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Senior Political Correspondent @TheHill covering 2024/third party. Board of Directors, Cosmic Writers. Co-creating my dream life with God! htrudo @thehill .com

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✨Some professional news that's been in the works for a few months!✨ So excited to announce I'm joining the exceptional team at @thehill as a senior political correspondent, where I'll help create a new beat focused on progressive politics in the Biden White House and Congress!
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New and notable: Jill Biden is traveling to El Paso, Dallas, and Houston on Tuesday, the latest indication that @JoeBiden ’s campaign sees a reasonable path to victory in the state
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Yes, I transformed my only closet into an office. 💐 👩🏼‍💻 ✍🏻
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NEW: @JoeBiden w/ a stmt on Trump ending Covid talks: “Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that—none of it—matters to him.”
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The entire Bernie Sanders-aligned wing of the Democratic Party won tonight, from Fetterman in the Senate to the new Squad members in the House
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News: @JohnKasich says on CNN there's a prominent congressman that is going to come out for @JoeBiden tomorrow, in reference to a question from Wolf Blitzer about working with Republicans. Declined to say who it was.
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Does anyone else do *one* thing and then get really tired during the pandemic?
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My 94-year-old grandma cast her vote for @BernieSanders because she wanted to be remembered for voting with “the young people”
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"I'm the guy who ran against a socialist," Biden says about @BernieSanders Biden keeps throwing Bernie under the bus. Meanwhile, Bernie campaigned for him over the weekend and hosted an event for him today in Michigan I must say, it's a bit odd
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New: @JoeBiden will speak tomorrow in Delaware on “how Trump’s failure to address COVID-19 is impacting students, educators, and children,” per the campaign
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Scoop: @ewarren has been in contact with @AndrewGillum in recent months, according to multiple sources familiar, who said the talks resemble the kind of courtship that happens when a leading presidential candidate is exploring potential VP contenders.
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NEW: After we reported silence from nearly a dozen prominent women’s groups on Tara Reade’s allegation against @JoeBiden , Planned Parenthood’s president released a statement: “we believe survivors—and saying we believe survivors doesn't mean only when it's politically convenient”
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New: We contacted 10 top women’s groups about the Tara Reade allegation against @JoeBiden , including Emily’s List, Planned Parenthood Action Fund & NARAL Pro-Choice America, among others. None provided comment. w/ ⁦ @scottbix
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New: @JoeBiden continues his interest in flipping Ohio back to blue He’ll be in Toledo and Cincinnati on Monday, per campaign
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New: @BernieSanders ’ 2020 campaign in New Hampshire announces it surpassed the 2016 record for doors knocked. (Context: more than a door a second or 69 doors per minute)
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New: @JoeBiden is expected to say today during his speech, in part, “This president long ago forfeited any moral leadership in this country. He can’t stop the violence – because for years he has fomented it.” Excerpt released by the campaign
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NEW from George W. Bush alumni group: "Welcome to the ticket, Kamala Harris. Joe Biden has proven once again that he will make decisions that are in the best interest of the American people. Senator Harris will be a role model for America's children. She will be a great MVP"
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CNN says it will stream the first presidential debate live online & mobile without a log-in required, giving full access to those without cable
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Re: @AOC raising more than $3M for Texas. This is a moral imperative. Progressives are leading on every major issue (think back to immediate aftermath post-Jan. 6). It’s not a matter of ideology, it’s out of a deep sense of purpose for country
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The progressive wing of the party quite literally flipped its most consequential swing state. Hard to see how this doesn’t change Dems’ “electability” calculus moving forward
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. @JoeBiden has already started making good on his promise to staff his administration in a way that looks like the country. He is building a highly diverse team at major levels of government
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NEW: @JoeBiden 's campaign is forming a Public Health Advisory Committee. The division will "provide science-based, expert advice regarding steps the campaign should take to minimize health risks for the candidate, staff, and supporters"
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New: @JoeBiden in a lengthy statement for World Press Freedom Day says "I will restore a relationship with the independent press that is grounded in mutual respect, even — and especially when — they critique policies or positions of my administration." 1/2
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John Bolton says on CNN that he’s not supporting Joe Biden, and that he’s going to “write in the name of another Republican”
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New: @JoeBiden statement on Jacob Blake this afternoon:
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Whoa- this seems notable. @JoeBiden on court packing says: “You will know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over.” The Supreme Court is on the minds of many and people are voting now. He needs to answer
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PLEASE hire more working class reporters. Not middle class. Working class.
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New: @RepJayapal tells me the eviction moratorium extension would NOT have been possible without @CoriBush 's direct protest outside for days "It would not have been possible to get to this result without Rep. Bush's action," Jayapal says
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Reminder that the Democrat-controlled Senate has yet to pass voting rights legislation
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Centrists often make the argument that progressives win in deep blue “safe” districts, which is accurate/nothing wrong with pointing out. But this was very much the opposite of that — statewide PA — and Fetterman explicitly ran as an economic populist
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Meanwhile, on ⁦ @BernieSanders ⁩’ Instagram
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Scooplet: @JoeBiden 's campaign has bought the URL to troll Trump The homepage opens to a “Not Found” greeting with the adjoining message: “The Trump plan to defeat the coronavirus and reopen safely does not exist.”
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. @AOC warning here Democrats might lose control of Congress over inaction
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During the Obama admin, folks thought we’d have a 60 Dem majority for a while. It lasted 4 months. Dems are burning precious time & impact negotiating w/GOP who won’t even vote for a Jan 6 commission. McConnell’s plan is to run out the clock. It’s a hustle. We need to move now.
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Khizr Khan, a gold star father, says "when Donald Trump calls anyone who places their lives in service of others a 'loser,' we understand Trump’s soul. By his accounting, self sacrifice doesn’t make sense.” “His life is a testament to selfishness," he says.
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New: @ewarren made major news on @JoeBiden 's virtual fundraiser tonight, where I was your trusty pooler. The event was sold out & brought in $6 million, the most successful fundraiser the Biden Victory Fund has ever had.
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“Like shit!!” someone yells out at @BernieSanders town hall when Michael Moore asks, rhetorically, how does it feel to be in student debt until age 50?
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The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is expected to endorse @JoeBiden today, per inbox
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To be clear, @JoeBiden campaigned on being a union guy. But this statement (in the unsaid context of Amazon, particularly) goes further than any other president I can recall in many years
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New from @BernieSanders : a push to abolish the filibuster “Congress must pass legislation that codifies Roe v. Wade as the law of the land in this country NOW. And if there aren’t 60 votes in the Senate to do it, and there are not, we must end the filibuster to pass it…”
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New: I had hours of talks this week w/ lifelong Republican women in suburbs Kristen, a mom of 4 near Dallas, locked herself in her daughter's bedroom to talk to me about why she's abandoning Trump She didn't want her husband to hear. And she's not alone
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News: @JoeBiden sees Iowa in play. Former second lady Jill Biden will travel there with Doug Emhoff, @KamalaHarris ' husband, on Sept. 26, the campaign says
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"Masks matter." - @JoeBiden
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🚨Scoop: @AndrewYang sent a letter to @DNC Chairman @TomPerez asking him to commission 4 early-state polls before Jan. 10 to encourage more diversity at the next debate.
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News: @KamalaHarris is heading to *Wisconsin* on Monday. She will be in Milwaukee, per the campaign
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New: @JoeBiden will host a virtual convo with @HillaryClinton next Tuesday at 9pm
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Just a stunning statement from, again, Biden surrogate John Kasich: "The Democrats have to make it clear to the far-left that they almost cost him this election."
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Top @JoeBiden GOP surrogate @JohnKasich : "Now is the time for Democrats ... to begin to listen to what the other half of the country has to say."
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SCOOP: @staceyabrams has talked with close allies about running for Georgia governor in 2022, three people with knowledge of her aspirations tell The Daily Beast She believes she can make a difference in the trending-blue state w/ on the record talks:
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New: The Washington Post's editorial board calls on @JoeBiden to address the Tara Reade allegation directly. "TARA READE deserves to be heard, and voters deserve to hear her. They deserve to hear from Joe Biden, too," it starts
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I don’t know who it is. But I do know that the Biden campaign is really, really looking to win Texas.
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NEW: Some of @BernieSanders ' top former aides and allies are fuming that @JoeBiden keeps bragging that he beat a "socialist" in the primary. “It’s foolish and arrogant,” said a former senior Sanders aide. “And more importantly, absolutely unnecessary.”
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This seems like a... really big deal
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In a letter to GOP state leg leaders, an election official warns 100K PA voters could be disenfranchised b/c of a ruling rejecting naked ballots. It "set PA up to be the subject of significant post-election legal controversy, the likes of which we have not seen since FL in 2000."
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I’m less than 30 days away from reaching 1 year sober. Really proud to be here.
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But not, notably, for voting rights
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. @JoeBiden , asked about using the nuclear option to create a filibuster carve-out to lift the debt ceiling: "I think that's a real possibility."
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Top @JoeBiden GOP surrogate @JohnKasich : "Now is the time for Democrats ... to begin to listen to what the other half of the country has to say."
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Walking to Trader Joe’s for my weekly grocery run, a woman decides to make an unnecessary/rude comment about my legs, which are totally fine and strong as hell. This is such a hard time for people right now, please be kind to each other
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NEW: ⁦ @JoeBiden ⁩ stmt on Meadows’ comment this AM: “Mark Meadows stunningly admitted this morning that the administration has given up on even trying to control this pandemic, that they've given up on their basic duty to protect the American people.”
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"Wildfires are burning the suburbs of the west," @JoeBiden says about the dangerous facing suburbs, calling Trump a "climate arsonist"
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Male reporters seem to have more takes than female reporters on Biden’s options for a female VP. Just sayin
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New: @BernieSanders is planning to rally tomorrow morning outside of PhRMA’s headquarters in DC to protest against rising drug prices
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Not to beat a dead horse, but I get in fights w/ people about this often & I think it's important. If you have discounted @BernieSanders bid for much of the election, you probably don't know any people who support him. That's on you. Engage with more people. It won't kill you.
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Reminder: The Democratic National Convention is in 15 days
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. @PeteButtigieg just causally said: “I can see my twitter mentions blowing up right now.” As a young presidential candidate, he naturally connects with the way many other young people talk. #CNNTownHall
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Abortion as a closing pitch was always going to be a really risky proposition. But up against the economy? It makes it look almost fringe. Of course many people will disagree with this, but the cost of gas is *extremely* important to nearly everyone, abortion is simply not
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. @TulsiGabbard 's event in Des Moines had 13 people in attendance
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There are around 13 people here for Tulsi’s early morning Des Moines stop. She said “values of service over self” is what she wants to bring back to the White House, referencing her national guard background.
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Kasich is just on an extended several-minute rant ripping socialism. As we reported, progressives are ready to push Biden immediately. They were anticipating this:
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Scoop: In a recording we obtained exclusively, a person conducting training calls for @BernieSanders ' campaign instructed a volunteer to tell voters in NH, incorrectly, that he is the only 2020er who supports M4A. Then the volunteer asked about @ewarren :
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Scoop: The White House is privately assembling a left-wing brain trust, building on weeks of early talks & courtship with top progressives The goal, described by chief of staff @RonaldKlain , is to make them a permanent part of the policy-making process
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Hillary Clinton will be doing pre-debate coverage on msnbc tonight
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New: The news that ⁦⁦ @ewarren ⁩ would not disavow that new super PAC mystified—and even infuriated—aides & allies to former 2020ers who dropped out over cash concerns, with several using the phrase hypocrisy. First w/ ⁦ @HunterMw
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. @JoeBiden has tested negative for COVID-19 today, per pool
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One prominent women’s political group cited a scheduling conflict and asked to be kept “in mind for other opportunities!” When pressed if the following day would work better, an associate said it would not, citing another scheduling conflict.
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New from @AOC on pathway to citizenship for TPS holders: "Congress has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to establish pathways to citizenship and finally provide these individuals — along with Dreamers, farm workers, and essential workers — the stability they deserve."
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. @PPact ’s President @alexismcgill continues: “Our country is hungry for leadership on this issue & now is the time to give it to them. @JoeBiden must address this allegation directly.”
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On Feb. 25 I reported that @BernieSanders was preparing to release his tax returns, which he confirmed during a @CNN town hall. To date he hasn't released them. A Dem consultant unaffiliated with any campaign now tells me @TomPerez & @DNC need to "make it a requirement" for 2020
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According to pooler @AnnieLinskey , @JoeBiden has been on the train for 5 hours. "I love being on the train," he said.
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Per pool, lid has been called for rest of Biden’s in person day
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NEW: @CoriBush is not backing down I talked to the freshman progressive about the insurrection, top priorities in Congress & pushing Dems (including the Biden admin) to the left My profile, w/ quotes from @AyannaPressley , @Ilhan , @MondaireJones & others
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SCOOP with @swin24 : Despite projecting outward confidence, Trump has repeatedly been asking top advisers about how @BernieSanders is polling and would likely perform in critical battleground states *including Pennsylvania* in 2020
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“There will be no help from Washington for the foreseeable future,” he adds.
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News: @BernieSanders will head to Pennsylvania this Saturday to campaign for @JoeBiden , the campaign announces
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Interesting development from Fetterman. Can he be the Dem to get Biden to change his stance on legalizing marijuana? He plans on discussing w/ the president in PA Many have pushed him on this. Policy is widely popular (nationally). And he’s seen his approval go up lately
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New: @BernieSanders doesn't just want to win on Super Tuesday. He wants to beat two rivals in their home states. How Sanders has tightened the race in Amy Klobuchar's Minnesota and Elizabeth Warren's Massachusetts:
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🚨Scoop: @JoeBiden has made job offers in New Hampshire, a source directly familiar tells me.
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Final thought about the DNC after being in Delaware for 4 days. I’m really grateful for all the heath provisions that were in place through the event. Mandatory testing, temp checks, hand sanitizer, even N95 masks. It made traveling a little less scary during such an anxious time
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I would encourage people to watch the entire hour-plus long conversation with @JoeBiden from tonight before jumping on the 10-15% thing out of context. It was a thoughtful conversation that touched on a lot.
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. @JoeBiden 's Twitter page now says President-Elect
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New: Biden's approval rating hits the lowest point within his own party, dipping 11 points w/ Dems according to a new Gallup poll Among RVs, he's now at 37 percent
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Scoop: I asked @WhipClyburn if @BernieSanders tried to actively court his influential endorsement, before he tossed his support behind @JoeBiden . He told me he did not:
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We get “negative” test results delivered nearly daily from the Biden campaign on his COVID-19 status
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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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You are a United States Senator
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A fair point. Many liberal males never grow balls....
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As results continue to come in, @JoeBiden & @KamalaHarris "received a briefing from their public health team on the ongoing crisis of COVID-19," per pool. More: "Biden and Harris will also receive an economic briefing, the Biden official says"
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New: @JoeBiden will meet with transition advisers tomorrow, per the team
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First stroll with my son!!
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The announcer on @Amtrak is VERY peppy this morning. Damn!
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NEW: @JoeBiden stmt on terrorism plot against Gretchen Whitmer "There is a throughline from President Trump’s dog whistles and tolerance of hate, vengeance, and lawlessness to plots such as this one. He is giving oxygen to the bigotry and hate we see on the march in our country"
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