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national political correspondent for @Axios. @CNN contributor. co-author of #1 NYT bestseller “Original Sin.”

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Jon Stewart, after skewering both Biden and Trump, responds to the debate: “this cannot be real life! It just can’t! FUCK! We’re America. God.”

Jon Stewart, after skewering both Biden and Trump, responds to the debate: “this cannot be real life! It just can’t! FUCK! We’re America. God.”

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DeSantis, asked how to pronounce his name by Paul Steinhauser, says "it’s ridiculous. These stupid things. Listen, the way to pronounce my last name – winner." My report w/ Sophia Cai this am

DeSantis, asked how to pronounce his name by Paul Steinhauser, says "it’s ridiculous. These stupid things. Listen, the way to pronounce my last name – winner." My report w/ Sophia Cai this am

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Trump says “motherfucker” at a GOP event

Trump says “motherfucker” at a GOP event

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Mamdani tells Clay Cane: “That is true. The vice president reached out to have a conversation, and we've had a brief conversation. We've been in touch over the last few months, and I really do appreciate her outreach."

Mamdani tells Clay Cane: “That is true. The vice president reached out to have a conversation, and we've had a brief conversation. We've been in touch over the last few months, and I really do appreciate her outreach."

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After the Hur report was released but before we had the transcripts, Biden slammed Hur for asking about when Beau died. But the audio shows that was not true.

After the Hur report was released but before we had the transcripts, Biden slammed Hur for asking about when Beau died. But the audio shows that was not true.

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Some personal news: I’m joining the amazing team at CNN as a contributor. Thx to Manu Raju for the shout out this AM. (Will still be writing and reporting w/ Axios, you’re just gonna find it harder to avoid me now).

Some personal news: I’m joining the amazing team at CNN as a contributor. Thx to Manu Raju for the shout out this AM. (Will still be writing and reporting w/ Axios, you’re just gonna find it harder to avoid me now).

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Bill Maher talks about “Original Sin” and presses Tapper: you say Joe Biden was old, what’s your proof!?

Bill Maher talks about “Original Sin” and presses Tapper: you say Joe Biden was old, what’s your proof!?

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92Y has released the video of this strange/awkward moment at the end of Jill Biden’s book event.
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92Y has released the video of this strange/awkward moment at the end of Jill Biden’s book event.

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580,723 views • 9 days ago

AOC gets a huge welcome in downtown Detroit rallying with Bernie for Abdul El-Sayed. As El-Sayed and Haley Stevens have been fighting for Black voters, the crowd appears largely white.
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AOC gets a huge welcome in downtown Detroit rallying with Bernie for Abdul El-Sayed. As El-Sayed and Haley Stevens have been fighting for Black voters, the crowd appears largely white.

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184,561 views • 6 days ago

Exclusive: Axios obtained the audio of Robert Hur's 2023 interviews of Biden which show repeated mental lapses as he struggles to remember words & dates amid long, uncomfortable pauses. Biden WH didn't release it last year. Listen below. w/ Marc Caputo
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Exclusive: Axios obtained the audio of Robert Hur's 2023 interviews of Biden which show repeated mental lapses as he struggles to remember words & dates amid long, uncomfortable pauses. Biden WH didn't release it last year. Listen below. w/ Marc Caputo

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7,197,754 views • 1 year ago

AOC rallying cry in Memphis tonight stumping for congressional candidate Justin Pearson begins with: People try to accuse us of being “something like too woke. It’s because they don’t like when wake up.”
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AOC rallying cry in Memphis tonight stumping for congressional candidate Justin Pearson begins with: People try to accuse us of being “something like too woke. It’s because they don’t like when wake up.”

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70,902 views • 7 days ago

Colbert asks: "Under a Harris administration, what would the major changes be and what would stay the same?" Harris: "Sure. Well, I mean, I'm obviously not Joe Biden. So that would be one change. But also I think it's important to say with 28 days to go, I'm not Donald Trump."
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Colbert asks: "Under a Harris administration, what would the major changes be and what would stay the same?" Harris: "Sure. Well, I mean, I'm obviously not Joe Biden. So that would be one change. But also I think it's important to say with 28 days to go, I'm not Donald Trump."

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7,804,412 views • 1 year ago

Notable answer not included in the 60 minutes broadcast last night (was in Overtime) Asked which foreign country she considers to be the US’s “greatest adversary,” Harris says: “I think there’s an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands.”
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Notable answer not included in the 60 minutes broadcast last night (was in Overtime) Asked which foreign country she considers to be the US’s “greatest adversary,” Harris says: “I think there’s an obvious one in mind which is Iran. Iran has American blood on their hands.”

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7,485,259 views • 1 year ago

At a canvass kick-off in Detroit this AM, Abdul El-Sayed rallies his volunteers. “You all know what they’re saying: can’t win, wrong name, how are you going to beat $50 million of AIPAC money, what about those attack ads though? But they don’t know what we have.”
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At a canvass kick-off in Detroit this AM, Abdul El-Sayed rallies his volunteers. “You all know what they’re saying: can’t win, wrong name, how are you going to beat $50 million of AIPAC money, what about those attack ads though? But they don’t know what we have.”

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54,737 views • 7 days ago

Biden aides told Jake Tapper 🦅 and me that they had seen him act that way before and after. Those moments became more difficult to predict and conceal. And Jill joined Biden for several campaign events after the debate including a rally the next day.
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Biden aides told Jake Tapper 🦅 and me that they had seen him act that way before and after. Those moments became more difficult to predict and conceal. And Jill joined Biden for several campaign events after the debate including a rally the next day.

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440,693 views • 1 month ago

There’s a 4 minute Affleck cut of the Dunkin commercial It’s glorious. Oscar-bait.
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There’s a 4 minute Affleck cut of the Dunkin commercial It’s glorious. Oscar-bait.

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7,814,691 views • 2 years ago

Harris on Mamdani: "As far as I'm concerned, he's the Democratic nominee and he should be supported." Maddow: Do you endorse his candidacy? Harris: "I support the Democrat in the race. Sure. But let me just say this. He's not the only star [in the party]"
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Harris on Mamdani: "As far as I'm concerned, he's the Democratic nominee and he should be supported." Maddow: Do you endorse his candidacy? Harris: "I support the Democrat in the race. Sure. But let me just say this. He's not the only star [in the party]"

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2,285,448 views • 10 months ago

Top Biden adviser Mike Donilon on the post-debate fallout last year: “lots of people have terrible debates…usually, the party doesn’t lose its mind and that’s what happened here. It melted down.” Adds that he thought pushing Biden out was “insane”
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Top Biden adviser Mike Donilon on the post-debate fallout last year: “lots of people have terrible debates…usually, the party doesn’t lose its mind and that’s what happened here. It melted down.” Adds that he thought pushing Biden out was “insane”

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3,737,654 views • 1 year ago

.Michael Strahan asks Walz why Harris hasn’t implemented her proposed policies the past 3 years.
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.Michael Strahan asks Walz why Harris hasn’t implemented her proposed policies the past 3 years.

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4,040,805 views • 1 year ago

Harris dodges if she voted for CA’s prop 36–a measure to up crime/drug penalties. "I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it's the Sunday before the election and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or the other”
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Harris dodges if she voted for CA’s prop 36–a measure to up crime/drug penalties. "I am not gonna talk about the vote on that because, honestly, it's the Sunday before the election and I don’t intend to create an endorsement one way or the other”

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2,985,063 views • 1 year ago

Jill Biden responds to Kamala Harris saying Biden running for re-election was “recklessness.” She tells Craig Melvin: “That is her point of view and if she felt that way she should have said it”
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Jill Biden responds to Kamala Harris saying Biden running for re-election was “recklessness.” She tells Craig Melvin: “That is her point of view and if she felt that way she should have said it”

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232,006 views • 1 month ago

Abdul El-Sayed brings out AOC again and says it’s to film some lines for a new TV ad.
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Abdul El-Sayed brings out AOC again and says it’s to film some lines for a new TV ad.

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28,363 views • 6 days ago

A lot of Democrats including several former Biden aides I talked to just simply don't believe Jill Biden. Given how she behaved post-debate, several Biden aides said that if she really believed he was having a stroke, that's not how she would act. Talking w/ Brianna Keilar
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A lot of Democrats including several former Biden aides I talked to just simply don't believe Jill Biden. Given how she behaved post-debate, several Biden aides said that if she really believed he was having a stroke, that's not how she would act. Talking w/ Brianna Keilar

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232,512 views • 1 month ago

Christie hits Jared and Ivanka: “the grift from this family is breathtaking”
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Christie hits Jared and Ivanka: “the grift from this family is breathtaking”

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4,655,461 views • 3 years ago

NEW: Axios w/ a first look at RNC’s video response to Biden It is also the committee’s first video that is 100% generated by AI software meant to create images that look and feel real (in this case an imagined dystopia look at the future of Biden wins)
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NEW: Axios w/ a first look at RNC’s video response to Biden It is also the committee’s first video that is 100% generated by AI software meant to create images that look and feel real (in this case an imagined dystopia look at the future of Biden wins)

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4,269,064 views • 3 years ago

Mark Kelly, who notes that Charlie Kirk was a constituent of his, says that it was a "political assassination" and says that "political rhetoric too from both sides often gets out of hand." Urges ppl "take a step back and think about our words and the consequences of them."
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Mark Kelly, who notes that Charlie Kirk was a constituent of his, says that it was a "political assassination" and says that "political rhetoric too from both sides often gets out of hand." Urges ppl "take a step back and think about our words and the consequences of them."

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1,121,707 views • 10 months ago

A pro-Haley Stevens group with an ad that ends w/: “if President Obama trusts her, so do I." Latest example that campaigns know that Obama remains very popular w/ the base (even if he’s not always popular on X w/ the left-wing)
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A pro-Haley Stevens group with an ad that ends w/: “if President Obama trusts her, so do I." Latest example that campaigns know that Obama remains very popular w/ the base (even if he’s not always popular on X w/ the left-wing)

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57,529 views • 16 days ago