Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Biden’s 2nd principle is we'll ratchet up if Russia escalates. WH press corps ?? have bordered on self-parody: What other things can you do to punish Russia? We’re not telling Russia. Maybe there aren’t other measures? There are. Then why not tell us? We’re not telling Russia. — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Why shouldn’t the United States say it might send troops even if it won’t? Presidents credibility with the American people is precious. Also: “No World War III.” — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

this principle provides an answer to White House press corps: Why shouldn’t the United States institute a no-fly zone over Ukraine? That would entail firing on Russian planes. See: “No World War lll.” — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Biden has made clear two principles that lawmakers eager to appear tougher than the White House would rather ignore. The first: We will not go to war against a nuclear power run by a desperate autocrat increasingly cut off from reality. https://t.co/imxUsbxnja — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Can the U.S. truly change oil prices by encouraging more drilling and allowing pipelines? Not really. <— inconvenient truth for GOP and a whole lot of media https://t.co/i3EyJzhDvY — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Instead, Democrats should address the real problem: students who have fallen badly behind because of a lack of classroom time. That will require funding, that Republicans surely will oppose, to expand tutoring and summer school and to increase teacher pay. — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Ds should welcome the debate about politicizing schools. Rs have turned schools into a battleground for their extreme social vision. They have denied racism in American history, attempted to ban books, and have persecuted transgender and gay students. https://t.co/aUkOhPxsfu — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

This would not be the first time that mainstream coverage got hijacked by right-wing hysteria. Democrats who concluded that voters were rebelling against “wokeness” might want to reconsider. Indeed, Ds might want to extract an entirely different lesson https://t.co/aUkOhPxsfu — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

The Democratic data firm TargetSmart did a deep dive on the Virginia results and found: “The county level data shows no correlation between school closures and vote swings to Republicans.” https://t.co/aUkOhPxsfu — PolitiTweet.org

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If run as independents they’ll be asked about splitting the vote and allow the Democrat to prevail. The right answer to that is: “Darn right. Biden — or whichever Democrat — is infinitely better than Trump.” That, however, might not be a popular https://t.co/oo02ldBBMV — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

None of the anti-Trump Republicans should say that Trump is horrible, unfit and dangerous but that they’ll support him if he is the nominee. That muddled and morally dishonest formulation would negate the rationale for their campaigns https://t.co/oo02ldBBMV — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

the goal should be to triumph over MAGA politics — its infatuation with conspiracy theories; its contempt for medicine; its reliance on made-up cultural wedge issues and racist nostalgia; its misogynistic outlook; and its anti-democratic bent https://t.co/oo02ldC9Ct — PolitiTweet.org

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First, it would be a mistake to run purely as an alternative to Trump. The point is not only to snuff out his chance to return to the White House but also to prevent someone just as mendacious from assuming the 2024 mantle. https://t.co/oo02ldBBMV — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

In Putin, rightwing saw leader who turned nostalgia into a crusade and dominated politics thru bullying and disinform. Those qualities are now widely viewed as repulsive, dangerous and ultimately self-destructive. The authoritarian ethos is in retreat. https://t.co/OwfKo4KV27 — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Wars have a way of rattling the status quo and reshaping public opinion.WW2 imbued US with unrivaled power and confidence and produced momentum for civil rights. In a similar vein, Ukraine might hasten an end to the great authoritarian surge https://t.co/OwfKo4KV27 — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Autocrats’ vulnerabilities are laid bare. Brittle, blinkered and reviled, Putin stumbled into the moral indignation of democratic peoples, who have shown their economic might, their willingness to make sacrifices to their capacity for improvisation. https://t.co/OwfKo4KV27 — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

As intriguing as the international ramifications might be, the heroic Ukrainian resistance might impact the United States domestically in ways we are just beginning to grasp https://t.co/OwfKo4KV27 — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

@rickhasen Barely insurrectionist — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

@rickhasen fabulous argument for term limits and mandatory recusal rules. What is he doing on ANY Jan. 6 related case?? — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

When Res are in power, they create division, conflict and chaos. They are not on your side. That’s it. A simple dichotomy. — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Ds need simple message: When in power, they make government work for ordinary people and defend American values (democracy, opportunity, fairness). They solve real problems. https://t.co/Qkhma8eVHd — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

consider the many Republicans who love former president Donald Trump but now dislike Vladimir Putin and admire Ukraine, whose leadership Trump tried to extort in exchange for political favors — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

What’s a policymaker supposed to think about such head-scratching results? Maybe they shouldn’t spend much time thinking about them. Aside from serious sampling issues pollsters have yet to resolve, it’s far from clear that voters even understand what they are asked to opine upon — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Voters, most of whom do not follow politics hour by hour, are unreliable indicators of what they want. Just look at their poll answers. https://t.co/bBEvFUkOoE — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

At its most basic, Democrats must convince voters they are on the side of regular Americans — making progress and solving real problems (e.g., jobs, covid). — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

the new and improved slogan isn’t much of a help. (What is “better”? What about solving today’s problems?) https://t.co/016aSIn0OL — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

Just the right approach to booting increasingly nutty RonJon — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

@RadioFreeTom @KatieClemency Also: And we still support Z even if he was against X — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

voters in a (stupid) nutshell: According to ABC News/Ipsos data, 70% disapprove of Biden's handling of gas prices, though even more respondents -- 77% -- support his proposal to ban Russian oil, even if it means paying more at the pump. https://t.co/R4xeDZemIb — PolitiTweet.org

Jennifer "Pro-privacy" Rubin @JRubinBlogger

any conclusion this is “something of an accident" utterly ignores the virtual village of lawyers, democracy advocates, individual citizen activists, etc. collectively resisting R efforts to deliver House maj simply by virtue of clever redistricting. https://t.co/9BPH1R58RK — PolitiTweet.org