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Maura Barrett
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Maura Barrett
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biz/tech correspondent @scrippsnews | den + elsewhere | past: @nbcnews + @comatbu | sounds like “more-uh”
- Today is @MikeBloomberg's birthday; he's turning 78 years old. Yesterday, a voter told me he was interested in Bloomberg because "Biden & Bernie are too old." @JoeBiden is 77. @BernieSanders is 78.
- Just putting this photo out there for the next time there’s a claim that observers aren’t being allowed in PA canvassing sites. Inside the Allegheny County warehouse, representatives from both campaigns are lined up behind the workers, w full access to see what they’re doing
- Philadelphia mail-in ballot count has been temporarily halted as Democrats have gone to PA’s Supreme Court to try to reverse the Commonwealth Court ruling allowing Trump observers inside to watch the count (which is also live-streamed) - per @mitchellreports
- I asked @TulsiGabbard - twice - if she disavows Russian state media support of her campaign. Gabbard: "This is not about Russia. This is about a smear campaign that has been waged against me.." & "Again, I don't control them. I don't control what anyone else says or does."
- NEW: @MikeBloomberg is scrapping his plan to fund an independent expenditure campaign to support the Democratic nominee (he's endorsed @JoeBiden). Instead, he's laying off his staff & transferring $18mil to the DNC. Story tk, w/ @aseitzwald @JoshNBCNews
- "Who's escalating this? It's not us." @MacSmiff details how protesters have adjusted based on federal agents' dispersal tactics - noting their presence distracts from BLM supporters message: the need to shift funding from the police to community-based services. @MSNBC
00:00 - 100% of Iowa Caucus results are IN Buttigieg: 26.2% Sanders: 26.1% Warren: 18% Biden: 15.8% Klobuchar: 12.3% nbcnews.com/politics/2020-…
- Former Sec. of State @JohnKerry - who negotiated the Iran nuclear deal - on confirmed attacks on Iraqi military bases following the killing of General Soleimani: "I think it's a tragedy for the world that instead of diplomacy, this administration has rushed to confrontation."
00:00 - Yesterday - though across the country from each other - @AndrewYang & his wife Evelyn both spoke out about women’s issues (he in Iowa, while she was in NYC), following Evelyn’s decision last week to share her story of sexual assault. From me & @JulesJester
- Just now on @TheDailyShow, @JulianCastro responds to @PeteButtigieg's invitation: "I don’t need to go to South Bend. I visited 100 cities as Secretary of HUD and was the mayor of a city 14 times bigger. In fact, we could almost fit South Bend in our Alamo dome.”Responding to @JulianCastro's claim that @PeteButtigieg has a bad record with African Americans, Buttigieg says he'd be happy to walk around South Bend with Castro "if he wants to learn more about how we can tackle these really tough issues." h/t @PriscillaWT
- The same day @washingtonpost detailed Bloomberg's past derogatory comments towards women, the former NYC Mayor introduced an 11-year-old girl (the daughter of the owner of the brewery where his event was) & then kissed her on the cheek, saying "I'm shameless."
00:00EXCLUSIVE: In first interview, witness says he heard @MikeBloomberg tell pregnant saleswoman at the company: “Are you going to kill it?” The saleswoman sued Bloomberg. Listen to audio included in this investigation of Bloomberg’s treatment of women. washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/… - Regarding @realDonaldTrump's claim that "bad things happen in Philadelphia," discussing poll watchers: poll watchers weren't allowed in Philadelphia today because the satellite voting centers are NOT polling places. It also isn't Election Day.
- At @TulsiGabbard's town hall tonight in Perry, IA - audience members were asked to shout out reasons why they think Gabbard would make a good president. Some of the responses: “Integrity.” “Brains.” “Not Trump!” “Courage.” “Dignity.” “Love!” “Experience”
