RFK Jr.’s running mate Nicole Shanahan 1) had an affair with far right wing billionaire Elon Musk that ended her marriage and 2) paid millions for that RFK Jr. Super Bowl ad that offended his family members.

She has zero qualifications to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Fair! The fact is he picked her because he’s is rich and can dump money into his spoiler bid targeting ballot access in key swing states.

https://twitter.com/drummike2012/status/1772652436370477474

Just to be clear…still no lawsuit filed by @BillAckman. Will media let him off the hook after giving him the headlines he wanted? Or will they actually follow-up and expose him as the empty bully he is?

His wife was not defamed and everything he said was pure bluster. Let’s review! The story about @NeriOxman being a plagiarist came out the first week of the year.

Bill Ackman said he would sue for defamation almost immediately after. He got headlines saying just that along with coverage of his deranged screeds on the topic.

🧵Biden Supporters Aren’t in Denial, Everyone Else Is
 
There’s a persistent narrative among beltway pundits and even some well-meaning armchair campaigners that pro-Biden Democrats like me are “in denial” about President Joe Biden’s advanced age. Ironically, what has become clear as we are dragged through yet another “but Biden’s age” newscycle is that we are perhaps the only ones engaging rationally on the issue. Joe Biden is old; You won’t hear me or other pro-Biden Democratic operatives argue otherwise.

Simple. If you’re a Democrat, do me a favor…share this screenshot and tag journalists who may themselves be struggling with their memories…because many seem to be forgetting this.

Basically a Republican special counsel decided he was pissed Biden played the “don’t recall” card that every defendant/subject of an investigation on the planet uses and decided to package that up as an attack on Biden’s memory.

Ivanka couldn’t recall a single thing ever. White House calls this out…

https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1755699233309495575

I got a lot of comments on this CNN hit I shared where I spoke about Nikki Haley not going by her birth first name and I want to address it.

🧵 No, Nikki Haley does not go by the first name on her birth certificate. Yes, it’s relevant to her candidacy.
  As you now probably know, the former South Carolina Governor and current 2024 Republican contender goes by her middle name “Nikki” instead of her birth name, “Nimarata.”

🧵On Birtherism, Haley Gets Burned by Flame she Stoked
 
In a rather predictable twist of political fate, Nikki Haley finds herself on the receiving end of the same divisive tactics she once sidestepped or enabled. As the former South Carolina Governor climbs in the polls, her former boss Donald Trump is now claiming Haley is ineligible for office, challenging the status of her citizenship.

[Thread 🧵] As a 2022 graduate of Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School, it is clear to me Harvard has a double standard when it comes disgraced attorney — Harvard Law Professor emeritus — Alan Dershowitz.

I believe Harvard must review Dershowitz’s emeritus status. Last week, after a rightwing pressure campaign, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned over
allegations of plagiarism and an inadequate response to antisemitism. One notable rightwing
voice — and member of the Harvard community — was particularly insistent Gay should resign.

Starting the year off with a piece in @BostonGlobe arguing that Biden is far and away Democrats’ best candidate for 2024.

“Memories can be short, but voters would be wise to consider how far President Biden has brought the country in just three years.” bostonglobe.com/2024/01/01/opi… Here’s the full text:

As the 2024 presidential election approaches, the Democratic Party faces a consequential decision: Should President Biden run for reelection?

bostonglobe.com/2024/01/01/opi…

My new piece on the hypocrisy of Bill Ackman, Elon Musk, Bari Weiss and other self-anointed “free speech” warriors.

“It’s worth noting the sudden acknowledgement from conservatives that institutions of higher learning should not embrace all speech.” themessenger.com/opinion/penn-l… Full text:

News that University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill would resign following concerning responses at a congressional hearing about antisemitism on college campuses was met with praise from across the political spectrum.

Pretty disgusting stuff from @FareedZakaria…much of which misinterprets data or plainly spews bigoted rightwing talking points.

https://twitter.com/fareedzakaria/status/1733927077085143263

Without focus on DEI would Zakaria gotten into Harvard and Yale 3 decades ago? 🤔 When you start to sound like Vivek…just stop. A good operating principle.

Not voting for Biden or staying home because you don’t approve of the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war just shows you are putting your own moral superiority over the human rights of the rest of us. It’s selfish. He is doing no such thing and has helped get aid to Gaza and hostages released, but regardless responding to something you think is bad by taking actions that guarantee more bad things happen to other marginalized folks….is an absurd position.

https://twitter.com/flowfaygo/status/1728801664373502289

Proud of this one. I wrote about my grandparents, The Golden Bachelor, and Joe Biden turning 81.

Please read/share and let me know what you think!

“Old age no longer means what it used to — and Democrats should make that case this cycle.”

themessenger.com/opinion/presid… Here’s the full text:

At age 95, my grandmother still wakes up early every morning to go to the office. Her office is in the basement, equipped with a sewing machine and an oversized, slightly outdated, iMac.

themessenger.com/opinion/presid…

🧵Pro-Palestine Student Statements Expose the Selective Outrage of "Free Speech” Absolutists The news that an NYU law student lost her high-paying law firm position over her support of Palestine in the wake of Hamas’s terror attack earlier this month barely caused a ripple among those who have long championed themselves as the vanguard of free speech.

NEW: Explosive implications that Ramaswamy may have engaged in insider trading.

“Several experts on corporate law and accounting were just as stunned. ‘I am perplexed that the SEC has not investigated these transactions with respect to insider trading.’”newsweek.com/questionable-s…

BREAKING: Dallas Mayor @Johnson4Dallas betrays voters, switching parties from Democrat to Republican after getting elected. The latest in a trend of bait-&-switches from politicians who lie to voters, get elected, then abandon everything they campaign on.

What a disgrace he is. Of course, he uses the propaganda pages of the WSJ to do so…

BREAKING: “Haley’s family business…where Haley handled the accounting and served as chief financial officer, had been hit with three liens over the prior seven years for not paying taxes.”

Her hypocrisy on Hunter Biden is obscene given this info. trib.al/Fe0lBiE Wow…she even used her government connections to cash in….exactly what she and Republicans accuse non-public official Hunter Biden of….much more egregious given her position

As a young Indian American political commentator, there is limited representation of people who look like me in American politics. Recently, however, a breakout Republican presidential candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy, has come to the fore as a leading Indian American political voice. Yet, it is critical to call out that Ramaswamy's perspective is not indicative of the broader sentiment within our community — the representation he offers is misrepresentation.

NEW: Georgia State Rep. Mesha Mainor, elected as a Democrat, has just officially switched to become a Republican. She is a national disgrace. She has betrayed her community.

Luckily, her Atlanta-based district is left-leaning. Let’s make sure she gets voted out. More: capitol-beat.org/2023/07/georgi…

🧵As a former student of Dr. Cornel West at Harvard, I have deep respect for his intellect and compassion. His love for dialogue and his openness to criticism were admirable facets of his teaching style.

https://twitter.com/billkristol/status/1671905730696208384

West was an inspiration in the (zoom) classroom, encouraging everyone to question, to explore, and above all, to seek truth.

🧵 Indian American perspective on Nikki Haley — why we don’t need to be desperate for her awful version of representation. “I’m a woman, I’m a minority, and I’m the daughter of immigrants,” 2024 presidential contender Nikki Haley exclaimed at a less than successful CPAC appearance after launching her campaign. Despite decrying identity politics,