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Aaron Blake

@AaronBlake

Senior political reporter at @CNN. Ex-@washingtonpost.

Washington, D.C. Katılım Nisan 2010
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Aaron Blake
Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
If you'd said 2 years ago that Trump would have an approval rating in the 30s, and Republicans would still be falling over themselves to put his name on stuff, you'd have been thrown in an asylum. And yet, here we are.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

Bessent finds a workaround to get Trump on currency: "There cannot be an image of a living person, but we have the president's signature [on bills], which I think is appropriate for the 250th ... we can put living people's images on a coin. The president is also going to have a coin coming out with his image on it"

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Daniel Dale
Daniel Dale@ddale8·
Trump’s lie that he publicly warned against the 2003 invasion of Iraq was debunked a full decade ago. He didn’t say “don’t go into Iraq.” Asked six months before the invasion if he supported the idea, he said, “Yeah, I guess so. I wish the first time it was done correctly.” In early 2003, he said Bush “has either got to do something or not do something, perhaps.” He started expressing some criticism soon after the invasion and became an explicit opponent of the war in 2004, a year after the invasion. That’s certainly earlier than many other public figures, but it’s not the ignored pre-war warning he regularly describes.
Acyn@Acyn

Trump: I used to say, don't go into Iraq, don't attack Iraq. Frankly, they attacked the wrong country. And they did a lot of damage.

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David Weigel
David Weigel@daveweigel·
Jackson may be the frontrunner now, and he is not a strong debater; in his interest to have more clock-draining candidates onstage
Nolan D. McCaskill@NolanDMcCaskill

Jackson said he, Bellows, Shah and Wood were invited. "Nobody should be shut out of a U.S. Senate debate because of an arbitrary threshold based on the results of an entirely different race," he said, advocating for Kleban, Loud, Costello and Dickerson to be on stage as well

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Heather Long
Heather Long@byHeatherLong·
JUST IN: Inflation cooled more than expected in June. US inflation was 3.5% (y/y) in June, down from 4.2% in May. This was the biggest one-month decline since April 2020 (!) Falling gas prices in were the biggest factor. “Core inflation” (excluding food and gas/energy) eased to 2.6% in June, down from 2.9% in May. The renewed war in Iran will almost certainly push inflation back up. Relief could be short-lived. But this should give the Federal Reserve some time to see wait and see for awhile.
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Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
Judges have recently accused Trump and his DOJ of: -"manipulat[ing] the judicial process" with its anti-weaponization fund settlement -an "arbitrary fishing expedition" with its Fulton County subpoenas -“coerc[ing] Minnesota officials" with its Walz et. al. subpoenas -an effort to "harass and pressure” Jerome Powell
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Manu Raju
Manu Raju@mkraju·
Asked Bernie Sanders if he’s going to endorse one of the Dems running in #mesen. “I don’t think so,” he told me
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Sarah Ferris
Sarah Ferris@sarahnferris·
New - A restless Speaker Mike Johnson is racing to reverse Republicans’ political fortunes in Nov The problem? No one knows what’s in Trump agenda 3.0, or whether it can actually pass Thune: “A heavy lift” Womack: “I’m skeptical” W/ @adamcancryn cnn.com/2026/07/13/pol…
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Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
A week after the Iran war started, 60% of Americans expected the war to last "an extended period of time," per @Reuters-@Ipsos polling. That's now up to 79%.
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Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
Trump now says the "slashes" in the reflecting pool floor "were 300 yards long." That's 3.6 times as big as his initial claim of 250 feet. The good news is, with the pool now being drained, they can show us precisely where this is. CNN has been unable to locate it so far.
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Aaron Blake@AaronBlake·
Folarin Balogun to @CBSMornings on the red card being overturned after the call from Trump: "I was happy to be back in the team. But when I kind of started to reflect, I knew it was going to cause a lot of controversy. And I could almost see in my teammates a bit of nerves.”
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Kaitlan Collins
Kaitlan Collins@kaitlancollins·
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall on why he's not a co-sponsor of the Russia sanctions bill, which has 41 GOP supporters.
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Burgess Everett
Burgess Everett@burgessev·
Many senators see no more fitting tribute to their late colleague Lindsey Graham than passing his bipartisan Russia sanctions bill as soon as possible But “slam dunks are getting tougher in the United States Senate,” said Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. -Senators want Trump to forcefully back it, not just a statement from aides -Rand Paul will fight it, meaning it will eat floor time -Competing with other priorities
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Harry Litman
Harry Litman@harrylitman·
Very interesting situation for Blanche at Wednesday's confirmation hearing. Remember how DOJ tried to silence Jack Smith from even mentioning his report based on Judge Cannon's order? Well, Williams has ordered parties that they can't refer to the bogus unconstitutional "settlement agreement." Does that mean Blanche is so muzzled Wed?
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