Based on a variety of reports, the
@NFL
did not make the decision to suspend the Bengals-Bills game. Rather, players/captains and coaches from both teams, who had witnessed Bills safety Damar Hamlin getting CPR for 8 minutes, said they would not continue the game.
#NFL
Just confirmed
@SenTedCruz
and his family flew to Cancun tonight for a few days at a resort they've visited before. Cruz seems to believe there isn't much for him to do in Texas for the millions of fellow Texans who remain without electricity/water and are literally freezing.
Hey Jim
@acosta
, the job of a true journalist is not to be sad or happy by what happens in a press briefing room. It is to ask questions and report facts about what was said/not said. Your feelings, antics, + self promotion are hurting journalism, not helping it. Enough.
I walked out of the end of that briefing because I am totally saddened by what just happened. Sarah Sanders was repeatedly given a chance to say the press is not the enemy and she wouldn't do it. Shameful.
My ten year old daughter drew this and asked me to post it here. I agreed. We are curious what you think. Please ignore if your impulse towards this or me is negativity. Thanks.
#daughter
#artwork
What is happening in Georgia’s voting today is an abomination. The ridiculously long lines, broken machines, and related chaos are the canaries in the coal mine for November. Our election system is being deprived of the basics needed to function. And it’s getting worse.
The Arctic Circle Hit 101°F Saturday, Its Hottest Temperature Ever. The average high temp for June is 68 degrees F. So, the Arctic is running +33 degrees right now. Is anybody listening?
I get the temptation to accuse
@BarackObama
of letting Putin off the hook in 2016. But it is a FACT that Obama proposed a public statement about Russian meddling during the campaign and Mitch McConnell told him no.
#Putin
Tonight
@JoeBiden
lied about his record on social security, abortion rights, bankruptcy bill, green new deal, war in Iraq, gay marriage. If lying no longer matters, so be it. But democrats need to prepare to drop their moral high ground against
@realDonaldTrump
.
#BidenvsSanders
Initially wasn’t inclined to believe the Iowa dem party deliberately sabotaged
#caucus
numbers to sandbag
@BernieSanders
. But day 3, the party is still at 71% results? WTF? This is moving well past “innocent mistakes with the app” and into something deliberate + disgusting.
Terrible news for
@BernieSanders
that he finished 1st tonight instead of a strong 3rd. In coming contests, where there is greater minority participation, Sanders leads among minorities. But that’s a problem. Plus, his plans have too much support. So, he is doomed.
#MSM
Jokes aside, let’s be clear: The Iowa Democratic Party’s tabulation malfeasance helps candidates who appear to have lost badly tonight including
@JoeBiden
and sandbags the expected winner
@BernieSanders
. Sanders supporters are right to be outraged.
#iowaimplosion
#DNC
Hey Jim
@Acosta
, why not walk outside the arena/hall and deliver your report from where it is quiet? For years, that's what the rest of us have done when a campaign event is too loud and we care to "report the news." Your whining suggests you care only about yourself.
Tonight the Trump campaign/WH turned up the music so loud the press risers were vibrating. Nearly impossible to do live TV. I suppose the WH loves those kinds of shenanigans. But I wonder if it’s a security concern for USSS or local law enforcement. They can’t hear either.
You
@chucktodd
@MSNBC
need to apologize. To cite an anti-Semitic column and liken
@BernieSanders
supporters to Nazi “brown shirts” is beyond the pale. You’ve also diminished the significance of the Holocaust. How could you do that? What is wrong with you?
"Digital brown shirt brigade."
That's how our Jewish candidate's supporters are being described on the MSM.
The contempt shown for ordinary people is really something.
Certain the MSM will never give due credit
@BernieSanders
. But let’s be clear: It was Senator Sander’s threat to put a hold on the entire bill (over the corporate $) that turned around GOP Senators who were complaining about an unemployment provision. .
Naturally, the
@CNN
paid political analyst who insisted the Warren claim about Sanders was "reported out" and not she said/he said was
@jess_mc
. CNN will never tell viewers her background. But I will. Jess McIntosh was a communications director in '16 for Hillary Clinton.
kudos to
@andersoncooper
in post debate analysis for noting only
@BernieSanders
and
@ewarren
were in the room for that conversation in 2018. Cooper dismantled the CNN analyst who bizarrely insisted it was a
@CNN
reported story and not he said/she said.
Sorry
@chucktodd
, I’m not going to “let this go.” The Nazis wiped out branches of my family. As I told your
@MSNBC
intermediaries, I don’t care that we worked together or how this looks. You cited the vile column and can’t hide behind it. Apologize.
You
@chucktodd
@MSNBC
need to apologize. To cite an anti-Semitic column and liken
@BernieSanders
supporters to Nazi “brown shirts” is beyond the pale. You’ve also diminished the significance of the Holocaust. How could you do that? What is wrong with you?
Too many of my former colleagues
@MSNBC
have completely lost their minds. This isn’t complicated. In 2016
@BernieSanders
beat one candidate in H.Clinton. Tonight he has beaten half a dozen including a former VP, two senators, a mayor, and a billionaire (Steyer).
Deeply distressed by the wave of vile claims the past 24 hours that
@BernieSanders
is anti-Semitic. He worked in Israel and supports Israel’s right to exist 100%. But questioning Israeli right wing policies is now unforgivable? I pray for all of us, especially my fellow Jews.
Maybe it's just me. But something seems wrong when our federal government, in 4 different bills, can spend 5 trillion dollars. Yet Americans who are out of work are still being asked to pay their rent, mortgages, car payments, + credit cards on time, as scheduled.
#COVID19
Oh, come on. This Des Moines Register poll has correctly picked the winner of the Iowa caucuses in the last 6 nomination cycles. Yet now with
@berniesanders
leading,
@msnbc
questions the poll's accuracy?
#democrats2020
Time to bury the argument from
@realDonaldTrump
+ others that the special counsel investigation is a “waste of money.” Given Manafort cash/asset forfeiture to US government of $46M in plea deal, and Mueller cost of $26M, the probe has put the US govt +20M ahead.
#trumpRussia
For crying out loud. This was from 2016. The host of that program, Ed Schultz, has since passed away. You
@joncoopertweets
should apologize and take this down.
Bernie Sanders’ wife went on Russian TV to explain why open primaries — like the SC Democratic primary on Saturday — are more “democratic” because they allow REPUBLICANS to vote for who the Democratic nominee should be. Sorry, Jane — THIS IS JUST WRONG! 😡
Manchin ally says Senator has received no pressure or lobbying from WH to vote for the Covid19 bill with the minimum wage attached. Good for Manchin. Malfeasance at WH. No calls, horse trading, or effort to find out what would get Manchin on board? Good grief. Beyond absurd.
Michael Moore is not. running. Rashida Tlaib is also not running. So, try again. Meantime, thanks for acknowledging you are biased and inconsistent. Also, I think it’s clear to all that your “policing” on social media is far more aggressive and frequent than mine.
@DavidShuster
@HillaryClinton
Thank you for policing my twitter, David! I’m pretty sure twitter rules don’t require consistency in criticism. I call em as I see em. I think her comments were stupid and inappropriate and most importantly drew focus from the promotion of her doc. But. She’s. Not. Running.
I get the MSM fear
@BernieSanders
. But the claim he is history is absurd. Latest IA poll (CBS) has him in 2nd, just 3% behind Biden. Latest NH poll (B. Herald) has Sanders in first. Latest SC poll (CBS) has Sanders in 2nd. Latest NV +CA polls (CBS) have him 1st.
.
@BernieSanders
extended his hand and
@ewarren
refused to shake it. So much for Warren being the "unity candidate." Waiting for Warren staff to leak
@CNN
, and then CNN to report as fact, that Bernie told her women shouldn't be allowed to speak at debates.
#Democrats2020
Actually
@berniesanders
followed stump speech with a panel discussion with African American leaders. But maybe this insidious omission
@abbydphillip
@cnn
shouldn't be a surprise. She is same reporter who showed malfeasance in CNN debate re Warren claims about Sanders.
#biased
Sanders just finished his speech in Flint and as far as I can tell, it was a shorter version of his stump speech. He did not "directly address the AfAm community and make the case for why black voters should support him over Vice President Biden" as his campaign said he would.
How good is
@BernieSanders
at this? Amidst arguing against fracking, he slipped in a dig at
@chucktodd
for 2nd time tonight. "Climate change is an existential threat. You know what that means, Chuck?" Bernie is signaling that CT is dumb. Payback for "brownshirts." Bravo.
With all due respect
@NoahCRothman
, your column is absurd. Criticizing Israeli right wing policy is NOT anti-semitism. The label you've applied to
@BernieSanders
campaign is outrageous and diminishes the significance of actual anti-semitism. Apologize. It's important.
Campaign reporters, please ask Bernie when you get the chance about his apparent tolerance for the occasionally anti-Semitic indulgences of his surrogates and campaign staff. It’s important.
Hey
@soledadobrien
, I’m having difficulty finding any tweets where you made that kind of observation two weeks ago about
@HillaryClinton
after she said “nobody likes Bernie Sanders.” Surely you are providing consistent criticism... or are you?
#Democrats2020
In other words, just before closing in on 99% or 100%
#IowaCaucusResults
and an official declaration that
@BernieSanders
was the winner,
@tomperez
says "wait." No wonder so many people are demanding his resignation.
He is either corrupt or poisonously tone deaf.
#DNC
NEW: The Iowa Democratic Party did not have advance warning that
@TomPerez
was calling for a recanvass of the Iowa caucus results, two people familiar with the matter tell
@CNN
. Perez doesn't point out that the DNC has been running the show in Iowa for the last 48 hours.
More proof
@HillaryClinton
is one of the most narcissistic and politically tone deaf figures of our times.
@BernieSanders
did 39 events for her in '16, 4x what she did for
@BarackObama
in '08. Obviously
#HillaryClinton
is a troubled soul. Still, this is embarrassing.
If a sitting US Senator describes a federal criminal grand jury investigation with hundreds of witnesses and tens of thousands of documents as “at will,” that Senator is a MORON and an embarrassment to the republic. Then again, that has been Hawley’s reputation for years.
Regarding the debate over socialism and Denmark, Forbes recently ranked countries that are "best" for business.
Denmark was
#1
. The USA was
#14
.
#DemocraticDebate
.
@BernieSanders
asked the man to stay through the town hall. Afterwards, Sanders and his wife spoke with the man at length in private, ditching a public meet/greet Sanders had planned with hundreds of supporters.
#humanity
kudos to
@andersoncooper
in post debate analysis for noting only
@BernieSanders
and
@ewarren
were in the room for that conversation in 2018. Cooper dismantled the CNN analyst who bizarrely insisted it was a
@CNN
reported story and not he said/she said.
The big story Monday night will be whoever wins the Iowa caucuses. If it's not
@AndrewYang
, he still has earned some air time. In a field that started with 23 candidates, this previous no-name, non politician, is on track to finish top 6 in Iowa. Remarkable.
#YangGang
Sorry
@CGasparino
. Democratic party sources who have spoken with
@BarackObama
tell me your "scoop is absolute BS." And given your past, I'm certain my sources are correct and yours are made up. I'll publicly name my sources if you name yours.
#Democrats2020
SCOOP: Dem Party sources who have spoken w
@BarackObama
say former prez is growing increasingly anxious about
@BernieSanders
rise in the national polls & where the avowed socialist would take the country; he is considering a public statement addressing it more now
@FoxBusiness
Regardless of how
@AndrewYang
does the next few weeks, his candidacy has added vitality, new ideas, + energy to the dem nomination race. He has lifted the field and run a great campaign. Plus, his business argument for m4a stands as one of the most compelling in 2020.
#respect
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in leveling the playing field, he wanted to see poverty eradicated. Today, and every day we work to honor his legacy.
#MLKDay
.
@ewarren
follow through on her attempted political murder-suicide means she has put all of her cards on possibly coming back as Biden's running mate. Many
@BernieSanders
supporters will never support or forgive her for the sexism charge against Sanders.
#DemocraticDebate
Donald Trump must be convicted and removed from office.
Because he will always choose his own personal interest over our national interest.
Because in America, right matters. Truth matters.
If not, no Constitution can protect us.
If not, we are lost.
Fun! The potential of another President who hates the media! (And I’m a big ole critic of the media). But ugh—let’s end this ugly chapter of media hatred from elected officials who don’t like their BS challenged.
The supporters of
@BernieSanders
are younger, more female, and less white than any other democratic presidential candidate. In other words, much of the MSM and twitter world with their “Bernie bros” description has it wrong.
Funny, I've asked Jeff Zucker's team
@CNN
three times to react publicly to widespread allegations the network engaged in journalistic malfeasance before, during, and after the debate. So far, no response.
#thisiscnn
#WarrenSanders
I’ve asked
@BernieSanders
three times today to react to the released audio of his tense conversation with
@ewarren
as he moves through the Capitol. So far, no response.
Multiple reports
@OhioStateFB
head coach Ryan Day is shopping himself to NFL teams. This may explain 25+ OSU players entering transfer portal, including QB McCord. Did
@CoachJim4UM
@UMichFootball
break Day and the buckeyes? Sure looks that way. Bet.
#GoBlue
The MSM can no longer ignore
@BernieSanders
. All polling shows him surging in Iowa, NH, SC, + nationally. Several focus groups found he "won" Wednesday's debate. He is
#1
in fundraising + has most donors. Media may be institutionally biased...but they aren't stupid.
The media is suddenly realizing Bernie Blackout didn't work. They don't want to be left at station when the Sanders Express wins IA, NH, NV, & Cali.
This is all about saving their credibility, ratings, & making sure Bernie buys TV political ads from them.
This "reporting" + self promotion
@cnn
is reprehensible.
@BernieSanders
has categorically denied saying this. So, you
@mj_lee
should name your sources publicly, retract the story, or change the lede. You do not know what was said. You weren't there + have no recording.
#bias
What we just broke on air
@CNN
: Bernie Sanders told Elizabeth Warren in a private meeting in December 2018 that he did not believe a woman could win, according to four sources.
Full story here, including Sanders' aggressive on-the-record pushback:
Recent Pew survey: 73% Americans agree corporations have too much influence, 74% want tougher regulation of Wall St., 79% want higher taxes on wealthy, 85% support campaign finance reform. And much of the MSM still doesn't "get"
@BernieSanders
. Remarkable.
#democrats2020
Based on margins so far and outstanding votes still to be counted in MI and WI, Biden will win those two states overnight. Every indication he will be declared winner this hour in AZ. That will get him to 270. He won’t need OH or PA. Biden is going to win.
#Election2020
.
@BernieSanders
just knocked it out of the park in his final answer. How you start and how you finish matters most in a televised debate. Sanders finished with his strongest answer of the night... synthesized his vision and explains why his revolution is surging.
#democrats
When historians look back on 2020 dem nomination battle, they will point to this debate as the moment when
@BernieSanders
rocketed towards the nomination, thanks in part to a stunningly incoherent and anemic debate by
@MikeBloomberg
+ Sanders compelling policy articulation.
Somebody should do a welfare check
@finebaum
@PeteThamel
as well as
@bigten
commissioner Pettiti. They have got to be crushed. They have certainly been humiliated and unmasked yet again as total clowns.
#GoBlue
.
@BernieSanders
won this debate, as underscored by the number of self proclaimed “political experts” who chose to tweet about the volume of his voice. Fact is, he appropriately matches the mood of many Dems. He also had the line of the night.
#IWroteTheDamnBill
#DemDebate
This conversation between
@BernieSanders
and
@ewarren
happened 2 years ago. Trying to inject this into the campaign now, 3 weeks before the Iowa caucuses, reeks of desperation. It's a grave Warren miscalculation and underscores why she is losing.
#democrats2020
.
@bigten
commissioner Pettiti couldn’t even bring himself to say one word when handing trophy to
@UMichFootball
injured captain Zinter. Not even a “congratulations.” Hate Harbaugh? Whatever. But to be such an ass to UM players? What a jerk. Pettiti is an absolute schmuck.
Once again,
@UMichFootball
rescues the
@bigten
. All conference schools will get a TV bonus when a member school plays for a national championship. If the
@bigten
had any self respect or shame, the conference + certain schools would give that money back to UM for it’s players.
31% in an 8 person race. And
@BernieSanders
is only 12 points ahead of his nearest rival. “Seems like he is doomed....Don’t understand why we call him a front runner...Time to press his supporters about supporting another candidate...”.
#MSM
#democrats2020
No, you are wrong about that too.
@CNN
did NOT introduce you after the debate or identify you on-screen as a former Clinton staffer. See video 11:14pm Eastern. What's with all of your BS tonight? "This isn't a he said/she said, this is a reported out story." Apologize.
I've been covering Presidential campaigns for 25 years. This is one of the most remarkable fundraising figures I've ever seen. For a democrat, who is eschewing big dollar donors/fundraising events, to haul in this much in one quarter is astounding.
#democrats2020
I'm incredibly proud to announce we raised $34.5 million from 1.8 million contributions in the fourth quarter.
Our average contribution: just $18.
Together, we're proving you don't need to beg the wealthy and the powerful for campaign contributions in order to win elections.
I didn't answer your biased reporting about Bernie during the last 2 years
@JoyAnnReid
. But don't ever use me to demean my husband. I am very happy & very proud to be Bernie's wife. Your perception couldn't be more wrong. Have you ever talked with him? You've never spoken w/me.
Today/tonight in Iran, 50+ people were trampled to death at a Suleimani funeral, a Boeing 737 crashed on take-off in Tehran likely killing all 180 on board, and Iranian missiles fired at US/Iraqi bases caused no casualties. Perhaps a good time for U.S. to quietly disengage?
A few polls suggest that a significant number of democratic primary voters are unfamiliar with
@joebiden
policy record and/or think his record is "progressive."
@BernieSanders
and his campaign are filling in the gaps. In other words, they are going for the win.
#democrats2020
"Joe Biden voted, and helped lead the effort for the war in Iraq. Joe Biden voted for the disastrous trade agreements like NAFTA and PNTR. Joe Biden has been on the floor of the Senate talking about the need to cut Social Security. Joe Biden pushed a bankruptcy bill"
Former Dem. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton furthered her comments discrediting Sen. Bernie Sanders as a viable presidential candidate, insinuating that his potential failure to "deliver the moon" would detract from efforts to rebuild public trust
Given that
@BernieSanders
is in second with 23% to Biden’s 29%, the focus on Harris and Warren seems strange. It will only fuel progressive suspicions that the MSM is engaged in something of a
#BernieBlackout
Remind us
@VP
about the apology
@realDonaldTrump
delivered when in '15 he told members of the Republican Jewish coalition, "You are not going to support me because I don't want your money." Oh, I forgot. There was no apology. And you did not denounce him.
#trump
.
@IlhanMN
tweets were a disgrace & her apology was inadequate. Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress, much less the Foreign Affairs Committee. Those who engage in anti-Semitic tropes should not just be denounced, they should face consequences for their words.
Much of the MSM has been insisting that Joe Biden is the only Democrat who could beat Trump. BS. This is now the 15th poll in a row showing
@BernieSanders
beating Trump. Sanders +8, same as Biden.
"I was one of the sponsors of the Endangered Species Act," Joe Biden said today at this virtual town hall, in selling his environmental record.
That's either a lie or he's misremembering. Delaware's Republican senator was a sponsor. Biden was not.
Let's be honest. The reason many people hate
@UMichFootball
is because
@UMich
is one of the top universities, public or private, in the world. By every metric -- from academics to campus life -- UM is superior. Most of the haters couldn't get in to UM... so they are jealous.
Mimi, the craziness is your on-air analysis. You smeared
@BernieSanders
with substance free personal hatred. Sanders "makes my skin crawl.... is not a pro-woman candidate." Why? You couldn't say. You should apologize. + do some soul searching.
#BernieBlackout
You
@neeratanden
are an example of what Mark Twain meant when he wrote: “It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
What I love about tweets like this from
@neeratanden
and other
@HillaryClinton
sycophants - the unhinged last gasps of troubled has beens - is that it all proves just how fearful the democratic establishment has become and how close progressives are to victory.
#revolution
As a Jewish American,let me be clear: This is one of the most despicable and moronic columns I’ve ever seen. the
@dcexaminer
and
@TianaTheFirst
should be ashamed. They have diminished the significance of actual anti-semitism and promoted their own unhinged Islamophobia. Sick.
From friends/contacts in Ann Arbor:
@bigten
commissioner met with
@UMichPrezOno
and asked him to suspend
@CoachJim4UM
for two games. Ono pointed to the lack of evidence linking JH + kindly but firmly told the commissioner to get lost. Score one for due process + fairness.
Ironic that
@ewarren
, who claims to have the perfect memory of a conversation w/
@berniesanders
2 years ago gets it wrong about what Sanders actually said an hour earlier during the debate.
#politics
#Democrats2020
Yes, Joe Biden is a kind and nice man. But abandoning $15/hr minimum wage, passing $1,400 instead of $2,000 relief checks, declaring $10K max of student loan debt forgiveness instead of $50K, letting Saudi MBS off the hook for Khashoggi murder... it’s all beyond disappointing.
This morning, I pointed out the latest from
@PeteThamel
underscores his weekend reporting on
@UMich
@bigten
was dead wrong. Thamel has now blocked me, proving he is just as soft and thin skinned as
@OhioStateFB
for whom he serves as chief propagandist. What a loser.
The Dem establishment smears
@BernieSanders
over
@joerogan
reflect desperation. It may intensify though given latest public + internal polls. Sanders solidifying his leads. One DNC official says some folks are “freaking out.” Indeed. A revolution is coming.
#democrats2020
According to former colleagues,
@MSNBC
@NBCNews
management “certain”
@joyannreid
lied about being hacked, but decided not to fire her, in part, given B.Williams history + ongoing role. Truth and integrity still matter to a few at the org, though they feel like a dying breed.