David Weigel

David Weigel @daveweigel

@adamjohnsonNYC Sure, but the dunk is possible because the movement lost the funding battle. The dream was redirecting money from the police to social welfare, not owning Nick Kristof. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Stache2020 Right, the reform bills are dead and Dems are now running on federal funding for 100,000 more cops. — PolitiTweet.org

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@adamjohnsonNYC What are we disagreeing about? Pointing out that the police weren’t defunded in the long run is saying “joke’s on you, we lost.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@adamjohnsonNYC How are you defining “defund?” The city cut $15 million from the police budget in 2020 and directed some of the money to social services. That’s the non-cartoon version of defund. (Cartoon version is “they got rid of all police and now Portland is a smoking crater.”) — PolitiTweet.org

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People dunking on Kristof bc the city’s police budget is bigger than ever now. Kind of a self-own — big picture is that the abolition movement quickly lost all of its gains and normies went back to demanding more cops. — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazing https://t.co/nF2Uu0DZPi https://t.co/LPDL3YMbIu — PolitiTweet.org

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David Weigel @daveweigel

RT @ups_teamster: Imagine finding out you’re color blind in an Uber https://t.co/gQrNgUcmCl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AsInMarx: The conservative, Jacob Frey-backed candidate for prosecutor of Hennepin County, home to Minneapolis, may not even be eligibl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @moetkacik: Still wrapping my mind around the news that supermarket behemoths Albertsons & Kroger are planning to merge. If this deal go… — PolitiTweet.org

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Vindication for @ryangrim — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/5qBUwXdo7e — PolitiTweet.org

David Weigel @daveweigel

“Based upon the claims of migrants being transported from Bexar County under false pretenses, we are investigating this case as possible Unlawful Restraint.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Azi: Trump’s false claims were echoed by Republican lawmakers, including some who — according to the newly released video — were litera… — PolitiTweet.org

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The original interview is here, questions start around 5:30. "Experts say" that redirecting funds would "reduce crime" - Whitmer talks about investing in communities but Starr brings it back to "but do you support defunding." https://t.co/rfRHvVFHnD — PolitiTweet.org

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Friendly ideological interviews are usually more dangerous than ideologically hostile interview... lots of the clips of Dems dipping their toe in Defund two years ago come from forums like this. (Biden and Ady Barkan, another example) https://t.co/ixVUPL6EwN — PolitiTweet.org

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@teddyschleifer @PeterHamby Yep, just to be handled carefully - context about how real it is. The 2018 Warren example sticks out in my memory bc it was obviously a stunt but it actually turned into a question in a debate. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FelipeDLH: Absolutely wild that in the span of two years, using Title 42 to weasel out of humanitarian obligations went from Stephen Mi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Mr. Segal, your campaign seems to have the momentum of a runaway freight train. Why are you so popular? https://t.co/2UNDkqXzFf — PolitiTweet.org

David Weigel @daveweigel

RT @LazlosGhost: R.I.P. Robbie Coltrane, one of the best actors of his generation. Certainly best loved for Hagrid and Valentin Zukofsky, h… — PolitiTweet.org

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A good example from the other side: In 2018, Elizabeth Warren fundraised off her plan to oppose Kavanaugh. Group filed frivolous complaint arguing that she was "linking a promise of official action to a solicitation of campaign contributions." https://t.co/XigsJAaPR4 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Ethics complaint filed" is up there with "candidate threatens lawsuit" as a story reporters should handle carefully. A lot of this is vapor that never leads to anything, designed to get headlines. https://t.co/wM4qTy7TxP — PolitiTweet.org

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@farwent It was senior year. — PolitiTweet.org

David Weigel @daveweigel

RT @jmart: Biden skipping AZ and NV to fundraise in So Cal, help Karen Bass in the LA mayor's race and then try to stop the bleeding in OR… — PolitiTweet.org

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(My friend John puked at *one* cross country party and we referred to him exclusively as "One Too Many" for the rest of the year.) — PolitiTweet.org

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A cynic might say "this is a distraction from the actual weird things happening at schools," which is fair, but there are candidates for office claiming that kids are IDing as cats and crapping in boxes. They could focus on the other non-fake stuff! https://t.co/KPQLXoSFe9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattBors Step one: Prove Nick Land right Step two: ... Step three: Zero emissions — PolitiTweet.org

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Haven't been in high school for a while but hard to imagine a kid dropping a deuce in a litter box and his peers respectfully agreeing to keep this private and never talk about it — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oneunderscore__: Parker has been covering the spread of the litter box panic on right-wing social media for months. This has been going… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @danchovy: Folks clap your hands togethe because Ive got some news for you.. Its freaking Friday you made it raise the roof. ! https://… — PolitiTweet.org