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Gabe Fleisher at Wake Up To Politics:

A few weeks ago, after CNN published its bombshell report about North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, I was texting with a friend. Rumors had been flying around the political world all day about what the report would bring. Now that it had arrived, my friend told me he was unimpressed; it wasn’t as earth-shattering as he’d been expecting. “One day, when your grandchildren ask you what American politics was like in 2024,” I responded, “you can tell them that we learned a gubernatorial candidate called himself a Nazi on a porn website, and your initial response was to shrug.” [...]

The U.S. is currently grappling with two major hurricanes at once — trying to prepare for one while still recovering from the damage of the other. The latter, Hurricane Helene, was the deadliest hurricane to hit the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005. More than 200 people have been killed, mostly in North Carolina, but also in Georgia and South Carolina as well. Entire towns in western North Carolina were leveled; some residents have now gone more than a week without running water.

The former, Hurricane Milton, is expected to make landfall in Florida tonight. Forecasters suggest that it could hit Tampa Bay, which was also impacted by the devastation of Helene but has not been in the direct path of a hurricane since 1921. The city is considered uniquely vulnerable to natural disaster; analysts are already predicting damage upwards of $50 billion. Local, state, and federal officials have been pleading with anyone in Milton’s path to evacuate immediately. “I can say this without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you are going to die,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said on CNN earlier this week.

“Several years ago I asked [the National Hurricane Center] to show me what the worst case storm hitting Florida would look like,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) posted on X. “What they showed me back then is almost identical to the #Milton forecast now.” With both storms hitting the U.S. only weeks before a heated presidential election, it is not shocking that they has quickly been sucked into the political discourse. America has a long history of election-year disasters becoming talking points on the campaign trail, from Hurricane Andrew hurting George H.W. Bush in 1992 to Hurricane Sandy boosting Barack Obama in 2012. But the responses to Helene and Milton have been marked by something new: an unprecedented flood of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Don’t take it from me. Take it from FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, who told reporters on a Tuesday conference call that the misinformation surrounding these two hurricanes has been “absolutely the worst I have ever seen.”

Many of the false claims have come directly from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has claimed that: the Biden administration is “going out of their way to not help people in Republican areas” (GOP governors have said otherwise); that “Kamala spent all her FEMA money, billions of dollars, on housing for illegal migrants” (FEMA’s congressionally-appropriated program to help local governments house migrants is completely separate from FEMA’s disaster relief funds); and that “we give foreign countries hundreds of billions of dollars and we’re handing North Carolina $750” (that is merely the amount of aid made available to hurricane victims immediately; over the long run, victims can receive up to tens of thousands of dollars in support). A slew of Trump allies, including X owner Elon Musk, have amplified several other conspiracy theories online. But the prize for Biggest Whopper goes to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who posted — on her official congressional account — this week: “Yes they can control the weather.” The supposed “they” was not immediately identified, although Greene previously suggested in 2018 that California wildfires that year were caused by space lasers linked to the Rothschilds, a prominent Jewish family that has long been the subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories. (Greene posted again about “lasers controlling the weather” this week.) In recent weeks, Hurricanes Helene and Milton have sparked a flurry of antisemitic attacks against Jewish officials involved in the response, including claims that they created the disasters.

In her initial post, Greene attached a video of former CIA Director John Brennan discussing geoengineering, an umbrella term for scientific research into manipulating climate systems in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Geoengineering remains largely theoretical; it is not possible to geoengineer a hurricane, and the technology has no connection to anything that happened with either Helene or Milton. “Climate change is the new Covid,” Greene asserted in another message. “Ask your government if the weather is manipulated or controlled. Did you ever give permission to them to do it? Are you paying for it? Of course you are.”

Other right-wing influencers advanced the argument. “The weather can and is being manipulated,” Georgia Republican Party official Kandiss Taylor posted to her nearly 60,000 X followers, adding: “[Georgia] voting has been compromised and don’t know if we will be able to get all our early voting days in. Now, a hurricane is coming straight for Florida. These two states are necessary for a Trump victory! No coincidence.” Taylor’s message has received more than 3 million views on X. The theories became popular enough in right-wing circles that Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), who represents Asheville and most of western North Carolina (the area hit hardest by Helene), issued a press release on Tuesday to reassure his constituents of the falsity of various claims. Near the top of the list? “Nobody can control the weather,” he wrote. The statement, in its entirety, is a fascinating historical document — showing the types of claims that a Republican congressman felt he needed to fact-check in 2024, partially due to misinformation spread by his own colleagues and his party’s presidential candidate.

This piece in Wake Up To Politics by Gabe Fleisher is a must-read on the misinformation/disinformation crisis regarding Hurricanes Helene and Milton, thanks to Donald Trump and MAGA-aligned figures (especially in the right-wing media apparatus).

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MMFA: On The Victory Channel's FlashPoint, pro-Trump prophets suggest Hurricanes Helene and Milton are “spiritual” and that “God did say in the prophecies that these storms would be sent to interrupt the flow of our election process”

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St. Louis Couple Who Pointed Guns At Black Lives Matter Protesters To Speak At RNC | HuffPost

“Mr. McCloskey will be in full oratory splendor at the RNC,” the McCloskeys attorney Albert Watkins confirmed to St. Louis journalist Gabe Fleisher

RNC organizers on Monday revealed several other speakers set to address the convention next week, including former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann and anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson.

Sandmann is the MAGA hat-wearing teen who gained fame in 2019 in a controversial video clip with a Native American elder at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. 

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FOR GABE FLEISHER

this is a portrait - your eyes have the calm and good light, the good light of the blossoming world.        this is a portrait of an all consumed boy. fleeting dawn watches as the boy captures the ins and outs of diplomacy with fingers like raindrops on window panes.        tap tap they go, a light warning to the wasted youth. your hair, fragrance and melancholy, a dead garden in January. they sweep across your forehead, almost too long, almost hiding your eyes from the quick glances of strangers. yet in your voice, you can hear the tugging soul as it prepares to rise &  in the sharpness of the sunset, in the tenderness of the robin’s footprints, in the sweetness of the river wending through the forest your laugh resonates. yes, your lips are chapped but healing is a process carved on inches. soft and idyll, your words toss in the wind, opening the blinds that were once closed shut. 

to her, you seem like the perfect boy to indulge in a dramatic reading of poetry for the laughs & thats just wholesome

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Clinton running mate Tim Kaine compares Virginia’s Youngkin to Jan. 6 rioters during McAuliffe rally

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., drew a close comparison between Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin and those who participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Kaine, who was Hillary Clinton‘s running mate in the 2016 presidential election, made the remarks Tuesday at a campaign rally for Youngkin’s opponent, Democrat Terry McAuliffe.

“They may not be wearing Camp Auschwitz T-shirts. They may not be brandishing flags and fence posts and battering 150 police officers. But they are repeating the same big lie about election integrity, the kind of thing that Glenn Youngkin talks about and fraud and the need for more integrity,” Kaine told a crowd in Arlington, Virginia.

“And they do that so that they can pass laws that will keep people like you and me from being able to vote.”

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center, joined from left by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020.  (Associated Press)

MCAULIFFE CLAIMS STACEY ABRAMS SHOULD BE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, FURTHERING WHAT SOME CALL HER ‘BIG LIE’

The rally featured other prominent Democrats, including President Biden.

Speaking ahead of Biden at a McAuliffe rally, @timkaine edges close to tying Youngkin to the January 6 rioters:

“They may not be wearing Camp Auschwitz t-shirts…but they are repeating the same big lie about election integrity, the kind of thing Glenn Youngkin talks about.” pic.twitter.com/ayjn0gP7Mk

— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) October 26, 2021

Earlier this week, McAuliffe – a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee who previously served as Virginia’s governor from January 2014to January 2018 – claimed that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, “disenfranchised” more than 1 million voters in that state ahead of its 2018 gubernatorial election, in which Kemp defeated Democrat Stacey Abrams.

“She would be the governor of Georgia today had the governor of Georgia not disenfranchised 1.4 million Georgia voters before the election,” McAuliffe said as he introduced Abrams at a campaign event Sunday. “That’s what happened to Stacey Abrams. They took the votes away.”

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams is seen in Atlanta, May 20, 2018. (Associated Press)

MCAULIFFE NODS ALONG AS STACEY ABRAMS TELLS ‘BIG LIE’ THAT GEORGIA RACE WAS STOLEN FROM HER

On Oct. 17, McAuliffe nodded as Abrams repeated the claim that she was the true winner of the 2018 governor’s race in Georgia.

Stacey Abrams: “I come from a state where I was not entitled to become the governor, but as an American citizen and a citizen of Georgia, I’m going to fight for every person who has the right to vote to be able to cast that vote.” pic.twitter.com/jHDnasBBkR

— The Hill (@thehill) October 18, 2021

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President Biden and Democratic candidate for governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe interact onstage at a rally in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 26, 2021.  (Reuters)

“You see, I’m here to tell you that just because you win doesn’t mean [you’ve] won,” Abrams said, as McAuliffe nodded in the background. “I come from a state where I was not entitled to become the governor, but as an American citizen and as a citizen of Georgia, I’m going to fight for every person who has the right to vote to be able to cast that vote. And here in Virginia, you need to cast that vote for Terry McAuliffe!”

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Akaun Twitter Biden @POTUS mengikuti 11 profil gabungan Rumah Putih - dan Chrissy Teigen

Akaun Twitter Biden @POTUS mengikuti 11 profil gabungan Rumah Putih – dan Chrissy Teigen

LOS ANGELES: Ketika Presiden Joe Biden mendapat akses ke akaun Twitter @POTUS rasmi pada 20 Januari, dia mengikuti hanya 12 pengguna – salah satunya adalah Chrissy Teigen. Pengarang buletin Wake Up to Politics Gabe Fleisher adalah yang pertama menunjukkan bahawa Biden telah mengikuti Teigen bersama beberapa pembantunya, Naib Presiden Kamala Harris, Lelaki Kedua Doug Emhoff, Wanita Pertama Dr.…

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Who are some of your favorite journos? (in terms of actual skill, though also looks, separately)

hmm, it’s hard for me to just pick favorite journalists, so im just gonna give you the list of journalists/pundits/columnists i follow on twitter in no particular order (warning, it’s long). i follow all these people for a reason, so definitely check out what they have to say. 

(i’ll discuss punditfucking another time...)

matthew rosenberg

ari melber

steve kornacki

ariel edwards levy

yair rosenberg

erin ryan

jennifer rubin

seung min kim

haley byrd

jake sherman

robert costa

mckay coppins

domenico montenaro

julia ioffe

alexandra petri

benjamin wittes

micah cohen

dave weigel

stephen wolf

vann newkirk

kirsten soltis anderson

perry bacon

kyle griffin

david frum

bob woodward

jenna johnson

ari berman

peter hamby

ronan farrow

george stephanopolous

phillip bump

gabe fleisher

bill kristol

michelle ye hee lee

ben jacobs

lisa dejardins

adam entous

anderson cooper

nick kristof

harry enten

wolf blitzer

clare malone

ashley parker

carl bernstein

nicolle wallace

bradd jaffy

charles blow

dave wasserman

jeff zeleny

amy walters

dan balz

nick confessore

glenn kessler

jose pagliery

chris hayes

jonathan martin

katy tur

jonathan weisman

david fahrenthold

jim acosta

chuck todd

jake tapper

christine amanpour

nate silver

rachel maddow

ezra klein

(if you made it this far come talk to me more about journalists or punditfucking cause i have thoughts)

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Gabe Fleisher at Wake Up To Politics:

There is much I could tell you about Kash Patel, who President-elect Trump announced on Saturday as his pick to become FBI director in his second term. But instead, I’ll allow some of the people who worked with him in Trump’s first term to give you an introduction. First, some background: Patel entered Trump’s orbit via Devin Nunes, who was then a Republican congressman and now leads Truth Social’s corporate parent. As a congressional aide, Patel was the author of the so-called “Nunes memo,” which sought to pick apart the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties with Russia.

He entered the White House in 2019 and quickly grew to wield “unique access” to the president, feeding information to him — including false claims about Ukraine that helped lead to Trump’s first impeachment. Over the next two years, Patel would quickly rise through the ranks of the administration, jumping from the National Security Council to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to the Department of Defense. In the expansive library of books that have been written about Trump’s first administration, Patel is a frequent character. We’ll start with “A Sacred Oath,” the memoir by Trump-era Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who wrote that Patel’s hiring marked the emergence of “a darker, more aggressive evolution of the Trump White House.”

In Esper’s book, the main episode involving Patel is the 2020 military operation to rescue Philip Walton, an American who had been kidnapped and was being kept in Nigeria. According to Esper, the operation was in a holding pattern to ensure that the U.S. had received permission to enter the airspace of the countries it would need to fly over. Eventually, Patel — then at the NSC — told a Pentagon official that then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had received the necessary permissions. Armed with that information, Esper gave the operation his green light. A few hours later, though, Esper learned some “disturbing news”: the U.S. apparently hadn’t received permission to enter the airspace of one country — and the military planes were now only fifteen miles away from that country’s border. Esper called Pompeo to figure out what had happened. As it turned out, not only had Pompeo not told Patel — as Patel had claimed — that the permissions had gone through, but apparently the two had never even spoken. Esper’s staff, he wrote, suspected that Patel simply “made the approval story up.” 

[...] Whether Patel will be allowed to “serve at the highest level of the world’s preeminent law enforcement agency,” as Barr put it, will be up to the Republican-led Senate. So far, reactions are mixed — several GOP senators have expressed approval of Patel; others have been more hesitant. The bureau’s current director, Chris Wray — who Trump would have to fire in the middle of his 10-year term in order to install Patel — is well-liked among most Republican lawmakers; his dismissal could ruffle some senatorial feathers, but so far most Republicans seem, at the very least, open to the swap. For clues on what Patel might do as FBI director, there’s one more book to consult: his. In “Government Gangsters,” Patel is quite explicit about his vision for the bureau. “Most importantly,” he writes, “we need to get the FBI the hell out of Washington, D.C.” Once the FBI’s D.C. headquarters is emptied, Patel continues, agents can be spread out across the country, away from “the swamp.” Patel also calls for the FBI’s authority to be “dramatically limited,” refocused on “real, physical threats” instead of “ideological witch hunts.” In interviews, though, he has called for a number of ideologically-tinged investigations, including against Trump critics in the government and media.

Yesterday’s Wake Up To Politics has detail on potential FBI head Kash Patel’s enemies list.

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HuffPost: Who Is On Kash Patel's 'Random Enemies List'?

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This is a legitimate question; What are some reputable and trusted news sources that you'd recommend? Just looking to broaden my horizons on where to look for daily news. Also, who exactly are the "fake news" outlets that our president keeps referring to?

The “fake news” is any place that criticizes President Trump or reports on anything that he feels paints him in a negative light, any outlet that doesn’t agree with his ignorant viewpoints, and basically every media source the challenges him on anything. Trump’s branding of investigative journalism that has the temerity to investigate him as “fake news” is plain and simple propaganda and just one of the many ways that the President of the United States continues to perpetuate the cult of personality that elected him to the most powerful position in the world.

As for reputable and trustworthy news sources, I believe that the best way to gain a balanced understanding of what is going on is by checking many different outlets, even those that clearly have more of an ideological or editorial slant. My personal preferences for keeping updated on the news online (which is how I consume the news instead of through television) are CNN and Fox News (again...to balance the ideological biases that those two outlets have), the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, Axios, Foreign Policy, and a handful of magazines, most frequently the Atlantic Monthly and the New Yorker. 

However, I always start and end my days my reading the daily e-mail newsletters with aggregated news highlights from Axios (Mike Allen is my must-read every day), Politico’s Playbook (created by Allen before he started Axios but taken over without much of a drop-off by Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, and Daniel Lippman), Politico’s California Playbook (by Carla Marinucci), Foreign Policy’s Editor’s Picks, Flash Points, and SitRep newsletters, the Washington Post’s Daily 202, and Gabe Fleisher’s excellent Wake Up To Politics newsletter. I also read longtime Vatican insider John L. Allen, Jr.’s Crux newsletter each day because I like to know what Pope Francis is up to. I have subscriptions to each of these newsletters (and they are all free), so they are normally in my e-mail inbox as soon as I wake up each morning.

My best suggestion is to read as much as you can, and keep it as balanced as possible. If you’re going to read the Huffington Post, make sure you read the Drudge Report, too, because it’s important to see how the exact same topics are tackled differently by outlets with definite biases. It also helps you find some middle ground on the topics, which is usually where the truth resides.

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NPR News: Student Journalist Lands A National Scoop

Student Journalist Lands A National Scoop NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks 17-year-old Gabe Fleisher about breaking the news of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's presidential run. Read more on NPR

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The Teen Who Thwarted Bill de Blasio’s Presidential Announcement

Tyler Foggatt on how Gabe Fleisher, a high-school junior in St. Louis, got the scoop that forced the New York City mayor’s campaign team to rejigger its strategy. from Humor, Satire, and Cartoons http://bit.ly/2w4D7Sz from Blogger http://bit.ly/2LRX9KV

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Homework? First I Need to Get to the Bottom of This Comey Story

Gabe Fleisher is the 15-year-old high school freshman behind the popular and surprisingly sophisticated Wake Up to Politics newsletter.

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Badlands75RT @WakeUp2Politics: November 2018: “Trump, first lady cast votes by absentee ballot for midterms” https://t.co/fJXW71kcPw https://t.co/pOdPdrZlh2

November 2018: “Trump, first lady cast votes by absentee ballot for midterms” https://t.co/fJXW71kcPw https://t.co/pOdPdrZlh2

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New polls from Virginia and Florida painted a fairly promising picture for President Trump's 2020 chances in the two key swing states. That is, unless former Vice President Joe Biden maintains his lead atop the Democratic field.Mason-Dixon surveys released Tuesday show Trump leading every top Democratic contender besides Biden in both states.> Two new Mason-Dixon polls show only Biden beating Trump in a pair of key states. > > Florida: Biden +2, Buttigieg -4, Sanders -5, Warren -9 https://t.co/cdQ4P6ZjbW > > Virginia: Biden +4, Buttigieg -2, Warren -4, Sanders -6 https://t.co/hskbKMZ4jn > > Margin of error: +/- 4> > — Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) December 31, 2019Despite Mason-Dixon getting a B+ rating from FiveThirtyEight, some analysts are a bit skeptical of the numbers, especially in Virginia. The poll shows quite a surprising recovery for the president, and the state's recent electoral history would suggest it may lean away from Trump. But, if accurate, it could be a cause for worry for the Democratic Party.> I am hard-pressed to believe that Trump is this competitive in Virginia, but if so the Democrats are Gonna Have A Bad Time. https://t.co/dQ2gY2dDB6> > — Christmasoteric (@EsotericCD) December 31, 2019Mason-Dixon surveyed 625 registered voters in Virginia and 625 voters in Florida between Dec. 11 and Dec. 16. The margin of error was ± 4 percentage points.More stories from theweek.com Sorry, the 2010s aren't over yet The Obama legacy is not what many liberals think 1st trailer for A Quiet Place 2 plunges Emily Blunt into the apocalypse

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New polls from Virginia and Florida painted a fairly promising picture for President Trump's 2020 chances in the two key swing states. That is, unless former Vice President Joe Biden maintains his lead atop the Democratic field.Mason-Dixon surveys released Tuesday show Trump leading every top Democratic contender besides Biden in both states.> Two new Mason-Dixon polls show only Biden beating Trump in a pair of key states. > > Florida: Biden +2, Buttigieg -4, Sanders -5, Warren -9 https://t.co/cdQ4P6ZjbW > > Virginia: Biden +4, Buttigieg -2, Warren -4, Sanders -6 https://t.co/hskbKMZ4jn > > Margin of error: +/- 4> > — Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) December 31, 2019Despite Mason-Dixon getting a B+ rating from FiveThirtyEight, some analysts are a bit skeptical of the numbers, especially in Virginia. The poll shows quite a surprising recovery for the president, and the state's recent electoral history would suggest it may lean away from Trump. But, if accurate, it could be a cause for worry for the Democratic Party.> I am hard-pressed to believe that Trump is this competitive in Virginia, but if so the Democrats are Gonna Have A Bad Time. https://t.co/dQ2gY2dDB6> > — Christmasoteric (@EsotericCD) December 31, 2019Mason-Dixon surveyed 625 registered voters in Virginia and 625 voters in Florida between Dec. 11 and Dec. 16. The margin of error was ± 4 percentage points.More stories from theweek.com Sorry, the 2010s aren't over yet The Obama legacy is not what many liberals think 1st trailer for A Quiet Place 2 plunges Emily Blunt into the apocalypse

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New polls from Virginia and Florida painted a fairly promising picture for President Trump's 2020 chances in the two key swing states. That is, unless former Vice President Joe Biden maintains his lead atop the Democratic field.Mason-Dixon surveys released Tuesday show Trump leading every top Democratic contender besides Biden in both states.> Two new Mason-Dixon polls show only Biden beating Trump in a pair of key states. > > Florida: Biden +2, Buttigieg -4, Sanders -5, Warren -9 https://t.co/cdQ4P6ZjbW > > Virginia: Biden +4, Buttigieg -2, Warren -4, Sanders -6 https://t.co/hskbKMZ4jn > > Margin of error: +/- 4> > — Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) December 31, 2019Despite Mason-Dixon getting a B+ rating from FiveThirtyEight, some analysts are a bit skeptical of the numbers, especially in Virginia. The poll shows quite a surprising recovery for the president, and the state's recent electoral history would suggest it may lean away from Trump. But, if accurate, it could be a cause for worry for the Democratic Party.> I am hard-pressed to believe that Trump is this competitive in Virginia, but if so the Democrats are Gonna Have A Bad Time. https://t.co/dQ2gY2dDB6> > — Christmasoteric (@EsotericCD) December 31, 2019Mason-Dixon surveyed 625 registered voters in Virginia and 625 voters in Florida between Dec. 11 and Dec. 16. The margin of error was ± 4 percentage points.More stories from theweek.com Sorry, the 2010s aren't over yet The Obama legacy is not what many liberals think 1st trailer for A Quiet Place 2 plunges Emily Blunt into the apocalypse

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