Perry Bacon Jr.

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @FiveThirtyEight: Did the left blow the 2020 campaign? Or did they always have a narrow path to victory? https://t.co/ThiyjKS5Cb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheAtlantic: "Time and again, a state or county releases racial data. Time and again, those numbers reveal a sizable racial disparity.… — PolitiTweet.org

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Worth reading. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

The administration's firings of the intelligence community's inspector general and a Naval commander send a message that any internal dissent that becomes public will result in aggressive reprisals. https://t.co/JMsQ1wcNYL https://t.co/iMy4c5XOjq — PolitiTweet.org

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Gov. Evers definitely dithered here. But Wisconsin's Republicans seemed to want to hold the state Supreme Court election tomorrow and win that race no matter what. And that approach is part of a broader pattern with Wisconsin Republicans. https://t.co/DyWC74Ziwn — PolitiTweet.org

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Basically, every state with an upcoming primary but Wisconsin had already acted to stop in-person voting (either by delaying their primary or by expanding vote-by-mail. https://t.co/OKyBXPOln7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Good @ryangrim look at Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. As Ryan argues, Beshear's handling of the coronavirus outbreak is part of a broader series of aggressive moves by a governor who at least I wrongly expected to be very cautious in office. https://t.co/rhDQnbHaH5 — PolitiTweet.org

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The opposition from some prominent conservatives and President Trump to making it easier to vote during a pandemic (and openly stating that higher turnout helps Democrats) has clarified a lot of the debates the last 10 years about various voting laws. https://t.co/Op1cfwMrlT https://t.co/LDcPWWaeMc — PolitiTweet.org

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Data is very limited right now, but this is the most comprehensive piece I have seen on the potential that black Americans are dying at disproportionate rates from the coronavirus. https://t.co/dZOwfrs68c — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @BrendanNyhan: My thread starting 37 days ago. Still true. https://t.co/jT7Hy3t6Jb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @gregpmiller: Trump is saying the IG he fired last night promoted a "fake" whistleblower complaint about Trump's call with Ukraine. In… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mitchellreports: .@realDonaldTrump fires Michael Atkinson the watchdog Inspector General who forwarded the Ukraine whistleblower compl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @matthewamiller: Openly, flagrantly corrupt. https://t.co/7ADL1VA0OD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nedprice: The 30 days, as required by law, would provide an outgoing IG the necessary time to ensure current investigations are handed… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AriMelber: New: Trump is firing the independent watchdog who *followed the law* by providing Congress the whistleblower complaint that… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZekeJMiller: Trump: "I think a lot of people cheat with mail-in voting." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsWolf: Wisconsin’s gerrymandered GOP legislature knows that if they don’t expand voting options & postpone Tuesday’s elections,… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @imillhiser: One useful heuristic that I've developed after covering voting rights for many years is that, if someone claims that they a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PeterHamby: "News coverage that casts Americans’ views on the coronavirus as just another example of the nation’s partisan divide may b… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alex_sammon: New: Amazon workers at Chicago's DCH1 delivery facility will walk off the job tonight over safety concerns after a worker… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @elonmusk: The coronavirus panic is dumb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsWolf: Thanks largely to GOP legislative inaction, Wisconsin is overwhelmed trying to process >1 million absentee ballot request… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CitizenCohn: I was going to screenshot two terrific paragraphs from the new @AdamSerwer article but decided against it because ... a)… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Taniel: Georgia's Speaker does not want all registered voters to receive an absentee ballot application in November because it would "c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RonBrownstein: The fact that so many GOP big state governors-in TX, FL & GA-all tightened statewide restrictions immediately after Trum… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @williamadler78: Re-upping this from yesterday: together with @julia_azari and @perrybaconjr - we look at Biden's potential VP choices a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ElectProject: Or read another way, Trump's percentage continues to be unchanged, but a statistically insignificant 2 percentage points… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tperkins: At this point, holding public church gatherings in the midst of a public health crisis is not a defense of religious freedom… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @harrysiegel: Terrific job by @jaketapper here and a useful reminder that when the histories are written Trump is hardly the only offici… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @joesonka: Man, I could have swore I was working my ass off, putting myself in a dangerous situation while also caring for my kid in an… — PolitiTweet.org