Kind of unbelievable to see a president refer to the media as the enemy, then five hours later request airtime on the networks to deliver a prime time address to the nation. pic.twitter.com/Afr9wK2yZu
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 8, 2019
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Roanoke unveils plan for new bus station, train depot, shops, offices, apartments, all downtown https://t.co/buftQkkkaU
— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) January 8, 2019
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Networks giving Trump free airtime on Tuesday refused to air Obama’s 2014 immigration speech. https://t.co/nGEa7syJAM
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 8, 2019
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How to write a joke: https://t.co/P5bQDQ80xz
— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) January 8, 2019
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Autocratic regimes use this kind of language to scare their subjects into accepting bad, repressive policies. We are a democracy. Speak to us as citizens, please. Start by giving an EXPLANATION for why "the threat has increased over the last two years," ie during the Trump era. https://t.co/ivbi4Yme9F
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 8, 2019
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Check out the diversity of new House:
– Women: 89 Dems, 13 Republican
– African-American: 52 Dems, 1 Republican
– Latino: 33 Dems, 5 Republican
– Jewish: 24 Dems, 2 Republican
– Asian-American: 14 Dems, 0 Republican
– LGBTQ: 8 Dems, 0 Republican
– Muslim: 3 Dems, 0 Republican pic.twitter.com/MGcak6si4v— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) January 7, 2019
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Of note: All four networks refused Obama's request to air a prime-time address on proposed executive actions related to immigration in 2014; it just ran on cable. https://t.co/Vcm5IwcPZT
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 7, 2019
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TV exec texts: "He calls us fake news all the time, but needs access to airwaves… If we give him the time, he'll deliver a fact-free screed without rebuttal. And if we don't give him the time, he'll call every network partisan. So we are damned if we do and damned if we don't."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 7, 2019
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"The president is trying to compel House Democrats to vote for his wall. It is a pure and unmitigated battle for power. In this battle he has no empathy for the suffering of others. No lie is too small or cruelty too harsh." https://t.co/xmj25irgPI
— Thomas Feyer (@tomfeyer) January 7, 2019
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September 20, 2013:
FOX NEWS: If there is a shutdown, who should get fired?
TRUMP: The President.#TrumpChristmasShutdown #ResignTrump pic.twitter.com/AiWS0jAwlj
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) December 22, 2018
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Jimmy Carter becomes the fourth and last living president to deny telling Trump that he supported building a wall on the Mexican border. https://t.co/s9la5hyYUb
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 7, 2019
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Tami Taylor forever. No matter what. pic.twitter.com/2DouBbRksW
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) January 7, 2019
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Ocasio-Cortez’s was working as a waitress and bartender when she decided to run for Congress. Like many millennials, she had student loans to pay and no health insurance. “When you can’t have healthcare, that is not dignified,” she says. https://t.co/B9SS8WHcW3 pic.twitter.com/dLUcCHJ4CH
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) January 7, 2019
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Local air traffic controllers, among thousands working without pay, anxious as bills mount https://t.co/swimAG31IR
— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) January 7, 2019
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This is nuts, and becoming dangerous (the shutdown, which McConnell could end w re-intro of bill that already passed *unanimously*).
Almost everything aviation-related other than (a) TSA screenings (unpaid) and (b) ‘cleared to land’ from controllers (ditto), is now on hold. pic.twitter.com/07czdEyo9Q— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 7, 2019
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