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BBC senior North America reporter. A Texan who explains US politics to Brits, UK politics to Americans & Canadian politics to everyone. Views expressed ≠ BBC's
Sep 2, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow the Texas abortion law to go into effect. So if Democrats had been able to fill Scalia's seat in 2016 or held Ginsburg's seat open for a few more months (or if she had lived a bit longer), this would have been a different outcome. Or, you know, if Hillary Clinton had won, we'd be talking about a liberal super-majority on the court right now. 2016 is going to go down in the history books as a pivotal year in US history.
Aug 8, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read
Meeting yesterday with hospital staff that treated victims in the El Paso shooting, Donald Trump boasts of the size of his rally crowd in the city three months ago and belittles former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke. *The El Paso rally was in February, so it was six months ago, not three as Trump says.
Mar 8, 2019 4 tweets 2 min read
Bill Shine out as White House Communications director. He was a top executive at Fox News previously - and the focus the highly critical New York @janemayernyer article detailing symbiotic relationship between Fox and the Trump Administration. newyorker.com/magazine/2019/… White House Communications Director continues to be the Spinal Tap drummer of the Trump administration. People who have held the job for the last 26 months:
Sean Spicer
Mike Dubke
Sean Spicer (again)
Anthony Scaramucci (10 days)
Hope Hicks
Bill Shine