Norman Ornstein
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@NormOrnstein
Political scientist, contributing editor for the Atlantic, contributor to The Contrarian, cohost of the podcast Words Matter.
Blame Ukraine and Biden. The ole standby when you’re trapped. FYI we gave Ukraine the old stuff we were replacing already. We actually increased production, which would not be the case had we done nothing. And did it for far less than the 200 billion you’re now asking for.
Trump’s FCC waived a rule so a Trump ally’s broadcast company can reach 60% of US households. Between Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting, two of Trump’s allies will control 450 local stations, including news, in 95% of U.S. markets. Trump’s billionaire allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, TikTok, Truth and Twitch. They own Fox News, CBS, CNN, WaPo, WSJ, NY Post and the majority of local news stations. This is by design. The news will be what Trump and his administration say it is.
WHOA. Lewandowski is accused of demanding fees from a private prison company to steer them ICE contracts, at a time when he was widely known to be running DHS on Kristi Noem's behalf. Congress should conduct a full and bipartisan investigation into this.
Since everyone's still talking about the "talking filibuster," I'll just observe that, yes, determined majorities have been able to outlast filibustering minorities. After all, some filibusters failed prior to the introduction of cloture in 1917. Quick🧵
🚨BREAKING: ICE trafficked a high school student for 10 months. Dylan López Contreras, a student at Ellis Prep Academy in the Bronx, a public school exclusively for students who recently arrived in the U.S., was trafficked by ICE after attending a routine immigration court hearing. He hadn’t committed a crime, posed no threat, and was following the law. Yet, ICE locked him up anyway. He was only released because advocates, lawyers, and lawmakers refused to stay silent. Without that pressure, ICE would have continued to traffic him, profiting off his incarceration, while his life and education were stolen. And, as no surprise, Dylan’s constitutional rights were violated… due process was denied, access to judicial review restricted, and his asylum claim mishandled… all so he could help fill beds. Dylan is free now, which is a relief. But his release doesn’t erase the stolen months, the trauma inflicted, or the countless others trapped by the same system. Every community deserves leaders and institutions that protect human rights… not leaders who line the pockets of donors. Because ICE isn’t separating families, or detaining students, out of necessity… they are doing it for profit.
We are in the middle of the battle to pass the SAVE America Act. This is simple, commonsense legislation that will protect our elections. We need to get it done.
American elections are for American citizens only. Retweet if you agree.
