Concerns about the president’s age are being overcome by enthusiasm about his record so far, optimism about the G.O.P. field — and the absence of better options.
Also THE PRESIDENTIAL INCUMBENCY ADVANTAGE, a massive strategic asset. Let's let the Republican Party take center stage all year folks. Democrats, Seeing a Weaker Trump, Are Falling in Line Behind Biden https://t.co/N5B7BfvSE6
Biden’s (still) the person Dems are coalescing behind, via NYT team in Philly https://t.co/q7FSvqpl7o
Democrats, Seeing a Weaker Trump, Are Falling in Line Behind Biden - The New York Times https://t.co/cPf1mODCFX
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Some Jan. 6 defendants who have expressed remorse in court for joining the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol have later struck a different tone or downplayed the deadly riot publicly. https://t.co/rWicRVxog3
Appearing before a federal judge after pleading guilty to a felony charge in the deadly Capitol riot, former West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans expressed remorse for letting down his family and his community, saying he made a "crucial mistake." https://t.co/2w8R5ndkru
Sorry, not sorry. A growing number of Jan. 6 defendants who expressed regret to judges who were meting out their punishment now strike a different tone or downplay the riot after receiving their sentences. By @aedurkinricher & @Kunzelman75 https://t.co/zXzCu4eSw9
After apologizing and showing remorse in court, some J6 defendants change their tune after receiving their punishment. https://t.co/MbQT90ijzT
Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology https://t.co/VZnD26yr3Y
Crocodile tears have been rampant among the Capitol stormers. https://t.co/MtJLU9ICL9 "Sorry, not sorry: Some 1/6 rioters change tune after apology"
BREAKING A newly released audio recording obtained by The Associated Press offers a behind-the-scenes look at how former President Donald Trump’s campaign team in Wisconsin knew they had been outflanked by Democrats in the 2020 presidential election. https://t.co/JekBje8h2H
SOURCE: attn @TheJusticeDept END/ https://t.co/MKDo52I5DM
NEW from AP: An audio recording from Trump's 2020 campaign team EXPOSES them deliberately trying to “fan the flame” of the big lie in Wisconsin. “Just be on standby in case there’s any stunts we need to pull.” They must all be held accountable. https://t.co/mgpmgOln6h
New audio from the Trump campaign. Operatives laugh over needing “more Black voices for Trump.” Andrew Iverson, RNC midwest coordinator: “We ever talk to Black people before? I don’t think so,” eliciting laughter from others in the room. https://t.co/6r0Li7Oy2U
“Comms is going to continue to fan the flames about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need. Just be on standby if there’s any stunts we need to pull.” ~RNC Midwest Director admits Trump lost but spread Big Lie https://t.co/rFmh1oj59a
New audio from November, 2020, reveals Trump campaign efforts to continue pressing election lies in Wisconsin. Even though they knew they lost the race they said it was still best to “fan the flames” by spreading lies about voting fraud. https://t.co/SqSwqs1TXr
On needing “more Black voices for Trump” Andrew Iverson head of Trump campaign in Wisconsin: “We ever talk to Black people before? I don’t think so,” eliciting laughter from others in the room. Iverson now serves as the Midwest regional director for RNC https://t.co/u8a15k4RB5
“Here’s the deal: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need. Just be on standby if there’s any stunts we need to pull,” said Trump’s Wisconsin director. https://t.co/f0TixQK9A4
An 11/5/20 recording of head of Trump’s WI campaign: “Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need. Just be on standby if there’s any stunts we need to pull.” https://t.co/80kNBgC6C0
Trump campaign team in WI: "“Here’s the deal: Comms is going to continue to fan the flame and get the word out about Democrats trying to steal this election. We’ll do whatever they need. Just be on standby if there’s any stunts we need to pull.” https://t.co/NrcanDb3U2
Finally someone who understands both men states the obvious: Trump is John Gotti -- A MOB BOSS!! https://t.co/8pHOLoNrjh
🥵 Woulda. Coulda. Shoulda. The Manhattan DA “once considered charging the former president with racketeering, a law often used against the Mafia.” https://t.co/W2dHKvsUiJ
Trump Likened to Mob Boss John Gotti in Ex-Prosecutor’s New Book https://t.co/oHIpFvn9jd
We've got new details on Mark Pomerantz's book, including that the Manhattan DA considered a racketeering case against Trump and his thoughts on the decision not to charge Trump last year. https://t.co/TFrmE6g36M
The least we should do "Blinken Postpones Trip to China After Balloon Is Detected Over U.S." https://t.co/0QxrqQKaKc
Furor Over Chinese Spy Balloon Leads to a Diplomatic Crisis https://t.co/l9fx2rJTlg
A balloon blows up US-China diplomacy: Blinken & Wendy Sherman, the deputy secretary of state, secretly confronted Chinese diplomats in Washington about the spy balloon on Wed. Then on Friday, he canceled his trip to Beijing. w/ @helenecooper @ChuBailiang. https://t.co/Qt3JEGJIxJ
China’s excuse for its off course surveillance balloon is a lot of hot air—an insult to our intelligence, in so many ways. The response needs to be more robust than just canceling a Secretary of State visit. Call it out. Signal outrage with action. https://t.co/QZQZOuv0iW
Biden may yet decide to shoot it down, a Pentagon official said, but he will likely not do so until the balloon is above water, probably over the Atlantic Ocean https://t.co/Cn1B5aIkux
A deep @kenvogel dive on the corporate lobbyist who helped make Kevin McCarthy speaker, and is now poised to rake in (another) small fortune leveraging their friendship: https://t.co/dmW6nsrd0w
NEW: KEVIN McCARTHY's closest confidant & biggest fundraiser is a lobbyist who spearheaded his speaker campaign, sneaking into his Capitol office to avoid reporters & urging donors to pressure holdouts to vote 'yes.' Now, JEFF MILLER stands to benefit. https://t.co/xxZJiYbbD7
Jeff Miller is the Kevin McCarthy's top fund-raiser and closest confidant. He is also one of Washington’s most prominent corporate lobbyists. https://t.co/rXaYH0gIc2
That a lobbyist whose clients include some of the biggest corporations in America has such significant access to the Speaker of the House should be alarming to the American people. https://t.co/zUnAiUsUOa
“Kevin McCarthy and Jim Jordan pretend like they’re conservative warriors against Big Tech, when in reality they’re doing Big Tech’s bidding by stopping bipartisan antitrust reforms that would hold Big Tech accountable.” - @mrddmia https://t.co/k3qLJsTZcN
A good one from @kenvogel: https://t.co/9wrOyAkZJ2
How Prosecutors Say a Top F.B.I. Agent Sold His Services Overseas https://t.co/bASosmt5Zj
CHARLES McGONIGAL's case illuminates a shadowy corner of the influence industry in which deep pocketed foreign interests pay Americans with connections to US law enforcement or intelligence to try to get out of trouble, or to create trouble for rivals. https://t.co/jUYzQh8KUm
Soros protégé for Albania, Erion Veliaj, rumored to bribe McGonigal millions of Dollars to invent investigations into opposition figures How Prosecutors Say a Top F.B.I. Agent Sold His Services Overseas - The New York Times https://t.co/1Bn6LZjIqY
Here's what @holdentriplett told the NYT about Charlie McGonigal: “It puts a question mark next to everything he was involved in." That would be investigations into Russian sleeper agents, Wikileaks, Chinese CIA moles ... and yes, Crossfire Hurricane. https://t.co/7oUyFfH5UX
Bloomberg reports that the White House kept the balloon’s presence under wraps for fear of derailing the Blinken trip, until local media in Billings Montana published a picture of it on Thursday afternoon. https://t.co/9Xi3i5pqur
"The sentiment among those in the room was that the trip wasn’t worth the potential domestic political costs of going, given that Blinken’s talks in China were not expected to yield much in the first place." https://t.co/02ud6b3Tow via @bpolitics
How a balloon 🎈 from China confounded the White House and upended diplomacy between the world's two superpowers —> from @PeterMartin_PCM @jendeben & @JenniferJJacobs for @business https://t.co/btegGEaj9N via @bpolitics
Here’s an account of a crazy 48 hours in Washington, detailing how a balloon blew up Blinken’s China trip With @jendeben and @JenniferJJacobs https://t.co/PQTmSsPuHJ
US officials spent hours debating whether Blinken should scrap the trip to Beijing. The sentiment was that the trip wasn’t worth the potential domestic political costs of going, given that Blinken’s talks were not expected to yield much in the first place https://t.co/wJPdJCJld9
The reason we know about the Chinese balloon? A local newspaper, @billingsgazette. https://t.co/OjeS3PR5Hu https://t.co/ka95Yy0NkO
Jordan subpoenas Garland, Wray over school board memo https://t.co/1vlUr0dunZ https://t.co/WSYoG4YpmN
The Meaning of African American Studies: “Black studies is supposed to be an epistemological break, and that’s why it’s dangerous—because it actually wants to try to figure out a way to make this country not racist.”♦ https://t.co/KJep28wVYO
“What it means, what Black studies is about, is trying to understand how the system works and recognizing that the way the system works now benefits a few at the expense of the many.” Robin D. G. Kelley talks to @KeeangaYamahtta https://t.co/LCX2oy3hOy
The Meaning of African American Studies | The New Yorker https://t.co/VRlZva5Fqo
@PhdAmaka @KeeangaYamahtta Hey you! It’s here: https://t.co/2XDL3s7XZm
Our economic plan is working. Since @POTUS and I took office, a record 12 million jobs have been created—that's more jobs in two years than under any administration in a full four-year term. https://t.co/FlDYotj5gO
More “stunning” jobs numbers. More proof that @POTUS and House Democrats are building a strong economy. We are focused on the needs of working families. House Republicans are focused on political sideshows. https://t.co/C7EScEBhu8
Wages up, half a million new jobs in January, and the lowest unemployment rate since the moon landing. @POTUS’ economic plan is working. https://t.co/XD1Uq9Kbuj
Payrolls increased by 517,000 in January, much better than 187,000 expected https://t.co/QoP13J4iPM
We added more than half a million new jobs in the last month. Last time unemployment was this low (3.4%) was 1969 - the same year we put a man on the moon! We still have a ways to go as we fight inflation & price gouging, but this is a key step forward. https://t.co/Uuwfidc69U
BREAKING: Dow Jones expected the US to add 187,000 jobs in January. The number is: 517,000. https://t.co/1nudpzIice
Silicon Valley layoffs are just that, Silicon Valley layoffs. If you thought the world was crumbling, you are reading too much news from one region (and one industry) of the world. https://t.co/LlJO9VD3bt
Unemployment is at a 50 year low and the jobs market is strong 💪🏾💪🏾 Democrat led policies are delivering for poor and working people across this country! https://t.co/f6QbUjYdlU
Unemployment rate hits a 53-year low and the stock market loses ground. I’m sure economists have their reasons for this but it seems another example of how the interests of Wall Street and Main Street are in conflict. https://t.co/iOfXSSGWgC
Democrats promised to work to create more jobs – and Democrats delivered. https://t.co/wDR5hR2Wk8
Pentagon press secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder says a Chinese balloon spotted over U.S. airspace is currently moving eastward. https://t.co/MkZKtDPPYj https://t.co/fERbHAuaPw
@AP A second Chinese surveillance balloon was spotted somewhere over Latin America, said Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder. He provided no more information on its location, days after the first Chinese balloon was reported over the Western U.S. https://t.co/EQSnsGOjoZ
#UnitedStates: A large spy balloon from #China has been spotted flying above the state of Montana. The balloon (which China claims is for research purposes and accidentally flew off course) has now began traveling eastward. https://t.co/J5xOUG0t3B https://t.co/szyT8j6eaT
“The development dealt a new blow to already strained U.S.-Chinese relations that have been in a downward spiral for years over numerous issues.” https://t.co/psOd1z9SZK
Great piece by @tjl on FAKE TAGS. D.C. studied this problem, then decided to do nothing, because enforcing the law would adversely affect people of color — but as with other issues, doing nothing also adversely affects people of color, sometimes fatally https://t.co/ovSmgmtmQb
Old Bay Melee Three Dems are preparing to run for Cardin's seat if he retires: Alsobrooks, Raskin and Trone But Cardin isn't going anywhere yet: "If they raise money now, they can turn it over to me, can’t they?” https://t.co/esp96rH5eu @allymutnick @sarahnferris
Several Jan 6th insurrectionists expressed remorse in their guilty plea for their participation in the riot. Then they started giving interviews backtracking - saying they regretted nothing and would do it again. The judge wants to revoke their plea deals. https://t.co/7C3kd27KZF
NEW: A Jan. 6 defendant's admission to his crimes in court may be unraveled after he tried to walk it back in a media interview just days later. w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/0DkSBNS06d
Judge calls #Jan6 defendant Thomas Adams on carpet after he admits to entering Senate floor without permission during #CapitolRiot, but says in news interview next day he has no regrets and isn't really guilty. w/@kyledcheney https://t.co/dWoauus5EM
Judge demands answers after Jan. 6 defendant recants guilt https://t.co/L13U6nrGks
A Jan. 6 defendant’s boast in an interview this week that he had no regrets about his role in the Capitol riot — just days after acknowledging his guilt in court — may upend his efforts to resolve the criminal case against him. https://t.co/BVaNUme0LE
You are kidding me, Our adversaries have lost respect, and have no fear of the United States. Your vote for #Biden did that. Democrats,! Are you happy destroying our nation? Pentagon says another Chinese spy balloon is traveling over Latin America. https://t.co/u4ts4ss92d
🫤 "Pentagon says another Chinese spy balloon is traveling over Latin America" https://t.co/Xp6dV6MZC4
Pentagon says another Chinese spy balloon is traveling over Latin America - likely coming to USA. Southern Border is WIDE open, Northern border almost as bad. Joe Biden can’t control the SKY’s either. #WeakLeader. https://t.co/H7xZXCTrmN
Joe, hey @JoeBiden, wake up. https://t.co/43V4xfILoo
Don’t worry I am sure the Chinese Communist Party regrets this one also. What in the hell is Biden doing? https://t.co/5dIapr2RHK
El pentágono informó de un 2do globo espía de #China está vez volando sobre Latinoamérica 💥💥💥 Pentagon says another Chinese #spyballoon is traveling over Latin America #ChinaSpyBalloon https://t.co/bIPauLxDgZ #FoxNews
Apparently, two hot-air balloons are too much for Joe Biden and his entire National Security Team... https://t.co/AThiwIhtjZ
BREAKING: Pentagon says another Chinese spy balloon is traveling over Latin America https://t.co/IgcleoUWfr