Tommy Vietor
Cohost of Pod Save America and Pod Save the World. Founder of Crooked Media. Former NSC spokesman for President Obama. Writer of long bios.
Last synced from Twitter 1343d ago
Kayleigh McEnany once praised Biden as a 'man of the people' who resonates with "middle class" over 'tycoon' Trump
CNN 88d 9 tweets
Prior to becoming a prominent backer of Donald Trump, Kayleigh McEnany praised then-Vice President Joe Biden as "funny and likable" and a "man of the people" who resonates with "middle class voters."
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Tommy Vietor YIKES: " once praised Biden as a 'man of the people' who resonates with "middle class" over 'tycoon' Trump via 88d
Democrats Hope 2020 Is the Year They Flip the Texas House
Manny Fernandez - Nytimes.com 90d 4 tweets
Republicans have controlled the state government since 2003. An anti-Trump surge could give Democrats a crucial boost.
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Tommy Vietor " has organized nightly online phone banks that are making about three million phone calls a week to voters during the campaign’s final stretch. His organization helped register about 200,000 Texas Democratic voters" 90d
Covid-19 Live Updates: Harrowing New Surge Rages Across America’s Heartland
Eileen Sullivan - Nytimes.com 91d 15 tweets
The U.S. set a single-day record of 82,154 new cases on Friday, less than two weeks before Election Day. Two vaccine trials resumed after pausing for safety concerns.
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Tommy Vietor This is why Democrats pushed so hard to make vote by mail an option this cycle and why the pundits who called it a tactical mistake because of GOP voter suppression efforts are so gross and cynical. 85K new covid cases on Friday alone. 91d
U.S. views on oil and gas production as Alaska refuge drilling advances
Pew Research Center 158d 3 tweets
As the debate resurfaces over drilling in the wildlife refuge, here are some facts about Americans’ views of expanded oil and gas drilling.
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Tommy Vietor The punditry about Biden's energy answers last night is pretty antiquated. An overwhelming majority of Americans want to prioritize developing alternative energy sources over expanding fossil fuels. 92d
Here’s what you can do to have the biggest impact on 2020.
Vote Save America 92d 9 tweets
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Tommy Vietor 11 days left to volunteer your time and help determine the outcome of this election. To find out how visit: 92d
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Silicon Valley megadonors are unleashing a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump
Vox 95d 11 tweets
Facebook billionaire Dustin Moskovitz has put over $20 million into a little-known Democratic super PAC that is spending big.
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Tommy Vietor This is amazing work by , his team, and all those who contributed. I love these ads. 93d
Rudy Giuliani faces questions after compromising scene in new Borat film
catherine shoard - the Guardian 94d 54 tweets
Trump’s personal attorney has indiscreet encounter with actor playing Borat’s daughter in hotel room during pandemic
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Tommy Vietor “In the film, released on Friday, the former New York mayor and current personal attorney to Donald Trump is seen reaching into his trousers & apparently touching his genitals while reclining on a bed in the presence of the actor playing Borat’s daughter” 94d
6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign
AP NEWS 94d 1 tweets
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department announced charges Monday against Russian intelligence officers in cyberattacks that targeted a French presidential election, the Winter Olympics in South...
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Tommy Vietor LEFTISTS: All you liberals do is blame Putin. Enough of the hysterical claims of Russian hacking and election interference. DOJ 94d
New York Post Published Hunter Biden Report Amid Newsroom Doubts
Nytimes.com 96d 64 tweets
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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Tommy Vietor Even a reporter at the NY Post who WROTE the Hunter Biden smear has questions about the credibility of the source materials! But yeah keep lecturing the Biden campaign for being frustrated about this bullshit. 96d
Twitch
Twitch 477d 76 tweets
Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
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Tommy Vietor Really appreciate having me on his twitch stream today. You can check it out here: Or maybe just listen to some good music instead: 98d
I just gave to Doug Jones for Senate
ActBlue 582d 8 tweets
Help Doug Jones continue to work for working people in Alabama.
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Tommy Vietor Doug Jones is great Senator and an even better human being. We need more people like him in Washington. This race is closer than people think. If you want to chip in $5, it would go a long way 99d
YouTube CEO won't say if company will ban QAnon
CNN 103d 3 tweets
Last week, Facebook announced a ban on any pages, groups, and Instagram accounts representing the conspiracy theory QAnon on its platform.
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Tommy Vietor QAnon is a death cult that the FBI has called a domestic terrorist threat. It's core narrative is based on centuries-old antisemitic lies. has been key to its spread. There is no excuse for dragging her feet on this. 102d
Take Back the Senate: Reelect Gary Peters
ActBlue 123d 3 tweets
Gary's Senate race is one of the most competitive in the country. Can you contribute to his campaign today?
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Tommy Vietor We have to re-elect Gary Peters to have any shot of taking back the US Senate and sidelining Mitch McConnell. If you can chip in $5 or $10, it could have a big impact 103d
Senate Republicans lambaste potential coronavirus deal
POLITICO 105d 7 tweets
The pushback from GOP senators shows just how difficult it will be to approve a new bill.
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Tommy Vietor Millions of Americans are out of work and suffering, and Senate Republicans are solely to blame for the government’s refusal to help them. Vote these monsters out: 105d
Plexiglass to separate Harris and Pence at VP debate
POLITICO 109d 12 tweets
Pence's campaign opposed the move.
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Tommy Vietor Just days after Trump and countless other Republicans caught covid at a White House superspreader event, Pence's team trots out infamous racist love Katie Miller, who herself caught covid back in May, to mock Kamala Harris for being cautious. 109d
Trump Didn’t Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday
Michael C. Bender, Rebecca Ballhaus - WSJ 110d 40 tweets
President Trump didn’t disclose a positive result from a rapid test for Covid-19 on Thursday while awaiting the findings from a more thorough coronavirus screening, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Tommy Vietor WSJ reports that Trump PERSONALLY tried to cover up the WH covid outbreak: "Mr. Trump also asked one adviser not to disclose results of their own positive test. 'Don’t tell anyone,' Mr. Trump said, according to a person familiar with the conversation." 110d
Sudan Is Focus of U.S. Efforts to Improve Ties With Israel
Declan Walsh, Ronen Bergman - Nytimes.com 116d 1 tweets
The U.S. is offering cash aid and promises to entice Sudan to recognize Israel before the American election, while the big prize, Saudi Arabia, remains out of reach.
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Tommy Vietor The US has offered to remove Sudan from the State Sponsor of Terror list along with **$800 MILLION** in aid if they will recognize Israel and give Trump a foreign policy "win" before the election. 116d
Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance
Mike McIntire - Nytimes.com 117d 408 tweets
The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
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Tommy Vietor In summary, Trump is a catastrophically terrible businessman who pissed away all his inheritance and profits on stupid investments and then uses those loses and shady accounting to pay no federal income taxes. 117d
I just gave!
ActBlue 118d 3 tweets
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Tommy Vietor In 2010, Republicans cleaned up in state legislative elections & were able to gerrymander districts & pass voter suppression laws. We can't let that happen again. We worked with to identify key races where your donation will go the furthest 118d
Trump is expected to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
Vox 119d 6 tweets
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit justice is a favorite of the religious right.
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Tommy Vietor If Amy Coney Barrett is conformed, she will eliminate the Affordable Care Act in the middle of a pandemic, restrict abortion rights if not overturn Roe v Wade, and strike down gun control laws. 118d