Bill Burton @billburton Twitter profile

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Bill Burton

3 years

After some reflection on my family's ancestry -- immigrants, slaves and war heroes -- I wrote this piece for More Perfect Union's letter to your family series.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

I wish Hillary Clinton was president.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Not the first time Jim Jordan didn't put the safety of athletes first.

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America needs college football.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

This morning, it was fact that Trump would do well on election night and Biden would win when votes were counted. This evening, those facts still hold but none of the pundits are talking about it and Democrats are already black out drunk/throwing up chardonnay/craft cocktails.

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Bill Burton

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3 years

America: it is not possible to feel better right now. John Legend: yes it is.

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4 years

My Uber driver in LA is loving this speech. I have never listened to a Trump speech with a Trump supporter - and I do not like it.

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@billburton

3 years

This is a great story. ⁦ @RepAndyKimNJ ⁩ is an awesome guy. ‘What else could I do?' NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capitol

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Bill Burton

@billburton

2 years

The success of this cycle was made possible with the leadership of @EricHolder and the amazing stewardship of @kellycward — this video is a pretty fun celebration of just that.

Barack Obama

@BarackObama

2 years

Thanks to @EricHolder and @DemRedistrict , more voters will be able to choose their politicians in this next election instead of the other way around. And what better way to celebrate that progress than to hear from @JohnLegend , @iamwill , and @JayPharoah .

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Bill Burton

@billburton

5 years

so much joy in this 90 seconds of french dad-ness.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

Lauer opens to Clinton: Why are you so horrible? Lauer opens to Trump: Talk about why you're awesome.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

I know this isn't a popular opinion but watching Trump and then watching Biden, was probably better than a debate in seeing just that contrast. The temperature going down, the rational thoughts, the notion that we could actually have an adult in that job.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

@megynkelly Be better, Megyn. Expressing disgust at lies, deception and constantly being talked over - is worth reaction.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

Preach. Particularly if @kellycward has anything to say about it.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

10 years ago this morning, this paper was dropped off at Obama for America hq at 233 N Michigan.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

5 years

@MeredithFrost That steely eyed glare at the end is the same look Buzz gave @jonlovett when he called him the Barbara Streisand of space one day at the White House.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

I feel so sorry for @sarahcpr right now. It’s so much.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

The Chris Wallace interview is making me start to think that it is not a sound strategy for President Trump to stake his reelection argument on his own cognitive abilities.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

The notion that Trump can be replaced on the ticket is both a fantasy and a cop-out for Republicans looking for some purgatory to hide in.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

@realDonaldTrump Tweeting in the middle of the night is not convincing people of your point of view.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Michelle Obama just have one of the best convention speeches of all time sitting in her house.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

2 years

Rick Caruso has been a pro-life Republican his whole career until he decided to run for mayor. So much so that Donald Trump appointed him to his economic team. He has no business being the mayor of one of the greatest cities in the world. Los Angeles can do so much better.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Is no one on tv going to note how f’ing weird it is to see an opera singer perform Ave Maria while the Trumps watch and the crowd waits, to close out this convention? I miss President Obama. Stevie Wonder was so much cooler at every turn.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

Good thing Tim Kaine is there to mention Donald Trump - he doesn't seem to be in Mike Pence's talking points.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

1 year

This is the worst I’ve ever seen Trump. I watch all of his speeches — saw him ramble in Waco, watched him amble in his “announcement” to run again — this is the very worst of it. Puffy face, bloodshot eyes, his precious hair a mess. And his cadence just plain sad. #shook

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 months

To be clear, this is not something I took seriously even for a second. Someone asked for a conversation and I wasn’t willing to have one.

Dan Merica

@merica

7 months

Democrat Dean Phillips Looking to Hire Presidential Campaign Staff, Targeting New Hampshire Among those who have been solicited by Phillips' team are former Obama hand Bill Burton and former McCain aide Steve Schmidt. w/ @MarcACaputo & @amieparnes :

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

@danpfeiffer What @PressSec doesn't get is that when she comes out to that podium, she is speaking on behalf of the United States of America, not just Donald Trump. The abuses of that concept are getting worse every day.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

Let it not be lost that Comey knew all of this - and still chose to use the FBI to help Trump's campaign. Because, you know, emails.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

Fact check: Trump is the 44th person to have the job. Buffaloian Grover Cleveland is counted twice because of non-consecutive terms. cc @jonfavs @KevinMKruse @maggieNYT @KellyannePolls

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

I miss Barack Obama as my president.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

1 year

@megynkelly Is there a mental health crisis in the US? Yes. Is murder exacerbated by the fact that the mentally ill have ready access to guns that they are using to slaughter Americans every day? Also yes. Consider working on not allowing guns in the hands of just any person who wants one.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

Awful. And let’s not lose track of just how far discourse has shifted in a few short years. Even a very short time ago, no one would go on even Fox and say the lives of any kids are less valuable because they’re not from Idaho. Trump has decimated American moral leadership.

Shannon Watts

@shannonrwatts

6 years

. @foxandfriends : "...these aren't our kids. Show them compassion, but it's not like he is doing this to the people of Idaho or Texas.” As Hillary Clinton said, “There is no such thing as other people’s children.”

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

It's frustrating listening to Bernie Sanders bc for all the ranting and raving, he's literally done nothing his entire time in government.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

As the Buffalo Bills prepare to take on the Jets, this is your periodic reminder that the Bills are the only NFL team that plays in NY State.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

Your president with friends at a golf tournament today. Inhale. Exhale. It could be funny if it weren't actually tragic.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

2 years

A methodical strategy to effectively go through the courts to successfully fight for fair maps isn’t “luck,” it’s Republicans finding themselves on the business end of @EricHolder and @marceelias ’s baseball bats. Having a plan and executing it, is not luck.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

You're telling me that after all the hype about voter fraud in Pennsylvania, there has been one arrest made - and it was a Trump supporter? Come on.

Trump Supporter Arrested For Requesting Absentee Ballot For Dead Mother

The president accuses Democrats of “voter fraud,” but one of his supporters became the first person in a Pennsylvania county charged with the crime in 30 years.

www.huffpost.com

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

It's easy to forget that what these folks did at the Lincoln Project was not easy. As Republicans, current and former, they put together a group against the incumbent Republican president - in the best of times that's hard, but in these times, it was an act of real patriotism.

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Republicans, it's time to choose between autocracy and #democracry . with @SteveSchmidtSES @TheRickWilson @stuartpstevens @ProjectLincoln via @washingtonpost

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

I’ve watched Tucker Carlson/ Sean Hannity every night for months. It hasn’t been pleasant. But what I can share about this evening’s shows, is that there is not a scintilla of evidence offered for their claims. Literally nothing more than annoyance w Jake tapper & Wolf Blitzer.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

So this is happening in LA right now. Um.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

It should not be under appreciated what a hard job Biden had tonight. In the face of relentless lies and bullying, he still got his point across. It was messy all the way through, but Biden did some hard work on our behalf.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

10 years

@realDonaldTrump as someone who demonstrated such bravery in combat, I can see why you'd have so many questions. Oh wait. I mean stfu.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

@Olivianuzzi One suggests that America doesn’t need to be better than it was, one commits to making it better. It’s profoundly different — particularly to people of color. I suppose the election will let us know which one is more effective.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

I can’t stop thinking about @CoryBooker ’s exchange with Dr. Ford when he asked her how she felt. And then she said “I just wish I could be more helpful.” Her core decency was the only good thing about today.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Tucker Carlson: At this stage, the fraud that we can confirm is not enough to change the election result.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

When Donald Trump rejected sending the national guard to liberate the Capitol, Mike Pence was sheltered there. And Trump said no. Think about that.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

Live look at Josh Hawley reading Ted Cruz Twitter right now.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

Remember when R's made a thing of whether D's read the ACA before voting? They have neither seen this bill nor learned the $$ impact here.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

Dear media, do you think a single American cares if China is mad about a phone call? This. Is. Trump's. Game.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

It's late, probably so few people will see this, but I had to get it out. YOU HAVE GOT TO WATCH QUEEN ARETHA FRANKLIN SURPRISING @EricHolder AT HIS FAREWELL CEREMONY. It is awesome. (h/t my queen, @kellycward )

Aretha Franklin Sings "America, The Beautiful" for Eric Holder's...

The legendary singer Aretha Franklin — the "Queen of Soul" — sings "America, The Beautiful" for departing Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder served as Pres...

www.youtube.com

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

I think someone should tell him about Obama saving the American auto industry.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

It’s too easy for too many Democrats to dismiss the words of these Republicans and the Never Trump Republicans - but they all do this at their own peril. They should be commended for saying something when so many will say nothing.

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@MittRomney

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@billburton

4 years

I honestly didn’t connect with that for the reason they removed the trees until this.

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4 years

Wow! With the trees removed, this political theater is staged extremely well on government, taxpayer funded property!

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4 years

In the profound and abject failures of this president, it is easy to lose sight of the nuts and bolts of how bad he is at campaigning - but I urge you to take note of how terrible this story is for the candidate incumbent trying to make gains on this day.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

@jonfavs You’ll do anything to get out of changing diapers.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

@PaulBegala I can vouch for this. Paul says all kinds of profane and rude things literally every day. (cc @DianeBegala )

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

The thing that betrays the dishonesty of this defense of the president calling on the Proud Boys to “stand by,” is the fact that his very next sentence is: “Somebody’s got to do something about Antifa and the left.” The quasi-intellectual gymnastics do not deny that clear fact.

Joel Pollak

@joelpollak

4 years

The facts (see the transcript): 1. Trump said "sure" (twice) when asked to condemn white supremacists. 2. Wallace introduced the "stand" language. 3. Biden brought up the "Proud Boys." 4. Biden then refused to condemn Antifa.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

But seriously. Real question for Sanders supporters: what has he ever done that demonstrates an ability to get anything done?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

12 years

Which reminds me, John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his running mate -- and he thinks Susan Rice is unqualified?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

My country is a different place than I thought it was when I woke up this morning.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

"Entitlement" -Mazie Hirono That's the most important word said this afternoon. And his temperament is the expression of what happens when entitlement is threatened.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

@markknoller The smug indifference that comes across in this photo is really something. Combine that with the royal strangeness of people holding umbrellas for her gives the perfect image of this administration.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

2 years

Shoutout to my wife @kellycward and her boss @EricHolder who have been saying — FOR YEARS — that if the maps are fair, Democrats will win. So much of the good feelings you have tonight are because of the work at @DemRedistrict

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

I do have to say, Twitter without Donald Trump, is better.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

3 years

Tim Scott gave an unapologetic case for the abject dishonesty of the Trump era. He could be such a leader for bipartisan solutions but is instead stuck in Trump lies.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

Anybody else tired of all the winning yet?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

This piece brutalizes Tom McClintock and Kevin McCarthy for their failure of moral leadership and acceptance of the likes of Dinesh D'Souza into our state. Definitely worth the read. (cc @KevinMKruse ) #ca04

Michael Hiltzik

@hiltzikm

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The Republican cancer: After cozying up to a purveyor of anti-Semitism, Rep. Tom McClintock sends 'prayers' to Pittsburgh victims

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Bill Burton

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4 years

@ryangrim There was a failure across the political universe when it came to polling. There was not a serious person in the country who predicted these results in the House, the Senate or even the president outperforming his 2016 tally by millions of votes.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

@PhilipRucker He could easily put this controversy to rest if he just released the tape of the conversation.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Good luck finding a country to take you.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Both Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson effectively conceded tonight, moving on to discuss what a Biden presidency is going to look like. It’s not insignificant.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

"I alone can fix it." That is an actual line in Trump's speech.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

Not only is it fundamentally wrong for @BernieSanders to say @HillaryClinton is unqualified, it's spectacularly stupid ahead of NY primary.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

Joe Biden is not going to win Wisconsin by 17 points. Vote.

Johnny Verhovek

@JTHVerhovek

4 years

NEW @ABC / @washingtonpost polls out of Wisconsin and Michigan (Likely voters) Wisconsin Biden: 57% (+17) Trump: 40% Michigan Biden: 51% (+7) Trump: 44%

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

It can't pass w/o CA Republicans -- keep up the pressure, keep calling. Walters, Issa, Knight, Valadao need to hear from you. #VoteNoAHCA

Kamala Harris

@KamalaHarris

7 years

Health care for 24M people is up in the air. Urge your members of Congress to #VoteNoAHCA . Lives are literally at stake: (202) 224-3121.

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@billburton

7 years

Yet bc of the abject incompetence, his casual lechery is somehow only one of a dozen horrifying stories about him today. But this is gross.

BuzzFeed News

@BuzzFeedNews

7 years

Trump to a reporter: "We have all of this Irish, beautiful Irish press. Where are you from? Come here, come here”

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Bill Burton

@billburton

9 years

Serious question: Don't you wish there was a little box on the screen that just had a live feed of the Trump camera, the entire time?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

So if Trump is having his first campaign rally for 2020, should the Senate not confirm a new SCOTUS justice until voters decide?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

This definitely vindicates the president. He could have saved tens of thousands of American lives but refused to get owned by a potential Democratic talking point. Check. Mate.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

6 years

@jaketapper Good morning. I would note, however, that it's less Republican than PA-18 (which Democrat Conor Lamb just won), and far less Republican than a slew of state legislative races we've just won.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

To my friends in cable news, it is not "breaking news" that "Trump, Clinton Battle for North Carolina. It's not even news. Not even new.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

4 years

How it started: How it’s going:

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

This is an actual tweet that just happened.

FOX & friends

@foxandfriends

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BASHING CLAIMS: Sessions well-documented praise of Rosa Parks belies 'racist' claims

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

...And then launched us into war with Iraq and didn't find any and then al queda sprung up there and then ISIS? Yep. We all remember.

Jim Geraghty

@jimgeraghty

8 years

Hey, remember when George W. Bush was a crazed warmonger for his fears that terrorist groups would get WMDs and use them against US?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

10 years

Am I too much of a jerk if I am reminded of President Obama telling Eric Cantor: Elections have consequences... ?

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

And this, folks, is what it looks like when Brietbart, Roger Ailes, Rudy Giuliani, and Chris Christie midwife your debate prep.

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Bill Burton

@billburton

7 years

What I don't get is, if this mtg was such a problem, why didn't the secret service stop it.

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Not a secret dinner. It was a 1-hour conversation at a group dinner, witnessed by other leaders who were "befuddled"

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7 years

Does literally every thing have to be awful?

NBC News

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President Trump greets members of the press' kids in Halloween costumes: "I cannot believe the media produced such beautiful children"

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@billburton

4 years

The idiocy of team trump knows no bounds. In a different America than the one he desires, people look out for others by wearing masks - as Joe Biden is doing on behalf of the video crew and staff around him. Shouldn’t be surprised that this idea is so foreign to them - Yet I am.

Joel Pollak

@joelpollak

4 years

. @JoeBiden says he's the candidate of Science™, but he wore a mask for a Zoom interview today

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@billburton

7 years

All of Joe Lieberman's past sins aside, who looks at the Trump administration right now and thinks, "Yes, that's for me."

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@billburton

4 years

If you’re wondering what the news would like in a totalitarian country, country this it. This exonerates Stone, even elevates his career and offers not a lick of criticism for the commutation. I’m generally not one for profanity on this website but this piece is fucking crazy.

Emily Finn

@EmilyRoseFinn

4 years

#ICYMI : This morning on @OANN , our White House correspondent Jenn and I spoke about Pres. @realDonaldTrump 's commutation of former adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence. #OANN Take a look:

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Bill Burton

@billburton

8 years

Not an unimportant lesson about losing for young people paying attention.

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@sbg1

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Her 2008 loss is now a laugh line in Hillary Clinton's 2016 victory speech

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8 years

Interesting point from one of the smartest Republicans I know.

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@billburton

4 years

This is literally why the hatch act exists.

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3 years

You got covid and took an ICU bed that could have gone to someone who was sick for reasons outside of their control. Yet, as a reporter at the Christian Broadcasting Network, you mock vaccination. You unnecessarily put others in harm’s way. You should encourage others not to.

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#VaccineMandate

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The unexpected thing here is that Donald Trump actually makes me sad. It is a horrible thing that he gets a platform for this. Awful.

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@billburton

4 years

@ConnieSchultz This is very sweet - you've done much better at sharing information worth knowing this morning, than any news site I've visited.

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@billburton

2 years

Good luck to Rick Caruso riding his Kim Kardashian and Kid Rock endorsements into a runoff for LA mayor with an actual Democrat in Karen Bass. I presume the Trump endorsement is only just around the corner. (I’m only saying good luck facetiously.)

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3 years

Can we please put @stefcutter in charge of the next super bowl halftime show so that it comes out like the inauguration and not like this?

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@billburton

7 years

@gregorykorte @juliehdavis Yes. But it was never to clean up a mess and then make a worse mess, and then make it even worse, and then just confuse everyone. Not once.

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3 years

I know you’re thinking “full written testimony” isn’t for me... but this is excellent and this is the fight of this moment. Get in on @EricHolder dropping a path to a better democracy.

Kelly Burton

@kellycward

3 years

Today @EricHolder is urging the Senate to protect our democracy by passing the #ForThePeopleAct . Check out his full written testimony to the Senate Rules Committee here:

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I didn't really expect the Christian Broadcasting Network coming down against an investigation into the 1/6 insurrection & the reporters who exposed Richard Nixon. And should be noted that @carlbernstein and @realBobWoodward crushed it on their investigation of Watergate.

David Brody

@DBrodyReports

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Liz Cheney serving on the January 6th Select Committee is like asking Woodward and Bernstein to serve on a Select Committee to investigate Watergate. This is such a POLITICAL BOGUS NON-SERIOUS SET UP.

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