cpl. Theodore "Bud" Lewis, my grandmother's brother. He was the first 24th Infantry Division soldier killed in WWII.
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PA state Sen. Daylin Leach (D), who reps a safe seat in MontCo, is trailing Amanda Cappelletti by 18 points. Dems have been trying to push Leach out for years over sexual harassment allegation.
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The staying power argument is ridiculous. Gabbard or Bennet or Patrick didn’t have more staying power, they just kept running tiny-footprint campaigns on tiny budgets for a long time that no one caree about.
Everyone from Julian Castro to Cory Booker to Deval Patrick to Tulsi Gabbard to Elizabeth Warren to Pete Buttigieg, to Amy Klobuchar to Andrew Yang to Tom Steyer to Michael Bennet had more appeal and staying power than Harris. But now we are told she is unbeatable?
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So the implication is that a noted mass murderer was conservative, and that this is a good thing
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First Republican for Biden I’m surprised by
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That...is the Hawaii State Capitol
Guys, the NRA apparently thinks
#nvleg
meets in a place with palm trees. (I have no idea what that building is or if it is even in NV. It's definitely not in Carson City. Could someone do a background check on it?)
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Definitely not allowed to fundraise inside the Capitol
Sen. Graham: “I think people in South Carolina are excited about Judge Barrett. I don’t know how much it affected fundraising today, but if you want to help me close the gap…I think the contest in South Carolina has taken on sort of a national profile.”
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Shiva will be held at my house immediately following the press conference
Travis and Donna and Ed Kelce take their seats for Jason’s announcement;
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In terms of spending, Dems just got a second DCCC
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It is a choice to write and publish this story
Senate Democrat's great-great-grandfather allegedly sheltered John Wilkes Booth
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This is getting a lot of RTs and lacks something very important: a citation
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Clinton won it 48-47, Biden has it 52-46. Looks like one of Trump's biggest backslides.
Why did it flip so hard? I have a theory. Monroe County is heavily dependent on tourism, both summer and winter, as well as seasonal summer camps.
Joe Biden has about a 6-point edge over Donald Trump in Monroe County prior to the provisional ballot count.
#lvelection
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Watching a 25 year old on House Hunters buying in DC with an $800,000 budget...cool
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STACEY DASH IS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
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Returns are coming in for Minnesota, and it’s not good for Sanders: in Hennepin County, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading by 2 points. Part of Sanders’ path in the state was running up a massive margin in Minneapolis, but it seems to have been wiped out by the suburbs.
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The Atlanta Mayor's annual State of the City address...has a sponsor
The State of the City is being postponed, upon the request of its title sponsor, the Coca-Cola Company. Mayor
@KeishaBottoms
looks forward to updating the public in the near future of the Administration’s progress & unveiling new policies to ensure a thriving & equitable Atlanta.
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HMP poll of
#MO02
shows Jill Schupp leading Ann Wagner, 45%-42%. Biden leading in district, 48%-46%. Conducted by PPP
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THE SIMPSONS WON
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
Also, 'embiggen' is now a word we enter.
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As someone who has won one (1) condo board race, by a 3-0 margin in an uncontested race (counting my own vote), I am a more successful candidate than Hirsh Singh.
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@MackenzieMays
First story I ever wrote was when I was 11 for the overnight camp newsletter. In a recap of the counselor talent show I QUOTED MYSELF. I QUOTED MYSELF IN THE THIRD PERSON TO FILL SPACE.
I have since found better/ethical ways to pad stories.
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A) $125,000 in a month isn’t a lot
B) It’s Janice Winfrey, the former Detroit City Clerk and former House candidate, not some random fed-up citizen
NEW from me:
A gun toting Detroit grandma has raised more than $125,000 in a bid to unseat Rep. Rashida Tlaib in the Democratic primary
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The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Long Beach
With Anaheim stadium deal dead, Long Beach ready to talk anew to Angels about coastal baseball park
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Connor Roy was interested in politics from a young age
Alan Ruck handled his driving of press van 1 in the Biden motorcade very capably
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Devin Nunes left Congress, and a chance to chair Ways and Means, for this
So what are the chances that Donald Trump ever sends another "truth" on TruthSocial if he is reinstated on Twitter?
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I love how someone can be a national rising star and be 12 years removed from blowing a very winnable Senate race
BIG: Alexi
@Giannoulias
, one of the rising stars in the Democratic Party nationally, has won the Democratic primary in Illinois for Secretary of State.
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I've recused myself from stories for far, far less significant conflicts, as have (I'm sure) most reporters
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DMX made it to 50. Anything is possible
Tomorrow's birthdays: Billie Eilish (19), Brad Pitt (57), DMX (50), Stone Cold Steve Austin (56), Sia (45)
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Rev. Wendy Hamilton, who was director of spiritual and cultural outreach on Andrew Yang's campaign, is challenging Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
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A fun fact about Maricopa County is that it does not border Mexico
‘Sheriff Joe Protected Our Borders’: Donald Trump Defends Controversial Pardon
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Imagine trying to prognosticate the 2036 House races in 2021
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Can’t stop McLaughlin from polling Ilhan Omar’s presidential chances, despite the fact that she is not eligible to run for president
2024 National Democratic Primary Poll:
Harris 31%
M. Obama 19%
Abrams 5%
Ocasio-Cortez 5%
Buttigieg 4%
Yang 3%
Klobuchar 3%
O'Rourke 3%
Booker 3%
Hickenlooper 2%
Gillibrand 2%
Cuomo 2%
Patrick 1%
Newsom 1%
Kaine 1%
Omar 1%
McLaughlin & Associates ~ 463 LV ~ 6/16-6/20
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Story of the night continues in Massachusetts. Sanders simply isn’t hitting his marks in rural areas, in this case the Berkshires. Biden is up by nine points with half of Berkshire County, which is overwhelmingly Democratic, reporting.
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Someone should ask Trump if he agrees with the RNC platform plank expressing support for Puerto Rican statehood
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Sanders rolls out the endorsement of his speechwriter David Sirota's wife, state Rep. Emily Sirota
Bernie Sanders announced several Colorado endorsements this morning. Among them:
— State Rep.
@EmilyForCO
— Former state Rep.
@COChicanoJoe
— Former state Sen. Mike Merrfield
— Former Denver City Councilman
@CD1Rafael
#copolitics
#coleg
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He keeps saying this! It is not news!
NEW: Salena Zito talks to
@Sen_JoeManchin
, who digs in, declaring ‘Under no circumstances' would he break a tie to nuke filibuster & pack the court
@dcexaminer
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The Loomer story quotes:
-Loomer
-Roger Stone
-Loomer's campaign manager
Unmentioned:
-Clinton won this district, which is 43% nonwhite, by 20 points, and Lois Frankel outran her by 8.
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House result is whatever, but Biden up 11 in
#FL13
means a hell of a lot for the presidential race
#FL13
:
Crist (D-inc) 55% (+16)
Paulina Luna (R) 39%
.
Biden 54% (+11)
Trump 43%
@StPetePolls
/
@Fla_Pol
, LV, 10/28
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As I reported in January, the DCCC has hired an organizer to focus on
#AZ01
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Honestly confused why there isn't a head to head with McGrath
McConnell only leads a generic Democratic opponent 47-44, even as Donald Trump has a 55-39 lead in the state over Joe Biden:
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Some personal news: I'm thrilled to announce that I'm joining Bloomberg
@tax
as an editor, starting next week. Excited to join the company and dive into something new!
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*PANERA DISCONTINUES ‘CHARGED’ DRINKS THAT HAVE SPARKED LAWSUITS
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This is a reporter for The Blaze. This is cause to expel The Blaze from the press corps, right?
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It’s amazing that Kim Klacik, who will lose
#MD07
by 80, gets a spot, while candidates like Michelle Fischbach, Claudia Tenney, and Nancy Mace—all running in districts Trump won by double digits—are shut out.
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This spending was after he was indicted!
Campaign for indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter reports spending hundreds at amusement park, disputes drone charges, in new filing
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Remember appropriations
TRUMP wants the $5 billion from the Tiktok Global deal to pay for "patriotic education" via his envisioned "1776 Commission."
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#NCGOV
was an even bigger polling miss than Wisconsin, Michigan or Pennsylvania. Almost every poll in the final 2 weeks had Cooper up by 10-12.
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper was reelected by 4.5% against Lt. Governor Dan Forest. Cooper won the usual Dem leaning districts and just narrowly missed district 8.
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From the Cheltenham High School Alumni newsletter, July 2021:
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu '67, formerly Prime Minister of Israel, has left his position. The former varsity soccer player, a longtime Jerusalem resident, is looking forward to spending time with his grandchildren.
BREAKING: Israel’s parliament approves new coalition government, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s historic 12-year rule.
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Look who's celebrating a day of astronomical insignificance
Thanks, Twitterverse, for all the birthday wishes. Today especially, I don’t feel a day over 58.
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-Not a scoop, the Washington Examiner wrote about it on 1/1
-Not a slush fund, its existence is very publicly known
-The fund is available to both parties; if MMM had challenged a six-vote Hart win she’d be entitled to use it
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