01:10:55 Another on the long list of potentially impeachable actions. The house should not focus so much on Trump/Russia. Don’t ignore it of course. But broaden the spotlight a bit please. https://t.co/gTHlxkYDyi
02:48:24 If you live in South Snohomish County (or are just nearby and want to show your support), come to my wife Brandy’s kickoff event on the 14th for her Fire Commissioner run! We’d love to see you! Click through for details and to say you are interested. https://t.co/x4ddxIKgxVhttps://t.co/4q9uRu2cIs
02:59:57 Retweeted @MikeGravel2019-06-03 18:20:00 No matter who the Democrats nominate, Republicans will attack them as radical and socialist. That’s a given. The only real choice Democrats have is whether or not to inspire people in the process with policies that improve people’s lives.
04:57:54 Retweeted @KatyTurNBC02:01:21 I thought I could understand the horror and feel the pain of what our govt was doing to these kids. Then I had my own child and I’ve realized no words are strong enough. https://t.co/9TXR2Jh7kD
05:09:14 Retweeted @MaryRobinette2019-06-03 23:09:02 When I lived in Iceland, I found a lump. I had no idea how to navigate finding a doctor, so I went to our show’s production manager.Me: I found a lump. Can you help me find a doctor?
PM: Just go to the cancer center.
Me: Okay. How do a get a referral?
PM: What’s a referral?
09:21:26 Interesting interview with Michael Wolff on his new book -> Listening to The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell Michael Wolff on Trump and the Mueller report https://t.co/PtDXCgXVKp
19:47:28 Retweeted @mcimaps15:35:45 I coded each state based on their allegiance during the civil war and plotted what share of the nationwide vote came from each region. The “West” is states added after the war. The most notable trend is the effects of Jim Crow voting restrictions on the share of Confederate votes https://t.co/F4FyY47q97
21:26:23 Retweeted @UK_Coal20:33:46 This #Coal free run ended at 18 Days 6 Hours 10 Minutes.This is the longest run without coal for Great Britain since 1882.
Generation during this time was met by: Gas 40%, Nuclear 20%, Wind 13%, Imports 11%, Biomass 8%, Solar 7%, Large Hydro <1%, Storage <1% https://t.co/CcGZzqFLpe
21:39:43 Retweeted @JuddLegum16:49:33 NYT: Kushner is “positioning himself as the point person on raising money for the campaign,” organizing campaign fundraising meetings at the White HouseTHE LAW: It’s illegal for Jared to be involved in fundraising for the Trump campaign https://t.co/tVMyG9le9S
23:10:35 Retweeted @greenfield6423:08:27 I am obviously “prejudiced”, having worked in his Senate office and campaign, but think Al Lowenstein was right when he said RFK’s death gets harder as the years go by. He was 42; whether he’d won or not, his voice would have been important for decades. https://t.co/IioqphKWZ3
18:37:36 New Emerson poll in NC added over at @ElecCollPolls. A few category changes, so there will be a new blog post tonight or tomorrow when I have a chance. But you can see the changed results at https://t.co/E4Ot5d0bq1 now.
03:10:28 Retweeted @neeratanden03:06:54 I hope Barack Obama just shows up places in the public eye every couple of weeks through the next election just to remind people what it was like to have a decent, intelligent, compassionate president. So they know we can have that again. https://t.co/bEeap5F0rG
06:51:14 Retweeted @JuddLegum03:04:00 It’s funny that there are still people who insist America is a meritocracy even though Jared Kushner exists
15:55:00 Retweeted @databyler15:34:37 I get that everyone rolls their eyes about electabilitybut it’s too important not to talk about! And if we’re going to talk about it, it’s better to try to have some discipline/rules than to just sort of go full ad hoc gut feeling about it in reply to databyler
20:44:48 Retweeted @RonaldKlain19:09:09 I finally identified a competent person at the Trump WH. That’s whichever person it was who managed — until this point — to keep Jared from doing interviews. https://t.co/ROuDIMg24a
20:55:47 Retweeted @emptywheel20:42:14 So to clarify on Nader:1) They stopped him January 17 for a Mueller related search
2) He did at least 3 interviews w/Mueller w/in a week
3) They searched his phones for Mueller & found the porn in February 2018
4) Charges filed April 2018
21:17:38 Retweeted @ForecasterEnten18:22:28 With the exception of Buttigieg moving up and the announcement bumps/slides, this 2020 prez race has been incredibly stable in terms of polling.
21:20:00 Retweeted @PollsAndVotes03:02:39 Data from 100M traffic stops. After dark, blacks are smaller share of stops. Large racial disparities in drug search after stop by race. In CO & WA searches dropped after marijuana legalization though disparities remained.https://t.co/ep1yUQWclw
22:18:46 Retweeted @ZoeTillman21:55:32 NOW: A federal judge in DC has rejected House Dems’ effort to block Trump from carrying out his plan to reprogram billions of dollars to fund border construction, agreeing with the administration that the court can’t be involved in this fight https://t.co/4MGUIlKAmGhttps://t.co/eGJT180YYg
00:11:03 Retweeted @GarrettHaake2019-06-01 22:48:27 I really don’t want to be alarmist, but it took waaaaaaay too long for anyone who even looked like security personnel to get up on that stage. Its 2019. Let’s be careful out there. https://t.co/P226S0eo8d
13:41:37 Retweeted @gelliottmorris13:18:30 it has (understandably) garnered less attention lately, but the Democrats are currently hovering around a 9-pt margin on the generic congressional vote—exactly where the party was in November 2018. Here’s the latest figure from The Economist/YouGov: https://t.co/Bk7eFQdNFIhttps://t.co/Rgw4OrDpx3
13:51:22 Retweeted @jodiecongirl01:19:01 the Laffer curve has to be correct, qualitatively speaking, since I fully believe that tax revenue is zero when tax rates are either zero or 100 percent…he and his disciples made it mockable when they conveniently decided we’re always on the “bad” part https://t.co/nNbMmwQ55M
05:42:57 Retweeted @RadioFreeTom02:23:39 Barr might be the very worst of the Trump Cabinet, pumping conspiracy nuttery in a measured, lawyerly voice. The President isn’t shredding the Constitution, you see, it’s those coup plotters – men and women he’s known his whole professional life. Such malignant sycophancy.
05:58:41 Retweeted @qjurecic2019-05-31 00:46:30 Pelosi has argued that the House should wait for public support to shift toward impeachment before beginning an inquiry. But this ignores that beginning an inquiry would signal to the public that Trump’s actions were impeachable to begin with. https://t.co/ed1dv8wRVhhttps://t.co/NGG9noOdk3
06:54:44 Retweeted @ManlnTheHoody2019-05-31 19:55:25 why does everyone act like if dems opened an impeachment inquiry that trump would just stay totally chill and be able to win in 2020 instead of whats more likely that he would act completely insane and start fighting with everyone and blow up the whole republican party by 2020?
07:54:57 Last show for Jeff Douglas -> Listening to As It Happens from CBC Radio May 31: Who stood on guard for them? https://t.co/YidKRGTCYZ
18:34:20 Retweeted @jacknicas17:00:30 Remember the two Boeing jets that crashed?A team of us at the New York Times have been working for months to uncover how the planes ended up with a fatal flaw. Today, we publish that story.
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Ivan: New Israeli Elections
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13:16:28 Retweeted @ewarren13:00:19 The Mueller report details crimes by the president that would lead to the indictment of any other citizen. But Mueller couldn’t bring charges because a Justice Department policy says you can’t charge a sitting president. That policy is wrong and needs to go. Here’s how and why.
18:15:45 Retweeted @realDonaldTrump18:08:33 Saddened to hear about the loss of John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker in World War II, over the Memorial Day Weekend. The Code Talkers are true American HEROES and John never stopped serving his fellow citizens as a longtime New Mexico State Senator. John, Rest In Peace!
23:13:27 Retweeted @pithywidow20:56:29 I’m sure this will play well with Judge Emmet Sullivan, who, upon reading the unredacted documents, was moved to ask prosecutors why they didn’t charge Flynn with treason https://t.co/bXsk80MUTN