Mark Z. Barabak

Mark Z. Barabak @markzbarabak

NEW: Like vultures circling, would-be successors have spent years eyeing the seat of Sen. Dianne Feinstein and moving their moves. By formally announcing her candidacy, @katieporteroc has put the race where it belongs, in front of California voters https://t.co/yNyvfyTlNH — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SherylNYT: Our @nytimes colleague Blake Hounshell died today "after a long and courageous battle with depression." It bears repeating:… — PolitiTweet.org

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Just spoke with @katieporteroc who, after stating her respect for Dianne Feinstein, praise for the path she helped blaze for women in politics, made plain she won't back off a primary challenge "If the senator decides to run for another term... I will still be in this race." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GlennKesslerWP: ICYMI --> ‘87,000 IRS agents’ is the zombie falsehood setting the House agenda https://t.co/rOpszgbGtQ — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LATSeema and @NolanDMcCaskill suss out California Senate race with @katieporteroc firing the starting gun https://t.co/kz6nrdqdKb — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChadPergram: Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) announces candidacy for Senate in 2024. This is for the seat currently held by Sen. Dianne Feinst… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Politics is a team sport,” says former state Sen Dick Ackerman, GOP leader when McCarthy led the Assembly. "It’s like 11 players line up and two guys decide they’re not going to run the play that was called. How’s that going to work?” @LATimesSkelton https://t.co/OeFI4dgbry — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarcGoldwein: ANALYSIS - rescinding IRS funding will increase the deficit by 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 $𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻, encourage tax cheating, and cut th… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Our governor seems controlled by his need to control, never letting his guard down even in this hand-picked crowd, billed as the People’s March. It could have more aptly been named the Certain People’s March, a made-for-television special." — PolitiTweet.org

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"At some point, Congress will steer into a crisis. Only one person on the Republican side will have the power and skill to avert catastrophe, and it won’t be Kevin McCarthy; it will be Biden’s wily, unlovable colleague, Mitch McConnell" @DoyleMcManus https://t.co/4eLDD7MHi6 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @hookjan: .@markzbarabak nails it: For years Kevin McCarthy wanted to be speaker of the House in the worst possible way. That's exactly… — PolitiTweet.org

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Musical interlude: https://t.co/Kqsk1CO5Z5 #JohnColtrane — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AlexCVassar: As Speaker, McCarthy holds the highest federal rank of any former #CALeg member. Of the other Californians to hold high fe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Pleightx: @EliStokols @markzbarabak https://t.co/FeOkfaAFLx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SusanPage: Please tell me again what the reasoning is in refusing to allow C-SPAN to show what’s going on in the people’s House all the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Sammy_Roth: The Biden administration plans to tighten restrictions on deadly fine particle pollution -- which is worse in California th… — PolitiTweet.org

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"McCarthy has long been more facilitator than leader, strategist than visionary. But the chameleon qualities left him vulnerable to hard-liners who demanded allegiance not to convention and ideological flexibility but revolution." @JeffreyLAT @melmason https://t.co/oxV4skmWWr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Bruno_J_Navarro: McCarthy, eagerly stepping into a straitjacket of his own design, has earned himself the dubious distinction of becomi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kyledcheney: There are some eye-opening provisions in the text of the GOP’s proposed “select subcommittee on the weaponization of the f… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MickiMaynard: Here is the column you need to read on the outcome in the House. https://t.co/46AnZZJzhz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jonathanvswan: These calls from Trump allies will soon grow louder. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Pleightx fixed the photo on my column https://t.co/jYOs3TrMX8 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Pleightx: @EliStokols @markzbarabak https://t.co/FeOkfaAFLx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EliStokols: “In the end, a willingness to neuter himself was the price McCarthy was forced, and proved sadly willing, to pay.” 🔥 ⁦⁦@ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Kevin McCarthy may have dreamed of striding boldly forth to lead a robust GOP majority. Instead he crawled into the speakership on his hands and knees. He ceded so much to foes he'll spend his shaky tenure on a razor’s edge. One nick, he’s gone. https://t.co/TXqBOl9nDn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChadPergram: McCarthy appears to have the votes to become Speaker on 15th ballot. Vote still open — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BeschlossDC: And so one of the strongest House Speakers in American history is succeeded by what is likely to be one of the weakest. — PolitiTweet.org