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Sep 16, 2022

A thing I think about is the hypothetical of a very small R majority. If every House candidate currently favored on 538 won, R's would hold a 5-seat majority next year. We have D+5 now and have done a lot, but R+5 would be completely insane and little has been written about that

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They just can’t quit with these

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn

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Under Biden's lawless border policy, fentanyl seizures increased by 241% between the months of October and December.

thank you for your fairness mr. tweet 🫡

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You may remember that the Republicans took 15 votes across 5 days to elect a Speaker. While they were fighting it out, House Democrats found ourselves with lots of free time. We used our time in different ways; I used mine to learn more about my new colleagues, and to meet them— twitter.com/Alexruoff/stat…

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French Embassy U.S.

@franceintheus

I guess this is us now...

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We recommend avoiding general and often dehumanizing “the” labels such as the poor, the mentally ill, the French, the disabled, the college-educated. Instead, use wording such as people with mental illnesses. And use these descriptions only when clearly relevant.

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been vacationing in Costa Rica during one of the most consequential...

bryan metzger

@metzgov

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene remains upset with me for reporting this story a month ago, has refused to answer my questions in the hall since then. Asked her tonight how long that would last. “The rest of your life,” she said.

businessinsider.com

The congresswoman left the country on Sunday, skipping an address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the $1.7 trillion omnibus vote.

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Richard Rubin

@RichardRubinDC

Inbox: Mike Kelly gets chairmanship of the Ways and Means Tax Subcommittee.

Santos put some cupcakes out, not sure that's going to help with this Hitler thing though

of course

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Sam Brodey

@sambrodey

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Santos allegedly played the "I can make that joke because I'm Jewish" card, really incredible stuff patch.com/new-york/glenc

"you pulled the Nazi card on the grandson of Holocaust refugees"

maybe someone can explain the joke to me

Patch got the scoop again patch.com/new-york/glenc

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How Barr’s Quest to Find Flaws in the Russia Inquiry Unraveled

Great catch here from

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, this is indeed exactly the behavior claimed as grounds for Trump's firing of James Comey (it isn't why he actually fired Comey)

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Bradley P. Moss

@BradMossEsq

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Everything is projection. They were looking for ways to do exactly what they say they fired @Comey for doing.

"Congressman Beyer– you've been doing a great job for this district, and you're one of the best in the country. You really are." –

Durham used sketchy intel from the Dutch to abuse investigatory powers in a manner much like the thing he was supposed to be investigating. When it turned up nothing DNI Ratcliffe leaked the info in a way that both deceived the public and double-crossed the Dutch. THIS IS SO BAD

Bill Barr and John Ratcliffe turned the entire U.S. intelligence apparatus - the DNI, NSA, CIA, and FBI - upside down and inside out including jeopardizing sources and methods and damaging relations with allies in a wildly incompetent attempt to discredit the Russia investigation

This story is insanely bad and utterly damning. Read it

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The review by John Durham at one point veered into a criminal investigation related to Donald Trump himself, even as it failed to find wrongdoing in the origins of the Russia inquiry.

Bill Barr was a profoundly incompetent and maleficent Attorney General, is the primary takeaway of this story and a sentiment I expressed over and over again here while he was in office

"Mr. Barr and Mr. Durham never disclosed that their inquiry expanded in the fall of 2019, based on a tip from Italian officials, to include a criminal investigation into suspicious financial dealings related to Mr. Trump." nytimes.com/2023/01/26/us/

This quote from

captures what I think may be the scariest thing about this debt limit showdown. There isn't anything McCarthy wants more than he wants to be Speaker. There isn't anything including national economic ruin that he fears more than losing power. Very bad.

It's Sergeant At Arms official: we do be doin' it

Matt Ford

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“the French”

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Mark McDevitt

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What does this mean twitter.com/gop/status/161

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Sununununu at 4% in New Hampshire

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Ryan Struyk

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New UNH poll in New Hampshire among likely 2024 GOP primary voters: 42% DeSantis 30% Trump 8% Haley 4% Sununu 4% Cheney 4% Hogan 2% Noem 1% Pence 1% Rubio 1% Cruz

Kaitlan Collins

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As he headed into the grand jury area at the federal courthouse in Washington, Ken Cuccinelli confirms he is testifying today. When asked on what topic, he told

@kpolantz

, “Don’t know." This is where Jan. 6 prosecutors from the special counsel's office are gathered.

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Announcing company moves planned under the previous administration with huge fanfare and reaping the benefits of a strong nationwide recovery under POTUS while he does stuff like this. Gross

A classless statement from the Governor, who has relentlessly sought credit for accomplishments made possible by his predecessor and/or the President

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Gary Grumbach

@GaryGrumbach

Ahead of Biden’s economic remarks in VA, the Youngkin admin is out with a statement: “While the Biden administration hasn't delivered anything but economic burdens and a dubious message of 'economic progress,’ Governor Youngkin is delivering real results for all Virginians."

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I mean obviously it has not!

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John Harwood

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ask yourself: has the strength of this recovery been accurately reflected in the story Americans have heard from politicians and the press about the economy the last two years? twitter.com/byHeatherLong/…

You never want job losses, but the disparity between coverage of tech sector layoffs and their actual importance as a measure of labor market strength or the economy overall is truly insane. How to reinforce completely wrong impressions of the economy using this one weird trick

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“Please— call me ‘Elon.’ ‘Mr. Tweet’ is my father!” [laughs awkwardly]

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Ian Shepherdson

@IanShepherdson

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Have a scroll through these inspiring bios, and then compare and contrast their stories with the wingnuts and seditionists just elected on the other side.

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Aaron Blake

@AaronBlake

Analysis | The GOP gives the Freedom Caucus the keys to the car

Freedom Caucus is a little over 20% of House GOP. It will be: -38% of Oversight Committee -44% of Judiciary -44% of select covid panel -50% of panel on "weaponization" of gov't And that doesn't include Rules, where 2 HFC members + Massie loom large.

washingtonpost.com

The Freedom Caucus is a small portion of the House GOP. But thanks to newly announced committee assignments and spots on on key panels, it will be the face of the party.

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House Rs’ list of debt ceiling demands: - cut Social Security/Medicare - cut Affordable Care Act coverage - cut defense - don’t cut defense - cut everything - extend Trump tax cuts for the wealthy/corporations - border stuff

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Erik Wasson

@elwasson

Add this to list of debt ceiling demands : Chip Roy to use debt ceiling threat to push his border security plan | The Texas Tribune texastribune.org/2023/01/25/tex

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People overlooking this tweet because of the newsier one before it but, read on

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bryan metzger

@metzgov

“That's a good question, I don’t know,” he told me before a man filming w/ his phone interrupted to ask Santos’ opinion on @RuPaul’s Drag Race. "I have not watched this season of Drag Race," Santos replied, before telling me “we’ll get back to you.” businessinsider.com/george-santos-

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“Well, Mark wants me to let you know that he knows you're loyal and he knows you'll do the right thing tomorrow and that you're going to protect him and the boss.” twitter.com/hugolowell/sta

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Olivia Beavers

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New: Ben Williamson, who was Mark Meadows' right hand man during his time in the House and the Trump admin, is returning to Capitol Hill. He confirmed to me he's accepted a job as Rep. Michael Cloud's (R-Texas) chief. (Cloud was among the 20 House Rs to vote ag. McCarthy.)

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His maiden speech was about protesters in Iran

No it's fine everyone, he tried to get a bunch of people here killed including his Vice President to hang onto power in defiance of the Constitution and the will of the people, and then he lost access to twitter and facebook for a couple years so I'm sure he's learned his lesson

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Sara Fischer

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#BREAKING : @Meta to reinstate @realdonaldtrump Facebook and Instagram accounts "in coming weeks" following a 2yr ban, @NickClegg, the company's president of global affairs, told me and @mikeallen in an interview Read on @axios: axios.com/2023/01/25/tru

His maiden speech was about protesters in Iran

I was right, he's speaking now

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