Let's be clear--the special counsel isn't a dummy and we should be very careful not to take the bait after Comey pulled this in 2016. Hur, a lifelong Republican and creature of DC, didn't have a case against Biden, but he knew exactly how his swipes could hurt Biden politically.
Let’s be clear: RFK Jr is not a Democrat. His group gives $ to the GOP. He’s an anti science, anti vax, pro conspiracy whack job running to get more eyes on his discredited theories. His supporters? Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, & fringe Reddit boards. The guy’s a liar & a kook.
Any coverage of Trump's trip to the border today that doesn't include his admissions (plural) that he killed the strongest border security bill in our lifetime is malpractice.
After Biden mopped the floor with Paul Ryan in 2012 VP debate, I looked at him and said “you will never have a better performance than tonight.” I was wrong. Tonight is better.
Argue the substance all you want, but why 22 days before a crucial election where we MUST win house and senate to save America, why did
@SenWarren
have to do her announcement now? Why can’t Dems ever stay focused???
We've got to stop treating a single line in a gratuitously long, heavily editorialized special counsel's report--in which no crime was found btw--by a partisan Republican investigator like it's a bigger liability than Trump's 91 criminal charges and being found liable for rape.
Democrats need to remember what I learned back in 2011: Voters decide elections, not polls.
I Was Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager. There’s No Need to Panic Over Biden.
Over last 24 hrs, we've found out:
-Trump has a secret Chinese bank account
-Trump admin. effectively orphaned 545 kids
-Trump stormed out of 60 Mins intrvw like a baby
-Giuliani is on tape touching himself in a f***ing Borat movie
What if - and just hear me out for a second - the Democratic brand *and* Joe Biden have policies people actually like? And the way people voted last night is a reflection of both those things?
Tonight should put to rest any questions about whether Biden is up for a second term. He absolutely is. We just saw it with our own eyes. Which is why all these Republican bigmouths are backtracking on that Sleepy Joe b.s.-- "he was too awake". Get a grip.
This is who she is. She is not a moderate. She is not a "reasonable Republican".
Nikki Haley is a hard-right social conservative and the media and donors who should know better need to stop treating her like she isn't in the exact same camp as Trump, MTG, and Clarence Thomas.
NEW: Nikki Haley tells me that frozen embryos created through in-vitro fertilization “are babies,” siding with a recent AL decision that raised concerns among doctors and patients worried about the future of the procedure. w/
@Rhoades31
@NBCNews
Republicans just spent four hours broadcasting wall-to-wall, live TV coverage of Trump’s many criminal indictments and reminding everyone Biden was cleared.
Brilliant as usual.
BREAKING: Senate Democrats passed an election-year economic bill package focused on climate, taxes and health care with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris.
NYT chases headlines while ignoring what’s happening. Trump consistently underperforms & Biden overperforms in primaries. In NH, Trump 7 pts worse poll v result. In SC -8 points & MI -10 points. Best predictor of elections = how voters vote. And they’re voting for Dems & Biden.
Let’s see...
New Quinny poll Biden +4 over Trump.
Cash on Hand:
JB/DNC $130 million
DT/RNC $38.7
Lowest unemployment since WW II.
Rs endorsing crazy AL embryo ruling, attacking IVF?!
#NotBedwetting
This is exactly the Joe Biden I know. He’s supremely empathetic, compassionate, and unflinching in moments like these— exactly what you want in a leader.
President Biden will meet virtually today with families of American hostages believed being held by Hamas militants. The president told 60 Minutes, “This is not human behavior. It's pure barbarism. And we're going to do everything in our power to get them home.”
Trump has a nearly 20-point lead over Haley in NH, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe/USA TODAY poll. Biden leads Trump by 7 in a general election rematch there.
@abughazalehkat
You’re totally right. I apologize for being inarticulate during the tv interview. What I was trying to convey is that the energy of women voters and their political power is what saved the night for Democrats across the country.
Just so we all have this straight-- Katie Miller had COVID in May, missed three weeks of work bc of it, and is married to Stephen Miller who just tested positive for COVID today.
The decision to enhance safety measures at the VP debate was met with mockery from Pence's team.
"If Sen. Harris wants to use a fortress around herself, have at it," said spokeswoman Katie Miller, who herself tested positive for coronavirus in May.
Cruz and Jordan tweeting 2 fucking hours after the assault on the Capitol began is just unbelievable. There's as much blood on their hands as there is on Trump's. And Hawley's.
How Biden didn't lunge across the lectern is a testament to his character and grace, because that was one of the most disgraceful debate moments I've ever witnessed.
A lot of political reporters are covering Trump like 5 yr olds playing soccer. Lots of swarming to the ball and not remembering the many other times Trump's said something he doesn’t actually mean in order to muddy the waters.
Come on. We've seen this play out for 9 yrs now.
Biden: Crisscrossing the country sharing his vision for the future while still doing his day job of POTUS.
Trump: *Zero* upcoming campaign events on his website, lounging around his golf club w/ authoritarian leaders and billionaires, and saying crazy stuff on Truth Social.
NEW from me and
@KristenhCNN
-
Biden has been campaigning around the country the last two weeks, in addition to his presidential duties.
Trump has held one rally in a battleground state, and has been focusing on hitting up big donors & playing golf.
What if - and just hear me out for a second - the Democratic brand *and* Joe Biden have policies people actually like? And the way people voted last night is a reflection of both those things?
What a week for the Biden Admin! Lots to celebrate.
Since Tuesday—
-Warnock wins by nearly 3 points
-Brittney Griner home for Christmas
-Marriage equality bill on its way to Biden’s desk
Biden’s win & today's historic runoffs show what can happen when you put in the years of work on the ground, building a ground game, & chasing the politics of a state. Thx to GA Dems,
@BlackVotersMtr
,
@fairfightaction
, the
@wnba
players who spoke up, and all who made this happen.
This is so counter-productive. The Supreme Court is about to outlaw abortion. We could lose both houses. So we are going to focus our time running against each other? Now we’re primarying commited progressives because. . .why? If we lose house it’s because of dumb shit like this
Biden's job tonight is to show the stakes, drive the contrast with Trump, explain his vision, and highlight his record--and he's nailing it right now 🇺🇸
The only thing you can be sure of after today’s NBC poll is that people will short-circuit again. Polls a year out are about as good at predicting election results as a magic 8 ball would be. They just don’t show the full picture.
“Biden leading Trump by 2 in new NYT/Siena poll” should be the headline. Yes, it's still early for polls being predictive, but Biden has been up or tied in 7 polls this month and you wouldn't know that given the insane double standard the press has with covering Biden/polls.
So, somehow, the
@nytimes
not only did not lead with Biden up being by 2 points (47%-45%) with likely voters in its write-up of its new poll, the article in the Times never even mentions it.
Seriously, WTF guys? It's clearly newsy, and could have easily been the lead.
I don’t know how many more ways I can say that polls this early are famously wrong. But wall to wall coverage on bad polls for Biden w/ no attention to good ones…it becomes apparent that some are just shoehorning a narrative and stirring the pot.
Biden is winning. We need to act like it Dems. We will defeat Donald Trump and replace him with a real leader and the first woman VP. This is historic.
Biden's own DOJ getting their James Comey moment in the sun - clearing the President of any wrongdoing but taking cheap shots and muddying the waters while doing it.
Biden sat for two days of interviews and was fully transparent. The way it should be.
The false equivalency between Biden and Trump will no doubt begin again. Worth emphasizing that Special Counsel Hur (a prior Republican appointee) said what Trump is accused of to be far far worse.
Biden ending w/ his bread & butter: his optimism about the future of the U.S.A. and his belief that there's nothing beyond the capacity of the American people.
Great, great speech. Crushed it. Great night for POTUS.
Biden and Democrats deliver.
Reminder: not a single Republican voted for this bill.
“The company pivoted after President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law earlier this month…”
Remember in school when you’d read about Hitler & Mussolini and all the targeted, shockingly violent language they used before rising to power?
Trump’s NH speech was from the same authoritarian propaganda playbook.
And everyone should be talking about it
The Republican Party spews the Kremlin's anti-American propaganda anywhere and everywhere. Dangerous and bizarre. Just a wholly unfit and unserious party.
He just told these terrorists who left pipe bombs at the Capitol, "we love you and you're very special." He's encouraging these people. Lock his fucking account. He's a national security threat.
Donald Trump just now in Iowa:
"Last year I was able to do something no one thought was possible...we ended Roe v Wade."
"I got the job done. I got it done. And it's thanks to the three great Supreme Court Justices...that I appointed."
Political reporter math: giving equal weight when reporting on the traction of the soles of Biden’s shoes as you do when Trump calls for political assassinations.
The press has succumbed to what I call “the banality of crazy,” in which they breathlessly report on every minor Biden gaffe, but barely cover Trump calling to execute generals or shoplifters. This numbing effect helps Trump—and warps American politics:
What the fuck is this???
Trump has said there should be punishment for women who get abortions, nominated three justices who were decisive in overturning Roe v. Wade, and publicly celebrated when those judges ended a woman’s right to choose.
Garbage.
2020: If you haven’t already, you’ve gotta watch this clip of
@SenatorBennet
frying Ted Cruz to within an inch of his life on the Senate floor today. Need to include Sen. Bennet in
#2020Election
convo after moments like this
New NBC News poll (1/26-30)
General Election
Donald Trump 47% (+1 since Nov.)
Joe Biden 42% (-2 since Nov.)
—
Biden Job Performance
Approve 37%
Disapprove 60%
Trump says he raised $66M in March. Putting aside Biden raising ~40% of that in *just 1 day* in March, I have big Qs about Trump's numbers.
Avg. donation? # of donors? $ spent on legal fees? Why won't they say any of this??
An incredible honor to be part of the 49ers Enterprises’ ownership group of
@LUFC
! Thanks to Paraag and Collin for including me. This has been a lifetime goal of mine and I’m very excited about the future of this club!
#MOT
Rep. Lofgren: President Biden allowed your team to review all of the notebooks you found. That's in stark contrast to Trump's who obstructed and diverted all the investigations. After being given multiple chances to return classified documents, Trump did the opposite
W/ Biden and Trump both courting auto workers in MI today, a quick refresher on auto industry jobs created/month under recent presidents.
*Clinton: 1,800
*Bush: -5,800
*Obama: 2,800
*Trump (pre-Covid): 600
*Trump (total): -200
*Biden: 4,000
Trump promised to repeal Roe v. Wade and he did. He's telling us again exactly what he'd do if he's president again. Any suggestion that Trump is "moderating" on women's rights is unserious and dangerous.
Q: Did you get any sense of hesitation on Trump's part when you asked him if he supports ‘monitoring’ women’s pregnancies?
TIME Reporter: I didn't get any hesitation from Trump at all. He’s decided he will let women be prosecuted for having abortions. When I asked about states…
Trump: "I don't do cover ups"
Fact: Trump and his team paid $130k and $150k in hush money to two different women he cheated on his wife with to prevent them from speaking out before the election.
#LiarinChief
We’ve been seeing headlines like this weekly. Biden & Dems keep delivering.
“Micron Technology plans to spend up to $100 billion building a mega-complex of computer chip plants…in what would be the largest single private investment in New York history.”
You gotta be a real Grade A nutjob/asshole/national disgrace to make Capitol Police officers' jobs harder after you helped incite a mob that left two of them dead just days ago.
Boebert right now is not being allowed in by Capitol Police. She is on her phone, standing in the doorway and won’t let law enforcement see what’s in the bag
News: The trump campaign is asking downballot Republican candidates for 5% of the proceeds for every fundraising appeal they send out that uses Trump’s name, image and likeness
Sorry, but what the fuck is this? He’s sweating like a pig, audibly and visibly struggling to get through the speech, and he’s hanging onto the podium like it’s West Point’s superintendent.
#RNC2020Convention
If we’re gonna give this much attention to bad polls for Biden, let’s do the same for good ones. Like this: Biden leads Trump by 7 pts in a three way race with RFK Jr. The other takeaway here is that we just don’t know anything a year out.
BREAKING: SP&R's nat'l poll shows R. Kennedy, Jr. syphoning 6% of the GOP vote from Trump, putting Biden up 7 pts. (47:40) in hypothetical match up with former POTUS. This is clear evidence Kennedy is hurting Trump more than Biden.
Field Dates 10/17-10/27. N=1,000. MOE +/-3.2%
Pope Francis: Tax evasion is part of a "structure of sin." He also quoted this article: "It has become evident that those who do not pay taxes do not only commit a felony but also a crime: if there are not enough hospital beds and artificial respirators, it is also their fault."
This is from an ep when Lisa wins a trip to DC for her essay about what makes America great, but she sees a congressman take a bribe from a logging lobbyist to tear down the forest. She loses her faith in America, finds it again, & gets the corrupt congressman thrown in jail...
.
@MollyJongFast
: The really dangerous thing that Trump does, that he's done previously, is that he'll say a lie like 'we're going to kick this back to the states' and then get that lie repeated as a headline. A reader will then say oh, he's going to kick it back to the states…
They’re doing this crap again? Next level dangerous and irresponsible. Sometimes there’s just one side to a story. Hitler = evil. Earth = round. January 6 = a violent insurrection encouraged by Trump and committed by his MAGA supporters in order to end democracy.
Cambridge Analytica obtained their data fraudulently, laundered through a researcher who paid people to install an app. The '12 campaign told voters what they were sharing and for what purpose. Conflating these two cases is misleading.
LATEST: The Obama campaign used the very same data-mining feature on Facebook that Cambridge Analytica did — enabling it to create a davatbase of relationships between every US voter. Via me &
@TonyRomm
JFK (D): 1st & only Catholic POTUS
Biden (D): 1st & only Catholic VP, current nom for POTUS
Pelosi (D): Catholic, current Speaker of the House
Sotomayor: 1st Catholic woman on SC, nominated by Obama (D)
Kaine (D): 2016 VP candidate (only Catholic on either ticket)
Who else?
Dear History: Here’s the list of traitors who wanted to nix certification. Without evidence. They should be infamous.
Cruz
Hawley
Blackburn
RonJon
Lankford
Lummis
Tuberville
Daines
Kennedy
Hagerty
Braun
Marshall
Former senator Leoffler
McCarthy: Sitting on floor as GOP colleagues try to oust him
Trump: Hit w/ gag order prohibiting him from talking abt court employees, ordered to remove social media post bc he lied
Biden: Announces makers of all 10 drugs selected for price negotiations have signed agreements
When this is all over, don't help w/ image rehab for these ppl.
Aiding & abetting an Impeached president who lied again & again abt
#COVID19
. This tragedy isn't possible w/o admin. officials willing to regurgitate Trump's deadly lies.
Now almost 200K Americans dead.