A no-bullshit conversation about politics with hosts @jonfavs @danpfeiffer @tvietor08 & @jonlovett.
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Q: What do you say to Americans who are scared
TRUMP: "I say that you're a terrible reporter, that's what I say."
Unreal.
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REP. JIM JORDAN (R): Congress will never get a chance to question the one "who started it all."
REP. PETER WELCH (D):
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"Weak minds and leaders challenge loyalty to our country in order to avoid challenging and debating the policy." — Rep. @AOC
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"That's what I do."
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This seems...big. Thanks to Republican Ken Buck for getting this on the record:
Buck: "Could you charge the president with a crime after he left office?"
Robert Mueller: "Yes"
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There it is. Trump admits he has NOT used the Defense Production Act to get companies to produce the amount of protective equipment American health workers desperately need.
This is a complete failure of leadership. Period .#coronavirus #GetMePPE
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"You want to honor John, let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for." — @BarackObama calls on Congress to expand the Voting Rights Act
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Reminder: Scalia died on February 13, 2016. That was 269 days out from Election Day.
We are 46 days out.
Mitch McConnell in 2016: “The American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president."
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.@ewarren has read the Mueller report. Have you???
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President @BarackObama on the violence in Gaza.
Full interview out Tuesday.
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Amanda Gorman, 22 years old:
"Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into and how we repair it."
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"Elections matter."
@BarackObama outlines how Republicans have failed in this moment and how candidates should run against them in this election.
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Presidential Fist Bump.
#InaugurationDay
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Rep. Higgins (R-LA): “[The Ranking member] said, ‘The founders never anticipated this volume of illegals.’”
Rep. Raskin (D-MD): “There was no immigration law when the Constitution was adopted at all. In fact, the only illegals in the country, at least according to the Native [American] population, were the people writing the Constitution.”
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"UCLA is not going to sell their soul like Harvard or Brown or Penn or Columbia." –Governor @GavinNewsom
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This is Fox News.
"If you were not moved by the testimony of Marie Yovanovitch, you don't have a pulse." --Chris Wallace
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.@NYGovCuomo says no, he is not planning on running for president in the most Cuomo-on-Cuomo way possible.
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"While I may be the first woman in this office, I will not be the last. because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities." @KamalaHarris
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Another big win: Amendment 4 in Florida has passed. More than 1 million people who were formally incarcerated will have their right to vote restored!
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"Joe Biden goes to church so regularly that he doesn't even need tear gas and a bunch of federalized troops to help him get there."
JLD is a pro.
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"Ok that was really weird." —@VP Harris laughs as she presides over filling the Senate vacancies, including her own.
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NEWS: @JoeBiden joins @danpfeiffer & @jonlovett for a conversation about the 2020 election, and much more. Episode will be live Saturday morning, wherever you get your podcasts.
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.@SpeakerPelosi: Let's never do this again.
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We went to go knock some doors with @JoeBiden. He taught us a lot.
This weekend is your last chance to get out the vote before the midterms! Here's how you can get started: votesaveamerica.com/takeacti… #votesaveamerica #PodSaveAmericaHBO
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For the first time in history, more than 100 women were elected to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. #VoteSaveAmerica
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Barack Obama to young people: What the fuck?
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Snap.
Tim Alberta: If elected, you'd be the oldest person ever inaugurated.
Sen. @ewarren: "I'd also be the youngest woman ever inaugurated."
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.@JoeBiden on wearing a mask (something Trump consistently failed to do):
"So be patriotic. It's not about being a tough guy. It's about doing your part."
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On the pod tomorrow: @Yamiche!
The incredible reporter who puts up with this shit from Trump all the time:
"Be nice. Don't be threatening."
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Every location has both Democratic and Republican observers.
Every state began counting ballots when state law dictated.
Every lawsuit Trump has filed is designed solely to undermine the election results.
And yet, thanks to poll workers, every vote will be counted.
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What is the job of a journalist?
"If person A says it's raining outside, and person B says it's not, your job is not to say 'Person A says it's raining, Person B says it's not raining.' Your job is to open the fucking window and find out if it's raining."
- @mehdirhasan
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Hard-hitting exchange between @ewarren and a local Pundit.
Full interview out on Thursday's Pod!
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"Republicans will never turn a blind eye to unjust acts. "
—KY AG Daniel Cameron has jurisdiction over the Breonna Taylor case.
It has been more than 160 days since Breonna, an EMT and aspiring nurse, was shot in her own home by police. No arrests.
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TRUMP: I think mail-in voting is horrible, it's corrupt.
REPORTER: You voted by mail in Florida's election last month.
TRUMP: Because I'm allowed to!
What he's saying makes no sense. What you're hearing is a plan to suppress the vote in November.
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NEWS: There will be no recount in Pennsylvania. Biden has won decisively.
pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020…
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Trump does not declare when the election is over. The election is over when the ballots are counted. This year, that might take awhile. Here's how to watch election results.
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"When white men storm a government building with guns, there is no need to [Trump] to activate you. But when black people & people of color protest, then you forcibly remove them with armed federal officers...because they're considered terrorists by the president." — @RepJayapal
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BREAKING: Derek Chauvin found guilty of all 3 counts by jury.
Cheering breaks out outside the courthouse.
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NEWS: Tune in for a special pod tomorrow afternoon, as
@BarackObama joins @jonfavs & @TVietor08
to discuss the state of the election, and what's at stake.
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"I don't understand why anybody goes to all the trouble of running for President of the United States just to talk about what we really can't do and shouldn't fight for." #DemDebate
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Tommy's mom: "John! Chrissy! I'm such a fan, you guys are amazing!"
*gets a tap on the shoulder*
@jimmykimmel: "Hi, I'm Jimmy. I'm in the show, too."
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Fox News reporter: "Testing is still a big issue in this country. When can hospitals expect to receive a quick turnaround of these test results?"
Trump: Not my job. Stop being so horrid.
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UPDATE: 7 FOR 7
Thank you to all of the Friends of the Pod who helped flip the Crooked 7!
Last night in Sacramento, we announced "The Crooked 7," a special fund to unseat 7 vulnerable Republicans in California and take back the House in 2018. Visit crooked.com/crooked7 to get involved. @swingleft #podtoursamerica
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Obama on Trump: "There are consequences to these actions. They embolden other people to be cruel and divisive. And racist."
Gloves off.
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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Fetterman:
"Trump's legal strategy is very sad. And desperate. It'd be like putting a carton of sour milk in the refrigerator and checking back to see if it's getting fresher."
Math is math.
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We should all be on Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Fetterman's level.
"The president can sue a ham sandwich. He can send a 1,000 lawyers to Pennsylvania, but it’s not going to change."
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Trump ties federal #coronavirus aid for governors to personal praise: "If they don't treat you right, I don't call"
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.@SpeakerPelosi announces what will be in the House bill responding to Coronavirus:
-- Free testing for all
-- Paid leave for those affected
-- Funding support for meals, SNAP benefits, and food banks
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PENCE: "I don't believe the president has ever belittled the threat of the coronavirus."
Other Republicans: What about all these times?
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.@ddale8 🔥🔥🔥: "I think it's important for us as journalists to say when both sides are not alike. and they are not alike tonight. we had an avalanche of lying from Donald Trump."
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Cory Booker SMOKES Joe Biden on marijuana legalization.
Alts:
Booker LIT him up.
We(ed) did not see that coming.
A JOINT effort to bring some pizazz to this debate.
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Reporter: "After 3 1/2 years, do you regret all the lying you've done to the American people?
Trump: "All the what?"
Reporter: "All the lying."
Trump: "That who has done?"
Reporter: "You have done."
Trump: "Uhhh."
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CNN's @andersoncooper to Donald Trump: "Who's the thug here?"
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"Dad, I'm sitting here today, in the U.S. Capitol, talking to our elected professionals... proof that you made the right decision forty years ago.
Do not worry, I will be fine for telling the truth."
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Also Trump getting caught in a lie is pretty amazing to watch.
Trump: "I haven't left the White House in months."
@Yamiche: "You held a rally in March."
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"When you do testing to that extent, you are going to find more people, you will find more cases. So I said slow the testing down."
—Trump on trying to keep the number of reported COVID cases low
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Pod Save America is coming to @HBO. Fridays starting October 12.
Last call for democracy. nitter.app/PodSaveAmerica/status/…
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"My Republican colleagues, all they seem to be upset about with this is not that the president sought an investigation of his political rival... Their objection is that he got caught."
@RepAdamSchiff's closing statement played on all major networks in prime time.
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Joe Biden: "I'm not here to declare that we've won, but I am here to report when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners."
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In which Sen. Kamala Harris savages Tulsi's record on stage. Debris everywhere. #DemDebate
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This is how American voters will meet any of Trump's laughable attempts to undermine the carefully delivered election results.
(This is also what we'll be submitting to the Nobel Prize committee.)
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.@Yamiche: A man said his entire family got sick because they listened to you and didn't stay home. Are you concerned that downplaying the virus got people sick?
Trump: "A lot of people love Trump, right?"
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Crooked Media has called it! Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore in Alabama! pscp.tv/w/bP9GozFZTEtKbkdHZW…
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After Jared Kushner said the national stockpile is not for the states, Trump is asked who the stockpile is meant for?
Simple question, meet incomprehensible answer.
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This morning's Pod Save America is the last one that will cover news for 2018, so of course today happened. Classic.
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"I want a safe America, safe from COVID, safe from crime and looting. Safer from racially violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear. Safe from four more years of Donald Trump." - @JoeBiden
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Obama: "Look, I get that this president wants full credit for the economy he inherited and zero blame for the pandemic that he ignored. But you know what? The job doesn't work that way. Tweeting at the television doesn't fix things."
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