Senator Tammy Duckworth slams President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to lead the nation's spy agencies on CNN: "Not only is she not qualified for the job... but she is also likely compromised."
"It wasn’t the economy," @mtomasky says. "It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer" — the right-wing media. https://t.co/8cu4znYI3y
I'm seeing a solid stream of Democratic election criticism combined with Trump voters saying they voted for him because he'll end the war in Gaza or because milk will be $1 a gallon again.
As I was at a polling place today seeing the overwhelming number of women voters show up, something dawned on me. Why have I seen so many polls with the economy and immigration as the top issues? If reproductive rights and democracy are not right up there, too, something's off.
Chicago Voter Turnout as of 3:00pm on Election Day, 11/5/24:
825,361 total ballots cast (includes Early Voting and Previously Processed Vote By Mail)
1,498,873 active registered voters in Chicago
55.07% citywide turnout so far 🧵
JUST IN: New statement from intel agencies about foreign interference in the election describing two specific Russian attempts to create/amplify disinformation.
@8a5bd1dc9d19431 @Pnjbie @JenniferEValent Oh he knows that. He's claiming that being outraged by this behavior is *really* what's dividing us, and not the behavior itself. 🤡