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Ezra Klein
@ezraklein· Mar 29, 2021

If you want to know who ultimately killed the filibuster, it is 100 percent Mitch McConnell because he disabused every single Democrat of the belief that you can pass anything with 60.

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Ezra Klein
@ezraklein· Mar 29, 2021

I really wish Senator Schumer, Majority Leader Schumer, all the success in the world with this. But I really, really wish Senators Manchin and Sinema would do their duty, and make the senate functional, again.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdihasan· Mar 25, 2021

Is there going to be a COVID Crimes Commission. Just listening to you speak there, reminding us of the death toll, the avoidable deaths, the preventable deaths.

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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdihasan· Mar 25, 2021

Is there anything President Biden can do to protect America citizens living in Texas?

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Mar 25, 2021

Kim Janey is the first black woman to become mayor of Boston. ... It’s a big, big deal for a black woman to be mayor of Boston.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Mar 24, 2021

What Republicans are saying is they’re going to make it torture for you to vote in line by having fewer machines, beat-up machines at places in urban centers, places where black folks live, suburbs where black people live, make it…

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 24, 2021

There's going to need to be a real effort here. If you've got to push the filibuster to one side, you've got to do it to protect the right to vote.

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Van Jones
@vanjones· Mar 24, 2021

It is an attack on democracy. It's an attack on Civil Rights. It is an attack on black voters.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Mar 24, 2021

This is the end of democracy in America. This is the South -- the South Africa strategy. This is minority rule.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 23, 2021

If he alone changed his mind on this, and decided that he really does care about this, that actually probably would be enough to get that one reform over the finish line. He promised this was an issue that moved him, in tears, as a parent…

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 23, 2021

If Democrats aren`t going to do anything to stop Republicans nationwide from rolling back voting rights, they`re going to have to do it soon if it`s going to have an effect in Georgia.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Mar 19, 2021

It’s not crazy to think that is why Roger Stone was sprung by the President, why he was fried before the election.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Mar 17, 2021

We should, of course, pass laws to make it easier to vote. We should work with states to make it easier to vote.

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Joy Reid
@joyreid· Mar 17, 2021

He doesn`t mind being haunted by the ghost of John Lewis. He will do whatever it takes to stop voting rights.

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Lawrence O'Donnell
@lawrenceodonnell· Mar 17, 2021

Every good thing that has happened in the federal government since January 20th happened because Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in as president and vice president, and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were sworn in as the two new…

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 15, 2021

Even though the Trump administration is technically over, as a country, we are still suffering from a hangover from some of the Trump era`s worst decisions.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 15, 2021

They used the credibility and the authority of the CDC, right? But they posted their own made-up stuff under the name on the letterhead, on the website of the CDC.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 15, 2021

If those nominees are confirmed, the board will consist equal number of Democrats and Republicans.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 15, 2021

Either would be fine. That was this show six months ago. The Trump appointed CDC director, Robert Redfield, did not resign.

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Rachel Maddow
@rachelmaddow· Mar 15, 2021

Well, President Biden has nominated three new people to take seats on that board.

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Sean Hannity
@seanhannity· Mar 11, 2021

Joe, you want unity? Why don't you just thank Donald Trump? You want to want us all to get along, you say. No Trump, no vaccine, Joe. Stop taking credit for something frankly you had nothing to do with, nothing.

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Chris Hayes
@chrishayes· Mar 11, 2021

What you want is the science leaving the politics not the politics leading in science. When you do not get that, you literally get people killed.

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David Frum
@davidfrum· Mar 9, 2021

If Donald Trump -- if he makes 2022 a referendum on Trump, the Republicans are sunk. If he makes it a referendum on Biden, they could pick up yards.

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David Frum
@davidfrum· Mar 9, 2021

Donald Trump is going to insist, never mind your complaints about this guy. Does anyone have any complaints about me? Let’s talk about me.

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