Bill Tierney

@USC University Professor & Founding Director @USCPullias, author of Get Real: 49 challenges confronting higher education (SUNY, 2020)

[Kenneth Mejia, CPA @kennethmejiaLA]

My opponent’s mom is spending $4 million to oust me as City Controller. This buys him a platform for disgusting lies but it cannot erase the truth.

For 3.5 years, I’ve led as Controller with integrity and trustworthiness. My record speaks for itself - and so does my opponent's.

[Fabian Ardaya @FabianArdaya]

Dave Roberts’ address to the Dodgers and Mets on Jackie Robinson Day:

[Bill Plaschke @BillPlaschke]

Column: Just say no! Dodgers players should decline White House visit https://t.co/7qjb4ET227

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The worst of us are killing the best of us.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

This is one of the most important speeches given by a US politician in my lifetime. Thank you @ZohranKMamdani for standing up to the bigots, calling out the Islamophobes, and your pride in your faith at a time when Republicans & (some) Democrats have embraced anti-Muslim bigotry.

[Dylan Hernández @dylanohernandez]

The Dodgers have remained silent on the federal raids that have terrorized many Los Angeles communities.

On how they have once again let down many of their most loyal fans: https://t.co/ItERmrNe6R

[Jack Harris @ByJackHarris]

Kiké Hernández posted this on Instagram about the situation in Los Angeles

https://t.co/x9mpmesPZm

[Bill Tierney @TierneyBill]

Urge Los Angeles Dodgers to Cancel Their White House Visit https://t.co/8OO1Sj8cSw via @Change

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

Where things stand:

1. Top Dems who believed even a week ago Biden would stay now believe he’ll go.

2. House and Senate Dems have lost faith in his ability to win and there’s no way to win them back. His calls and interviews have hurt him badly. Confirmed debate wasn't a one-off.

3. Donors are also gone. Biden may well not have the money to run a real campaign against Trump if he stays in. Money will go downballot.

4. Biden is thinking things over in a way he wasn’t before and the view is he needs time to process and consider.

5. If Biden digs in after the weekend, public pressure from Dems will increase. Ugly in a way no one wants. But a lot of grim determination. Also a growing sense that if Biden stays in, this will come to be seen as the kind of political catastrophe you don't want to later be seen as silent in.

6. The moment Biden bows out, he will be treated as a hero among Democrats — a statesman who made the kind of country and party-first decision that Trump never would. People get that this is hard. He's being asked to do something very few leaders do.

7. Uniting around Kamala Harris feels a lot likelier than an open convention, much as I’ve supported the latter. This is grueling enough. Few Democrats have the stomach for another hard thing. And time is very short now.

8. Many thought RNC would help Biden by changing the subject. Instead, seeing a united Republican Party has focused Dems. They've realized they can't rely on Trump just to lose this.

9. Democratic Party is acting like an…actual party? Quite a thing to watch.

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

It’s kind of surreal to mentally substitute this response to Trump during the last debate

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

If you watch and share one thing make it this.

[CSPAN @cspan]

A child on the House floor while @repjohnrose delivers remarks.

[Blake Harris @BlakeHHarris]

The Dodgers playing the way they currently are isn't fun

But you have to appreciate this

This right here is why Dave Roberts is one of the top managers in the game

[Matt Hamilton @_hamilton_matt]

Day 5 of this and still no on-record remarks from USC President Carol Folt.

Instead: an unattributed statement announcing no outside speakers or honorees at main commencement ceremony

https://t.co/8PCJ0qIrQm

[Dave Zirin @EdgeofSports]

My hope is 1) No one agrees to be the USC commencement speaker OR 2) They get up to the podium and do nothing but read Asna Tabassum statement word for word. #solidarityisaverb https://t.co/1F4thxX5bA

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

'Let her speak!' USC campus reels after valedictorian's speech is canceled https://t.co/NmPhfSuqzi

[CAIR National @CAIRNational]

We call on @USC to immediately restore valedictorian Asna Tabassum's speech and treat all students fairly and justly, starting with Asna. We look forward to USC’S swift response.

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

The move is the first time the university has banned a valedictorian from the traditional chance to speak at its annual commencement ceremony.
https://t.co/LO8xgisopX

[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

USC’s graduation speaker, director Jon M. Chu, and its three honorary degree recipients (Maria Rosario Jackson, Billie Jean King and Marcia McNutt) must decline in solidarity with silenced valedictorian Asna Tabassum