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Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
I’ve kept my mouth shut for a long time about #meangirl @megynkelly. She used to be one of my closest friends and then she ghosted me after she endorsed @andrewcuomo for mayor and I told her she broke my heart. Her comments about @1capplegate are disgusting. Having #MS for over 20 years, she knows how long it took for doctors to diagnose me. I think Christina is brave for telling the truth and I’m grateful she became a voice for so many of us. I will have much more to say about this when I’m well enough. I’ve been sick for several weeks in and out of the hospital but when I’m well enough I will comment more. realitytea.com/2026/10/21/me…
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Today marks the third anniversary of the senseless murder of Samantha Woll, a former member of my staff, a proud Jewish woman, and a remarkable community leader whose impact continues to be felt across Metro Detroit and beyond.
Sam believed deeply in the power of people of different faiths, backgrounds, and perspectives to come together, listen to one another, and build a better future. Through her leadership, her advocacy, and her work to strengthen interfaith relationships, she showed us that bridge-building is not simply an ideal but a commitment we must choose every day.
As Sam said, “We do not know where we are going, but we are headed there together.” We have a responsibility to live up to those words and continue the work she cared so deeply about.
May her memory be a blessing, and may her example continue to guide us.
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I asked Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and Vivek Ramaswamy's fiercest critic during the 2024 nomination fight, about the attack ad and Vance's defense.
"For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center," he said.
Full comment here:
WOW -- Vance *defends* Ramaswamy's reprehensible ad 👇
Q: Ramaswamy's campaign put out a controversial ad featuring his opponent's mother. Some Republicans are backing away from that. Do you think that ad was appropriate?
JD VANCE: Well, I'll be honest with you. Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not really my concern. My concern is who is gonna govern. I have to admit I'm a little bit disgusted when I see Republicans who are whining more about that ad than they are about what the Democrats want to do.
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You don’t have to do this. Come on.
Vance: The media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and calls Amy Acton a liar.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The ad features Amy Acton's estranged mother disputing Acton's account of childhood homelessness, rape and abuse. Both 1978 Mahoning County court records and Acton's brother, Phillip Stearns, corroborate her account of living in a tent and abuse.
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Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
OTD 1980: At 11:29 p.m., Tug McGraw strikes out Willie Wilson to give the Phils a 4‑1 win in Game 6 and their first World Series championship before 65,838 fans. In each of the Phillies’ four wins, a reliever strikes out a KC hitter to end the game. #phillies
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.@jaketapper Anchor of @TheLeadCNN w/ @MrShermichael and @corbintrent
Focus: Ramaswamy disgusting campaign ad and Trump's admiration of a candidate's ass.
Combined segments
Absolutely EXCELLENT discussion
10.21.26 12 Minutes
Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
'This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season.' GOP Rep. Nancy Mace tells @jaketapper it will take time for her party to recover from the damage done by Ohio Gov. candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring his opponent's estranged mother.
Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
“Vice-President Vance said today that whether this ad by Vivek Ramaswamy was appropriate was not really his concern. Seriously? The question for all Republicans is whether this type of attitude is what we want leading our party going forward. For the last decade, our party has been infected by a corrupted moral center. Vance’s acceptance of this campaign ad only breathes life into the disease that we should be seeking to cure.”
Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
We finally have results from 217 counties across Texas.
After the first day in early voting, Democratic primary voters hold a D+8.4 point lead over Republicans compared to R+10.9 4 years ago.
Similar to the county numbers, this is a 19.3 swing in primary voters.
Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
As Co-Chair of the Hostage Task Force, I am deeply grateful that Stephen James Hubbard is returning home to his family after being unjustly held in Russia. We have been fighting for his release for years, and this is good news.
Let me be clear: Vladimir Putin is no “humanitarian.” He invaded Ukraine, killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and innocent civilians, and takes American citizens hostage for sport. Just ask Paul Whelan.
On the heels of going against Congress to give Putin major sanctions relief, the Trump Administration is now praising Putin for an obvious tactic meant to manipulate the President and further pull the U.S. away from aiding Ukraine. Cozying up to Putin and giving him everything he wants is an impending disaster the Ukrainian people—and the world—cannot afford.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as "a humanitarian" following the release of U.S. citizen Stephen Hubbard on Wednesday. During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Witkoff thanked Putin for freeing the American — whom the U.S. government had declared wrongfully detained — and lauded the Russian autocrat, who ordered the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine almost five years ago.
Witkoff was in Russia as Trump administration and Russian officials were set to have talks focused on the Ukraine war.
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Today In 1980: The Philadelphia #Phillies finally win their first World Series championship, defeating the Kansas City #Royals in six games! #MLB #Baseball #History #Postseason #WorldSeries #RingTheBell
Jake Tapper 🦅 retweeted
calls *what* out like it is? like, are we going with "in 1978 Amy Acton lied about being raped by her stepfather, who then fled the jurisdiction with her mother"?
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Also in today's Morning Jolt, if you look at the horrific, sordid story of Amy Acton's childhood and conclude, “It would be a good idea to make an attack ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother denouncing her,” please see a therapist or perhaps a priest for an exorcism.
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Churchill could have shortened WW2 by years if he had just “done a deal” with Hitler. George Washington could have done a deal to end the American Revolution. Zelenskyy is in good company.
New book project, a graphic novel based on the true story of Klaus Barbie.
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Some news about new book project:
Tapper has long been interested in comics and cartooning, and once even drew an end-of-the-show editorial cartoon for 'State of the Union." His new book, 'The Butcher,' examines the escape of a Nazi war criminal to South America and how it happened
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