Gabriel Debenedetti

Gabriel Debenedetti @gdebenedetti

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tough look for qyburn — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's how the Sanders campaign portrays the Center for American Progress in the new fundraising email (subject line "We are under attack"): https://t.co/q42UPsDWUb — PolitiTweet.org

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bit of an escalation here from Team Sanders now. New fundraising email: "This week, an organization that is the epitome of the political establishment — the Center for American Progress (CAP) — unleashed and promoted an online attack video against Bernie." — PolitiTweet.org

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@fshakir bit of an escalation here from Team Sanders now. New fundraising email: "This week, an organization that is the epitome of the political establishment — the Center for American Progress (CAP) — unleashed and promoted an online attack video against Bernie." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HenryJGomez: Whaley and Buttigieg are close — both young up-and-coming Dems who run modest-sized Midwest cities. https://t.co/eVp5wkuubm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @matthewberg: @gdebenedetti And was Pete's lone vote for DNC Chair. — PolitiTweet.org

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(Whaley was helping run the Draft Sherrod Brown effort) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Emma_Hurt: In Sunday school this morning President Carter said he got a call from @realDonaldTrump last night, and they talked about Ch… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @fshakir: @gdebenedetti As @mattyglesias will remember well, even the drafting and publishing of this post wasn't "independent." Happy t… — PolitiTweet.org

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aaaand on cue, CAP just sent around a statement responding to Sanders that includes, as a "related resource," a 2008 post, on ThinkProgress, by his campaign manager @fshakir: "Regarding ThinkProgress’s Editorial Independence" — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyway, none of this says anything about Buttigieg's actual chances at, y'know, winning. But it helps explain some of how we got to the point where he and Booker are launching on the same weekend, and more attention appears to be on South Bend than Newark. — PolitiTweet.org

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... and, of course, he said (and says!) yes to a huge number of interview requests, back when he was figuring out what to do, and now. He agreed to sit down for our interview series literally within minutes of my ask. Here's that chat, in South Bend: https://t.co/60yLGwmTp9 — PolitiTweet.org

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... there's no question this was, in part, by design. Buttigieg used to speak a lot of the power of "winning by losing," usually in the context of his ill-fated run for IN Treasurer. But his DNC bid filled the same role, on a national scale. ... — PolitiTweet.org

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It's easily overlooked, but one of the reasons @PeteButtigieg was able to get so much attention so quickly is how available he was post-'16 to analyze/opine on the future of the D Party, so became a familiar figure to those watching the debate closely ... — PolitiTweet.org

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this saga is a good reminder of how personal some of these disagreements have gotten — Sanders’ campaign manager used to work at that think tank, helping launch the site in question — PolitiTweet.org

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We'll see, of course, if Booker starts explicitly making this point on the trail with any regularity. If he does, though, it could get interesting. The "purity" swipe at some rivals' view of the race isn't exactly subtle. — PolitiTweet.org

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More Booker: “...what fits into someone else’s narrow view of what it means to be a progressive. ... A real progressive movement ... does not hold progress for communities like mine hostage today for promises that perfection will come tomorrow.” 3/3 — PolitiTweet.org

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“...They can’t afford to allow this election to become an exercise in political posturing or a box-checking competition that is completely divorced from the realities of so many people who are struggling and hurting,” Booker says. “We don’t have the privilege to wait for...” 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the section in Booker’s speech where he tries laying out his place in the Dem primary: “The people on my block, the people gathered here, people across the country can’t wait. They cannot afford a politics of division that sacrifices progress for purity,” he says... 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NYTnickc: This entire @CoryBooker speech follows a "we can't wait" theme drawing inspiration from MLK's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."… — PolitiTweet.org

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(For whatever it's worth, Team Booker says there are 4k+ people here.) — PolitiTweet.org

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here’s the scene in Newark as @CoryBooker hosts his “hometown kickoff” https://t.co/dAhg1JRGT2 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alanblinder: The Times asked Stephen Curry to rank the popcorn at all 29 N.B.A. arenas. "Curry not only agreed but also suggested sco… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ASDem I mean ok but you are literally launching a presidential campaign today — PolitiTweet.org

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Launching a presidential campaign — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @UPonMSNBC: Ahead on @UPonMSNBC with @davidgura @JaxAlemany 🍩 @LACaldwellDC 🍩 @DavidCornDC 🍩 @gdebenedetti 🍩 @KenDilanianNBC 🍩 @Dr_CMGre… — PolitiTweet.org

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"The RNC has already begun polling in 16 states to assess ways to discredit ideas like 'Medicare for all'" https://t.co/9Caf3oHHyF this makes political sense, but...M4A has been perhaps the most prominent D policy convo for like 2 years now, so hardly a shocking new opportunity? — PolitiTweet.org

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the Des Moines Register homepage is currently blanketed with these ads https://t.co/r3a9iyphP9 — PolitiTweet.org

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I mean, imagine a world where he said "Oh yeah, great question, I'm terrified of [insert candidate here]." — PolitiTweet.org