Charles Mathewes

Religion & Ethics @ UofVirginia. Seven days, not one in seven.
Each thing is what it is, not another thing.
Aspiring to be more of a question than a comment.

[Charles Mathewes @CTMathewes]

@publicroad https://t.co/TWGsQs7oaI

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

Good rundown from @DwayneYancey

This takeaway shouldn't be overlooked.

"8. Some legislators and other officials face potential embarrassment"

[Jeff E. Schapiro @JeffESchapiro]

Important reminder: It was the @JoeBiden DoJ that opened the @SenLouiseLucas investigation.

[Charles Mathewes @CTMathewes]

Everyone has their own limits. Mine were crossed as he descended the gold escalator. But if you needed to wait till he defended people who punked on 12yo rape victims, well, better late than never.
Still, pretty sure this is just a momentary hesitation for this person

[Kathryn Jean Lopez @kathrynlopez]

Do you think of Amy Acton as a human being? Do you hate her as a 12-year-old? Do you not care that she was raped as a child?   https://t.co/g3HQEF9JFm

[Benjamin Ryan @benryanwriter]

The New Republic reports that 73% of Democratic campaign donations go to the consultants and vendors and just 13% to ads.

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Trump on Amy Acton: "If what the mother said about the daughter is half right, she has no right even running for the governor of Ohio..."

KC: What about what the daughter said about the mother?

TRUMP: "I don’t know what she said."

KC: "That the mother remained married to her stepfather who sexually abused her when she was 12 years old."

TRUMP: "When did she make that statement? Was it just recently?"

KC: "Years ago. He was charged with it."

[Charles Mathewes @CTMathewes]

@KurtSchlichter @DanLamothe @CynicalPublius @RobManess He’s telling the truth and you’re not, I suspect. @KurtSchlichter is a well-evidenced liar.

[Erin Burnett OutFront @OutFrontCNN]

CNN talks to voters in Ohio about the firestorm over Ramaswamy’s ad featuring his opponent’s estranged mother: “It’s the ugliest thing I’ve seen in pretty much my lifetime”

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

The Justice Department has indicted Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of Virginia’s most powerful Democrats, as part of a long-running investigation involving a family-run marijuana business.

Here's the text from the unsealed indictment: https://t.co/TooSTxrGW1

[Tyler Englander @TylerEnglander]

New: I asked @MarkWarner about the @SenLouiseLucas indictment.

"Anytime you've got criminal charges like this, they're serious," said Warner. "You're presumed innocent until the facts or the case proves otherwise."

"Why are they releasing this, what, 11 days before the election? Why didn't they do it earlier, or do it right after the election?"

[Charles Mathewes @CTMathewes]

Omg this is cray cray

[Steve Kornacki @SteveKornacki]

Very excited we can announce this: NBC will be live for **13 hours** on Election Night/overnight, starting at 5pm.

And....concurrent with this...I am going to be doing the livestream!! That will go up at 5:30 and I'll stay on all night with results, results, results.

This is only happening because so many of you tuned in and helped us spread the word this primary season. Can't thank you all enough for that. I really hope you'll join us for what is going to be an epic, all-night experience - and again help us spread the word far and wide! Can't wait for 11/3!

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

As our article factually reports, any suggestion that the administration is withholding aid comes directly from words spoken by President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Here's a gift link to read the full report. https://t.co/tzBCoAiMkc

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

Kushner’s attorney is quote-tweeting everyone posting the VF piece but isn’t threatening any libel action, given the enormity of what he claims are wholly false allegations. Will update if he answers.

[Elissa Slotkin @ElissaSlotkin]

We need to go on offense.

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

The timeline in the indictment shows law enforcement was gathering evidence from The Cannabis Outlet before the 2024 election

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. https://t.co/8AyV60gg1X

[Alyssa Farah Griffin @Alyssafarah]

Hand on my heart, my first day at the White House, Trump asked me if I knew what the H stood for. I said no. He said Horatio.

I think about that at least once a week. 😭

[Graham Moomaw @gmoomaw]

A text message from Sen. Lucas in the indictment shows her saying "we can make a lot of money" in connection to the weed legalization bill she carried.

It also says she didn't report this business interest on her mandatory financial disclosure form

[Jeff E. Schapiro @JeffESchapiro]

Obama’s DOJ waited until after @BobMcDonnell had left the #Va governorship - Democrat @TerryMcAuliffe had recently been sworn in as his successor - before announcing McDonnell’s corruption indictment in early 2014.

He was tried, convicted but SCOTUS overturned the verdict.