Founder, @UChiPolitics; Chief Political Analyst for @CNN. Author, Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Host of The Axe Files & Hacks on Tap podcasts.
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Are you a nervous Democrat? This will calm you down. Or not. At least you’ll laugh.
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“There is no office that is worth stooping that low” — Obama portrays Vivek Ramaswamy’s vile attack ad as an affront to basic decency
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Trump on Amy Acton: "If what the mother said about the daughter is half right, she has no right even running for the governor of Ohio..."
KC: What about what the daughter said about the mother?
TRUMP: "I don’t know what she said."
KC: "That the mother remained married to her stepfather who sexually abused her when she was 12 years old."
TRUMP: "When did she make that statement? Was it just recently?"
KC: "Years ago. He was charged with it."
David Axelrod retweeted
Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.
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A couple of things about this @UHouston poll:
1) The Libertarian is getting 3% and I think that holds because Paxton is disliked by 1-5 Republicans
2) @jamestalarico is consolidating 98% of Democrats, while Paxton is only getting 88% of Republicans. Again, the Libertarian candidate is becoming a weigh station for disgruntled GOPers.
3) Talerico is cleaning up with Independents -- leading by a 60% to 32% margin.
4) Paxton's favorability is - 16 compared to only -3 for Talerico.
More from the poll here. bit.ly/4zHe6uf
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Proud of you, @WhiteSox, for making the jump this year! Next year will be even better!
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Most people register for their wedding at Williams Sonoma or Crate & Barrel… Wonder why Don Jr. decided to go with the Kremlin? 🧐
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"This team is just fun. Can't fun win?"
Vibes are one heck of a wave to ride, and the White Sox are surfing heading into Game 2.
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“Paid for by the U.S. Government”
A taxpayer-funded propaganda TV spot.
This is the most shameless administration of our lifetime.
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot --
It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
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Ian Happ in his potential last home game at Wrigley tossed a ball to the bleachers with $300 cash to buy fans beers 🥹🍻
(📸: @bleacher_bums on IG)
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Barack Obama at his last press briefing with reporters, 2017:
"I have enjoyed working with all of you. That does not, of course, mean that I've enjoyed every story that you have filed, but that's the point of this relationship. You're not supposed to be sycophants. You're supposed to be skeptics. You're supposed to ask me tough questions. You're not supposed to be complimentary, but you're supposed to cast a critical eye on folks who hold enormous power."
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🚨 At the U20 Mayors Summit, Mamdani Says the Left Has Ceded “Quality of Life,” “Efficiency,” and “Fraud and Waste” to the Right
This was one of the more interesting arguments Zohran Mamdani made today at the U20 Mayors Summit, and a reminder that he can be genuinely sharp when he drops the “central casting” routine.
“In New York City, there are certain words that have taken on ideological associations.”
“Quality of life has come to be seen as somehow a right-wing concern. Efficiency… has been taken on as a right-wing concern, rooting out fraud and waste, a right-wing concern.”
Mamdani’s argument is that refusing to engage those issues actually helps the Right.
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”
The harder question is how much of the broader Left is actually prepared to follow the advice.
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My father died of a heart attack at only 39 years old.
I’ve always kept an eye on my health because of that history. Now, I’m walking every day and taking a GLP-1 so I can be around for my family.
My health journey isn’t over, but sharing this might help others.
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Trump running on lower gas prices and no more foreign wars and then starting a war with Iran that literallly everyone except Pete Hegseth knew was going to be a quagmire has to be on the shortlist for dumbest political blunders in American history.
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Yesterday, we lost a cherished member of our family.
We got Sunny at the start of our second term in the White House, and all of us – including our first dog, Bo – immediately fell in love. We also had trouble keeping up with her, for Sunny was a force of nature. Athletic and full of boundless energy, she leapt over the hedges on the South Lawn like they weren’t even there, chasing squirrels, birds and anything else that moved. And whereas the way to Bo’s heart usually involved a treat, Sunny was more interested in having us run around with her, roll on the floor with her, or have her belly rubbed for as long as we were willing.
She loved the girls, even if they were pestering her when she was napping. She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job. She was fiercely protective of Bo, who she rightly sensed wasn’t always as alert and attentive as she was. She had her eccentricities: other than Bo, she preferred people to dogs; she was a loud and sloppy drinker; and despite being a Portuguese Water Dog, she hated getting wet.
But as far as our family was concerned, she was pretty much perfect, and for thirteen years, she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days.
We will miss her terribly, and imagine she’s with her big brother now, making sure he’s okay.
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Just this morning, the New York Times reported that China's spy chief wants his government to have more oversight of the AI industry.
As I said on Friday on @MSNOWNews: the Trump administration has a huge opportunity to enlist China in the effort to rein in AI when President Xi visits in two weeks. They should take it.
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