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Top Gillibrand aide to leave amid questions over sexual harassment investigation
POLITICO 12h 4 tweets
Anne Bradley has been with Gillibrand since 2007 and had been planning to retire later this year.
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Alex Thompson Scoop: Gillibrand's longtime deputy chief of staff Anne Bradley to leave next month amid questions over last summer's sexual harassment investigation, according to someone familiar with her plans. 12h
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Alex Thompson the move comes after CNN's and reported last week that the office restructured Bradley's role to no longer handle such investigations. Bradley was set to retire later this year but moved up her plans. 12h
Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews’ 'dual allegiance' to Israel
POLITICO 7d 17 tweets
The 2020 candidate's deputy press secretary later deleted her Facebook post after POLITICO began asking about it.
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Alex Thompson Sanders aide apologizes for questioning American Jews’ 'dual allegiance' to Israel from and 7d
Gillibrand defends office investigation into sexual harassment claims
POLITICO 8d 1 tweets
Gillibrand said that the investigation was “thorough and professional.”
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Alex Thompson “thorough and professional,” “thorough and complete,” “professional and thorough,” and also done “thoroughly and appropriately.” Gillibrand defended her office's investigation on Monday evening. 8d
Former Gillibrand aide resigned in protest over handling of sex harassment claims
POLITICO 9d 14 tweets
What happened when #MeToo hit the office of one of its leaders, 2020 candidate Kirsten Gillibrand.
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Alex Thompson Exclusive w/ : Last summer, a young female staffer to Gillibrand resigned in protest over the office's handling of sexual harassment allegations, sending the below letter on her last day. Gillibrand defends her office's handling of it. 9d
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Alex Thompson “When I had the courage to speak up about my harasser, I was belittled by her office and treated like an inconvenience,” the woman said of Gillibrand in an interview. “She kept a harasser on her staff until it proved politically untenable for her to do so” 9d
Just What Does Beto Believe?
POLITICO Magazine 16d 2 tweets
The former Texas congressman seems unwilling to place himself on his party’s conventional political spectrum.
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Alex Thompson Beto's Dad had an interesting political journey: "He co-chaired Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaign in Texas in 1984 and 1988 before abandoning the Democratic Party to run for Congress as a Republican in 1992." lots of great reporting from 15d
Progressive activists push 2020 Dems to pack Supreme Court
POLITICO 23d 2 tweets
They want more justices in order to dilute the conservative majority.
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Alex Thompson NEW: progressive activists are teaming up to push 2020 Dems to commit to packing SCOTUS. "we strongly believe that reforming the Court — especially by expanding it — is the cornerstone for re-building American democracy,” said . 23d
Sanders campaign takes aim at doubters who say he's too extreme to win
POLITICO 29d 3 tweets
Critics argue the democratic socialist can't possibly win a general election. His aides counter he could upend the electoral map.
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Alex Thompson "Some in the Sanders camp envision possibly making a play for Iowa, Ohio, and Indiana, as well as states such as Kansas, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Montana" from 29d
Bullock steps closer to White House run with Iowa visit
POLITICO 35d 1 tweets
Democrats are rushing into the presidential race, but the two-term governor has said that he probably won’t make any public announcements until this spring
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Alex Thompson Scoop: MT Governor Steve Bullock headed to Iowa at the end of the week as he steps toward a WH run. State AG Tom Miller (who just won his 10th term) will escort him at all his events. 35d
‘A Nightmare’: Inside the Brooklyn Jail With Little Heat or Electricity
Nytimes.com 45d 6 tweets
Officials say power will not be fully restored inside the jail until Monday, leaving hundreds of inmates confined to cells without electricity or heat.
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Alex Thompson Protesters Try to Storm Federal Jail in Brooklyn With Little Heat or Electricity via 44d
'Wrong and naïve': Bullock apologizes for handling of harassment
POLITICO 46d 2 tweets
“Four years ago I fell short in my role preventing sexual harassment,” the Montana governor wrote.
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Alex Thompson NEW: Montana Gov. apologizes for the handling of the sexual harassment allegations against former top aide Kevin O’Brien who was later dismissed by de Blasio in 2018. “I was wrong and naïve to think I did enough.” 46d
The 2020 Democrat with a full-fledged Republican fan club
POLITICO 47d 1 tweets
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock delivers his final state of the state speech with digs at Washington and plaudits from state GOP lawmakers.
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Alex Thompson NEW from Montana: potential 2020er Gov. Bullock often talks about his ability to get stuff done in a red state. So I asked the Republican legislators what they thought of him running for potus. “I’d go so far as to say he wouldn’t suck.” 47d
Tulsi Gabbard campaign in disarray
POLITICO 49d 16 tweets
Her campaign manager is already set to depart and the congresswoman is under fire back home in Hawaii.
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Alex Thompson Scoop w/ . Tulsi’s 2020 campaign manager and consulting firm will leave after this weekend’s formal launch. The rollout has been a mini saga with several false starts and then Gabbard catching her own staff unaware when she announced on cnn. 49d
To Rise Above the Democratic Pack, Elizabeth Warren Tries ‘Nerding Out’
Nytimes.com 51d 9 tweets
Ms. Warren’s passion for policy minutiae has become her way of standing out in an increasingly crowded Democratic field. But some voters say she risks being seen as out-of-touch and too intellectual.
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Alex Thompson “Do I have any net metering wonks out here? I’m a big believer in net metering,” warren said in NH. great ⁦⁩ look at Warren “nerding out” on the stump. 51d
I just gave to TMAC 2020 PAC!
ActBlue 51d 1 tweets
Contribute today to send a principled progressive to the White House.
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Alex Thompson Some VA Dems got blasted with an email from “TMAC PAC” for a Terry Mcauliffe presidential bid this week. It stands for: “The Tenaciously Moving America for Change in 2020 PAC” ActBlue page too: 51d
Trump White House urging allies to prepare for possible RBG departure
POLITICO 68d 12 tweets
After an ailing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg missed oral arguments, the Trump team began early groundwork for another potential confirmation battle.
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Alex Thompson Trump WH prepping for RBG's death and getting feedback on potential replacements, per and 68d
Top Bernie Sanders 2016 adviser accused of forcibly kissing subordinate
POLITICO 69d 4 tweets
The claim is the latest complaint about a hostile environment for women on the campaign. Robert Becker denied wrongdoing.
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Alex Thompson Exclusive: top ‘16 Bernie aide Robert Becker forcibly kissed subordinate. Other staffers detail inappropriate behavior throughout the ‘16 campaign. Some prompted a previously undisclosed $30,000 settlement b/t former staffers and campaign. 69d
Iraq’s Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge
The New Yorker 93d 17 tweets
The corruption and cruelty of the state’s response to suspected jihadis and their families seem likely to lead to the resurgence of the terror group.
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Alex Thompson ""Enough evidence—I ask for a guilty verdict,” the prosecutor said. It was the only phrase she uttered in court that morning"....gotta read on Iraq. 73d
Bernie alumni seek meeting to address 'sexual violence' on ‘16 campaign
POLITICO 79d 7 tweets
The signees are looking to change what they call a pervasive culture of toxic masculinity in the campaign world.<br />
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Alex Thompson Friends of Bernie Sanders, the senator's principal campaign committee, responded to the letter in the attached statement. 79d
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Alex Thompson Exclusive: More than 2 dozen women and men who worked on Bernie's 2016 campaign are seeking a meeting with Sanders + advisers to “discuss the issue of sexual violence and harassment on the 2016 campaign" according to a copy of letter obtained by POLITICO. 79d
Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly defends his rocky tenure
latimes.com 80d 34 tweets
John F. Kelly was supposed to be one of the “adults in the room” managing an impetuous President Trump. But as White House chief of staff, Kelly presided over some of the administration’s most controversial immigration and security policies.
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Alex Thompson John Kelly in an exit interview: “Illegal immigrants, overwhelmingly, are not bad people,” he said, describing many migrants as victims misled by traffickers. “I have nothing but compassion for them, the young kids.” 80d
These charts show how Democrats represent the modern economy – and how Republicans are left behind
John Harwood - CNBC 124d 15 tweets
With a few races still undecided, data from the Brookings Institution show that districts won by Democrats account for 61 percent of America's gross domestic product, districts won by Republicans 38 percent.
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Alex Thompson top 20 districts by GDP now controlled by Dems. Of the bottom 20, 15 are Republicans. and on how "the two parties now speak for dramatically different segments of the American economy." cc and his 51% Losers piece. 118d