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March 14, 2019
Luckovich-Yale-Dad wrote'em a nice check
https://twitter.com/mluckovichajc/status/1106266298521128962
March 14, 2019
Court: Flipping the bird to cop is free speech
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1106155980369379329
March 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/Drimgn/status/1106066805586456576
Happy Pi Day
https://twitter.com/TutoringClubNVA/status/1106066938285969408https://twitter.com/Drimgn/status/1106066805586456576
March 14, 2019
Cory Booker got himself elected president of the Jewish student society at Oxford
I am Jewish and for a number of reasons, Booker is on my list. This story made me smile
https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1091390673536929792
March 13, 2019
Beto O'Rourke gets the April cover of Vanity Fair.
https://twitter.com/mcpli/status/1105941950300147714
March 13, 2019
Advertisers ditch Carlson and Pirro's Fox News shows
Boycotts can be very effective
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1105863819253956608
March 13, 2019
A Biden/Harris or a Biden/Beto team would be hard to beat
The Joe Biden 5-Point Plan
I like this plan https://politicalwire.com/2019/03/13/the-joe-biden-5-point-plan/
Mike Allen outlines the case that Joe Biden is expected to make if he runs for president:
The great white (voter) hope: I can bring back the rural, white, mostly male voters who sealed the presidency for Donald Trump. Think Wisconsin.
Im liberal just not that liberal. And too liberal wont win.
Been there, done that: In this dangerous chaotic world, we need a steady hand not someone whos playing or practicing president.
Remember last year when I said: If we were in high school, Id take him behind the gym and beat the hell out of him. Well, game on: Trump wont intimidate or bully me.
If youre looking for a rising star, theres a low-risk place on the ticket next to me.
A Biden/Harris or a Biden/Beto team would be hard to beat
March 13, 2019
I am still undecided but I like Joe Biden a great deal
Washington Post-Opinion: If this Joe Biden runs, he'll win
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1105719961534820353Speaking at a firefighters conference Tuesday, former vice president Joe Biden didnt leave much doubt that hell be running for president. I appreciate the energy you showed when I got up here. Save it a little longer, I may need it in a few weeks, he said after a raucous welcome. He added, Be careful what you wish for. His appearance reminds us of why he could be formidable.
First, if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to fundamentally change the United States (Socialism! Republicans will scream) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says the system is so rigged that incremental changes wont work, Biden appeals to Americans better angels, to the idea that President Trump doesnt understand what makes America great. Thats not who we are, he says after describing the divisiveness and anger that Trump amplifies. Were better than that, he cajoles the crowd. Its a solid message for a candidate running in a fairly good economy with a president whos stressing out the country. He also suggests a confidence of America post-Trump. (There is nothing we cant do, Biden likes to say.)
Second, there are few politicians as adept at making a traditional economic message against stereotypical fat-cat Republicans. I look around this room, I see the people who built this nation, he told the crowd. And boy, have Republicans given him material to work with. He told the firefighters, Did you see the budget that was just introduced? It cuts $845 billion ... in Medicare and ... $240 billion in Medicaid. Why? Because of a tax cut for the super-wealthy that created a deficit of $1.9 trillion and now theyve got to make somebody pay for it. Bingo.
Any presidential candidate who isnt saying some variation of that every day is foolish. This is where you remind voters that Trump ran as a populist better health care, middle-class tax relief, protect Medicare, get better trade deals but governs as an oligarch take away Obamacare, increase the gap between rich and everyone else with tax cuts for him and his pals, slash Medicare and get us into trade wars.
First, if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wants to fundamentally change the United States (Socialism! Republicans will scream) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) says the system is so rigged that incremental changes wont work, Biden appeals to Americans better angels, to the idea that President Trump doesnt understand what makes America great. Thats not who we are, he says after describing the divisiveness and anger that Trump amplifies. Were better than that, he cajoles the crowd. Its a solid message for a candidate running in a fairly good economy with a president whos stressing out the country. He also suggests a confidence of America post-Trump. (There is nothing we cant do, Biden likes to say.)
Second, there are few politicians as adept at making a traditional economic message against stereotypical fat-cat Republicans. I look around this room, I see the people who built this nation, he told the crowd. And boy, have Republicans given him material to work with. He told the firefighters, Did you see the budget that was just introduced? It cuts $845 billion ... in Medicare and ... $240 billion in Medicaid. Why? Because of a tax cut for the super-wealthy that created a deficit of $1.9 trillion and now theyve got to make somebody pay for it. Bingo.
Any presidential candidate who isnt saying some variation of that every day is foolish. This is where you remind voters that Trump ran as a populist better health care, middle-class tax relief, protect Medicare, get better trade deals but governs as an oligarch take away Obamacare, increase the gap between rich and everyone else with tax cuts for him and his pals, slash Medicare and get us into trade wars.
I am still undecided but I like Joe Biden a great deal
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