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Matthew Gertz
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The president is doing a lot of live tweeting today.

Opening string of tweets on immigration is responding to Fox & Friends' opening segment, which is about his new immigration "plan" and the Democrats' response.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:05 am
Right, Trump, 6:36 am
Then Fox & Friends changes topics to "Investigating the Investigators," so Trump does too.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:09 am

Doocy: What has changed is Donald Trump won...

Kilmeade: Down goes Comey

Right, Trump, 6:58 am
This poll does not say what Trump says it says.

Left, Fox & Friends, 6:10 am
Right, Trump, 7:05 am
This is probably what spurred Trump's insane, dangerous declaration that FBI committed treason.

Left, F&F, 6:11 am

Doocy: "It's very disturbing if they used the laws that are supposed to apply to people from other countries to spy on Americans illegally."

Right, Trump, 7:11 am
Left, Fox & Friends 7:45 am

[Trump asked about whether we're going to war with Iran]

Earhardt: He said I hope not.

Kilmeade: He would know.

Right, Trump, 9:44 am
The president is still live-tweeting his television.

Left, Fox's America's Newsroom, 10:15 am

Herridge: "There was no FBI brieefing warning the campaign of an open investigation into Flynn."

Right, Trump, 10:35 am
There we go.
Some of this yesterday evening.

Left, Fox's Special Report, 6:09 pm
Right, Trump, 6:49 pm
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Matthew Gertz
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Sigh.
One source's "short" can be another source's "lengthy" even if both sources have the same information on the statement's length, that's probably what's happening here.
Eight minutes is much more precise! And can reasonable be described as either short or lengthy depending on your perspective.
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Matthew Gertz
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Holding-pattern, news-is-coming-and-we-don't-know-what-it-is cable news is the worst cable news.
(It is also a bad twitter, but all twitters are bad.)
(My tweets are also bad.)
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"They can literally just line their National Guard up with, presumably with riot gear like they would if they had a civil disturbance and turn people back at the border. ... You just point them back across the river and let them swim for it."
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