Hugh Hewitt
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Broadcasting 3-6 PM EST on Salem News Channe and network affiliates nationwide. Browns/Tribe/Cavs/Buckeyes “We are not enemies, but friends.” Lincoln
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Bravo to @SecPompeo for his clarity on @foxandfriends. No apologies. No regrets. Astonishing that some in the American political elite are forgetting that Solemeini was a war criminal, the man who directed Assad’s genocide. @realDonaldTrump acted and what he did was righteous.
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Strong, strong, strong answer by @realDonaldTrump interrupted by Wallace. “They were teaching people to hate our country and I’m not going to let that happen.” Defining moment.
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@realDonaldTrump I spoke to a group of influential CA GOPers tonight, long time activists, bundlers, influencers. Support for @realDonaldTrump has increased.
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#NeverTrumpers elite MSMers and virtue signalers are persuading themselves that @realDonaldTrump supporters are deserting. They are not. 1.
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I don't know, have never met or spoken w/ @DonaldJTrumpJr, but his being subpoenaed by Senate Intel AFTER SC report finds no collusion and AFTER Committee found no collusion ought to offend every American who ever has complained about abuse of process by government officials.
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Elite media all but ignored the immense significance of the Kosovo-Serbia agreement — two countries whose enmity has required tens of thousands of Americans over two decades to spend years away from their families to prevent savage killing. Astonishing.
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This is a blockbuster story from @nypost. Watch and see if any cable news channels carry it: There will be questions and caution about authentication, but if @nytimes can run w/ pilfered bits of @realDonaldTrump tax returns, @NYPost can run w/this.
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This is attempted deterrence. It doesn’t always work, but Iran —against the backdrop of prior restraint followed by decisive reaction— knows that this red line won’t be erased, and that is essential to the possibility that @realDonaldTrump warning will be heeded. Bravo @POTUS.
These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!.
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I can't believe Commission on Presidential Debates did not discuss the next debate with @realDonaldTrump before declaring it would be virtual. I had assumed it had. Shocking. This is a broken, Beltway-dominated group of dinosaurs that is clearly #NeverTrump as was Chris Wallace.
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The president should announce he will go to a stage in the designated city on the date, name a moderator, and invite Joe Biden to join him and to name a moderator, and simply bypass the #NeverTrump Debate Commission. It can be done safely It should be done for the country.
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"It may be the single biggest political crime in the history of the United States" @realDonaldTrump says about #Spygate. "Eventually they are going to have to cover it," @POTUS adds.
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Up next: @SenTomCotton. Following successful demolition of the credibility of the @NYTimes and its exposure as the laughing stock of "journalism," I'll ask him which MSM organ he will target next for internal collapse.
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The always careful @EliLake is even more cautious here, but he and @AndrewCMcCarthy are pointing in the same direction regarding the case against General Flynn. Wait for the judge, but wow, this is a black eye for the Bureau people involved
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The family of Corey Conperatore would like a word with Rachel Vindman.
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My new @WashingtonPost column focuses on Friday’s announcement of the Kosovo-Serbia accord and MSM inability to focus on crucial issues b/c of hatred of @realDonaldTrump:
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Because @AndrewCMcCarthy knows very well how DOJ and it’s division, the FBI, actually operate —or are supposed to operate when running according to law— McCarthy’s analysis of the persecution of General Flynn is indispensable. Read every paragraph.
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The Mueller probe has concluded, after vast effort, that there was no collusion. Senate Intel subpoena to @DonaldJTrumpJr seems to me absurd and a flexing of the Committee's muscles. He is not a member of the government, this is not oversight, and Comm concluded "no collusion.".
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Stream of stories in @Jerusalem_Post about @realDonaldTrump and Turkey: Now breaking news of an Erdogan visit to U.S. so a “deal” of some sort is at hand. We can’t be in middle of a Turk-Kurd war in Syria.
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Winner: @realDonaldTrump on points. Loser: Chris Wallace. Winner: Judge Amy Comey Barrett, who will be a justice. Loser: @JoeBiden for (1) having no response to “name one Joe.” (2) “Antifa isn’t a movement.” (3) The lockdown discussion. Voters don’t want a Biden lockdown.
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Turkey can’t want a war with Kurds but if it does we can’t be killing Turks with Americans throughout Turkey, our base there. Some will cast any deal w/ Turkey as @realDonaldTrump getting close w/ a dictator. It’s not. It’s dealing with the realities that we can’t stay forever.
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Good morning. A portion of the federal government closed for business overnight because @chuckschumer won’t provide $5 billion from $4 trillion+ spending on border barriers. @realDonaldTrump was elected president in part on promise of those barriers. It’s the #SchumerShutdown 2.0.
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I really did not believe that ABC would do this but they decided to throw in with Harris, 100%. Just amazing.
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“Fortunately, over the history of the country, we have only rarely pulled the trigger on impeachment. And I hope the fact that this weak case for impeachment doesn’t mean this is going to become routine in the future.” @senatemajldr
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I have promoted @KimStrassel book frequently on the air and in two @washingtonpost columns because it persuasively and succinctly, w/o embellishment and w/ great resourcing, puts context around attacks on @realDonaldTrump from 2016 forward. It’s a must read. It needs to be #1.
Impeachment insanity. The Kavanaugh hit. FBI/DOJ abuse of power. The Mueller mess. Leaks. Media malpractice. In just 10 days my book is out, which puts the last three years of damage in context, and frames up 2020 election. Get yours now! . via @amazon.
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“95 percent of the media is overtly anti-Trump. It is the most absurd, partisan imbalance I’ve ever seen. The collapse of media fairness, prompted by a seething hatred of Trump, is a harbinger of an enduring one-party state.”
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@eisingerj The story is and remains that a bureaucrat at West Point misled you and you didn’t print that. That’s not journalism.
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“Joe Biden is basically the Loch Ness monster of The Swamp” says @DonaldJTrumpJr and even Ds had to chuckle. Great line.
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I went w/ @AmbJohnBolton to Jerusalem and Ankara in January Michael. I don’t know what we can do other than a staged withdrawal or a permanent garrison. The challenge of the century is on the seas, in space and in Asia. It is not on the Turkish-Syrian border.
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"If ABC was going to agree to an exclusive interview with the President, who refuses to answer questions in any public setting, then ABC owes it to the American people to release the entire video. Obviously, this interview did not go well for the President." @RepJimBanks.
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It is unfortunate that no cable news channel is carrying White House briefing which, at this moment, is about how to get food to impoverished children who are normally fed at school. Astonishing.
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This is quite the clip. Looks like it has caught up to @SpeakerPelosi that “holding” her own party’s absurd impeachment articles against @realDonaldTrump was the dumbest political move of a generation. Exposed as the anti-master strategist, she struggles to make a coherent point.
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It is far more grave than a mistake. It is a threat against individuals who live with them daily. It is an attack on the judiciary. It is an incitement to violence. It is a debacle and a terrible day for the country.
Possibly the biggest mistake of Schumer’s career in public office. This is not a gaffe; Schumer meant to threaten Gorsuch & Kavanaugh. @senatemajldr should hold a vote in the Senate to censure Schumer. #SCOTUS .
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Overnight my new @WashingtonPost column —“How Trump has made the country better off than it was four years ago”— generated 4,000 comments. It’s a simple, factual listing of @realDonaldTrump’s many real and lasting achievements. I encourage you to send it to family and friends.
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In category of detail most likely to not appear in cable coverage of @nytimes story: From 2005 through 2007, @realDonaldTrump paid a total of $70.1 million in income taxes. NB: Hope your confidential records are better protected by law and ethical standards than those of @POTUS.
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From @KimStrassel, the key: “Do not underestimate how many powerful people in Washington have something to lose from Mr. Barr’s probe. “ Note: Not SC Mueller’s probe. That is over. AG Barr’s probe, which has just begun.
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Thank you whistleblower. Before this began I didn’t know that Hunter Biden has been paid 50K a month for five years to sit on board of Ukrainian gas company while his dad was VP. I didn’t know about the China deal. I didn’t know @JoeBiden bragged about a quid pro quo in Ukraine.
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Honor @SenJohnMcCain and his remarkable career of service, whether you agreed with him always or never, just honor him. No arguments. No using the moment to score points or settle scores. Just honor a great American.
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@darrenrovell Popularity of the “gap year” just skyrocketed. Why would anyone think this is worth the cost?.
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For the benefit of the country, the party and his family, and for his own good, @realDonaldTrump should withdraw. More and worse oppo coming.
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My favorite part of Barr presser:.Journalist: You are being generous to @POTUS by saying he faced an “unprecedented” situation Barr: Is there a precedent?.Journalist: No. Barr: “Hold my beer.” (This may not be an exact quote.”).
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I don’t write the headlines for my @washingtonpost columns —I just write the columns and the headline team works out the headline— but today’s is perfect: “The haters won’t admit it, but @realDonaldTrump’s UAE-Israel diplomacy is an extraordinary triumph.”.
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With @realDonaldTrump win last night —in boxing terms, @JoeBiden got clobbered in the last four rounds of a 15 rounder— the race enters the crucial stretch. Early voters were never going to move, but very good for @POTUS to win big in last debate. @SenateGOP happy too. Very.
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“It’s clear in the past several years our intelligence agencies were weaponized by their leaders against their political enemies,” @RichardGrenell to @MariaBartiromo.
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Speaking to @TheRevAl just now, @EricHolder just called for packing Supreme Court. So the radical Democrats want the GOP to surrender, turn over the keys and courts. Dems simply want power. They don’t have arguments. Just demands. Proceed quickly @realDonaldTrump @senatemajldr.
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Just heard @JonathanTurley say the jury did not even specify what the “second crime” was on their verdict. Wow. What a complete travesty.
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“I don’t have stocks. I own things.” @realDonaldTrump just blows away yet another gotcha question. Imagine asking FDR that after Pearl Harbor. Would that the media hit @chuckschumer and @SpeakerPelosi w/ this sort of attack questioning on tonight’s destructive obstruction.
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Biden/Harris will pack the Supreme Court. It’s that simple.
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The stubborn pride of @FoxNews even at this hour when everyone else realizes @realDonaldTrump could flip AZ is as irresponsible as @Twitter was vis-a-vis @NYPost. That @FoxNews decision desk is in essence refusing to report the NEWS!.
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Just a moment’s appreciation for Dr. Fauci. At 79, the voice of reason and calm. Imagine what this public servant could have been doing (earning?) for more than two decades had he chosen another path. Like justices on #SCOTUS and many others, he serves.
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Release all of the interview, unedited. The American people deserve to see it all. So do our allies.
EXCLUSIVE: Pressed on whether the U.S.'s exit from Afghanistan could have been handled better, Pres. Biden tells @GStephanopoulos, "The idea that somehow, there's a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing—I don't know how that happens."
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Here is the @KimStrassel column I just read on air: Send it everywhere and to everyone. Left wing media has a couple of million in its audience. Center-right media like my show and @WSJ have tens of millions more. Kim S. is over the target. So is AG Barr.
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I campaigned for @JeffFlake , have appeared w/him often in AZ, hosted him on TV and radio, defended him repeatedly. This is a cruel stunt, a vindictive punishment of innocent nominees b/c he wants a show vote on doomed bill. It will be his legacy.
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1/2 of the country's media is talking about Tony Bobulinski, and the other half is pretending to talk about anything else while talking about Tony Bobulinski if cameras and microphones are off.
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“The Biden family treated the vice presidency as a for-profit corporation, flying around the globe, collecting millions of dollars from China and Ukraine and Russia and other countries.” @realDonaldTrump previews @NBC Townhall tomorrow night at 8PM
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We disagree strongly. @DonaldJTrumpJr is a private citizen who has been before Committee and SC for long hours. Both SC and Committee have said "No collusion." Over is over, and I was one who always urged leaving SC Mueller alone. This is about civil liberties at this point.
@hughhewitt I have zero problem with Burr's subpoena and I see the freakout about it as a sign of weakness/panic on GOP's part (Don't care much either tho). But I love the line from Rand Paul making it sound like GOP senators should just do whatever Mitch tells them.
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.@LindseyGrahamSC has stored up decades of good will to back up that fusillade. @JohnMcCain’s best friend unloaded on Ds and @bensasse now reviewing why. @SenateGOP must reject these tactics, this horrible charade and confirm #JudgeKavanaugh.
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“The Department of Justice was being used as a political weapon” by a “willful if small group of people,” who used the claim of collusion with Russia in an attempt to “topple an administration,” AG Barr tells @WSJ.
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Legacy media is going to have a very tough time working around the fact that the tyrant Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014 and will do so again in 2022 but did not do so between 2017 and 2020. Why was Putin deterred in those years but not now or in 2014? Don’t expect a lot of analysis.
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Bravo @LindseyGrahamSC. Anyone who supported SC Mueller, who made requests for assistance of his investigation of 13 countries should be supporting #AGBarr @SecPompeo and @realDonaldTrump efforts to see justice done in #Spygate.
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Dr. Birx just rebuked people talking about DNRs or ventilator shortages that don’t exist. She is pressing down on the panic mongers. Hope that message gets through.
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The closing argument for former President Trump. Today's job report. Illustration from the @washingtonpost
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“Joe Biden’s plan is not a solution to the virus. It is a surrender to the virus.” Powerful line by @realDonaldTrump. Succinct. Memorable. True.
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Every Catholic, indeed every person of any faith, has to realize the left despises them and that the Democrats shelter this virulent bigotry and pretend it’s something else. Catholics should vote accordingly, whether or not a Democrat is Catholic. The left controls the party.
This argument should be read by all American Catholics . as a warning about what's coming. And not just for Catholics, either. cc: @RaymondArroyo @hughhewitt @crousselle.
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This is unfair to Hegseth via the sin of omission. He’s has been awarded two bronze stars for service in Afghanistan and Iraq, is a Princeton and Harvard MPA grad. The sneering will reach fever pitch tomorrow and the civilian talking heads will be in the lead.
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Former President Trump told me this AM that everything he took to Mar-A-Lago was declassified, and that he has done nothing wrong in connection with alternative slates of electors and cannot be indicted as a result. Audio and transcript will post soon.
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“To this day we have never heard from Joe Biden,” Carl Mueller states, then he discusses Operation Kayla Mueller that killed al Bahgdadi, sent by @realDonaldTrump.
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Hundreds of comments pouring in on my new @washingtonpost column arguing @realDonaldTrump hasn’t committed any offense and @SenateGOP should peremptorily reject any article of impeachment against @POTUS from this “process”: Virtual applause shaking my iPad.
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This new round of outrageous school decisions placing desires of teachers and staff ahead of needs of students and parents is going to make the Tea Party moment of the early Obama years seem small. Threatening the future of children over minimal risk to them is so not American.
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Trump just hammering Biden on doing nothing for eight years. “You are all talk and no action.”.
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"Most of the media is ignoring the emails found in Hunter Biden’s laptop, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t news. Joe Biden has an obligation to answer questions about his son’s influence-peddling and his own financial dealings—notably regarding China." --@WSJ Editorial Board.
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Never forget: When the country needed Congress most, at a moment of desperation for employees and businesses alike, @SenateDems and @HouseDemocrats, led by @chuckschumer and @SpeakerPelosi, stopped rescue package cold and put the partisan calculations of party ahead of country.
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I didn’t see @realDonaldTrump speech that is rocking Twitter today, so I read it: It is a paean to American exceptionalism, and the caricatures of it floating around tell you much about their authors and little about the speech. Read it for yourselves.
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Things are eerily quiet inside the Beltway as the Blue Bubble people reel from a very successful first night of the GOP virtual "convention" and realizes @realDonaldTrump may know more about TV production than they do. .
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Distracted tonight @JoeNBC? I denounced Sanders-inspired shooter, McConnelll assault, the @senatorcollins ricin threat. The opening and closing points: that angry obsessives are on both fringes. Only one had wounded people thus far thank God. The tone is a shared responsibility.
Hey Hugh Hewitt, your whataboutism is shameful. You are comparing people yelling in restaurants to someone sending bombs to presidents and secretary of states? . Everyone uses Trump’s rhetoric? What is wrong with you?.
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Colorado Supreme Court, by a vote of 4-3, beclowns itself and its state. SCOTUS should move quickly to reverse this idiocy. The politicization of courts at all levels is greatly damaging to the rule of law. It should a 9-0 reversal and it should be quick.
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A final argument for @realDonaldTrump from @mgoodwin_nypost that should fly around online. It’s a concise restatement of what @POTUS promised, what he’s done, what’s been to him, and what @JoeBiden would try to do. Read and retweet.
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On @SpecialReport last night, the first couple of minutes of @VP Harris’s new interview (her second in the 50-plus days since Biden dropped out) were released, and @BretBaier played what had been released to tease the interview to local PA anchor @briantaff6abc. All of the 11.
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Then quit already before you are fired. I am a DOJ vet as is @AndrewCMcCarthy and many others who are actually lawyers and are horrified what has happened at DOJ. "Schedule A" lawyers can be dismissed or moved and every one of the "resistance" should be gone. DOJ answers to.
BRACING FOR THE SEQUEL: Justice Departmnt lawyers shudder and some mull quitting as Trump's looms. "We've seen this movie before and it's going to be worse," one DOJ vet says.
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I cannot get over how bad Mark Kelly was v. Blake Masters in last night’s debate. Arizona saw in front of them change from the inflation and migration hurting their state or a status quo “down-the-line” vote for Joe Biden. I think Masters should just play clips for next 4 weeks.
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The central issue in this campaign (and 2024 and 2028) will be China which makes @realDonaldTrump an easy choice over @JoeBiden:
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Doesn’t appear that @VP has been told @SenateDems and @SpeakerPelosi are tanking Phase 3 for political gain at this very moment. It’s unbelievable. The consequence of Democratic obstruction tonight will be millions of lost jobs this week. All on the Dems. No other way to put it.
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"@realDonaldTrump delivered one of the best speeches of his Presidency Friday evening at Mount Rushmore," says @WSJ. I made same point on @PoliticsNation to @TheRevAl and triggered his audience on @Twitter. I'll play speech this AM. Among @POTUS' best.
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Strong speech by @DonaldJTrumpJr and good for him for both condemning the murder of George Floyd and defending the vast vast majority of police. In this he mirrors the general American view.
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Terrific speech. Terrific convention. And there’s never been a convention to end with such a display. Ever. The greatest American political traditions of parades and stemwinders just got topped.
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Wow. Economy is on fire. Job creation blew out the estimates (250K v. 188K estimate). All time low unemployment rate for Hispanics. Terrific employment conditions for everyone. Are voters really going to invite @NancyPelsoi and her colleagues back to power? I don't think so.
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RIP Rush. One of the great gentlemen of the business. When I began on AM 640 on the weekends LA in 1990, Rush was already huge —a phenomenon. He cut promos for me as he did for many broadcasters at the start of the industry. Never stopped being a professional’s professional.
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Oh to have had the gift of a Rush Limbaugh monologue today.
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Tips for MSM:.*Virus originated in Wuhan, China. *Its particularly dangerous to elderly and medically fragile people .*Not ‘08 collapse or remotely close to it, with no underlying bubble to break.*It isn’t @realDonaldTrump’s fault, and @POTUS took early action to halt spread.
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Talking to callers from Tampa to Oakland this AM. If @SenateGOP does not confirm @realDonaldTrump nominee to #SCOTUS before election, Republicans across the country, up and down the ballot, will get wiped out. Wiped. Out. The GOP has waited to long to play games. Get it done GOP.
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96 hours left. So much disinformation, especially the disgusting framing of the former president’s remarks on Liz Cheney (my old friend with whom I disagree but towards whom no threats should ever be directed and don’t believe were by 45. Nor do I believe VP Cheney is a warmonger.
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Nicholas Sandmann is very effective as not just for @realDonaldTrump. Sandmann has already brought two of the media defendants to settle w/ him b/c he was indeed defamed. This explain “cancel culture” as well as I’ve seen, and his challenge to media is sharp and stinging.
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I think @PressSec unflinching gaze at Michelle Wolf was the most interesting thing about the event, which is intended to honor the First Amendment but in fact mocked the values of civil society so thoroughly as to stun even the cynical reporters. The honest ones will admit it.
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Professor Karlan’s non-apology (the what-about-the-president-not-apologizing part) just dug the hole deeper, igniting a third, fourth and fifth round of scrutiny and guaranteeing her long career will be remembered for an outburst of metaphorically bared teeth and snarling eyes.
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