Walter Shapiro

Walter Shapiro @MrWalterShapiro

Definition of the Democratic Asshole Caucus: Anyone in either house who plays any game with their vote to threaten passage of this bill. Reasons don't matter. It's that simple. — PolitiTweet.org

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Very good question from @JillDLawrence: "What I can't understand is why it took a violent, deadly coup attempt for [Cassidy] Hutchinson and [Sarah] Matthews to use words like 'unpatriotic,' 'un-American' and 'indefensible' to describe [Trump]." https://t.co/DMnfVGzIoy — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamespmanley Well played. — PolitiTweet.org

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@lilhistorian @mattizcoop @Bencjacobs @StevenTDennis Eugene Debs was the Socialist candidate for president in multiple elections in the early 20th century. Debs was jailed for opposing America’s entry into World War 1 and later pardoned by, yes, Warren Harding. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MelindaSacBee @rickperlstein My point is that I am skeptical that the much-hyped climate provisions will amount to much. That is the only reason why I am uncharacteristically looking at in political terms. And I do think the health-care provisions and the tax provisions do matter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rickperlstein I'm not minimizing the health-care aspects here and I love the corporate minimum tax. But I rather think that the climate provisions are being over-hyped. — PolitiTweet.org

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@rickperlstein I am much more intrigued by the proposed legislation for its political value in November than as a dramatic way to prevent the melting of the ice caps. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bencjacobs @StevenTDennis And it has worked so well in NY that we consider it a major success when a governor doesn’t resign in disgrace. — PolitiTweet.org

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Be still my beating heart. Yang to co-chair issueless, vague third party. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ButtercupWeston What is this? It seems odd, so I didn't want to open it. Have you been hacked? — PolitiTweet.org

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@janecoaston They date back to the earliest sitcoms. — PolitiTweet.org

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Whoa. That’s pretty scary. Trump has such an awesome record winning law suits. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ktumulty @jaloysius You have sold me a copy. I'm hooked. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: 💯this from @MrWalterShapiro: Don’t let the Electoral Count Act rewrite go down for the count. Our battered and bleeding… — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't care what you're doing. I don't care if you love baseball or are baffled by the passions it inspires. But you have read this glorious Dan Berry piece about the NJ mud that makes the game what it is. https://t.co/bJdbFWzPbA — PolitiTweet.org

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In my @rollcall column, I make an uncharacteristically earnest pitch to pass the Electoral Count Act this year. But I do call the latest maybe-Manchin reconciliation plan, "Build Back Less Later." https://t.co/8GAtIvvtG1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OneDailyLink: In @rollcall, site favorite @MrWalterShapiro cautions against the perfect being the enemy of the good when it comes to El… — PolitiTweet.org

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All I know is that it is worse than Watergate, Iran-contra and Teapot Dome. Combined. — PolitiTweet.org

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Recovering pollster @dianefeldman has a terrific piece on how to read horserace polls (and their limitations) that I intend to bronze and place next to my computer throughout the 2022 season and beyond. https://t.co/DD6GiVNzrX — PolitiTweet.org

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Growing up with the Million Dollar Movie on WOR, it took me years to discover that its theme music was not original, but taken from “Gone with the Wind.” That movie wasn’t on TV until years later. — PolitiTweet.org

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When you've lost Rupert Murdoch... — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattizcoop Game, set and match. — PolitiTweet.org

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@dceiver You win that round. — PolitiTweet.org

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Fascinating how the term “ round table” degenerated from King Arthur’s Camelot to an assemblage of Sunday morning pundits saying predictable things. — PolitiTweet.org

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@joshtpm No, I haven’t. I attribute it to zealous mask-wearing inside and avoiding crowded events. And, yes, luck. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnJHarwood Even Aaron Burr and Benedict Arnold were infinitely greater thinkers. — PolitiTweet.org

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The caring, sensitive, lovable Alan Dershowitz on the Chilmark librarian who got a threat from the Proud Boys after he fingered her in a New Yorker interview: “She should get a different job if she can’t take the heat.” https://t.co/Z6ag32d8Es — PolitiTweet.org

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@jazayerli The Browns finished seventh that year (58-96) beating Connie Mack's A's by 6 games to avoid finishing last. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JillDLawrence: The analogy we've been waiting for, courtesy of @MrWalterShapiro: We finally saw a true glimpse of how Trump reacted to… — PolitiTweet.org

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In my piece below, I thought that quote cut to the heart of last night’s prime-time hearing. — PolitiTweet.org