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Author of "America's Path Forward", new book by Georgetown University Press. Believer in public goods. Wine and jazz enthusiast. Ashoka US. Views are my own.

Burlington, VT
Joined February 2013
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I am taking an indefinite leave from Twitter, for my mental health. Will miss many of you!
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Michael Zakaras retweeted
Keep a really, really close eye on the House, folks. This could come down to the wire. There's still a chance that the Presidency, Senate, and House all flip this cycle — and not in the same direction. House Dems holding up surprisingly well, despite Harris cratering.
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Michael Zakaras retweeted
very striking. the erosion among non-white voters appears to have been a critical part of what happened tonight.
Even more concisely, what we saw tonight was massive racedep. Harris actually did fine with whites - she would've been in a good position had minorities stayed about the same as '20 or better. Case-in-point - she's down by almost 5 in Northampton w/ 90%+ in, which is 1/5 Latino.
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Michael Zakaras retweeted
Picture says a thousand words. Crystal clear story being told nationally right now.
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If the GOP not only weathers what was supposed to be a blowout loss over Dobbs but actually gains nationally, they'll conclude they are invincible on the issue. Hard to rule out a federal ban and maybe worse.
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Michael Zakaras retweeted
Friends, we've been through this before in both 2016 and 2020. It is early, votes still need to be counted, as we saw in 2020 our vote comes in late, and Harris has multiple paths to 270. Lots of Dem vote out everywhere. It's hard but we need to be patient.
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40!? What the F
BREAKING - Over 40 different fake bomb threats have now been called into Democratic-leaning polling places And they're coming from RUSSIA This should literally be THE story right now -- it is blatant and brazen election interference to steal the election for Trump
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BREAKING - Over 40 different fake bomb threats have now been called into Democratic-leaning polling places And they're coming from RUSSIA This should literally be THE story right now -- it is blatant and brazen election interference to steal the election for Trump
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pretty clear at this point we're seeing a concerted push of (fake) bomb threats targeted at key states and they're coming from Russia.
County election offices across Pennsylvania are receiving bomb threats tonight — and it’s forcing officials to take ballots off-site to count. Expect major delays in Election Day results. Behind it? Russian agents trying to sow chaos in our elections. inquirer.com/politics/electi…
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The biggest story of the night is Russia calling multiple bomb threats into Democratic strongholds across the country. This should shock every American to the core.
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Trump up 2 points in Fayette County, Georgia with 75% in. He won this by 7 in 2020 and Harris is trying to flip it
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Just in: 12 polling places in Georgia are having their hours extended due to Russian-originated bomb threats, according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
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In 2020, 83% of DeKalb voted for Joe Biden. 73% of Fulton County voted for Biden. These are heavily Democratic areas targeted for bomb threats by foreign actors. The margin in 2020 statewide was only 11,779 votes & this election could be even closer.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the non-credible threats that briefly disrupted voting at two Georgia polling places originated from Russia. “We identified the source; it was from Russia," he says.
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“Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students voting for the first time this election.
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Oh.
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Imagine being @marcorubio and selling your dignity and your political future for a man so obviously toxic and destructive. And Rubio knew it! But gave away his self respect anyway. I’ll never understand it. Never.
Rubio: Went to SNL in violation of the law. I hope she laughed on SNL in front of millions of people because that’s probably worth 2-3 million votes right there
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20-point lead with women.
Maybe a stray result overall (or not?) but this seems a powerful tremor: Even in very culturally conservative IA, the recoil of female voters from Trump is powerful: “Overall, Harris holds a 20-point lead with women, 56% to 36%”
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