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25 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
In my look at Trump’s lame duck and his possible “pardon-a-palooza” I outlined three categories of pardons we’ll see .... politico.com/news/magazine/…
The first is exactly like this Mike Flynn pardon—people caught up in the Russia investigation, from Paul Manafort to Stone to Flynn.
The second category is close campaign aides and advisors, from people like Steve Bannon to Rudy, who might face legal jeopardy or who appear under investigation. And then maybe his own family.
And then there’s what I call “Fox & Friends and Friends of Fox,” the bizarre personal vendettas and right-wing causes he’s championed or been lobbied about by folks like Kardashians. Bottom line: This could be a quite strange next 57 days.

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13 Nov
THREAD: With the clear projection of AZ for Biden last night, it's time for the media—and nation's leaders—to dramatically change their tone about Trump's refusal to accept Biden as the president-elect. This isn't him being in denial anymore; he's hoping to overturn an election.
The noise about ongoing lawsuits and recounts in PA and GA is meaningless. Neither state is necessary to Biden's victory anymore. There is no longer any path for a Trump victory without throwing out HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of legitimate votes.
Last night, the nation's two major election watchers—the fed's @CISAgov & state Secretaries of States—affirmed this was a safe, secure, legitimate election. No meaningful fraud, let alone anything close to the scale now needed to overturn the election. 
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4 Nov
THREAD: Today is shaping up to be one of the most critical days in US media history—huge challenge to help protect legitimacy of the election in the eyes of voters. @vivian & I have 10 key principles that news orgs need to abide by as they work today: cjr.org/politics/2020-…
If you're a reporter or editor, I hope you'll take a few minutes to read these principles & think about what it means for your own work and your own news organization and how you should responsibly report and frame the unofficial tallies coming in now: cjr.org/politics/2020-…
We've seen a lot of good coverage already, but some WILDLY irresponsible ones that threaten real damage to our democracy today (Hi @ajc!):
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3 Nov
THREAD: Covering today's election results will be one of the hardest challenges the news media has faced in modern history. @vivian & I talked to a lot of smart people and came up with 10 principles that news orgs should abide by as they ready coverage: cjr.org/politics/2020-…
If you're a reporter or editor, I hope you'll take a few minutes to read these principles & think about what it means for your own work and your own news organization and how you should responsibly report and frame the unofficial tallies tonight: cjr.org/politics/2020-…
1) Problems are not failures. Make sure to draw lines today between "normal stuff" going wrong and systemic failures. Not every mishap shows a rigged system. At the same time, there are known signs of voter suppression—and systemic problems should be reported as such.
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2 Nov
This remarkable story about the president giving up on his intelligence briefings sort of slipped by over the weekend amid election news—but I think it's worth re-highlighting for three particularly worrisome reasons: nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/…
1) It is *bonkers* that the President has not had a regular intelligence briefing in over a MONTH. That should set off all kinds of alarm bells. We spend $60 billion a year to ensure the President is the smartest person in every room he's in. Trump has turned all of that aside.
2) Separately, the fact that he is now only getting briefings from John Ratcliffe—a man so unqualified for his job that Congress literally wrote a law to keep people like him away from becoming ODNI, but the GOP confirmed him anyway—is super troubling. wired.com/story/john-rat…
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2 Nov
THREAD: There has been a lot fretting and anxiety over recent weeks about this year's election—and there are real threats and real reasons to be anxious—but based on my reporting ... [[DEEP BREATH!]] ... let me also offer five big reasons for optimism that tomorrow will be okay:
1) In many ways, Tuesday will be the most secure and safe election in US history. Local and state election administrators have been rushing since '16 to secure systems, ensure paper backups, and otherwise prep to ensure the day's voting and counting goes smoothly as possible.
2) It will surely be the most resilient election in US history — potentially 2/3 of all votes will have already been cast, which means there will be fewer crowds, fewer opportunities for things to go wrong, and fewer people affected if/when things do go inevitably wrong.
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2 Nov
THREAD: Knowing this year’s election victor may take longer than Americans expect—and so it's worth offering a “Schoolhouse Rocks” education in the process tomorrow and thereafter. Let me explain just how tightly proscribed the process is: politico.com/news/magazine/…
1) First, it's *fine* and normal for vote-counting to take days or weeks. We're used to unofficial tallies by the news media yielding a projected winner by early Wednesday, the official system is slower and tightly guided by state laws, federal laws, and the Constitution itself.
2) Those official night-of tallies are updated, checked, and double-checked before local officials report election results to their state's designated election official—usually the secretary of state, governor, or lt. governor—who certifies election results.
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