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Milwaukee County just finished the recount that @realDonaldTrump's campaign paid for.
The result: Biden's lead increased by 132 votes.
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Anytime, @Yamiche. I know you would have done the same. Hard questions aren’t illegitimate questions and they shouldn’t be shut down. Let’s keep up the solidarity in the White House press corps.
Thanks to @JDiamond1 for passing me the microphone & letting me ask my second question.
I asked: Which health professionals are telling you that more people will die from the economic impact than coronavirus?
Trump didn’t answer directly and instead just repeated his claims.
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Appears the Trump campaign’s digital director tried to give Trump his account. Twitter promptly suspended him
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Trump claims there were "tens of thousands of people on the streets" lining his motorcade route to the rally tonight.
That's a lie.
I was in the motorcade. There were onlookers at different points on the 45-minute drive. But not tens of thousands. Not even thousands.
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So the President is touting House victories while insisting his own election is being stolen.
Elections for House & President are cast on the same ballot -- you can't claim one is rigged while saying the other is valid
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Here is Dr. Rick Bright's full statement, just emailed out by the law firm Katz, Marshall & Banks which will be representing him as he files a whistleblower complaint.
(First reported by @maggieNYT)
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Confirmed by @Nationals: Trump not scheduled to throw out the first pitch if there's a Game 5 of the World Series. Instead, he'll watch @chefjoseandres -- a critic who pulled out of Trump's DC hotel -- throw the ceremonial pitch
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Trump claims “one of the reasons” the US has more cases is because the US has done more testing.
The truth is the US has not done the most testing per capita.
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On a call with President Biden & First Lady Jill Biden intended for kids calling into NORAD to track Santa, a father ended the call by saying "Let's go Brandon," which is code for "F*** Joe Biden"
Biden replied, "Let's go Brandon, I agree."
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Wow, the State Department is removing an NPR reporter who was set to travel w/ Pompeo to Europe & Central Asia as part of the pool.
The State Department Correspondents' Association says “we can only conclude that the State Department is retaliating against” NPR. (via @jmhansler)
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NEWS: I spoke with @POTUS just outside the West Wing moments ago.
“I’m just anxious to see what my Republican friends do, if they stand up,” Biden told me about the impeachment trial.
He also said he doesn't plan to call any senators to talk to them about the trial & their vote
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Biden tells @jaketapper he spoke with Dr. Fauci today & asked him to stay on and also be his “chief medical adviser”
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SPOTTED tonight at the White House: attorney & conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell.
@abdallahcnn & I saw her leaving the residence side of the White House shortly before 9p.
She denied meeting with Trump tonight. When pressed again, she said: “It would be none of your business”
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Pretty remarkable that Biden did not get one question about the pandemic that has gripped this country for over a year
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So police just fired tear gas on peaceful protesters so that the President could do a photo op at St. John’s Episcopal Church??
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Woke up this morning to more instances of police unacceptably targeting and using force against journalists in the US over the last week. The list is far too long & this is unacceptable -- especially in the United States of America.
Time for a thread. This is just a sampling:
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Trump's claim that he never called for Mexico to make a direct border wall payment to the US is blatantly false.
In April 2016, he unveiled a plan demanding Mexico "make a one-time payment of $5 to $10 billion," or face a series of sanctions designed to extract the funds anyway.
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“I wish her well,” @realDonaldTrump says of Ghislaine Maxwell, who is accused of luring underage women whom she & Jeffrey Epstein allegedly abused
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I have never seen so many WH staffers wearing masks at the same time throughout this entire pandemic
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Trump is currently lying to his supporters at his rally in Sunrise, Florida, claiming the media reported that he had "a massive, unbelievable heart attack." That did not happen.
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Biden had just wished the father & kids a Merry Christmas for what it's worth & spent time asking the kids what they wanted for Christmas
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Between plans to disband the task force, the President claiming US testing capacity is far superior than reality & Kushner saying the US is "on the other side of the medical aspect" of this pandemic, it feels these days like the WH is trying to will this pandemic out of existence
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Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin confirmed by overwhelming vote in the Senate to be Defense Secretary, making him the first black man to hold that position.
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Breaking: Biden will “announce an end to American support for offensive operations in Yemen” today, national security adviser Jake Sullivan announces
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Guys, I think I’ve officially peaked. 🙏 @Lesdoggg
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News: Trump is expected to join Giuliani in Gettysburg, PA tomorrow where GOP state lawmakers are holding a "hearing" on allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, two sources familiar with the plans tell me.
Not on his schedule, but being planned as an unannounced movement
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BIG: Defense Secretary Esper says active duty forces should only be used "as a matter of last resort and only in the most urgent and dire situations."
"I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act," Esper says -- DIRECTLY contradicting the President
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“To lose a child is like having a piece of your soul ripped away. There’s a hollowness in your chest, you feel like you’re being sucked into it,” Biden, who knows this personally, says. “And it’s never quite the same.”
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~MOOD~
Dr. Anthony Fauci, sitting on the steps of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building before the Coronavirus task force meeting
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If you think it’s appropriate to tell someone — anyone, really — to go f*** themselves after they gave your kids the time of day on Christmas Eve, it says a lot more about your personal character than anything else
That is all.
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Tonight, Trump:
- Refused to condemn white supremacists
- Dismissed the memory of Biden's late son Beau by responding w/ attack on Hunter
- Refused to commit to accepting election results
- Lied about how much federal income tax he paid in 16 & 17
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Raskin, after the Jan 6 reel ends: "You ask what a high crime and misdemeanor is under our Constitution? That's a high crime and misdemeanor. If that's not an impeachable offense, then there's no such thing."
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Fauci on Trump’s 99% harmless claim: “I’m trying to figure out where the president got that number. What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1%. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99% is not a problem, when that’s obviously not the case”
Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living in the perfect storm’ on.ft.com/3fkic30
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News: The GSA has informed president-elect Joe Biden the administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN. (Via @KristenhCNN)
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Trump today is STILL standing by his actions calling for the Central Park Five to get the death penalty. The men were exonerated in 2002 thanks to DNA & a convicted murderer & rapist's confession.
"They admitted their guilt," Trump said when asked about it today
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Trump's trip to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with Rudy Giuliani has just been canceled, 2 sources tell me & @KristenhCNN
Comes after Giuliani was exposed to a 2nd person in the last week who tested positive for coronavirus
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Gets me every time...but the lack of diversity in these Situation Room photos is startling. Decisions being made almost exclusively by white men in 2020 in a country as diverse as the US is
Just received a briefing on the Coronavirus in China from all of our GREAT agencies, who are also working closely with China. We will continue to monitor the ongoing developments. We have the best experts anywhere in the world, and they are on top of it 24/7!
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During a rally in Minden, Nevada, where the air quality is currently rated "unhealthy" & you can smell smoke in the air from nearby wildfires, Trump is touting his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords
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Fauci: ““I have a reputation, as you probably have figured out, of speaking the truth at all times and not sugar-coating things. And that may be one of the reasons why I haven’t been on television very much lately.”
Fauci on Trump’s 99% harmless claim: “I’m trying to figure out where the president got that number. What I think happened is that someone told him that the general mortality is about 1%. And he interpreted, therefore, that 99% is not a problem, when that’s obviously not the case”
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The President’s preferred coronavirus adviser (who is not a public health expert or epidemiologist) calls on people to “rise up” against new Covid restrictions imposed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Whitmer was the target of a kidnapping plot that was foiled last month.
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President Trump has finally signed the coronavirus relief bill — 5 days after calling it a “disgrace” and less than 24 hours after allowing 12 million + Americans to lose unemployment benefits.
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Trump on Saturday: “We will not allow anyone to divide our citizens by race or background. We will not allow them to foment hate, discord and distrust. We will hold fast and true to the sacred loyalties that link us all as neighbors, as Americans and as patriots.”
Has @BubbaWallace apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid, stood by his side, & were willing to sacrifice everything for him, only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX? That & Flag decision has caused lowest ratings EVER!
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White House communications director Hope Hicks, who has been in a romantic relationship with Rob Porter, was involved in crafting the response to the allegations of domestic abuse leveled against Porter on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter tell me
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"We're gonna finish tonight," Fulton County Elections Director says of vote counting in this key Georgia Democratic stronghold
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.@POTUS gave a tour of Marine One to some children just now. A WH official says they’re family members of military aides who were getting promoted today
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Here's the overhead shot of the DC govt-sponsored Black Lives Matter mural on 16th street in front of the White House
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A reminder that @realDonaldTrump claims a net worth of over $10 billion
NEW: RNC spent $230,000+ to cover @realDonaldTrump's legal fees tied to Russia probe. $131,250 to Sekulow. $100K to Dowd, per RNC official
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Well, this is a new one. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel just warned a crowd at Trump's Lansing, Michigan rally that Biden will pack the court AND nominate @HillaryClinton to the Supreme Court.
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What a disgrace. This RNC spokeswoman is now pointing to *increased voter turnout* as evidence of fraud in a year where *both candidates* got record numbers of votes. Turnout also increased in many GOP counties.
Milwaukee County, WI
2016:
H - 288,822 (65%)
T - 126,069 (28%)
2020:
B - 317,251 (69%)
T - 134,355 (29%)
That's a 9.8% increase of ballots for Biden over Hillary
28,429 more ballots
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A week after our investigation into Gaza cemeteries damaged or destroyed by the Israeli military, they invited us into Gaza to show us what they said was a tunnel running underneath one of those cemeteries. We left with more questions than answers. cnn.com/videos/world/2024/01…
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.@realDonaldTrump in the Oval Office jokes, "Do they have fake news in China?"
They don't have a free press in China, Mr. President.
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He called you to let you know there are no tapes of something you didn’t say?
.@MarkBurnettTV called to say that there are NO TAPES of the Apprentice where I used such a terrible and disgusting word as attributed by Wacky and Deranged Omarosa. I don’t have that word in my vocabulary, and never have. She made it up. Look at her MANY recent quotes saying....
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Big economic numbers out today: US economy grew at an an annualized rate of 6.9% in the final quarter of 2021 -- bringing economic growth for all of 2021 to 5.7%, the fastest pace since 1984
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FBI Director Chris Wray says the FBI submitted a partial report on Rob Porter's background check in MARCH. A completed report in late JULY. Shared follow-up info in NOVEMBER. And closed the file in January.
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Within two hours of Kamala Harris becoming the first African-American woman on a major party ticket, Trump calls her "nasty."
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A big reason why this rally is happening tomorrow: Trump aides want to get him out of the funk he's been in for weeks.
"I guarantee you after Saturday, if everything goes well, he's going to be in a much better mood," a Trump political adviser told me
cnn.com/2020/06/19/politics/…
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72 hours ago puts the President’s Covid diagnosis midday Wednesday — after which the President was still traveling & engaging in his normal activities.
That raises more questions than it answers
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NEW: RNC spent $230,000+ to cover @realDonaldTrump's legal fees tied to Russia probe. $131,250 to Sekulow. $100K to Dowd, per RNC official
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Here are a few terms the President of the United States used today to refer to the FBI lawfully executing search warrants:
"They broke into the office"
"Disgraceful situation"
"An attack on our country"
"Attack on what we all stand for"
"Total witch hunt"
"Ridiculous"
"Disgrace"
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Remarkable: VP’s chief of staff Marc Short has tested positive for coronavirus, is considered a close contact of the VP & yet Pence will “maintain his schedule” — which includes lots of travel & campaigning.
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McEnany — who has previously claimed that Trump is tested multiple times a day — now refusing to say when Trump last tester negative.
If it was Thursday morning or Wednesday, there would be no reason not to disclose
McEnany for first time says the president tested positive for first time upon return from Bedminster. Would not answer questions about his previous tests.
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"No such thing as a red state or a blue state when it comes to Covid," Biden says after virtually touring a vaccination site in Arizona & offering praise for AZ's Republican Gov. Doug Ducey
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The President has been at the podium for about 40 minutes. Many of his remarks feel more like something he would say at a campaign rally, not a briefing to update the public on the government’s coronavirus response.
Going on tangents about trade, reading praise from others etc...
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"Flashlights. you don't need 'em anymore," Trump says as he hands out supplies in Puerto Rico. 95% of the island is still without power.
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The White House just called a lid at 5:25pm, meaning (technically) we will not be seeing/hearing from the President in person tonight
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Biden announces “first tranche” of sanctions against Russia/
full blocking sanctions on:
- 2 Russian financial institutions, VEB & military bank
- Russian sovereign debt
- Russian elites & family members
- worked with Germany to ensure Nord Stream 2 will not move forward
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A building housing about 40 Palestinians who fled Rafah for central Gaza was hit by an Israeli air strike yesterday. Most of the victims: children. The horrifying aftermath:
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Confirmed: Alyssa Farah has resigned as White House communications director
She calls it "the honor of a lifetime to serve in the Trump Administration" and is "deeply proud of the incredible things we were able to accomplish to make our country stronger, safer, and more secure."
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Biden on Putin following reports of atrocities in Bucha: "This guy is brutal and what's happening in Bucha is outrageous and everyone's seen it."
"I think it is a war crime."
"I'm seeking more sanctions," he adds.
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"Yes, I would," John Kelly said when asked by @jaketapper if he would vote to remove Trump from office if he were still in the Cabinet
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Ryan Mahoney, who served as RNC communications director from 2017-2019, announces he voted for Joe Biden for President
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BREAKING NEWS: CNN projects Joe Biden wins the Presidency, making Donald Trump a one-term President
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From the press release: "If a Game 5 is necessary, the Nationals will welcome chef and humanitarian José Andrés to throw a ceremonial first pitch. Named one of Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” in both 2012 and 2018, Andrés is an internationally-recognized...
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Looks like the President has found a way to justify paring back his daily briefings — which many of his aides & allies have urged him to do, not because of the questions he faces but because of the answers he gives & statements he makes
What is the purpose of having White House News Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth or facts accurately. They get record ratings, & the American people get nothing but Fake News. Not worth the time & effort!
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Coming out of the Trump presser, @BretBaier points out that most presidents have avoided delivering overly political/campaign speeches from the White House & that Republican lawmakers would have been up in arms had Obama done the same
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"I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country." politico.com/magazine/story/…
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NEW: Our investigation into the deadly shooting near an aid site in Gaza on Sunday points to the Israeli military opening fire on crowds of Palestinians as they tried to make their way to the fenced enclosure to get food. cnn.com/2025/06/04/middleeas…
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"That was a hot mess inside a dumpster fire inside a train wreck," @jaketapper concludes
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“We’re rounding the corner beautifully,” Trump said tonight.
Breaking News: The U.S. reported a record number of new coronavirus cases on Friday, surpassing the mark set on July 16. nyti.ms/3dTuLlZ
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Biden says he’s using federal authority to direct every state to prioritize teachers & school staff for vaccines, thru the fédéral pharmacy vaccination program
Says he wants every teacher & school staffer to receive their first shot by the end of March
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His attorneys Debra Katz & Lisa Banks make clear in an addendum statement:
"The Administration’s removal of Dr. Bright from his position as director of BARDA is retaliation plain and simple."
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Anti-Trump coronavirus protest across from the White House— big procession of honking cars, some with “Trump lies, people die” signs on them. And other protesters lining up mock body bags in Lafayette Park in front of the White House
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Trump claims he paid "millions of dollars" in federal income tax despite the NYT having obtained his tax returns, which show he paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 & 2017
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Fauci urges people to look beyond the vaccine to vaccine efficacy comparisons.
Points out J&J vaccine "is a single shot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7-10 days."
Easy to story, inexpensive & able to be manufactured at large scale
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I've asked the White House for comment on this multiple times since yesterday. Zero response.
Saudi Arabia denied visas to 2 Jewish Israeli reporters who are also US citizens & were approved for WH press plane forward.com/fast-forward/372…
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The amount of gaslighting, false statements & misleading arguments emanating from the President’s Twitter feed this morning is quite something. Important to take note of that.
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One thing to keep in mind in PA: Joe Biden's lead does not depend on mail-in ballots that arrived after Election Day. And there are still plenty more ballots that arrived before Ellex Day to be counted.
This hugely limits the Trump campaign's legal avenues to change the outcome
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After slamming socialized medicine & saying it doesn't work earlier during his stump speech, Trump now talking about how drugs are cheaper in countries like Canada
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Here is the example the White House is setting for the nation on this 4th of July amid surging coronavirus case counts and as public health experts urge Americans to avoid large gatherings.
Almost no social distancing. Most people are not wearing masks.
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We’ve reported that this has been the mindset among top WH officials for months now, but to hear the chief or staff say it out loud is 😳
Mark Meadows on CNN: “We are not going to get control of the pandemic.”
Says we will instead try to get therapeutics and vaccines rather than trying to control the spread.
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NEW: Growing unnerved in the last week about his reelection prospects, Trump lashed out at his campaign manager on Friday, berating Parscale for his sliding poll numbers & threatening to sue him.
Parscale was at WH y’day & the two have patched things up:
cnn.com/2020/04/29/politics/…
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