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Political analyst . Former Under Secretary of State in Obama admin & Editor . Distinguished Fellow . Book order:

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 3

    Mr. President, when you've been in office for more than three years, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to blame the previous administration for not being prepared for something that happened on your watch.

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  2. 3 hours ago

    TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. TRUMP FAILED. FAILED

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  3. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    As Cuomo said at the time, he will either end up being labeled as an alarmist or unprepared. And he chose to risk being called an alarmist. It was the right call. 15/

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  4. 7 hours ago

    As is clear already, and will become even more so as we enter the fall, when confronted with one of the greatest tests of any president, TRUMP FAILED.

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  5. 8 hours ago

    And that’s the point.

    Installing a political appointee as inspector general is a declaration to the other political appointees at an agency that there is no cop on the beat
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  6. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    I faced discrimination, hatred, and internment because of my Japanese heritage, and because only a few people stood up for us. Today, Asian Americans are being unfairly labeled and attacked, this time as disease carriers. Raise your hand, friends, if you’ll stand up for us today.

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    21 hours ago

    This Acting DNI has absolutely no understanding of the line between intelligence and policy. The fact is, he’s not performing the role of DNI — Acting or otherwise. He’s faithfully doing the job Trump set our for him: leveraging the IC to protect and promote Trump’s interests.

    Acting DNI Grenell statement on U.S. Intent to Withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
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  8. Retweeted
    23 hours ago

    Has there ever been a less believable quote than this?

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  9. Retweeted
    15 hours ago

    Dangerous, dumb and weak.

    Texas is Opening Safe, Smart, and Strong. via
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  10. 17 hours ago

    The most irreligious president in our history wants churches open, thereby putting worshippers at risk. Yes, churches are essential—to his effort to divide the country and thereby help his election effort.

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  11. May 22

    What I don't understand is that if is the world's greatest negotiator, why can't he figure out a better deal? After all, he was by all accounts a ferocious negotiator with his multiple creditors in all his bankruptcy agreements.

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  12. Retweeted
    May 21

    In Washington, Jared Kushner talks about the "success story" of Trump's pandemic response. Just up the road in one of the Kushnerville complexes, kids line up for free food being delivered every day by the local school system.

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  13. May 22

    An American president—even a colossally ignorant one—talking about "bloodlines" is a chilling prospect in a country founded not on blood or patrimony, but on the idea that all people are equal and treated fairly under law.

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    The President says the founder of Ford has good bloodlines.. If you’re not familiar with Henry Ford, I would encourage you to read more about him and specifically his actions during WW2
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    May 21

    Trump removed the DOT Acting Inspector General who was investigating Elaine Chao for steering millions of federal dollars towards her husband Mitch McConnell’s constituents as he faced low approval ratings and a tough reelection bid.

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  15. Retweeted
    May 21

    new Fox News national poll on whether all voters should be able to cast ballots by mail because of coronarvirus pandemic: yes 63% no 30%

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  16. Retweeted
    May 21

    Obama admin was properly investigating Russia. Conduct of unnamed US person was so alarming as to cause officials to request identity, as they have duty to do. That person turned out to be Flynn. It was Flynn’s suspicious conduct, not his politics, that triggered investigation.

    “It now appears that Obama officials used intelligence authorities to defeat the entire purpose of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act—that is, to do the very thing that led to the creation of FISA: spy on their political opponents.”
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  17. Retweeted
    May 21

    Kamala Harris: "Mr. President, it is a federal crime to withhold money from states with the purpose of interfering with people's right to vote. So, you may want to talk with your lawyer Bill Barr about that. And that would be my advice."

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  18. May 21

    There's nothing like a pandemic to sow conspiracy theories and dissent. Bots are spreading patently false information about hospitals being filled with mannequins, 5G causing the virus. Fits template of Russians and now Chinese. Beware.

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    May 21

    The needs to abandon the normal political convention format NOW and assemble a team of great television and digital professionals to invent and highly produce a modern, super-stylish, multi-night, multi-location convention *TV show*. It’s just 12 weeks away. Don’t dither.

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  20. May 21

    New inspector general is not only a conflict of interest, but a direct undermining of the independence of the inspector general. Trump admin turning watchdogs into lapdogs. Under Pres Biden, Congress must make IGs truly independent of exec branch.

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  21. May 21

    Trump thinks federal employees work for him not the American taxpayer. He doesn't understand his stewardship of the republic is temporary. Let's make it as temporary as possible.

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