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Mike Bastasch

@MikeBastasch

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Editor-In-Chief @dailycaller News Foundation | Former Fox News Writer | Journalist

Washington, DC
Joined October 2011
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
1 year
Unproven? Your fact check literally admits everything McCarthy said was true.
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Annie Grayer
1 year
NEW: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made several unproven claims Tuesday while announcing the opening of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden We fact checked them. W/ @MarshallCohen @ddale8
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
How do you "accidentally" say the president of the U.S. is calling for genocide? 🤨
@NicolleDWallace
Nicolle Wallace
5 years
I misspoke about Trump calling for an extermination of Latinos. My mistake was unintentional and I’m sorry. Trump’s constant assault on people of color and his use of the word “invasion” to describe the flow of immigrants is intentional and constant.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
Wait, a reporter really asked him why he had "no plan" to reopen the economy? The White House handed out guidelines WEEKS AGO!!!
@CurtisHouck
Curtis Houck
4 years
How is Anderson Cooper still a journalist all these years later? Almost every night, he opens his CNN show like this (or, as we saw last week, end it) with a childish act of performance art, feigning outrage, pretending CNN is looking out for you (whereas Trumpers aren't)
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
Is it hard being so wrong all the time? Or are you just so used to it now that you don’t even notice?
@brianstelter
Brian Stelter
4 years
Kirk might've missed this line in the story: "All of the information The Times obtained was provided by sources with legal access to it"
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
The article you cited is literally debunking your claim at the end of this tweet...
@AOC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
5 years
White supremacy has quickly turned into a domestic terror crisis in the US. They rely on you thinking “it’s not a big deal.” It is a big deal. White supremacy now makes up the majority of domestic terrorism in the United States. They radicalize online.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Pope Francis called for a “radical energy transition” to lower carbon dioxide emissions and fight global warming. He met with executives of big oil and gas companies, investors and activists ... 🤔
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
The U.S. Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting ... right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
@SteveGuest
Steve Guest
4 years
CNN's Chris Cuomo: "Please, show me where it says protesters are supposed to be polite and peaceful." As riots and looting have broken out in cities across the country, this is the message the brother of New York governor Andrew Cuomo shares at the top of his show.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Remember when Adam Schiff didn't let members of Congress ask Vindman who he briefed about the Ukraine call?🤔
@CNN
CNN
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Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn spent hours attacking Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key National Security Council aide who testified before Congress on the Ukraine scandal, on Twitter, including questioning the Purple Heart recipient's patriotism
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
How did you get to Denver, Greta?
@rachel_m_riley
Rachel Riley
5 years
@GretaThunberg speaking at the Denver climate strike
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
This is controversial? "I care about excellence, and I'm going to get the best people, and you'll find we have the most diverse group anyone's ever had."
@NRDC
NRDC 🌎🏡
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"Three high-ranking Interior officials from three different divisions said that Zinke has made several comments with a similar theme, saying "diversity isn't important," or "I don't care about diversity," via @CNN
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
1 year
LOL... "KBJ got her facts wrong, but her overall argument was dead on" is a new one...
@CitizenCohn
Jonathan Cohn
1 year
Lots of right wing chortling over a statistic Ketanji Brown Jackson got wrong in her opinion But when it comes to her broader point, about what research says on race and health care, she got it right — and Clarence Thomas didn’t
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
One, no one actually stormed the building. Two, it's legal to open carry firearms in the state capital building.
@HillaryClinton
Hillary Clinton
4 years
Armed men storming a legislature to disrupt its democratic proceedings is domestic terrorism. It cannot be tolerated.
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@MikeBastasch
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1 year
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
2 years
“Dismiss the science” is code for we disagree, and I don’t have any good policy/science arguments, so I’ll just smear him as anti-science and hope no one notices my own deficiencies.
@hausfath
Zeke Hausfather
2 years
It’s just sad that @elonmusk , who started the world biggest EV company and one of the largest solar companies in an effort to fight climate change, is now spending his time amplifying voices that attack clean energy and dismiss climate science.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Collusion? "Over 250 news outlets and journalists partnered ...to shape control of “climate crisis” coverage...and asking that climate “news” be added to seemingly unrelated stories."
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
She of course isn't mentioning that World War 2 saw a massive industrial boom that's credited with lifting us out of the depression... as opposed to today where governors, like her, are forcing people out of work.
@thehill
The Hill
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: "In World War II, there weren't people lining up at the capitol to protest the fact that they had to drop everything they were doing and build planes or tanks, or to ration food."
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
"Although he added that two already-discharged victims returned to the hospital to meet with Trump." 🤔
@thehill
The Hill
5 years
None of the hospitalized victims after El Paso shooting agreed to meet with Trump
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
It's almost like the Paris accord was a total sham...🤔
@insideclimate
Inside Climate News
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A new @UNEP report lays bare the yawning gap between the sharp cuts in emissions needed to meet the goals of the Paris climate accord and current projections. Existing pledges are so inadequate that they correspond to about 3.2°C of warming by 2100.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
Someone should ask if he as a prosecutor would find it suspicious if someone spent hours (?) entering the wrong password into their phone, wiping it clean and then doing it again... 🤔
@C__Herridge
Catherine Herridge
4 years
NOW: On “wiped” Special Counsel phones, @AWeissmann_ told @CBSNLive “I really wish the Department would put out there - was all of the ways in which we had backup systems + so everything that might be on a phone was backed up on our computers. So I don’t think we lost any data”
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Of course! If we don’t elect a Democrat we’re all dead, right? ... ThinkProgress is now a parody of itself.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
True color as come out in a crisis — the goal of the climate left has always been “de-growth” and lowering everyone’s standard of living.
@60Minutes
60 Minutes
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Author Bill McKibben says we now have an opportunity to flatten another curve after coronavirus: “Flatten the carbon curve too… [T]hen people might look back in 50 years at this time and thank us, you know, instead of curse us.”
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Let me get this straight...in order to give some people free shots, we need to blow up are entire health care system and spend $40 trillion? 🤔
@TurncoatD
Turncoat Don
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Ro Khanna explains why #MedicareForAll is needed in relation to the #coronavirus . #BernieSanders #MSNBC
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
This is disgusting and dangerous.
@Cernovich
Cernovich
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Shaun King threatens to name innocent cops as Jacob Blake shooter
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
“All told, in the last three years, she’s flown 29 times to study, meet or talk about global warming.” ... she can do this though bc she’s better than you...🙄
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
From the same intel spooks who brought you the Russia collusion hoax.
@politico
POLITICO
4 years
More than 50 former senior intelligence officials have signed on to a letter outlining their belief that the recent disclosure of emails allegedly belonging to Joe Biden’s son “has all the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.”
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
2 years
ESG = poverty and corruption
@RichardHanania
Richard Hanania
2 years
Sri Lanka has the sixth highest ESG score in the world. Number one is Burundi, with a GDP per capita of $270. Among the lowest ESG scores in the world are the US, Australia, and Canada. Seems like a great measure all countries should try to improve on.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Why didn’t you take the high-speed rail down there? Wait... 🤔
@AOC
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
5 years
This video was from 1 year ago this week - before my primary & the Fox News cycle. I flew to the concentration camp where the Trump admin was keeping children they stole from their parents. Back then, I was voicing my conscience. I still am. #AbolishICE
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
1 year
I’m old enough to remember the pandemic hit the US in 2020, not August 2019. This is embarrassing.
@IanSams46
Ian Sams
1 year
Imagine them arguing that, if someone stayed at their parents' house during the pandemic, listed it as their permanent address for work, and got a paycheck, the parents somehow also worked for the employer It's bananas Yet this is what extreme House Republicans have sunken to
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
7 years
Yes, we never had major hurricanes before Exxon.
@climatebrad
Brad Johnson SUBSCRIBE TO HILLHEAT.NEWS
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Heckuva job, Exxon.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Ohhhh, so when they talked to a real lawyer he pointed out they didn’t have a real case. Got it.
@tomselliott
Tom Elliott
5 years
. @SpeakerPelosi on why Democrats aren’t including “bribery” among the articles of impeachment: “I myself am not a lawyer.”
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
Wait a minute... I thought Joe Biden was all about ending fossil fuel use? 🤔
@ChuckRossDC
Chuck Ross
4 years
NEW: Hunter Biden consortium touted Joe Biden's relationship with Colombia's president in $10 MILLION investment pitch to Chinese energy firm. The 42-page sales pitch suggests investments in a Colombian oil field and Venezuela-Colombia oil pipeline.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
There’s no money in climate change alarmism, guys!
@JunkScience
Steve Milloy
5 years
Wow... Australian state government pays Al Gore $320,000 to hold climate seminar. What a racket.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
7 years
Willful misrepresentation. He never says slavery didn't play a role.
@atrupar
Aaron Rupar
7 years
Chief of Staff John Kelly praises Robert E Lee as "honorable man," says "lack of an ability to compromise led to the civil war," not slavery
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
Also, will @AOC correct the record and let people know Hockett, her adviser, lied on national television?
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
How can an anonymous source confirm a story?
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
TIME magazine’s cover shows U.N. chief António Guterres standing in waters off a Pacific island nation that’s allegedly “sinking” into the sea — except scientific studies indicate it’s not.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
7 years
Did you know @NRA gives scholarship and insurance benefits to the family of law enforcement members killed in the line of duty? Nah, you probably didn't.
@morningmika
Mika Brzezinski
7 years
I hope @FedEx does the right thing and stops propping up the NRA. They incite violence with their ads and attack America’s law enforcement officers. I support businesses that support our American heroes and will not support businesses who make their jobs harder. #USA
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Why did @GlacierNPS remove a warning that its iconic glaciers would all be gone by 2020? "[L]arger than average snowfall over several winters slowed down that retreat rate and the 2020 date used in the NPS display does not apply anymore." -- @usgsenergy
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
CORRECTION: "Due to a math error, a story about Elizabeth Warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 10th generation relative. It should be 1/1,024."
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
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WIKILEAKS: Clinton Aide Admits Long-term Plan Is To Brand GOP As ‘Bigoted And Extreme’ via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
Washington Post Rips Green New Deal: ‘We Can’t Afford Bad Ideas’ via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
I do find it pretty funny that NYT distrusts Project Veritas' reporting because "the allegations come solely from unnamed people ... whose faces are not shown." In other words, anonymous sources. LOL
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
30 Years Ago Officials Predicted The Maldives Would Be Swallowed By The Sea. It Didn’t Happen via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
7 years
FBI used @YahooNews article to substantiate Steele dossier... but Steele was the source of the Yahoo article. #MemoDay
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
So is the new narrative that Tara Reade is Russian asset?
@kurtbardella
Kurt Bardella
4 years
In 2017, Tara Reade was amplifying tweets that attacked #Russia and #Putin , however, in 2018, she wrote this essay effusively praising Putin as a "genius" with an "alluring combination of strength with gentleness" while referencing his "sensuous image" -
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
The whole "I'm vegan but fly private jets" trope seems a little silly. Right, Al? ,
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
2 years
Stunning that @USDOT refuses to say why @SecretaryPete photographed our reporter @JennieSTaer for doing her job. Now they won’t even give us a non-answer unless we turn the cameras off. Truly stunning…
@alexaschwerha1
Alexa Schwerha
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@SecretaryPete took a photo of @JennieSTaer while she was trying to ask a question. Now his team refuses to say why @DailyCaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
Correction: got published to your website AND given to NPR by your office. 🤔
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
7 years
STUDY: Satellites Show No Acceleration In Global Warming For 23 Years via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
4 years
“In these missions he served the native community, evangelizing the local populations and providing them with jobs, education and food.”
@HispanicCouncil
The Hispanic Council
4 years
Once again, we witness with sadness the tearing down of the statue of another Hispanic figure from the USA, in this case the one of Father Junípero Serra. That's why we have written this new article: "No, Father Junipero Serra wasn’t a “genocide” either"
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
REMINDER: The Obama admin also opposed the gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. No one in the media seemed to blink an eye at that
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
1 year
So, just to be clear, is it still the White House's position that the pandemic actually started in 2019 and we're all rubes for remembering otherwise?
@IanSams46
Ian Sams
1 year
@jameslynch32 @DailyCaller What’s dishonest is you, your rightwing disinformation outfit, and its GOP pals intentionally deceiving people about the role of the address. Hunter listing his parents’ as his only permanent address during this period of turmoil in his life has long been known. Have a good one.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
2 years
It's pretty rich that a population control fanatic is smearing others as "Nazis."
@RyanMaue
Ryan Maue
2 years
Quick look at Population Bomber @PaulREhrlich Twitter feed: unhinged stream of hate speech. It's all par for the course among leading climate scientists and activists who revere Ehrlich, share his ideology and emulate his rhetoric. Draw a straight line.
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
8 years
Trump Will Issue Executive Orders To Dismantle Obama’s ‘Climate Action Plan’ via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
6 years
Lindsey Graham Calls For A Vote On The ‘Green New Deal,’ But Not Because He Supports It via @dailycaller
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
. @washingtonpost actually fact-checked @realDonaldTrump 's Mars tweet... it's a pretty cringe-worthy fact-check. Ultimately, the fact-checker should use their Google machine to look up NASA's "Moon to Mars" program. Link:
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@MikeBastasch
Mike Bastasch
5 years
Your daily dose of irony: “Working together, Brown and the Sierra Club killed so many nuclear power plants between 1976 and 1979 that, had they been built, California would today be generating all of its electricity from zero-emissions sources.”
@shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger
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The Dirty Secret Of Renewables Advocates Is That They Protect Fossil Fuel Interests, Not The Climate My latest column @Forbes — please share!
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