@USAToday opinion columnist. Also in: Chicago Tribune; Guardian; Boston Globe; HuffPost; Hill; NY Daily News, etc. Former federal prosecutor. 🌊 🏳️🌈 #LGBT
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From my new @usatoday.com column:
"If we want to wrestle our country back from the grip that fascism has on America’s throat, we should not waste our efforts trying to abolish ICE. We must abolish Trump."
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CNN has a story titled “where the Harris campaign went wrong.”
Nope, I won’t read it.
Harris ran a great campaign.
The story should be titled “where the American people went wrong.”
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Ouch, someone has #ElonMusk's number and is calling it out ... loudly.
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My partner is in England and just saw this on a newsstand, as he was walking on the street.
He said he thought it would make me smile. He’s right.
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Hey Mark Cuban, @mcuban, if you start a national newspaper with reporters from the LA Times snd Washington Post who want to maintain their journalistic integrity, I will subscribe. And I will get everyone I know to do the same.
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'My Pillow' CEO tells NBCNews he's broke: "We've lost everything, every dime. All of it is gone."
All Trump touches turns to sh*t.
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So many of the "pro-lifers" who are celebrating the abortion decision are the ones who were willing to sacrifice grandma last year so they could have dinner at The Olive Garden in the middle of a raging pandemic.
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Do not turn on Kamala Harris and start trashing the campaign she ran.
She ran an amazing campaign.
Put the blame on half of America who voted for hate and a daddy dictator who they think will take care of them, but who doesn't give a damn about them.
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Why are journalists writing stories about Sean Hannity playing a private voicemail from Joe Biden to his son and not including any explanation for how Hannity got his hands on it?
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RFK Jr. cheated on his wife with 37 different women in a single year…and kept a journal detailing the cheating.
His wife killed herself after finding the journal.
Evangelicals, what say you?
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The United States is about to become a threat to global security.
I do not think people appreciate how bad it can be.
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Trump picks incompetent loyalists for his Cabinet, and @CNN leads with "In Bold Move, Trump Picks Unorthodox Staff."
The media is the problem. They helped him get elected and they are covering for him now.
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The headline should be "Four Star General Replaced by Fox News Host!"
Not "In Bold Move, Trump Picks Unorthodox Staff."
@CNN, you stink.
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#1 - 50,000,000 chickens have died in the U.S. due to Avian flu.
#2 - Supply and demand made egg prices increase.
#3 - That's classic capitalism, which y'all love...until you pay $5 for a dozen eggs. Then you want the government to do something about it. That's socialism.
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I'm a 63-year-old gay man.
I understand the assignment . . . and what's at stake.
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Trump: "American does not have a gun problem."
Notice he's behind bullet-proof glass in case another Republican tries to shoot him again.
Hypocrisy is the lifeblood of Republican politicians.
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Whatever happens, I will never get over the fact that half my country has spent 4 years watching Trump's corruption, bigotry, and lies and still vote for him.
We are a country populated by a lot of people who hate and want the ability to express that hate without limitation.
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Wait, you voted Democrat until Republicans fraudulently denied the results of a presidential election, instigated a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, and stole a woman's right to control her own body?
Those are the things that made you gravitate to the GOP??
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Progressives & the huge Muslim community in Michigan thought Harris was too pro Israel . . . so they refused to vote for her.
Now that Trump won, Israel is preparing to annex the entire West Bank.
Biting off your nose to spite your face is a thing.
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It is not up to an individual employee at Arlington National Cemetery to decide whether charges are filed.
The Trump violation is not against the employee, it is against the law.
The US Attorney’s Office should review and file charges if there is a violation of federal law.
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She was a "pro-life" Republican.
When she needed an abortion in her home state of Texas because of medical dangers, she could not get one. She had to flee to New Mexico.
Now she supports abortion rights.
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In a mean world full of Jason Aldeans, be a Garth Brooks or Dolly Parton.
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Do not blame Biden for the rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan.
That order came from Trump.
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After that hate-filled white supremacist Madison Square Garden rally, it is going to be almost impossible to maintain any type of relationship with someone who is a Trump supporter.
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CNN reports that Elon Musk will head a new department that will "gut government agencies and budgets."
Then, CNN refers to Musk as "an authentic genius and visionary."
The media is the problem, stupid.
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I continue to be amazed at how @PeteButtigieg can so forcefully take down Trump and Republicans ... and at the same time be absolutely uplifting in his vision of the life Democrats strive to achieve for us all.
Pete is a gift.
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These pundits need to stop saying that Democrats need to sell their policies better to working class voters.
Democrats have done that.
People voting for Trump want to indulge their bigotry and hatred, and Trump allows them to do it.
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Let's stop referring to "anonymous sources." These people are known to the reporters. The reporters vet them for truthfulness and accuracy.
Their identity is not disclosed to the public, in order to protect them from retaliation.
Let's call them "protected sources."
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I've been holding my tongue and thoughts on Tara Reade's allegation of sexual assault against @JoeBiden.
I've never been any good at remaining silent.
So I put it all into my just-published column for @USATODAY.
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Even if you believe that Kyle Rittenhouse was legally justified in killing two people as self-defense, why would you elevate him to role model status?
I'll tell you why: You're a horrible person.
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Bill Maher has no memory of the stock market crashing during the Covid crisis. Here’s a reminder.
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Trump has canceled:
- 60 Minutes
- CNBC
- 2nd Harris Debate
- NBC interview
- and just now, the NRA rally.
He's not going to make it 4 years. If you vote for him, you're voting for a President Vance.
Yeah, that's the guy who says people without kids are worthless.
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What about this?
South Dakota Codified Law 13-28-7.1 "requires that any pupil entering school…receive immunization against poliomyelitis, diphtheria, pertussis, measles, rubella, mumps, tetanus, meningitis and varicella , according to the recommendations of the State”
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Here it is.
A member of the U.S. Congress is siding with the criminal - who allegedly released documents that hurt the U.S.'s national security and Ukraine.
I'm disgusted...again.
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Trump suggested at his rally that the vaccine is good.
Trump got booed.
He created a monster. Now he cannot control it.
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This is a day of national tragedy.
People will not appreciate it until Trump starts taking their rights away, using DOJ to target his enemies, and lets RFK Jr. do away with basic healthcare, like vaccines.
You have no idea how bad it's going to get.
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All this from a governor who has not seen the indictment or a single piece of evidence used to support it.
Talk about a political agenda....
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I felt both anger and sadness as I wrote this column for @USATODAY.
I was a federal prosecutor for 25 years.
Trump and Barr have turned the Justice Department into something I no longer recognize.
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Fox News hosts are referring to "the Biden crime family."
Really?
Donald Trump is under investigation by the Justice Department, after the FBI executed a warrant at his house, and the Trump kids are named in a fraud case, but Fox is babbling about a Biden crime family? 😂
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Two decent, hard working married and committed people who love their adopted children is what you are complaining about?
I wish this is what America has become.
Instead much of it has become filled with bigoted vitriol like you.
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Texas, for all that is decent and humane, get rid of Ted Cruz.
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OMG, Congressman @JaredEMoskowitz is on fire and his flaming arrow is hitting the heart of the smarmy Republican Congressional machine and exploding its lies and hypocrisy.
You've got to turn up the sound for this one.
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What I cannot believe is that a U.S. Senator is applauding a teenager wearing a shirt that celebrates weapons that have been used to massacre other children.
Really poor form.
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Elon Musk has created a poll asking whether people want him to step down as head of Twitter.
I think Musk wants to step down to save his $44 billion investment - and pretend to be magnanimous by following popular opinion.
I can't vote because the man-child blocked me.
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Amy Coney Barrett took her children to the White House to meet Trump & Melania (both now have Covid-19).
Barrett did not have her kids wear masks & then sent at least 1 of them back to school.
Now the school has a teacher and other students with Covid.
Horrible judgment.
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Apparently @mayemusk believes that Twitter users are employees of Twitter, who can be controlled by terms of employment.
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Having spent 30 years as a state prosecutor, federal prosecutor, and defense attorney, this is exactly the kind of unhinged histrionics I frequently saw from criminal thugs who spent their lives committing crimes and getting away with it.
Donald Trump is a criminal cliché.
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This is so important and so true.
It is the perfect parallel for what is happening to people today who have joined the MAGA cult and have been given permission to turn their hate into violence by Trump and the current Republican leadership.
"Man can turn into an animal in no time. All he needs is permission. As soon as permission is given from higher-ups, from the government, it accelerates," says Holocaust survivor Irene Weiss. cbsn.ws/4dOmQ84
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Hey @CNN, and every other legitimate news media outlet, Rachel @Maddow is demonstrating how it should be done.
Take notes...especially you @60Minutes.
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Hey Justice Breyer, know what caused a lack of trust in the Supreme Court?
Refusing to give a hearing to Obama’s appointee a year before he left office and then ramming Amy Coney Barrett through a week before a presidential election.
Kavanaugh too.
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Are we going to have to wait until Maggie Haberman's next book comes out before we learn how Sean Hannity got his dirty little hands on a private voicemail between Joe Biden and his son?
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If you're an elected official spending your time and effort to create legislation that names a semi-automatic weapon the "National Gun of America" - instead of saving children who are massacred by the weapon - you are a failure as a member of Congress...and as a person.
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Someone please explain to Michael Knowles that you cannot drive an automobile unless you've gone through a training course and have been tested by the state for competency and a license issued.
Oh, also, cars provide a pivotal service to the function of daily life. Guns do not.
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The same Republicans who have been obsessed with emails and laptops for years will have no problem excusing the theft of classified documents of America's nuclear weapons.
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Looks like George Santos created a fake pet charity and then kept the money people donated to help save animals.
Yeah, this is the Republican criminal mind that the GOP base loves and votes for.
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Project 2025: A married couple with 2 kids earning $5 million will a get a $325,000 tax cut, while a middle-class family with 2 kids earning $100,000 would pay $2,600 more federal tax.
Tell me again why middleclass Americans want to vote for the billionaire?
ALT I did not do analysis. From another posting.
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Fox is obsessed with Hunter Biden.
I don't give a damn he's nude on a water slide.
I do give a damn that our 45th president tried to overthrow American Democracy and when that failed continues to claim our 46th president was not elected.
Priorities man, priorities.
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Clinton was ahead in the polls ... so Dems thought they had the election sewn up ... so they didn't get out and vote.
You know that how story ended.
Everyone must vote for us to win.
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When @PeteButtigieg talked about how his life - married with 2 kids, sitting at a dinner table - was only made possible by the hard work Democrats have done over the years, I began to tear up.
He's right. Politics at their best make our lives better.
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Instead of attacking and outlawing drag queens, @SarahHuckabee should be asking them for tips on how to dress.
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Per Guardian reporting: the attacker's Facebook account "included links to videos produced by Mike Lindell, which falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump in favor of Joe Biden."
So, yeah, @AdamKinzinger was right - the attacker is a MAGA nut.
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In case anyone thought @TuckerCarlson's homophobia could not be more grotesque, take a listen to this.
Carlson is really a vile man. Too bad he insists on proving it over and over again.
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Vile.
The shooter's father is more concerned about whether his son is gay than the fact he murdered 5 people.
This is the new MAGA Republican standard.
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As we prepare to descend into the waters of chaos and corruption, let's give a thanks to the enormous f*ck up named James Comey, who did just enough to tip a popular vote win into an electoral college loss and begin the nightmare that will haunt us for decades.
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You half-wit, Biden offered to cooperate and allow the full search. Trump did not and lied about the classified docs he had. That's what necessitated the FBI getting a warrant.
Quit peddling this junk designed to fool your already gullible base.
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This is not normal.
Attorneys who have practiced in this judge's court, does he do this with all defendants or just Rittenhouse?
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The public has no idea what Trump has in store for them.
During Trump's 1st term, Democrats exhausted themselves running interference. But we've lost the Senate and may not regain the House.
You have no idea what's about to be unleashed: Project 2025 is as bad as we said.
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This is what it means for a Democrat to fight instead of bitching and doing nothing to actually change things.
👍👍 to @GavinNewsom.
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The Trump administration burned important documents.
That’s right, after calling for Hillary Clinton to be locked up for getting rid of her personal emails, Trump burned presidential documents.
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JD Vance said that women should stay in marriages even if they are being physically abused.
And people voted for him.
So, I guess the hatred of women does run that deep.
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Justice Alito just said that questioning the Supreme Court's integrity "crosses a line."
Wrong. Promising to respect precedent and then eliminating 50 years of a civil right crosses a line.
SCOTUS is no longer credible and Alito has only himself and the GOP justices to blame.
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Who would have thought that “They’re eating the dogs” was a better message than “We’ll help you buy a home?”
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As a mostly unknown opinion columnist, I'm a peon in Elon Musk's world.
But, I've been vocal about Musk using his platform to support hate speech and the violence it instigates.
Apparently my little arrow hit close to Elon's little heart.
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Democrats take note:
@GavinNewsom has taken a lesson from the GOP / Mitch McConnell playbook and is bringing a gun to a gunfight.
Nice to see one of our own playing to win rather than bitching outrage and getting nothing done.
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This is fantastic and is going to be more significant than people initially realize.
The Supreme Court is going to use "religious freedom" to destroy decades of civil rights laws soon.
This will be tough to work around.
Look first for "standing" attacks on this case.
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