"Midterms can signal the waning of an old era. And they can be a preamble, a prelude, to a new one. So if future historians write of a No Kings era beginning in 2028, those of us who are still around can quietly interject to say: Don’t forget 2026."
https://t.co/2esen1kUqW
Had a fun chat with @DanaBashCNN about her new book, The Elections That Changed the World. If you want to nerd-out about the most consequential elections in history, then this book is for you.
ok. this is an actual endorsement of the Vivek ad, unlike his earlier line that he was upset that republicans were upset with the ad. Can't really believe that they're attaching themselves to this thing.
Sen. Jon Ossoff: “Public money is going to the first family’s financial interests, and they want the rest of us to fend for ourselves if a hurricane hits.”
Abdul El-Sayed last debate: "My opponent here is gonna make this about him and about me, but really in the end this is about you."
Mike Rogers tonight: "My opponent's gonna try to make this about me versus him, but I'm gonna tell you this is about you."
Trump: "Half of the things that I'm telling you I did I never discussed on the campaign…I never said we were going to take over Venezuela. I never said we were going to stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon."
El-Sayed: “The cost of gas, the cost of groceries, it all really goes back to this war in Iran. We need a war powers resolution rather than a senator who is going to stand hip to hip with Donald Trump on this war that made no sense when it started and certainly makes no sense now. I’m looking forward to standing with my colleagues in the United States Senate to hold Donald Trump accountable for this war.”
.@AbdulElSayed explains the political current that is trying to divide Americans and the president’s part in it:
“Donald Trump's a bully…More often than not, bullies don't operate because they're truly strong; they operate because they are fragile and weak.”
.@DanaBashCNN on the ripple effects of an election: "Without George W. Bush...who knows what would have happened after 9/11...it's hard to imagine [Gore] taking it into Iraq...Without Iraq, hard to imagine we get Barack Obama. Without Barack Obama, hard to imagine we get Donald Trump."
Trump says that Ukraine gives the U.S. nothing in return for our help.
@michaeldweiss takes @Mpolymer through the history of how Ukrainian intelligence helped the CIA, and why Trump's claim is nonsense:
"He's completely and utterly full of shit.”
Steve Witkoff called Vladimir Putin a humanitarian. @pennbarker can think of a few other words that better describe the Russian president:
“This guy's one of the biggest human rights abusers on Earth. He's a despot. He's a terrorist.”
.@AbdulElSayed credits his pugnacious political style to former President Obama:
“I'm allowed to be who I am because he was who he is, so I'm grateful for that. I am so eternally grateful for that.”
The Trump administration's efforts in California have gone beyond trying to scare people away from going to the polls. The administration is also starting yet another immigration crackdown.
@Carrasquillo reports in the latest edition of Huddled Masses:
https://t.co/hVlKkHoFVy
Vance: "I have never once heard Vivek say, You know what, they ran a very unfair TV advertisement against me."
Vivek: "There are attack ads on me that are outright false, that are just fabricated, attacking my business record. I don't love it."