Paul Kane

Paul Kane @pkcapitol

'I’m woke. I’m paying attention. I spend a lot of time with Black people. Some of my best friends … ’ All that bullshit." This @CleveWootson joint hits all of Philly's racial/ethnic fault lines. Here, white DA clashes with Black ex-mayor over crime. https://t.co/M9GYI95Yje — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsReid: Average #COVID19 case rate in DC is 14x as high as it was a month ago. Good news is hospitalization rates are down by abo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Another way to conceive this: of 88,000-plus COVID cases in DC since March 2020, more than 19,000 (21.5%) have hit in last 2 weeks. Let’s hope hospitalizations stay low. — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Kane @pkcapitol

RT @seungminkim: "In 2020, Trump won 45 districts by more than 15 percentage points. Under new maps already finalized in more than a dozen… — PolitiTweet.org

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@DNicholsSR Fair. It’s like when congressional/politics mavens complain about Philly sports tweets. (Sorry, it’s in my bio!) All that said, man, WFT, WTF? — PolitiTweet.org

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@DNicholsSR What % of your followers, intensely concerned about your great coverage of Pacific Northwest high school sports, have any idea this tweet was about your WFT angst? Or was it just an existential SOS tweet to us East Coasters? — PolitiTweet.org

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If my math is right, Eags are 6-1 against teams with losing records, 0-5 vs teams with winning records. And 2-1 vs teams currently 7-7. Parity. Yet, for now, we have last NFC playoff slot. #FlyEaglesFly — PolitiTweet.org

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I'm buying my copy as Xmas gift to myself. — PolitiTweet.org

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Awesome to see @daveweigel in "Trailer" awards giving @SebastianEPayne the "most revealing" political book of 2021: #BrokenHeartlands, about UK working class. Something US readers will appreciate. Seb, a 2014 WaPo Stern Fellow, now at @FinancialTimes https://t.co/3C0NJVwYaQ — PolitiTweet.org

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The kid wearing the bear (Hoya?) costume is awesome. But make sure to watch the boy in red jacket celebrating himself. Pure joy. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll never see “Wonderful Life” the same again. George Bailey’s grand plan was suicide for life insurance. While Mary invented GoFundMe & truly saved Bedford Falls. “Deck the halls with Donna Reed!” Bravo @MonicaHesse https://t.co/GIvuckkYqQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Do read @jmartNYT on Thune - especially on-record Rs declaring him unquestioned successor to McConnell - but this 12/6 piece back in SD is fascinating. "She's done with it," @SenJohnThune said. Mrs Thune wants him to quit political life. https://t.co/Yc7YJzkw4J — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RiegerReport: At the moment hundreds of key roles across the federal government are vacant and the average nominee confirmation time ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @phscoop: Fanone resigns from D.C. police force 11 months after battling insurrectionist mob at Capitol https://t.co/77QssJnzur — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @seungminkim: And right after @HoppyKercheval's interview with Manchin concludes, we go right into a radio ad that blames "Biden, Pelosi… — PolitiTweet.org

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I will say, for transparency's sake, that @SpeakerPelosi sent a "dear colleague" letter to her 220 House Dem colleagues tonight. I will add that there's absolutely nothing newsworthy in that DC, and consumers of this web site would be best served to just ignore this DC. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @PoliticsReid: Congrats to NIH Director Francis Collins, longest serving chief whose last day was today. Had lots of insightful intervie… — PolitiTweet.org

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This piece answers my last-decade question: what happened to televised car chases? They’re still happening. It’s just that 24-7 cable decided to cover Congress the way they covered car chases. 15 years ago, Fox, CNN, MS, showed car chases endlessly. https://t.co/zdHeT6a1W2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@LukeRussert Lieberman didn’t kill public option. He merely spoke on behalf of 5 to 8 Dems who opposed it. Ben Nelson told me recently that PO wasn’t “even on life support” when Lieberman went public. Today was very different from JIL Sunday show in 2009. Manchin more solo than Lieberman. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pick it up here at the 4:10-ish mark. It's where Manchin explains his opposition. It's the same spot today to where he was in the July 28 memo to Schumer. At least in public. https://t.co/1Qrs6rMl8X — PolitiTweet.org

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Not defending Manchin here, just explaining: Watch all of today's FNS hit & read my Oct. 5 story. Manchin has been opposed since July 28 memo to creating many new programs for 2-3 year increments. Been his position all along. Schumer, Biden, Pelosi knew this. All along. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenatorLeahy: I was privileged to serve with him. We came from different parties, different philosophies, different parts of the countr… — PolitiTweet.org

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... a few days later I saw Isakson. "Now I know why you liked that meeting so much, you loved that they all ganged up on Cruz," I said. He just smiled at me and walked away nodding. That's about as close as you'd ever get Isakson to say bad stuff about a colleague. -30- — PolitiTweet.org

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... Late that night, the meeting details leaked. Many Rs ganged up on Cruz, screaming at him. Even gentle giants like Boozman yelled at Cruz, called him a bully. It didn't prevent the shutdown -- which went terrible for Rs -- but they all said their peace to Cruz. .... — PolitiTweet.org

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... when Rs finally poured out of the room, their faces were enraged as Cruz wouldn't stand down from his terrible strategy. I asked Isakson how bad the meeting went. Oh no, he responded, that was one of the best meetings I ever attended, it went great. I was very confused ... — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's an Isakson story I never reported. Bear with me here. It was late Sept. 2013, Cruz was trying to shut down gov't to compel Dems to kill Obamacare. McConnell called senators-only meeting in Thurmond Room, a small room where family business gets settled ... — PolitiTweet.org

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“If Jesus were watching the Senate and he watched Johnny Isakson, he would say, there’s a good man.” That’s how @MittRomney described Isakson to me 2 years ago as Johnny retired early. There’s been a gaping hole in Senate since he left. RIP https://t.co/36gLeqQzhO — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Zathras3: In 2019 and 2020, more than a dozen Democratic Presidential candidates tried to explain at campaign rallies why the Senate fi… — PolitiTweet.org

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Great story by @josh_wingrove about something I noticed yesterday: how could 12%~ of adults be "partially" vaxx'd? Actually, it's a miscount. Those are boosters/2nd shots. So, many millions fewer have any vaxx protection. (But millions more are boosted.) https://t.co/f3HjsDiNZX — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davecclarke: Via @pkcapitol: The Senate filibuster has been debated all year - just not in the Senate https://t.co/GiNtIJ0B24 — PolitiTweet.org