Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Duck Durbin chatting about SCOTUS —“several Republican senators” are open to a Biden nominee —He and Grassley to WH tomorrow —His “goal” is a bipartisan vote —Democrats not trying to match the ACB 27-day timeline —“Important” to have a sitting judge https://t.co/ZxiBR2WWtL — PolitiTweet.org

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A busy stretch ahead for Congress • Fill a Supreme Court vacancy • Ukraine/Russia briefings • Government funding 2/18 deadline • US-China competition bill • Bipartisan election overhaul talks • Build Back Better negotiations? https://t.co/8BRqd52Ax0 — PolitiTweet.org

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New —> A Supreme Court confirmation battle adds to busy stretch for Congress https://t.co/8BRqd52Ax0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Two important developments here (1) This is the first time Trump has weighed in on the bipartisan talks about stopping election subversion; we’ll see if it affects GOP sens (2): He’s more openly using phrases like “change the outcome” and VP “could have overturned the Election” — PolitiTweet.org

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@JohnFeehery Rs could call their bluff and support a ban. that way we’d find out! — PolitiTweet.org

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As long as they have a legal green light to do it, both parties are going to try to utilize this and maximize their gains, sometimes in a shamelessly vote-diluting manner. The question, at least on Capitol Hill, is whether it should be legal for everyone or illegal for everyone. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's a similar dynamic with redistricting. New York Democrats are eying a pretty aggressive gerrymander, as Republicans do the same in states they run. Hill Democrats are also trying to pass a bill to curtail partisan gerrymandering for everyone, which Republicans are blocking. — PolitiTweet.org

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Two parallel dynamics going on here: Democrats outpacing GOP at the dark money game, and fighting like hell in Congress to restrict dark money. There's legislation on the table to require disclosures that nearly every Capitol Hill Democrat supports. Republicans are blocking it. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@ChuckTodd asks Dick Durbin if Ketanji Brown Jackson—who fits his description as a circuit nom confirmed last year—should be the frontrunner. He defers. “I sure don't want to speculate on that,” he says. “This is in the hands of the president, as it should be.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Supreme Court tea leaves from Durbin: “If the person has been before the committee seeking approval for a circuit court, then the committee knows quite a bit about that person… for someone who's been before the committee in the previous year or two, it makes a real difference.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SenatorDurbin, majority whip and Judiciary chair, says on @MeetThePress about SCOTUS: “It's going to be fair. It's going to be deliberate. And we're going to be timely about it too. This is a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. We should take it seriously.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: Trump, gearing up for likely 2024 run, dangles pardons to Jan 6 arrestees. Some of those arrestees have been mentioned in co… — PolitiTweet.org

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Former president is increasingly teasing an unabashedly pro-January 6 platform as part of a 2024 campaign for president. In this clip he floats pardons for people who took part in the insurrection. https://t.co/vnRSGzomkK — PolitiTweet.org

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@swin24 I still get annoyed about the many wasted hours I’ll never get back watching that show and thinking the writers knew what they were doing — PolitiTweet.org

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@McCormackJohn @brianrdhamm This sort of gets back to the original point re escalation. Democrats could’ve used that power in 87 to deny Bork a hearing. Or to refuse to confirm Kennedy. Didn’t happen. Post-2016 there’s no longer a presumption that the party in control permits a vote if they dislike the prez — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: Story: Twitter tells me it is no longer taking any action against lies about the 2020 election...actually, that it ended enforc… — PolitiTweet.org

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Tom Brady is retiring https://t.co/jZuVZneb77 — PolitiTweet.org

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Former Obama adviser @stefcutter’s public advice to Democrats and the White House: “take a page from Mr. McConnell’s book” on what she calls the “new normal” for Supreme Court confirmations. https://t.co/tVMgxKabPd https://t.co/Ejv1syZgPq — PolitiTweet.org

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@brianrdhamm @McCormackJohn Yes, it was a choice by Reagan to nominate the man who helped carry out the Saturday Night Massacre - and defended his role at confirmation. Some senators were unimpressed. https://t.co/GYvCCm52E9 Senate had recently confirmed Scalia unanimously so this wasn’t about conservatism — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitt Romney tests positive for Covid. (His wife Ann tested negative.) https://t.co/mdtncKFMzp — PolitiTweet.org

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@jamespmanley graphic — PolitiTweet.org

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Lindsey Graham is an interesting figure to watch: A senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee who supported both of Obama’s Supreme Court nominees and has voted for 62% of Biden’s Senate-confirmed judges (including K.B. Jackson to DC Circuit). And his seat is safe until 2026. — PolitiTweet.org

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So far in Pittsburgh: Biden has touted the infrastructure law, the US competitiveness bill (passed the Senate, action pending in the House), and his hopes of reviving Build Back Better (currently frozen by Manchin). — PolitiTweet.org

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…both of whom have a front row seat. — PolitiTweet.org

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In Pittsburgh, Biden gives back to back shoutouts to @JohnFetterman and @ConorLambPA, rivals competing for the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Pat Toomey (R). — PolitiTweet.org

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News —> @January6thCmte subpoenas 14 people who participated as “alternate electors” for Donald Trump in states that he lost. List via committee 👇 https://t.co/AL5RfViyiM — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Jim Clyburn, on @craigmelvin’s show, pushing hard on Michelle Childs — a U.S. district judge in SC — for SCOTUS. “I will be in discussions with the White House later today… She has the experience that is needed, and she has the temperament that is required.” — PolitiTweet.org

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COTUS! 👀🐱 — PolitiTweet.org

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John Fetterman had not planned on attending Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh today as he was set to be in Harrisburg for a state committee event, per aide. Now, “John is at the site of the bridge collapse,” aide says, adding that if Biden appears there he expects to see the prez. — PolitiTweet.org

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@KareBearScare https://t.co/zzlpUDsZaF — PolitiTweet.org