‼️
@CBSNews
has obtained DHS/FBI bulletin warning of "an increase in violent threats posted on social media against federal officials and facilities, including a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of FBI HQ and issuing general calls for 'civil war"(h/t
@NicoleSganga
)
“Sometimes if you build it, they don’t come,” Dean Phillips told reporters outside of the Manchester DoubleTree hotel this morning, after no voters showed up to his “Government Repair Truck Coffee Conversations” event in 22 degree weather.
This includes threats that are "specific in identifying proposed targets, tactics, or weaponry," including law enforcement, judges, and government officials. Also notes attempted breach of FBI building in Ohio on Thursday.
Donald Trump will attend the wake tomorrow for Jonathan Diller, a NYPD officer who was shot/killed Monday.
Spox
@kleavittnh
: “President Trump is moved by the invitation to join NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller’s family and colleagues as they deal with his senseless and tragic death.”
President Trump has no public events scheduled tomorrow. Follow me tomorrow when I will be the in-town White House radio pooler for
@CBSNews
@CBSNewsRadio
.
NEW FOR
@CBSNews
: Pence says "history will hold" Trump "accountable" for his election denial, adding "It was not, as some would have you believe, tourists visiting the Capitol. Tourists don't injure 140 police officers by sightseeing." w
@finnygo
@hagerhoo
NEW from
@RobLegare
and me: Nicholas Languerand, a QAnon follower, was sentenced to 44 months in prison for attacking police officers on Jan. 6. He said he felt misled by QAnon influencers, including Michael Flynn, for promoting events that never happened.
NEWS: At
@wlunews
, Fmr. VP
@Mike_Pence
tells me that he will fight testifying in front of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s grand jury, potentially taking it all the way to SCOTUS. He adds, “at the end, we'll certainly obey the law.”
👟👟👟
@CBSNews
:
@realDonaldTrump
expected any minute here at
@SneakerCon
in Philadelphia- he’ll be launching Trump sneakers, featuring the “Never Surrender High Tops”—
Some chants of “We Want Trump!” in the crowd, others here had no clue he was speaking
NEW:
@CBSNews
confirms
@gerryfsmith
's reporting that
@DIRECTV
plans on dropping
@OANN
at the end of its existing agreement.Spox:“We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires.”
Even in the cold, the honeymaker seemed upbeat.
"If you intrude on Ukrainians, it's the same as if you intrude on a beehive!" she said. "They will sting so badly that you will never forget it."
QAnon-linked Mesa County, CO Election Clerk Tina Peters has lost the GOP nomination for Colorado Secretary of State. In March, Peters was indicted on 7 felonies for a scheme involving voting machine tampering. CBS News Projects Pam Anderson as the winner.
BREAKING:
@CBSNews
has learned that two individuals have been detained near the Tidal Basin after police were alerted to a suspicious vehicle in the area. The vehicle in question in a U-Haul.
📍Kingston, NH
Packed house for
@NikkiHaley
, yet again, up here in New Hampshire (not pictured: an overflow room with people watching on tvs). Most of the room, >90%, raised their hands when Haley asked if it was their first time seeing her. That’s been the trend here lately.
Marsha Blackburn responds to Biden's "Neanderthal" comments w/ impassioned defense of Neanderthals: "Neanderthals are hunter-gatherers, they're protectors of their family, they're resilient, they're resourceful, they tend to their own. So I think Joe Biden needs to rethink [it]."
New
@CBSNews
: On a call today with fundraisers and donors, Chris Christie was pressed on why he did not endorse Nikki Haley and where his supporters should go next. He encouraged them to make their own call, but reiterated he would not support Haley, per source familiar.
*personal news* tweet: After 2.5ish years as a podcast/radio producer, reporter and more for
@CBSNewsRadio
, I've accepted a Broadcast Associate role at
@CBSNews
working on the D.C. Assignment Desk. Thrilled to be continuing my time at CBS and I can't wait to get started.
NEW for
@CBSNews
: Trump Doral to host Mike Flynn's ReAwaken America tour in May, featuring COVID-19 + election deniers, and numerous QAnon influencers (first reported by
@willsommer
):
Some news!! Thrilled to be joining the fantastic
@FaceTheNation
team full-time and working for the amazing
@hagerhoo
.
Thanks to my amazing
@CBSNews
colleagues who have been there for me along the way, can’t wait to get up and running!
.
@STR0
on prioritizing his mind this year:
"The mind is everything... when my head is clear and I feel super calm out there, I truly feel like I can be great"
📍Rochester, NH
@GovChristie
gives a speech laying out his plans to assist addiction recovery across New Hampshire and the U.S. this morning. Christie made opioid/addiction issues a staple of his 2016 campaign and has done it again in 2024.
Stop 1 of
@GovChristie
’s college tour post debate. He’s speaking at NH’s Franklin Pierce University’s “Pizza and Politics.”
He’s calling on young people to get involved in politics, register to vote, and take advantage of the
#FITN
Primary
EARLIER:
@NikkiHaley
speaks to reporters after filing her primary paperwork here in New Hampshire, criticizing Donald Trump: “You don’t fix Democrat chaos with Republican chaos. He is so focused on the past. He keeps talking about him… we need someone that’s looking forward.”
Former UFC fighter Jorge Masvidal
@GamebredFighter
campaigns for former President Trump here in Hialeah- he lead the crowd in a “Let’s go Brandon!” chant
“Maybe I’m immune”
@realDonaldTrump
says, after 3 days of having world-class healthcare, being on oxygen, and experimental drug treatments.
If 200k Americans had the healthcare access and treatments Trump did, maybe they would be alive 🤷🏻♂️
Addt’l
@GovChristie
from here in NH: “it shows that again, like the guy who many of them were sponsored by, Donald Trump, they put their own personal interests ahead of the country, and it’s wrong.”
In NH,
@GovChristie
spoke to
@JakeMRosen
about the speaker race/stall: "I think a lot of those folks may find themselves on the other side of the door because they're showing just how grossly incompetent they are... pick a speaker. I mean, this is ridiculous."
NEW: Former President Trump continues to nod to QAnon in his Truth Social posts and at rallies, plus
@rothschildmd
on where Trump stands within the conspiracy movement as we head into the midterm elections. My latest for
@CBSNews
:
"Other Republican staffers in D.C.—the sort who boast about downing drinks at the Navy Yard watering hole Mission and claim their pronouns are “Yee” and “Haw” on their Instagram profiles—" thanks for the laugh
@ZTPetrizzo
Exclusive: The new MAGA dating app The Right Stuff — being promoted by Kayleigh McEnany's sister — hasn't launched yet, but is already struggling to recruit women and faces a cease and desist letter over their name. w/
@noah_kirsch
After he canceled his Iowa rally, Trump calls in to the ‘Reawaken America’ QAnon rally tonight and tells Michael Flynn that he will be bringing him back in his next Administration.
Christie calls out Sen. Barrasso and Rep. Tom Emmer for their backing of Trump.
“We want to change this party and if we want to change this country, it’s hard work… I would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win. And I feel no differently today.”
“The Big Truth” by
@MajorCBS
and
@beckerdavidj
lays out and debunks conspiracies about the 2020 election, and presents what is at stake for our democracy in our coming elections. An excellent read so far. Get it whenever you buy your books on 9/20 or preorder now!
Honestly feels like 2020 has been 5 years but proud as ever to work for
@CBSNews
and with
@whca
colleagues covering all of these topics (and so many more)
All
@GWtweets
has given us is email updates dancing around what will happen. Professors have told us more than the administration has, which is basically what I’ve come to expect from GW.
BREAK:
@AmericanU
is the first local university to cancel in-person classes and go all-online because of the coronavirus, through at least April 3. Other universities that have made the same decision include Harvard, Ohio State, etc.
Cicada Patrol (and Radio Pooler) today at the White House for
@cbsnews
@CBSNewsRadio
.
@POTUS
should be arriving back from Camp David later this evening.
S/o to
@kaitlancollins
@jeffmason1
and the entire press corps for their hard hitting questions on an number of topics. What a day! Time for some turkey
Less than 50 days until the Iowa caucuses, Vivek Ramaswamy's national political director is heading to the Trump 2024 campaign- latest from me and
@shawnamizelle
:
NOW:
@NikkiHaley
is speaking to a crowd at Wildwood Smokehouse in Iowa City, IA. “What has Congress done for you lately?” Haley asks the crowd before repeating her call for term limits and mental competency tests for elected officials.
I’ll be pool reporting for
@CBSNews
Radio this evening as President Trump heads to Louisiana to hold a rally in support of Eddie Rispone, the Republican candidate in this weekend’s LA Governor’s election
NEW: After ruling that former President Donald Trump is barred from the Colorado primary ballot because he is disqualified from becoming president again on 14th Amendment grounds, Colorado Supreme Court justices are facing violent threats on social media
@gwhatchet
Imagine reporting on this without reliable sources and then blaming the source for “misinformation” and not even thinking to double check the spelling of someone’s name you could just ~Facebook~ and leaving that person’s name up on the main landing page. Truly embarrassing 😬
.
@Mike_Pence
also said he would decide a 2024 run before the summer, and said Trump supporters should not protest if he is indicted by the Manhattan DA. I think in this instance, I would discourage Americans from engaging in protests if in fact the former president is indicted.
.
@RepAdamSchiff
to
@margbrennan
on a potential MBS/Saudi Visit for POTUS: “I wouldn’t go, I wouldn’t shake his hand. This is someone who butchered an American resident.”
Should President Biden go to Saudi Arabia and meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? “In my view, no. I wouldn't go, I wouldn’t shake his hand. This is someone who butchered an American resident,” says Rep. Adam Schiff.
How is disinformation online fueling extremism, and what can be done to rein it in? We’ll talk to two top experts on Sunday about how it’s inciting political violence and dividing our democracy.
Tune in to the conversation with Karen Kornbluh and Jared Holt at 10:30a E.T.
📍Manchester, NH w/
@jaysunsilver
Rudy Giuliani reacts to the
@RonDeSantis
dropout news. He said he came tonight thinking he’s see DeSantis’ meet and greet and he called him to thank him.
Latest from the Granite State for
@cbsnews
: Nikki Haley turns to unlikely pair — Gov. Chris Sununu and Don Bolduc — to help her beat Trump in New Hampshire.
New:
@CBS_Herridge
: "Why are African-Americans still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country?"
@realDonaldTrump
: "And so are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people- more white people by the way. More white people."
I just interviewed Ron Watkins for 30 minutes with
@DanPatterson
about the goals of his congressional campaign, the Republican Party, and so much more. Dan and I will have more to come very soon for
@CBSNews
:
(1/2) In some personal news, after 2 amazing semesters at
@CBSNews
, I’ll be joining
@CNN
in New York this summer to work with their investigative unit. Thanks to everyone at CBS for making it an unforgettable experience...
NEW from
@CBSNews
: As votes continue to be counted... 180 of 308 GOP candidates running for federal and state-wide office who raised unfounded doubts about the validity or integrity of the 2020 election results are projected to win their midterm races. That's >58%.
Former Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores is suing the NFL, and has filed a class action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. Flores alleges that MIA owner Stephen Ross offered Flores $100k per game to lose, and instructed Flores to tamper with a "prominent quarterback"
Former President Trump is sparking backlash after comments he made during a rally in Ohio on Saturday night. It comes as former Vice President Mike Pence reveals he won't endorse Trump's 2024 White House bid.
@finnygo
&
@JakeMRosen
discuss the latest.
Personal News: Today is my first day back at
@CBSNews
and
@CBSNewsRadio
where I will be working as an associate audio editor and writer. I'm grateful for another exciting opportunity to be back working with such a great team!
NEW:
@MurielBowser
announces a city-wide vaccine requirement for restaurants, bars, nightclubs, indoor entertainment facilities, gyms, and indoor meeting establishments.
After a last minute lid removal and schedule change, President-elect Biden’s motorcade blew past us while we were being swept by USSS. Press pool is not with
@JoeBiden
and we are heading to location TBD now.
Mitch McConnell the angriest I've seen him on the Senate floor. Says the election was not close and that "we cannot keep drifting apart into two separate tribes with separate sets of facts"
Happy Thanksgiving from the White House. Canned cranberry sauce is better than fresh, if you think Turkey is bad you’re not cooking it right, and green bean casserole is the best side after stuffing.