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Talk radio host of “Joan Esposito: Live, Local & Progressive” weekdays 2-5pm on . Former TV anchor. Lymphoma survivor.

Chicago, IL, nee Elyria OH
Joined August 2010
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Come on @NPR . There is no evidence this allegation about CRT in math books is true. Florida refuses to share the names of the textbooks let alone actual passages.Putting this charge in a headline with the journalism fallback “claiming” but no fact checking spreads disinformation.
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Florida officials have blocked 54 math textbook from its K-12 curriculum, claiming some of them contain "critical race theory." The rejected titles make up a record 41% of the books submitted for review.
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Somebody on @CNN got it right⬇️
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Media: @JohnJHarwood : "The core point @JoeBiden made about a threat to democracy is true. [As journalists], we're taught not to take sides in honest disagreements between parties. But these are not honest disagreements. The @GOP right now is led by a dishonest demagogue."
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Let’s not both sides this issue @kasie . You know this is all on republicans.
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In 2013 I was there every day when the haunted parents of the Sandy Hook children walked the Senate halls begging for people in power to do something to prevent other parents from every knowing their grief Nothing changed even in the face of that. Of them. And now.
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Spread the word👇🏻
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President Biden: "America is the only major economy — the only one in the world — where the economy is bigger today, and families have more money in their pockets today, than before the pandemic hit. That's even after accounting for inflation."
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Fact check: true
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Every senior in America should know that Social Security and Medicare are on the ballot in November.
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How many 81 year olds do you know who can do a polar plunge AND negotiate a complicated cease fire?!?
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📸 President Biden famously works out, lifts weights, and rides a bike to stay healthy. And yesterday, as part of a long-running family tradition, he plunged into 40-degree water as part of a polar plunge. Yet, the media wants you to worry about his health instead of the
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Stunning that she is still on the board of trustees of one of the leading universities in the US. @nyuniversity
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Maria Bartiromo wonders why emergency authorization of a Covid vaccine was necessary when people could've just taken ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine
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First time ever that an American President has visited an active war zone not controlled by the US military. Impressive.
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U.S. President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Kyiv on Feb. 20. 📷Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images
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Joe Biden made this happen. #DemocratsDeliver
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Starting today, consumers can buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect.
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It’s the guns, Darren.
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Darren Bailey
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1/2 Cindy and I send our heartfelt prayers to the victims of the shooting in Highland Park. July 4th is supposed to be a holiday for families, for parades, for celebrating the American Dream, but when people dont feel safe in their own community, they are deprived of that dream.
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@ThePlumLineGS So Cipollone sat back and watched crimes being committed and then told no one?! Got it.
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We should be protesting like this outside the offices, town halls, etc of every single Republican insurrectionist in congress.
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MeidasTouch
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Scott Perry is a traitor who sought to overthrow our democracy. So we sent a billboard truck to his district to remind everyone. The people agree!
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🚨 “Now that Trump is a private citizen, the GOP is pressing on with the business of fascism on the state level. That’s a story that needs to be told. But you can’t tell it if your camera is on the tarmac, watching Trump’s plane.”⬇️
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Aaron Rupar
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New in Public Notice: Don't let the media's Trump obsession distract you from rising red state fascism
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➡️ “Secession is white supremacy. Since the Civil War, white politicians have said they want to “secede” & rule themselves without interference. But what they mean is that they want the power to rule over Black people, & over other marginalized people, with tyrannical violence.”
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New in Public Notice: Marjorie Taylor Greene's "national divorce" is white supremacy
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ICYMI: this is incredible.
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Biden gets a huge response before his speech at St. Muredach's Cathedral in Ireland
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This is obscene.
@4TaxFairness
Americans For Tax Fairness
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BREAKING: New analysis finds that 465 billionaires had pumped $881,000,000 into the 2022 federal midterm elections by October. That's 27x more than they contributed before Citizens United was decided. By the time this cycle is over, their donations could climb to $1 billion.
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🎯 “Democrats should be loudly drawing attention to the fact that the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice supported Trump’s coup attempt. That justice then refused to recuse himself from a case involving the investigation of that coup attempt.” 🎯
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Mehdi Hasan
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"I have a question for Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats: Why haven’t you impeached Clarence Thomas yet?" I make the case in a new @MSNBC op-ed, using historical precedent & basic political common sense, for why Dems should impeach Justice Thomas:
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Come on @CNN . This is about starting the primary season in states that better reflect the makeup of the Democratic Party. Say that.
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Jeff Zeleny
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So long, Iowa…The DNC has voted to approve a White House plan of moving South Carolina to the front of the line of the 2024 calendar, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire and onto Georgia and Michigan before Super Tuesday. Call it the President Biden re-election protection act.
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Time to get busy helping Democrat @Adrian_Fontes win this thing ⬇️Our democracy depends on it.
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No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
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My God. Arizona Republicans just nominated Mark Finchem, a QAnon supporter, election denier, Oath Keeper milita member, and January 6 insurrectionist, to be Arizona’s Secretary of State. If he wins, he will RUN Arizona’s elections.
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Buckle up ⬇️
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➡️”…the only prominent Republican willing to denounce Walker’s galling hypocrisy is his own son.” ⬇️
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New in Public Notice: Republicans think abortion is murder. Except when a Senate seat is on the line.
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Fact check: true.
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NEW: President Zelenskyy’s Chief of Staff just said “President Biden knows our country and has done more than all other Presidents of the United States.”
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Wow. How quickly some people forget about the last administration…
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reporter says that if Biden's doctor doesn't answer questions from the podium it "would be the least transparency of any White House in 50 years on any presidential illness." apparently this reporter was born in November 2020
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I simply cannot imagine a world without @LinBrehmer . We are all the poorer for it. Brilliant writer, lover of people and music, fantastic father and all around awesome human being.
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"So essentially your responses to the questions here today were your own opinion and pure conjecture" -- Wasserman Schultz highlights what an utter clown @JonathanTurley is
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Obama winds down his speech in Pittsburgh: "Do not just sit back and hope for the best. Get off your couch and vote. Put down your phone and vote. Grab your friends and family and vote. Vote for Kamala Harris as the next president."
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All this to Ukraine without any demands for favors or blackmail. Imagine that. #DemocratsDeliver
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Peter Alexander
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NEW: Here’s the detailed list of the $800M in military equipment President Biden just announced the US is providing Ukraine.
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Love dark Brandon going after grifter republicans
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Biden: I don't want to hear it from Maga Republicans who had hundreds of thousands of dollars of debts, even millions of dollars in pandemic relief loans forgiven. Marjorie Taylor Greene, she and her husband got over $180,000 in business loans
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2021 update : I won't get a vaccine until someone I love dies from Covid.
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So taking your mask off in a restaurant is now big news?! Good grief. #DoBetter
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Tara McKelvey
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The president goes out: I was with the press pool, and we waited outside Imperfecto restaurant for him. My colleague @justinsink says he saw him inside the restaurant through a window, and the president was not wearing a mask. Outside, in front of the cameras, he wore one.
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The very last thing this country needs is Fox lite. Good grief @CNN . Do better.
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Kurt Bardella
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CNN had let @JohnJHarwood go. This after releasing @brianstelter . Pretty obvious @Acosta will be next. In light of this I wanted to re-up this piece I wrote the other week for the @latimes about how CNN’s new leadership is betraying journalism.
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Shame on @60Minutes for amplifying this vile, dangerous extremist. Shame.
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60 Minutes
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Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, nicknamed MTG, isn’t afraid to share her opinions, no matter how intense and in-your-face they are. She sits down with Lesley Stahl this Sunday on 60 Minutes.
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Worth noting that over 60% of the guns in Illinois come from lax gun law states like Indiana.
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Bradley P. Moss
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For those asking about Highland Park, Illinois: 1) tough gun laws 2) very safe 3) middle class area 4) strong police force presence And yet this still happened. #AnotherShooting
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@AdamKinzinger The only gavel that Matt Gaetz should get is from Wile E. Coyote.
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This is a really big deal👇🏻 #insulin #DemocratsDeliver
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President Biden
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Millions of folks across the country have diabetes, sometimes paying around $1,000 a month for insulin. It’s outrageous. With my Build Back Better Act, we’re going to ensure no one will pay more than $35 a month for their insulin.
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Katy Tur is channeling her inner Andrea Mitchell; she's not the journalist she once was. She will end up on Fox, mark my words. And I think NBC is just waiting for Andrea to die so they don't have to fire her.
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Novelette Dryden
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Leave it to Katy Tur to bring up Hunter Biden, and Republican talking points. These people in MSM can’t focus on what’s happening in front of them, that’s more pressing.
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This take seems odd especially when @POTUS just yesterday said this “Today’s report shows an increase over last month on inflation. Reversing this trend is a top priority.”
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Washington Post Opinions
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Democrats ignore the recent inflation numbers at their peril, @CRampell writes
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This is what actors are talking about. On the left is my residual check for the movie Backdraft, and on the right is my residual check for being in an episode of Chicago code.
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Here’s hoping we get some media coverage about this good news.
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Jeff Zients
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More than half the gas stations in America back below $3.59.
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This Princess thanks all for the birthday wishes!
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FACT CHECK: JOE BIDEN delivers $223M for rural internet in Florida.
@FLVoiceNews
Florida’s Voice
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JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis distributes $223 million for rural internet infrastructure
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She’s not wrong
@therecount
The Recount
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Hillary Clinton slams Republican Party, taken over by “demagogue” Trump: “Honestly, they have hung their spines up on the wall as they walk into their offices. They have no conscience.”
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Despite all the media handwringing here’s an actual fact: 96% of schools are open for in-person learning. Also:“Hutchinson thanked Biden and Vice President Harris for their "clarity on keeping schools open." #FactsMatter
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Kyle Griffin
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During a session of the National Governors Association at the White House, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson — a Republican — praised the Biden admin's handling of the pandemic. Hutchinson thanked Biden and Vice President Harris for their "clarity on keeping schools open."
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A reminder that this guy ⬇️who is trying to gaslight you on weapons of war is also part owner of the Chicago @Cubs
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Heartland Signal
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) says it's impossible to define what an assault rifle is: "What does an assault rifle mean? ... You throw up all these red herrings about how to restrict people's gun rights, but we actually have to focus on what is the root cause."
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Come on @Facebook this is dangerous.
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Jon Cooper 🇺🇸
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Hey @Facebook , if you really want to fight vaccine disinformation on your platform, why are you still offering a selection of anti-vax frames for profile pics? STOP DOING THAT NOW!
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A reminder from @GOPLeader ’s fox overlords:
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MeidasTouch
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Larry Kudlow on Fox Business 9/23/22: "The new British prime minister, Liz Truss, has laid out a terrific supply-side economic growth plan which looks a lot like the basic thrust of Kevin McCarthy's Commitment to America plan.”
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Dark Brandon coming in hot this morning.
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Aaron Rupar
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Biden: "Is this how House Republicans are starting a new term? Cutting taxes for billionaires? Raising taxes for working families?... Let me be very clear. If any of these bills make it to my desk, I will veto them. I'm ready to work w/Republicans, but not on this kind of stuff"
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Another reason why we love Joe: Who is Biden calling? Your mom. via @politico
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Joan Esposito
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Free vaccines. Free home covid tests. #DemocratsDeliver
@WhiteHouse
The White House
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Vaccination update: 2.37M COVID vaccine doses were administered over Saturday’s total, including 686K newly vaccinated people and 1.36M boosters. This includes data reported from a three day period.
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➡️”sadly, twisting nothingburgers into fake controversies has become a noticeable trend in the coverage of America’s first woman vice president.”
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Aaron Rupar
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Let's talk about that weird Politico piece about Kamala Harris's headphones
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Aaron Rupar
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four years ago today Trump held a coronavirus disaster-conference and said he had urged VP Pence not to talk to Democratic governors because they weren't "appreciative" enough of him.
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She is absolutely disgusting.
@patriottakes
PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
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Over the Thanksgiving break, Lauren Boebert said she was recently in a Capitol elevator with Ilhan Omar when a fretful Capitol police officer ran up. Lauren Boebert said: “Well, she doesn’t have a backpack. We should be fine.” Boebert then called Ilhan Omar, “jihad squad.”
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Lesson #1 for the media covering DeSantis: stop being stenographers & do your damn job.
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MSNBC
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thought his new task force had found 20 people who voted illegally in 2020. Now we're learning the rest of the story: Florida officials apparently told these people they could vote. - @MaddowBlog
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Aaron Rupar
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four years ago today, Trump was holding one of his covid disaster-conferences and trying to downplay a pandemic that went on to kill more than a million Americans with some flu whataboutism
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Joan Esposito
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Now do a story on the competence of the White House press corps.
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Oliver Darcy
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I spoke to more than half-a-dozen White House reporters about frustrations with press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, which are reaching a boiling point. Details in @ReliableSources :
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Joan Esposito
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Cc: Miles Teller
@RexChapman
Rex Chapman🏇🏼
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“You don’t get the vaccine for yourself. You get it for the people around you.” -Charles Barkley (Role model and great teammate.)
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As a result, it’s now an illegitimate #scotus
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
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A traitor to the United States of America appointed three Supreme Court Justices.
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This is important⬇️
@PeterHotez
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
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I’m concerned that as a new McCarthy House GOP plans to divert attention/resources to phony baloney lab leak and gain of function conspiracies, we’ll miss the real threat. We’ve had 1) SARS, 2) MERS, 3) COVID19, a 4th is emerging and we’re not at all ready
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Joan Esposito
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Lies. Not shifting explanations, lies. Say that.
@maggieNYT
Maggie Haberman
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Trump's shifting explanations for the nature of the material taken by the FBI from his members-only club have followed a familiar playbook @KannoYoungs and me
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Joan Esposito
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Inarticulate? Did you sleep through tfg ? Good grief. This is ridiculous & wrong. Do better @washingtonpost .
@tylerpager
Tyler Pager
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Biden's line tonight saying Putin "cannot remain in power" was NOT planned and a surprise to U.S. officials, per people familiar. Still, officials say no change in policy. Instead, the line was an example of Biden's sometimes inarticulate rhetoric.
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Joan Esposito
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Stunning that Stahl agreed to the interview in the first place but for the legendary journalist to be so unprepared & clueless about this ⬇️makes it an absolute disgrace.
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Greg Sargent
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The real scandal in the awful Marjorie Taylor Greene interview is that Lesley Stahl didn't seem to grasp that "pedophile" is a longtime anti-LGBTQ hate trope. She called it "name-calling." This sanitizes an ugly bigoted smear that goes back many years:
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@Soupcon1
Soupçon 🌻
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-Unemp 3.6% -9M new jobs -6.2B student debt relief -American Rescue Plan -First gun law in 30yrs -Confirmed 70+ judges -Strongest NATO alliance -New Infrastructure bill -New Supreme Court Justice -Secured $1.5B from Mexico -Reduce deficit in 2022 by $1.7T
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Hard to feel bad for anyone who enabled trump.
@kyledcheney
Kyle Cheney
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This is Hope HICKS texting with who I believe is Ivanka’s chief of staff Julie Radford, concerned that Trump has made them all appear to be “domestic terrorists.” Redford agrees. “Alyssa looks like a genius,” Hicks says about Alyssa Farah Griffin’s decision to leave admin early.
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This is important ⬇️Framing plus context & fact checks will matter more than ever with House Republicans. Is the media up to the challenge? Probably not.
@GregTSargent
Greg Sargent
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Just absurd: Some news orgs are already describing GOP plans to "investigate" the 1/6 committee findings as a "counter-investigation." That grants an aura of seriousness to what will surely be a bad faith effort to discredit damning findings about Trump.
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Joan Esposito
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➡️ “Kilmeade urged Meadows to “please get him [Trump] on TV” and said the violence was “destroying everything you have accomplished.” Hannity similarly encouraged Meadows to have Trump “make a statement” asking his supporters to leave the Capitol.” #TrumpCoupAttempt
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Aaron Rupar
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New today in Public Notice: Mark Meadows's texts reveal Fox News hosts were appalled by Jan. 6 before they started downplaying it that very same night
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Joan Esposito
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ICYMI: there’s tons of new evidence about the trump coup plans. Read this 🧵👇🏻
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Aaron Rupar
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I'm going to do a thread on highlights from the full 35-page pro-coup PowerPoint that was circulating in Trumpworld ahead of January 6. You can read the whole document for yourself here: Follow along for my thread, which I'll add to as I go.
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Joan Esposito
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Come for the deep dive into the DeSantis political bio, stay for the take down of reporters & pundits (looking at you @DouthatNYT ) all too quick to celebrate the Florida governors fascist tendencies.
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Aaron Rupar
1 year
New in Public Notice: @davidrlurie brings the definitive deep dive on how DeSantis's much-hyped presidential bid blew up before it even officially started
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Joan Esposito
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➡️ “Instead of encouraging South Dakotans to get their booster shots or mask up, however, Noem said she’s advising people to wash their hands and take their vitamins…” #VaccinesWork #GetBoostedNow #WearADamnMask
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Aaron Rupar
3 years
GOP governors' covid messaging is a mess. Even Trump seems like a leader by comparison.
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Joan Esposito
3 years
#MoscowMitch if he’s talking, he’s lying.
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Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸
3 years
A flip flop of global proportions. Mitch McConnell 2019 vs. Mitch McConnell 2021 Make sure everybody sees it.
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Joan Esposito
3 years
Book banning is bad. Full stop. It looks like we are going to see a lot more of it so journalists must improve their coverage. Don’t amplify dubious claims without out context & fact checks. Remember journalism is not stenography.
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Joan Esposito
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🚨➡️: “…there’s an even more sweeping agenda at the heart of these attacks: To build fascist power in the United States. Using the internet as an organizing tool, these operations establish and cultivate leaders, information networks, talking points, tactics, and shock troops.”
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Aaron Rupar
2 years
New in Public Notice: @nberlat on the harassment campaign against Boston Children's Hospital and what it shows about how the right uses social media to crowdsource fascist violence
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Joan Esposito
3 years
I’ve clearly known @mark_giangreco a very long time & can’t wait to talk to my friend live on @WCPT820 Friday at 2:30pm. I hope you’ll join us.
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Joan Esposito
3 years
So we care deeply, deeply about the people of Ukraine until it costs us an extra 5-10 cents at the pump? A Politico/Morning Consult poll found a majority of Americans and four in ten Democrats would blame Biden for an increase in gas prices due to sanctions on Russia.
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Joan Esposito
3 years
🚨Wisconsin is a 5-alarm fire. Spread the word.
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Dan Shafer
3 years
does the rest of the country realize how insane things are in Wisconsin right now with election truthers? this is all from the last five days
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Joan Esposito
2 years
This is important especially given all the Republican disinformation⬇️
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Kyle Griffin
2 years
NBC News confirms: Trump received a grand jury subpoena in the spring for sensitive documents the government believed he retained after his departure from the White House prior to the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home. @MSNBC
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Joan Esposito
3 years
➡️ “Justices are at least in theory supposed to remain above the fray of partisan politics, so it is inappropriate for the president to answer political questions with one of them standing behind him.”
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Aaron Rupar
3 years
You won't see a more dishonest tweet than the RNC's latest hit job on Biden
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Joan Esposito
1 year
Wouldn’t it be great if the news media would also go old school & just report the damn news?!
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David Rothkopf
1 year
I gotta say, I love the old school approach of guys like Jack Smith and Joe Biden who ignore the noise, don't get drawn into the political fray, and focus on taking care of business.
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Joan Esposito
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The biggest idiot in the Illinois congressional delegation⬇️
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Acyn
1 year
Miller: The farmers in my district recognize climate change as summer, winter, spring, and fall
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Joan Esposito
1 year
Sears Tower now & forever
@WGNNews
WGN TV News
1 year
Willis Tower turns 50: ‘It’s the most Chicago thing you can think of’
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Joan Esposito
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@KimMangone
Kim Mangone
3 years
BREAKING: Boston will now begin banning unvaccinated people from going to all restaurants, bars, nightclubs, sports arenas, fitness centers, movie theaters, concert venues, museums, and entertainment venues.
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Joan Esposito
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⬇️This is so misleading @ZekeJMiller & @AP . Trump and/or his lawyers have these very documents & could have released them from day 1. This tweet ignores that important fact. #DoBetter
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Zeke Miller
2 years
Trump calls for 'immediate' release of Mar-a-Lago warrant (from @AP )
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Joan Esposito
3 years
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Joan Esposito
2 years
Reckless, dangerous & selfish.
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Michael Scherer
2 years
NEW: Inside No Labels planning for a 2024 presidential campaign: Joe Lieberman won’t say Biden is an acceptable candidate. Joe Manchin, Larry Hogan won’t rule out joining ticket. Bill Galston leaves the organization over fears the plan will help Trump.
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Joan Esposito
1 year
Steny Hoyer is on fire today. First boebert, now this⬇️
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Acyn
1 year
Barr: If you want to get tough on Putin.. I urge my colleagues to support this measure  Hoyer: If you want to get tough on Putin, don't elect one of his friends, president of the United States.
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Joan Esposito
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Dick Kay, my good friend for decades, passed away this morning. You know he was larger than life. He was also funny and kind. Dick Kay loved a good story, a good cigar, a good joke and a good time. He loved Kay and the kids and country music. God I miss him.
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Joan Esposito
4 years
Interesting choice by the mayors comms team to have her live on a national cable show this morning but apparently not on local news. 👀
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Mary Ann Ahern
4 years
This morning ⁦ @chicagosmayor ⁩ defending CPS positions on returning In Person learning and claims “we have very robust vaccination plan” #CPSCTU @Morning_Joe ⁩ ⁦ @MSNBC
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Joan Esposito
3 years
California alert! 🚨
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PoliticsGirl
3 years
@tedlieu It’s vote NO on the Recall and keep Newsom or YES and get Elder. That’s it. That’s the choice. It’s the difference between a blue California & a MAGA one. #pleasevote #KeepCaliforniaBlue
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Joan Esposito
2 years
➡️ “Republicans have tried to turn Jan. 6 into a political issue – and, of course, the debate is undeniably along partisan lines. But the goal here — the goal journalists should share — is not partisan: It’s the truth.”
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Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org)
2 years
Political reporters have already telegraphed how they intend to marginalize and mock the J6 hearings: It’s a political stunt; It’s not going to change anyone’s mind; No one will pay attention.
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Joan Esposito
2 years
Hello @NBCNews 👋🏻This story is 24 hours+ old & missing important facts like this one: There are NO visitor logs kept at Biden’s home. It’s a private home, not govt building so no visitor logs just like the administrations before him. How did you miss that key fact?!
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Sahil Kapur
2 years
House Oversight chair calls for release of visitor logs from Biden’s Delaware home
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Joan Esposito
11 months
Spend your money with companies that don’t fund insurrectionists.
@CREWcrew
Citizens for Ethics
11 months
Congratulations to @HomeDepot , which has officially donated $1,000,000 to support the members of Congress who voted not to certify the results of the 2020 election. Bankrolling the Sedition Caucus is a choice, and Home Depot has doubled down!
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Joan Esposito
1 year
See you tomorrow at 7am Chicago time on CSPAN! Cheers!
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Joan Esposito
2 years
Why whisper? Say it loudly: Joe Biden is good at politics.
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Chris Hayes
2 years
<<whispers>> “joe biden is good at politics.”
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Joan Esposito
3 years
An important reminder of just how vile Trump is:
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Joan Esposito
3 years
Would be great if our media including headline writers (!!) would work harder to avoid these mistakes.
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Joan Esposito
1 year
Now do farm subsidies…
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The Market Institute
1 year
Why should a farmer in South Dakota be forced to pay off the student debt of a gender studies major in San Francisco? That's effectively what Biden's student loan bailout mandates...
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Joan Esposito
2 years
Pete coming in with the velvet hammer is always a good time.
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Secretary Pete Buttigieg
2 years
Some House members have expressed concern that American-made electric vehicles are too expensive. Today, they’ll get the chance to vote to make them cheaper.
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Joan Esposito
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Republicans are lying liars who lie
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Acyn
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Daines: He inherited record job growth, record job increases, record wage increases.
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Joan Esposito
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Infuriating how the media rarely acknowledges this fact & still plays the both sides game.
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Kurt Bardella
2 years
Republicans and Democrats are no longer two sides of the same coin that is democracy. One side fosters democracy and participation in the electoral process. The other is actively trying to undermine and suppress it. It’s pretty straight-forward.
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Joan Esposito
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Lots of health care heroes have emerged during the pandemic but one at the top of the list is @PeterHotez . #ThankYou
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
3 years
Here’s our official announcement from @TexasChildrens @BCM_TropMed on our partnership with @biological_e to vaccinate the world beginning with this EUA in India 🇮🇳
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Joan Esposito
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@kurtbardella
Kurt Bardella
2 years
Hold on, didn’t Republicans spend the last two years making the case that congressional subpoenas can be ignored?
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