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Writer/Editor @protctdemocracy . Freedom is good. Authoritarianism is bad. Substack: 🇺🇸

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@amandacarpenter
Amanda Carpenter
7 months
My understanding is, at this moment, "hell no" votes against Jordan are flipping to "Sure!" and senior Senate leadership is backing Kari Lake as a US Senate candidate. This is not just a Trump problem, folks.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Can I ask one favor? Every time a Republican says something about how the indictments will set the country on fire, rip it apart, or cause civil war can you ask one little follow up question? WHO is going to cause the violence and how do you know this to be true? Pls and thx
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
If you want to know why we keep talking about January 6th, this is why. This is an disgusting insult to actual hostages, like those being held in Gaza now, and our Dept of Justice that has rightly prosecuted those who assaulted our Capitol January 6th.
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Justin Baragona
4 months
Kristen Welker: "Do you think it was a tragic day? Do you think that the people who stormed the Capitol should be held responsible to the full extent of the law?" Elise Stefanik: "I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages."
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
After calling for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted, Trump is now targeting Cassidy Hutchinson for prosecution. All these women did was search for the truth and tell the truth. This is outrageous.
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Amanda Carpenter
3 months
MEANWHILE: Liz Cheney honored MLK at Ebenezer Baptist Church today. And in her remarks she said a "great lie is poisoning the bloodstream of our democracy...[Trump] threatens the foundations of our nation, and everything Dr. King persevered to save."
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
If Ken Buck is going to leave Congress over election denialism, it sure would have been nice if he fought election denialism while he was there.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
The problem is not Kaitlan Collins. The problem is a media establishment and a Republican Party that is dedicated to normalizing a radical and dangerous political figure. Applause and ratings are not more important than our democracy.
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Amanda Carpenter
7 months
It’s possible to find new friends. Believe me.
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Aaron Rupar
7 months
CRENSHAW: Jordan has become part of the solution. Not part of the problem TAPPER: I mean, he defied a congressional subpoena and tried to get Pence to overturn the electoral votes CRENSHAW: But a lot of them did that. If I held that grudge, I wouldn't have friends in the GOP
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Amanda Carpenter
30 days
I’m not going to repost the abhorrent image Trump promoted of Biden on Truth Social today. Instead, I implore all the business and political reporters who cover the meme stock aspect of it to also include in the stories a description of the filth he is monetizing.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
Excuse me, why is Graham brokering a deal for someone who IS NOT President or even in office, anywhere?
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Andrew Desiderio
1 month
Sen. Graham says he told Zelensky in Kyiv today that Trump’s “loan” idea for Ukraine aid “is the most likely path forward.” But McConnell flat-out rejected this last week and said Johnson should put the Senate bill up for a vote.
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
She was stabbed. Murdered. Not “found dead.”
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Detroit Free Press
6 months
Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll found dead outside her home
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
This sends a terrible signal to Russia that all they have to do is holdout until a Republican wins in 2024
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Maggie Haberman
1 year
After weeks of dancing between the raindrops on Ukraine, DeSantis makes his views clear to Tucker Carlson: Protecting Ukraine not a key US interest. @jonathanvswan and me
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
Watching the endorsements roll in while Trump legal team asserts immunity to assassinate rivals is really something.
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Darrell Issa
4 months
Donald Trump has my full and complete endorsement.
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Amanda Carpenter
5 months
Here is the Chris Christie we need out there
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
5 months
Chris Christie pushes back on Newsmax’s Eric Bolling blaming liberal Democrats for Trump's potential convictions: "When Mark Meadows gets on that stand, everything I've been saying about Donald Trump that you've been making fun of me about for months is gonna wind up being true."
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
Trump has figured out that outlets won’t cover his campaign rallies but will cover this. So, campaign rallies out. Courtside rants, in.
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Robert Costa
4 months
Trump told me today at 40 Wall Street that he plans to attend all of his trials, civil and criminal, state and federal. A remark that could have an impact on the campaign calendar and general election, if he packs his time with sometimes voluntary appearances in various…
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Amanda Carpenter
3 months
Staff mess up. Leadership fixes it. That is how this is supposed to work. Good on everyone.
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
3 months
Asa Hutchinson on Biden's Chief of Staff Jeff Zients calling him to apologize: “I'm grateful for Jeff reaching out to me today...he apologized. It meant a lot to me, and to me, that reflects the good parts of American politics.”
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
It’s the exact opposite. Enforcing fraud law keeps the playing field level and allows businesses to compete fairly.
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Acyn
2 months
Habba Statement: If this decision stands, it will serve as a signal to every single American that New York is no longer open for business.
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
So he didn't mean it.
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Aaron Rupar
6 months
Ken Buck on CNN: "I don't want someone who was involved in the activities of January 6 ... There's no way we win the majority if the message we send to the American people is we believe in the election was stolen, and we believe that January 6 was a tour of the Capitol."
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Amanda Carpenter
5 months
I do not know how anyone can be informed about the stakes of the 2024 election and say this with a straight face.
@highbrow_nobrow
The Intellectualist
5 months
Chris Cuomo “I don’t think there’s any greater risk to America with [Trump] than with Biden." Courtesy of @Out5p0k .
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
If Trump is elected, he has said he will pardon the rioters. And in doing so he will create an official presidential license for more political violence to be waged on his behalf.
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
6 months
Trump opens up his rally in Houston, TX, with the national anthem sung by J6 insurrectionists: “I call them the J6 hostages. Not prisoners, I call them the hostages...When that came out it went to the number one song. It was beating everybody. It beat Taylor Swift.”
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
Axios is reporting Haley will suspend her campaign. Again, here is all she needs to say: "Trump wants to bar people like me, Romney, and my supporters from the party. I will respect his wishes. I will not give him an endorsement he doesn't want." End.
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Amanda Carpenter
3 months
There needs to be a word or phrase to describe how candidates, mostly out of frustration, finally get honest when it’s too late.
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Acyn
3 months
DeSantis: You can be the most worthless Republican in America, if you kiss the ring, Trump will say you are wonderful.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
Dear @NikkiHaley : When Trump demands your endorsement all you have to say is: "Donald Trump wants me barred from MAGA. I'll respect his wishes. I will not give him an endorsement he does not want."
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Biden-Harris HQ
2 months
Trump says moderate Republicans are no longer welcome in the GOP: We are 100 percent MAGA now
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Bio update for Trump: He is now the *indicted,* twice-impeached, one-term Republican president who oversaw the loss of the House, the Senate, and White House. History-making accomplishments!
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Amanda Carpenter
3 months
Sickening.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
Top tier media executives should not wonder why people spout lies for Donald Trump when there is no penalty and in fact, they provide the incentives, for them to do so for future career moves.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
The frustrating thing about Nikki Haley is that she isn’t willing to own the loose coalition of pro-democracy Never Trumpers, moderates, and Dems showing up to vote for her. She is an unwilling avatar of a movement she doesn’t like. Let me explain.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
If Trump’s “can’t try me, I’m running for office” arg works, what’s to stop every other accused criminal from running for office to delay their trial?
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erica orden
2 months
Blanche: "We strenuously object to what is happening in this courtroom…The fact that President Trump is going to now spend the next two months working on this trial instead of out on the campaign trail running for president -- it should not happen in this country."
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
Trump campaign and legal defense fund are now one. In case there was any doubt.
@AlexandraUlmer
Alexandra Ulmer
2 months
NEW: RNC's Henry Babour tells me his resolution to block Trump from tapping RNC to pay legal bills has failed to garner enough support. "We ended up with 8 of the (10) necessary states, so no vote on Friday on the legal bill resolution... The resolution is dead."
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
There is nothing "genteel" about announcing your bid at Fort Sumter and blaming Joe Biden for a looming Civil War. The screwy symbolism is unhinged.
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Amanda Carpenter
8 months
Trump is staking his 2024 campaign on contempt for the rule of law. We can’t ignore that and treat it like some quickie debate topic. He is using his campaign to undermine our political and legal systems in hopes of overtaking them.
@protctdemocracy
Protect Democracy
8 months
WATCH: @AmandaCarpenter on the lost opportunity GOP candidates had to stand up for protecting our democracy. “If you care about democracy, the threat that Donald Trump poses to the rule of law...that is what they all should be talking about not brushing it as an aside.”
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
Please note: It’s Republicans who served Trump in high-ranking positions of national security and legal responsibility who feel compelled to make this break. Important.
@Timodc
Tim Miller
1 month
People who are planning to vote for Trump next time I have a q. Why do you think you know him better than his - VP - Chief of Staff - Defense Secretary (x2) - Homeland Security Secretary (x2) - National Security Advisor (x2) - communications director (x3) & - lawyers
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
If elected in ‘24 Trump will take direct authority over the Department of Justice to exonerate himself, investigate his adversaries, and pardon those who commit violence in his name. None of this is secret and if he wins, he’ll claim he has a mandate to do it
@protctdemocracy
Protect Democracy
6 months
WATCH: @ianbassin on the importance of an independent Department of Justice. The President does *not* have an absolute right to control the DOJ. Find the memo he mentions here:
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
This is the correct way to do it
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Jeremy Barr
1 year
Rachel Maddow explains: "There's a cost to us as a news organization of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. So, our deal with you is that we will monitor these remarks. If he does say anything newsworthy, we will turn them around and report on that right way."
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
This is me SHOUTING. This is not a "hush money" case. It's a case about Trump's secret and illegal scheme to deceive voters.
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Jonah Bromwich
1 year
MANHATTAN GRAND JURY VOTES TO INDICT TRUMP:
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Amanda Carpenter
16 days
Very good read about how Trump gets special treatment from the courts by Politico's legal editor. Even though he faces four criminal cases, he is "free with minimal conditions of release." One of those conditions is that he must not threaten ppl involved in the proceedings. But…
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
Invoking the Insurrection Act allows a president to deploy military against US citizens. If Trump is President in 2025 you can't count on an AG like Bill Barr or a Defense Sec like Mark Esper to stop him. Trump will install loyalists who won't tell him no
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Sarah Sanders asked viewers to “Forgive me for not believing much of anything I heard tonight from President Biden.” She likely wrote that line without ever hearing the speech. That about sums up the GOP response. Call opponents liars without listening to a word they say.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
The event was a disaster for the reason that all of Trump’s live events are problematic: It’s easier to spew lies on live television than it is for anyone to push back against them. Live coverage privileges the liar, no matter how nimble the interviewer.
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Amanda Carpenter
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We are now in a place where Mike Rogers--former chair of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence--thinks this is something to seek and promote.
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Amanda Carpenter
11 months
Trump stole classified national security documents. He lied about it. He obstructed the government's effort to get them back. And even his allies and lawyers say it was wrong.
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
11 months
NEW AD: No one is above the law, not even former presidents. Airing on Fox News primetime next week.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
CNN: At least eight of the Republican “fake electors” in Georgia have accepted immunity deals in an ongoing criminal investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election there, according to a new court filing.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
I'm confused as to why the Hague would issue an arrest warrant over a territorial dispute.
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
The entire point of establishing and upholding rule of law is so that it applies to everyone, including “your former presidents.” That’s why we are NOT a banana republic.
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
6 months
Donald Trump on his indictments: “I was always of the opinion that a thing like this couldn’t happen. In other words, you protect your former presidents. It’s a terrible thing to go after a former president. Other than if you’re in a banana republic.”
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
Is it weird that she seems to be almost openly in on the joke she’s making about herself?
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Republicans against Trump
6 months
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace is very concerned about corruption, but not when it comes to Trump who’s facing 91 felony charges. Mace: “Corruption is a real problem in this country.” Charlamagne: Do you believe the evidence against Donald Trump? Charlamagne: “Pick one. Pick one of the…
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Amanda Carpenter
8 months
Rather than looking for individual "winners" and "losers" in tonight's debate, we should look at how the GOP field moves to either validate or reject Trump's most authoritarian actions. That's what matters. Big time. FROM ME
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Biden went to Kyiv; DeSantis went to Fox & Friends to blame Biden for Russian aggression. How the Florida Governor is getting on the wrong side of Ukraine. From me.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
When he opens his rally like this no one needs to wonder what he meant by “bloodbath” @Politico
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Biden-Harris HQ
1 month
Trump salutes while playing an alternative national anthem at his rally, featuring violent January 6 insurrectionists: Please rise for the unfairly treated January 6 hostages
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
This is quite an analysis. Donald Trump won't be a full dictator on Day 1. Calm down! It would only take between four and 10 years to completely lose America. So...it's fine? Let me go on record with a HARD DISAGREE.
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
This is how authoritarians win. It’s not magic. They often have more determination and energy than the opposition. If your first priority is making “the pain go away” than actually defeating the cause you are cooked.
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The Bulwark
6 months
So why would these people suddenly roll over for Mike Johnson? Because they’re human and human beings get exhausted. And when you’re exhausted enough, you throw in the towel. @JVLast read on this moment:
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
This is wrong and it’s easy for every MAGA Republican to understand why it’s wrong with one question. “Do you you endorse the idea that President Biden should have ‘absolute immunity’ to do whatever he likes as president?”
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
4 months
Donald Trump: “I feel that as a President, you have to have immunity...If it's during the time you have absolute immunity.”
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Amanda Carpenter
17 days
Daniels should decline and encourage them to give it to Cheney.
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Daniel Lippman
18 days
SCOOP: Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels will receive the 2024 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service after Liz Cheney was rejected because the board of the Ford Presidential Foundation was worried about potential retaliation from Trump.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Yikes. Baier urged network execs to reverse the CORRECT Arizona call. There is apparently a recording of this conversation.
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Michael Barbaro
1 year
Even the remaining “news” anchors at Fox like @BretBaier were afraid of angering conservative viewers post-Trump loss, this @peterbakernyt scoop shows.
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
Amazing how Trump gets a pass on that whole pandemic thing that he accelerated by denying it would ever be a problem to begin with. Pass the bleach?
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Tom Cotton
4 months
When Donald Trump was president, America was safe, strong, and prosperous. The economy was booming, working-class wages were growing, our border was secure, and our enemies feared us. With Joe Biden as president, everything has gone to hell: families can’t afford groceries, our…
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
If Mitt Romney believes this is an "overreach" I would like Mitt Romney to explain why Donald Trump should be permitted to falsify business records. It would be one thing if Trump fessed up and agreed to pay a fine or whatever, but this was in service of other crimes.
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Manu Raju
1 year
Mitt Romney, sharp Trump critic, criticizes Alvin Bragg’s “overreach” in Trump indictment and says it sets a “dangerous precedent for criminalizing political opponents and damages the public’s faith in our justice system.”
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
Forget the empty both sides argument he’s making. What Trump is saying OPENLY is that if he is elected in ‘24 he will take direct authority over the Dept of Justice to target any of his perceived adversaries for incarceration.
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
6 months
Enrique Acevedo: “You say they’ve weaponized the DOJ, they weaponized the FBI. Would you do the same?” Trump: “Yeah. If they do this, and they’ve already done it, but if they follow through on this, yeah, it could certainly happen in reverse.”
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Amanda Carpenter
19 days
Nineteen retired generals, admirals and former top civilian defense officials tell SCOTUS that Trump's immunity claims "risk jeopardizing America’s standing as a guardian of democracy in the world and further feeding the spread of authoritarianism, thereby threatening the…
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Nevermind the obvious flaws of his foreign policy assessment. How does DeSantis look past Russia's heinous war crimes? Because he cares more about positioning himself in opposition to Biden. Tribalism at its worst.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
DeSantis says that Biden is to blame for Russian aggression, Biden should be focusing on domestic priorities instead, Biden has no objective, and the threat Russia poses to NATO countries is overstated. Not one word for the plight of the Ukrainians being slaughtered.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Rather than asking Republicans in Congress whether they agree with Tucker's "peaceful protest" rewrite, maybe ask him if they, like Tucker, also secretly "hate Trump passionately" but pretend otherwise in public. Just for funsies.
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Amanda Carpenter
3 months
Delighted to see Bulwark recognized as the media success story it is. This is, obviously, an extremely difficult enviro for both financial and political reasons. And they made it work. Publisher @SarahLongwell25 is a killer visionary entrepreneur
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Amanda Carpenter
7 months
They tried to ruin her shot. Watch how well she handled it.
@madmonroeadams
Madison Monroe Adams
7 months
BREAKING NEWS: FBI Arrests Christopher Worrell, A Wanted Proud Boys Member Convicted For His Involvement In The January 6 Capitol Riots
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
Instead of the "New Right" maybe we ought to call it the "Russian Right."
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
This is a fairly contentious chamber. And Joe Biden is handling it just fine. He's parrying back and forth. Ad-libbing. Retorting to the crowd.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
There is nothing “traditional” about Trump’s campaign and no reason Haley is obligated to give him traditional courtesies
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Hugh Hewitt
2 months
Next: @MKHammer . What would she like to hear as the former UN Ambassador and South Carolina Governor say? I'd like to hear a full throated endorsement of @realDonaldTrump and a promise to campaign hard for him. That's the traditional GOP way, and I hope she adopts it.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Lee was indicted for treason.
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Acyn
1 year
Ingraham: Go back and read Lincoln’s second inaugural address. In the midst of an actual civil war, was his speech all about vengeance? Putting Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in jail?
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Russia is having a territorial dispute that isn’t in our interest bc China is the real threat, but ignore the fact China is backing Russia because we really should be bombing the hell out of the Mexican cartels. Is that an inaccurate summary of the growing GOP position?
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Amanda Carpenter
12 days
It’s only the beginning of Day 2, friends…
@TrumpDailyPosts
Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social
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This conflicted, Trump Hating Judge won’t let me respond to people that are on TV lying and spewing hate all day long. He is running rough shod over my lawyers and legal team. The New York System of “Justice” is being decimated by critics from all over the World. I want to speak,…
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
Actually that is a surprise! A good one.
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Aaron Rupar
1 month
Mike Pence on Fox News: "It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year."
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Amanda Carpenter
6 months
More evidence of how deeply Trump’s lies about a “weaponized” govt and deep state nonsense has taken root in the GOP.
@MacFarlaneNews
Scott MacFarlane
6 months
FBI director Chris Wray blasts question from Rep Clay Higgins (R-LA) just now: “If you’re asking whether the violence at the Capitol on January 6 was part of some operation orchestrated by FBI sources and/or agents… the answer is an emphatic no!”
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Ok. Maybe you didn't think Biden's speech was amazing. He's 80. Sarah Sanders is 40. Who was better. Mmmmkay.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
I'm sorry this is the best guest Fox could scrape up on a major news night
@AccountableGOP
Republican Voters Against Trump
1 year
Rod Blagojevich: "This is probably...the most threatening thing to our republic since South Carolina fired shots at Fort Sumter at the start of the Civil War."
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Gonna make my time here w/ the last gasp of my blue check mark count. A rant.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
I have a question about the pollsters who ask voters if they would support Trump if he was convicted of a felony. WHICH FELONY?
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
Trump was raging on Truth Social last night about how his court cases are "election interference." He's been saying this for months. It's the Big Lie 2.0. Pretext for the election being "stolen" from him when/if he loses.
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Amanda Carpenter
7 months
All I’m saying is this: If Democrats could elevate Liz Cheney to the January 6 Committee and the next Speaker doesn’t need to be a member of the House, maybe, just maybe there is a conversation we could have…
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Amanda Carpenter
18 days
The Gerald Ford Foundation is pre-emptively fearful of retaliation from Trump. I do not know whether to laugh or cry. I wish this were a joke, because it truly reads like one. (No shade to Kennerly, thank you for speaking out.)
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Daniel Lippman
18 days
SCOOP: David Hume Kennerly, the famed photog who served in the Ford WH, resigned Tuesday from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, blasting it for cowardice in rejecting Trump critic Liz Cheney as the recipient of its top yearly award.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Larry Hogan is a patriot and a model of how Republicans can not only win but govern effectively and with high approval ratings in a blue state. God bless him and his family. It’s a crying shame the GOP continues to sideline his kind of talent.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
From me a few years ago: Trump's Treatment of Women Was His Original Abuse of Power
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Amanda Carpenter
8 months
We are really starting this debate with questions about a song and stump speeches from circa 2010. The GOP polling leader is getting arrested for the 4th time tomorrow.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Oath Keepers convicted of sedition. Proud Boys convicted of sedition. All acting on behalf of Trump. So what does this mean for the potential prosecution of Donald J. Trump?
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
He opened the rally by saluting people who attacked the Capitol. But sure. Evs.
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J.D. Vance
1 month
Donald Trump said that a bloodbath would happen to the American auto industry if Biden kept on promoting Chinese made EVs. He of course is 100 percent correct. All other reporting about his "bloodbath" comment is complete propaganda. The media should be ashamed.
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Amanda Carpenter
7 months
Wow! Check this news out! Remember those NDAs the Trump campaign had people sign? No more. They are free to talk and campaigns won’t be able to gag staff again. 👀
@protctdemocracy
Protect Democracy
7 months
NEW: @JessicaDenson07 's victory to free herself from the 2016 Trump Campaign's illegal NDA now holds the force of law & applies to *all* signers. This means no candidate for public office may hide critical info from the public behind overly broad NDAs.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Kid lost another tooth. He’s arguing the tooth fairy needs pay more because of inflation. This means he’s too old for the tooth fairy right?
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Remember what happened to Denny Hastert? I bet you don’t. He went to prison for 13 months. Not bc he molested boys, which he admitted. Because of the fraudulent bank withdrawals to hush it up. Hastert claimed he was extorted. The court didn’t buy it.
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Amanda Carpenter
10 days
The real threat to the system behind all the tawdry details of this case is how Trump continually makes it less safe for our democratic institutions to function properly. Just as Congress becomes dysfunctional if members decide their votes based on fear, our courts can't function…
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Amanda Carpenter
1 month
Chris is right. The Big Lie is a bright red line. The people who enabled, cheered, and spread Trump's 2020 electon lies crossed it and there's no going back.
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All In with Chris Hayes
1 month
WATCH: @chrislhayes reacts to NBC News reversing the decision to hire Ronna McDaniel. "When I am speaking to you here right now, I am not putting on a show about what I think and believe. This is it," says @chrislhayes .
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
I, too, often think of banking hearings when asked about abortion. Is this how this works
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Aaron Rupar
1 year
this is quite the word salad from Tim Scott on a national abortion ban
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
All the more reason he should have convicted Trump
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Seung Min Kim
2 months
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell will step down as the Senate's Republican leader in November, ending a record run in the powerful post.
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Amanda Carpenter
4 months
Far too many elite Republicans outwardly support Trump because they are scared, rightly in many cases, of what happens if they don’t. Forever grateful for the Republicans who stood up anyway. And for those who haven’t, it’s still not too late.
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Amanda Carpenter
2 months
This is a very good graphic
@Principles_1st
Principles First
2 months
Principles matter. They define who we are and what we believe. We need leaders with the courage to defend them. Putin must be stopped. Join us:
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
So, I understand that everyone is fully aware of the insane Dominion stuff Maria Bartiromo was pushing through 2020 and then TODAY Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, aspiring GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, AND Democratic. Sen. Joe Manchin appeared on her show. Super.
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Mitch McConnell and others may want to pretend this is a Tucker Carlson problem. No. The only reason Tucker is re-upping January 6 lies is because McCarthy gave him content to do it. This is not just a Fox problem. It's a GOP problem, too. They all made the same miserable bargain
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
I know we've been at this for years but the idea of a president paying off a porn star is still just beyond.
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Hugo Lowell
1 year
New via NY Times: The Manhattan district attorney’s office recently signaled to Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that he could face criminal charges for his role in the payment of hush money to a porn star, the strongest indication yet that prosecutors are nearing an indictment
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
This wasn’t the most important part of the pod. The most important part is where @Timodc said he’s not just “NeverTrump” but is “Never” for anyone who would be for Trump. Count me in, bro.
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The Bulwark
1 year
Larry Hogan and Chris Sununu were the normal ones...right? Plus, Nikki Haley's narrow path to victory and the hurdles facing the police reform debate. The Next Level with @JVLast , @SarahLongwell25 , and @Timodc premiers at 7pm:
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Amanda Carpenter
13 days
Trump should not be permitted to violate his gag orders and keep attacking judges, witnesses, jury members, and others serving to uphold the rule of law. He is inviting violence into the process, openly working to poison the courtroom with fear and flood the public with lies…
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Amanda Carpenter
1 year
Donald Trump did not deserve this forum. He was not entitled to a major media network rolling out the red carpet for a prime-time event stacked with influential primary voters inclined to support him. That is what went wrong here. Besides, the primary is seven months away.
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Amanda Carpenter
11 months
Endorse.
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Liz Cheney
11 months
Any candidate who says they will pardon Jan. 6 defendants is not qualified to be President.
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