Judd Legum

Judd Legum @JuddLegum

This is a very weak case. Once you buy something, you own it. You can make changes to it (or not) and resell it. — PolitiTweet.org

Judd Legum @JuddLegum

@maxwellhwhite Please stop countering arguments that I am explicitly not making. I'm not saying the doses should be restricted to DC residents. I'm saying more of them should be made available to DC residents. So we are on an equal playing field with everyone else. — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxwellhwhite I understand that. But the doses are ALLOCATED based on population. And a higher rate of DC's doses are going to people in other states. — PolitiTweet.org

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@maxwellhwhite That doesn't help people who live in DC get vaccines. — PolitiTweet.org

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Across the country, 28% of Americans have received at least one dose. In DC its 19%. Why? 1/3 of DC's allotted shots have gone to people who live outside of DC. https://t.co/MkdEKg4daj — PolitiTweet.org

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This isn't true for people who live in DC and we've used 1/3 of our shots to vaccinate people that live in MD and VA (which was the right move!) but neither the feds nor neighboring states are giving DC the doses it needs to make vaccines available for more city residents — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbarro I agree with your point that the "arrogance is structural" but which group of people involved in this little drama consistently demonstrates arrogance? The idea that a journalist advocating for the truth is some sort of new "beat" seems off base to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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@zackbeauchamp good choice to subtweet this — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @frailfag: Also, late to share this as I was on a mental health break last week, but I interviewed @JuddLegum for @studyhallxyz about hi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JaneMayerNYer: Breaking: Inside the Koch-Backed Effort to Block the Largest Election-Reform Bill in Half a Century https://t.co/SnowQdF… — PolitiTweet.org

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Just want to shout out my neighbors who, in the middle of a pandemic, decided to replace the tile in their kitchen with linoleum (?) The sound of someone smashing tile with a hammer is a great soundtrack to get some work done — PolitiTweet.org

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@EWErickson UPDATE: These lies about the Georgia law are now being spread by @GovKemp https://t.co/TmfOo1bKEP — PolitiTweet.org

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@EWErickson Again, here is the actual law. There is nothing about being allowed to leave the line to get food without penalty. Instead of grappling with the actual policy which is designed to make waiting in long lines less pleasant, we've decided to just make things up https://t.co/UlP7dcs8HX — PolitiTweet.org

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.@EWErickson has not corrected his initial lie (that the prohibition on providing food or drink only applies within 150 ft) and is back with a new lie: That the law allows voters to LEAVE THE LINE without penalty to get food. Nothing in the law says this. Just making stuff up. https://t.co/QBecDl1FFB — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Turning Trump's fever dreams about why he lost the election into legislation that restricts voting is something that Republicans are doing across the country. For updates and accountability journalism, sign up for the newsletter. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Trump falsely claimed mail-in ballots were a source of fraudulent votes. Georgia's new law imposes a new ID requirement to return an absentee ballot. There is no reason to do this other than Trump's lies. https://t.co/cs88EiajX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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4. Trump claimed local election boards in Democratic areas were corrupt & part of an elaborate conspiracy to steal the election Georgia's new law allows the State Election Board to replace local election administrators with an individual of its choosing https://t.co/cs88EiajX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Trump claimed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) was part of a conspiracy to steal the election for Biden. So the new law removes Raffensperger as a voting member of the State Election Board. No reason to do this other than Trump's lies. https://t.co/cs88EiajX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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@GovKemp 2. Trump falsely claimed that drop boxes were a source of fraudulent ballots. The new law restricts the number of drop boxes and requires them to be placed inside early voting sites, making them less useful No reason to do this other than Trump's lies https://t.co/cs88EiajX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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1. What's remarkable about Georgia's new law restricting voting is how it addresses all the "problems" that Trump invented out of whole cloth @GovKemp rejected these conspiracies at the time but signed the law & now is pretending like its serious policy https://t.co/cs88EiajX9 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @bradesposito: 👁 Very Fine Day #9 is live! Our guest is @JuddLegum! https://t.co/1jYW1OMkYE — PolitiTweet.org

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@JamieSheriffUGA I read it. I recommend you do the same. https://t.co/kvGRSF4DkO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: This is a lie. The ban applies to ANYONE WAITING IN LINE TO VOTE regardless of how far you are away from a poll location e… — PolitiTweet.org

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So thanks to @Will_Bunch we know that Governor Kemp signed this bill in front of a portrait of a slave plantation. Can anyone identify the six other men in the photo? — PolitiTweet.org

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You'd think before posting an "FYI" tweet about a law you'd READ THE LAW. But no, these folks just post whatever information fits their narrative whether or not its true. https://t.co/UiHNRg7zoO — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a lie. The ban applies to ANYONE WAITING IN LINE TO VOTE regardless of how far you are away from a poll location entrance. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Saying that the bill EXPANDS EARLY VOTING when it will restrict early voting for hundreds of thousands of Democrats and people of color is journalistic malpractice. For updates and accountability journalism, sign up for the newsletter https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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4. The bill also moves runoffs to just four weeks after a general election and has no mandatory weekend early voting for runoffs. It takes time to print ballots. So early voting for runoffs will likely be REDUCED EVERYWHERE because there isn't enough time to set it up. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. But the new law PROHIBITS Fulton County from using mobile polling sites to cut down lines and make voting easier during the voting period. That's what they did last year. So if you live in Fulton County, this is one way in which the new bill RESTRICTS early voting. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Previously, Georgia counties only had to provide one weekend day for early voting. The bill makes two Saturday's mandatory and leaves both Sundays optional. But Fulton County and others that tilt Democratic already offered early voting on all four days. So no change there. — PolitiTweet.org