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NEW: Elizabeth Warren opens up in intvw with me about the surreality of running for president and her conversations with former candidates -- some of the only people who get it, w/@alivitali.

"Running for president can be thrilling but also very lonely."

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
@alivitali Elizabeth Warren has called "close to 100 percent" of the candidates who dropped out to talk policy, but it also sometimes gets more personal.

"Kamala and Kirsten, in particular, ask me am I getting rest? Am I eating? And am I having some fun out there?"

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
@alivitali It's part of Warren's effort to argue she's the candidate who can unite all the factions of the Democratic Party, melding together from the coalitions and policies of "Cory" and "Julian" and "Kamala" as she often mentions on the stump.
@alivitali Warren-critic John Delaney:

"Everyone was very nice. It was just that the call with her was quite lengthy and quite in-depth," he said, "She has a trait that you don't always find in politicians, which is that she's not entirely self-absorbed."

nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
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NEW: Here's the ad hitting Sanders that will start running in Iowa.

It features testimonials from Iowans, including one who brings up his heart attack.
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And here's Bernie Sanders' response:
“I like Bernie, I think he has great ideas, but Michigan, Pennsylvania, Iowa — they’re just not going to vote for a socialist," one man says.

“I do have some concerns about Bernie Sanders’ health, considering he did have a heart attack,” says a woman.

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NEW: Dems have been asking when Republicans will finally break from Trump the way they did from Nixon during Watergate.

Don't hold your breath, it's not going to happen.

Why? We're not in the 1970s anymore... nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
"I really don't think there is any fact that would change their minds," said Rep. Jim Himes, a Dem on the Intel Committee. "We're in a place right now where all that matters to my Republican colleagues is the defense of the president." nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
Former Rep. Bill Cohen, one of the first Republicans to break from Nixon during Watergate:

"The Republican Party today is not loyal to principles as such, but loyal to the person of Donald Trump. He is really a cult figure. Nixon was not a cult figure."

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
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ICYMI: High anxiety: Jittery Democrats fear their candidate won't beat Trump. nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
The offer: A $1 million check to a major Dem group.

The condition: Guarantee Elizabeth Warren not become the party's nominee — or the money gets refunded.

The offer was rejected, but indicative: “90 to 95% of our donor base is terrified about Warren.”
nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
Some Dems, especially some donors, have been having a good old fashioned bed wetting in recent weeks (as @davidplouffe famously once put it), concerned none of their candidates are up to the task of beating Trump. And after 2016, it’s harder to reassure them.
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NEW: Elizabeth Warren just announced plans for an independent DoJ task force to investigate and prosecute Trump administration crimes. This is such a big deal. elizabethwarren.com/plans/after-tr…
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Elizabeth #Warren has just proven she cannot unify the Democratic party.

For those not aware, she attacked Senator #Sanders directly today by reviving smears from the 2016 primary and recast herself in the performative victim role of Hillary Clinton that we all found so

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#NEW We have matched up county-level preferences for music genres with 2016 election results and have found the👏 key👏 data 👏 that capture the cultural currents that made Obama supporters flip to Donald Trump:

liking hard rock music.

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The data we have (from @VividSeats) is truly incredible. In every county, we have a record of the share of concert/etc ticket sales that fall into each genre in 2015/19. Here's that map (with each county scaled for population). Cities like rap/hip hop. Rural areas like country.
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Elizabeth Warren has always led on student debt.

Introduced student debt plan that became a part of Bernie's 2016 platform.

Was 1st candidate to propose student debt cancellation

Here, in 2008, as a professor, she tells new members of Congress to do something abt student debt
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#Warren said she was Native American & was listed as Harvard's 1st female "professor of color". Test proves she has only 1 NA ancestor 6-10 gens back, evoking outrage over the lie. But #Trump is held to a lower standard of truth because the public knows he lies about EVERYTHING.
Genetic testing shows I am 1% western African. Based on Warren's standard of truth, I could claim to be African-American, giving me preferential minority status and special assistance. She & her team are trying to deal w/ this issue in anticipation of a matchup against Trump.
I've exchanged messages with black family history researchers who have been surprised to find that we are blood relatives. I'm proud to have that DNA connection to Africa, but I don't use it to claim that I'm African American.
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