Sam Stein

Sam Stein @samstein

Sen Whitehouse: “If they go ahead as they have threatened, they should expect to forfeit any standing to complain... You can’t have a situation in which rules, traditions and precedents don’t matter when Republicans are in charge but they get to blow the whistle” when Dems are. — PolitiTweet.org

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Lindsey Graham saying the nominee already has the votes days before the nominee is, ya know, nominated says it all. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TrumpEmail @sambrodey To a degree. But one camp would like to make dramatic shows every day, lead rallies and protests and talk about constitutional remedies. Another wants to talk only about the ACA being under threat. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW — One fear expressed by members: What if Dems embrace court expansion and then don’t take back the Senate? “We’ve just given McConnell the basis and moral authority to go do it himself." — PolitiTweet.org

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In an all hands on deck call Saturday, Senate Dems were divided between those who wanted to go scorched earth on the SCOTUS fight and those who believe the way to win is to keep it squarely focused on health care https://t.co/8y2BZxDjer With @sambrodey — PolitiTweet.org

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Just so everyone's clear on the rules, when will a Senate run by the opposite party confirm a president’s SCOTUS pick? Is it years 1-3 of the first term and 5-7 of the 2nd term? Does it change if someone has announced they’re running for POTUS, setting off campaign season? — PolitiTweet.org

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The good news is we are not in the middle of a pandemic. So the impact won’t be so severe. — PolitiTweet.org

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We’re sprinting towards the very real possibility of Obamacare being invalidated and there is absolutely no plan from the White House or congressional Republicans to replace it. We’re just gonna see millions lose their insurance and…. That appears to be that. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @attackerman: Legalized vehicular homicide if the defense is people with the right politics got killed. https://t.co/WshAly99Br — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lachlan: Update—statement from NIAID: "NIAID first learned of this matter this morning, and Mr. Crews has informed us of his intention… — PolitiTweet.org

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A man who’s record of COVID prognostication is impeccable — PolitiTweet.org

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@KateNocera @lachlan Credit goes to his editor on this one — PolitiTweet.org

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Another remarkable point here: After we went to streiff for comment he continued tweeting away, including RT-ing the most well-known COVID truther (former NYT reporter) Alex Berenson — PolitiTweet.org

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Demand Justice, fwiw, has pledged $10m in opposition — PolitiTweet.org

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A remarkable bit of reporting by @lachlan. The managing editor of RedState who writes under a pseudonym, is actually a press officer at the NIH. He has used his RS perch to spread COVID disinformation and smear his boss, Dr. Fauci, as a "mask nazi" https://t.co/uEXx0phtCv — PolitiTweet.org

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A system of governance that sees one party holding out perverse hope for a top judge to die during a time when you control the senate and presidency is, perhaps, worth revisiting. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is true! — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Stein @samstein

Its fair to argue that we don’t live in a system where a justice gets to choose who gets to choose his or her replacement. That seems sane. This, however, is when you’ve spent a few too many years in the conspiratorial rabbit hole. — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing people need to recognize is that this stuff is not just circulating among the qanon/Trumpy web. It is making its way around the far left-bernie or bust crowd as well. — PolitiTweet.org

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This man was prepared to hold open a Supreme Court seat for the entirety of Hillary Clinton's presidency. This take should not be taken seriously from him. — PolitiTweet.org

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Maybe not *easily. But it’s not an impossibility — PolitiTweet.org

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Adding more Court seats would be hugely controversial. But a logical extension of McConnell’s position—that an R controlled Senate will not confirm a D president’s noms and vice versa—couch easily create the inverse: a Court with far fewer than nine members for extended periods — PolitiTweet.org

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Got an email from a family friend today saying they saw social media posts abt Biden, pedophilia+trafficking and wondering if the media's looking into this. I remember the close of ’16 when a person I’d been profiling for months said to me: have you heard of this pizzeria thing? — PolitiTweet.org

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This is correct and it's why folks on the left are absolutely baffled that more dem senators aren't in favor of getting rid of the filibuster. If Mcconell, the ultimate machiavellian, thought that was in his long term interest, they argue, he'd already have done it. — PolitiTweet.org

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What would be the most West Wing outcome here? He nominates Jeb? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbouie: i appreciate the honesty here, really. it’s refreshing compared to all the twisting and turning folks are doing to present Sena… — PolitiTweet.org

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@EdgeofSports I'm curious if, as a purely tactical matter, he thinks he made a mistake. The outcome would have remained the same but he'd be in a slightly different position now. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the race where I have the least clear idea of how a Supreme Court nomination fight plays out. — PolitiTweet.org

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Who knows if it would change any matters now, but I wonder if McConnell regrets not holding a hearing and vote on Garland (which he would have won anyway) for purposes of having some more moral high ground now. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TPCarney Having reported a bit on this, Im pretty sure they won't either way. This will increase the chances though. — PolitiTweet.org