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"Trump did not tell the investigator to “find the fraud” or say she would be “a national hero” if she did so."
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
real bad. this quote was and still is everywhere.
.@cammcwhirter tracked down the actual recording of the call which led to Wapo's correction (but not the other outlets yet).

wsj.com/articles/recor…
CNN issues a sorta vague "editor's note." The Wapo correction was much more comprehensive.

cnn.com/2021/03/14/pol…

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Liz Cheney says Rs "should not be embracing the former president" and "somebody who has provoked an attack on the...Capitol to prevent the counting of electoral votes, which resulted in 5 ppl dying..that is a person who does not have a role as a leader of our party going forward"
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5 Feb
NEW Transition Playbook w/ @theodoricmeyer

WH says don't expect Biden to talk about impeachment next week. Like at all.

Steve Ricchetti is giving in & is getting an official WH twitter, we're told. Welcome. Twitter's not real life, Steve. It's worse.
politico.com/newsletters/tr…
Obama aides have been sending around this clip of Jon Tester this week from @MaritsaNBCMT where he talks about how Wednesday was the 1st time he was in the Oval.

Some felt sheepish about somehow never having him in the Oval during Obama’s 8 years.

The Biden admin's go-to dodge when pressed on the Covid bill:

Cedric Richmond: “Look, we're not going to negotiate on TV”

Ron Klain: "Chuck, I am not going to negotiate on Meet the Press”

Psaki: “I’m not going to negotiate from here”
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4 Feb
They prefer the terms "previous administration" and "former president."

In her 9 briefings since Jan. 21, Jen Psaki has only said his name once, and it was to tell reporters that they are so over him.

Why the Biden admin doesn't mention You-Know-Who

politico.com/newsletters/tr…
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Neera Tanden and Bernie Sanders met recently, per an official familiar with the meeting.

Pete w/ a campaign-esque Day 1 rollout

Cardona headed for bipartisan confirmation

Yellen divests stocks
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22 Jan
NEW: My deep dive into the 36-year McConnell-Biden relationship

How Biden's deal w/ McConnell on "fiscal cliff" made Reid so mad he demanded Obama bench Biden next time

a fresh look at the Bork hearings

Obama + aides skepticism that Joe can make it work
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“We are in a dire crisis and he ISN'T going to sit by for four years and see his entire agenda stymied”
1 thing McConnell & Obama aides agree on: it wasn't that Obama didn't schmooze enuf w/ McConnell
Don "Stew" Stewart, McConnell's frm deputy Cos:
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NEW in Transition Playbook w/ @theodoricmeyer

Where’s Greg? (Schultz)
Biden’s first campaign manager is not join the admin now
He was angling for political director before it meant reporting to Jen O’Malley Dillon, who replaced him during the campaign.
politico.com/newsletters/tr…
Schultz has become a surprisingly divisive figure w/ some feeling he was made to be a scapegoat even though the theory of the case to win the primary proved correct

Others say they won in spite of Greg and the strategy came from many sr. Ppl.
Here’s one: “he couldn’t execute”
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