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27 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
It doesn't matter what the GOP does with voter ID or whatever's the election topic of the day if blue states are redistricting them out of existence. Inflation could be sky high, gas prices up, and America floundering, but--again--it might not mean much.
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I'm not saying bills like those in Georgia and Texas are bad or aren't important -- they're INCREDIBLY important and common sense.

It's a "both/and" issue. And I think some on the right are missing the second part.
Sure, move to Texas and elsewhere, but California, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, etc. still aren't losing population to the degree in which the other gains would catch up. IL going to 3 red states, possibly zero in MD, and only 5 safe seats in CA could be perilous.
TL;DR -- as a friend has said, redistricting IS voter integrity!

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27 Dec
Not sure how many have picked this up yet, but the dirty little secret on the Jan Crawford clip from CBS's Face the Nation yesterday -- it DIDN'T even air during the show.

FTN has done a segment for at least a year or two about undercovered stories, but didn't make the air.
We at NewsBusters have the full, hour-long show recorded, but you can also watch it online or read the transcript here (as published by CBS) cbsnews.com/news/full-tran…
Here's the full transcript of the panel discussion when Jan Crawford made her comments about school closures and the scourge of mental health.

Manchin, Harris, abortion, and 2022 predictions were what CBS *did* decide to show viewers cbsnews.com/news/full-tran…
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26 Dec
Pieces like this in The New York Times are why it's not hyperbole to say too many in our media and ruling class have nothing but hate for Americans ego don't think and live like they do.

It's why people call them -- fair or not -- enemies of the people. nyti.ms/3my0j6r
Here's a few examples. People who don't want to go one way are painted as misinformed, scared of racial diversity, etc. ImageImageImageImage
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23 Dec
DOOCY TIME: "So why is the President saying about this new variant, 'nobody saw it coming, nobody in the world' if that's not true."

Psaki: "Well first, I would say that nobody saw -- knew that there would be the number of different variants."
Doocy: "About the testing & the contingencies, why is it that you guys are proposing 500 million tests next month if you haven't even signed a contract to buy [them]?"

Psaki: "Well, we have no concern about the contract being finalized. We're just working to finalize [them]."
Doocy: "If it's so easy to get the tests, why don't people have them now? Who here decided...Americans were going to want to have access to these tests in January as opposed to now before they go home for Christmas?"

Psaki argues they've "quadrupl[ed]" testing "since the summer"
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22 Dec
Some personal news -- after what came out to over 1,200 night shifts (minus vacation days), I'm moving to the morning shift for @NewsBusters. Starting tomorrow, I'll covering everything from the night before plus the looniness on CNN, MSNBC and whatever else happens in the AM.
I started the night shift in September 2014, working four nights a week (and the occasional fifth here and there) before going to what was loosely three nights a week in April 2016. Through it all, I really came to enjoy it (though it can wreak havoc on your personal life).
Only three months into @NewsBusters (after the previous summer at @CNSNews), @KenShepherd and I were the team working on the networks, Chris Matthews, and whatever else came up.

For a kid fresh out of college with few D.C. connections, I was blessed to have my foot in the door.
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22 Dec
Joy Reid was off Monday, so she didn't get to comment on Joe Manchin killing Build Back Better. Sure enough, she came back today & she's having a rough time: "The multimillionaire coal baron...been on the side of special interests...He was always negotiating in bad faith[.]" (1/)
Joy Reid: Joe Manchin has "pulled a full @JDVance1, showing open contempt for the people he supposedly is doing such a bang up job representing. He actually had the nerve to raise questions & concerns...that parents would use their child tax credits on, oh, yes, on drugs." (2/)
Joy Reid: "What is really sad is how much [BBB] would have helped WV, a state that, despite Manchin's leadership and all power, is not exactly in the best shape. West Virginia ranks 50th...in infrastructure, 48th in economy, 47th in health care, & 45th in education." (3/)
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21 Dec
CNN's @Phil_Mattingly to Biden: "You said we have to do better but public health officials have been saying for months you need to surge rapid tests for...this moment. Is it a failure that you don't have an adequate amount of tests for everyone to be able to get one...right now?"
PBS's Yamiche Alcindor: "What's your message to Americans who are trying to get tested now and who are not able to get tested and who are wondering what took so long to ramp up testing?"

Biden: "Come on, what took so long?"
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Biden: "I'm considering reversing it. I'm going to talk with my team in the next couple of days."
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