Philip Rucker

Philip Rucker @PhilipRucker

“The pandemic is a hard enough story for journalists to cover. Leaders like Trump make it harder” — an important @jrezaian column marking #WorldPressFreedomDay https://t.co/uNGlFruzGN — PolitiTweet.org

Philip Rucker @PhilipRucker

We don’t hear often from George W. Bush, but here he is with an empathetic video about the pandemic that spotlights heroes and ordinary citizens. He calls for all Americans to come together. A striking contrast to the messages of late from President Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: Re: Laura Ingraham's drug-pushing meeting with Trump: "Some senior Republicans who heard about the meeting cringed about… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blakehounshell: “West Wing aides are planning to book more media appearances by Kudlow, Hassett and Mnuchin in coming weeks, with fewer… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @eilperin: Two GOP consultants decided to start selling covid-19 medical supplies in March. Maryland just canceled a $12.5M contract wit… — PolitiTweet.org

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@donwinslow @yabutaleb7 Thanks! Also great reporting in here from @costareports @jdawsey1 & @bylenasun. Another WaPo team effort — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KFILE: Washington Post reports on internal RNC data and it's brutal for Trump in most categories. Just 37% believe the country is heade… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanLamothe: My eyes popped wide open: "This story documenting Trump’s month-long struggle to reopen America is based on interviews wit… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @katierogers: This lede: “The paradox of Vice President Mike Pence getting in trouble for failing to wear a mask is that perhaps no memb… — PolitiTweet.org

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Jared Kushner calls victory on admin’s pandemic response: “When history looks back on this, they’ll say, man, the federal government acted really quickly and creatively, they threw a lot at the problem and saved a lot of lives,” he told WaPo https://t.co/1GJQVsody5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump was so fixated on hydroxychloroquine that he got a Mar-a-Lago friend and vitamins executive to call Gov. Gavin Newsom on his cell to pitch a deal for California to buy the drug from an Indian manufacturer, via @jdawsey1. Newsom took a pass. https://t.co/1GJQVsody5 — PolitiTweet.org

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This is one of the dire internal polls that so angered Trump he berated his campaign manager and threatened to sue him (they’ve since patched things up) —> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @yabutaleb7: NEW: Our deep dive into Trump's desperate push to reopen the country, despite falling short on many of the factors experts… — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW --> 34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump’s desperate attempts to reopen America My latest with @jdawsey1 @yabutaleb7 @costareports & @bylenasun on the federal government's April pivot to reopening https://t.co/uJoAqQEg5i — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LACaldwellDC: On the national mall covering the Blue angels and Thunderbird flyover and there are SOOO many people here. Not wearing ma… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davecclarke: Trump expressed support Friday for armed protesters in Michigan with language similar to his “very fine people on both sid… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @costareports: If you’re up late and have had your fill of movies on streaming services, here is tonight’s @PBS @washingtonweek featurin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mviser: NEW: The lawyer who oversaw the vetting of Joe Biden for Obama tells us: “This kind of complaint — not just Tara Reade, but any… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @washingtonweek: #WashWeekPBS is live in an hour. @Yamiche, @weijia, @SusanPage and @PhilipRucker are at the virtual table tonight to ta… — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitt Romney, not a fan of conference call life — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @evanasmith: THREAD 👇 Now it can be told: The 2020 Texas Tribune Festival will be virtual. With no ability to predict an end to the pand… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: I miss the campaign trail. And I especially miss eating with my friends and colleagues on the campaign trail. So I wrote ab… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Hackers, fake news and worldwide panic: The plot of ‘The Paladin’ feels eerily real” — a rave review for the great @IgnatiusPost’s new spy novel, which sounds like quite a page-turner https://t.co/wJg2Js60z0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Jerome Corsi meant to email Vladimir Zelenko. He accidentally emailed Aaron Zelinsky, a Mueller prosecutor who now investigates coronavirus-related crimes. And a Justice Department probe was born. A can’t-make-it-up scoop by @PostRoz & @mattzap https://t.co/b8muWEb4ai — PolitiTweet.org

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“I will never lie to you. You have my word on that,” newly-minted White House @PressSec Kayleigh McEnany says in her first briefing. — PolitiTweet.org

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An early warning system for coronavirus infections could be found in your toilet, @brady_dennis reports https://t.co/qYiK4GuqGT — PolitiTweet.org

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"President Trump has opened a new charm offensive aimed at appealing to America’s older voters, who polls show are souring on his re-election amid the coronavirus crisis," @MichaelCBender & @KThomasDC report https://t.co/ABmWW8Vxeg — PolitiTweet.org

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Looking forward to joining three of my favorite reporters at @costareports’s (socially distant, virtual, quarantine) roundtable tonight on @washingtonweek! — PolitiTweet.org