It’s about time the Democratic Party come to terms with the fact that a vast majority of the American public lives in a media environment — from Fox to Twitter to podcasts — that functions as a Republican propaganda machine. Ignoring this reality is no longer a tenable solution. Republicans aiming to dismantle the social safety net for a tax cut have poured billions into buying and building the most influential media platforms to spread fear and bolster their agenda. Democrats must get serious and invest in alternative media to counter this influence.

It’s time for Senate Democrats to realize that they were given an explicit governing mandate by voters, and exactly zero of those voters will accept the filibuster as an excuse for legislative inaction. Cannot emphasis this enough: Georgia, a historically Republican state, was given a choice between Democrats controlling the Senate to enact Joe Biden’s agenda, or divided government. Voters deliberately chose to give Democrats a mandate.

As the Trump presidency comes to a close, 390,000 Americans are dead, millions are out of work, and our democracy is at the brink of ruin.

To those pundits in 2016 who opined ‘How bad could a Trump presidency really be?’ know: You own this. “Calm down! We’ll be fine!” they said.

washingtonpost.com/opinions/calm-…

In the years after 9/11, every time there was a terrorist attack the media would ask ‘Where were they radicalized?’

Why is that question no longer asked? Fox News, OANN, right wing talk radio, Parler. That’s where today’s white supremacist terrorist is being radicalized. The biggest national security threat facing our country today comes not from foreign-born assailants but from American-born white men. Yet police and press struggle to even call this threat what it is and call out the platforms radicalizing them.

Funny that the same pundits who spent four years urging Democrats to ‘understand’ Trump voters have no similar request for Republicans, after a majority of the country soundly rejected their politics. In the weeks following the 2016 election, the press churned out dozens of sympathetic Trump voter profiles, chastising Democrats for failing to ‘speak to their issues.’ Where are these same profiles of Biden voters?

Let me get this straight: The Washington Post breaks the news that foreign adversaries are interfering in the election to threaten Democrats, and the DNI immediately holds a press conference to say it’s actually interference against Trump? This — quite clearly targets Democrats.

https://twitter.com/donie/status/1318726380646027264

Press: Shares an unverified NY Post

Intel: It’s Russian disinformation.

Press: Our bad! We didn’t know.

...

Press: Ooo now look at these new texts! It’s entirely reasonable at this point to ask whether journalists actually care if they’re conduits for a foreign adversary interfering in our election. So long as it’s click worthy, it seems many don’t care.

New poll: Biden leads Trump by +12%

Fielded during Trump’s return to the campaign trail and after he backed out of the virtual debate.

Biden 54%
Trump 42%

wins-csip.com/new-whitman-in… 17M+ Americans have already voted.

Biden is banking a substantial 54-point lead among these early voters, as most Trump voters wait until Election Day.

This vote method gap is unprecedented.

NEW: Pennsylvania poll we conducted after Trump’s release from the hospital

Biden leads Trump by +5 among LVs

Biden 51%
Trump 46%

wins-csip.com/new-whitman-in… Both candidates have consolidated their base, with Trump winning 86% of GOP and Biden winning 89% of Democrats.

But among non-affiliated voters in Pennsylvania, Biden holds a commanding 13-point lead.

Oh my god — CNN just aired a recording of Melania Trump caught on tape saying “Give me a fucking break” in response to questions about children separated from their parents at the border. Full Melania Trump video: “They said, ‘Oh what about the children that were separated?’ Give me a fucking break.”

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Joni Ernst told @DMRegister in 2018:

[Waiting until the election] is “precedent set. So come 2020, if there's an opening, I'm sure you'll remind me of that."

She now supports filling Ginsburg’s seat. Ernst lied. Her Senate seat is a tossup. Now is a great time to chip in & help @GreenfieldIowa defeat Joni Ernst. secure.actblue.com/donate/greenfi…

This is, of course, untrue. But more perplexing, Trump repeatedly attacked Biden for wanting to shut down the economy. Pence is now saying Trump did exactly as Biden urged?

https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1304074978296565761

Put plainly: the Trump campaign continues to lack a coherent campaign message and, at the moment, seems to be taking credit for something they’ve repeatedly attacked Biden for urging.

On Monday night, Trump gave his national platform to a white man who used an AR-15 to terrorize BLM protesters.

On Tuesday night, a white man used an AR-15 to murder two BLM protesters.

But please, carry on praising RNC optics. Seriously, how is the RNC moving ahead with their programming on the same day a right wing terrorist gunned down innocent protesters on the streets of America?

New piece: Donald Trump’s infamous ’53 percent’ support among white women voters has evaporated. These same voters who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 are set to retire him in 2020. matthewfmcdermott.com/blog/2020/6/15… Arguably, the most striking change since 2016 is just how far Donald Trump’s support has fallen among white women.

In 2016, Trump secured a plurality among white women against Hillary Clinton.

Now, Joe Biden leads among white women voters by 13 points.

Ivanka Trump is a truly terrible person. This isn’t the first time Trump has pushed an anti-LGBTQ agenda during Pride Month. It’s intentional. And every member of this Administration who’s not in prison next year should be ostracized from society.

New polling this morning —

Voters responding negatively to Trump’s reaction to the George Floyd protests.

Trump’s handling of the protests

36% approve
59% disapprove Thus far, the government response to the George Floyd protests has included the use of tear gas on peaceful protesters.

73% of voters OPPOSE releasing tear gas on peaceful protesters as a response

Mike Pence caught on hot mic delivering empty boxes of PPE for a PR stunt. Trump’s White House, summarized.

This year the Supreme Court is going to decide cases that will impact everything from the future of LGBTQ rights to gun violence prevention laws.

Excited to hear candidates discuss plans at the first ever #OurRightsOurCourts forum today. Courts matter. Tune in! The #OurRightsOurCourts forum is getting started now. Follow along for updates, and watch live at link below.

Connecticut Post calls on Trump to resign: “He has repeatedly proven himself unfit for office and appears to view the presidency as a position meant to benefit himself personally, not as one that must represent the interests of an entire nation.” ctpost.com/opinion/articl… St. Louis Post-Dispatch has also called on Trump to resign from office, writing, “The time has come for Republicans to stand up for the Constitution, stand up for America, and tell Trump to step down.” stltoday.com/opinion/editor…

No, the New York Times did not talk to six “swing voters” about impeachment. The article quotes a handful of devout GOP voters who the NYT has repeatedly interviewed multiple times. A thread....

https://twitter.com/stavernise/status/1177045727450730499

The NYT article includes an interview with Donna, presented as a swing voters who doesn’t favor impeachment.

The problem? NYT interviewed the same woman last year. She voted for Trump and the Republicans again in the Midterm.

This isn’t a swing voter.