ICYMI, last week, I had some good interviews with my Alito scoops on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, and NewsNation. Here for you in one place, in order of airing 🧵
Many thanks to @thereidout, which we worked with for the cable exclusive on Martha-Ann on 6/10... 1/
Confirmed this one super last minute the morning of 6/11 -- as in I scrambled to wash the old make up off my face to be on camera in 20 minutes -- but many thanks to @acosta... 2/
Less of an interview, than a soundbite, but I'll take it any day.. @ABCWorldNews with David Muir on 6/11... 3/
It's hard for me to stomach all the Joe Lieberman "he was such a mensch" blather for 3 big reasons:
--he singlehandedly held Obamacare hostage, succeeding in eliminating a public option, thereby making insurance cos very happy and enriching himself through his healthcare lobbyist wife, through denying millions of Americans better health care options 1/ theguardian.com/world/2009/dec…
--he was a Middle East war hawk, supporting the Iraq War boondoggle, squandering millions of lives and billions of taxpayer dollars.
--he helped lead No Labels, the outfit trying to launch a 3rd party presidential ticket, widely believed to help reelect Trump. 2/
Lieberman may have been a lovely man in person, but he harmed many in his wake, and may still cause much greater harm in the form of No Labels enabling a second Trump term. Hopefully the NL organization dies with him. /3
Can someone explain “China loving wife Coco Chow”? Is it racist or xenophobic? I say the latter. But is it both?
Chinese isn’t a race- it’s a nationality and Trump is a nationalist with raging anti-China hatred.
Coco refers to cocaine? Chow is phonetic, but is that racist?
I’m all for calling out racism— but racism and xenophobia are not interchangeable.
What I’m hung up on is that words have meaning. If we carelessly attribute every action to racism, we engender resentment in ppl who don’t consider their actions racist (even tho they may indeed be racist).
Racism and xenophobia are not interchangeable tho ppl may exhibit both.
BREAKING: We won every count of our lawsuit against James O'Keefe + Project Veritas!! The jury returned $120k in damages w/ possibility of attorneys fees.
Today marks an important defeat against spreaders of disinformation and an important win for democracy and real journalism!
STATEMENT FROM @DemPartners:
We thank the Jury for its decision and are deeply appreciative of the time and effort the members of the Jury devoted to consider our case. 1/
Hopefully, the decision today will help to discourage Mr. O’Keefe and others from conducting these kind of political spy operations – and publishing selectively edited, misleading videos in the future. /2