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Order of operations:
1) 25th Amendment so he doesn't have control over our nuclear arsenal;
2) Impeachment and removal so he's never allowed to run again;
3) Expulsion of Cruz, Hawley, and everyone else who attempted this seditious coup;
4) Inaugurating Joe Biden.
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If Barack Obama said this, he'd have been impeached the next day.
President Trump: "When somebody's the president of the United States, the authority is total."
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This is massive news—and we can’t let impeachment fatigue cause us to tune out:
It’s proof Trump *personally* asked for the aid held—despite recommendations from advisors.
He didn’t do it for national security. He did it to win an election. Which is why he needs to be removed.
NYT reports that Pompeo, Bolton, Esper met with Trump in late August to plead with him to release military aid. He rebuffed their effort.
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The whole country's eyes should be on what's happening in Portland.
Trump has sent federal troops into the city to intimidate, harass, and arrest protestors.
Don't *ever* let a Republican tell you they're the party of states rights.
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THIS IS THE QUOTE:
"Corrupting an election process in a democratic republic is about as abusive and egregious an act against the Constitution—and one's oath—that I can imagine. It's what autocrats do."
—
@MittRomney
In their hearts, every Senate Republican knows he's right.
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When
@neal_katyal
and I wrote Impeach, we had a simple thesis:
If Senate Republicans let Trump get away with trying to cheat to win the election once, he’d never stop.
The tape from today reveals we were right.
Thank God
@GaSecofState
is far braver than Senate Republicans.
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I know we're all cynical, but here's a real question I have:
If you're a Trump supporter—and you believed POTUS when he said this was no worse than the flu—and then you see him contract the virus, use oxygen, and require 10 doctors, how do you trust him? How do you vote for him?
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0: Popular vote victories.
1: Term.
2: Impeachments.
The worst stats ever put up by a President of the United States.
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People think the scandal is that Trump is still sick, which may well be true.
But:
The even bigger scandal is if he received treatment that really did cure him of COVID-19—while 213,000 Americans died and he's trying to take health care away from 100 million more.
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As we celebrate Colin Kaepernick for kneeling, let's also recognize all of the players who risked their careers to kneel alongside him in 2016:
Eric Reid
Kenny Stills
Albert Wilson
Arian Foster
Michael Thomas
Jelani Jenkins
Brandon Marshall
Mike Evans
All of them, leaders.
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I know it's not cool to talk about impeachment anymore, but can we all take a moment to remember...
THAT DONALD TRUMP TRIED TO WITHHOLD *DEFENSE FUNDING* FROM UKRAINE TO GET THEM TO OPEN A FALSE INVESTIGATION INTO JOE BIDEN????
It was a (high) crime of historic proportions.
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If these emails exonerated Trump, he would release them.
If these emails exonerated Trump, he would release them.
If these emails exonerated Trump, he would release them.
If he won't, SCOTUS should make him.
See: Nixon tapes.
Breaking via NYT: The Trump admin has disclosed there were 20 emails between a top Mulanvey aide and a colleague at the Office of Management and Budget discussing the Ukraine aid freeze, but OMB says it won't turn over the emails —not even with redactions.
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Trump’s interruptions tonight are part of a bigger pattern of breaking the rules—and daring people in power to hold him accountable.
Republicans in Congress failed.
His appointees failed.
The moderator failed.
The only people left to hold him accountable are We... The People.
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The chapter in history books on Trump’s presidency will be called: American Carnage.
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They say Sondland, Taylor, Hill, and Vindman’s testimony was hearsay.
They say they wanted first hand conversations with President Trump.
Well, Bolton spoke to Trump directly.
So they’ll want to hear his testimony.
Right?
SCOOP: Bolton book draft, circulated to associates and sent to WH for review process, describes a convo w POTUS where he says he doesn't want to release withheld aid till Ukraine turned over material related to investigations
@nytmike
and me
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We haven’t spent enough time talking about this:
Trump ran for president promising to build a wall keeping everyone out of our country.
Now, U.S. citizens are literally banned from traveling basically anywhere else.
Mexico didn’t pay for this wall. We did. With 150,000 deaths.
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Romney, with the PERFECT rebuke of Dershowitz' absurd argument:
*What if the president decided to pardon every Republican in prison nationwide, while leaving every Democrat locked up? There’s no law against that! So it’s not a crime or misdemeanor. But it’s obviously absurd.*
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If you are in Trump's cabinet:
Don't resign.
Remove him with the 25th.
You had four years to quit. You didn't do it because you were cowards.
You cannot clear your names, or your consciences, but you can do one thing right and end this madness before it gets worse. Do it.
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Important point:
Geoff Berman donated $5400 to Trump’s campaign in 2016.
This isn’t some Deep State Democrat. This is a Trump guy.
But as soon as he threatened DJT, he was fired anyway.
If only Trump’s supporters were as disloyal to Trump as he is to them...
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It's easy to watch what Beto does—and forget that every time he says the truth about guns in Texas, he's doing so knowing full well the death threats headed his way.
The man is a hero, one of the few politicians motivated only by what's right.
Get involved in his campaign.
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Today, TODAY, the House could introduce a bill protecting a woman’s right to choose, the Senate could pass it, the President could sign it.
Democrats control all of those institutions.
All we need to do is get rid of the filibuster.
What the hell are we waiting for?
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This is Beto at his best.
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Keep thinking back to the Muslim Ban airport protests: How doomed we felt, how far away this day seemed, but how committed we were to fighting back.
That’s the story of these four years: A president who attacked everything we held dear and a people who refused to let him win.
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This is what happens when a democracy is no longer, well, a democracy.
Five of the nine SCOTUS justices were appointed by Presidents who lost the popular vote.
And they ALL voted to overturn Roe—even though the right to choose is supported by the vast majority of Americans.
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THEY FINALLY SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD:
Trump's defense is now Nixon's infamous quote: "When the president does it, that means it is not illegal."
They are arguing POTUS can do whatever he wants to win re-election, including cheating.
They are arguing he's above the law.
Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz: "If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment."
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Republicans: Democrats are incompetent.
Also Republicans: Democrats have orchestrated a supernatural conspiracy—bringing people back from the dead to vote, turning the Republican Secretary of State in Georgia into a double agent, and co-opting Fox News.
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New most fucked up way to break up with someone just dropped: sending them this video of bill de blasio
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This is like if Nixon's smoking gun tape said, "Don't break into Watergate!"
Wait, so *this* is the big Susan Rice smoking gun email? Seriously???
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I hate threads, but this feels important:
I want to tell you about how structural racism and segregation are being perpetuated in real time on the Upper West Side, one of the most liberal neighborhoods in the country.
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Want to dress up as Beto for Halloween, but know that if I post a picture to social media, someone will be like: "Phil Bredesen could've used that publicity."
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Every single article that's ever called Donald Trump a billionaire should be corrected—right now.
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Turned to Newsmax for a second and found:
@seanspicer
claiming ANTIFA (!) may have been responsible for today’s events.
Deplorable—and yet, you have to admire the Spicer-lying-about-crowds Chekhov gun finally going off
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Cannot be stated enough:
For WEEKS, Trump's defense was predicated on Sondland's "no quid pro quo" text.
Now, Sondland's statement says explicitly there were SEVERAL "quid pro quo" arrangements.
This is like if your alibi for a murder told police they saw you fire the gun.
THREAD. I’ve read the Sondland Testimony, and boy is it devastating to Trump. Remember, this is the one guy Trump pointed to to exonerate him. Excerpts and quick analysis below.
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On
@MSNBC
, I talked about why
@neal_katyal
and I wrote an
@NYTimes
op-ed calling for Trump to be removed—even before what took place at the Capitol.
The bottom line: We already knew he was calling for an insurrection. All his supporters did was listen to him. Impeach.
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@MarkLevineNYC
@HelenBrosnan
Or, of course, they're people who would ordinarily go to the hospital — or be admitted to the hospital — who no longer can because of all of the COVID-19 patients. Which is, in some ways, an even more tragic indictment of our health care system.
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“I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
“I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
“I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
“I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
“I would like you to do us a favor, though.”
Read the transcript!
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The world is so bleak, we don't celebrate good news enough, but this is super cool:
The NBA funded a COVID-19 test that's much less invasive, much less expensive, and just as effective.
Any decent government would now produce billions of these.
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Since I launched Cooking in Quarantine one week ago,
we’ve been read by tens of thousands of people across 65 countries. We’ve featured 7 legendary chefs and tons of recipes from home cooks. And we’ve raised money for those who need it most.
Here's some of the most useful tips:
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No harsher indictment of how our economy works than the locked baby food at CVS
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@Yascha_Mounk
Don't perpetuate the Interns Do Social myth! This was a paid staffer—probably paid with taxpayer dollars!—who did this.
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A simple, but overlooked point we need to keep repeating:
If ANY first-hand witnesses to Trump's conduct had ANY exonerating evidence, Trump would WANT them to testify.
That he doesn't tells you everything: He knows he's guilty.
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Maya Wiley is going to be the next Mayor of New York City.
Haven't been this excited about a candidate in a long, long time.
Donate to her campaign, so the city will start matching!
I'm on the move, and I'm running to be the next Mayor of New York City. Join me >>
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Our country cannot stand another two weeks with President Trump in the White House.
Impeach and remove him today.
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Hey everyone — um, crazy life update —
@neal_katyal
let me write a book with him on why we have to impeach President Trump.
If you’re into pre-ordering books, and saving our democracy, smash the button:
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Weird thing about speechwriting: On the stump, you refer to the candidates as "the next President and Vice President of the United States," but you never really believe it.
You don't think you're gonna lose—it just feels so far away.
Unimaginably cool that today it came true.
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This is why it's not enough to read White Fragility, go to implicit bias training, and donate to bail funds in far-off states.
If you want to end segregation, if you want to end white supremacy, if you want to bring about justice, you have to live your values in your backyard.
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As I've been trying to process the SBF news...
...I keep thinking back to this interview he did with
@tylercowen
—where he, essentially, said he'd risk THE ENTIRE PLANET for a 51% shot at a second planet.
This man ended up St. Petersburg paradoxing himself into his own grave.
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If the rumors are true, I cannot believe we are about to go to war with Iran—with Donald Trump as our Commander-in-Chief.
If you didn't understand why he had to be removed before, I hope you do now.
If you voted for him because "Hillary is a hawk," shame on you.
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The students who marched for our lives—and walked out of school for our planet.
The women who protested from day one.
The lawyers still working to bring families back together.
The activists who kneeled down and stood up to declare: Black Lives Matter.
This is their victory.
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Congress needs to go back in that chamber as soon as it is safe to do so—and immediately vote on one thing:
Impeaching and removing President Trump, so the traitor in the White House, who is leading a coup, can never run again.
Don't wait until January 20th. Do it now.
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Among the most gutting — and important — articles I've ever read.
In post-Dobbs America, some girls can travel hours to get an abortion; some can't. This is the story of one of them.
She was raped. The nearest abortion was nine hours away. Now, she's a mom. Soon, she'll start seventh grade.
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What I do care about is the Upper West Siders, who voted for Hillary and were up in arms about Amy Cooper, but are now leading the charge against providing housing for those who need it most—during an unprecedented global pandemic.
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Why isn’t President Biden delivering a speech today calling on Congress to pass a bill protecting the right to choose — and demanding the Senate abolish the filibuster?
What use is a bully pulpit if you won’t use it?
The health of millions of women is on the line.
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For those who didn't watch the video:
Zack is an immigrant from Syria—and he caught a terrorist from New York.
Never forget that immigrants don't make us less safe, they make us safer; and they make New York... New York, every single day.
Zack Dahnan, the 21-year old security camera installer who first spotted the suspected subway shooter in the East Village, is holding an impromptu press conference on 1st Avenue. He says news of the presser left him unable to sleep.
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I love the Upper West Side. It's where I was raised. It's where I learned how to shoot a jump shot—and what to order at Barney Greengrass.
So it's with love for my neighborhood that I say to my fellow Upper West Siders: It's time to prove we're better than this.
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Is anyone matching old people stuck in their homes with young people who can call them?
If not, can we create this thing?
This will:
*Provide old ppl with company during a scary, lonely time
*Remind young ppl of the human beings who will be killed if they don't stay inside
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BREAKING: Dan Pfeiffer does NOT think 2022 is an important midterm election.
Show him how WRONG he is by rushing a $22 donation to our campaign TODAY.
When this election is over, we really need a party-wide discussion on the tone, tenor, and frequency of fundraising emails.
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Josh Hawley is a repugnant man for so many reasons, it can be hard to keep track—but we MUST not overlook his use of the (fake) word "irregardless" just now.
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When you thwart a terrorist attack, you don’t let the wannabe perpetrators off because it didn’t work.
So:
When we thwart this coup attempt, may we hold everyone who perpetrated and abetted it accountable.
Cause their attack is on our democracy itself.
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I want to move on from Trump as much as anyone—but we can’t let him get away with a coup attempt.
To bar him from running in 2024, and to ward off future wannabe strongmen, we have no choice but to impeach him.
Again.
@neal_katyal
and me in
@nytimes
:
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Sorry for tweeting from the heart, this is corny as fuck, but I can’t help but hope that, when historians look back on the Trump presidency, it won’t be remembered by what he did, but by the spirit of activism he sparked, which stayed with us long after he was gone.
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Here's the first issue of Cooking in Quarantine, the newsletter in which I ask the best chefs in the world what to cook when you're stuck at home.
Today's guest is
@ivanramen
, who's an amazing chef & an even better guy. If you like the letter, share it!
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Wrote an op-ed about this with
@neal_katyal
. Trump’s committed crimes, but our Constitution would demand we impeach him even if he hadn’t broken any laws.
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We're uncomfortable talking about this because of norms surrounding patriotism during crises, but if we're being honest, we all know this pandemic is only this bad because the GOP didn't remove Trump. And we need to defeat everyone who failed to hold him accountable.
Here's why:
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For real, no joke: Beto’s speech last night in Arkansas was one of the best I’ve seen since... I honestly don’t know. Whether you love Beto, aren’t sure, hate him, hate me, I don’t care—take the time. You won’t regret it.
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After the massacre in El Paso,
@KamalaHarris
sent food to
@BetoORourke
's office. That's Kamala—the kind of human who, in the middle of a primary, would lift up her opponent's staff when they needed it most.
Can't wait for someone with character like that in the White House.
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Let me start with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote—one you're not likely to see in press releases on MLK Day every January:
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Why is this news?
Well, it isn't. This kind of classism—and racism—is as old as our country.
But in neighborhoods like the UWS, there's at tendency to blame the racism in our country on people who vote for Trump.
To be clear: They deserve a lot of blame, too!
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But this ruling is not a fait accompli. RIGHT NOW, Congress could pass a law legalizing abortion in all 50 states. Right. Now. And we control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives.
If Democrats fail to stand up, it's an outrage of historic proportions.
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But it's also true that, even in one of the neighborhoods in the country with the most MSNBC viewers, there are thousands of residents willing to sign a petition kicking people experiencing homelessness out of shelters during one of the most severe economic downturns in history.
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Just found out someone I know who orders Long Island Iced Teas when he goes out won’t get a vaccine cause he “doesn’t know what’s in it.”
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Me: Trumpers who ignore facts, data, and science are despicable.
Also me: The Knicks are going to make the playoffs, baby. Obi winning ROY. IQ winning MVP.
Intoxicated with false hope—and, for the first time in a long time, life feels normal.
Go New York. Go New York. Go.
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There are many, many reasons why Texas is so close, but do not sleep on what it meant for
@BetoORourke
to travel to all 254 counties, register millions of voters, and treat Texas not as a red state but as a state with voter suppression—waiting to turn blue.
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Why isn’t POTUS delivering a speech every time a state bans abortion? Why isn’t the Democrat controlled Congress passing a bill to protect the right to choose? It’s moral, it’s popular, it’s motivating.
What are we waiting for? Roe to be officially thrown out by SCOTUS?
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I know we're distracted by [waves hands maniacally] all of this, but please don't forget:
This week, Trump also told an elected official to "find the votes" he needed to win a state.
That, alone, was worthy of impeachment and should be a part of any Articles.
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Before the coup, before 360,000 Americans died, Senate Republicans had a chance to remove Trump—when everyone knew he would do anything, including this, to win re-election.
Only Mitt Romney had the courage to stand up to him.
May all of them live lives of shame.
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This is not a joke, folks:
Without the USPS, we could not have safely won this election in the middle of a pandemic.
They deserve as much credit as anyone for this victory.
NEITHER SNOW NOR RAIN NOR HEAT NOR VOTER SUPPRESSION COULD STOP THEM.
Infinite gratitude.
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I've worked for many people in politics—and there is no one more genuine, more empathetic, more in it for the right reasons than Beto.
This race couldn't be more important. Everything from reproductive rights to voting rights is on the ballot. Donate, volunteer, get involved.
I’m running for governor.
Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today — and get back to the big, bold vision that used to define Texas. A Texas big enough for all of us.
Join us:
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In a text sent to my parents, a fellow UWS resident warned:
"If you are concerned about our neighborhood, please consider signing. It’s starting to feel like the 1970s all over again."
*Concerned about our neighborhood.*
That's what they said during integration, too.
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Background: If you haven't heard, we are facing a brutal recession, which means homelessness is on the rise across the country, including in New York.
Hotels, meanwhile, are empty, since travel isn't a thing.
So, one logical solution has been: Make hotels homeless shelters.
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I'm starting a newsletter!
It's called Cooking in Quarantine & I'm gonna be interviewing the best chefs in the world about what to make with limited ingredients—when you can't leave home for weeks on end.
I have great interviews lined up.
Sign up now:
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🚨Bobby Flay on Cooking in Quarantine🚨
Today,
@bflay
shares his incredibly actionable advice on what to cook when you're stuck at home.
If you like the newsletter, please share it. That's the only way more people will find out about it. (Thank you!)
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There is an elephant in the room we’re not talking about because people think the politics is bad, but:
One big reason this mob is so scary is because, in America, racist randos can just own weapons of war.
Beto was right: We need to buy back every AR-15 and AK-47.
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If you were disappointed by Mueller, think about this:
Three of his key witnesses — Stone, Flynn, Manafort — lied in exchange for pardons.
Their refusal to cooperate was the quid.
Tonight is the quo.
Justice, obstructed.
Thankfully, we handled him at the voting booth.
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Imagine if Vindman hadn’t spoken up about the phone call between Trump and Zelensky — and Ukraine had to wage this war without funding because they refused to open an investigation into Biden.
The scale of Trump’s high crime can’t be overstated. Criminal.
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The police fucking tear gassed BLM protestors for standing outside a church and let these guys take over the Capital.
Never, ever, ever want to hear Republicans condemn riots or say they are the party of law and order again.
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!!!!!!
It’s real! This book! It has a cover! I can talk about it!
They say don’t meet your heroes—and then there’s
@EricHolder
. Writing a book about voting rights with him has been a pinch-me honor.
And you can preorder it today!
🚨🚨🚨
Exciting announcement: For the past year, I’ve been working with
@SammyKoppelman
on a book about the most important issue facing our country: The attack on our right to vote.
It’s out May 10th—and today, you can preorder it:
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
BETO O'ROURKE CAME ON COOKING IN QUARANTINE, SHARED DELICIOUS RECIPES, AND TALKED ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD ALL BE DONATING TO FOOD BANKS.
I am so grateful to
@BetoORourke
. Please share and subscribe. Hope you like it.
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Beto isn't ignorant. He's brilliant—which is why he won more votes in Texas than any Democrat in history. So he knew the price of being honest about AR-15s.
But he's never put political considerations before moral ones. And we need more, not less, of that in our politics.
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(In basically every poll, Beto was beating Trump in Texas. Frustrating nobody really processed the electability implications of that.)
CNN Texas poll:
Trump 48%
Biden 47
Trump 50
Buttigieg 43
Trump 50
Sanders 43
Trump 51
Warren 44
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