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[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

Um.

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Michael Flynn vs Sid Rosenberg on foreign policy is peak 2026

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

Ken Martin to DNC staff per @ShaneGoldmacher and @reidepstein’s great story.

https://t.co/u18vP6ZXJB

[JennyCohn ✍🏻 📢 @jennycohn1]

3/ No paywall. https://t.co/QF2N2pUx1S

[JennyCohn ✍🏻 📢 @jennycohn1]

2/ Link: https://t.co/ICFjTXYAQw

[Michael A. Harris @MichaelNY]

@bell4mo slams @CoriBush in new ad for failing to support @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris. In 2024 Bush refused to support Harris. #MO01.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

The Progressive History tweet came before the WaPo and CNN stories about Jackson, which chased down the bottle rumor. Neither reported that he actually threw it at a colleague and hit her. So the ad is citing an anon X account rumor that reporting didn’t back up. New frontier

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@ggreenwald Sid Rosenberg is hard to take seriously https://t.co/AmgnZ7PKhj

[julie k. brown @jkbjournalist]

Must Read (gift): Jeffrey Epstein's Organized Crime Network tracked through his flights. Excellent reporting by @Bloomberg showing the global reach of his human trafficking. https://t.co/WADeRCk1aQ

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[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Have been a member of the @whca almost continuously since the 1990s. Our mission is to defend the First Amendment rights of White House correspondents to report on the president without fear or favor. Unfortunately last night did not advance that cause. Time to rethink the dinner.

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[Stefanie Feldman @StefFeldman]

The DNC must get rid of the policy platform process.

During presidential primaries, candidates present their own platform. Voters decide which is best.

That's the party platform!

The DNC platform harms the primary winner.

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[Howard Mortman @HowardMortman]

"Those cool kids on the Internet doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, and their criticism, only make me fight harder."

-- Haley Stevens

[Sydney Kashiwagi @SydneyKashiwagi]

Angie Craig tells me Hoffman’s accusation she sought his endorsement while he was recovering from his assassination attempt in the ICU and at home is not true.

“Emphatically, what has been asserted is untrue,” she said.

[Evan Hill @evanhill]

Extremist Israeli settlers have been marauding through the West Bank and killing Palestinians at an unprecedented rate in recent years, supported by Netanyahu's government and the IDF. Today one such group of armed settlers tried to enter Tell, near Nablus, and attacked a group of residents who emerged to defend their town. One resident seized a rifle from one of the men and the shooting seen below ensued. Four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed.

In response, Netanyahu has ordered the IDF to "accelerate the legalization of farms and outposts in the West Bank and establish new ones" and launch an "intensive" military operation: https://t.co/5BDmyF2cDM

[Alex Thompson @AlexThomp]

DNC rules and bylaws committee tentatively approves this 2028 primary calendar.
SC Jan 22nd
Nevada Feb 1
NH Feb 8
NM Feb 15
Michigan Feb 22
VA Feb 29
Then a full week before Super Tuesday (different than 2020 which had Super Tuesday right after SC)

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Link: https://t.co/6HthWc0Pcu

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"... based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient's state, i.e. whether the recipient's location and/or place of performance was in a Blue State or non-Blue State."

[Shane Goldmacher @ShaneGoldmacher]

They are debating what state comes first.

But in a speech, Jane Kleeb, a DNC vice chair, is outlining a potential first six states, in order: South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, Michigan, New Mexico and Virginia.

Could be a key indicator of final outcome.

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

On a voice vote, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee moves toward adding a sixth state to the early state window for 2028. The vote doesn't guarantee a sixth state but makes it possible.

[Jessica Levinson @LevinsonJessica]

U.S. Attorney FIRED by President Trump after 54 MINUTES on the job files lawsuit over termination

https://t.co/WehUC4jTKy

@KTLA