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Mom, rule breaker, anchor of CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip. Speaking requests: UTA speakers

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Abby D. Phillip
3 years
Hi, the president can release statements via the White House anytime he wants. Just FYI.
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In the Rose Garden, Trump says he is an “ally of all peaceful protestors” as the world watched peaceful protestors being tear gassed outside of the WH gates.
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Trump saying clearly on Fox why he won’t fund USPS. “Now they need that money in order to make the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots...But if they don’t get those two items that means you can’t have universal mail-in voting...”
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I'm so thrilled to be taking the reins of Inside Politics Sunday from my friend and colleague @JohnKingCNN starting on January 24th. Could not be more proud to be joining this incredible @CNN franchise!
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For the first time in history, a Black woman has been elected Vice President of the United States.
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Watching this country burn from coast to coast, it’s obvious people are angry. Yes, George Floyd touched this off. But let’s not forget: 103k+ are dead, most of them black and brown. 40 million people are unemployed. This is a nation in crisis.
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Hawley's argument is that Congress is the venue for objecting to the election. It is not. Concerns about specific state elections should and were raised in the courts. They were rejected. There is no venue for Congress to adjudicate and resolve those issues.
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Tough night for those of you hoping to see Ted Cruz argue this nonsensical case at the Supreme Court.
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Good for the WH aides resigning in protest today, but it's not exactly a badge of honor that it took a violent insurrection for them to decide to distance themselves (when they only have 14 days left anyway).
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Unreal: This official just said that a decision was made to not break into the classroom because the officers on site believed there was no longer an active shooting situation, even though children were calling 911 at the time pleading for officers to come and save them. My God.
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Trump is basically filming a campaign commercial outside of the WH without a mask in the presence of photographers. Let me repeat: the president has coronavirus and is walking around without a mask.
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The number of senior level Republican government officials who have contracted the coronavirus is growing by the hour. I don't think there's a parallel in the developed world to what the United States is going through right now.
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Just a reminder that rich people are able to use their money and power to open elite doors for their mediocre children that, in turn, make it far more likely that they will succeed in life. Poor people and POC are expected to be exceptional. This is not a meritocracy.
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You don't sue to stop votes from being counted if you think you're going to win when all the votes are counted.
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So much attention has been paid to Derek Chauvin’s lack of humanity toward George Floyd, but I can’t stop thinking about the powerful humanity of all the bystanders who tried to intervene to save his life. This verdict would not have been possible without them.
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Five years ago, I was on Inside Politics Sunday with @JohnKingCNN for the first time and I’ve been grateful for his support ever since. Honored to be taking the baton from you after today, my friend. Congratulations on an amazing run!
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How is it possible that there are still hundreds of people on the grounds of the Capitol right now?
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All these people who peddled a massive lie that incited white supremacists and anti-semites to attack the Capitol quoting MLK this morning...
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Rudy Giuliani is saying on Fox News that he has had the Ukraine transcript read to him. I'd be interested in knowing what rationale could possibly exist for a person who does not work for the government getting access to the transcript before Congress.
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The White House needs to clarify the timeline ASAP. If, based on the timeline provided by Dr. Conley, the president was symptomatic on Thursday and had tested positive for COVID-19 72 hours ago and yet carried on with his normal schedule, that would be shocking.
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The incredible show of force that we saw in DC this summer... Where is it? That was nowhere near what we are seeing happen today as lawmakers in both chambers are in lockdown and unable to continue their duties while violent protestors storm the Capitol.
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Just to be clear, McConnell did not acknowledge that Biden was the president elect for weeks after the election results were clear. He said nothing, while Trump spread these lies and conspiracy theories he is now condemning.
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This tweet comes as officials in Minnesota are investigating whether outsiders, including white supremacists, are inciting riots.
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It’s ANTIFA and the Radical Left. Don’t lay the blame on others!
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Where we are: Trump knows he lost this election. He’s told his allies as much. But he’s pressuring state lawmakers to overturn the will of voters in states he lost & he’s doing it w/ the support of his party. This won’t work but we shouldn’t be numb to how out of bounds this is.
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I have seen Capitol Police shut down pretty much everything within a few square blocks of the Capitol because a mentally ill woman drove her car into a barricade. Why are people just able to mill around on the Capitol grounds today?
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Watching Jacob Blake's family call for healing and peace right now. It's heartbreaking. It's the incredible grace and wisdom that Black people are constantly forced to demonstrate to the world in spite of their profound pain and the injustice they repeatedly experience.
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Important to remember that as historic as it is that Kamala Harris would be the first Black woman VP. She is also making history as potentially the first South Asian woman VP.
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Absentee ballot mystery: Georgia says 96% of ballots that were requested were delivered. Voters and local officials report many people did not receive them so they showed up in person. Vendor used by state says they sent out 100% of ballots. What happened? No one seems to know
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What an incredibly sad and scary day for this country.
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4 years
Cheering for my friend @JDiamond1 who handed the microphone to @Yamiche !! This is how it’s done people. Proud to know them both 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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Keep in mind Michael Van Der Veen, attorney to Trump, is a personal injury lawyer.
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I have been in this government class before, where someone hasn't done the reading, napped through the first half of class, gets called on and just riffs for 15 minutes.
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Biden in Tulsa: “My fellow Americans this was not a riot, this was a massacre.”
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Big deal: They're not waiting for Trump
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Boris Johnson
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Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris
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Still stuck on McConnell saying Trump is "Trump is practically and morally responsible" for a violent, deadly insurrection on the U.S. Capitol but he would still support him to be President of the United States again.
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"Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life," the president says after being rushed to the hospital and receiving extraordinary treatment for a deadly virus that would be largely unavailable to most average people....
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The worst side effect of everything reopening is the return of traffic, lines and more people generally being annoying.
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Bishop Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington tells CNN on air: "I am outraged. The president did not pray when he came to St. John's nor did he acknowledge the agony of our country right now." "We distance ourselves from the incendiary language of this president."
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Sen. Ted Cruz is hinging his entire argument on "recent polling" that Americans (mostly republicans) believe the election is rigged, which is entirely because people like him are spreading and supporting baseless conspiracy theories.
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At the moment that Joe Biden became President-elect, President Trump is on the golf course.
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The thing is, Trump has all along been doing the very thing he is accusing Democrats of: trying to fraudulently "find" votes where there are none and pressuring officials publicly and privately to arbitrarily swing the election in his favor in key swing states.
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Trump is very up on the details of Jeff Bezos’ divorce. But when asked about Steve King’s white supremacist comments he says: “I haven’t been following it.”
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As an example, Thomas’ wife was so unhappy about the results of the last election that she plotted with WH officials about how to overturn it.
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The Washington Post
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Justice Clarence Thomas said that the judiciary is threatened if people are unwilling to “live with outcomes we don’t agree with,” and that recent events at the Supreme Court might be “one symptom of that.”
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Anderson Cooper to Amanda Gorman is all of us: "Wow. You're awesome."
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BREAKING: Joe Biden has taken the lead in PA by 5,587 votes.
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Virginia man charged with intentionally driving his car into a group of protesters this weekend is the head of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan. This is a headline from the year 2020.
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Liz Cheney not only will vote to impeach but she is saying so early & forcefully. This statement does not spare Trump one bit: "None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not"
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4 years
This is what overflow looks like at the Trump rally in Tulsa right now. Pence is scheduled to speak out here in about 10 minutes. People still streaming in but not nearly the number the campaign said they were expecting.
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Trump just fired the head of cyber security and information security for the federal government because he pushed back on Trump’s false and baseless claims of widespread election fraud.
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Donald J. Trump
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The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud - including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, “glitches” in the voting machines which changed...
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As we watch video of this horror unfolding, keep in mind not only the 5 people killed but the dozens of officers who were casualties -- who sustained brain damage, loss sight and other horrific injuries.
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4 years
My other colleague @joshscampbell is also on the scene in Minneapolis. He just reported that police approached him, asked him who he was with, he said CNN. And they say “ok, you’re good.” This is minutes after Omar, who is black and Latino, was arrested nearby.
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There were armed vehicles in Downtown DC this summer. Think about that. Has anyone been arrested yet today for what has transpired? Where is the overwhelming force to clear the Capitol grounds?
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14 children. And a week after Buffalo. It’s just unbearable.
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Trump's lawyers are actually blaming Antifa for the Jan. 6 riot.
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CNN has projected that Joe Biden has been elected the 46th President of the United States.
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Filling in this morning with ⁦ @VictorBlackwell ⁩ on ⁦ @CNN ⁩! Grab a cup of ☕️ and tune in!
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Everyone is freaking out about the Debate Commission rules but the SCOTUS ruling on PA mail in ballots is more significant TBH...
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Thank you all so much for watching this morning! Hope you’re tuning into @DanaBashCNN on @CNNSotu right now!!
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Heard a reporter today call birthright citizenship a "policy." It is not. It is a right enshrined in the constitution.
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Let's not forget this. Untold numbers of people will never recover 4 weeks of lost pay.
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3 years
Great to see Dr. Fauci being vaccinated on TV today. Not just because of the signal that it sends but also because we legit need him to be healthy for as long as possible!
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Amanda Gorman is so impressive and interesting and wise.
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omg
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Jaime Harrison brought his own plexiglas divider to his Senate debate with Lindsay Graham. #SCSen
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Almost everything the president is saying right now is not true.
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On CNN right now: @jamiegangel reporting this new exchange from McCarthy's heated call with Trump during the insurrection: Trump: “Well Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.” McCarthy: “Who the f*** do you think you are talking to?”
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"I think I was just scared," Amy Cooper tells CNN. Because it is terrifying for a black man to ask you to follow the rules and keep your dog on a leash!
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philip lewis
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Amy Cooper told CNN that since the video was posted, her "entire life is being destroyed right now."
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Today feels like a heavy day. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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I think I can help answer this one: they are counting the votes.
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“We need an explanation as to how these numbers have been running up for the last two or three days.” Matthew Whitaker. @EveningEdit
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Rick Santorum: "Counting absentee ballots, counting mail ballots IS NOT FRAUD."
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Trump boasts that he "inherited" 138 vacancies on federal courts and muses that he doesn't know why Obama was unable to appoint judges. The answer is pretty simple: Mitch McConnell
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Alright, PA Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says it's likely we could know by TODAY the winner in the state of PA. The outstanding 550K +/- votes are being counted today.
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For those keeping score at home: The #1 and #3 Republicans in the House both agree that Trump is responsible for the violent insurrection attempt at the Capitol last week.
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Georgia is actually the nightmare scenario for Trump at the moment. ~16,000 votes uncounted. Trump has a 2,497 vote lead right now.
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We need to talk about the overlap between the pro-Trump Capitol insurrectionists, the QAnon conspiracy theorists, AND the anti-semitic iconography that many of them wore or carried with them as they rioted.
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Senators running their mouths is usually a tedious part of these hearings but Cory Booker is in a league of his own when it comes to filibustering for a purpose. In this case, he knows KBJ needs a break from intense, bitter questioning. And, a bit of a pep talk.
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J. Michael Luttig is a dyed in the wool conservative and he is issuing an unvarnished warning that Trump and his allies are "executing that blueprint" to overturn the next election in 2024 "in open and plain view of the American public."
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So now people are committing fraud to fabricate evidence of voter fraud
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The Washington Post
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Postal worker admits fabricating allegations of ballot tampering, officials say
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My colleagues at the WH are doing incredible work despite being disrespected and attacked for simply quoting Trump’s own words. So damn proud of them today and every day. @Yamiche @JDiamond1
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Wow Trump just suggested getting rid of coronavirus by bringing "light inside the body" ... "either through the skin or in some other way" or using disinfectant: "is there a way you can do something like that by injection or some other way."
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Joe Biden is now the 46th President of the United States.
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Woke up this morning thinking about Kanye, but not in the way that you think. If, like me, you’ve dealt with a close family member who has struggled with serious mental health challenges, it is painful to see people exploiting Kanye for political expediency.
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Unclear which statements Mike Lee is disputing. Lee's office confirmed at the time that he received calls from Trump and Giuliani intended for Tuberville... and the managers played the voicemail from Giuliani.
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. @mehdirhasan of @zeteo_news : “Joe Biden has the power to pick up the phone and end this war. He can ring the Israeli PM and say ‘we're cutting you off.’ He didn't do it after 10,000 dead, 20,000 dead, today we cross 30,000 dead. You have to ask the question, why? This is a man
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Whoa: Burr (R-NC) voted GUILTY
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How is it possible that this tweet was sent literally on this day 6 years ago. What a world.
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What the hell is Obama doing in allowing all of these potentially very sick people to continue entering the U.S.! Is he stupid or arrogant?
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Given Barr's focus on his phone call with Mueller, it's worth reminding everyone: Mueller could have simply called his friend Bill Barr and complained about the summary letter or media coverage. But he didn't. He intentionally created a written record.
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Fox will do anything to prevent its audience from seeing the truth.
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Fox not airing the House Dems now presenting new Capitol security footage of the Jan. 6 attack; CNN and MSNBC are airing the proceedings
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See you all later this year! 👶🏾
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Inside Politics
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BREAKING NEWS: from @abbydphillip and the #InsidePoliticsSunday team!
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Just willfully misleading people: they are working on reporting ballots that have already been counted today. They will resume counting the remaining absentee ballots tomorrow. They are a small county and this requires manpower.
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Kayleigh McEnany
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Why are they stopping the vote count in Democrat Chatham county, Georgia? This sounds familiar! 🤨
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The jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty on all counts in the killing of George Floyd.
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Hello America! It’s 7:00 am in the east and we’re back with you this morning. Join us @CNN @jaketapper ⁩ ⁦ @DanaBashCNN
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Still can't get over the fact that the president's supporters resorted to unprecedented violence against the government at the main argument being made by GOPers against deterring it is their fear of further angering those same people.
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There have been more View co-hosts who are children of famous people than view co-hosts who are Asian. Does she really think that's because there aren't enough Asian people with the right qualifications?
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Justin Baragona
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Meghan McCain: "We’ve only had one Asian American host co-host host this show. Does that mean one of us should be leaving because there’s not enough representation? We're talking about -- is identity politics more important than the qualifications for the job?"
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Update: outdoor area has completely emptied out.
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Sanders tells reporters he learned about Russian interference in his campaign about a month ago. But asked why it came out now, Sanders points to the fact that the NV caucuses are a day away. And adds sarcastically, "Washington Post? Good friends."
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Yes, you're seeing the President pardoning someone at the White House for an explicitly political purpose.
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. @AprilDRyan is on CNN right now defending her many credentials as a White House correspondent. She has covered Republicans and Democrats and has had good working relationships with presidents of both parties. She is not a “loser.”
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BREAKING: America's economy just had its worst quarter on record. The US economy contracted by 32.9% between April and June, its worst drop on record, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Thursday.
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Big development in the hearing so far: DeJoy has now committed to processing election mail as first class mail regardless of the postage used. CNN had obtained docs showing that this year USPS planned to treat election mail as marketing mail (slower) if it was mailed that way.
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