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In her name, we fight. #RBG #RIPRBG

RETWEET if you stand with President Zelensky!

@StevenBeschloss No kidding

Whatever the final outcome, the fact that Trump—a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, pathological liar, virulent bigot and utterly reckless manager who kowtows to Putin and despises democracy— is this close to regaining the White House is deeply disturbing.

@amytheartist Call Rachel Maddow

I'm in a deep red part of swing state Pennsylvania, and all the voting machines are broken across this county and the neighboring ones. People are stranded in line, and a constable told them they don't get the machines working by 10PM, they will turn people away. I'm not sure what to do.

.@MSNBC stop running ads for #medicareadvantage #ripoff plans

@HuffPost Best line of the night.

Michelle Obama Asks Who’s Gonna Tell Trump He Might Be Seeking ‘One Of Those Black Jobs’ huffpost.com/entry/michelle…

@thischairrocks @BernieSanders Would you want an 81-year-old with shaky hands operating on you? Do you want an 81-year-old with a shaky voice being the last buttress holding up democracy?

Of course it's ageist! Democracy depends on the engagement of *all* citizens. It's about ideology & actions—@BernieSanders, anyone?— not age. thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/it-s-n…

@jonathanalter I noticed that too. And so did @maddow . But it’s hard to imagine the Democratic Party, in Chicago, dumping a Biden unwilling to cede. My hope is that Biden makes an announcement to leave in middle of the GOP convention, taking all the attention away from Trump.

Overlooked! Biden said last night that delegates are “free to do whatever they want…If everyone says, ‘we want somebody else,’ that’s the democratic process.” That’s called releasing your delegates and it should free them to back Harris or anyone else.

@DevinCow Was your Mom running for president?

My mom used to call me my sisters’ names. Sometimes the dog’s name.

He reminded me of my Dad in the last few years of his life. A good and intelligent man, but someone who time and age had slowed down, who could no way have assumed the hardest job in the world. It made me sad. Someone needs to craft a dignified way for him to step down.

Did he just release his delegates?

@BeschlossDC Seems very shaky

What is your opinion of President Biden's performance tonight?

Sen. @CoryBooker provides bottles of cold water to press corps staking out Democratic Senators meeting. 90°F right now on Capitol Hill.

@NickKristof I don’t think he’s claiming he’s more vigorous, just that Clooney just buzzed in. But I do want Biden to step aside.

Biden is really trying to claim that he's more vigorous than George Clooney? Really? I've traveled with Clooney for days over rough roads in sub-Saharan Africa, and it's just sad to see Biden pretend that he can outlast Clooney at anything. I admire Biden. So does Clooney. But at least Clooney put his name on his essay; this is anonymous White House backstabbing, and incompetent to boot.

@AnthonyBuccino I need to see if you're smirking.

@debgalant No. No. He has everything under control.

Tomorrow we flood the switchboards on Capitol Hill and let every D member of Congress to come out publicly and demand Biden step down.

@ClaudeP65994331 @RitchieTorres Internal infighting = public democracy.

Very good point Ritchie! I know in all the noise, Joe Biden has stated unequivocally, that he is staying in the race. I truly believe, Democrats should be pushing out information on Donald Trump and his project 2025 agenda. Being silent and continuing this internal infighting within the Democratic Party is wasting time and hurting the party. You guys need to unite like yesterday! LFG Democrats!

In determining how to proceed as a party, there must be a serious reckoning with the down-ballot effect of whomever we nominate. What matters is not how we feel but what the numbers tell us. An unsentimental analysis of the cold hard numbers—which have no personal feelings or political loyalties—should inform what we decide and whom we nominate. If we’re going to choose a particular path, we should be clear-eyed about its consequences. Blindness is not bliss amid the terrifying threat of a Trump presidency.

@StevenFulop I'll remember this when you run for governor. It wasn't just a "bad debate." That's spin. It was an utter inability to form sentences.

I just don’t think this press release is helpful…. The voters voted for him in a primary and he is the same person he was 3 weeks ago when you (and others) were praising him. A bad debate or Washington pundits commenting are not reasons to walk away from him. He is one of the most successful presidents in modern history + he deserves a second term. We should all be digging in and working harder on his behalf - not creating chaos

@MikieSherrill Thank you for your courage and leadership.

I know President Biden cares deeply about the future of our country. That's why I am asking that he declare that he won't run for reelection. My full statement:

I have reached out to @BillPascrell, @SenSchumer , @RepJeffries and @CoryBooker to urge them to fight to take Biden off the ticket and thanked @RepSherrill for her leadership. I feel rage at the circle-the-wagons campaign going on, but this has made me feel an iota of agency

@jeffjarvis @RepSherrill Based on my conversations with friends, her stand is completely in line with her constituents.

Who all is going to primary @RepSherrill to assure she does not become NJ governor or return to Congress?

Tell every D