Director, UChicago Institute of Politics. Senior Political Commentator @CNN. Author, Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Host of The Axe Files podcast and TV.
The @PresElectBiden navigated his presser well, keeping focus on his priorities, touting progress on the virus and recovery, and generally avoiding making big news on other subjects.
Amazing to watch the big right-wing propaganda machine roll. They can’t paint @JoeBiden as “radical” or “socialist,” so they instead paint him as clueless and senile. Biden was in command of that presser today but the predictable braying on the right was that he was out of it.
On the #AxeFiles , @karaswisher of the @nytimes , who has been covering the tech giants since their infancy, scoffed at their claims of innocence in the information wars and sounded the alarm about how social media is being weaponized. Pod👉
I don’t know Hansjorg Wyss. But to me, as a Chicagoan & proud veteran of the @chicagotribune newsroom, his intervention to try & save the Trib from the clutches of hedge fund scavengers is an unexpected ray of hope and good news for our town & journalism.
@SenDuckworth may have the most remarkable & inspiring story of anyone in public life. Now she’s written a new memoir, Every Day is a Gift. In new #AxeFiles , I spoke w/her about her life & searing moments like the one below that helped shape her. Pod👉
The memorial service in the Capitol rotunda for Officer Billy Evans, who died protecting others, was heartbreakingly sad. But the images of his young family were absolutely wrenching. May his memory be a blessing.
Two noteworthy milestones in American social history today: The 1947 debut of Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and 99th the birthday of the late Harold Washington, who in 1983, became the first Black mayor of Chicago. Both heroic path-breakers!
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This may be why @realDonaldTrump has potential legal problems. If you claim massive losses to avoid paying federal income taxes but inflate your revenues and assets on bank documents for loan purposes, wouldn’t that constitute fraud?
The stunning conclusion from the briefing today is that the @POTUS knew he had COVID-19 at least 3 days ago, did not disclose it, went to events and risked infecting others. They thought they could hide this until the media outed Hope Hicks and the POTUS developed symptoms.
The shooter in Boulder bought an assault weapon a week before the massacre. He had a conviction for assault and a history of aggressive acts. Explain to me how background checks wouldn’t help?
@BarackObama didn’t mention @realDonaldTrump . Yet when Obama referenced adults with fancy titles who act like children and do only what feels good, the president’s supporters immediately read it as a dastardly attack on HIM. Why is that?🤔
Before @JoeBiden was selected VP by @BarackObama , vetters for the campaign scoured every aspect of his record, career and life. Tara Reade or complaints of sexual harassment or assault never came up. I know. I was there. Here are my recollections:
When the @POTUS wants to present a skewed picture of the virus and what it requires, he sends out Dr. Atlas, who has no background in public health or epidemiology, to parrot the party line. When the POTUS requires treatment, he seeks out experts who know what they’re doing.
If @realDonaldTrump and @senatemajldr ram thru a replacement now, the SCOTUS will have a majority of justices appointed by presidents who finished 2d in the popular vote, confirmed by senate majorities who represented less than half of the country. A tyranny of the minority.
So @BarackObama advised @realDonald Trump not to hire Flynn as nat sec adviser. Trump ignored the advice. Flynn proceeded to lie to the @FBI and @VP about his call with the Russian ambassador, for which Trump fired him and Flynn pleaded guilty. And this is Obama’s fault?!?
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