MJ Lee

MJ Lee @mj_lee

RT @KyungLahCNN: This is insane, if former PM Abe was indeed shot. In the 5 years I was based in Japan for CNN, I never covered a shooting.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bobhardt: One of the greatest NY1 headlines ever. https://t.co/HKCoVJd9mW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytmike: The minuscule chances of the two highest-ranking F.B.I. officials — who made some of the most politically consequential law en… — PolitiTweet.org

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A person widely seen as Kate Bedingfield's likely replacement is Liz Allen, another longtime Biden loyalist, though it is not clear that a decision on Bedingfield's successor has been made yet. https://t.co/FR3wMMi1MW — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: Biden slams Republican Leader Mitch McConnell for threatening to blow up bipartisan passage of USICA if Democrats pursue a reco… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexThomp: I called the White House at 2:53pm to ask for comment and told them we were running it. They asked for more time to check w… — PolitiTweet.org

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@IsaacDovere Kudos again to Courier Journal which first reported on the emails between WH and Beshear's office, as well as the initial reporting that Biden intended to nominate Chad Meredith: https://t.co/neUstY76WC https://t.co/Hn1m10J6Wr — PolitiTweet.org

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.@IsaacDovere reported that WH counsel Dana Remus had assured senior aides SCOTUS wouldn't rule on abortion that Friday (June 24). That the WH initially intended to nominate Meredith that day appears to further bolster idea that WH didn't expect Roe decision to come that day. — PolitiTweet.org

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SCOTUS Roe decision came June 24. Meredith nomination never came. Notably, WH sent another email to Beshear's office on June 29 (also now obtained by CNN) to say that the June 23 email was "pre-decisional and privileged information." https://t.co/ECNFkRTLvr — PolitiTweet.org

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On June 23 (day before SCOTUS Roe ruling), White House informed Beshear's office that Chad Meredith, who is anti-abortion, was "to be nominated tomorrow" to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. https://t.co/eEmxvrFwFU — PolitiTweet.org

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Confirming the Courier-Journal: New emails obtained via open records request show White House initially planned to nominate anti-abortion Republican to federal judgeship in Kentucky on the day Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade w/ @Phil_Mattingly https://t.co/eEmxvrFwFU — PolitiTweet.org

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KJP says the suggestion that Biden lacks urgency is "just false." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked whether President Biden would ever nominate someone who is anti-abortion to the federal bench, Karine Jean-Pierre says that is a "hypothetical" so she can't speak to it. Wouldn't comment on reporting of Biden's intention to nominate Chad Meredith: >https://t.co/yUU7V2NSDO — PolitiTweet.org

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There have already been multiple rounds of questions in the White House briefing today about frustration being expressed by Democrats/voters on seeming lack of action or urgency from Biden White House, especially in the aftermath of Roe being overturned. — PolitiTweet.org

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@IsaacDovere KJP says Biden has shown "urgency" on a number of issues -- cites the bipartisan gun reform bill and also says Biden took executive action "within hours" of Roe being overturned by SCOTUS. — PolitiTweet.org

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"I've heard of this," Karine Jean-Pierre says when asked about @IsaacDovere story today about Democrats feeling frustrated with Biden WH. — PolitiTweet.org

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Karine Jean-Pierre says there are no announcements as of now, days after Biden's meeting w/ governors on SCOTUS overturning Roe. Biden said in Madrid: "I'm having a meeting with a group of governors when I get home on Friday. And I'll have announcements to make then." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JenniferJJacobs: White House has no plans for a Biden trip right now to Chicago after Highland Park shooting. WH focused on his planned… — PolitiTweet.org

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Karine Jean-Pierre says President Biden has read Brittney Griner's handwritten letter to Biden. Griner is being "wrongfully detained," KJP says. "This is an issue that is a priority for this president." Says the government will use "every tool" to try to get her out. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @IsaacDovere: NEW from me - inside and outside the White House, there’s a lot of pressure for Biden to be doing more, acting more decisi… — PolitiTweet.org

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"As people were fleeing the scene, I hustled toward it. Please don’t make a big deal that I did it. I’m a reporter. I saw, frozen in time, what people left when they fled. So many baby carriages. Folding chairs. Backpacks. Water bottles. Towels. Blankets." https://t.co/C0KiLZnCh1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Since the ruling, fertility clinics have been pounded with frantic calls from patients asking if they should, or even legally could, transfer frozen embryos to states with guaranteed abortion rights. https://t.co/9Q5ofkKpfS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylieatwood: "(As) I sit here in a Russian prison, alone with my thoughts and without the protection of my wife, family, friends, Olymp… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @briancassella: Items left behind at the scene of the #HighlandPark mass shooting. https://t.co/kWBnLbO2nS https://t.co/OtTlMopFRV — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: .@mj_lee asked President Joe Biden today if stronger gun restrictions could've prevented today's shooting in Highland Park, IL-… — PolitiTweet.org

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In his remarks at the WH July 4th picnic, Biden had cited the bill he signed into law just days ago. “Before I left for Europe, I signed into law the first real gun safety law in 30 years,” Biden said. “Things will get better still, but not without more hard work together.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked President Biden whether he believes a stronger gun reform bill could have prevented what happened today in Highland Park. “We don’t know the circumstances yet,” he said. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NPRmelissablock: https://t.co/zzeFB9ERPR https://t.co/4glzxnQfOc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Phil_Mattingly: Pres. Biden, on the Highland Park shooting, says he has spoken to Gov. Pritzker and the mayor. He "offered the full sup… — PolitiTweet.org

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Children, families with strollers, all running away in fear: — PolitiTweet.org