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Ronald Brownstein

@RonBrownstein

Brownstein, a 2-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, senior CNN political analyst & author of NYT best-seller Rock Me on the Water

Los Angeles, CA Katılım Ağustos 2012
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The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru@Garrett_Archer·
Arguing with bad faith actors is so exhausting.
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Phil Gordon
Phil Gordon@PhilGordonDC·
The fact that so many proponents of the Iran war are criticizing Trump’s looming deal is less an indictment of the deal than it is of the war. It means they can't defend the results of the policy they advocated for so long so are reduced to claiming that victory would have been around the corner if only Trump had stayed the course... (which only they seem to believe). They are right that the deal will leave the US worse off than before the war but fail to recognize, or at least refuse to admit, that the mistake was the war, not the deal.
Mike Pompeo@mikepompeo

The deal being floated with Iran seems straight out of the Wendy Sherman-Robert Malley-Ben Rhodes playbook: Pay the IRGC to build a WMD program and terrorize the world. Not remotely America First. It’s straightforward: Open the damned strait. Deny Iran access to money. Take out enough Iranian capability so it cannot threaten our allies in the region. Overdue. Let’s go.

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Tom Nichols
Tom Nichols@RadioFreeTom·
In other words, the war is over, we're stumbling toward some version of the JCPOA, America is out billions of dollars and lots of weapons that we didn't need to waste, and the United States is now weaker and Iran in a strategically stronger position. And for what?
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Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein·
These losses may be only the start. GA & MS are moving to erase more Black seats by 28. In a little noticed Senate hearing last wk, a conserv thinktank (plus a R Senator) argued that under Callais Justice Dept should sue blue states to dissolve their majority Black House seats
Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein

The red state gerrymanders are on track to eliminate more Black US House Members this year than any previous election in US history-even during the violent dismantling of Reconstruction in the 1870s/80s. My take. cnn.com/2026/05/24/pol…

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Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein·
Like other R strategists, @MrShermichael says the gerrymanders are for partisan, not racial, gain. But he says GOP could still face a backlash among "gettable Black voters" unless it advances Black nominees in some of the seats. One key test he points to: the new Memphis seat.
Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein

The red state gerrymanders are on track to eliminate more Black US House Members this year than any previous election in US history-even during the violent dismantling of Reconstruction in the 1870s/80s. My take. cnn.com/2026/05/24/pol…

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Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein·
That prospect reprises "the kind of free but not fair elections" in South under 3/5 rule & Jim Crow. "Whites get all the value of the full count (of states’ Black population) for their representation, but...are able to prevent that from actually meaning anything" @Mike_Podhorzer
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Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein·
Using @Catalist_US data @Mike_Podhorzer calculates that b/c of the gerrymanders the chances a deep South Black voter will vote for a candidate who wins & reps their views in DC has now fallen from 1/2 to 1/4.
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Ronald Brownstein@RonBrownstein·
The red state gerrymanders are on track to eliminate more Black US House Members this year than any previous election in US history-even during the violent dismantling of Reconstruction in the 1870s/80s. My take. cnn.com/2026/05/24/pol…
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Aaron David Miller
Aaron David Miller@aarondmiller2·
Wake up and smell coffee, Mark. I think that’s the point.
Mark Dubowitz@mdubowitz

If President Trump agrees to a 60-day ceasefire extension based on vague Iranian promises to “discuss” nuclear issues, it’s game over. That pushes the crisis into late July or early August, when major military operations become far less likely ahead of the midterms. Once the military leverage disappears, meaningful nuclear concessions disappear with it. Ballistic missile restrictions will be nonexistent. Iran will get billions in sanctions relief—while repeatedly using Hormuz as a tool of blackmail. Tehran will have won at the negotiating table what it lost on the battlefield.

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Peter Baker
Peter Baker@peterbakernyt·
.@AGSNYT calls out media owners that have settled flimsy lawsuits and transformed their coverage to placate the president: "Such capitulation, even seemingly small instances of it, serves only to embolden the administration to keep attacking the press." nytco.com/press/ag-sulzb…
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Mehdi Hasan
Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan·
This is an official government account in a democracy. This is what Orbanism looks like. The president bragging, via AI video, that he forced a comedian who mocked him off the air and ‘into the trash’.
The White House@WhiteHouse

Bye-bye 👋

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Stephen Neukam
Stephen Neukam@stephen_neukam·
late night NEWS — Maryland state lawmakers are looking at a special session and a constitutional amendment THIS YEAR that could clear the way for a redrawing of the state's congressional maps in future cycles, @NOTUSreports has learned State Senate President Bill Ferguson tells me in a statement that he is in active talks with Dems to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot this November Maryland Dems will meet after the state's primaries in late June "Maryland must respond as the ground shifts under us," Ferguson said Ferguson and other Maryland Dems have been under increasing pressure from national Dems to redistrict after the VRA decision Rep. Andy Harris, the state's only GOP member of Congress, could be in trouble notus.org/house/maryland…
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Massimo
Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
It’s not possible to take such a photograph anymore, as the buildings outside block the sun rays. Grand Central, New York City, (1929).
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Phil Weiser
Phil Weiser@pweiser·
If you needed proof that Tina Peters lacks remorse, read the post below. Commuting her sentence was a historic mistake, a disservice to those who protect our elections, and an insult to those of us who worked on this criminal prosecution.
Kyle Clark@KyleClark

NEW: Tina Peters speaks out in defense of Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D), says the Democratic censure of Polis for granting her clemency is further evidence of an election rigging coverup.

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