The GOP's COVID denialism is of such gravity that it should keep them from power for decades.

This stuff is a form of savagery, barbarism, outside the sensibilities of the modern West.
Who would allow their friends, families to be exposed, willingly to this threat?

And of course this anti-vaxx mania is going to spread to other vaccines, further weakening public health in the US, creating new health scares/threats, which will cost lives and money.
Republican leaders are literally sending people to their death, on purpose.....
And we can't forget that elevating, amplifying anti-vaxx sentiment in the US was one of Russia's first forays into domestic US mis/disinfo......GOP, Fox literally doing Putin's work for him. foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/09/in-…
A new essay on why the White House cannot forget that it's most important job remains defeating COVID here and everywhere - and delta is reminding us that we have a lot of work to do.

ndn.org/blog/2021/07/d…
Just think about how insane this is......

washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
Maybe the White House could bring in someone like this from all 50 states for a meeting, and help create both national and local press around these stories. These folks could become important ambassadors.

We have to remember that we are seeing the rise in COVID positives even with an atrophied national testing system. Means actual spread is probably far wider than we know now. We just don't have great data.
The tragedy unfolding in front of us is hard to put into words.....

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3 Jul
The 850k jobs created in June was an incredible number, and shows that Biden's economic plan is clearly working.

A short thread which helps puts Biden's early success in historical perspective. (1/x)
We've updated our jobs score card, and now have it:

34m jobs - 16 yrs Clinton Obama
3m jobs - 5 months Biden
2m jobs - 16 years 2 Bushes, Trump (2/x)
Jobs created by month, below.

Biden - 604k (5 months)
Clinton/Obama - 176k (16 yrs)
2 Bushes, Trump - 9,700 (16 yrs)

Biden 60x per month last 3 GOP Presidencies right now. 604,000 vs 10,000. (3/x)
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3 Jul
So, some new graphs, our updated jobs score card.

34m jobs - 16 yrs Clinton Obama
3m jobs - 5 months Biden
2m jobs - 16 years 2 Bushes, Trump
Jobs created by month, below.

Biden - 604k (5 months)
Clinton/Obama - 176k (16 yrs)
2 Bushes, Trump - 9,700 (16 yrs)

Biden 60x per month last 3 GOP Presidencies right now. 604,000 vs 10,000.
Here's a bit more analysis, and why we think the repeated failure of the GOP over three Presidencies and 30 years to create jobs and a good economy is foundational to understanding their current dramatic decline as a Party.

ndn.org/biden-more-job…
Read 4 tweets
24 Jun
We are at another “off ramp” from MAGA moment for the GOP.

Are Governors and leaders of low vaccine states just going to let their constituents die without waging a major effort to save them? (1/x)
The low vaccine states have the money, the know how and the backing of the US government to ensure that COVID doesn't ravage their communities.

A failure to take dramatic action now isn't conservative - it's barbaric, medieval, perhaps even criminal.

Proof of vaccination is required for schools and camps all across the country. There is nothing "woke" or anti-freedom about this.

Freedom in fact comes from not being ravaged by disease - what public health, modern medicine all about (3/x).

Read 7 tweets
22 Jun
Just finished an interview with the great @NormOrnstein. It was one of the most thorough and compelling discussions I've heard about the threat a radicalized GOP pose to our democracy.

It is very much worth your time. You can find it below.

ndn.org/talks-Norm-Orn…
Here's a writeup of our interview today with @NormOrnstein from @ThePlumLineGS and @brianbeutler.

Norm's ideas for reforming the filibuster are very very good ones, and deserve more attention.

Thought this was a really interesting part of my talk w/@NormOrnstein today. Big rethink is needed for way media uses today's ideological terms - progressive, liberal, conservative.....GOP clearly no longer a conservative party. What words to use?

Read 5 tweets
17 Jun
So, I've built a presentation around the graph below.

It tells a story about American politics since the end of the Cold War.

The story is about a modern, effective Democratic Party which has repeatedly made things better; and a GOP which has failed to do its part. (1/x)
This story

Dem = modern, successful
GOP = reactionary, failed

Needs to be better understood by all, and repeated, and repeated again.

Come watch this presentation - June 18, 25 and July 16, 30.

It will change you understanding of US politics. (2/x)

ndn.org/WithDemocrats
The data is this presentation is also critical we think to helping Dems win the big economic argument this year.

Biden has created more jobs in 4 months than the last 3 GOP Presidents over 16 years.

Clinton Obama = 34m jobs
Bushes Trump = 2m jobs

(3/x)
ndn.org/biden-more-job…
Read 5 tweets
15 Jun
This piece from @ThePlumLineGS gets at something important - Ds cannot repeat the mistake of 2009, and must spend a great deal of time and money making clear to voters how what we've done has made the recovery happen.

We need to get much louder about our economic achievements.
I get a bit more into the "Dems need to get louder about economic achievements" strategy here.

simon-rosenberg.medium.com/a-summer-to-do…
Let me give you an example of getting louder on the economy -

Joe Biden has created more jobs in 4 months than the last three Republican Presidents did in 16 years.

ndn.org/biden-more-job…
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