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Aug 14 6 tweets 1 min read Read on X
The argument that Harris is somehow not speaking enough to the press is ridiculous on several levels: 1.) She actually does speak to the press, 2.) She has been visible constantly since she became the candidate, 3.) She has been clear and detailed about all her policy goals.
4.) She has been readily available to the press for four years. There are few questions about her that have not already been asked and answered. 5.) The goal of the campaign is for her to communicate with voters. So far, they seem to have responded well to what she has said.
6.) Her opponent is actually not campaigning, is primarily speaking to patsies in the press when he does speak to the media, and lies constantly so it doesn't matter what he is asked because he won't answer truthfully.
7.) Also, the big question looming over campaign 2024 is about her opponents unfitness for office. That's what the press should be asking about. That's why he has tried to stir up the argument she should be addressing the press more. But...
...if he really believed in transparency he would have provided independent doctor's assessments of the wounds sustained during the assassination attempt. he would have released his taxes, he would not object to live fact-checking during his interviews or during debates.
Harris is transparent, honest, on the record and available to the press and the public. Trump is a liar who avoids real journalists and has managed to persuade the media not to ask him about what matters--like his mental unfitness. So...c'mon. You want the truth about this campaign? She's not the problem. Trump is.

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Aug 8
Folks, if you want a US policy toward Israel and Gaza that is more focused on relieving the suffering the people of Gaza and achieving a lasting, just peace, disrupting the campaign of the one person most likely to deliver that is a bad idea. Especially when...
...she has indicated a willingness to meet with groups that share your views. She may not agree with all of your ideas and suggestions. But she is by far your best and only legitimate hope of change and weakening her is a crazily self-destructive process.
You may not like this reality. But you would like the alternatives--Trump or the status quo--much much much less. You may not feel you can wait for our political processes to work out...but frankly, there is no alternative choice that is available or possible.
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To all the geniuses who feel Harris should have picked Shapiro to "win Pennsylvania" I ask, um, when was the last time that was the reason a VP was picked? (Hint: It is seldom if ever the reason a VP candidate was picked.)
Here, let me do some quick math for you. Biden certainly didn't pick Harris to win a contested state. Trump picked neither Vance nor Pence to win contested states. HRC picked Tim Kaine to help in Va., that's true, and he helped. It was an outlier.
Do you think McCain picked Palin to win Alaska? Edwards did not help Kerry win North Carolina. Did Cheney get picked to help Bush in Montana? No. How about Lieberman to help Gore in Connecticut. No. Clinton did win Al Gore's home state of Tennessee...
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The recent discussion about Biden has gone through phases. The first was about the debate performance. The second was about whether that was a signal of potential problems to come. But we are now in a third phase which turns more fears about the state of the campaign.
These concerns are largely from political professionals (not commentators). They turn not just on setbacks since the debate but on the fact that the campaign was seemingly spinning its wheels even beforehand. I sense a bunch of it is from worried folks down the ballot.
These conversations seem to be continuing despite Biden's repeated statements that he is definitely running and in it for the long haul and have not been helped by recent polling data, the Cook Report downgrade of Dem battleground prospects, etc.
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It's pretty clear. Biden is standing for, believes in and still fights for the values that led Americans to the beaches of Normandy 80 years ago. And Trump and the MAGA movement oppose and seek to undermine all those values.
Trump is on the wrong side in the struggle that caused World War II. He is on the side of fascism. Of the enemy. He derogates our heroes. He seeks to undo the gains we made by winning that war. He attacks our allies and our alliances. He supports our enemies.
Trump had a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed. Trump's own cabinet members said he defended Hitler. Watching the 80th Anniversary of D-Day commemorations we should try to understand the full implications of Trump & MAGA in the context of WWII and the last century.
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In traveling through Eastern and Central Europe, the level of despair and palpable fear that Trump may return to office is off-the-charts. A Trump victory is seen as a win for Putin and the beginning of a new round of tectonic changes in the structure of Europe.
In some countries along Russia's borders or near to them, the prospect of a Trump enabled defeat in Ukraine, a weakening of NATO and tacit or explicit U.S. support for Putin and his proxies spells real trouble for democracy and the balance of influence on the continent.
Many express utter disbelief that the voters of America could make such a mistake and put so much that America has been working for during the past century in peril. I try to offer cogent reasons why a Biden victory is more likely than Trump redux.
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The mistake too many inside and out of the administration make is thinking that Netanyahu is a just a difficult ally, even a very difficult one. He is not an ally. He is, in fact, an enemy of America's goals, interests, and values as well as a political foe of President Biden.
Israel is our friend. Peace in the region is our goal. Security, self-determination and dignity for Israelis and Palestinians alike is the only way to that goal. Netanyahu, like Hamas, actively opposes that goal and seeks to make it impossible.
Hamas and Netanyahu are not the same, of course. Hamas is a terrorist organization. Netanyahu is a rogue wannabe autocrat who has with a band of extremists hijacked a democratic government and serially abused the trust of its people and its neighbors.
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