Michael C. Bender
@MichaelCBender
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New York Times, political correspondent; Author, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost” (Get signed copies from @politicsprose)
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Joined July 2009
The response to the release of my book this past week has been an out-of-body experience. I will never forget how much help I needed—from family, from friends, from colleagues, and from sources—to finish this book, and how lucky I am to have received it. Thank you so, so much!
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Never underestimate the footnotes!.
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RT @katherinemiller: Think it's this footnote from @MichaelCBender's "Frankly, We Did Win This Election"
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What happens when a thoughtful wife and an attentive mother is also one of the nation's great writers:
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What having a baby taught me about the illusion of control
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Congrats, Trey! Well deserved!.
Honored to win the First Amendment Award from the RTDNA. Over the past several years, my team and I have reported from nearly 20 different countries. The credit for this recognition belongs to the Murdoch family, the Fox executive team and my crew.
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Vice President-elect JD Vance brought two of Donald J. Trump’s potential cabinet members to the Senate this week to shore up support for the president-elect’s picks, but he’s leaving with only one.
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Some Republican senators, who will consider his nomination to be defense secretary, shrugged off the accusations and defended him.
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Here’s your 2024 election in a nutshell: The +15 Biden counties from 2020 delivered 1.9 million fewer votes for Vice President Harris on Tuesday, while the +15 Trump counties came thru with an additional 1.2 ballots for the former president. via @NYTimes.
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Many Democrats failed to turn out to vote at the rate they did in 2020 when they ousted Donald Trump, according to an analysis of election data.
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Vance appeared calm in the final days of the tense race, having changed into a T-shirt & jeans from the dark suit and tie he had worn to events, joking about his impact on the “pet owner vote," and cracking open a Coors Light as the interview ended. More:
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With the close, tense campaign nearing its end, Senator JD Vance projected optimism, but added: “I just want to know.”
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Congrats, Lemire!.
☕NEW: @JonLemire has signed a deal to become co-host of @msnbc @Morning_Joe 9 a.m. ET hour in Jan. • New host to be named for 5 a.m. @WayTooEarly .• I'm told the @RedSox fan and WH reporter is the rare cable news host who signed new deal w/o pay cut
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“So in closing,” Mr. Trump continued, “I just want to say Kamala Harris is a radical left Marxist rated even worse than Bernie Sanders or Pocahontas.”. He proceeded to speak for 17 more minutes.
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Some advisers and allies of former President Donald J. Trump are concerned about his scattershot style on the campaign trail as he continues to veer off script.
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In AZ & PA, Harris has consolidated support among Democrats since replacing Biden as the party’s nominee. But Trump’s strength remains the economy, the issue primarily responsible for his political potency across battleground states this year.
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The latest Times/Inquirer/Siena polls found Donald Trump with a six-point advantage in Arizona, and Kamala Harris with a four-point lead in Pennsylvania.
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“Have you ever seen the movie ‘The Big Lebowski’?”—JD Vance. via @NYTimes.
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Pressed to say if he thought the 2020 election was stolen, JD Vance repeatedly sidestepped. And he defended the sentiment behind his “childless cat ladies” comment, even as he regretted his word...
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Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None
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In an interview with The New York Times, Senator JD Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge Donald J. Trump’s defeat and said he would not have certified the 2020 results.
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This week, Ms. Harris put her own stamp on the art of the dodge.
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Her media swing showed how she often responds to uncomfortable questions by acknowledging them, yet not fully answering them.
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RT @murphymike: A new @HacksonTap ep is up! @jheil and I talk to Special Guest Hack @MichaelCBender of the NYT about Trump and murder gene….
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The debilitating self-doubt that nagged JD Vance as he graduated from high school was replaced with a thrilling new confidence that he discovered in the Marines while performing for the TV cameras as a media relations officer. via @NYTimes.
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Mr. Vance sanded down Donald Trump’s edges the way he often sharpens attacks for rally crowds — picking the facts that can deliver the most impact and discarding the rest.
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I'm told that Donald Trump Jr., the former president’s eldest child, is keeping Vance company right now in the CBS green room before the debate. More running coverage here:
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NEW: Tom Emmer will play the role of Tim Walz to help JD Vance prepare for the VP debate next week. More on Vance's debate prep here:
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Donald J. Trump’s running mate invited Representative Tom Emmer to stand in for his fellow Minnesotan, Gov. Tim Walz, ahead of the vice-presidential debate next month.
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RT @Azi: .@MichaelCBender on @JDVance’s impact on Trumpism:. “In this version of Trumpism 2.0, publicity is paramount, precision is passé a….
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Donald Trump’s running mate has been leaning in on the lessons of ultra-online political rabble rousing.
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One of the truisms of Trump world is that the only permanent exile is self-imposed. And Mr. Lewandowski has always found a way to regain Mr. Trump’s trust and tunnel his way back in.
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Donald Trump often finds comfort in Mr. Lewandowski’s feisty instincts and off-color humor. But some Trump aides worry about his penchant for making his own headlines.
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