To be clear, Reagan’s firing of the PATCO strikers ushered along a period of anti-union policies embraced by both parties that accelerated income inequality in the US.
May 7, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
"Many authorities in Texas say they have seen an increase in spur-of-the-moment gunfire since September 2021, when the state began to allow most adults to carry a handgun without a license" (NYT) nytimes.com/2023/05/06/us/…
And as of July 1, Florida will become the 26th state allowing residents to carry a gun without a permit or training.
Mar 27, 2023 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Chris Christie in NH at St. Anselm: "Donald Trump said a couple of weeks ago, I am your retribution.
Guess what everybody? No thanks."
Christie also jabs at DeSantis w/o naming him: Other candidates are gonna try to be Trump-like, they're gonna get thisclose to him but no so bad. Let me tell you something, everybody, he says -- results will be no better than in 2018, 2020 & 2022.
Feb 12, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
College Board's new statement on Black studies course is a mea culpa:
"We deeply regret not immediately denouncing the Florida Department of Education’s slander, magnified by the DeSantis administration’s subsequent comments...” allaccess.collegeboard.org/our-commitment…
More: "Our failure to raise our voice betrayed Black scholars everywhere and those who have long toiled to build this remarkable field...This error triggered a conversation about erasing or eliminating Black thinkers. The vitriol aimed at these scholars is repulsive and must stop
Jan 7, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Asked @GlennYoungkin in Virginia a day after a 6-year-old shot his teacher in Newport Beach if he supports more gun safety laws. He says he’ll work w 2023 Leg on a ‘whole package of enhanced penalties for crimes committed with guns.’
Youngkin also said VA ‘has some of the toughest gun laws in the nation already.’ They were passed under his Dem predecessor and Dem majorities in the General Assembly l, over fierce GOP opposition usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Nov 24, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Alaska’s new ranked choice voting - in which voters’ second choices, avoiding the most polarizing candidates, including Palin, influence the outcome — may show a way past hyper partisan elections. thehill.com/homenews/state…
It’s official: @MaryPeltola, D, has won the AL-AL House race, and @lisamurkowski, R, is re-elected as Senator
Opening q is about the border. Abbot says he's "helping local communities by busing [migrants] ....to sanctuary cities in NE parts of the countries"
Beto says we "need solutions, not stunts,'' proposes a "Tx-based guest worker program"
Jul 1, 2022 • 8 tweets • 1 min read
In MI GOP gov debate tonight, q about whether SCOTUS should roll back same-sex marriage, gay sex protections, etc.
Garret Soldano: 'They need to revisit marriage."
Ryan Kelley: "The Supreme Court needs to start rolling back a lot of those things & give the power back to states"
None of the 5 GOP gov candidates voiced support for same-sex marriage.
Jun 30, 2022 • 13 tweets • 2 min read
‘It was a corrupt, stolen election,’ Lake says in a raucous GOP gov debate happening now. ‘I have the endorsement of Dinesh D’Souza azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
Scott NEELY, only guy of 4 GOP gov candidates in the debate: ‘I haven’t been on a stage with this many women since I was at a baby shower.’
Moderator: ‘Scott, I don’t think that will go over well with women voters.’
Oct 14, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
In a presser, @TerryMcAuliffe going hard at @GlennYoungkin for supporting the Big Lie, using last night's rally in which Trump called in, which opened w a Pledge of Allegiance to a flag used on 1/6 in DC
"You know it all adds up to the same thing here: Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump," McAuliffe says
May 21, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@marcorubio says he's a no on the 1/6 commission bc it would require subpoenas to be bipartisan, and if an R blocks one, this will become a story against Rs: "Congressman so-and-so -- they want to subpoena him or her, but they can’t because the Republicans are blocking it.’"
“So what is this about? I’ll tell you what this is about. The first thing that stood out to me -- this is about politics,'' @marcorubio says in a statement
Mar 28, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Utterly devastating: Dr. Deborah Birx, the WH's virus coordinator under Trump, said most deaths were preventable if Trump administration had acted earlier and more decisively.
There are 549,000 U.S. deaths so far. Birx said the total should be 100,000.
.@SenRonJohnson on the 1/6 rioters: "I knew those were people that loved this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law."
Comprehensive @jmartNYT preview of OH Sen field, including:
Emilia Strong Sykes, the state House minority leader & a progressive mulling a run, said D turnout efforts in Ohio’s cities in 2020 had been “awful” and called for a new approach.
nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/…
Sykes also took a backhand swipe at @RepTimRyan: "Recreating Sherrod Brown — that doesn’t work because Sherrod Brown is Sherrod Brown."
Mar 5, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
A Vexing Question for Democrats: What Drives Latino Men to Republicans? nytimes.com/2021/03/05/us/…
In precincts with 65%+ pop of Latinos and Asians, there was a significantly bigger Trump bump in 2020 than Biden boost compared to Hillary in 2016. nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Mar 4, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The last prez is having a bit of a freakout about GOP losses in GA: "First, Republicans did not turn out to vote because they were so angry and disappointed with GA GOP leadership and Gov. Kemp for failing to stand up to Stacey Abrams and the disastrous Consent Decree...." 1/
"... that virtually eliminated signature verification requirements across the state (and much worse), and was not approved by the State Legislature as required by the Constitution—having a major impact on the result, a rigged election...." 2/
Mar 4, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
NEW from me: Republicans Won Blue-Collar Votes. They’re Not Offering Much in Return. - The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/03/04/us/…
Critics inside and outside of the GOP see a familiar pattern: Republicans officials appeal to the fears of working class voters on cultural issues - immigration, police, hatred of ‘elites’ - but don’t offer much economically to improve their lives.
Feb 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
As Dems' $1.9T stimulus bill passes House w/no GOP votes, revisit 2009. From Obama's memoir: "The Recovery Act passed...with precisely zero GOP votes. It was the opening salvo in a battle plan that McConnell, Boehner, Cantor & the rest would deploy...for the next 8 years..." 1/
"A refusal to work with me or members of my administration, regardless of the circumstances, the issue or the consequences for the country...." 2/
Feb 22, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The ‘delusion’ was Trump’s that he’d won election and he spread that message and inspired the mob that resulted in deaths and an attempted coup. ‘He called us all to the Capitol and he wants us to make it WILD!!! Sir Yes Sir!!!’ wrote leader of the Oath Keepers after Trump tweet
But sure, spin this as a bunch of bumbling fools acting on their own.
Feb 20, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Reports from the White House press pooler this afternoon:
3:47: The pool has gathered and we are now waiting in vans on West Executive Avenue. The White House has not provided details on where we're headed, but your pooler will pass along any updates as soon as possible.
Motorcade is rolling from the White House at 4:33 p.m. Your pooler did not spot the president getting into his vehicle. Updates to come.
Dec 31, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
“You’re killing me! This whole thing is! We’ve got all the damn cases,” Trump yelled at Jared Kushner in the Oval Office on Aug. 19. “I want to do what Mexico does. They don’t give you a test till you get to the emergency room and you’re vomiting.”
nytimes.com/2020/12/31/us/…
Among the most damning indictments you'll read about any president on his response to a crisis:
"The government’s public health experts were all but silenced by the arrival of Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the Stanford professor of neuroradiology recruited after appearances on Fox."
