Room for Democratic (and American) optimism --
A strengthening economy, a receding pandemic, legislative achievements turning into tangible benefits, legal peril for GOP leaders, a WH going on the offensive, redistricting going better than expected--all real reasons for Biden & Dem optimism this year. https://t.co/T38juHQQ5Q
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 7, 2022
The economic numbers last week were great. He can get a Supreme Court justice win. It's only up from here for his legislative agenda after BBB/FTPA. COVID numbers are plummeting, and there's an opening for Biden to lead the way back to normalcy--which was always his core pitch
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) February 7, 2022
With media assistance, Republicans try to memory-hole January 6 and "legitimate political discourse" --
Republicans in Congress lied to the press on Friday and said they couldn’t comment on this because they hadn’t read it. It’s been 72 hours, but instead of asking those same Republicans if they now agree with the RNC resolution, reporters will intentionally forget this happened https://t.co/uB5IXQZvRj
— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@MattNegrin) February 7, 2022
It’s stunning that this AP story about Ivanka and Jan. 6 doesn’t mention her tweet calling the terrorists “patriots.”
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) February 7, 2022
Republicans aren’t the only ones involved in a cover up. https://t.co/U2cqBuDSc2
Birds of a feather --
And here’s the Republican governors association taking money from Jeffrey Epstein‘s close associate Les Wexner. https://t.co/EC1SkBdQtL
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 7, 2022
Second thoughts? --
Scoop: Intercepted communications obtained by the US have revealed that some Russian military and intel officials have worried that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine would be costlier and more difficult than Putin realizes. https://t.co/KKFOObQXbp
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 7, 2022
...and leave the driving to us! --
I’ll walk from here, thanks! 😳😬🤯🚎 pic.twitter.com/fwZP2YFSfW
— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) February 6, 2022
