Joan Walsh
@joanwalsh
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GOING INACTIVE. Nation writer. Co-author: "Corporate Bullshit." Producer "The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show."
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Maybe she can tell her stepsons to stop murdering them.
I have covered
@FLOTUS
for almost two years and have never seen her smile and laugh more than she is now with these baby elephants 🐘
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I am overwhelmed by the support I've received today from all of you. And I'm thrilled to tell you I'll be heading to
@CNN
in the new year. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. A Christmas miracle.
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Harvey Weinstein gets indicted. Ireland overwhelmingly legalizes a woman's right to choose. It's a good day for women. And we're coming for you,
@realDonaldTrump
.
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I left the house for 30 minutes and suddenly Matt Gaetz has a son? Can someone explain?
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A whole lot of people are angry at me today for calling
@realDonaldTrump
a pig.
They think pigs deserve a lot better than that.
So I hereby apologize.
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This just jumped out at me: Mueller said: "When a subject of an investigation obstructs that investigation or lies to investigators, it strikes at the core of the government’s effort to find the truth and hold wrong doers accountable." Not "If a subject." Hmmm.
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I'm not praising them, I'm not hyping it, but I didn't expect 35 House Republicans to support the 1/6 Commission. It's a defeat for McCarthy and team, who whipped against it.
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I want to remind everyone about Virginia 2017: In the 13 races where pro-gun control Democrats squared off against NRA Republicans, Democrats won 12. Top of the ticket -- Northam, Fairfax and Herring -- had F NRA ratings, and all won. It's not hopeless.
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Wow, Obama's former doctor is telling
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that Trump is having major neurological problems, especially with "word-finding," and suggests he could be having small strokes.
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I will never stop wishing Biden had not run, and had endorsed
@kamalaharris
, and Sanders had not run, and had endorsed
@ewarren
. Oh, the fights we'd be having here. But we'd have the two best candidates competing.
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Don't vote for Joe Biden, if you don't like him. Vote for Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Please.
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Set aside your political issues with
@SenJohnMcCain
for now and remember the night he saved the ACA, saving lives.
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I have to hand it to
@maddow
. I don't know if Manchin will care at all, but Jesus she is undoing him and his sexist take on
@neeratanden
. He might not wake up tomorrow.
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Wow, the FBI is already opening a civil rights probe into the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. Your vote matters.
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So it’s true: after 12 years on MSNBC, six on contract, I learned Friday night they are not renewing. I’ve given my heart and soul to the network, from the George W. Bush years through today. I’m proud of the work I did.
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Blocking everyone who's claiming the Barron comment was somehow wrong. Everyone. Be warned.
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Gotta go to bed. But I leave you with Kavanaugh's answer when
@amyklobuchar
asked about his drinking: "You're asking about blackout," he said. "I don't know, have you?" She had just told him that her father had a serious alcohol problem and still attends AA at 90. He's mean.
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We thought the murder of 6 years olds would catalyze change. I think the fact that high school kids were murdered could do it. These kids are angry AF and they are talking about it, and naming the
@NRA
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Now Cuomo is (accurately) noting that Kentucky gets bailed out by blue states, regularly. So offensive.
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I canceled my subscription. I know a lot of folks will tell me I'm wrong. I will miss it. But I can't keep rewarding such awful news judgment. "Trump Urges Unity Against Racism" is almost as bad as their full-page Comey letter coverage just before 2016 election. Nobody learns.
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma Gonzalez is a hero. She's calling out Trump and the NRA by name at this rally. Getting people to reply to NRA talking points with "We call BS!" Most are. A few visibly uncomfortable adults on stage. But not many.
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Sexual infidelity opens up a public official "to exploitation and even blackmail," says Karen Handel, calling for the impeachment of Donald Trump. Oh no, she was talking to Peter Strzok.
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Obviously, you all know I am a Democrat. I have been rooting for Val Demings. But to be honest, I didn’t really think she could win. Until tonight. That was a complete political slaughter of Little Marco.
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On the night Trump posts a photoshop of himself as Bill Pullman in Independence Day, our last real president addresses the class of 2020
#GraduateTogether2020
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I truly hope
@PlannedParenthood
rescinds its award to Susan Collins. The ABA withdrew its support for Brett Kavanaugh as "highly qualified" and opened an investigation into his behavior. She just proved she doesn't give a damn about women's rights.
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The same week a Trump supporter sent 13 pipe bombs to Democrats, a racist shot two black people after trying to enter a Kentucky black church, and now there's an active shooter outside a Pittsburgh synagogue. Both sides? I don't think so.
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Seriously, why are cable news shows compelled to show Trump lying out of his ass about Democrats being weak on crime, anti-military and concerned about nothing but raising taxes? Those are lies. Stop showing them without saying they are lies.
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Poor Heidi Cruz is whining about being the "primary breadwinner" when her husband makes $174K as a US Senator: "We're not buying a second home anytime soon." My heart hurts for them.
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Elizabeth Holtzman is still a bad ass...
This resignation letter from a Department of Homeland Security employee to
@SecNielsen
is absolutely incredible:
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I'm developing a strange affection for Andrew Cuomo watching all of these press conferences. (I turn off most of the others' press conferences.) Please talk me down.
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This Larry Hogan press conference is devastating -- he was prevented from sending MD National Guard to DC by the Pentagon?
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I really try not to join the pile-on with Chuck Todd but WTF??? "This might be the last victory for this White House."
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What did Trump just say? "We'll just pick up and leave" if reporters don't behave? Go where? I mean I hope he leaves the WH...
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I am blocking all the folks coming at me defending
@VP
and the administration, because you don't deserve any of my attention, ever. Life is too short to look at your sad defenses. My job is to name and denounce cruelty. Live with yourselves.
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LOL: "Trump told aides he thought he looked “terrible” and blamed his chief of staff’s office for not counseling him that skipping the cemetery visit would be a public-relations nightmare." You're the president!
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I know I'm supposed to see him as a terrible centrist, but this is a humane and wonderful thing for
@BetoORourke
to do this weekend. I have several 2020 possibles I prefer, but I don't get the Beto-hate. Also: it will backfire.
Returned to Tornillo & spoke with the CEO of the tent camp. He says he will no longer accept additional kids. That means by mid-January, Tornillo could shut down. We can't let up. We can't stop showing up. We will be back here again and again until the camp closes down for good.
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4 of the 5 justices in the majority were appointed by GOP presidents who lost the popular vote and confirmed by a Senate "majority" that represents a minority of the population. The 5th was accused of sexual harassment. 3 of 4 liberal justices are women. U.S. in a nutshell, y'all
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"Democrats should be walking away with the midterms. That they are not is because the congressional map is hopelessly gerrymandered, and Democrats can win by millions of votes and still only pick up a relative handful of seats."
There. I fixed it for you!“
“Democrats should be walking away with the midterms. That they are not is because they have consistently underestimated the president’s political gifts, while missing the deeper threat his presidency represents.”
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I'm not a member, though many of my colleagues are, but this saddens me. It's collaborating with a dangerous regime. It's shocking.
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For several weeks, I watched news anchors and reporters ask House Democrats why they wouldn't save McCarthy's speakership. Why aren't they now grilling Rs to find a half-dozen who'd vote for Speaker Hakeem Jeffries? Serious question.
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What do they have on Lindsey Graham? Really. What a disgrace.
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Dear
@LindseyGrahamSC
: Please DM me. I will get to the bottom of whoever is forcing you to behave like this.
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Rudy Giuliani is misogynist filth. The thrice-married moral midget has no standing to criticize
@StormyDaniels
. Obviously.
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Yes, it’s Christmas weekend. I was baking pies with my daughter, who is home for the holidays, when I got the news. It didn’t feel too good. But all of your support helps, a lot. I'm grateful to the people who have fought for me.
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I'm trying to go to sleep and then someone tells me
#keepjoanwalsh
is trending. Thanks, everyone.
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I think the folks who wondered whether Kamala would excite any voters might have an answer.
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When the rage you've been working through for more than two years suddenly comes roaring back...
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Oh dear God: Manchin reportedly feared a paid leave program “could invite fraud,” and “asked about work requirements, even though employment is a condition for one to take leave in the first place, some of the sources said.”
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The way the president talks to
@AprilDRyan
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I don't follow him here, so can someone update me on the mental health of Individual 1 right now?
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Came to Iowa to cover
@ewarren
. Staying with my daughter who works for
@SenKamalaHarris
. At the airport, ran into my friends who work for
@SenGillibrand
. I could be confused, but I'm choosing to be exhilarated. What great choices we have this time around.
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Yes, Jim Cramer really did call
@SpeakerPelosi
"Crazy Nancy" to her face. Appalling
@cnbc
.
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Wow
@kamalaharris
knocks down Barrett's insisting RBG wouldn't answer questions about her views at her confirmation hearing. RBG was eloquent about her support for reproductive choice.
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OMG Washington PLEASE don't have more folks at the
@nationals
parade than at Trump's inauguration. That would be so MEAN!
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You sad sacks: Trump is doing a drive-by while on his way to golf. You're standing in the cold screaming and risking Covid. To each his own, I guess.
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The crowd at the Parkland vigil is chanting "No more guns!" God bless them. Let this turn the tide.
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I respect the Kennedys so much for this statement. It had to be hard, and genuinely sad.
Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment. Today's announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.
@roryekennedy
@joekennedy
@KKT_Kennedy
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For the younger folk, 1998 was when Kavanaugh was helping Kenneth Starr ruin Bill Clinton over a consensual affair.
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I can’t take another day of people acting like the Progressive Caucus is the problem here. No mention of Manchinema.
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Seriously, if Jared is officially advising Trump to show caution/skepticism in replying to the Khashoggi torture/dismemberment, can't Congress subpoena Kushner's communications/WhatsApp with MBS?
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Watching
@BarackObama
handle a heckler in Miami with grace and humor, rather than telling folks to beat him up.
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I'm flabbergasted, honestly: Sarah Sanders regularly lies for Trump, but she can't bring herself to "guarantee" that Trump didn't use the N-word? Wow.
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I feel a duty to stay up and see Biden/Harris certified, but I barely slept 4 hours last night covering the great GA news. Poor planning not to have counted on a coup the next day! What kind of journalist am I?
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This is the moment when Fox and Q and Gaetz and Tucker and everything GOP comes tumbling down...
I screenshotted Tucker's face at the exact moment after Gaetz says "I'm not the only person on this screen who's been falsely accused of a terrible sex act"
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Now we learn the Austin bombing victims are relatives of prominent African American community leaders. Why did it take so long to find this out?
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When you're waking up at 5 or 5:30 am, it's normal to want dinner at 4:30 right? Say yes.
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They had lunch with Rudy Giuliani before they got on their international flight and got arrested. They're all going down.
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Wow, Maine's Jared Golden just apologized for opposing an assault weapons ban, says he'll now support one, and asks the community's forgiveness. Moving.
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Watching Dr. Blasey Ford's face as
@ChuckGrassley
assaults her credibility is horrifying. Sending her all of the love and support I can muster.
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I love people telling me debates don’t matter as though this is my first rodeo. People, I’ve been at this my whole freakin’ adult life.I am not sure Val Demings’ debate win can change anything. I am just saying it was magnificent. And we don’t get much magnificent these days
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OMG: Harris gets Barr to admit neither he nor Rosenstein looked at any of the underlying evidence in the Mueller Report.
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There's only one word to describe this man. He is a pig. His cruelty is infinite.
WATCH: President Trump mocks Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Trump's Supreme Court pick Judge Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, during rally in Mississippi.
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Watching
@SenGillibrand
leave the race while folks with less to offer, and less support, keep running should remind all women of our daily affirmation "Lord give me the confidence of a mediocre white man." You're welcome.
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Someone suggested Louie CK didn't trash the Parkland students. I listened again: He makes fun of kids testifying before Congress because "you went to a high school where kids got shot" but who lived because "you pushed some fat kid in the way." Defend that.
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I have to say: Happy to see some real impeachment movement in the House today, but it broke my heart that Elijah Cummings wasn't in that press conference with the top committee chairs...
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1) So: Many people know I am close friends with
@JoyAnnReid
. Few of you know I was the first person to publish her, roughly 18 years ago. We didn't meet for at least a dozen years.
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Unthinkable.
@joanwalsh
Can you imagine the NYT letting Hillary ramble for 30 minutes unchallenged & unquestioned? Hell, can you imagine their letting her talk for 5 minutes without challenge?
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They're weak, but he's in a bunker. Got it.
I'm in touch with someone who's on the governors' call with President Trump right now. They and others listening in are alarmed. The president is urging governors to take back the streets, not be "weak," and use force as the nation faces growing racial unrest.
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I don't think I need to say this but...if Biden speaks tonight, he needs to give some time to
@kamalaharris
. This is a very big night for American women and especially black women. If anything is acknowledged, that should be part of it.
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Look at the tiny girl sitting alone in the background of your photo op
@VP
and tell us about the "excellent care" she's getting. Stop trying to fool us with your performative Christianity. You're not fooling God.
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I watched Roger Stone unveil these T-shirts outside the RNC in Cleveland. This does feel pretty good, I gotta say.
Roger Stone holding up this "Hillary for Prison" shirt deserves more play than it's been getting.
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I'll make my
@CNN
debut with
@jaketapper
tonight at 10 pm from Washington! Please join us!
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My mind is clearly destroyed. I'm sitting here reading about JFK Jr's return. I clicked and I couldn't stop. It's intervention time...
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Too many journalists spend too much time debating whether and when we can call
@realDonaldTrump
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I am absolutely shocked that House Speaker Mike Johnson can't pull his caucus together. With all that obvious charisma? And why isn't Jesus helping him?
The Republican Party is in chaos. They are unable pass a spending bill. They're focused on Hunter Biden. They're trying to lower Biden admin salaries to $1.
Meanwhile, we are racing towards a government shutdown.
8 days to go. No plan in sight.
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In addition to her soaring fundraising numbers,
@TedraCobb
has seen her Twitter followers climb from around 6,000 to more than 180K. I think she will top 200K tonight, don't you?
I cannot believe this!
You have helped us raise over $500,000 to take back
#NY21
and defeat
@EliseStefanik
Will you chip in whatever you can today to help us reach $1 million this weekend?
-Tedra
#TedraCobbForCongress
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Oh boy Amy Klobuchar coming in on behalf of her fellow senators and killing Mayor Pete. Respect.
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I'm just gonna say it and go to bed: By far, the two best candidates in this field of two dozen are women. By far.
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