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Sam Stein
4 years
Am I the only one who goes to bed every night convinced that my mild throat scratch is the beginnings of coronavirus only to wake up with a wave of huge relief that it's gone?
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Why are Raphael Warnock’s faith and sermons fair game for attack but Amy Coney Barrett’s religious views not?
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Sorry, but this tragedy isn’t “unimaginable.” We saw ten people killed at a grocery store last week! We saw an elementary school shot up with 20 kids dead less than ten years ago. It’s very much imaginable now.
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Sam Stein
4 years
So Trump, Ivanka, Jared, Kayleigh, Kellyanne, Pence, and Ronna McDaniel all voted by mail
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Sam Stein
4 years
What's the logic for wanting to bail out the cruise line industry but not cover the costs of the postal service?
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Sam Stein
3 years
Bernie announces his next move: An amendment to take tax deductions away from large corporations that don't pay above $15-an-hour wages. Wants it IN the reconciliation bill
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Sam Stein
6 years
The “lock her up” crowd is super into due process this week.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Trumps campaign appears to believe he has won the election by putting on a mask, which raises the question of why they resisted this tactically brilliant political move until after 133k deaths
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Sam Stein
4 years
As Pence’s team mocks Harris for wanting a plexiglass barrier on the debate stage, worth noting that the CDC’s own guidelines call for work spaces to “install physical barriers, such as clear plastic sneeze guards” if applicable. Pence runs the COVID task force.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Trump’s closing argument of More Covid, Less Stimulus seems like a bit of a gamble.
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Sam Stein
5 years
Just to be clear, Trump is currently, this morning, calling on foreign leaders to investigate Biden in the midst of an impeachment proceeding about whether he has encouraged foreign leaders to investigate Biden
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Sam Stein
6 years
suicides…. are deaths
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PolitiFact
6 years
. @davidhogg111 said at #Marchforourlives "Ninety-six people die every day from guns in our country." The majority of those deaths are suicides.
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Sam Stein
4 years
ATTENTION: If Donald Trump paid you to take the SATs for him, hit me up on twitter. DMs are open.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Joe Biden can now run as the youngest male candidate left in the field.
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Sam Stein
6 years
i sincerely don’t care that Trump plays golf. god speed. but the sheer amount he plays does spotlight how insincere Obama’s critics were about his golfing habits. here’s a little sampling of people who’ve gone suddenly quiet on the topic
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Sam Stein
6 years
So the crowd that asked the Russians and Wikileaks to help obtain Clinton’s emails is now upset with Mueller for obtaining emails through the General Services Administration?
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Sam Stein
6 years
Oh well
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Sam Stein
5 years
Among the answers Trump could have given to the Jean Carroll accusations are, “are you kidding? I would never do that.” Or “rape is abhorrent. I’m disgusted someone could think I’d do such a thing. Let alone accuse me of it." Instead he went with, “she’s not my type"
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Sam Stein
4 years
Maybe I'm not following this but why would teens on tiktok prank ordering a bunch of unlimited tickets to a rally mean the rally was not full and that no one was at the overflow? I get that it set up expectations to absurd levels. But it doesn't account for the sparse crowd.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Romney not just voting to convict, he’s ripping Trump anew: “An appalling abuse of public trust” “A flagrant assault” on our elections “Perhaps the most abusive and destructive violation of ones oath of office that I can imagine."
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Sam Stein
4 years
Nine days apart
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Sam Stein
5 years
Art of the Deal: hold out 35 days to end up where you could have been on Day 1. Only you’ve pissed off the opposition and let down your allies and killed your poll numbers
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Sam Stein
4 years
Who else is just exhausted?
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Sam Stein
4 years
Lindsey Graham saying the nominee already has the votes days before the nominee is, ya know, nominated says it all.
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Sam Stein
4 years
One other data point: Loeffler had not made a single stock transaction during the three weeks she served in office prior to this one. This was her first. The day she got the coronavirus briefing.
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Sam Stein
4 years
NEW — Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing
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Sam Stein
4 years
So the sequence here appears to be. 1. DNI gets intel that Russia is interfering again in the election 2. Acting DNI briefs lawmakers about the threat. 3. Trump finds out 4. Trump berates acting DNI 5. Trump replaces acting DNI with political stooge/ally
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4 years
Klobuchar has good news on her husband: "He has coronavirus and has been in the hospital for pneumonia and low oxygen. He took a good turn, was just released and is now recovering at home."
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Sam Stein
5 years
With respect to John Legend, I think the bigger story from last night was the administration denying Bahamians without a visa the ability to enter the US despite their island having been decimated
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Sam Stein
7 years
Trump calling Warren Pocahontas is racist. We kind of gloss over it at this point. But this is the president being racist.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Can’t unsee that video of the Buffalo PD. Completely unconscionable. Literally disgusted by it. And enraged that they said he “tripped and fell.” Shameful stuff.
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Sam Stein
5 years
I can’t get over the fact that the president just cancelled a trip to a country because that country refused to sell him fucking Greenland. I mean, I’m cracking up just typing this. But it’s real!
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Sam Stein
6 years
Hannity calls everyone he disagrees with in journalism an out of touch limousine-driving elitist and the guy owns 870 houses.
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Sam Stein
3 years
When 3,400 people die in a day because of Covid it becomes a wee bit hard to worry about a staffer calling lawmakers of a party "fuckers"
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Sam Stein
6 years
Imagine President Hillary Clinton hosting a NYE’s event at the Clinton Foundation HQs and charging people to attend. It would cause a country-wide fever panic… and for good reason. This isn’t even for a charity. It’s for his own club.
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Kenneth P. Vogel
6 years
Trump is planning to attend the NYE party at Mar-a-Lago, where they increased ticket prices to $600 for dues-paying members & $750 for guests. Last year’s tickets went for $525 for members & $575 for guests.
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Sam Stein
6 years
i still can't get over the fact that top Trump officials were told that their no tolerance immigration policy would cause severe psychological damage to young children and they went forward anyway
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Sam Stein
7 years
If you had an affair with a pro-life congressman who encouraged you to have an abortion we at the Daily Beast would like to hear from you
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Sam Stein
5 years
If I'm following this correctly, Rudy has spent months arguing that Hunter Biden was paid an absurd amount of money based on political connections and not actual professional skill, all while being paid half a million dollars for his political connections
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Sam Stein
4 years
Tough to decide what the worst part of Trumps CDC visit was - Saying he wanted to keep sick people on a ship to fudge the numbers - lashing out at the gov of the worst hit state - being preoccupied w/ the ratings he got on Fox - or saying anyone can get tested when they can't
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Sam Stein
6 years
Truly remarkable that these companies knew to make big payments into a totally unknown LLC operated by Trump aide who had no position inside the WH and no formal role on the campaign.
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Sam Stein
5 years
I’m sorry. But if you willfully work for a guy who was caught on camera bragging about grabbing women by their genitals and forcefully kissing them because you’re famous you really don’t have any room to speak on this issue.
@FoxNewsSunday
Fox News Sunday
5 years
. @KellyannePolls on @JoeBiden : If anybody just types in “Creepy Uncle Joe Videos” you come up with a treasure trove…I think Joe Biden has a big problem here because he calls it affection and handshakes, his party calls it completely inappropriate.
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Sam Stein
5 years
Marco Rubio was incredibly outspoken about his fears of election corruption in Florida, taking to Twitter to warn of votes literally being made up/fabricated. I asked his office if he had a comment on the situation in North Carolina. 20 hours later, still no response.
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Sam Stein
3 years
Sen. Whitehouse calls for the Senate Ethics Committee to consider "the expulsion, or censure and punishment, of Senators Cruz, Hawley, *and perhaps others.*"
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Sam Stein
4 years
Jim Jordan, fresh off of imploring Democrats to not interrupt Bill Barr so much, won’t let Dr. Fauci finish a sentence in this hearing
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Sam Stein
3 years
As you watch MAGA protestors storm the capitol largely unimpeded, recall that BLM protestors were peacefully outside the White House and Trump had them dispersed with, what turned out to be, tear gas.
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Sam Stein
6 years
i know the focus is now gonna be on Collins and Murkowski but would be welcomed sight if a male GOP Senator spoke up about this too.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Trump calls a doctor who has medically advocated sex with demons and witches “spectacular”
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Sam Stein
4 years
Just a small piece of advice to the social media director at the Mayo. Clinic: People can see when you delete your tweets.
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Sam Stein
5 years
My man. You can’t complain about traffic problems!
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Chris Christie
5 years
It took me 5 hours and 40 minutes to travel from Piscataway to Mendham. #snowmess
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Sam Stein
8 years
this is the most fantastic thing i’ve seen tonight. maybe this year
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Sam Stein
5 years
Does the WH not realize that pulling Sondland’s testimony only adds to the impeachment push and screams like they’re hiding something?
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Sam Stein
5 years
"America is under attack from home grown white nationalist terrorists" -Mayor Pete
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Sam Stein
5 years
You would think the opposition party would have a field day with a president cancelling a trip to commemorate WWII so he could monitor a hurricane only to then be spotted playing golf two days in a row at his personal club. But I can’t even recall seeing one Dem take a whack
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Sam Stein
5 years
Trump spent years insinuating then insisting, then even trying to prove that the biographical foundation of Obama’s political career was a hoax. In the end, it was Trump’s own biography that was painfully phony.
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Sam Stein
5 years
So Mulvaney has admitted: 1. Trump encouraged that Doral host G7 2. They did have, in fact, a quid pro quo with Ukraine for investigations into the DNC server 3. That politics is influencing their foreign policy.
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Sam Stein
6 years
DNC: Franken should resign RNC: we’re all in on Roy Moore
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Sam Stein
4 years
You just don't meet too many people in life who consciously pick fights with widows by suggesting their husband is in hell
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Sam Stein
5 years
It never gets mentioned but one thing that Trump White House did early on that has had major ripple effects was to get rid of the visitor logs. We would know right away how many times Rudy was in the building or, for that matter, if Parnas and Fruman ever stopped by.
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Sam Stein
4 years
NEW — The son of one of Trump’s pardon recipients gave $85k to Trump victory this August. His wife gave $50k that same month. On top of that, they made an in-kind contribution for $75k in air travel.
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Sam Stein
4 years
Some personal news. I am a father again. Harry Leinwand Stein was born four weeks ago. I've held off on saying anything because he's been in the NICU since his birth. He came pretty early.
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Sam Stein
6 years
Guys, as we digest Trump telling Fox & Friends that he only knew about the payments "later on,” please try and recall a few weeks back when MICHAEL COHEN PRODUCED AUDIO TAPE OF HIM AND TRUMP DISCUSSING THE PAYMENTS AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE MADE. #crazypills
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Sam Stein
4 years
I really would love to better understand the psychology behind why Greta Thunberg seems to drive prominent Republicans/Trumpians so nuts.
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Sam Stein
4 years
When you've burned all your credibility on big, medium and petty matters you lose the benefit of the doubt on important stuff. And, right now, no one realistically can take at face value the WH word on the president's hospital visit yesterday.
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Sam Stein
5 years
It's days when the president just decides to unload on black lawmakers and majority-minority US cities that I often ask myself: How's the Be Best campaign going?
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Sam Stein
6 years
How could Corey Lewandowski possibly think he could get away with such a crass, disgusting mockery of someone with disabilities????
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Sam Stein
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if the next reporter who interviews Pompeo doesn't ask the exact same marie yovanovitch question that NPR did then they're falling down on the job.
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Sam Stein
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I get that Beto got a lot of glossy coverage. But you’d have to be insane not to recognize how innovative and remarkable his campaign was. He put together the most groundbreaking fundraising apparatus in Senate history
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Sam Stein
4 years
Got the bill for my kids four week stay in the NICU. Let's just say: I'm extremely grateful for the health insurance our family has and far more fearful and frightened for those who don't have these benefits
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Sam Stein
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Am told by a Fetterman adviser that the Snooki Cameo that they put out to troll Dr. Oz cost the campaign $393.75
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Sam Stein
2 years
it’s a small thing. but it matters, to me at least. The first time (right?) that the vice president’s office is celebrating Hanukkah as a matter of religion and not just ceremony
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Douglas Emhoff
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From our family to yours, Happy Hanukkah.
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Sam Stein
6 years
So Collins and Alexander confirm that CHIP, a program that gives health care to 9m kids and whose money expired in Sept, won’t be renewed this year. Maybe next year. 9 million klids.
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Sam Stein
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Cuomo: "Did you ask the Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden?" Rudy: "no, no i didn't" LITERALLY 30 SECOND LATER Cuomo: "So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?" Rudy: "Of course I did!"
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Sam Stein
8 years
Damn. this ad from Clinton
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Sam Stein
4 years
Politics aside. Good luck to the Conways. Parenting is fucking hard.
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Did the White House really hand Leslie Stahl a 2,500 page binder of blank pages that they said was Trump’s health care plan ?
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Sam Stein
5 years
Any governors gonna demand that farmers take drug tests before they get these government hand outs?
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Donald J. Trump
5 years
Today I am making good on my promise to defend our Farmers & Ranchers from unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. I have authorized Secretary Perdue to implement the 2nd round of Market Facilitation Payments. Our economy is stronger than ever–we stand with our Farmers!
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Sam Stein
4 years
Remarkably, Sondland paid $1 million to become a part of this colossal mess
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Sam Stein
4 years
Apologies for not knowing this, but are other countries seeing similar cases of gleeful defiance of stay at home/public safety orders, with people showing up at stores videotaping their refusal to enter with masks on? Or is this a predominantly US thing?
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Sam Stein
6 years
I don’t care how good a guy people think you are in your professional life. If you hit a woman, you’re not a good guy. This isn’t controversial
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Sam Stein
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Amazing contrast in gender norms and expectations. Ford (who says she was sexually assaulted) is almost apologetic in her testimony. Kavanaugh, the alleged perpetrator, is yelling and angry.
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Sam Stein
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Can’t believe I’m typing this, but is the White House going to provide proof that Trump is taking hydroxychloroquine or are we taking him at his word?
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Sam Stein
6 years
Everyone who hired Michael Cohen admits they made a serious mistake once it got out that they hired Michael Cohen
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Sam Stein
5 years
I’m not surprised that Trump has managed to make himself the victim (of Biden, the press, Sherrod Brown, the Dayton mayor) during the day when he’s visiting literal gun shot victims. If you’re surprised, you really haven’t been paying attention.
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6 years
Everyone focused on Trump melting down right now, and deservedly so. But the real story seems, to me at least, to be the continued absence of public concern from elected Republican leaders over what seems increasingly likely to be coming.
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Sam Stein
6 years
I keep coming back to the fact that Jr. is not some teenage kid. He’s 40 years old.
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Sam Stein
6 years
this is particularly vile
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Sam Stein
6 years
Lebron James launched a school for severely at risk children Trump separated severely at risk children from their parents.
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Donald J. Trump
6 years
Lebron James was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, Don Lemon. He made Lebron look smart, which isn’t easy to do. I like Mike!
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Sam Stein
4 years
So today Blue Apron announced that it was going to be shuttering its facilities on Election Day to make it a defecto holiday for its workers. Which got me thinking: is there an activist push being made on other companies to do the same.
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Twice now i've asked the First Lady's office whether she feels differently about the issue of chain migration than her husband given the story of her parents. 24 hours later. No response.
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Sam Stein
5 years
This is a bombshell that isn’t getting much notice. But the top diplomat in Ukraine was texting in real time that we were withholding security funds to help with Trump's political campaign
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Sam Stein
4 years
He just can’t deal with female reporters challenging him.
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My 3.5 year old child literally just grabbed a beer from the fridge and told me I had to drink it and drink it now.
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Sam Stein
5 years
So, if Nadler’s tweet is true, Bill Barr will have summarized the Mueller report, redacted it, briefed the White House on it, and then given a press conference on it all before allowing Congress to see it.
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Sam Stein
5 years
It seems fair to note that Trump has offered some concessions here. But only fair if you also note that his administration ended DACA protections and slashed TPS protections in the first place. So his concession is, in part, just to undo the damage he inflicted.
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Sam Stein
5 years
So very odd that Kavanaugh apparently committed himself to upholding Roe (per Susan Collins) and yet, all these states are rushing through these aggressive anti-abortion laws in belief in that’s he’s with them.
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Sam Stein
4 years
trump, clearly infected with covid, decides to expose his staff, driver and security detail to it by taking a short drive to great supporters?
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Sam Stein
4 years
Don’t celebrate these long lines to vote being pictured on TV. It’s a sad and pathetic commentary on our government that they make it this f-ing hard.
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Sam Stein
2 years
Trump, who discussed pulling the US from NATO takes credit for NATO’s existence in a new statement. Trump, who threatened to withhold weapons funding from Ukraine to get dirt on Biden, takes credit for Ukrainian weapons in same statement.
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Sam Stein
5 years
When GOP congressmen are asked tomorrow about reports that the president directed his lawyer to lie TO THEM, will they go with 1. "I haven’t see those reports you’re talking about." Or 2. “Look, this is an unconventional president…."
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