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Wash Post Georgetown Brookings NPR MSNBC. Co-author "One Nation After Trump." Order the paperback at or

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    7 Aug 2018

    The new expanded paperback of "One Nation After : A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate and the Not-Yet Deported" by , Tom Mann & me was published today. Order it here. Or at a bookstore. And please retweet. Thanks!

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  2. 10 hours ago

    On tonight, Sen. spoke of the declining power of the and a major shift in the politics of guns. He's right. Here is a column I wrote last month detailing how advocates of sane gun policy are gaining ground.

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  3. 15 hours ago

    What unites staunch progressives & their moderate center-left brethren might be called The Politics of More. In my contribution to a symposium, I sketch out a path toward a durable progressive majority based on broadly-shared goals.

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  4. 19 hours ago

    Very informative thread below on the Supreme Court & . His conclusion rings sadly true: "Not only should we not expect to save us from bad politics; we should expect that will continue to make political reform less possible."

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  5. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    Total women in the U.S. House: 1989: 16 Democrats 13 Republicans 2019: 89 Democrats 13 Republicans

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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    One of these people knows how to pass liberal legislation. The other is John F Kennedy.

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  7. Jan 3

    While the presidential candidates will be cast as the ultimate arbiters of what Democrats will stand for in 2020, the agenda Pelosi and her colleagues put forward could play an unusually large role in shaping the alternatives to Trumpism My column

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  8. Jan 3

    I'm totally with you . Laughing, rambunctious kids always make me smile.

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  9. Jan 3

    I did not know any of this about Tony Bennett. God bless him. My favorite Tony Bennett Album is the recording he did with the great Bill Evans.

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  10. Jan 3

    As she prepares to return to the House Speakership, talks about "love"--but for , it will be tough love. And she says that Democrats won't behave like the Republicans. "We believe that we will not become them." Pelosi on Day 1 & beyond:

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  11. Jan 2

    Dems take over the House tomorrow. says they'll hold accountable. "We don’t want the administration describing the traditional congressional responsibility for oversight to be labeled ‘investigation.’" I interview the incoming Speaker:

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  12. Jan 2

    on Senate GOP's refusal to pass bills they were for before was against them: "If they reject this, it would be highly irresponsible, and it would be a manifestation of the president of the United States making fools of them.” My column

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  14. Jan 2

    “Even if Trump loses support among other parts of his 2016 base, the data suggests white evangelicals may be the last loyalists standing by his side....white evangelicals look to be building their own wall of defense around ." to

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  15. Jan 2

    Re 's op-ed: 1. Romney has been all over the lot on , embracing him when convenient, criticizing him at other times. 2. The piece could signal growing GOP uneasiness with Trump. But the skeptics are right to ask: Will any actions follow the words?

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  16. Retweeted
    31 Dec 2018

    Dems also need to compare the opportunity cost of the wall against infrastructure. Dems should be flooding the airwaves with this message: "We'll let Trump get Mexico to pay for his wall while we use your tax dollars to fix our roads and bridges"

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  17. Dec 31

    The last sunset of 2018, from the coast near Santa Barbara, Calif. Happy New Year & thanks to all my Twitter friends--those with views different from my own and those who have offered generous thoughts and warm words throughout the year. May 2019 be a blessing to us all.

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  18. 31 Dec 2018

    "Lies can go viral. But so can the truth." A valuable point : With control of the House, Dems can spread facts & accurate findings to counter & friends' lies & distortions. Fits w/my column today arguing for an immigration argument rooted in reason, not fear

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  19. 31 Dec 2018

    To fight the weaponizing of extreme nationalism by and far rightists in Europe on behalf of xenophobia and racism, progressives need to understand the roots of the new nationalism & deal with the discontents that underlie it. My column

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    30 Dec 2018

    It's moral imperative to stand up against the xenophobia and racism that animate Trump’s cruel policies toward immigrants & refugees--and a political imperative to oppose the wasteful symbolism of his border wall. My column on how to respond to nationalism

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    "Those who would save liberal democracy (along with anyone who would advance a broadly progressive political outlook) need to be honest with themselves and less arrogant toward those who currently find nationalism attractive," writes.

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