MJ Lee

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New: President Biden's top adviser, Mike Donilon, delivers a rosy outlook on the president's political durability in a new memo he sent out this morning, saying his boss heads into 2023 with a "strong jolt of momentum." w/ @Phil_Mattingly https://t.co/5OXh31hJRS — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House this morning on calls for the Biden administration to try to extend Title 42: "We have to follow the court order." https://t.co/m8L3P4JqRN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyungLahCNN: If we were on a story together, I always saw Drew find the first flight out to head home to his family. He reminded us tha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: NEW: Moderate Rs weighing hardball tactics to counter anti-McCarthy crew, including removing holdouts from committees. It’s t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dr. Jha wouldn't make prediction about how bad Covid case numbers could get this winter, but said past few weeks made clear numbers are rising and hospitals and healthcare workers are under stress. Good news though: RSV does appear to have peaked. https://t.co/FBCwBGExOV — PolitiTweet.org

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New: I spoke with Dr. Ashish Jha about how the White House is trying to prepare for a possible Covid surge this winter. The triple threat of Covid + flu + RSV ups the stakes: "This is not one disease in isolation," Jha told me. https://t.co/FBCwBGExOV — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "I am determined to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used at Sandy Hook and countless other mass shootings in America. Enough is enough." — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden, 10 years after Sandy Hook massacre: “We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem. We have a moral obligation to pass and enforce laws that can prevent these things from happening again." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSMornings: Grant Wahl’s wife, Dr. @celinegounder, reveals that the renowned journalist died due to an aortic aneurysm that ruptured a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KThomasDC: President Biden asked when he expects prices to return to normal. "I hope by the end of next year we're much closer but I ca… — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm told this morning by WH official that Biden will invoke and quote from that "Meet the Press" interview when he speaks at the bill signing today. https://t.co/omm0jJq3gM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: President Joe Biden is slated to sign the Respect for Marriage Act into Law Tuesday-- ten years after he surprised the nation a… — PolitiTweet.org

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@betsy_klein It's a great day when I get to talk to @sissenberg for a story. On the "Meet the Press" interview 10 years ago when Biden expressed support for same-sex marriage: "That single interview was a transformative moment in Biden's development as a politician." https://t.co/omm0jJq3gM — PolitiTweet.org

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@betsy_klein It's a great day when I get to talk to @sashanbaker for a story. On the "Meet the Press" interview 10 years ago when Biden expressed support for same-sex marriage: "That single interview was a transformative moment in Biden's development as a politician." https://t.co/omm0jJq3gM — PolitiTweet.org

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As President Biden prepares to sign the Respect for Marriage Act this afternoon, our look at how the country -- and Biden himself -- has evolved on the issue of same-sex marriage. w/ @betsy_klein https://t.co/omm0jJq3gM — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianjayjones: I opened Jim Henson's biography with this bit because, first, It's Jim, as Kermit, meeting children absolutely at their… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @betsy_klein: President Biden is set to join G7 leaders and Ukraine’s President Zelensky for a virtual meeting this morning, a sr admin… — PolitiTweet.org

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White House shrugging off Sinema party chance news this morning. WH official tells me the move "doesn't change much" other than Sinema's own reelection calculations, and says they have "every reason to expect" productive working relationship w/ her to continue. — PolitiTweet.org

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Brittney Griner stepped off the plane on US soil this morning and according to US officials who met her on the ground, was “in good spirits and incredibly gracious,” US official says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmhansler: EXCLUSIVE: Detained American Paul Whelan tells me he is "disappointed" the Biden administration has not done more to secure… — PolitiTweet.org

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While US kept pushing for Whelan to be part of this deal, Russians kept making clear he could not be -- ultimately, US had to make a choice. Official said to me: "It was a choice to get Brittney, or nothing." Described it as "difficult" decision for Biden. — PolitiTweet.org

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The US has been pushing obviously to get both Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan out as part of one deal. I'm told by US official that recently, Russians made clear they were only willing to negotiate for Griner -- not for Whelan -- due to different things each was accused of. — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirby also said that US officials, in private conversations with their Ukrainian counterparts, have discussed "the risks of escalation" and "accountability on weapons systems." "We certainly have made it very clear our concerns about escalation," Kirby said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Kirby reiterated this morning that US has neither "encouraged" nor "enabled" Ukraine to strike into Russia. Any further escalation of the conflict is "certainly not good" for US national security interests, he said. — PolitiTweet.org

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NSC's John Kirby tells me re: Ukraine's actions on the battlefield: "They make their own decisions." "When we give them a weapons system, it belongs to them, where they use it, how they use it, how much ammunition they use... those are Ukrainian decisions & we respect that." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DaniellaMicaela: I asked McCarthy about Trump's remarks about overturning parts of the Constituon while he was walking into votes. "I… — PolitiTweet.org

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Just asked President Biden about the power outages in North Carolina and whether he has any idea who is responsible. Biden: “No, we don’t yet. I’m running that down.” Says he was briefed on it this morning. — PolitiTweet.org

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If more than 20% of your daily calorie intake is ultraprocessed foods, you may be raising your risk for cognitive d… https://t.co/BENpzcIFxx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EliStokols: “I know this bill doesn’t have paid sick leave,” Biden says about railway legislation that will avoid a shutdown. He says… — PolitiTweet.org