Tommy Vietor
Cohost of Pod Save America. Host of Pod Save the World. Founder of Crooked Media. Former NSC spokesman for President Obama. Writer of long bios.
Last synced from Twitter 760d ago
Lawyers: Alex Jones sent child porn to Sandy Hook families
BRIDGEPORT - Conspiracy theorist and InfoWars host Alex Jones sent child pornography to the lawyers for the families of the Sandy Hook tragedy, their lawyers said.
The law firm representing the families of the 2012 mass shooting, stated in court...
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"Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down," Trump told Alex Jones
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Trump Delayed Pence’s Tiananmen Square Speech in Hopes of Landing Xi Meeting
Vice President Mike Pence was set to deliver a speech criticizing China’s human rights record on June 4, the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre -- until Donald Trump stepped in.
The Weeds: Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren on Apple Podcasts
Show The Weeds, Ep Into the weeds with Elizabeth Warren - Jun 11, 2019
Saudi Teenager Faces Death Sentence for Acts When He was 10
The execution of the teenager, Murtaja Qureiris, now 18, would be what rights groups called one of the most egregious violations of international law.
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This is who Jared Kushner protects. A country that executes kids for allegedly organizing protests at age 10.
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White House blocked intelligence aide’s written testimony saying human-caused climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’
White House officials barred a State Department intelligence official from submitting written testimony to Congress that warned human-caused climate change could be "possibly catastrophic" after State officials refused to excise the document's...
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White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony saying climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’
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Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
Weeks before the Supreme Court rules on the legality of the citizenship question, evidence filed in court could further erode the Trump administration’s rationale for the question.
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Obviously the census citizenship question is about suppressing minority and noncitizen turnout. Here's a smoking hard drive to prove it. But will the politicized supreme court care?
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Pod Save the World on Apple Podcasts
News & Politics · 2019
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Our low IQ president goes to Japan. EU parliament elections. UK politics are a mess. More weapons for the Saudis. Baltimore gets hacked. Turkey becomes a dictatorship. Then @RonaldKlain joins to discuss managing the global response to Ebola.
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White House Reviews Military Plans Against Iran, in Echoes of Iraq War
The plans call for up to 120,000 American troops but not a land invasion of Iran. They were updated at the request of John R. Bolton, the national security adviser.
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John Bolton desperately wants war with Iran. He's famous for cooking intelligence. This is deadly serious. Congress should make clear that there is no authorization.
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“Killing it on the economy.”
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New @PodSaveAmerica. Trump calls Putin and gets rolled on election interference, Venezuela and North Korea. Killin' it on the economy? The great electability and impeachment debates. Then @taraemcg scares the shit out of us over the 2020 digital ad war.
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Bernie Sanders Accuses Liberal Think Tank of Smearing Progressive Candidates
The Vermont senator’s criticism of the Center for American Progress threatens to inflame the ideological divisions that roiled the Democratic Party in 2016.
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This is surprising given how tough Sanders-aligned publications have been on his opponents. All of these issues will be raised in the general election.
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Instagram Is Full of Conspiracy Theories and Extremism
As other social networks wage a very public war against misinformation, it’s thriving on Instagram.
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Instagram - the next (or current!) frontier of online radicalization. Read this amazing piece by @TaylorLorenz.
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"Episode 48: What Is, In Fact, Bappin? (3/12/19) ft/ "Tankie" and Dan from Knowledge Fight" from SH!TPOST by SH!TPOST on Apple Podcasts
In episode 48 of sh!tpost, host Jared Holt and co…
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Tommy Vietor
This podcast by @jaredlholt is a great way to follow the intersection of politics, the right wing, and internet culture.
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O’Rourke calls for unity during Iowa visit
BURLINGTON --- As he drove along the Mississippi River between campaign stops, Beto O’Rourke pined to pull the vehicle over --- yes, he was driving himself --- so he could
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Tommy Vietor
Always interesting to see the difference between a candidate’s twitter narrative vs local coverage.
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Tommy Vietor
In early 2018, Crooked Media made a small investment to help start production of the Running With Beto doc. HBO has already bought it. We’ve always known that it was unlikely that we will make any profit on this film, but if we do, we are giving it all to
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“Trump’s Medicare For None plan.”
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NEW @PodSaveAmerica on Trump's budget, the creeps over at @FoxNews, Democracy reforms, whether Democrats are too liberal and a 2020 update. Then @karaswisher talks with @jonfavs about breaking up tech companies.
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U.S. drops demand for full accounting of N. Korea nuclear program ahead of talks
Negotiators focus in on Yongbyon reactor, the "heart" of North Korea's nuclear program.
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How do you confirm that North Korea is shuttering its nuclear program if we don't have a full accounting of their program?
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‘He is not going to be the nominee’: Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance
The just-announced 2020 contender declines to say whether the socialist Venezuelan dictator should go.
“Elizabeth Warren talks dogs and capitalism.”
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New @PodSaveAmerica with @ewarren where we discuss capitalism vs socialism, Medicare for All, Venezuela, Israel, nuclear weapons and how she would use military force as President.
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Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor
Sarah Isgur will coordinate political coverage for the 2020 campaign at the network.
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This is absolutely insane @CNNPolitics. Why on earth would you hire a right-wing hack to oversee political coverage in 2020? You just gave every Democrat in the country a reason to doubt your objectivity.
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"Ilhan Omar’s tweets spark a debate about anti-semitism" from Pod Save the World by Crooked Media on Apple Podcasts
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Where is the line between legitimate criticism of Israel and AIPAC and language that’s offensive or antisemitic? @PeterBeinart calls in to offer his not-remotely-hot take.
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