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Peter Elkind retweeted
From Carter's order: "Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own Constitutional elections procedures and bend to the will of the Executive Branch."
Peter Elkind retweeted
Guy whose mother-in-law is named Lakshmi Chilikuri pretending that Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan are too tough to pronounce.
Vance's "I'm just a good old boy"'s act grows more tiresome and less believable by the day.
Peter Elkind retweeted
Lt Gov @danpatrick draws a thin crowd in Mansfield, Tarrant County
Mansfield/Arlington @tarrantgop Get Out the Vote Rally: “Stand Together. Stand Strong. Keep Tarrant Red.”
Peter Elkind retweeted
Kind of striking from the man who bent the knee to a man (Trump) who publicly mocked his wife as unattractive, which is not the kind of thing that would generally be called “manly” behavior in your typical Texas bar- or country club for that matter.
Sen. @tedcruz (R-TX) on U.S. Sen. candidate James Talarico (D-TX): "If you were to sit down and make a list of the top 1,000 adjectives to describe James Talarico, masculine would not be one of them."
Peter Elkind retweeted
NEW: U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro reported 140 personal financial trades since April — and lots of them appear to have violated the STOCK Act's disclosure provisions.
From @byMarkAlfred of @washingtonsun:
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#TexasSenate
NYT: Ken Paxton’s “Christian influencer” girlfriend has been divorced three times and is registered to vote as a Democrat in Louisiana.
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Peter Elkind retweeted
Small scooplet in this story:
Jim Wright, the outgoing Republican chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, said he did not vote for @bofrench
Wright lost to French in May's GOP runoff. He didn't say if he voted for @Jon_RosenthalTX
dallasnews.com/news/politics…
Peter Elkind retweeted
I was in the room multiple times when President Biden met with and prayed with Catholic bishops.
They didn’t run cameras, because he and those present didn’t want to politicize prayer and encounter for electoral gain.
When Biden lost his second child in May 2015, he prayed nearly all night in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
It’s the same thing he did in 1972 when he lost his daughter and late wife to a drunk driver.
He went to Mass every single Sunday as president, oftentimes next to the parish cemetery of his children, and relied on his faith to guide him through hell and high water.
You might not like his politics, but I encourage you to act with Christian charity towards the sincerity of his faith and take the view of the late Pope Francis, who called him a “good Catholic” in 2021.
Peter Elkind retweeted
Almost all the actions have targeted Democrats and Trump critics.
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Peter Elkind retweeted
RFKs racist rant against Arabs was despicable. It was personally offensive since Alex Azar and myself —both Arab Americans —were his predecessors. I am proud of my Arab heritage. He is a bigot and a racist.
Peter Elkind retweeted
.@SenatorWarnock (D-GA): "You're getting poorer and poorer, meanwhile Donald Trump is $4 billion richer than he was the day he put his hand on the bible and took the oath of office."
Peter Elkind retweeted
Shes accused of stealing campaign signs. And she’s on the board that verifies Tarrant County mail ballots. The stinky story inside @TarrantGOP “election integrity” star-telegram.com/news/polit…
Peter Elkind retweeted
Sen. @tedcruz in March: "I don't believe that what is happening in Iran will be front and center in November. If it extends that long, we've done something wildly wrong... The president said at the beginning this is going to be a matter of several weeks."
Peter Elkind retweeted
ICYMI: Amid a very public divorce and the most competitive election of his career, Ken Paxton is dating an aspiring Christian influencer who is also a registered Democrat.
I read her book and traveled around Louisiana and Texas to find out more about the new woman in Paxton’s life as he seeks one of the highest elected offices in America.
nytimes.com/2026/10/27/us/ke…
Peter Elkind retweeted
Don’t worry governor. That’s something you will never see.
Because it has never happened and never will.
Peter Elkind retweeted
New: Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections. propub.li/4BNTSRN
Peter Elkind retweeted
Scott Pelley predicts there will be “huge consolidation” between CBS News and CNN. “Do you need two Washington bureaus? Do you need two London bureaus? That kind of thing. ... With $80 billion in debt, those two news organizations are going to get conflated into one – I’m quite certain.”
During panel discussion organized by the group Speak Up For Justice, Scott Pelley says: "In my experience, and having talked to my colleagues as well, there was an imperative to move our coverage in the direction of the president. To put a thumb on the scale, if you will, in terms of the president's viewpoint. ... I had never seen anything like this. This was corporate influence coming into the news division saying, 'We want you to report stories with this particular bent, in terms of politics.' It was anathema to all of us who had worked at 60 Minutes for so many years, and we fought the battle against it. We pushed back against it."
Peter Elkind retweeted
Ken Paxton campaign scrambles to hide 'disgusting' story on his mistress as it's revealed she's a registered Democrat trib.al/jyEeRHv
