Jonathan Swan
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Jonathan Swan
@jonathanvswan
New York Times reporter. Co-author of the forthcoming book, "REGIME CHANGE: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" — tinyurl.com/3s7nrbya
Joined July 2011
- Yes I have seen the meme. Please, for the love of God, stop texting it to me.
- Lotta folks who make a living banging on about how “big government sucks” got themselves some sweet PPP money.
- I think I’ve watched every television interview Donald Trump has done since announcing his candidacy in 2015. Chris Wallace just did the best one, and by some distance.
- This is outstanding interviewing, well-prepared, never takes eye off the ball. @PamelaBrownCNNWow, this did not go well for Madison
00:00 - When I interviewed POTUS, I said the mail-in voting materials people receive are applications, not ballots. That’s overwhelmingly the case, but not universally so. Eg, California & now (post-taping) Nevada. I should have used more precise language, and I’m sorry for the mistake.
- There’s a long history of White Houses lying about the president’s health — JFK, FDR, etc. The distinction here is the incompetence.
- When @SpeakerBoehner was recording his audiobook I was told by sources that during these wine-soaked sessions he would deviate from the book’s text and insert random violent attacks on @tedcruz. Well, here’s some tape (listen to the end):
00:00 - Do I really sound like this?‘Senator McConnell, don’t you think it’s strange that you and the devil have never been seen in the same place at the same time?’ — Trevor Noah jokes about Sen. Mitch McConnell while showing off his Australian accent skills at the #WHCD
00:00 - My wife just kindly informed me that I am fat enough and have a sufficiently high BMI to qualify for the COVID vaccine. 🙄
- Per a senior Dem aide: "Schumer is exploring using the authority granted to the two Senate leaders in 2004 to reconvene the Senate in times of emergency, to allow for a potential trial to begin immediately after articles of impeachment are sent to the Senate."
- Hard to overstate how angry Trump's advisers are at Fox right now. Just incandescent.
- One of my reporting projects has been to get to the bottom of the strategy with the Post Office. The president just says it out loud, though.
- Trump campaign aides manning the “voter fraud hotline” describe mostly fielding prank calls from lefty teenagers and dealing with some disturbing unsolicited adult images.
