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@CookPolitical Report with @amyewalter Senate & Governors Editor. Senior author @The_Almanac . Past @NPRpolitics . TN native/Vols fan. @FurmanU alum. Dog mom.
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My mom cried on the phone with me today because my dad had tried to hug her and she still thinks he’s just a strange man. They’ve been married 54 years.
#Alzheimers
is so awful
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I have a friend whose 16 year old son Matthew right now needs your prayers. He’s in critical condition with COVID, undergoing dialysis and on a ventilator. A stark reminder, once again, that this awful virus can hit anyone at any age and that the young and healthy are not immune.
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My dad, calling me at 11 pm at night: “Did you know Trump got acquitted?”
Me: “Do you understand my job?”
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Ayes: Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Kennedy, Marshall, Tuberville
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Words undecided voters in
@FrankLuntz
's focus group had for Trump: "arrogant," "crackhead" and "un-American"
Biden: "better than expected," "more professional," "restraint and compassion," "Predictable" "coherent" "leader"
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I'm not kidding -- in the evangelical household I grew up in this was the absolute worst thing you could ever say because it was blasphemy against God
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The sad thing is, Joe Biden gives the best eulogies, in part, because he’s seen so much more tragedy in his own life than any individual should ever have to endure.
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I asked for prayers earlier for my friend’s son Matthew, an otherwise healthy 16 yo who has COVID &was in the ICU fighting for his life. He’s improved some but still on ventilator.
Now, despite isolating, his 14 yo brother Timothy, has it too and is also in PICU & needs prayers
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Man at Amtrak this morning: “I’ve never ridden the train before. Anything special I should know?”
Amtrak employee, with a blank look: “you just get on and sit down”
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We are also increasing our current Senate projection from a gain of 2 to 7 seats for Democrats
Many Republicans told me that holding Democrats to just a 51-49 majority may be a *good* night for the GOP
🚨New SENATE RATINGS changes
@CookPolitical
🚨
#AKSen
: Likely R —> Lean R
#TXSen
: Likely R —> Lean R
#GASen
special: Lean R —> Toss Up
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"If you like Subpoena Coladas, and getting caught in the rain...."
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Good news for the U.S. Senate
Doctor says in 10 years time, humans will be able to live and work till the age of 120.
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DSCC announces they're going in with a seven-figure investment to help Jaime Harrison, who raised $1M just yesterday after the Qpoll showed him tied with Graham.
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.
@CookPolitical
will be moving this race from Toss Up to Lean Democrat upon Mastriano's
#PAGov
win.
I've seen enough. State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R) wins the
#PAGOV
GOP primary and will face Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) in the fall.
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Dogs are truly the only ones who have enjoyed these past 8 months. Cats are indifferent.
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After a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s, my mother passed away last evening shortly after I made it to her bedside just 90 minutes before she left us. My mother was my best friend, my biggest cheerleader and I would not be where I am today without her love and support
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Ossoff, predictably, spending a lot of time early on hitting Perdue on stock trades. Latest reports, including one from the NYTimes, found Perdue made more stock trades than any other member, including ones that were related to committees he sat on
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Yeah, there’s a global pandemic
Let’s look at some absentee voting history.
2012: Obama received 87,487
2016: Clinton received 98,417
2020: Biden received 849,182
Notice anything fishy?
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Many people thought Giffords was poised to become a senator or even higher, and I remember back in 2009, I had one source predict to me she could be the first female president. If not for a deranged gunman, the sky likely would have been her limit.
You were by my side when I took my oath of office nearly 14 years ago. I’m so excited to be by yours today as you’re sworn in as our next Arizona Senator.
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7 Republican guilty votes in total: Burr, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse and Toomey
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There is only one man the British monarchy can turn to now
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris wearing suffragette white. On the 100 year anniversary of women getting the right to vote, a woman wins on the presidential ticket
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Send this to the Smithsonian.
Against all odds, the staples held through the election, but now I think the time has come to finally retire my tie
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🚨New SENATE RATINGS changes
@CookPolitical
🚨
#AKSen
: Likely R —> Lean R
#TXSen
: Likely R —> Lean R
#GASen
special: Lean R —> Toss Up
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Rudy Giuliani isn't employed by the U.S. government and doesn't have any security clearance.
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Makeshift palm branches grabbed off my tree for a virtual
#PalmSunday
service this morning
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If you zoom in on White House Chief of Staff John Kelly in that last photo at the end of the table.....
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Alabama elex spox John Bennett just told me that if the GOP withdraws their nomination of Moore, and notifies their office, he will remain on ballot but even if he gets most votes, won't be certified as winner b/c party has withdrawn nomination.
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Just got back to Tennessee and my mom knew who I was when she saw me. 🙏🏻 Best Christmas present ever.
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Handel talks of VA shooting: "We need to also lift up this nation so that we can find a more civil way to deal with our disagreements"
#GA6
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It's apparently too much to ask for
#Alzheimers
to give me two good days in a row with my mom. After doing well this morning, now Mom has no idea who I am and started to call 911 on me. I just sat there bawling as she yelled at me she's never been my mother and hates me.
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Current status: eating chocolate chips straight out of the bag because that's the only chocolate I can find in my house right now
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Imagine telling someone in 1994 that Donald Trump would be president and Tonya Harding would be at the Golden Globes in 2018.
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The
@dcexaminer
found Roy Moore's "Jewish lawyer" and discovered he voted for Doug Jones and raised money for him.
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When I was little, my Mom would sing “Jesus Loves Me” to me every night as she put me to bed.
Tonight I sang it to her as I put her to bed. I saw a glimpse in her eyes she knew who I was for the first time in days.
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"You see, as a leader I should be stoic in my outrage and silent in my rebuke. But stoicism is a luxury and silence is a weapon for those who would quiet the voices of the people. And I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right."
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This Washington Post correction needs a correction. (Takano is a Democrat)
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If you’re a praying person, my dad is being admitted to the hospital tonight with pneumonia (he’s been vaccinated so we aren’t sure yet if it’s COVID too. A rapid test came back negative. Waiting on PCR. Please get vaccinated) Flying home tonight.
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Tillerson:You have access to info I don't have
Rubio:It's from the LATimes
Tillerson:I'm not going to rely on what I read in the newspapers
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Rejoicing today because Mom actually knows who Dad is today and told him how much she loves him.
#Alzheimers
takes away so much, but there are still parts of the person left in there. Mom’s caregiver sent me this photo and I’m crying happy tears
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“His ex-wife turned him in” is the best part of this
CAPITOL RIOT ARREST UPDATE:
*Larry Rendell Brock, a Texas man who was photographed in tactical gear on the Senate floor, surrenders to the FBI.
*His ex-wife turned him in after seeing photos of riot.
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Ben Wyatt somehow flipping an R+13 district
Lol no WAY are we ready for this. ♥️🥺
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Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed at Sandy Hook, against arming teachers "...school teachers have more than enough responsibility than to have the awesome responsibility of lethal force to take a life. Nobody wants to see a shootout in a school."
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Ronna McDaniel says on Face the Nation that suburban women are moving back to Trump, which there is virtually zero evidence to show that
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Speaker Eric Cantor probably has some thoughts, along with current Rep. Barbara Comstock
Trump pollster
@JMcLghln
is privately telling people that Trump is ahead in ALL the swing states – including Penn and Michigan, and tied in Wisconsin.
I don't believe it. But if he's right, he's a genius. If he's wrong, I wonder if he'll ever work again.
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I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched this video, and each time it’s amazing
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I think even without abortion emerging as an issue in
#KYGov
that Beshear still would've had the edge, but this ad his campaign ran will go down as one of the most devastatingly effective....which many Republicans privately told me as well
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Try telling someone in 2008 that both Colin Powell and Cindy McCain would be speaking at the Democratic National Convention in 2020
Breaking on
@MSNBC
: Colin Powell will be a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention tonight.
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I’d like to thank God, science and
@DollyParton
for this moment. I got my first Moderna vaccine today, at the exact same time my parents were getting their second Moderna shot
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To recap
@CookPolitical
Gov ratings changes today:
#MAGov
: Solid R --> Lean D
#GAGov
: Lean R --> Toss Up
And we have NINE other ratings changes we are making in our governors' overview coming out Friday morning
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“Greenfield leads with independent voters like Denison 47% to 32% over Ernst.
Additionally, 10% of those who say they voted for Trump in 2016 plan to vote for Greenfield in 2020.”
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Trump: "I'll tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense." Democracy isn't a reality TV show.
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Heads up.....we have 3 Senate ratings changes coming tomorrow morning at
@CookPolitical
along with an overview of where the Senate battlefield stands three weeks out
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Georgia is the state, hands down, that I’ve heard increasing worry about from Republican sources this week at both the presidential and Senate level
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. is placing its first TV ad spending in Georgia. Start date is tomorrow, 6/27
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Jeb Bush's former chief strategist -->
John McCain probably revealed less to the KGB in 5+ years of torture at the Hanoi Hilton than Trump did in 5 minutes in the Oval.
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U.S. government: Look how dysfunctional we are!
British government: Hold my beer.
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🚨New
@CookPolitical
Electoral College ratings changes this morning from
@amyewalter
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FLORIDA from Toss Up ➡️ Lean D
Missouri: Solid R ➡️ Likely R
Kansas: Solid R ➡️ Likely R
Indiana: Solid R ➡️ Likely R
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Today’s a really good day with Mom — she knew who I was when I got home, she knows who Dad is, and she got to hold Smokey
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So there was some excitement today at work.......
@taylorswift13
is amazing.
#TinyDesk
coming soon!
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My dad usually gets a free meal for Veterans Day at
@Applebees
&
@fatzcafe
. He called & they said they aren’t honoring it on carry-outs. My parents are trying to cautious with
#COVID
, as are many older vets especially. You’d think they could adjust
#VeteransDay
policies this year
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🚨🚨 New
@CookPolitical
Senate ratings and overview 🚨🚨
Almost 100 days out, Democrats are favored to take back the Senate
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Well the label Mark Halperin has is sexual predator
NEW: Political journalist Mark Halperin, whose career crumbled in 2017 after multiple women accused him of sexual harassment, has joined bipartisan D.C. policy group No Labels, Punchbowl News reports.
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Spicer says Trump won with the most electoral votes (306) of a GOP president since Reagan. George HW Bush got 426.
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Wow — fmr Rep. Jane Harman shares on
@MSNBC
right now with
@mitchellreports
a photo she took with Feinstein just last night around 5 pm at her house
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But Britt’s win actually had very little to do with Trump’s endorsement. She was already on pace to roll in the runoff. Trump hitched his wagon to her to get another W
I've seen enough: Trump-endorsed Katie Britt (R) defeats Freedom Caucus Rep. Mo Brooks (R) in the
#ALSEN
GOP runoff.
@CookPolitical
November rating: Solid R.
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Damn, Caroline Kennedy’s son looks a lot like JFK Jr.
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While I’ve been home this week I’ve helped my mom get ready for bed. She can’t dress herself so I have to help her put on her pajamas. I kiss her goodnight in bed like she used to for me. And then she asks if I have somewhere to sleep because by nighttime she doesn’t remember me
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Just a little tease that we'll have a big Senate rating change coming tomorrow morning....
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Coworker, asking those of us who grew up evangelical if having someone sign their Bible is normal.
Me:
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Big ratings change this morning at
@CookPolitical
: As the national environment sours for Democrats and public & private polling shows an increasingly close race, we're moving our
#VAGov
rating to Toss Up: ($)
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"Pundits and hyperpartisans will hear my words as a rejection of the normal order. You see i’m supposed to say nice things and accept my fate. They will complain that I should not use this moment to recap what was done wrong or to demand a remedy."
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And finally, my occasional reminder that dementia is not something to mock or try to use as a political cudgel. It is my nightmare for my mom I live every day. And millions of other families do too. I would not wish this disease on my worse enemy.
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I have a very hard time right now seeing how Democrats win back the Senate.
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And here's the "Lock her up" chants at the Indiana rally
(reminder that Trump's campaign chairman actually is locked up right now)
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Criticizing the president's policies or decisions isn't bullying. Hitting someone on their looks and appearance is
“The president again isn’t gonna be someone who’s bullied,” Sarah Huckabee Sanders says on Fox
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🚨New Senate ratings change this morning at
@CookPolitical
🚨
#SCSen
moves from Likely to Lean Republican
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Dad: "It doesn't look like you're doing work."
Me: "I'm hitting refresh on an election results page. This is a large part of what I do."
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Today in happy news (because we all need some): 53 years ago my dad lost his high school class ring while playing football with his friends. Today, someone called to tell him they had found it.
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Senate going straight into a vote. Ayes on Pennsylvania: Cruz, Hawley, Hyde-Smith, Lummis, Marshall, Rick Scott, Tuberville
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*screams into pillow*
Sen Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a speculated 2024 candidate, introduces a bill that in part calls for election officials to count mail ballots as they come in.
That's exactly what secretaries of state in these swing states wanted to happen, but were blocked by GOP legislatures
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Some happy news this morning.
UPDATE: You may have heard abt Daphne, who ran from Alexandria shooting scene & was lost yesterday. She was FOUND early this morning.
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Me to Dad: Pruitt’s out.
Dad: What?! He hasn’t even played a game yet.
*pause*
Me: did you think I was talking about Jeremy Pruitt, the new TN football coach?
Dad: Yes.....
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A Democrat challenging Marjorie Taylor Greene outraised her by more than double last quarter. He amassed more than $2.4 million.
Candidates in unwinnable races can still raise big bucks.
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Um, Anderson Cooper just literally rolled his eyes at Kellyanne Conway.
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