Jonathan Weisman
@jonathanweisman
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Chicago-based national editor for The New York Times, author, (((Semitism))) - Being Jewish in the Age of Trump, and the novel No. 4 Imperial Lane
Chicago, IL
Joined February 2009
.@SenSusanCollins is concerned Trump won't spend money Congress approved. "Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law." Trump violates the Impoundment Control Act w/ impunity. Why would Congress bother to appropriate?.
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Watch this space. States that have banned abortion and Republicans in Congress are moving fast to limit abortion in the states that ostensibly protect abortion rights. via @NYTimes.
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Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.
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So much for the old truism, prosecutors could indict a ham sandwich.
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It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who are dealing with the fallout from President Trump’s move to send National Guard troops and federal agents into Washington.
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A gift link to read about some of the arrests.
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A single afternoon in court illustrated the new ways in which laws are being enforced after President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police.
🚨 Over 1,000 arrests and more than 100 illegal guns seized. Last night, another 86 arrests including multiple suspects accused of assaulting law enforcement and National Guard — and a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member. Every day of our mission we are making DC safe again.
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No matter how long this account has been writing these funny tweets, outraged liberals keep taking them seriously. People, there is no Rep. Jack Kimble. It’s a parody. He’s on your side. Jeez.
We need to unify this country again. There is so much common ground here. The left is upset because of martial law in our cities while the right is furious about the new Cracker Barrel logo.
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RT @mattyglesias: When Trump sends us to the gulag, I'm going to be screaming "DEMOCRATS WON HUGE MAJORITIES AMONG READERS/WATCHERS OF MAIN….
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Buckle up, #Chicago. Trump: "You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, we're going to straighten that out. Probably that'll be our next one after this and it won't even be tough. The people in Chicago, they are screaming for us. They're wearing red hats.".
Trump on DC: "We haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also . Chicago is a mess. And we'll straighten that one out probably next . African Americans
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Buckle your seatbelts, Chicago. Trump: "You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent, we're going to straighten that out. Probably that'll be our next one after this and it won't even be tough. The people in Chicago, they are screaming for us. They're wearing red hats.".
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I’m old enough to remember when federal agents confiscating guns in America was the sum of all fears in certain quadrants of society. via @NYTimes.
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Times journalists reviewed hundreds of images and videos of law enforcement agents to determine what they have been doing on the ground.
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Actually, the word you're meaning is plutocracy, rule by the wealthy. Oligarchy is rule by a small clique, no wealth denoted by the term.
Oligarchy is the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, spending $290 million to get Trump elected, becoming over $100 billion richer since Election Day, receiving billions for SpaceX & making sure it will pay nothing in federal income taxes & can bust labor unions with impunity.
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Could American politics be entering its UK phase? For years, the Conservatives screwed up and screwed up but kept winning general elections because angry as voters were, they just couldn’t vote Labour. Are the Democrats now the wayward Labour Party?
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Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.
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RT @anneapplebaum: From the Telegram channel of RT, Russian state propaganda. Russian military vehicle assaulting Ukraine under two flags. ….
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“If Trump is genuinely concerned about safety of D.C. residents, I would see National Guard in my neighborhood. I’m not seeing it, and I don’t expect to see it. I don’t think Trump is bringing in the National Guard to protect Black babies in Southeast.”
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The president might have found allies in Southeast Washington, where violent crime has long vexed residents. But when he described the city as “disgusting,” with “roving mobs,” his remarks left those...
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The IHRA calls “drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis” antisemitism. The comparison might be repugnant but is it bigoted speech or political speech? Same question for “claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.”.
Criticism of Israel is not itself antisemitic. But antisemitism often infects political discourse, or hides behind legitimate criticism. @TheIHRA Working Definition helps us understand the line, so hate can’t hide in plain sight. Learn more:
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One might believe that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. One might believe that anti-Zionism is a political position, not bigotry. Regardless, the expression of the latter belief should not be repressed, by legislation or regulation. via @NYTOpinion.
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As an American and as a Jew, I regard the right to dissent as a patriotic duty.
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Our guy @jackhealyNYT went to Anchorage looking for a story on preparations for the Putin-Trump meeting. He found Ukrainian refugees, a lot of them, in Alaska. “It’s difficult to accept that he’s going to be here.”
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Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was not invited to the Trump-Putin summit in Anchorage, but 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in Alaska will be watching with trepidation.
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Here's a lot of data for you from @Redistrict, who wrote "Republican-controlled states account for a majority of the swing seat collapse." Really interesting stuff.
cookpolitical.com
For more than 25 years, the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) has served as a useful metric to compare the partisan leanings of all 435 House seats and 50 states. Today, we're publishing historical...
@adammocklerr I’m asking any Democrat to explain to me what Texas is doing differently than California, Illinois, NJ, New York, etc. Liberals are truly the party of “do as I say, not as I do.” They might as well be screaming “it’s only fair when we do it.” Fucking hypocrites.
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Inbox, from @RepArrington, chairman of the House Budget Committee: "This week’s news that the United States’ national debt has surpassed $37 trillion is a stark reminder of our dire fiscal straits.".
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