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David Corn
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DC bureau chief of Mother Jones, MSNBC analyst. Best-selling author of "American Psychosis." Sign up for my newsletter "Our Land" at davidcorn.com.
JournalistWashington, DCmotherjones.comJoined June 2008

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Just checking in with all those folks who thought it wasn’t that important to vote for Hillary Clinton. How are you doing tonight?
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I'm waiting for all those Republicans who thought Bill Clinton should be impeached for lying about sex to weigh in on what to do about a president who allegedly conspired to violate federal law to hide a sex scandal.
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Hey Trump voters, yesterday Pence voted to break a Senate tie to pass a bill to stop consumers from mounting class-action lawsuits against rip-off banks/credit card firms. Trump will sign. How's that for populism? You were conned. Sad.
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CIA chief Mike Pompeo: Putin attacked 2016 election. DNI Dan Coats: Putin attacked 2016 election. FBI director Christopher Wray: Putin attacked 2016 election. NSA head Mike Rogers: Putin attacked 2016 election. Putin: I did not attack 2016 election. Trump: I believe Putin.
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Whatever one might think of Michelle Wolf's performance, it's clear that anyone who works for or supports Trump has no basis for complaining about vulgarity or personal insults. Your house is made of very thin glass.
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Trump this morning calling on his attorney general to arrest his political opponents ought to be major and historic news. This is what authoritarians do. But...it’s just Thursday.
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Jerk at airport just told me Ms. Johnson's account of Trump call is "bullshit." Me: How do you know? Him: "They released the recording of the call." Me: They did not. Him: "It's on the Internet." Me: It's not. Him: "It is." Me: Bet you $50. Him: Silence.
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I’ve said it before. When we get through this, I want to read Fauci’s account of how he had to put up with Trump in order to try to save us. (Thank you, Doc).
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After Trump basically labels a reporter's question about a lack of surgical masks as fake news, Fauci takes the mic and tells the reporter, "you're not making things up. I know that."
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You publicly declared I should be put in the "killing zone" when I accurately reported that you misrepresented your record as a combat reporter. So spare us the hypocritical lectures decrying hate in public discourse.
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Sarah Sanders did not deserve to be humiliated by a restaurant owner in Virginia. Insulting people holding different political views is not the American way. Far left zealots are ramping up hatred and violence is coming. Check out BOR.com for honest news analysis.
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When Trump was elected, I decided I’d only wear black ties. It was a personal and private act of mourning. I didn’t say anything about it. And almost no one noticed over these past four years. Today....
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My hunch: Dr. Fauci is not directly challenging Trump on reopening the economy because over the next few days the ongoing massacre will explode--and not just in NYC. And Fauci is assuming even Trump and his cult of death will not then be able to ignore public health priorities.
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FDR won a global war, legalized beer, and created Social Security--and Trump thinks he has done more than any other president. He should read a book.
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Here’s a very simple but important question for : After you received an intelligence briefing in mid-August 2016 and were told the Russians were behind the DNC hacks, why did you continue to publicly deny Moscow was the culprit?
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Heard an air traffic controller on air crying about not being able to pay her bills. She has a highly stressful job, and many rely on her for their safety. Including AIr Force One passengers. Adding stress to her life creates risk for others. Thanks, .
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Hey, I'm beginning to think that Trump, the Republicans, and the whole darn conservative movement didn't really care about Hillary Clinton's server.
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It's really clever how the Deep State got Rudy Giuliani to show the world that Trump and Cohen lied about the payment to Stormy Daniels. And it used for this operation. Fiendishly smart!
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"If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation." GOPers applauded. How many of them supported the Benghazi investigations? The Clinton impeachment? How many shouted "Lock Her Up"? The stench.
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I was just on Irish radio after Steve Bannon. He said that Trump is heading toward a “massive” victory. I reminded the audience Bannon was recently indicted for fraud.
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Seven thousand Ohioan soldiers--fighting for the Union--were killed during the Civil War. Trump praises Robert E. Lee, who led the troops that killed them. And Trump's Ohio supporters cheer. Now that's deplorable.
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This IS your party. And it's a culmination of years of the GOP exploiting racism and playing to extremists. Trump is not your problem. Your base is the problem. And your pleas for decency & common sense are not enough to change this.
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Fellow Republicans, this is not who we are. This cannot be our party. politico.com/story/2018/06/
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You don't get it. The FBI was INVESTIGATING your campaign because of CONTACTS with Russia while Moscow was ATTACKING the United States with information warfare. But you're right: this is indeed bigger than Watergate because it involves you aiding and abetting a foreign foe.
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Wow, word seems to be coming out that the Obama FBI “SPIED ON THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WITH AN EMBEDDED INFORMANT.” Andrew McCarthy says, “There’s probably no doubt that they had at least one confidential informant in the campaign.” If so, this is bigger than Watergate!
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What was the Constitution’s original meaning about telecommunications, air travel, machine guns or nuclear weapons, slavery, or gender equality?
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Amy Coney Barrett on originalism: "That means that I interpret the Constitution as a law... I understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. That meaning doesn't change over time and it's not up to me to update it or infuse my policy views into it."
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If Cohen's account is accurate, Trump knew from the start that Putin had a secret plot to hurt HRC & help him. Yet he constantly denied Russia was behind the attack on the US election. That is, he knowingly lied to protect a foreign adversary attacking the US. That's betrayal.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner in the Complete Lack of Self-Awareness Contest. Please, no more entries.
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Sean Hannity on Fox tonight, without any hint of irony: "Based on no actual crimes, [Pelosi] wants a political opponent locked up in prison. Umm, that happens in banana republics. Beyond despicable behavior."
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The amount of damage these people have caused is probably incalculable. They are all responsible for thousands more American deaths than there might otherwise have been. Never forget or let them forget they all killed Americans with their propaganda, lies, and bullshit.
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Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump. Today, we salute the Heroes of the Pandumbic.
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This is an abuse of power.
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I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN, which is dying in the ratings anyway. It is so unfair with such bad, Fake News! Why wouldn’t they act. When the World watches @CNN, it gets a false picture of USA. Sad!
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Woodward's new book seems to confirm what many people still are not willing to acknowledge: the president is not mentally fit.
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Bush and Cheney started wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with no clear strategies for long-term prosecution and success. Don’t forget that today.
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A public service announcement: Lying to Congress is a crime.
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Replying to @RiegerReport
Aug. 24, 2020 COOPER: Did you pay back several of your top executives for contributing to Trump's campaign by bonus-ing or rewarding them? DEJOY: That's an outrageous claim, sir, and I resent it. … The answer is no. … I'm fully aware of legal campaign contributions.
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Trump and senior WH aides colluding with the National Enquirer to blackmail journalists is a big deal. Congress should investigate.
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Pro-tip: Don't watch Trump live. Follow the outrage on Twitter while staring at a blue early-evening sky. It is so much healthier, and you don't miss any lowlights.
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The bottom line: Putin covertly subverted a U.S. election to benefit Trump. And got caught. But Trump and GOP leadership show no outrage and have done little to prevent a repeat attack from Russia or elsewhere. This is a crisis.
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Trump praises a dictator for using death camps and forced starvation. No one in the White House resigns. Trump administration separates children, puts them in cages, and then lies about the policy. No one in the White House resigns.
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What we learned today: The president of the United States is more worried about women and children with rocks than right-wing racist and anti-Semitic extremists with guns.
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1. Putin probably recorded the meeting with Trump. 2. Russia could at some point release or leak a portion for its own advantage. 3. Russia could at some point release or leak a *doctored* portion for its own advantage. 4. Trump would not be able to refute either.
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Two true things: 1. Times story on Trump losing over $1 billion dollars over 10 years is an amazing piece of work and shows he's a con man. 2. Many in his base love him for getting away with such shit and would like to live as he does.
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Today is a good day to remind people that eagerly accepted an invitation to join a secret Kremlin plot to help his father become president at the same time Russia was mounting an attack against the United States. And Kushner and Manafort were in on it, too.
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Graham never said this about Barack Obama. And I bet God remembers.
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Franklin Graham: “The American people have elected Donald Trump to be president. And he’s the president. We need to work with him and support him while he’s president.” on.msnbc.com/2DQ5Jnl
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THIS JUST IN: West Wing staff pondered removing Arizona from all maps of the the United States in the White House so Trump would not be reminded of John McCain.
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Uh, Merrick Garland. So get out of here with your disingenuous call for decency.
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...Justice Antonin Scalia was confirmed 98-0 and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received support of 96 Senators. If we lived in a more respectful time, Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be overwhelmingly confirmed by the United States Senate. #ConfirmKavanaugh
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A God-given right to possess military-style killing machines? These people cannot be persuaded. They have to be defeated.
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I am NOT going to use the evil acts of a handful of people to diminish the God-given rights of my fellow Texans. Period. None of these so-called gun-control solutions will work to stop a person with evil intent. 2/6
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To all those newspapers with headlines proclaiming the debate was chaotic and disorderly without tying that to Trump: If a man runs into a house, throws gasoline everywhere, and lights a match, the headline should be "Arsonist Attacks Home," not "Fire Breaks Out."
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In case you're wondering if a government shutdown will affect Robert Mueller's investigation, a spokesperson for the special counsel's office tells me: "The SCO is funded from a permanent indefinite appropriation and would be unaffected in the event of a shutdown."
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Barr: "I believe the Russians attempted to interfere in the election...and we have to get to the bottom of it." Attempted? Why did he say "attempted"? They did interfere.
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That means she's not qualified to be president, right?
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NEW — Nikki Haley sent classified information over an unsecured email system because she forgot her password, new emails reveal. thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-us Via @csdickey
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Please stop lying. You colluded w/ Putin’s office on a secret business deal. Your campaign signaled the Kremlin it would conspire w/ a secret Moscow plot to help you. You echoed & amplified Russian disinformation falsely claiming there was no Moscow attack on the election. Sad!
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AFTER TWO YEARS AND MILLIONS OF PAGES OF DOCUMENTS (and a cost of over $30,000,000), NO COLLUSION!
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Note to my old friends in the GOP and conservative land: Sinking ships create powerful whirlpools that can be inescapable....Sleep well.
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Sort of like falsely accusing someone of not being born in the United States and getting away with it, right?
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Isn’t it a shame that someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?
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Very long line at my voting place. I can wait; others, maybe not. If voting cannot be more convenient, Election Day should be a national day-off.
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Sarah Sanders on CBN: "[God] wanted Donald Trump to become president, and that’s why he’'s there." So did God want to be president? Or did he take off those eight years? Did he want the House Dems and to win in November? Or was he napping then?
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A 16-yr-old boy died in Border Patrol custody. He had the flu They didn't take him to the hospital They didn't release him They didn't even seem to check on him as he was dying on the floor of his cell, contrary to the govt's account We have the video propublica.org/article/inside
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How many times did we see Trump at a food bank or volunteer anywhere?
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Two days before he’s sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden volunteered with his family at a Philadelphia food bank, packing boxes as part of National Day of Service cbsn.ws/3qwvgrc
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