- 00:40:29 Reading – About that bogus claim that North Carolina is no longer a democracy . . . (Andrew Gelman) https://t.co/D9c8iRXzPq
- 00:47:28 Watching – Two year old miraculously saves twin brother (Kayli Shoff) https://t.co/bMXZfoKVh7
- 02:05:44 Reading – House Republicans vote to rein in independent ethics office (DeBonis/Demirjian) https://t.co/rclaDQGZAk
- 02:15:25 Retweeted @sofiabiologista 2017-01-02 04:26:23 Know your cephalopods! <symbol> https://t.co/UUz9QdMKcE
- 03:00:12 Retweeted @kerpen 02:39:17 115th Congress hasn't even started yet and House leadership has already been thwarted by rank-and-file.
- 03:15:47 Retweeted @ObsoleteDogma 03:15:36 Welcome to the dawn of a new unified Republican government! https://t.co/NnrAEjdaSf
- 04:38:31 Retweeted @SwiftOnSecurity 04:18:03 [UPDATE] The electric company was not hacked, there was no malware signature, just an IP match from the bullcrap JAR https://t.co/GMmIVKHgBr in reply to SwiftOnSecurity
- 05:10:05 Retweeted @SenWarren 03:06:02 Tell us, @GOP: Who, exactly, thinks that the problem with Washington is that we have too many rules requiring the gov to act ethically?
- 05:29:09 Retweeted @broodingbrahmin 03:23:57 GOP passed this 119-74. So 74 GOP reps voted no. Goes to full House tomorrow. Pls call your rep and tell them NO. https://t.co/IspwrJACQb
- 05:29:23 Retweeted @AstroKatie 04:57:54 Calling a secret surprise vote to put yourself in charge of deciding if you're corrupt totally sounds like somethin… https://t.co/FKVZ0YAlzM
- 05:31:37 Retweeted @apod 05:30:08 Pandora Close up at Saturn: https://t.co/Intw8iDYWA by NASA, @NASAJPL, Space Science Institute https://t.co/nnUhp89uRL
- 05:32:11 Retweeted @mattyglesias 02:32:48 Remember when a scandal was, like, Doug Band asked for a diplomatic passport and State told him he couldn't have one?
- 05:57:21 Reading – With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office (Eric Lipton) https://t.co/OTIFmkpeZ3
- 06:20:26 Retweeted @sahilkapur 04:46:12 True, hatred of OCE is bipartisan. But is that because it's unfair & heavy-handed, as opponents say? Or because nob… https://t.co/TDdDwjpu4c
- 06:30:19 Reading – McCain plans Russia cyber hearing for Thursday (Herb/O'Brien) https://t.co/A9ucKwpFWb
- 06:41:36 Reading – The Contrarian Conformist: Review of 2016 Predictions and New Predictions for 2017 (@BYUfan) https://t.co/slJMLLzftV
- 13:35:12 Retweeted @SamWangPhD 12:23:45 Polarization: high negatives make crossover voting unthinkable. And incompetence is not sufficient to withhold vote… https://t.co/r2LfbxW2kM
- 13:40:50 Reading – To Stop Trump, Democrats Can Learn From the Tea Party (Levin/Greenberg/Padilla) https://t.co/kqh89rMXTT
- 13:50:05 Retweeted @csoghoian 13:16:25 How is the average reader supposed to tell the difference between "we made this up for pageviews" fake news & this… https://t.co/OypCGKoJDV
- 14:04:47 Reading – The U.S. doesn’t have a problem with Russia. It has a problem with Vladimir Putin. (Garry Kasparov) https://t.co/fhxM0UeYcO
- 15:43:45 Listening to Voices from the Obama Years: A Fareed Zakaria GPS Special https://t.co/NIQHxVeGKd
- 15:54:36 Retweeted @uncriticalsimon 2017-01-02 23:46:09 @dscotto10 @varadmehta @abulsme Is no-one worried about risking another Berlusconi? in reply to dscotto10
- 15:54:43 Retweeted @dscotto10 15:32:34 @uncriticalsimon @varadmehta @abulsme Trump as Berlusconi is probably the best comparison available. in reply to uncriticalsimon
- 15:54:47 Retweeted @varadmehta 15:33:38 @dscotto10 @uncriticalsimon @abulsme Yeah, I'd say that's really the chief worry with Trump. The most realistic one, anyway. in reply to dscotto10
- 16:33:07 Retweeted @mattdpearce 16:29:44 Real-time news is here, literally every single news cycle now consists of a sugar high that later gets deflated by context and fact-checking in reply to mattdpearce
- 16:50:16 Retweeted @BNONews 16:50:00 Minnesota elector dismissed for trying to vote for Sanders instead of Clinton files Supreme Court petition to have his vote counted
- 16:53:09 Retweeted @deirdrewalshcnn 16:52:49 NEWS: House GOP conference now scheduled to meet on rules package, which includes ethics change –comes shortly after PE Trump criticism
- 17:10:02 Retweeted @mikedebonis 17:08:44 NEW: House Republicans withdraw ethics changes for now, postpone to future date.
- 17:34:55 Retweeted @davidaxelrod 17:13:26 This House ethics drama was an absolute gift to @realDonaldTrump-a big, fat zeppelin for him to shoot down. Which he did.
- 17:56:02 My CC prediction that Cong R's won't get Trump to go along with everything they want looking good so far. https://t.co/P1tny033i9 cc @imbou
- 18:02:19 Retweeted @imbou 17:58:10 @abulsme it's looking like a train wreck out of the door right now! in reply to abulsme
- 18:03:10 .@imbou My other prediction was Cong R's would give Trump most of what he wants. If they don't though, that will be even more fun. in reply to imbou
- 19:03:09 Retweeted @greenfield64 18:23:54 Re: calling Trump's falsehoods "lies". If he believes that whatever he says is true, that's delusional–way more dangerous than lying.
- 19:12:10 Retweeted @yashar 19:01:59 SCOOP: Clinton's Will Attend Trump Inauguration https://t.co/eCpVzqHVaA
- 19:17:27 Retweeted @ScottHigham1 18:40:38 Key government source says this embarrassing story is key reason why Congress wanted to kill ethics office. https://t.co/mHEtKd2UwU
- 19:19:51 Retweeted @kailanikm 18:58:32 Paul Ryan re-elected Speaker of the House. Only one Republican didn't vote for him. Total count, via @AlexNBCNews -> https://t.co/CDjTagFxRB
- 19:38:56 Answer: Thomas Shannon -> Who Will Be Acting Secretary of State Pending Rex Tillerson’s Confirmation? (Diplopundit) https://t.co/IEkTAwT21l
- 19:47:26 Retweeted @ericgeller 19:30:03 Today @jonkarl asked @PressSec why no public OPM hack response. Earnest couldn't say this but reason is OPM was espionage & we do it too.
- 20:03:41 Retweeted @igorvolsky 17:54:03 Thousands jammed Congressional phone lines, outraged about ethics amendment
@AP @nytimes @cnn don't even mention this, give credit to Trump
- 20:38:01 Retweeted @costareports 20:01:24 Most members tell me blizzard of angry constituent calls were most impt factor in getting the House to sideline the amdt
- 20:38:55 Retweeted @freddoso 20:08:48 The House comes right out of the gate and votes to approve the motion to table the motion to refer.
- 21:32:01 Reading – What happened to America under previous 'hands-off' presidents? (Peter Weber) https://t.co/WNlIrK8gI8
- 21:56:55 Reading – What if Donald Trump is super popular in 4 years? (Jeff Spross) https://t.co/cqPQg4cuX7
- 22:11:57 Reading – Trump appears with mobster-affiliated felon at New Year's bash (Chris Sommerfeldt) https://t.co/yabGjvgTHd
- 22:13:45 Retweeted @BuzzFeedNews 22:12:01 Former "Apprentice" contestant Omarosa Manigault is going to work in Trump's White House https://t.co/zbDhFAp2dZ https://t.co/7YL7HokBGw
- 22:24:53 Retweeted @MEPFuller 22:01:28 Democrats are taking pictures, broadcasting live, and holding up Constitutions, basically threatening Republicans to fine them.
- 22:26:08 Retweeted @sahilkapur 21:50:51 OVERHEARD in the Speaker's lobby: "The guy puts out a tweet and half our conference goes nuts. What are we going to do?"
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