Steadman™
National politics reporter at The New York Times. CNN political analyst. Real one in these streets. [email protected]
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In Georgia, Democrats Target the True Silent Majority: People Who Don’t Vote
As Democrats eye the Southern battleground, high turnout will be crucial for them, and that means persuading nonvoters to participate. But experts warn that changing electorates is hard and complicated.
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New: Joe Biden has focused on persuasion, moving voters back to Ds who are known electorates, like seniors + suburban moderates. For Dems to win in GA/TX, that must be coupled with converting new voters. On our true silent majority: nonvoters, from Atlanta
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Kushner, Employing Racist Stereotype, Questions if Black Americans ‘Want to Be Successful’
In a “Fox & Friends” interview, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser also criticized protesters as more concerned with what he called “virtue signaling” than in coming up with “solutions.”
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one of the most offensive things abt racist stereotypes is that they're unbearably stale
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Jared Kushner seems to question whether Black Americans ‘want to be successful.’
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a small scoop on my lebron beat: LBJ and Barack Obama have recorded a conversation for More Than A Vote to be debuted this week. it continues Obama's focus on black men ahead of Nov. 3
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UC Berkeley is disavowing its eugenic research fund after bioethicist and other faculty call it out
UC Berkeley disavowed a research fund for eugenics it had kept for decades after a campus bioethicist and others protested. But eugenic ideology remains embedded in science today.
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wait they funded eugenics research for 40! years! and the statement after getting caught amounts to "ahh sry my bad"
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Democrats in Many Races Are Moderates. Republicans Cast Them as Radicals.
Democrats chose Senate candidates who have rejected progressive policies. That hasn’t stopped Republicans from trying to paint them as extreme.
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New: Listen to Rs, and every Dem is a Bernie loving, GND supporting radical. Meanwhile Biden and most top Senate candidates reject progressive litmus tests. On the disconnect between who Republicans are running against, and the reality, from SE Iowa
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A Good Debate, and It’s Not Quite Over
Biden has a formidable lead, but not a flawless campaign. And a few signs point in Trump’s direction.
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"Wassup" + laugh + Mary J is tingling the racism sensors
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Trump’s Rallies, Red-State Democrats: This Week in the 2020 Race
At the debate, President Trump and Joe Biden were actually able to debate. Offstage, both candidates are carrying on distinctly different campaign styles that suit them best.
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What early voting tells us (and what it doesn't), Biden campaigns steps a toe in bonus states, and how Trump’s rally schedule gives away his narrow path to 270.
Second to last state of the race newsletter w/ @anniekarni
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Biden Has Narrow Lead in Iowa, and Senate Race Is Tight, Poll Shows
The latest New York Times/Siena College poll shows President Trump struggling in a state he won comfortably in 2016 and Senator Joni Ernst facing a tough re-election challenge.
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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