Steadman™
National politics reporter at The New York Times. CNN political analyst. Real one in these streets. [email protected]
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LeBron James on Black Voter Participation, Misinformation and Trump
In an interview, the recently crowned N.B.A. champion addressed his latest political push: combating misinformation among Black communities before Election Day.
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Exclusive: I spoke w/ @KingJames about More Than A Vote's latest political push -- combating misinformation targeted to Black voters ahead of the election. How the newly crowned NBA champion has one more goal for 2020: increasing black voter participation
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How 2020 Blew Up Campaign Reporting
Old-school obsessions with optics and back-room strategizing seem pointless this year. Nowhere is that clearer than on “The Circus.”
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tbh i don't think 2020 blew up campaign reporting writ large but really sunk the dumbest parts of campaign reporting
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Trump mocks Biden for listening to scientists.
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I know muting allows issues to be discussed in full, and we all like to pretend like every voter wants issues, but ppl also vote on stuff like temperament, and while the free for all does little for the former it can be clarifying for the latter
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Republican Voters Take a Radical Conspiracy Theory Mainstream
QAnon, with encouragement from the president himself, has moved from online message boards to political rallies and congressional campaigns.
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its important to see qanon for what it is: not just a baseless conspiracy theory but a vague belief set meant to delegtimize small d democratic institutions and big d Democrats as an equal partner in democracy
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New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts
Some reporters withheld their bylines and questioned the credibility of an article that made the tabloid’s front page on Wednesday.
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at the point when you don't want your byline near a story you're writing, you would think that would spark a moment of reflection
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YouTube bans QAnon, other conspiracy content that targets individuals
YouTube said it would be enforcing the updated policy immediately, and plans to “ramp up in the weeks to come.”
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maybe someone has reported this and I've missed it: but why are the tech companies Doing Things now when they have refused to Do Things for forever
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No One Hates Trump the Way Older Black Folks Hate Donald Trump
If this was a sport, our parents would be LeBron James.
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no one gives me quotes I have to tell them to redo because I can't put that in paper like old black ppl talking abt Trump
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Tyler Perry is helping a $500,000 effort to mobilize Black voters in Florida.
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News: Tyler Perry is helping fund a $500,000 black voter mobilization effort in Florida. Targeting 25 counties and 250,000 residents. A socially distanced Souls to the Polls done w/ Equal Ground Education Fund
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What Kamala Harris Learned About Power at Howard
As a college student, she wanted to have an impact. The answer she landed on — working inside institutions — set her on the path to the vice-presidential nomination.
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NEW: Kamala Harris time at Howard University was not a racial formation, she knew who she was. It was a political sharpening, and how the HBCU kids of 80s -- the Black generation after the civil rights movement -- made peace with working within the system
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This isnt Dreams of My Father, a person finding Black identity. Harris at Howard was a generation who believed it was their duty to step into the roles not available to their parents. A belief that racial representation can bend an institution to its will
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Abolition for the People
The Movement for a Future Without Policing & Prisons
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Colin Kaepernick is publishing a set of Medium essays from folks like Angela Davis, Kimberle Crenshaw, and more called "Abolition For The People: The Movement For A Future Without Policing and Prisons." There will eventually be 30+ essays in total
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At the White House, an Eerie Quiet and Frustration With the Chief of Staff
With President Trump hospitalized, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, delivered no guidance to aides about how they were expected to behave in a moment of crisis.
2020 Presidential Debate Live Updates: Trump’s Bluster Fuels Angry Clash
The first presidential debate devolved into chaos and name-calling. President Trump trampled decorum and refused to condemn white supremacists. Joe Biden said at one point, “Will you shut up, man?” The far-right Proud Boys celebrated the president’s...
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News: That More Than A Vote campaign headlined by @KingJames to increase poll workers in Black communities has already netted 10,000 volunteers. The new poll workers will be among the virtual fans tonight during Game 1 of the NBA finals.
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The next stage of the group's poll worker campaign will target 11 cities where shortages remain. Those cities are Black Southern hubs like Jackson and Birmingham but also important Electoral College places, like Milwaukee, Philly, and Detroit.
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Trump vs Biden "race and violence in our cities" debate topic seen as anti-Black by Dems, activists
But one debate topic, "Race and Violence in Our Cities," released by debate moderator Chris Wallace, a veteran Fox News anchor, has angered black Democrats and even Biden-world, leading to charges that it is anti-black rhetoric and a GOP talking...
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We'll see how this debate topic plays out, but it sure sounds a trap we even saw during Dem primary debates -- race as a topic only in relation to crime/criminal justice
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More Democrats Embrace Structural Change. They’re Ready to Press Joe Biden.
A party that is increasingly seeking to play by different rules is led by a figure who helped create the current ones. The outcome of the fight will help define the Democratic Party going forward.
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New: Court packing + ending the filibuster show a divide among Dems that isn't purely ideological but who is willing to embrace institutional change. Can Dems be pressured to ditch the old rules, and would a biden-led party even want to
W/ @melbournecoal
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How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed
When a majority of City Council members promised to “end policing as we know it” after George Floyd’s killing, they became a case study in how idealistic calls for structural change can falter.
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NEW: The Minneapolis City Council stunned all when it pledged to "end policing." Now, several tell me they regret the pledge and it sowed confusion. How what seemed like political boldness was really paper thin. How bureaucracy + politics stymied change
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“I think our pledge created confusion in the community and in our wards," the council president.
Councilors "have gotten used to these kinds of progressive purity tests," another member
"I'm embarrassed"
"They didn't engage Black and Brown people"
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White COVID Death Rates Are “Normal” Black American Death Rates
I'm a mortality modeler. It's clear what's killing Black people.
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"If the Black population did not experience a single death due to COVID-19, if the pandemic only affected white people, Black mortality in 2020 would probably still be higher than white mortality."
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Biden’s weakness with Black and Latino men creates an opening for Trump
The Democratic nominee needs to replicate Obama-era levels of support among voters of color in order to win. He’s not there yet.
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maybe biden ~should~ care abt improving black + Latino male numbers, as dems seek to actualize coalitions of the future. but the idea that he ~has~ to improve those numbers or he loses misses the likelier outcome -- he wins w/ a whiter coalition
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Does Biden Need a Higher Gear? Some Democrats Think So
As President Trump’s campaign barrels ahead with crowded rallies and in-person door-knocking, some Democratic officials in battleground states are warning that Joe Biden may not be doing enough to excite voters.
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I wonder how much of the great door knocking/yard sign anxiety from Dems right now isn't about voters feeling overlooked but local political class feeling unheard. that u need the field office to calm the party chair and state rep, not to reach voters
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Kanye West’s Perplexing Run as a Potential 2020 Spoiler
Even those around the hip-hop artist struggle to explain his motivations for a presidential candidacy that some Democrats worry could siphon votes from Joe Biden.
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During the call, Mr. West was upset and insisted on a live interview on Zoom, demanding that the editor of The Times be present as well, to which the Times reporter demurred.
“I’m Kanye, who are you?” Mr. West asked, adding, “I’m the head of everything.”
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James Jackson, Who Changed the Study of Black America, Dies at 76
Rather than focus on interracial comparisons, his National Survey of Black Americans explored the complexities within the Black population.
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“James Jackson would always say that the main contribution of the N.S.B.A. was the understanding that not all Black people are alike." An obituary to read and a legacy to remember
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