Jeremy Diamond

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Biden urges banning assault weapons & closing background check loopholes in the wake of Boulder, CO shooting. “The United States senate should immediately pas the two house-passed bills that close loopholes in the background check system,” Biden says — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FoxReports: After the passage of Covid relief, there is a race to get long-held Democratic agenda items on the floor, but there's only… — PolitiTweet.org

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(h/t @katierogers for noticing this sad fact) — PolitiTweet.org

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Flags were previously at half-staff until sunset yesterday, in honor of the victims of the Atlanta shootings. Less than 24 hours later, back to half-staff as another mass shooting rips through this country — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden has ordered White House flags be flown at half-staff, following the Boulder shooting. Biden will deliver "brief remarks on the tragedy in Boulder before departing for Ohio this afternoon," the White House announces — PolitiTweet.org

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.@VP on the Boulder shooting: "It's tragic, it's absolutely tragic," Harris said. "10 people going about their day, living their lives, not bothering anybody. A police officer who was performing his duties, and with great courage and heroism." (Corrects misquote from pool) — PolitiTweet.org

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.@VP just weighed in on the Boulder, Colorado shooting: "It's absolutely baffling, it's 10 people going about their day living their lives, not bothering anybody. A police officer who is performing his duties, and with great courage and heroism," Harris said, per pool — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @josh_wingrove: In a Covid briefing just now, Biden aide @aslavitt46 says Johnson & Johnson will deliver a "nice increase" in vaccine sh… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TheCut: Our March cover star is @abbydphillip ⭐ In conversation with @GayleKing, the journalist and #InsidePolitics host talks about he… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeremyherb: Biden officials say they expected the number of migrants arriving at the US border would swell once they took office, but t… — PolitiTweet.org

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"He was disappointed that we hadn't gotten answers from other agencies faster or that (the facilities) wouldn't be ready for children faster," a sr admin official said On the Biden team’s scramble on the border, w/ ⁦@priscialva⁩ & ⁦@jeremyherb⁩ https://t.co/vN9rTWYp1R — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Kevinliptakcnn: Conservative vaccine hesitancy causing growing concern inside the administration, which has been working with NASCAR, c… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Kevinliptakcnn: White House says Biden is dispatching Sen. Chris Coons to Ethiopia to convey his "grave concerns about the humanitarian… — PolitiTweet.org

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Today: Biden will talk about the progress in reaching his goal of 100 million shots in 100 days, per a WH official. US is on cusp of reaching that goal: ~96.5 million shots administered in the US since Biden took office. US currently averaging 2.47 million shots per day — PolitiTweet.org

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HHS is funneling $10 billion to states to help implement coronavirus surveillance testing in K-12 schools across the country, the agency announced Wednesday. Funds courtesy of the $1.9 trillion Covid relief law https://t.co/Sm5bTASYwF — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House announces President Biden will hold his first news conference on Thursday, March 25th -- 64 days into his presidency — PolitiTweet.org

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@dandrezner @RadioFreeTom Michael Ellis, now NSA general counsel — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jaketapper: When I asked her about it that Sunday she faulted the news media for covering it. “It bothers me that this is still in the… — PolitiTweet.org

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"We have different tools than we did last year," a senior official told me. "We can't play yesterday's game against this virus." Inside the WH's effort to prevent & prepare for a potential 4th COVID surge, including plans to surge vaccines to hotspots 👇 https://t.co/xoxqJs0rby — PolitiTweet.org

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Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman has been selected for promotion, months after he faced alleged retaliation from Trump officials. His statement below: https://t.co/ADwxGGWyog https://t.co/Ioog0hOWLa — PolitiTweet.org

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The WH has offered little explanation. Asked by @JohnBerman today, Amb. Roberta Jacobson said: "We have to make sure we're doing it in a way that is well considered & that responds to where the need is." "I'm sure that we will be acting on that..." — PolitiTweet.org

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Two brothers who fled violence in Burundi were cleared for resettlement to the US 3 weeks ago. They gave away their mattresses & sold a small shop one owned. But Biden never signed the paperwork to raise the refugee cap & State Dept canceled their flight https://t.co/EpfEI4IqYr — PolitiTweet.org

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Just as federal officials previously mobilized testing resources and set up "surge" testing sites in hotspots, officials are preparing a similar effort using federally run or supported vaccination centers. "We can't play yesterday's game against this virus,” one sr official said — PolitiTweet.org

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Even as cases continue to decline, the WH is preparing for a potential 4th coronavirus surge spurred on by variants In what would be a first, the WH is drawing up plans to surge vaccines to emerging hotspots in an attempt to blunt the virus' trajectory https://t.co/7EE8jObj9n — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @josh_wingrove: Biden's administration has announced that it will increase the Medicare reimbursement for giving the Covid shot to $40,… — PolitiTweet.org

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As states have begun COVID-19 inoculations at prisons across the country, corrections employees are refusing vaccines at alarming rates. Infection rates 3x as high in prisons & staff have helped accelerate outbreaks by refusing to wear masks, per AP https://t.co/lmWX3fhIdP — PolitiTweet.org

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As he touts the real progress achieved by the Abraham Accords, Jared Kushner boils down the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as "nothing more than a real-estate dispute between Israelis and Palestinians," which is pretty remarkable & insulting https://t.co/IOHnEDRbPp — PolitiTweet.org

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After a rush of calls for Cuomo to resign this morning, a majority of NY's congressional delegation are now calling for his resignation: https://t.co/tT3qyj3Jhk — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewDay: In his first primetime address to the nation, President Biden commemorated one year since Covid-19 shut down much of the US and… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ZekeJMiller: Myanmar court extends detention of AP journalist (from @AP) https://t.co/zWLEv8fXJs — PolitiTweet.org