John Avlon
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Suffolk County, NY
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It's official: I'm running for Congress in
#NY01
because there's too much at stake for the country & community I love. Long Island families deserve someone who fights for their values, not Trump's. It's time for us all to get off the sidelines. Join Me.
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SCHIFF: “Trump and his campaign welcomed and encouraged Russian interference?”
MUELLER: “Yes.”
SCHIFF: “And then Trump and his campaign lied about it to cover it up?”
MUELLER: “Yes.”
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Wait, Tom Cotton just said America is Safer now than 4 years ago - but one of the themes of this convention is that America’s cities are more violent than ever.
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Worth noting that today is Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday - you know, the immigrant kid who came from the shithole of Nevis to create the USA
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One day it will be an amazing case study: how someone can have access to the most accurate information in the world, on any subject, and still choose to believe rumors, lies and conspiracy theories.
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Let’s not simply dismiss this latest presidential tweet as Trump being Trump -
The President of the United States just denied the official death toll from Hurricane Maria and blamed it on Democrats.
This is among the lowest statements made by any American president.
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Michelle Obama’s speech - and especially her delivery – was the kind stuff they’ll teach in classes.
But the biggest takeaway for me was that Joe Biden vs. Trump is a campaign that can bring together Bernie Sanders and John Kasich - and that’s a real big tent.
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If your employer attacks your spouse in personal terms, you resign. Full stop.
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DNI just said that the most urgent threat America faces is not a military strike from a foreign nation but an attempt to undermine the integrity of our election system. Let that sink in.
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Character is what you do when nobody’s watching. This is Trump sober, mid-day, with someone he barely knows, while wearing a mic.
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Jacob Blake’s dad just said on
@NewDay
that he spoke to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for an hour - said it was like speaking to “my uncle and one of my sisters.”
When Ali Camerota asked if he’d heard from President Trump to date, Mr. Blake only said “negative.”
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This is the biggest story in the world that we’re not paying enough attention to
Looks like Xi Jinping has plans to remain China’s president forever with plan to scrap two-term limit.
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Here’s the biggest takeaway from this morning’s hearing:
Not a single Republican asked about the many troubling allegations about our president put forward by his former personal attorney.
Instead, it was all attack, distract and deflect. Which they learned from the president.
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“Trickle down economics has never worked. It’s time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out.” - that’s a line that will define this speech.
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Wow - what a response! In just a few hours, over a million views of my announcement video. Blown away.
I’m grateful for all the support from so many across Long Island. Because this isn’t just about me. It’s about all of us — and what it’s going to take to flip this seat and
It's official: I'm running for Congress in
#NY01
because there's too much at stake for the country & community I love. Long Island families deserve someone who fights for their values, not Trump's. It's time for us all to get off the sidelines. Join Me.
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This is going to look even worse when the full history is written.
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Remember: Twitter Trump is the real Trump. Reflexive defenders of this president should reflect on how this will look in the history books.
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This is is Sen. Cornyn’s excuse for Trump about Russian bounties on US troops: “Well, I think the president can’t single-handedly remember everything, I’m sure, that he’s briefed on.” At the same time, Trump campaign running ads saying Biden is losing it.
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So Rosenstein just told senators he knew Comey would be fired before he wrote the memo.
WH cover story was a lie from the start.
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In Pennsylvania exit polls, 60% of voters have an unfavorable opinion of Donald Trump.
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A huge night and a massive victory in the
#NY01
primary - 70-30 - thank you to every member of our team who helped make this happen. We proved the positive defeats negative & the politics of addition defeats the politics of division. That will be the key to victory in the fall -
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This headline should be studied by historians to understand our insane days: “Trump cites game show host Chuck Woolery on pandemic while undercutting doctors and questioning their expertise.”
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Fox News Airs 11-Year-Old Photo of Empty Shelves in Japan to Slam 'Bare Shelves Biden' via
@mediaite
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This is not getting nearly as much attention as it deserves.
It’s a bigger deal than ‘they just said it out loud.’
This kind of an admission should be used in court cases about voter suppression efforts.
Free and Fair elections is more than just a sound bite.
One of President Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “traditionally” relied on voter suppression to compete in battleground states.
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CNN Confirms: Trump referred to Marines buried at cemetery in France in crude and derogatory terms, a former senior official says - CNNPolitics
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Don’t get numb to this. None of this is normal.
Heritage Foundation president celebrates Supreme Court presidential immunity ruling: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be"
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Trump’s firing of Barr is just the latest reminder of what Winston Churchill said about the futility of appeasement: it’s like feeding a crocodile hoping it eats you last.
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"There's only one story in the country right now. We are seeing something we have never seen before in American history: A massive voter suppression effort, an effort to steal the election even beforehand, before our eyes." -
@tomfriedman
to
@brianstelter
on
@ReliableSources
.
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And for what it’s worth, I do think the American people should have full information on Trump’s finances before the election to make a fully informed decision with regard to the possible foreign sources of income. The pace of the courts and this decision will not allow it.
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“We encourage any New Yorker who came into contact with Sarah Palin to get tested.”
— Jonah Allon, spokesman for New York City Mayor Eric Adams - h/t
@politicalwire
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On
@NewDay
Ken Starr just said that “we don’t want investigators or prosecutors to go on a fishing expedition” Jaw-dropping.
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Genuinely interested in how Trump super fans feel they know him better than his family...
"He has no principles. None. None," says Donald Trump's sister - a former Federal Judge. "The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying...It’s the phoniness of it all...Donald is cruel.”
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This is
@ErinBurnett
at her best - an accountability interview.
Rep. Malliotakis went on Erin Burnett's show and tried to defend her vote against certifying Biden's election win. It didn't go great for her.
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Trump finishes with worst first term approval rating ever - CNNPolitics
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Former CNN anchor John Avlon could help Democrats take control of the House, expert says. Here's how - CBS New York
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“There’s panic on the Republican side that underscores that..the facts are not in Trump’s favor.” -
@abbydphillip
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7 Republicans who voted to convict will be seen as profiles in courage for upholding the integrity of our constitution and saying no president can incite insurrection.
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Can’t repeat this enough.
White House State Dining Room's fireplace is inscribed with John Adams's wish--“May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof”:
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When Trump’s senior military advisor endorses Joe Biden - along with 500 other former national security and military officials it’s a big deal. As in unprecedented.
Retired Gen. Paul Selva, a former senior military adviser to President Trump, is one of nearly 500 national security experts and former officials who has signed a letter in support of Joe Biden for president.
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If you believe Trump is tougher on Russia than his predecessors, then I’ve got a penthouse in the Trump Tower Moscow to sell you.
President Trump says he's been tougher on Russia than any US President. Is this true?
@JohnAvlon
has a
#RealityCheck
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“To sin by silence when they should protest, makes cowards of men.”
- Abraham Lincoln
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Here's Mitch McConnell in 1999 talking Bill Clinton: "The problem is lying under oath and obstructing justice. The subject matter is not what is significant here; it's lying under oath and obstructing justice." More examples in my latest column for
@CNN
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Q: Why would a lawyer make such a high stakes rookie mistake on the president’s twitter feed?
A: He wouldn’t.
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“By the end of this convention, Trump will have put three times as many African Americans on stage as he has appointed to his West Wing, Cabinet and US Attorney's offices...combined.”
New column up on
@CNNOpinion
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"There is going to be a history of this era written and those who are pretending this irresponsibility is not happening, they will be remembered as villains." -
@jaketapper
on
@CNNSotu
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FBI Director Chris Wray clearly calls the Capitol Hill attack “domestic terrorism.”
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Putting my kids to bed but I gather that Tucker just took a shot at me. Badge of Honor.
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Yeah, this matters.
WATCH: Kayleigh McEnany: Obama rushed off to golf after Daniel Pearl was beheaded.
Pearl was killed in 2002. Obama was a state senator.
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This is why we need to build the broadest possible coalition to defeat Donald Trump, defend our democracy and win back this house from his MAGA minions.
Cassidy Hutchinson: “We're at a level of political violence we have not seen in modern times. We need to retract from that. We need to restore some normalcy...We start by doing everything we possibly can to make sure that Donald Trump never gets near the Oval Office again.”
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On
@CNNSitRoom
,
@maggieNYT
makes an important point: Trump isn’t thinking about how this impacts democracy or the country. He never does. It’s always through the prism of his own self-interest.
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The most dangerous warnings about a Trump second term are coming from folks who served inside his White House
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Tonight’s real time vote counting is a good example of
@AndrewYang
’s “Math” mantra in action. Math matters.
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Gotta say that Joe Biden’s answer in the
@CNN
town hall just now about overcoming stuttering and the moral imperative to reach out to those suffering with empathy was one of the most powerful and personal few minutes I’ve heard from a candidate this campaign.
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This isn’t even true.
But it is a sick way for a president - who is supposed to represent all the people - to think.
Trump says if you "take the blue states out" US Covid deaths would be at a very low level.
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It was all a lie, part one million. Salem Apologizes, Retracts Dinesh D'Souza's Debunked Election Fraud Movie '2000 Mules' via
@mediaite
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Thanks to everyone for all their cheers and well wishes after last night’s massive primary victory. I will get back to everyone - just getting through the list. Thank you!
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Rick Santorum’s defense of Donald Trump right now on
@AC360
is basically that the President lies all the time about Russia because he’s a liar. There’s nothing odd or sinister or unusual in his lies about Russia. When that’s the best argument your on air advocates have…
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Here’s a
@PolitiFact
look at Trump’s over 100 shout outs to Wikileaks over the last weeks of the ‘16 Campaign.
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Biden just called out “white supremacy” in his inaugural - I think that’s a first.
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Biden just gave his best speech of the campaign at Gettysburg. It was a clear contrast with historic sweep, a commitment to reuniting the nation in a time of deep divisions. I’ve been writing a book on Lincoln and there were many resonant references.
@CNNOpinion
column to come...
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It’s good to see
@marceelias
& others recognizing what we’re doing at
@CNN
in the 9 hour, covering the most important story of our time: the defense of democracy.
@brikeilarcnn
crushed it last week &
@Acosta
will be in the anchor chair next. I’ll be returning with
#RealityCheck
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Watching
@CNN
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Full quote: “I really believe it’s down to one issue on the ballot. Not taxes, not even abortion, nothing. The one issue is: Do you believe in democracy, or do you believe in authoritarianism?”
— Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
.
@AdamKinzinger
: “I voted Democratic last election cycle. If it's Trump against Joe Biden, I'll vote Democratic this coming one…I really believe it’s down to one issue…do you believe in democracy, or do you believe in authoritarianism?”
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“I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base.”
— House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) -
#quoteoftheday
in
@politicalwire
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Tonight I got one of the best compliments of the campaign:
“Thank you for being sane.”
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All of what we are dealing with - as a country and a world - is why the nomination speech statement “I alone can fix it” was so deeply wrong from the beginning.
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Looks like the circus just came to NY-01. George Santos filed to primary Nick LaLota.
Whatever the result - serial liar or Trump flunky - my response is the same:
Bring It On.
Indicted Serial Liar George Santos Announces New Run for Congress During State of the Union
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This belongs in a museum.
Sean Hannity: The New York Times is trying to distract you. They say Trump tried to fire Mueller, but our sources aren’t confirming that!
Sean Hannity, minutes later: Alright, yeah, maybe our sources confirm Trump wanted to fire Mueller. But so what? That’s his right. Anywho...
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One of the questions tonight was how Biden would approach speaking to a mostly empty chamber.
Answer: He’s crisp but conversational - it isn’t the strident applause line politics oratory we typically see at State of Unions. It’s a more intimate, fireside chat style.
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This line is a bit troubling: “remove federal employees who undermine the public trust, or fail the American people.”
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Hey Nick: a Banana Republic is when you want to pardon a criminal because they’re from your political party.
A Banana Republic is when a candidate promises to pardon people who attacked the US Capitol on his behalf.
The fact that a former president was convicted by a jury of
The best way to unwind Alvin Bragg’s political prosecution and today’s conviction is for Governor Hochul to immediately announce her intention to pardon President Trump and pre-emptively commute any sentence. To not do so is to allow America to become a banana republic. President
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We’re in the first 15 minutes of Biden’s Townhall on
@CNN
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Please keep baby Francesca in your heart and send love to her parents,
@KFILE
and
@RachelEnsignWSJ
Join us in honoring baby Francesca's memory through a donation to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute:
Andrew and Rachel, stay strong. We love you. And know that Francesca's memory will always be a blessing.
#TeamBeans
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"He has no principles. None. None," says Donald Trump's sister - a former Federal Judge. "The change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying...It’s the phoniness of it all...Donald is cruel.”
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Watching Biden talk to a scared second grader at
@CNN
’s
#BidenTownhall
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Today’s
#RealityCheck
- we were told there’d be a Trump healthcare plan - but then we’ve been told that many, many times before.
More than 10 years after Obamacare (which was inspired by a Republican plan) the GOP is still all repeal, no replace, even in a pandemic.
More than three years into the Trump presidency and six months into a pandemic, there still isn’t a serious health care plan from the President and the GOP,
@JohnAvlon
says.
“This is the old arsonist as a firefighter routine, with possibly your life on the line.”
#RealityCheck
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"This is madness. We have a process. Recounts are appropriate. Going to the court is appropriate. Pursuing every legal avenue is appropriate. But trying to get electors not to do what the people voted to do is madness.” -
@MittRomney
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Most Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, think Biden has more respect for those who serve in uniform than Trump does and deep skepticism for Trump's coronavirus response endures: POLL - ABC News
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One of the lessons of the Trump administration is not to be intimidated by bullies and their ridiculous threats. It is always a sign of weakness not strength. They bet on people rationalizing and knuckling under.
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So the view from the Oval Office seems to be most undocumented migrants are murders, drug dealers, thugs & child traffickers.
#realitycheck
: there are less violent crimes per capita from undocumented immigrants than native born Americans.
Talk about a “crisis of the soul.”
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It’s just disgraceful to not even try to answer a direct question in a debate – and to default to talking points that you’ve said said over and over and over again...it’s a parody of itself.
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So it seems like world leaders at the United Nations just laughed at - not with - our American President in the first minute of his speech, when he repeated his rally line about his administration having accomplished more than almost any other in our history.
This is not good.
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Got something in my eye.
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Huge news: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes convicted of seditious conspiracy. As a journalist, I’ve covered Oath Keepers since 2009, recounted in Wingnuts. As a historian, I can tell you that seditious conspiracy convictions are incredibly rare. And in this case deserved.
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This is huge! The Force is With Us! Join
@MarkHamill
for a zoom fundraiser and
#NY01
campaign conversation this Friday night at 8pm EST!
🚨BREAKING NEWS-TOMORROW JUNE 21ST- I am abandoning my usual Friday routine of sitting on the couch in my shorts yelling at the TV to meet with
@JohnAvlon
& untold millions supporting his campaign for Congress in Long Island
#NY01
!!!
#VoteBlue2SaveDemocracy
☑️
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If senators are going to flaunt their disregard for the facts presented in this impeachment trial - reading papers, feet up - they should at least be made to do so in full view of the cameras, so constituents can see the cynical contempt they have for deliberative democracy.
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White supremacists pose as Antifa online, call for violence - This article by
@donie
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Stephen King has some choice words for anti-Vaxxers…
Let’s keep it simple, you ainti-vaxxers: You have a right to kill yourself, whether with booze, cigarettes, chew, or high living. You do not have the right to kill others by spreading a virus. That’s not freedom, it’s selfishness.
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The 1,000 page bipartisan Senate Intel report was dropped at the height of the Democratic convention and followed by typical Trump attempts to distract. Don’t fall for it. Even Republicans on the committee backed damning facts that show that Trump-Russia connections were real.
A bipartisan report from the Senate Intelligence Committee explains how Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and the Trump campaign welcomed the help.
@JohnAvlon
: “The Trump campaign’s Russia connections were real... and the report condemns it.”
#RealityCheck
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David Frum's tribute to Miranda is a act of grace amid unimaginable grief. Margaret and I love the Frum family and Miranda. She was a force of nature and her passing rocked our family. I had the honor of running her work at
@thedailybeast
- read it and laugh and weep in honor of
This is an extraordinary tribute by
@davidfrum
to his daughter Miranda, and to the dog she loved. It's beautiful and moving. Such grief, and such loving memories. Just be prepared to weep as you read it. You won't forget it, or Miranda.
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Good morning and happy primary Election Day here in
#NY01
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I’m heading on
@Morning_Joe
in a few and then walking down to the firehouse to vote!
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This is the speed dating equivalent of impeachment. But The Trump defense speeches capture a crew that has learned from their boss: deflect and project, whataboutism and victimhood. Very little addressing the charges or what actually happened.
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