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White House reporter + co-author of @politico ’s West Wing Playbook newsletter. @latimes alum.

Washington, DC

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Joined September 2009

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1 year

The best *personal news* we’ll ever post. So grateful for Elena, our growing family and this little miracle. And, yes, the @politico leave policy (although I’ll be back writing WWP in April).

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Elena Schneider

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Twitter, meet Ryne Herriot. Born March 10, named in honor of his great-grandmothers. @EliStokols and I are so lucky. & Charlie’s a big brother! I’ll be on maternity leave until Sept — a generous policy @politico that all parents should have access to. See you on the other side.

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2 years

Pattern emerging in West's response to Russia — US deferring to Europe in letting other nations and the EC be first to announce sanctions, halting Nord Stream 2, etc. West is remarkably unified and you can really see the WH hand in ally management.

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PSAKI: "The reason why the price of gas is going up is not because of steps the President has taken, they are because President Putin is invading Ukraine, and that is creating great deal instability in the global marketplace."

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This result doesn’t just validate Newsom; it invalidates California’s entire recall process and underlines the need for reform.

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Gaetz was on Air Force One with Trump roughly an hour ago.

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Congressman Gaetz was informed today that he came into contact with a CPAC attendee 11 days ago who tested positive for COVID-19.

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BIDEN: “The bottom line is the deficit went up every year under my predecessor before the pandemic and during the pandemic and it’s gone down both years since I’ve been here. Period.”

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. @PressSec says "the fact that Fox News and not the Department of Homeland Security or the city" was notified in advance of R governors shipping migrants to DC, Martha's Vineyard "makes clear this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt."

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So far, Putin’s war, borne of his own insecurity and nihilism, has: • unified the West • unified Ukraine • drawn condemnation of even Orban (!) • exposed the weakness of his own army • cratered Russia’s crap economy • made Zelensky into a legend

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Trump's listlessness tonight and his early exit after several questions about Kamala Harris probably tells you more than any of the attack lines he tested out.

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Just got this text from GOP natsec official: "Had to apologize to a European defense attaché just now. 'I'm sorry. He's an idiot.'"

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I continue to be amazed, even four years into this, at not just Trump's pathological narcissism but the way those around him (doctors, staffers) continually indulge it, even when it means putting others and himself at greater risk.

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Listen to the Fox host affirming his every sentence with “yeah” and “yep” and “right.” Pete is a damn killer.

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It's too bad Trump is afraid to debate next week.

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It's official: the protesters were teargassed and cleared for Trump to walk to St. John's for a photo op.

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Travel pool was told Trump’s hospital visit was closed to pool because this is “about victims...not a photo op.” But it took the WH just a couple hours to release its own video highlights and photos.

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We love you Dayton, Ohio!

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CNN cuts away, as @wolfblitzer explains Trump is "deteriorating into a campaign kind of speech.."

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Macron, in brief comments to the press ahead of his bilat with Biden just now — “It’s great to have a U.S. President who’s part of the club and willing to cooperate.”

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Chris Wallace says it's "incredible" that Sondland & Volker wouldn't connect the dots sooner, failed to ask themselves the obvious: "Why would the president be asking for an investigation of one particular company in Ukraine?"

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Reporter: "What special operations groups were involved?" Trump: "Many of them."

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A Marine just positioned himself outside the West Wing doors, meaning that POTUS got to the Oval today at 11:43 a.m.

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MOMENTS AGO: Biden visits Tacos 1986 near UCLA with Bass and Solis. Clerk gives him a discount so he leaves $60 extra “for the next people who come in here.” Then parts ways with Bass, who keeps the tacos.

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Friendly reminder that last summer's BLM protests, being presented here in this false equivalency, were a response to murders of Black men and women by police officers using excessive force.

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Trump made a point of announcing the loan to Kodak himself. Now that the SEC is investigating the matter... "I wasn't involved in the deal."

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As Trump tries to separate himself from Navarro’s attack on Fauci, a WH source tells us that POTUS himself approved it: “Not only was he authorized by Trump — he was encouraged.”

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With Trump, invective obscures his policy messages

Even when Trump has policy accomplishments to talk about, he often distracts from them with political attacks — a strategy that's harmed his standing

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Trump’s surprising decision last summer to align himself with the Saudis over Qatar, a US ally, looks a little different in light of today’s NYT bombshell about SA & UAE offering help to his campaign.

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Trump takes sides in Arab rift, suggests support for isolation of Qatar

U.S. President Donald Trump took sides in a deep rift in the Arab world on Tuesday, praising Middle East countries' actions against American ally Qatar over Islamist militants even though the tiny...

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The Trump Baby balloon is up and there appears to be a Devo cover band guarding it. Their red jumpsuits and MAGA-style hats all say: “Trump Babysitter.”

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Raskin says McConnell’s floor speech shows they made their case.

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Trump’s dip in support had made Ohio is one of four true toss-up states. So naturally he goes to war with one of its largest employers...

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Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES - They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).

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McEnany: "You're referring to something [Fauci] allegedly said to Bob Woodward." @GeoffRBennett : "It's on tape."

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Trump on COVID (reading from notes): "It will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better." Minutes later (w/o notes): "The virus will disappear. It will disappear."

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. @PressSec , in response to question about Trump's low approval numbers: "His historic COVID response speaks for itself."

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>New: Ubiquitous during the campaign, Trump has been largely absent since Election Day, canceling plans and uninterested in playing his presidential role

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Must Reads: Trump, stung by midterms and nervous about Mueller, retreats from traditional preside...

For weeks this fall, an ebullient President Trump traveled relentlessly to hold raise-the-rafters campaign rallies — sometimes three a day — in states where his presence was likely to help Republic...

www.latimes.com

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Trump stormed out of the Oval Office right after the Pelosi-Schumer meeting ended, flicking away a folder and scattering briefing materials in frustration, said one staffer who saw it. New details w/ ⁦ @jenhab ⁩

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Trump says he would be 'proud' to shut down the government over border wall funding

In a combative Oval Office meeting that previewed what a divided government may look like, President Trump sparred Tuesday with Democratic leaders and said he’d be “proud” to shut down the government...

www.latimes.com

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Wow, @TheAmandaGorman : "We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it.." "..a nation not broken, but unfinished.."

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Did Brady just joke with Biden about election denialism? Yes. Yes, he did.

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Have covered a lot of Trump rallies, but never seen press pen as locked down as it is here in Council Bluffs. Have now been escorted to the bathrooms and yelled at by advance team for attempting to talk with Trump supporters in the crowd.

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Asked again about busing, Trump says: "It has been something that they've done for a long period of time. There aren't that many ways of getting people to schools."

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Trump’s Monday morning on Twitter, so far: • smears Pelosi, Schumer as pro-Iran • lies about having saved pre-existing conditions • reveals his anxiety about size of “Mini Mike” ad buy • misspells Pocahontas • confuses “eminent” and “imminent”

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Pete is that rare politician who can say something like "I've had a personal love of transportation since childhood" and you believe them.

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Biden said yesterday it seemed like Trump is "rooting for more violence, not less." Trump today:

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Trump laments that "politically correct" police officers feel like they can't rough up protesters

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The queen has given Trump a book (about Churchill/WWII), which, considering that everyone knows he doesn't read, is an expert-level troll.

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"I'm going to debate him," Biden says, dismissing Pelosi's suggestion they scrub debates because Trump lies a bunch. "I'm going to be a fact-checker on the floor."

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Extraordinary—AMLO has been speaking for 25 minutes in the Oval, offering Biden a lengthy soliloquy about the New Deal, gas prices and opportunities for greater economic collaboration. He is still going…

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Kayleigh McEnany then reads it, says it is “directly from President. He spent a good bit of time working on that.”

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This statement was just passed around to reporters in the White House press room ahead of the briefing.

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PLAINS, Ga. — President and Dr. Biden leave the home of former President Carter as Rosalynn Carter stands behind them outside the front door.

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INBOX: Biden just revoked several Trump executive orders, including one to review and halt federal funds for cities "permitting anarchy, violence and destruction" and another mandating classical architecture on new federal buildings.

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Anyone else a little uneasy about going to sleep or just me?

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NEW: Trump spoke of his “absolute authority” to re-open the economy, calling it “the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make.” Governors, mayors and economists are rolling their eyes: “The government can’t force you to take risks you don’t want to take.”

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Can Trump reopen the economy on May 1? Not really

President Trump says he wants to reopen the economy by May 1, but it's not clear how. Governors and mayors will ultimately decide what to allow.

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Actually it was Pompeo at Tuesday’s briefing (from WH transcript): SECRETARY POMPEO: “The President has made very clear he is prepared to meet with no preconditions.”

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Donald J. Trump

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The Fake News is saying that I am willing to meet with Iran, “No Conditions.” That is an incorrect statement (as usual!).

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Biden when a reporter suggests that Trump's "political movement is still strong"... "Oh yeah?"

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Trump has praised him for not flipping. Turns out he tried to.

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Paul Manafort's defense team held plea discussions with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges ahead of his DC trial next month, but they didn't reach a deal, @aviswanatha scoops.

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NEWS: @PressSec says BIDEN believes Nury Martinez and others should resign from the LA city council over racist remarks in private conversation. "They all should step down...the language that was used...was unacceptable, and it was appalling."

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For some reason, I'm suddenly remembering that admin. official who told @tparti a couple years ago that Trump isn't always playing three-dimensional chess... "More often than not he's just eating the pieces."

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Pelosi, asked why Trump wants to undermine the USPS in a pandemic: "The president is afraid of the American people. He knows that on the legit, it will be hard for him to win."

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The president says he swears “on whatever, or whoever, I was asked to swear on” — denying saying things about John McCain privately that he said publicly in 2015.

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

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....John a loser and swear on whatever, or whoever, I was asked to swear on, that I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election!

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Wow. Parnas says Giuliani told him to deliver a tough message to Zelensky aide that “it wasn’t just military aid, it was all aid” from US that depended on Ukraine announcing the Biden investigation Trump wanted.

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Real Trump quotes just now on G7, via pool: “I own a property in Florida.” “I don’t need promotion. I don’t need promotion.” “It would have been the best G-7 ever.” “You people with this phony Emoluments Clause.” (!) “If you’re rich, it doesn’t matter.”

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Pete was arguably the most talented political athlete in the field—usually called the right play and almost always executed. This decision being the latest example. No real path forward, no reason to drag it out.

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Sounds like the adults in the GOP national security world are really in cleanup mode tonight after Trump's performance today...

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OAN, whose correspondent is invited to briefings by the White House, is serving as a conduit for Russian propaganda, US intelligence flatly states.

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American intelligence states: "pro-Russia Ukrainian parliamentarian Andriy Derkach is spreading claims about corruption--including through publicizing leaked phone calls" This information has appeared on OANN, and GOP senators & House members have not denied they've taken it too

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So the White House blamed Obama's inaction in Syria for today's attack. Even though Trump urged Obama not to act at the time:

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President Obama, do not attack Syria. There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your "powder" for another (and more important) day!

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Per source, Trump was “mostly aggravated with Schumer,” the fellow New Yorker, and his refusal to look at POTUS while directing his comments to the pool cameras. Aides, however, were more rattled that he’d just accepted responsibility for a possible shutdown.

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I know there are bigger issues to focus on than clerical errors by WH staff, but a trifecta today: 1. “The Red Socks” 2. Massachusetts “Instutution” of Technology 3. The “World Cup Series Champions”

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@gtconway3d @JohnJHarwood Putin didn’t just lie to world leaders in direct talks. He misled his own army.

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Beyond parody.

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Well, it happened again. Amy Klobuchar announced that she is running for President, talking proudly of fighting global warming while standing in a virtual blizzard of snow, ice and freezing temperatures. Bad timing. By the end of her speech she looked like a Snowman(woman)!

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In Georgia, most (~70k) of the outstanding votes (~107k) are from three counties Biden is winning handily: ~37k from Fulton: (Biden w 72%) ~17k from Cobb: (Biden w 56%) ~17k DeKalb: (Biden w 83%) Biden needs 64% overall to erase Trump's 39k vote lead.

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. @SenJohnKennedy “These gotcha books don’t really interest me that much.” @PamelaBrownCNN : “He’s on the record.” Kennedy: “These gotcha books don’t really interest me that much.” Brown: “He did 18 interviews.” Kennedy: “These gotcha books don’t really interest me that much.”

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. @jonkarl , one of the "all-stars" Trump recognized at the outset today: "Why did you lie to the American people?" Trump: "What a terrible question. I didn't lie..." Karl: "You went out and told the American public this is just like the flu!"

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Birx says states can meet criteria for loosening guidelines by showing a 14-day decline in cases. But without robust testing, which is being left to the states, that data may not mean much in terms of public health.

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Hah. When Scaramucci was backing Jeb, he was kept off some donor calls because staff thought he was certain to leak the info to reporters.

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Scaramucci just now: "I'm going to talk to the Comms staff and tell them to stop the leaks and if they don't stop, I'm going to stop you."

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After a brain injury and a month in the hospital, Martin Gugino, 75, doesn’t recall being pushed to the pavement. But he’s not retiring from activism. “That’s what democracy does.”

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75-year-old Buffalo man shoved by police speaks out on incident after month in hospital

Martin Gugino, 75, was shoved to the ground by Buffalo police in June, and the incident drew wide criticism. Now Gugino tells his side.

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Trump has no idea about his administration’s push to decriminalize homosexuality around the world, per WH transcript from today’s pool spray:

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“Maybe our biggest strength in Germany,” said Professor Kräusslich, “is the rational decision-making at the highest level of government combined with the trust the government enjoys in the population.”

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A German Exception? Why the Country’s Coronavirus Death Rate Is Low (Published 2020)

The pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 100,000 people infected. But the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to those in many neighboring countries.

www.nytimes.com

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Trump... 1. Threw Pence under the bus on Syria 2. Threatened to jail Hillary 3. Admitted paying no taxes = "much improved debate"

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Just noticed that Trump, with unique comma placement, inadvertently called himself “a total con!”

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“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.” @FoxNews Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!

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"I think we’re too close to the election. The president who is elected in November should be the one who makes this decision." -- @SenCoryGardner , Feb. 18, 2016

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Cory Gardner hardens stance on Supreme Court; Obama should not pick

Cory Gardner hardens stance on Supreme Court; Obama should not pick

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🚨 We’ve just posted the AUDIO of these Trump comments about the whistleblower in this story >>

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NEW: Trump rips the whistle-blower at a private meeting with UN staff: "They're almost a spy." "Who gave the whistle-blower the information? Because that's close to a spy."

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Klobuchar sticks the landing: "If you think a woman can't beat Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi does it every single day."

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Second day in a row that Trump, given multiple chances to define Harris, has fixated mainly on his own disbelief that Biden would pick someone as his running mate who had criticized him.

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Trump calls today's jobs news "a tremendous tribute to equality." Except black unemployment did not decline. It ticked up from 16.7% to 16.8%

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NEW: Trump rips the whistle-blower at a private meeting with UN staff: "They're almost a spy." "Who gave the whistle-blower the information? Because that's close to a spy."

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Listen: Audio of Trump discussing whistleblower at private event: 'That's close to a spy'

President Trump slammed the whistleblower who first warned that the president was trying to strong-arm a foreign leader for personal gain as "a spy," and suggested he or she had committed treason.

www.latimes.com

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Romney: "The president has not risen to the mantle of the office." The president:

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. @PeterAlexander : "What do you say to Americans who are scared?" Trump: "I say that you're a terrible reporter."

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Biden of late has taken PCR tests near daily and shared the results. Including another negative test today. Trump has still not disclosed his last negative test.

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So Biden is coughing and hacking and playing “fingers” with his mask, all over the place, and the Fake News doesn’t want to even think about discussing it. “Journalism” has reached the all time low in history. Sadly, Lamestream knows this and doesn’t even care!

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Most awkward part was when AMLO told Biden Mexico is letting Americans cross the border to buy gas because it’s $1 cheaper per gallon. Biden, when he finally finished after 31 minutes, reminded him that the US economic growth is leading the world. And scene.

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Eli Stokols

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& it occurs to me that social media, which Putin and his trolls have long leveraged to sow discord, is a big reason much of this has turned against him and so quickly. Even Russians, at great risk, have taken to the streets in protest. Pretty incredible.

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Eli Stokols

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Trump: "You know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart? Right? The spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now."

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Listen: Audio of Trump discussing whistleblower at private event: 'That's close to a spy'

President Trump slammed the whistleblower who first warned that the president was trying to strong-arm a foreign leader for personal gain as "a spy," and suggested he or she had committed treason.

www.latimes.com

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Eli Stokols

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In the last week, POTUS: - canceled Colombia trip - no-showed to WW1 events in France - sent Pence to Asian summits (this decision was made months ago) - didn't go to lay wreath at Arlington on Veteran's Day - is letting Mattis visit troops on border without him

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Bon Jovi opening for Biden in Luzerne County, PA.

Tweet media one

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Eli Stokols

4 years

Trump has not had anywhere close to 25-35,000 people at any of his airport rallies, as he just claimed, since Tulsa, which drew about 6,000. Not even close.

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@EliStokols

Eli Stokols

5 years

Can anyone translate this one?

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

We lose 300 Americans a week, 90% of which comes through the Southern Border. These numbers will be DRASTICALLY REDUCED if we have a Wall!

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Eli Stokols

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John Kelly talked to ⁦ @mollymotoole ⁩ for TWO HOURS, in which he: - Admitted there won’t be a wall - Perpetuated notion of Trump as erratic and offered few complimentary words - Blamed Sessions for family separations

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Must Reads: John F. Kelly says his tenure as Trump's chief of staff is best measured by what the...

In August 2017, shortly after John F.

www.latimes.com

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Eli Stokols

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Trump, in blocking emergency USPS funding, is brazenly trying to undermine mail-in voting in a pandemic — to turn his warnings of election chaos into a self-fulfilling prophesy. He’s now admitted it. Twice. And nary a word yet from Republicans.

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Trump vows to block new Postal Service funding to undercut voting by mail

Trump says he won't approve emergency funding for Postal Service, raising the chances of political chaos in November when mail-in ballots flood in.

www.latimes.com

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NEW: WH claps back at Bernie world over DNC primary calendar: “Making sure that the Democratic party’s most loyal voters — Black voters — are at the front of the line and not at the back of the bus feels like something no one should be arguing about.”

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Biden and Sanders worlds are again at loggerheads over South Carolina

www.politico.com

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Harris says it "didn't have to be this way," says the strong economy — which she notes he "inherited" — crashed because of Trump's "failure" to take the virus seriously from the start. "Like everything else he inherited he ran it straight into the ground."

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Eli Stokols

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In first 15 minutes, Stahl’s comment about Trump’s smaller rally crowds appears to have set him off more than anything else.

@ChrisMegerian

Chris Megerian

4 years

Stahl: "You used to have bigger rallies." Trump: "No, these are much bigger than I ever had. You're so negative, you're so negative. These are the biggest rallies we've ever had. You just come in here with that negative attitude." (Stahl is right.)

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Why go to Kenosha if it could exacerbate tensions? Trump: "It could also increase...enthusiasm."

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Eli Stokols

4 years

There are 210,000 Americans dead from this virus.

@sppeoples

Steve Peoples

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“It’s not nearly as lethal as the experts told us it would be,” Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, just said on Fox News when asked about President’s Trump’s COVID-19 infection.

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If your attorney is actually killing it, you might not need to put out a background statement about how it's all part of your strategy.

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Eli Stokols

5 years

Actually, he's on his way to Mar a Lago for six days.

@ZekeJMiller

Zeke Miller

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Trump: "I'm going to a war zone"

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Health experts suggest Pence, next in line to the presidency, should self-isolate while POTUS is hospitalized. He is planning to do in-person campaign events instead.

@betsy_klein

Betsy Klein

4 years

In a new statement, the campaign says VP Pence “will begin a swing through key states following Wednesday’s debate in Salt Lake City, Utah. He will travel to Arizona, before voting early in Indiana and heading to other events yet to be announced.”

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1. This story is *really* in Trump's head. 2. It's been confirmed by other outlets, and is true. 3. He clearly didn't cancel his subscription.

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

5 years

The Amazon Washington Post and three lowlife reporters, Matt Zapotosky, Josh Dawsey, and Carol Leonnig, wrote another Fake News story, without any sources (pure fiction), about Bill Barr & myself. We both deny this story, which they knew before they wrote it. A garbage newspaper!

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