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Trump attacking individuals on Twitter is menacing and predatory. It ensures threats and incites violence. It is disgusting and must stop.
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Biden is a decent man who is clearly at the end of his career. He must withdraw from the race for the good of the country. Ideally tomorrow.
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The love of learning and literature @PeteButtigieg displays aren't "meaningless erudition." They're signals about his character, curiosity, and pursuit of meaning. I hate seeing this kind of anti-intellectualism in the @NYTimes, of all places. nyti.ms/2W57942
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Trump's legitimacy now under a cloud. If his campaign connived with Russia to intervene, it's impeachment time. Independent inquiry needed.
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press terminology note: Trump can't "declare victory" or "claim victory" any more than he can declare himself emperor. He can only predict victory. It's not his decision, so don't amplify his error.
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Please cancel the White House Correspondents Dinner. Unseemly spectacle, totally at odds with the press holding administration accountable
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Why are the Parkland teens so good at this? Their public school prepared them for it. slate.com/news-and-politics/… via @slate
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ACLU Will No Longer Defend Hate Groups Protesting with Firearms - WSJ wsj.com/amp/articles/aclu-ch…
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. @PeteButtigieg has an amazing ability to be harshly critical and incredibly pleasant at the same time.
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George Conway’s subtweeting his wife’s boss is one of the best things going on the Internet right now.
Eagles player: “Reasons vary from player to player, because the President gives people so many reasons not to want to go .... Lots of guys who are white and even conservative balked at the possibility of going.”
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When it comes the President's condition and prognosis, I'll believe it when I hear it from Dr. Fauci.
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Trump paid a porn actress he had an affair with 130k to keep quiet. She told me about it... nytimes.com/2018/01/12/us/tr…
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Thanks for waiting: here’s what Stormy Daniels told me about her relationship with Donald Trump, and the negotiation for her silence. slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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A clownish coup attempt is still a coup attempt. Politicians like @LindseyGrahamSC deserve public shaming and shunning wherever they go, for the rest of their natural lives.
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"The media should keep its mouth shut" is a terrifying, tyrannical comment. It's coming from inside the White House.
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I always suspected Shepard Smith was a seriously good dude. More evidence: nytimes.com/2019/11/21/busin…
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Note to NYT Public Editor: if you're telling a Fox News hack that your reporters should be punished for honesty, you're doing it wrong.
NYT public editor: Some tweets from our politics reporters "outrageous," should have had "some kind of consequence" read.bi/2gVFG0C
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Enemies of the people giving Trump positive reviews for not sounding like a ranting dictator.
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Groundwork of the Trump kleptocracy: No separation of business and governing. No separation of family and administration. No disclosure.
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Shorter Trump Press Conference: It's not my shit sandwich. Obama left the shit sandwich. I make the best sandwich. You hate me.
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Reporters should only ask @seanspicer two questions from now on: When will you apologize for lying to us and when will you resign?
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What just happened in North Carolina: a racial coup d'etat. slate.com/articles/news_and_… via @slate
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"there was an established exchange of information between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin of mutual benefit." motherjones.com/politics/201…
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If you want to feel better about the future, read these bios of 32 American Rhodes Scholars elected yesterday. Almost half are immigrants or first generation. One is an undocumented American tenuously protected under DACA. s3.amazonaws.com/rhodesschol…
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No wonder Trump doesn't want his intelligence briefings washingtonpost.com/world/nat…
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Is it me, or is the Onion less funny lately? reuters.com/article/us-usa-t…
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To summarize: In 2017, when he wasn’t in office, Joe Biden didn’t have a meeting about a business venture that would have been perfectly legal but never happened. So many dogs not barking here. wsj.com/articles/hunter-bide…
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It's shameful that Charles Murray was prevented from speaking at Middlebury. Left-wing authoritarians are thriving in this climate as well.
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Biased news isn't fake news. Sloppy reporting isn't fake news. Fake news is made up with an intention to deceive. slate.com/articles/technolog…
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Andrew Yang and Marianne Williamson seem like the couple at the next table at a farm-to-table restaurant.
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FBI applied for FISA warrant to monitor 4 members of Trump team suspected of contacts with Russian officials. theguardian.com/us-news/2017…
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Last episode of #TheAmericans was that rare thing, a perfect and satisfying conclusion to a long story. Almost intolerable suspense leading to an ending that now seems obvious and inevitable. So proud of @joeweisberg. Bravo to @joel_fields and that whole amazing cast and team.
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Trump "pollutes the atmosphere in which our children are raised," writes David Brooks. nyti.ms/1SXwpEb
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Unless they can find some way to hold themselves to consistent editorial standards, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and others will decide what’s allowed in response to pressure. Their evolving principles are no match for the outrage machine they’ve built.
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This is completely nuts. Putin can ban his critics from entering US?
Not only did Putin add me to the Interpol list, but the US simultaneously revoked my visa. @jaynordlinger explains nationalreview.com/corner/45…
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Hillary should feel free to skip a third debate. It's degrading and unnecessary. Serves no valuable purpose at this point.
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First they came for Gawker. Now it's NY Magazine. Trump, Thiel, Ailes & Harder do not believe in a free press. mobile.nytimes.com/2016/09/0…
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People are asking why I didn’t publish Stormy Daniels story in Slate in 2016. Short answer: she was insisting on payment - we don’t pay sources. Also could not confirm the signed NDA or 130k hush money reported by WSJ.
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Torn whether to fret or enjoy what feels like the last beautiful weekend of Western Civilization.
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"Almost nobody in history has ever had such a profound impact on his era, while at the same time understanding so little about it," @anneapplebaum writes of Mikhail Gorbachev. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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Strand Book Store is a weird, wonderful place and life in New York would be notably poorer without it. Business is down 70% and it is at serious risk of closing. Buy a gift card or put in a big order today. strandbooks.com/
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America has lost 1800 newspapers in 15 years. Abuses like the Flint water crisis are going uncovered. Public officials are getting away with massive corruption. Why the collapse of local news Is a national crisis. nyti.ms/2O5z5mH
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David Carr's special air was that of a man who got a second chance at life, and made sure as hell he wasn't going to blow it this time.
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Why isn’t it a bigger deal that Trump is being advised by sadistic pervert Roger Ailes? slate.com/articles/double_x/… via @slate
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With no idea how to be President, Trump simply reverts to campaigning, so he can hear applause.
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The Charging Bull sculptor is right. Fearless Girl should go: slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/20… via @doublexmag
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You've been kind to ask and yes, Trumpcast will continue until it's no longer necessary. We'll have a show up as soon as we can today.
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"The successful operation of our government assumes a minimally competent Chief Executive, which we now lack." lawfareblog.com/bombshell-in…
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Boris Johnson's father on CNN Intl right now wearing a REMAIN t-shirt and blaming his son for Brexit.
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Wow. Michael Cohen set up a secret Delaware Corp to pay hush money for Trump. This story keeps getting bigger.
WSJ nails the money trail, despite denials wsj.com/articles/trump-lawye… via @WSJ
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Early reports indicate that literally everyone hates the GOP health care plan: slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/… via @slate
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In a possibly premature election analysis, killing off his elderly supporters might not have been the winningest strategy for Donald J. Trump.
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"it makes the case for impeachment and potential criminal liability for Donald Trump. And it does it in a few clearly written pages." Wonderfully lucid @noahrfeldman explanation of why the whistleblower complaint indicates high crimes & misdemeanors. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Last time I saw Ben Bradlee, he said, "I can't remember who the fuck you are, but it's great to see you." Loved that guy.
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Warning: you are unlikely to experience a good night': sleep after reading this by Timothy Snyder slate.com/articles/news_and_… via @slate
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Paul Manafort in a snakeskin jacket seems redundant.
A photo of an Alan Couture jacket from Paul Manafort's Alexandria apartment that jurors did not get to see today--but eventually will.
More on Manafort's lavish purchases on the @cnnpolitics trial liveblog: cnn.com/politics/live-news/m…
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How fake news fed into "weaponized filter bubbles" on Facebook helped elect Trump. niemanlab.org/2016/11/the-fo…
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The most outrageous recent column in the NYTimes wasn't about climate change. It was an apologia for Marine Le Pen.
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Why the Muslim ban fell: There’s no legal way to implement an illegal order. slate.com/articles/news_and_… via @slate
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A hotel operated by Trump on property owned by taxpayers bans reporters from covering corruption on premises. slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/…
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Holy Crap! A dedicated server in Trump Tower was communicating in secret with a big Russian bank. slate.com/articles/news_and_…
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If Trump declared that the moon was made out of green cheese and that he owned it, we’d be praising the three or four Republican heroes who bravely disagreed. The rest of the party would just go along.
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Here's the "side letter" agreement identifying Stormy Daniels and _______ by the pseudonyms "Peggy Peterson" and "David Dennison." Scroll down. slate.com/news-and-politics/…
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How did FOX News turn into a mouthpiece for the Kremlin? @MaxBoot explains the right-wing media food chain foreignpolicy.com/2017/05/22…
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Trump to Congress: if you don't pass legislation by tomorrow, 20 million Americans will keep health insurance.
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Trump's not a fascist, but he's the closest we've been to one in my lifetime. The media must stop abetting his rise.
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Trump has suspended due process for Muslims. This is a constitutional crisis. slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/… via @slate
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Trump promised to resign from his companies by Jan 20. But of course he didn't. propublica.org/article/trump…
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Depressed about humanity after reading Ronan Farrow's Eric Schneiderman story. What is wrong with all these men?
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Every accusation Trump levels is a misapplied confession of his own flaws and misdeeds. Weird tic.
His lies were made in perhaps the most blatant and sinister manner ever seen in the great Chamber. He wrote down and read terrible things, then said it was from the mouth of the President of the United States. I want Schiff questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason.....
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