Jonathan Martin
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Senior political columnist @politico. Best email for audio files, documents, tips and provocative ideas: https://t.co/VmkJz2G3tS or DM for text/signal
The 504, 202 or on a plane
Joined January 2009
.@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location . “This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.
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NEW from @MittRomney: . “Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy.”.
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The Selzer story is not, necessarily, a Harris lead in Iowa. It is Harris leading by 20 points among women in a heavily white, Midwestern state.
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Man alive, McCain gets in a last word on Trump. His office releases a “farewell statement”. “We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down, when we doubt the power of our ideals”.
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From Sen McCain’s office:. “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28pm on August 25, 2018. With the Senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family. At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for sixty years.”.
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The two party leaders today. Trump:. “Happy Easter to failed gubernatorial candidate and racist Attorney General Letitia James…”. Biden:. “As we reflect today on Christ’s Resurrection, we are reminded that with faith, hope, and love — even death can be defeated”.
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News: @SenatorCollins told me earlier this month in Maine that she would not seat a Supreme Court justice in October. “I think that’s too close, I really do,” she said. She said she’d also oppose seating a justice in the lame duck if there’s a change in presidents.
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“President-elect Biden should be receiving intelligence briefings right now” - @SenatorCollins tells reporters.
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Barbara Bush (the younger) knocking Pa doors in a Barbour is a nice summation of how Rs would lose
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NEW: McConnell believes Trump committed impeachable offenses, believes the attack on Capitol gives Rs a chance to purge the president. and. McCarthy has asked colleagues if he should urge Trump to resign, is open to a censure . w @maggieNYT >. :
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A Senate Republican aide tells me he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Republicans who were *open* to a conviction. Before our story on McConnell.
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A wise, and bullish, Ga Dem says succinctly: They attacked the black church”.
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Bit of news — @JoeBiden tells @andersoncooper every former president “but one” has called him.
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Trump just told reporters he wasn’t contacted for our story. His attorney is on the record in the piece >.
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Besides the aftermath of 9/11, hard to recall another period in the last half-century that so cried out for national leadership.
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perhaps the most telling sign of the last 72 hours, even the biggest Democratic worrywarts are sounding optimistic.
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“We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” said a senior university official with inside knowledge of Liberty’s finances. “We’re not educating; we’re buying real estate every year and taking students’ money to do it.
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Four years ago tonight, I was in Philadelphia for Hillary’s last rally. Two smart Democrats told me they were concerned about Pa. One was Edward G. Rendell. The other was Robert P. Casey Jr. Talked to Sen. Casey again tonight and he. expressed total confidence in Pa.
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The Trump Doctrine is entirely predictable: he attacks those who criticize him, no matter their standing (McRaven, Khans, LeVar Ball, Rosie); and he embraces those who flatter him, no matter who they are (Putin, Kim, Don King, Roy Moore). How are folks surprised at this pt?.
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The word I heard from Dems last night was “compatibility” and clearly she had better vibe w a peer like Walz than Shapiro. But what’s striking isn’t just that she landed on the left’s preferred pick - it’s that she defied so many Dem consultants who preferred Shapiro.
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ALSO: Biden called McConnell yesterday and asked if Senate could dual track impeachment trial and cabinet confirmations. Far from telling Biden he would not discuss the impeachment, McConnell said he would check with the parliamentarian and get back to Biden.
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NEWS: @RepKenMarchant to retire tomorrow, per two Republicans. He’ll be the fourth Texas Repub in recent weeks to call it quits. And Marchant’s DFW-area district is highly competitive. After winning it by double digits, he only carried it by three last year.
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We said last night we have more tapes and we meant it. @alexburnsNYT and I will be on @CNN at 1025AM eastern and you’ll want to tune in.
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It is hard to think of a more powerful, viral in-kind contribution that Rudy could have given Biden. Can’t overstate how turned off casual voters were by Trump humiliating Biden about his son in first debate. Have heard it repeatedly from non political types.
Imagine sharing this as some indication of Biden’s purported deficiencies.
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An extraordinary moment in the House — @LeaderHoyer, w @IlhanMN behind him, speaking directly to @mtgreenee about her conduct - while hoisting an oversized pic of MTG holding an AR-15 against an image of the squad.
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Highly respected Republicans who know Georgia think Ossoff prevails unless something really funky happens in DeKalb and Cobb.
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Rep. Peter Meijer (Mich.), a newly elected Republican from Grand Rapids, apologized to the police afterward. “I am sorry some of my colleagues are being assholes.”. (via @PunchbowlNews ).
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NEWS: . @kingjames is finally taking the plunge into politics. He and a handful of athletes and entertainers are starting a new group to protect black voting rights . On how Lebron, @TheTraeYoung, @JalenRose + others are leaning into The Decision, 2020 >.
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The Virginia National Guard and 200 state troopers are being sent to DC, per a top Va official.
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Source in Georgia says yet more bomb threats coming into heavily black polling stations there.
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Trump remarked that he was awestruck meeting Kim for the first time, thinking to himself, ‘Holy shit,’ and finding Kim to be ‘far beyond smart.’ Trump also boasted to Woodward that Kim ‘tells me everything,’ including a graphic account of Kim having his uncle killed.”.
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Not a word about Trump’s conduct and already moved on to what she assumes will mean more to R primary voters. This is why the calls for unity are mostly just a fig leaf. It’s a way to get off the hook, avoid antagonizing primary voters.
I’ve lost 50k+ followers this week. The radical left and their big tech allies cannot marginalize, censor, or silence the American people. This is not China, this is United States of America, and we are a free country.
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🚨. @Liz_Cheney:. "There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution. "I will vote to impeach the President.".
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An Ariz GOPer laments >>. “Just this weekend, at a rally, Lake asked if there were any McCain supporters present. She then said, ‘if there are, get the hell out’ Imagine a general election candidate telling people in a purple state she didn’t want their votes! It’s unbelievable”.
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Some news: @valdemings has raised $1M since launching her campaign yesterday for #FLSen, per Dem official.
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Philly Dems projecting optimism, both on turnout and possibility that Harris can come out of the city with a 475K or higher margin.
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Pennsylvania Democrats are very confident that the votes are there for Biden to prevail when every vote is counted. One Democrat said the margin could be about 100K, another one projects it closer to 70-80K.
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Most sobering stat last night for the White House: Trump approval was at 48-48 in exit polls. In Alabama. Moore not the only issue.
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What sticks out in Trump statement is that he wants credit for vaccinations but isn't committed to them enough to have gotten vaccinated in public, which would have sped up herd immunity - and gotten him more credit for vaccinations.
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The new Mississippi state flag >.
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Some real Martha Mitchell stuff here, except less cooperative w press. On Jan. 20, 2021 — the day of Biden’s inauguration, which the Alitos did not attend — Barnes went to their home to follow up on the tip about the flag. He encountered the couple coming out of the house.
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The contempt for masking indoors is wildly out of step w public opinion. But it persists even after a massive outbreak infected the president, first lady, party chair, campaign manager, press sec and more.
Video of Capitol Hill reporters insisting WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wear a mask while talking with them and Meadows deciding he won’t talk to reporters if he has to wear a mask.
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🚨🚨🚨. A Va GOP delegate tells me House Rs are now bracing to lose well over 10 seats. This is a bloodbath.
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Pattern so far is Trump doing better in rurals, Harris stronger in burbs.
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It will be long noted + much remembered that @Liz_Cheney and @HerreraBeutler didn’t just call for impeachment. They used their statements to force their colleagues to not avert their gaze. Cheney w her “betrayal” sentence, Beutler by reciting in searing detail the infamy of 1/6.
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Via @elianayjohnson in @playbookplus >. “He told Kelly Loeffler before he landed in Georgia for a final rally on Monday that if she didn’t back the Electoral College challenges, he would ‘do a number on her’ from the stage, according to a source familiar with the events.
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Early vote jumped today in Hidalgo Co (McAllen), as @KamalaHarris @BetoORourke @JulianCastro rallied supporters . County finishes w 187,893 early + mail votes. There were 173,437 total votes there in 2016. E Day to come.
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People close to the president, including several senior White House officials, have privately expressed concerns that his incendiary response to the Minneapolis riots will hurt him with independents and suburban women, via @jonathanvswan .
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Citizen exercises 1st Amendment outside the Capitol this am >
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He didn't just hold fast in Hanoi: an 80-year-old man w brain cancer pushed self to exhaustion this year to reassure the world about America.
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Warren didn’t just do a DNA test - she went home to Okla to put her conservative-leaning family on camera and have em push back at the Pocahontas attack . It’s not “I’m running,” it’s “I’m running and won’t be Swift Boated”.
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Crow Nation at the Billings airport >.
I’ve seen a lot in my travels over the last 40 years but this stopped me in my tracks. Thank you to this young man for serving our country and thank you to the elders that welcomed him home with such honor. God bless our military and God bless America! #militaryfamilies
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As bombs fall in Ukraine, MITT goes there:. “Putin’s impunity predictably follows our tepid response to his previous horrors in Georgia and Crimea, our naive efforts at a one-sided ‘reset,’ and the shortsightedness of ‘America First.’ The ‘80s called’ and we didn’t answer".
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Asked @cindymccain what she’d do if Trump came after her. She said “laugh it off” and predicted a “5 in the morning” tweet . It came at 4:22, her time .
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McCain At The Ranch:. He deeply regrets not picking Lieberman for VP in ‘08, tells Biden to stay in politics and is planning on having Pence, not Trump, at a funeral all hope won’t come anytime soon .
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The Democratic primary electorate looks a lot smarter tonight.
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NEW: Marc Racicot, the former MT governor & RNC chair, tells us why he decided to go public for Biden. “It gnawed at my conscience,” he said, adding of Trump: “I’ve concluded that he’s dangerous to the existence of the republic as we know it.”.
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“The AP’s review found at least three of the Trump campaign aides named on the permit rushed to obscure their connections to the demonstration. They deactivated or locked down their social media profiles and removed tweets that referenced the rally.”
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NEW: Audio of Corker telling us "I hope you are" taping our interview >>.
The Failing @nytimes set Liddle' Bob Corker up by recording his conversation. Was made to sound a fool, and that's what I am dealing with!.
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NEWS: Two Ariz Republicans w direct knowledge tell me they now anticipate McCain WILL vote "no" on skinny.
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When a Republican president floats breaking into the DNC w no apparent irony .
Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard of until the Witch Hunt was illegally started. They BROKE INTO AN ATTORNEY’S OFFICE! Why didn’t they break into the DNC to get the Server, or Crooked’s office?.
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Republican vet sends this over and asks: . “Why on earth is the Trump Campaign sending this out? Do they think this makes Biden look bad? People are going to love this”.
Detroit auto worker: "You are actively trying to diminish our Second Amendment right and take away our guns.". Joe Biden: "You're full of shit.". Biden staffer: "Alright, thank you guys--". Biden: "No, shush! Shush!".
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The news in that Fla. poll: . Biden is up 52-42 among 65+ year old voters. 2016 exits had Trump 57-40 over Hillary with 65+ Fla voters.
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Exclu: CORKER sez Trump treating WH like "reality show," is tempting "World War III" & WH staff must "contain him" >.
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MCCAIN: "Congress must now return to regular order, hold hearings, receive input from. both parties, and heed the recommendations of" govs.
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First member of congressional GOP leadership to exert any sort of pressure - and a notable difference w @GOPLeader.
Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of House GOP leadership, says President Trump should respect “the sanctity of our electoral process” if he can’t prove his claims in court.
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.@maggieNYT is the most indispensable journalist of the Trump era. She's relentless, tough and thoroughly fair. And she's a big part of why you know so much of what you do about this WH.
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Senior White House officials found out about the FBI’s Mar a Lago raid on Twitter, had no notice, per source familiar.
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A sage Dem texts, basically: Repubs are gonna elevate a speaker who tried to overthrow the election and backs an abortion ban - the two issues we won on in 2022. “What are they thinking ?”.
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News: Top Biden aides are conducting a vigorous internal debate over whether to issue preemptive pardons, an extraordinary step to inoculate potential Trump targets from prosecution. At issue: whether to err on side of protecting figures like Fauci, Schiff and Cheney in case.
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Just checked in w @Bencjacobs, who is getting an x-ray (!). his parting words: "wait for my piece to go up, don't scoop me on this".
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As Corker noted, most every GOP senator shares his alarm about Trump. He just said it on the record & unsparingly.
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The decision to move the ceremony inside and then hand donors seats literally right next to and behind former presidents and VP is a gift to Dems, easiest messaging in the world.
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Closing Message . Question of the day for Joe Biden. Are you in hiding most of this week because you are only willing to answer milkshake-related questions?.
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NEW: Fla was already the most consequential swing state. But DeSantis v Gillum sets up a titanic showdown between a pair of 39-year-olds who represent the beating heart of their parties: the Trump acolyte vs the black progressive. with @PatriciaMazzei >.
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NEW: 💥. The rupture is complete . Pence tells me he’s open to running v Trump in ‘24 - will go “where we’re called” - and heads goes to Ga today to join ranks against Trump’s vengeance tour. Trump spox says Pence is “desperate to chase his lost relevance”.
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I went to the RNC winter meeting but found a parallel universe. But don't take my word for it. “This room, they’re in denial, and that’s on the record,” said @billpalatucci . From Amelia Island >.
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White House won’t say what the immigration status is of Melania’s parents .
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Perhaps the biggest non-presidential moment of the 2020 cycle is upon is. And after months of saying he would not run, @GovernorBullock is poised to run against @SteveDaines . w @CatieEdmondson .
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One of Trump’s favorite 2016 attack lines on @tedcruz: “He holds the bible high and then he lies. I call him Lyin’ Ted”. @maggieNYT.
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One of two political parties fine w a nominee telling flat lies, demagoguing immigrants in the worst tradition of American politics and hustling every possible buck he can . Total acquiescence from most every elected Republican .
Trump: They stole the FEMA money like they stole it from a bank so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them this season.
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Toomey said on KDKA-AM radio on Thursday that the party can’t look the other way when a president “tries terrible and illegal and unconstitutional means of staying in power.”. “That’s not acceptable, that’s not conservative, that’s not Republican”
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In a 25-min interview, Sen BOB CORKER offered perhaps the harshest critique yet of Trump from an elected Republican>.
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I'm told by somebody at Fox that they *will* call the presidency for Biden if PA tips his way tonight. Sec/State there is holding a briefing at 5:15.
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.@GOPLeader just told members on call that somebody is leaking to the NYT (it you, @maggieNYT) while on the call.
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It’s also the coalition that handed Biden the nomination and may make him president.
Before y’all dump on Alabama, remember these folks live here, too. And they are fighting to make it better.
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via @AshleyRParker . As the pool was ushered out, we asked Biden if he has, in fact, convinced allies that America is back. Biden, sunglasses in hand, gestured to Macron and said, “Ask him.”. The pool then repeated the question, to which Macron replied, “Definitely.”.
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GOP senator calls just now, sez Trump consumed w RUSSIA. Also: Trump must sell tax reform . "His vocabulary on healthcare was bout 10 words".
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