David Weigel

David Weigel @daveweigel

RT @GinaForLA: Who @latimes calls Idiot Protesters, I call constituents who have been denied resources, oppressed and robbed of their labor… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinMKruse: Josh Hawley is arguing that the stiff sentences recommended by prosecutors should always be followed by judges. Take note,… — PolitiTweet.org

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Well, the obsession with 2020, especially the Trump version where states should be de-certifying elections, is captivating to the party base and wins no other voters. Imagine if Dems ran a 2018 midterm campaign on re-counting Michigan. https://t.co/Vz7qlazPv2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias (I sarcasm-proofed that using the newest sarcasm science and I'm waiting for someone to not get the joke.) — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm not going to drag this guy by QTing, but come on. Yes, people want to whine about paywalls and react to headlines without reading stories. This is wrong and bad and they should stop doing that. https://t.co/hNdzhjOKm0 — PolitiTweet.org

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@rickhasen @UCLA_Law Howdy, neighbor! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @rickhasen: 🚨Some personal news🚨 I'm delighted to announce that I will be joining the @UCLA_Law faculty in the fall, returning "home" to… — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattyglesias She's going to go through every decision, cross out "woman," and insert "cisgender non-male," is my understanding. — PolitiTweet.org

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@reedfrich @JohnCarreyrou I'll listen! Yeah, the Auletta piece was the first one that made me think - hang on, what the hell does this company do? — PolitiTweet.org

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@thefuzzybastard She's really good, her dum-dum performance in "Mean Girls" might have typecast her for a while but we now understand how incredible she was in the role. — PolitiTweet.org

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@samyoungman In fairness, this headline is bad. The story adds a bunch of interesting context! But it's overall maybe naive about how NEW this is. https://t.co/nJjPtrmUTj https://t.co/gF9wTwWBwc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MatthewSitman: You can’t write headlines that capture all the nuances of an article, but you *can* avoid actively misleading readers an… — PolitiTweet.org

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@armchair_anth This is an early scene before she learns to speak at a lower register! — PolitiTweet.org

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A really devious trick that reporters do is write a story below the headline, which includes facts and context that don't fit into 10-15 words. It's unfair and should probably be illegal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Seeing a lot of headlines about Republican strategy in the KBJ hearings that don't add the words "which is bad." Do better, media. — PolitiTweet.org

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There is a genuine division between libertarians, who see sentencing recommendations getting wildly out of control, and social conservatives, who don't think you can ever go hard enough in banning porn and going after child pornographers. — PolitiTweet.org

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My take on the "child porn" accusation was that it was taking an argument you usually see in AG races - one that often leads to bad policy, stuff like 18-year olds getting tagged as sex offenders for sharing photos of girlfriends - into the big leagues. https://t.co/VdTwrGH6ox — PolitiTweet.org

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This is an interesting dynamic in the KBJ confirmation - no clearly movement agreement on strategy. JCN, which poured money into ads for Trump nominees, put out a "liberal dark money is also bad" spot and basically called it a day. https://t.co/wh6ePAGnMP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JacobRubashkin: "Given the choice between Donald Trump — who I respect, he had a lot of great policies while he was president — and the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @margarita: https://t.co/CKt7YwqhMW — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminds me of what a Dem senate candidate (Alex Lasry) told me about Dem messaging. Paraphrasing: They’ll admit nine things that they screwed up before saying one thing that they delivered. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GodTrumpCuntry: @daveweigel Yeah classic Dem move is to think that crazy right wing talking points are absurd on their face and require… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: Martin O’Malley erasure strikes again! https://t.co/9riHUwYa0l — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Redistrict: How much trouble is Section 2 of the VRA in? A conservative WI Supreme Court justice cast a deciding vote to enact a plan w… — PolitiTweet.org

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@BruceFrigeri I linked to my story about it, it's not snark. Rs are making a bunch of "Dems are letting children be sexually exploited" arguments ahead of the midterms and this fit right in. — PolitiTweet.org

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This isn't likely to stop the nomination - you need a Dem to bail on Jackson, and Manchin wasn't impressed by this argument. But you can say that Dems (and media, but not me!) were wary of even talking about this, thinking it was crazy and would go away. — PolitiTweet.org

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From one of the conservative groups working to defeat Jackson. Did the WH make a mistake in just dismissing it as QAnon? The "soft on child sex predators" strategy was direct from the campaign trail, where it usually works. https://t.co/7Qn64szSA2 https://t.co/6lM160eNEq — PolitiTweet.org

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From one of the conservative groups working to defeat Barrett. Did the WH make a mistake in just dismissing it as QAnon? The "soft on child sex predators" strategy was direct from the campaign trail, where it usually works. https://t.co/VdTwrGH6ox https://t.co/6lM160eNEq — PolitiTweet.org

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Graham's questions have been all over the place, often more about how angry the process for previous nominations made him than about anything Brown Jackson is doing. — PolitiTweet.org

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I've just assumed Graham is being over-the-top and storming off to explain why he'll vote no on a nominee he supported for the D.C. circuit (which everyone knew was about putting her on SCOTUS). https://t.co/Fkzwn3bwUe — PolitiTweet.org