Mandy Bora

@elonmusk No coincidence Elon. The red states widely engage in voter suppression!

Must be a coincidence 🙄

I have always LOVED the ceremonial roll call. But THIS. A roll call with a deejay doing geographically specific jams as they pass the mic around the nation. Brilliant!!!! Boom!!!!!

Where things stand: 1. Top Dems who believed even a week ago Biden would stay now believe he’ll go. 2. House and Senate Dems have lost faith in his ability to win and there’s no way to win them back. His calls and interviews have hurt him badly. Confirmed debate wasn't a one-off. 3. Donors are also gone. Biden may well not have the money to run a real campaign against Trump if he stays in. Money will go downballot. 4. Biden is thinking things over in a way he wasn’t before and the view is he needs time to process and consider. 5. If Biden digs in after the weekend, public pressure from Dems will increase. Ugly in a way no one wants. But a lot of grim determination. Also a growing sense that if Biden stays in, this will come to be seen as the kind of political catastrophe you don't want to later be seen as silent in. 6. The moment Biden bows out, he will be treated as a hero among Democrats — a statesman who made the kind of country and party-first decision that Trump never would. People get that this is hard. He's being asked to do something very few leaders do. 7. Uniting around Kamala Harris feels a lot likelier than an open convention, much as I’ve supported the latter. This is grueling enough. Few Democrats have the stomach for another hard thing. And time is very short now. 8. Many thought RNC would help Biden by changing the subject. Instead, seeing a united Republican Party has focused Dems. They've realized they can't rely on Trump just to lose this. 9. Democratic Party is acting like an…actual party? Quite a thing to watch.

@robertwrighter The optics of Strong vs. Weak

Question: What is the exact dynamic by which the assassination attempt is thought to increase Trump's chances of winning in November? (I don't doubt that it does--but I have my theory as to why, and I'm wondering what other people's theories are.)

@robertwrighter Sherrod Brown. He has been outrunning his party forever in Ohio, and he will drive Trump nuts with flanking maneuvers.

There are some good ideas in the replies to this tweet: x.com/robertwrighter…

I agree with Alice. There are Dem candidates who have a decent chance of beating Trump even after what happened yesterday. Biden isn't one of them.

@SmartLess Radiohead and Matt Damon

Without googling, name the #SmartLess episode that made you a lifelong fan.

Justice Clarence Thomas’ pattern of unethical conduct couldn’t be clearer. The Supreme Court needs an enforceable code of ethics. If they won’t act, Congress must.

@ShattuckDaniel @mikiebarb @pete_wells My thoughts exactly!

On today’s Daily: inside a restaurant critic’s revolutionary reinvention. @pete_wells opens up about the year that changed the industry — and him — forever. nytimes.com/2022/12/23/pod…

This is how BBC opened coverage of World Cup 2022. Stark contrast to Fox Coverage in United States. Please take a minute to watch. This is how this World Cup should be contextualized 🙌

@SteveKornacki continues to be the best thing about MSNBC. Great job last night!

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Holy sh*t Obama is bringing the fire!

@LeahLitman That was really a standout moment!

Justice Jackson's question about how the anti-affirmative action position allows some family backgrounds & histories to be valued (white families with legacies) but not others (black families who experienced racial discrimination and/or were enslaved) is 🔥🔥🔥. and so on point.

Dems THIS is how you deal with Republican lies. 👏 👏 @alfranken

@PreetBharara David Souter

So who’s a special master that will be acceptable to everyone and also will want to do the chore?

@gaborgurbacs Casein in dairy products may be part of the problem. Many tolerate A2 (common in European cows) better than A1 (common in US cows.)

I was in Europe. Lost 10 pounds in under 2 weeks. Came back to the US. Inflamed and stomach is in pain. What the hell is in our food?

Out now--The more detailed Receipt of Property that lists items collected during the FBI's Aug. 8 search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Shall we read it together? (with thanks to @hyeminjhan) lawfareblog.com/receipt-proper…

@PadmaLakshmi How do you do it? Every time I see you, you’re eating!😂😂😂

✨This is 52✨

Can we at least all agree that this experiment of handing the world’s most powerful office to a dumb TV host & shady real estate developer with no government knowledge, 6 bankruptcies, 68 charges of sexual assault, 7,300 lawsuits and $1,000,000,000 in debt did not go well at all?

@lindaholmes Midnight Lace!