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Drew Holden

@DrewHolden360

22 Jan

@JoeBiden

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@JoeBiden promised us better. We were told - over and over again, in no uncertain terms - that the Biden team was going to turn the coronavirus pandemic around.

Today, they told us that wasn’t true. We’ve got a lot more examples to go. 👇

@JoeBiden

Over and over again his campaign told us they were ready from the jump to fix things.

Now that @JoeBiden is in office, apparently that’s changed.

How come?

@JoeBiden

This was the message that @JoeBiden delivered throughout the campaign.

This tone sure sounds like quitting to me, Mr. President.

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Drew Holden

@DrewHolden360

22 Jan

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Today we saw the birth & death of a coronavirus news cycle suggesting - contrary to common sense - that the Biden Admin had to “start from scratch” on a vaccine rollout since the Trump Admin had done nothing.

Curious who bought the spin? I’ve got some thoughts👇

@mj_lee

@mj_lee broke the story today for @CNN, who has shared it countless times and mentioned it dozens of times on air, citing (you guessed it!) unnamed sources.

Only problem is, Dr. Fauci shot down the claim today at today’s press conference.

Seems he’s got a reason to know.

@CNN

Of course, before the story was rejected outright by the most believable person involved in all this, lots of @CNN’s main voices jumped in about how big of a deal it was. This is what we call expectation setting.

Here we’ve got:
@CNNSotu
@AnaCabrera
@jimsciutto and
@cnnross

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Drew Holden

@DrewHolden360

21 Jan

Of all the trivial tragedies of the 2020s, comedy angling for applause rather than laughter tops my list.

I get that it doesn’t really matter but it sure does suck.

Colbert used to be hysterical because he was a satiric take on a conservative. And it was GOOD. Really good. And now he’s...whatever this is.

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Drew Holden

@DrewHolden360

20 Jan

My hot take is that what the last four years has proven is that our democracy isn’t actually fragile and is in fact substantially more sturdy and resilient than most of us thought.