Tim Alberta

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

I mean, this is the guy who Joe Biden said was going to put black people “back in chains.” Really. That happened. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

He’s made mistakes. He’s said regrettable things. We all have. But I struggle to think of a single politician for whom there will be a wider delta in terms of historical consideration vs. contemporary perception. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

The mistreatment of this man, the demonization of him on a personal level by opponents in both parties, will be studied for decades to come. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

@Just1cherries One minute at a time. All you can do. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @hollyotterbein: New: Pa. has still not counted tens of thousands of mail ballots since Tuesday, raising alarms for November. “Can you i… — PolitiTweet.org

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just an amazing in-kind contribution from Drew Brees https://t.co/zGpQyy3POi — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

RT @jonathanvswan: Key point in @ddiamond piece: "Many public health experts have already severely undermined the power and influence of th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@PatrickClaybon @minakimes @MikeSilver blissfully unaware? wtf are you even talking about? i'm literally writing a piece on that very subject at this moment. you're looking for enemies in all the wrong places here. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

To all the special-needs parents who have gone nearly 3 months without school, without therapy, without routine or structure or any kind of break.... you are the chosen ones. God bless each and every one of you. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeSilver @minakimes @PatrickClaybon Huh. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you're unfamiliar with my work. But whatever. If you'd rather score points than have a good-faith dialogue about an editorial decision that is rightly controversial, that's cool. Enjoy your weekend. — PolitiTweet.org

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@minakimes @MikeSilver @PatrickClaybon That's fair. Intent was really "am i allowed to think something that doesn't align neatly with either side of this bifurcated conflict?" Which is rhetorical, because sides must be chosen in these tribal-cultural wars. My speech is hardly suppressed...though at times it should be. — PolitiTweet.org

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@minakimes @MikeSilver @PatrickClaybon it should be contextualized for readers! i interviewed Cotton the day before his op-ed ran. i dislike op-ed pages for some of these very reasons. my only qualm was accepting at face-value this claim that publishing his op-ed put lives in danger. — PolitiTweet.org

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@PatrickClaybon @MikeSilver @minakimes many accounts I follow are orgs, not ppl. most ppl I follow concentrate at the highest levels of media & government; ie mostly white. of those, most are Republican, my decade-long beat, ie overwhelmingly white. but if you want to use this to mock someone you don't know, feel free — PolitiTweet.org

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@minakimes @MikeSilver @PatrickClaybon Sure. Then again, "running this op-ed endangers lives" is an opinion -- one that should be supported by data and evidence before accepted. Pointing that out doesn't feel like an opinion; it feel like journalistic skepticism. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @emarvelous: #BreonnaTaylor should be 27 today. She should not be dead. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeSilver @minakimes @PatrickClaybon Hmm. I guess the answer is no. Thanks for the insults in response to my attempt to find shades of grey in a zero-sum dispute. PS enjoy all of your work. God bless. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MurielBowser: #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/OQg6977n5r — PolitiTweet.org

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@Travis_Waldron Happy to hear a debate on those reasons... I was only reacting to the original claim, which was that publishing endangered lives, which before believing I would need to see borne out by data and evidence. — PolitiTweet.org

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@WesleyLowery preaching to the choir! I don't much like op-ed pages, particularly as a platform for elected officials, and as it happens I interviewed Cotton for a story the day before this published. (It's up Monday.) I'm just not persuaded the op-ed posed a danger. — PolitiTweet.org

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Which, of course, is a terrible recognition to come to terms with, because obviously military occupation of cities is fraught with risk and totally unsustainable. Just really curious as to what's driving public opinion on the matter. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

I mean, you've got to wonder how much of the support for this idea -- which is surprisingly high, across partisan divides -- owes to a creeping recognition, post-Ferguson, that maybe local police departments are not equipped for this task. — PolitiTweet.org

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Not trying to be cute. But one reason a majority of Americans may feel comfortable with a military presence in certain hot spots is because they know professional soldiers are better trained and more discipled than, say, the Buffalo PD. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EugeneDaniels2: This week, I along with @TimAlberta, @LBarronLopez & @RyanLizza wanted to make sure our show "Four Square" matched the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ruairiak: Tomorrow's @POLITICOMag 'Friday Cover,' out now online: https://t.co/RzgTeWSA3m featuring @tressiemcphd, @HurdOnTheHill, @Ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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@HayesBrown @Olivianuzzi Hmm. Typically an outside contributor's submission is subject to fact-checking and editorial oversight regardless, it just seems the ball was dropped in this case. — PolitiTweet.org

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The answer is Ben Wallace, obviously, because the runner-up is Ron Artest, and Ron Artest chose to fight 500 people in Auburn Hills rather than square up with Ben. — PolitiTweet.org

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@cjane87 if that was intended to be subliminal, we went 7-6 thank you very much — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

@HayesBrown @Olivianuzzi Not sure I follow... but it's been a long day. Hit me again. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Alberta @TimAlberta

@cjane87 yes yes and yes. it's a meaningful disagreement, no doubt, but this zero-sum antagonism feels a biiiiit misplaced. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ParkerMolloy @Olivianuzzi I can. But since when it that disqualifying? Op-ed pages are notorious for playing fast and loose. Sarah Palin sued the Times ed board for an egregious factual error! Nobody demanded they take it down. — PolitiTweet.org